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Contains 10 Results:

Julie Jesse Autograph Album, 1858-1865

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id35339
Scope and Contents

Autograph album of Julie Jesse of Epping Forest, Lancaster County, Virginia while a student at Albemarle Female Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia. Includes autographs, along with poems, sayings and stories from her friends. 166 pages.

Dates: 1858-1865

Autograph book of Richard C. Smith, 1861-1867

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id35340
Scope and Contents

Smith is a physician of Gates County, North Carolina. The book includes illustrated plates, original sketches and watercolors, some of Confederate flags and references to University of Virginia where Dr. Smith studied medicine. 128 pages, 8.5 x 7.

Dates: 1861-1867

Daybook of John Cullen, 1841-1842

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: id35342
Scope and Contents

Day book of John Cullen, physician, of Richmond, Virginia. Lists patients he saw each day and occasionally notes their illness. 164 pages, 15.5 x 7 inches.

Dates: 1841-1842

Library Catalog – J. Wilson, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id35344
Scope and Contents

Typed carbon copy of a library catalog, probably belonging to J. Wilson of Washington, D.C. 53 pages.

Dates: undated

Library Catalog - Virginia

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: id35345
Scope and Contents

Bound typed catalog of items in a Virginia Library. Probably written prior to 1894. Most of the publications listed are about Virginia or United States History. 65 pages.

Dates: undated

Maps

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id35347
Scope and Contents Many of these maps appear to have been removed from books. Battle Plan by Adjutant’s Office, Monterey, California, of Sierra Nevada and Gulf of California area. June 19, 1847 Sketch accompanying Col. Price's "Despatch." A battle plan near Pueblo de Toas. Undated. Sketch accompanying Col. Price’s "Despatch" of 15 Feb. 1817. A battle plan near Rio Del Norte and Embudo. Map of United States along the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. Undated. Map of the European Settlements in South America by...
Dates: 1716, 1747-1871, undated

Map of Route of Gov. Spottswood, 1716

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: id35348
Scope and Contents

“Map of Route of Gov. Spottswood in Aug. and Sept 1716” Map shows route of Governor Spotswood from “Germanna to Shenandoah River as indicated by Journal of John Fontaine one of the Knights of the Golden Horse Shoe.” Possibly removed from a book.

Dates: 1716

Math notebook of John T. Leigh, 1860

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: id35350
Scope and Contents

John T. Leigh lived in Newcastle, Powhatan County, Virginia. The book contains notes on trigonometry and algebra. 167 pages, 7.5 x 6.25 inches.

Dates: 1860

Photograph of Giant’s Causeway in Aberdeen, Scotland.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: id35352
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Autographs albums, library catalogs of personal libraries, maps, math notes and scrapbooks.

Many collections and material were purchased from John Hart during the 1930's and filed under their own accession numbers or interfiled with existing collections.

Dates: undated

Martha A. Beverly Autograph Album

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id35338
Scope and Contents

Martha Beverly was from Nottoway County, Virginia. Album has a red morocco cover and includes seven loose sheets of verse, one dated 1835. There are not many autographs. Mrs. Martha A. Hatchet, Lunenburg County, Va., is written inside the cover, 8.25 x 6.5 inches.

Dates: 1835-1867, undated