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One volume of the Toano High School Library Association, 1908-1934, including minutes of Board meetings, treasurer's reports, lists of visitors, lists of members and other organizational material.  Includes newspaper article which lists the histories and biographies at the library (undated). This high school library also functioned as a local public library for the community.

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1949 Virginia Gazette Supplement celebrating the 250th Anniversary of Williamsburg

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Facsimiles were likely made in 1972. Copies of papers of the Miller and Enslow families which are letters, chiefly to William Miller, Newburn, Pulaski County, Va. from relatives (including his brother Daniel Miller) in Iowa, California and Missouri. The letters contain descriptions of California and Missouri and mention "Indian trouble" in Iowa. The collection includes material, 1747-1969, on the Miller, Enslow, and Glendy families.

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Record Book, 1819-1861, of the James City County School Commissioners. Included in the book are minutes from meetings, annual reports, treasurer's reports, and other administrative policies. Also included are financial accounts of teachers, poor children, and members of the James City County School Commissioners.

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Facsimiles were likely made in 1965. Photocopies of letters, 1835-1845, to Dr. Thomas Jefferson Hughes of Gloucester County, Va. and Connorsville, Ind. chiefly from his brother Skaife W. Hughes, Jasper C. Hughes, and H. Yates Hughes, all from Gloucester County, Va. Includes photocopies of two essays by Mrs. Sarah Hughes, "What Qualities Should Be Cultivated by the Teacher" and "Forest Trees."

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Map entitled "Entrance to the Chesapeake Bay" reduced from the surveys made by D.P. Adams. By E. Blunt. Note says copper plate engraving.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection includes the following:Letter, 1776 July 30, James Madison, New York City to John Norton, London. Announces his safe arrival in New York after a passage of eight weeks which included a naval engagement of an hour and a half. Was received by Sir William Howe. Independence is certainly declared and arms will settle the dispute. New York is fortified.Letter, 8 October 1795, of James Madison, Williamsburg, Va. to William White, Philadelphia, Pa. Concerns...

Scope and Contents "Registered Backbond of William Robertson to his son Archibald Robertson," Edinburgh, [Scotland], January 24 1730 J.M. Brown, "Collettos", to Arthur [Robertson], February 15 1854 Re: the settling of his father's estate. William [Robertson], Camp near San Antonio, [Texas], to Sukie., July 27 1857 Re: Camp Life Robert S. Robertson, Roberts and Harper, Attorneys at Law, Fort Wayne, Ind., to Dr. William B. Robertson, April 23 1880 Re: genealogy and the history of the Robertson family. John Fald,...

Scope and Contents Typescripts likely produced in 1951.Item 1: Poem on the death of Edmund Waller, "Doctor of Physick and a Senior Fellow of St. John's College Cambridge," and uncle of Benjamin Waller., 1745 Item 2: Henry Wood to Benjamin Waller in verse form., 25 December 1745/1746 Item 3: C. Cibber, Jr., to Bejamin Waller. Plans to stop in Williamsburg upon his return from Boston., 2 July 1746 Typescript includes 9 line verse. Item 4: Henry Wood to "Dear Brother Bard" [Benjamin Waller?], 25...