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This folder is filed in medium oversize. Print of John C. Calhoun with a barely legible printed notation at the bottom, "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1844 by James Wise in the Clerks' Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." Copy of printing Plate XXXIX of a "silver Plate presented by King Charles the Second to the Queen of Pamunkey" with a faded handwritten notation "from a forthcoming second edition...literary...of America by John Jay Smith." Broadside, "The New Confederate Tax Bill" by the Office of Commmissioner of Taxes, Richmond, February 28, 1864." Luray Courier Office Virginia broadside telling the true account of the discovery of the Luray Caverns in August 21, 1880. Undated. Hand traced map onto linen (?) of a 1741/42 map of Virginia. Area covered is from Richmond to the Cape Henry/Norfolk area with towns, waterways and some landowners noted. Handwritten notations are "Your most affectionate Humbe Servt Jno Thompson, July 29, 1742" and "Her who is your Humble Servt, B. Spottswood, June 20, 1741." Hand traced of the map above on 2 sheets of paper. Hand traced map on linen (?) of a Civil War era map. Area covered is from Martinsburg, West Virginia, south to Culpepper and west to Ft. McHenry. Counties included are Jefferson, Clarke, Charles, Stafford, King George and Culpepper. Shows towns, roads, railroads and waterways. Hand traced map on paper of Virginia from Henrico County to Nansemond County. Entitled "Map of the Seat of War in Eastern Virignia From Fortress Monroe to Richmond." undated. Hand traced map on paper entitled "Drawn from a sketch taken on the Battle ground by W. P. Bonner, July 31, 1861." Area covered is from Martinsburg, West Virginia, west to Washington, D.C. and south to Occoquan.