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Letter

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 115, Folder: 1
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Three-page letter addressed to his cousin in Greensboro, Alabama. Pasteur is a student at William and Mary on break and visiting family. He writes of his appreciation for having his cousin relay a message of courtship to a Miss Julia, despite the lukewarm response she wrote in return. He also lays out his plans as they pertain to his return to Williamsburg in preparation for the upcoming session.

Dates: 1845 September 1

Box

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 115, Folder: 1
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Perforated but unfolded box that was meant to hold 10 Cuban cigarettes. The brand is "John" and features a well dressed dark skinned Cuban striking a match to light a cigarette held in his mouth.

Dates: circa 1900

Daguerreotype

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 115, Folder: 1
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Daguerreotype of the bust of Edmund Mitchell, an unmarried man who resided in Baltimore, Maryland and was the President of the Vigilant Fire Company. Mitchell was shot and killed the night of the election of John H.T. Jerome in October of 1850. Articles concerning his assassination are included with the photograph.

Dates: circa 1845-1850

Journal, 1817-1818

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 115, Folder: 1
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A typed copy of Beaumont's travel journal, including numberic accounting of trip cost

Dates: 1817-1818

Memo

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 115, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Copy of a memo from the Assistant Secretary of Defense to Harry Rowen "regarding the distribution and use of the Vietnam Papers." It was Exhibit B-1 in the trial of U.S. v. Ellsberg-Russo, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, No. 9373-WMB-CD. The memo outlines who has full access to the Vietnam Papers, composed of the Warnke Private Papers, the McNaughton Private Papers, and the OSD Task Force Papers. It is signed by Paul C. Warnke, Horton H....
Dates: 18 December 1968

Poem

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 115, Folder: 1
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One page prose poem with several April Fools' Day romantic sayings, like "As sure as the grapes hangs on the vine, I'll be yours and you'll be mine." Signed "Mr. I Don't Know Who." It was written from Fiddlers Green, Virginia using a black ink fountain pen.

Dates: undated

Letter

 Collection — Box: Small Collections Box 115, Folder: 1
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From Norfolk, Watkins writes to her sister in Indianapolis. She mentions an illness and how she is overwhelmed by her teaching duties in Norfolk. Watkins seeks charity from her friends and family as she is too ill to work.

Dates: 1842 February 24

Account book, 1806-1837

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 115, Folder: 1
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Edward Bland Account book.

Dates: 1806-1837

World War I Collection

 Collection — Box: Small Collections Box 115, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Assorted but unrelated materials from before, during and immediately after World War I, including a photograph of a young man in military uniform, labeled "Richard Flack"; an envelope addressed to Carlotta Howard; an invoice for stamps bought at the United States Military Academy; and a "Food Conservation Notes" newspaper.There is also a two-page typed letter sent from John J. Miland, Company "E" 13th Infantry, Manila, Philippines to Captain Charles N. Murphy. Captain Murphy was...
Dates: 1913-1923