Box 1
Contains 110 Results:
Revenue Circulars, 1840-1860
Group of 15 Circulars for the Commissioner of Revenue for Virginia from the 1840s and 1850s, they belonged to Charles Modesitt who was the Commissioner in Page County
Copy Books, 1840-1860
1 of 2. Ten Copy Books by the Children, Sarah, Wyatt Stage and others, from the 1840s and 1850s, they range from a few pages to several with around 70 pages. They are all handwritten and have areas for copying the same line over and over again along with other areas for class notes and exercises.
Copy Books, 1840-1860
2 of 2. Ten Copy Books by the Children, Sarah, Wyatt Stage and others, from the 1840s and 1850s, they range from a few pages to several with around 70 pages. They are all handwritten and have areas for copying the same line over and over again along with other areas for class notes and exercises.
Farm Journal Almanacs, 1870-1890
Farm Journal Almanacs, 1870-1890
Booklets, 1874
New England Primer , Old School and New School
Accounts, 1830-1860
Lucy Modesitt's accounts
Mechanics Journals, 1850-1859
State Publications, 1850-1877
The General Laws in relation to Commissioners and Collectors of the Revenue, 1850. Laws in relation to Commissioners and Collectors of the Public Revenue, etc. 1858. Annual Reports of the Fish Commissioners of the State of Virginia, 1875-1877
Newspapers, 1859
Richmond Examiner enclosing a copybook exercise by John W, Modesitt, circa January 2, 1860.
Land Grants and Accounts, 1850-1860
Accounts, 1825-1850
Letters, 1820-1829
Complaint of 1824: 3 page complaint, 1824, about a slave that was hired for a year threatening to run away with her husband. Her husband actually comes and demands that he sell her back to the previous owner or she will run away.
Letters, 1830-1839
Letters, 1840-1845
Letters, 1845-1849
Letters, 1845-1849
Letters, 1844-1852
Letters, 1846-1849
Letters, 1850-1852
Letters, 1853-1860
Documents, 1824-1857
Indenture Document, Will, Work calculations
Letter from Abner Berry, 1833 July
"Dear Sir I am informed by Mr Thomas Clore that you wish to purchase a farm on this side of the mountain. I have a small one. I will sell on accommodating terms the tract contains 137 acres, it is on the south side of the Robison River"
Letter to sister, 1830 June 8
"Did you see Belle Austin's husband while you were in Uniontown? He is a whopper. Considerably over six feet. I saw a catalog of the Steubenville Seminary a few days ago which had the name of Margret Thompson from Luray, Virginia in it. Pray, who is she? Is she Dr. Thompson's daughter? The seminary is only a days ride from this place."
Letter to mother, 1830 February 17
"I hope Daniel Kibler's letter has not put Charlie in the notion of going to the West. I suppose from what he says that his father has taken up some government or vacant land, as it is called."