Armistead Journal and Broadside
Scope and Contents
Broadside, "A Card from the Engineer of The E.L. Asylum" by Galba Vaiden, late engineer of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum, about favoritism in firing and hiring employees. Possibly 1890.
Small notebook, belonging to an Armistead Family member, which includes names of a circa 1910 football team following family account information from 1901. Handwriting is different.
Dates
- Creation: 1890-1910
Creator
- Armistead Family (Family)
- Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
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Family History:
Maria Carter, daughter of Charles Carter of "Cleve," King George County, Virginia married William Armistead of "Hesse," Gloucester County, Virginia William Cocke, son of Elizabeth Fauntleroy Cocke and Bowler Cocke, married Jane Armistead.
Their son, William Armistead Cocke had among other children, Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke who married Mary Booth Curtis. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:
Extent
0.01 Linear Foot
Acquisition Information:
Gift through the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.
Subject
- Eastern Lunatic Asylum (Va.) (Organization)
- Eastern State Hospital (Va.) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Armistead Journal and Broadside
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Anne T. Johnson.
- Date
- 2009-05-09
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository