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April 12, 1889 letter from Lute Wilcox, City Editor of "The Daily Optic" in Las Vegas, New Mexico to Norma Lively of Williamsburg, Virginia about an article she submitted.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Printed petition titled "Memorial of The Operatives of Glasgow for the Dismissal of Ministers, to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, the Memorial of the Inhabitants of the City of Glasgow." Handwritten date, 1839, and handwritten note, "as adopted at Newcastle on Tyne." Also contains handwritten notes rewriting some of the points given in the petition, plus ends with "shew this to Gustavus." The writer seemed particularly concerned with the relations between Great Britain and Russia....

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Letter from Oliver Lodge to John Melville Jennings about veracity of buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren.  Mention of Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diary of a teenage boy living near rural Scottsville, New York. He writes every day with a sentence or two about his and his family’s activities. He lives on a farm and his mother is a substitute teacher. He is interested in cartooning and hand drawn figures and cartoons are interspersed in the diary. His siblings are Delos and Lewis, both older than he is. Selections from the diary: The diary begins on January 1: “Played with Joe Harrymon. Costed down the barn hill....

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Photograph of Hortense Brigham, later called Dr. "Robin" Mayer and Mrs. Alden Brigham Mayer.  Photograph is undated, but of a young woman in her late teens or twenties.

She was in the Class of 1951 at Smith College.

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November 3, 1882 letter from Israel Green of Mt. Vernon, Ohio to his daughter, Clara G. Murphy in Indiana, about his letter to the editor on November 6, 1858 in the Daily Cincinnati Gazette supporting Lincoln for President. Describes circumstances that led to the letter.

Israel Green was known as the first person to publically suggest Abraham Lincoln for President.

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15 circular's from the Paymaster General's Office, Washington, D.C. 

Many are signed by the Paymaster General.  Circular No. 60, 62, 63 and 68 plus other unnumbered circulars.  Includes a memorandum from the Office of the Chief of Engineers, December 1, 1869, listing circulars issued and a description or status of each one.  1867-1869.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence to and from members of the Fairfax Harrison Family regarding the Virginia Historical Index and ownership of the publishing rights. Individuals involved are Fairfax Harrison, Mrs. Ursula Harrison Baird, Mrs. Sally Harrison Dieke, Earl Gregg Swem and G. Jeter Jones of the First and Merchants National Bank. Upon the death of Mrs. Hetty Fairfax Harrison, lawyers were trying to determine who had the publishing rights to the Virginia Historical Index. Correspondence...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diary of a young man who owns a horse ranch near Bison, South Dakota. Each day is full of his ranching activities, but interspersed within the diary are thoughts of loneliness, sadness and suicide. Notes names of friends, relatives and ranch hands. Gives weather for most days. The beginning and end of the diary contain school notes. The writer lives near his Father and Grandmother. The location is in northwest South Dakota near Bison, Strool and Buffalo along present day Route 20....

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Travel diary of Edith M. Clayes of a voyage from California to Washington, D.C. Clayes visited, among other places, the Panama Canal; Havana, Cuba; Key West, St. Augustine and Miami, Florida; Richmond, Virginia; and the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland areas. She writes about her personal experiences as well as the history of the places visited. The cover of the diary is made of wood board with a leather spine. The cover is attached with hob nails, is gilded in places and...

