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Photostat copies: letter from Ellen M. Bagby of the Jamestown Committee of the APVA to Mr. Warner S. McCall of Gibson City, Illinois inviting him to Jamestown for the installation of the plaque honoring Edward Maria Wingfield; memo by Warner McCall read by Bishop Brown at the Annual meeting of the APVA and newspaper clippings of the event with picture of plaque.

Scope and Contents Photostat copies of two early deeds from Jamestown from the Ambler Papers at the Library of Congress, "Virginia:  Jamestown--Land Patents, Deeds, etc."         Four photographs from the National Park Service:         Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,         Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,         Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and         Plate 4: ...

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Artificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Bath is in present day Berkeley County, West Virginia.

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Scope and Contents Flyers advertising "Gooch” and "Little Miss Spruce" trees by Winslow L. Gooch of Hopewell, Virginia.

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A newspaper clipping concerning dead towns in Virginia.  1 piece.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents History of Christ Church. 3 p. 15 1/2 cm. Christmas card from Old Presbyterian Meeting House from William Buckner and Mr. Croarty. undated. Letter to Earl Gregg Swem from Josephine Weeks about buying a newly made print from Colonel Gilpin’s “Plan of Alexandria, 1798.” June 17,1944. Alexandria businesses papers: envelope from Garrett and Monroe, card from Gwin, Beckham and Company Commission Merchants and Andrews Studios. undated. List of names and inscriptions on...

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Papers of Thomas Marshall Hunter, Morgantown, W.Va. Typed copy of an act for establishing a town at the Warm Springs in the county of Berkeley.  October 1776. 1 piece. A list of original purchasers of lots in Bath, Berkeley County.  1 piece.  Extracts from the minutes of the trustees of Bath.  1 piece. An excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Notes of Virginia.  1793. 1 piece. Copies of newspaper advertisements of stores and boarding houses. 1781.  3 pieces.

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Scope and Contents Advertisement card for travel from Lynchburg, Virginia. undated.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Music festival 1931. Advertising folder. Letter inviting people to visit a new academy established at the Midway under Mr. Pike Powers, formerly professor of Mathematics at Hampton Sydney. Signed by the nine professors. July 17, 1838. Affidavit signed by the Librarian of the Library of the University of Virginia on July 10, 1848 that the letter was copied from the Richmond Enquirer collection on July 10, 1848. Brochure of photographs of the buildings at the University of...

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Scope and Contents A historical and descriptive article. undated. 1 piece. Typed copy of an act incorporating the town, 1749. 1 piece. Typed copy of a list of residents of Dumfries found in the ledger of Daniel Payne, merchant. 1758-1761. 1 piece. Typed list of merchants residing in Dumfries. 1789. 1 piece. A Short historical sketch of the Dumfries lodge of Masons, 1797-1830, including a list of members in 1798. 1 piece.

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Scope and Contents A print, "Fortress Monroe, Va. and Its Vicinity" with a numbered legend of places on the picture. undated.

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Day book of the corporation of Fredericksbug, Virginia. 28 April 1802 -- 28 February 1812. 80 pages. 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. List of voters and militia in the corporation of Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1855. 48 pages. 13 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. An illustrated descriptive folder. 1 piece. An envelope printed with six views of buildings. 1 piece. 1787-1840 Fredericksburg District Court Records: See Mss. Acc. 2008.319 Fredericksburg, Virginia District Court.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Fredericksburg Street lottery tickets signed by Beck (sic) Welford. Over 50 tickets. Some tickets have the name of purchaser on the reverse side. 1826. 1 lottery ticket from St. Louis, dated March 6, 1817. Pages with photographs of State Teachers College. (Mary Washington University). 4 pages. undated. Printed letter to the “communicants of St. George’s Church” in Fredericksburg, Virginia, asking for funds. undated. Statement of current expenses of St. George’s Church in...

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July 5, 1953 Daily Press newspaper clipping "Historical Approach Used in the Selection of New Names for Hampton City Streets." Annual reports for the Committee for the Fort Monroe Museum and its successor, the Casemate Museum. 1951-1974.

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Engraving of Hanover Court-House, possibly removed from a book.

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Two prints of Harper's Ferry by W.H. Bartlett, 1838, showing different views. One newspaper print reproduction, "Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Company.  1854. Three prints by G. Perkins, 1874, "Harper's Ferry by Moonlight."

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5 printed reproductions of photographs of buildings at the “State Teacher’s College” in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town. 13 pieces. Landing at Jamestown. An engraving. 1 piece. Print of "The First Legislative Assembly in America. James Town, Virginia, August, 1619." (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828). 2 items. Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City. 1629. 4 pieces. Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map...

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Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for "An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957...

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Four photographs from the National Park Service:

Plate 1: Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,

Plate 2: bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,

Plate 3: fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and

Plate 4: drawing of drinking mug, restored.

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Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing: Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail. (8 items).

Scope and Contents Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for "An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956. Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival...

Scope and Contents Ephemera from the 350th Anniversary of Jamestown. Includes the Virginia Department of Highways report on "Traffic and the Jamestown Festival," "Jamestown Festival Official Program," programs for the musical program at PBK in Williamsburg and the christening of the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, brochure entitled "Souvenir of the Jamestown Festival 1957, Old World Heritage,"Jamestown Festival brochure, brochure for "The Founders," ticket stub for the festivities, and a Jamestown...