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Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: "Miracles at Yorktown," written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.

Scope and Contents Yorktown National Military Park June 6, 1921 ...In the Senate of the United States.  June 6, 1921.. A bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...7 p.  28 cm.  1 piece. 1921 Hearings before the subcommittee of the committee on appropriations United States Senate...on a bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...Washington, Government printing office, 1921.  16 p.  23 1/2 cm.  1 piece. Navy Mine Depot Navy Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia...

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Material relating to the annual celebrations of Yorktown Day, sometimes called Yorktown Fete.

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Papers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].

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Scope and Contents Plats of Yorktown, Photostats (2)  undated Sign - Guided Tour of Yorktown (10”x7” cardboard sign) 1941 “Establishment of the American Army.”  Photostat of May 27, 1778 Congressional Order.

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Papers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Papers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].

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Papers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].

Scope and Contents Photographs of: the Victory monument,  the monument on the spot where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, Lafayette Coach at Bremo, Spring where Washington got his water, marker of French soldiers' graves (2), plaque for site of the Home of Nicolas Martiau,  plaque for "Baron Gaspard de Gallatin," walk along top of old earthworks (3), where Washington had his tent, spot marked where a tablet once was, plaque for "french soldiers and sailors," where Lafayette had his tent, plaque for Thomas...

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Fete in honor of General La Fayette.  Printed pamphlet by R.G. Scott on what happened during planning of the Yorktown Fete of 1824 and why he should not be responsible. 1827.

Scope and Contents “Admiral Francis Joseph Paul De Grasse, Hero of Yorktown” by Louis A Culvillier 1931Invitation and tickets to Yorktown Celebration 1931List of European Guests at Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Newsletter on Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Official Program of Yorktown Celebration.  1931Some Old Yorktown Maps by K.W. Trimble.  Reprint from The Military Engineer, 1931Tentative Program of Yorktown Celebration byYorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931Ticket Stubs-Yorktown...

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Program of Celebration of 155th Anniversary of the Victory at Yorktown under the Joint Auspices…  10/19/1936

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Program of Yorktown Celebration, October 18-19, 1934.

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Letter from A.A. Folsone to Hon. Lyon G. Tyler enclosing engraving of a view of Yorktown, “Yorktown Battlefield” by John B. Chapman per Graham’s Magazine, 1814.

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Scope and Contents Photograph of House in Yorktown undatedPhotograph of Yorktown Battlefield and Moore House undatedSketch of Yorktown- View from the River (Copy) undatedYorktown Homes (6 photographs on cardboard) undatedGreeting Cards -Prints of Moore House and Nelson House  1934

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Original ink wash drawing by a federal soldier in 1862. View of the York River waterfront. Transferred to artifact librarian in 2011.

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Papers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Papers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Papers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Papers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].

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Available online via the Library catalog for William and Mary users; alternate access is available via the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/journalofsiegeof00gall.

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Papers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].

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“Yorktown Church Said Third Oldest in Virginia,” Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  May 9, 1960.“Historic Nelson House,” January 31, 1973“Battle Lines Will Be Reconstructed at Yorktown,” Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  January 31, 1973.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Christmas Dinner Menu, U.S. Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia.  1950.Colonial National Historic Park brochure by US Department of Interior (2 Copies).  1940Old Yorktown and its History by Mrs. Sydney Smith.  1920Salvaging Relics from York River.  1939U.S. 17 George Washington Memorial Highway Map, Tidewater, Virginia, into Colonial National Historical Park.  undated.Views of Yorktown and Gloucester Town—Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia.  1946Virginia Gazette...

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“Henri de Saint-Simon at Yorktown; A French Prophet of Modern Industrialism in America,” The Franco-American Review, Autumn 1937.“A Neglected French Collaborator in the Victory of Yorktown” by Harold A. Larrabee.  1932.