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Some of the names mentioned in the volume were excerpted by the seller and include: "George Zirkle; William Bussey; Wiliam Wicks; David Neff; Emanuel Rinehart; Phillip Zirkle; Samuel Swartz; James Beale; Cornelius Zirkle; John Zirkle; John Goodall; Henry Grable; John Phillips; Michael Neff; John Shayer; Abraham Sly; Jacob Bushong; Jesse Funk Henry; and Tisinger.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Account book, 1831-1837 and 1844 of the brothers, John Swartz, Jr., Christian Swartz and Jacob Swartz of Shenandoah, Virginia. Most of the entries are accounts with customers for making or mending shoes, but it has other entries like wages for 'trashing wheat' and 'hauling wood' interspersed throughout the volume. Only one of the entries is for 1844. An entry on the inside cover reads "(?) Swartz his account book" and the name John Swartz is mentioned frequently. Names of other...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence to and from members of the Fairfax Harrison Family regarding the Virginia Historical Index and ownership of the publishing rights. Individuals involved are Fairfax Harrison, Mrs. Ursula Harrison Baird, Mrs. Sally Harrison Dieke, Earl Gregg Swem and G. Jeter Jones of the First and Merchants National Bank. Upon the death of Mrs. Hetty Fairfax Harrison, lawyers were trying to determine who had the publishing rights to the Virginia Historical Index. Correspondence...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Travel diary of Edith M. Clayes of a voyage from California to Washington, D.C. Clayes visited, among other places, the Panama Canal; Havana, Cuba; Key West, St. Augustine and Miami, Florida; Richmond, Virginia; and the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland areas. She writes about her personal experiences as well as the history of the places visited. The cover of the diary is made of wood board with a leather spine. The cover is attached with hob nails, is gilded in places and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diary of a teenage boy living near rural Scottsville, New York. He writes every day with a sentence or two about his and his family’s activities. He lives on a farm and his mother is a substitute teacher. He is interested in cartooning and hand drawn figures and cartoons are interspersed in the diary. His siblings are Delos and Lewis, both older than he is. Selections from the diary: The diary begins on January 1: “Played with Joe Harrymon. Costed down the barn hill....

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Printed petition titled "Memorial of The Operatives of Glasgow for the Dismissal of Ministers, to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, the Memorial of the Inhabitants of the City of Glasgow." Handwritten date, 1839, and handwritten note, "as adopted at Newcastle on Tyne." Also contains handwritten notes rewriting some of the points given in the petition, plus ends with "shew this to Gustavus." The writer seemed particularly concerned with the relations between Great Britain and Russia....

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April 12, 1889 letter from Lute Wilcox, City Editor of "The Daily Optic" in Las Vegas, New Mexico to Norma Lively of Williamsburg, Virginia about an article she submitted.

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November 3, 1882 letter from Israel Green of Mt. Vernon, Ohio to his daughter, Clara G. Murphy in Indiana, about his letter to the editor on November 6, 1858 in the Daily Cincinnati Gazette supporting Lincoln for President. Describes circumstances that led to the letter.

Israel Green was known as the first person to publically suggest Abraham Lincoln for President.

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Letter from Oliver Lodge to John Melville Jennings about veracity of buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren.  Mention of Richmond Times-Dispatch.

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15 circular's from the Paymaster General's Office, Washington, D.C. 

Many are signed by the Paymaster General.  Circular No. 60, 62, 63 and 68 plus other unnumbered circulars.  Includes a memorandum from the Office of the Chief of Engineers, December 1, 1869, listing circulars issued and a description or status of each one.  1867-1869.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diary of a young man who owns a horse ranch near Bison, South Dakota. Each day is full of his ranching activities, but interspersed within the diary are thoughts of loneliness, sadness and suicide. Notes names of friends, relatives and ranch hands. Gives weather for most days. The beginning and end of the diary contain school notes. The writer lives near his Father and Grandmother. The location is in northwest South Dakota near Bison, Strool and Buffalo along present day Route 20....

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Photograph of Hortense Brigham, later called Dr. "Robin" Mayer and Mrs. Alden Brigham Mayer.  Photograph is undated, but of a young woman in her late teens or twenties.

She was in the Class of 1951 at Smith College.

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Girl Scout Memory Book, 1934-36, compiled by teenager Harriet Simmons of Staunton, Virgina. Harriet Simmons documented her girl scout summer camps and Camp May Flather, near Harrisonburg, Virginia, with photographs, clippings and handwritten diary entries. She also records her badges, overnight hikes, swimming lessons and other activities. Included are 2 ID cards, and a photo postcard of the camp.