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Invoice for P.M. Thompson, Williamsburg, Virginia, from Alsop, Mosby & Co., Richmond, Virginia, for the purchase of Turkish Towels. June 6, 1893. Received with the Henry A. Washington Papers.

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Invoice for items bought by Mr. Charles Waller from John Lindsey. Items include tea, whiskey, paper and more. November 1869-April 1870.

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8 receipts for food items, some purchased of Margaret Scellen. Possibly in York, Virginia. 1831 and undated. Received with Tucker Papers.

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Shipment laden order by C.F. Whittle for 25 hogshead tobacco, from the port of Richmond, Virginia to Norfolk, Virginia. Richmond, Virginia. March 16, 1810.

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William Wilkins promissory note from William Wilkins to pay E.A. Marks $112.22. December 30, 1857.

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Receipt for a colt sold by William W. Henderson to William L. Williams.  October 1, 1856.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: One letter to Dr. E.D. Hurth.  Happersith addresses the recipient with "my boy".  In it, he describes the travels to get to Fort Garland in the Colorado Territories; the long train ride referring to the train itself as an "Iron Horse", the plentiful wildlife, lack of trees along the prairies, and the change in scenery as they made their way to the Rocky Mountains.  Happersith also describes nuisances met along the way such as bed bugs and sweltering heat.  He also describes the Native...

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Three Prisoner of War letters from World War II written in Italian.  Two letters originated in Algeria (Orano) Camp #134.  The third has an address listed as the Prisoner of War Information Bureau Provost Marshall's Office, POW camp M126, Washington, D.C.  Letters are stamped or have markings indicating Prisoner of War Postage and also show stamps that the letters passed censoring protocol.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diary kept by Lieutenant Colonel Clifford C. Neilson, Commander of the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry, 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam from May to November 1968.  It was written in the evening and recounts actions of the unit but much of the diary is written in shorthand and acronyms as it was created while engaged in heavy combat by the author in the vicinity of Ton Sonh Nhant Airbase near Saigon and Tay Ninh Province.  Neilson records that they suffered 38 men killed in action, 218 wounded...

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One letter from Willard Doud to his sister, Dora Elizabeth Doud (Swem) dated July 11, 1898 from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  In his letter, Doud describes the scene in the Caribbean during the Spanish American War.  He even gives a description of prisoners of war from the Spanish Navy on transport via the USS St. Louis.  Included with the letter is a pin from Dora's high school year at Englewood High School in Chicago, Illinois.

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Letter from Bishop John Johns in Richmond, Virginia to Henry Anthon, D.D. and Rector of St. Mark's Church, Bowery, New York dated June 11, 1849.  Subject matter of the letter is the College of William and Mary and specifically the appointment of Dr. Stone to the College.  John Johns served as the fifteenth President of the College from 1849 until 1854.  He was also  the 4th Bishop of Virginia, elected in 1862.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: About 55 pages of a diary by Nina Blodgett recorded during three trips spanning 1968-1974.  The first trip was a guided tour to Alaska July 2-20, 1968 where Blodgett describes landscapes, glaciers, travel logistics with her group, and sleeping arrangements.  She also describes the late sunset, people near her catching a 165+ pound halibut, and view of Native American dances. The second trip was a Caribbean Grange tour, February 1-14, 1974.  On this trip Blodgett visits many...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Civil War diary of Henry Alexander Scandrett dated 1862. The front of the diary has the entry from January 7, 1862 written through Thursday, January 9, "Monday 5th of May. Was in my first battle today. About 1 o'clock PM our regiment was marched into the field.  We were thrown in advance and through some blunder was not reinforced.  We have lost all our company officers and our field officers are all wounded.  With fifteen others I was taken prisoner and am now in William and Mary College." ...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: 17 whole and partial letters written from Margaret P.H. Luqueer to her Cousin Jacob and Aunt Nancy while she travelled through Europe and the Middle East. In her letters she describes the scenery at length; London Fog in London rendering darkness during the day, beautiful cliffs and sea views on her way to Sorrento. In all, Margaret visits, London, Rome, Pompeii, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Damascus, Beirut, Athens, Trieste, Pallanza- Lake Maggiore, Innsbruck, Munich, Paris, Geneva, and...

Scope and Contents A Sanford Howard production of the screenplay, Mr. Kool final draft script dated June 19, 1973. The film was released in the United States  August 7, 1974 titled Together Brothers.  As part of the Blaxploitation Cinema, the story is about an African American policeman, nicknamed Mr. Kool, who is gunned down in a poor neighborhood in Galveston, Texas.  The only witness to the crime was a young boy named Tommy who is rendered mute by the trauma he suffered when the gunman tried to kill him,...