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Indenture between Henry Banks, Richmond, Virginia (heir of John Banks) and Ichabod Burnet, late of Charleston, South Carolina with Nathaniel Greene of Charleston for land sold by John  McQueen of Charleston for lots in Brunswick, Georgia.  Signed by Henry Banks. Notarized by Archibald Blair, Notary Public in Richmond, Virginia and John Harvie, Mayor of Richmond. January 1786.  Includes a paper seal and partial red wax seal.

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Indenture between Henry Banks, Richmond, Virginia (heir of John Banks) and Ichabod Burnet, late of Charleston, South Carolina with Nathaniel Greene of Charleston for land sold by John  McQueen of Charleston for lots in Brunswick, Georgia.  Signed by Henry Banks. Notarized by Archibald Blair, Notary Public in Richmond, Virginia and John Harvie, Mayor of Richmond. January 1786.  Includes a paper seal and partial red wax seal.

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Typed tissue carbon of the inventory of Jonathan Bryan's library as part of his estate.  Includes titles and authors.  Dated June 1, 1934. 20 pages.

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Typed tissue carbon of the inventory of Jonathan Bryan's library as part of his estate.  Includes titles and authors.  Dated June 1, 1934. 20 pages.

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This collection contains material relevant to the Battle of Williamsburg, also known as the Battle of Fort Magruder, which took place on May 5, 1862 during the Civil War. Articles describing the events, photographs and sketches, as well as maps, are represented here.

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Photostat.

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Negative and positive photostats.

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Negative and positive photostatst.

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This collection contains material relevant to the Battle of Williamsburg, also known as the Battle of Fort Magruder, which took place on May 5, 1862 during the Civil War. Articles describing the events, photographs and sketches, as well as maps, are represented here.

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Photostat of the cover page of the Historie de la Guerre Civile en Amerique par M. LeComte De Paris [Louis Phillippe Albert d'Orleans (1838 - 1894)].

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Photostat of the cover page of A View of the Constitution of the United States of America by William Rawle (Philadelphia, 1829) with an autograph of Benjamin S. Ewell.

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This collection contains material relevant to the Battle of Williamsburg, also known as the Battle of Fort Magruder, which took place on May 5, 1862 during the Civil War. Articles describing the events, photographs and sketches, as well as maps, are represented here.

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Photograph, 8" x 10", black and white, of a sketch from the Official and Illustrated War Record, Washington, D.C.: "The Hospital on the Battlefield of Williamsburg - Union and Confederate Surgeons Attending" -- sketched by Private Fortescue.

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Photograph, 8" x 10", black and white, of a sketch from the Official and Illustrated War Record, Washington, D.C.: "The Battle of Williamsburg, Va., on the Peninsula Between York and James Rivers, May 6, 1862" -- sketched by A. Waud.

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Photograph, 8" x 10", black and white, of a sketch from the Official and Illustrated War Record, Washington, D.C.:"Advance of the Union Army on the Road between Yorktown and Williamsburg-The Telegraph Corps Raising the Wire" -- sketched by Thomas Nast [1862].

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This collection contains material relevant to the Battle of Williamsburg, also known as the Battle of Fort Magruder, which took place on May 5, 1862 during the Civil War. Articles describing the events, photographs and sketches, as well as maps, are represented here.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Transcript of an obituary written for Allen Daingerfield by Washington Parke Custis, published in the Alexandria Gazette in 1821.  Allen Daingerfield was born in 1770 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia and died 1821 in Prince George County, Maryland. Letters from Leroy Parker Daingerfield and William Parker Daingerfield to their parents, brother Richard and sisters, Juliet and Sarah, in Bath County, Virginia.  An 1850 letter was written in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia about visiting...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Transcript of an obituary written for Allen Daingerfield by Washington Parke Custis, published in the Alexandria Gazette in 1821.  Allen Daingerfield was born in 1770 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia and died 1821 in Prince George County, Maryland. Letters from Leroy Parker Daingerfield and William Parker Daingerfield to their parents, brother Richard and sisters, Juliet and Sarah, in Bath County, Virginia.  An 1850 letter was written in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia about visiting...

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Two page petition communicating thanks for Mayor Tom Bradley of Los Angeles, California.  Mayor Bradley created a 'Gay Pride Proclamation' in 1976.  The letters are post marked 23 July 1976.  There are 56 signatures in all.

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Two page petition communicating thanks for Mayor Tom Bradley of Los Angeles, California.  Mayor Bradley created a 'Gay Pride Proclamation' in 1976.  The letters are post marked 23 July 1976.  There are 56 signatures in all.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Consists of many family items relating to the Brown/ Browne family of Robert L. Browne, class of 1970, including: New Testament Bible written in Swedish bearing the name of Alma Louise Carlsson (Dec. 10,1875- Oct. 23, 1960) along with the date, 1890.  An immigrant from Sweden, Alma was the mother of Helen L. Browne. Certificate of Naturalization presented to Leonard L. Bjornson, December 24, 1910.  An immigrant from Sweden, Bjornson was the husband of Alma L. Carlson...

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Photograph album of travels to Costa Rica including images of nature, landscapes, Easter Parade, Thanksgiving festivities, and multiple snap shots of the group who made the sojourn.  The beginning of the album shows the boat they travelled aboard along with images of Moro Castle in Havana, Cuba, a stop made enroute. There are also a few pages that feature Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis when he visited the country in Jan, 1928.

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Photograph album of travels to Costa Rica including images of nature, landscapes, Easter Parade, Thanksgiving festivities, and multiple snap shots of the group who made the sojourn.  The beginning of the album shows the boat they travelled aboard along with images of Moro Castle in Havana, Cuba, a stop made enroute. There are also a few pages that feature Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis when he visited the country in Jan, 1928.

Scope and Contents The collection includes an undated handwritten description of Poston, Arizona, which makes reference to earlier, mostly unsuccessful attempts to settle the town. A letter dated July 20, 1944, is written to Duncan Mills, Project Director, from Pauline Bates Brown, Reports Officer of the Colorado River Relocation Project, requesting a Junior Reports Officer to assist with clerical work. The photographs in the collection are mostly of a woman or a group of women in what appears to be Colorado...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letter written by Army Private W. K. Jaye to a Mrs. Price on Mar. 26, 1951 while Jaye was serving during the Korean War. The letter explains that he was shot in the arm and hospitalized.  The letter also describes another occasion when a mortar shell landed 10 feet from him, killing two other soldiers and wounding more.  The second page of the letter is a pencil sketch of a solider walking while a bullet whizzes in front of his face, going through his right arm.  It is captioned, "It had my...