Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Personal papers of William Wilson Galt which include financial material, business correspondence, material as executor of family members' estates, real estate transactions, tax and insurance documents, news clippings, printed and published written material, papers from his time as Navy Paymaster, and his last will and testament. William Wilson Galt joined the Navy about 1877 and served in the Navy for 50 years. He was a Navy Paymaster for most of those years. In 1881, he married Mary Blair...

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Calling cards from Galt Family members and others.

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Grades for Robert W. Galt and Mary C. Galt during one school session. 1901 tuition invoice to Mrs. J. T. Carr for music lessons on guitar for Hugh Blair Galt.

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Newspaper and other clippings collected by William Wilson Galt. Some topics are Norfolk, Florida and the Navy. Some clippings are poems.

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Newspaper and other clippings about the Galt Family. Obituaries and articles about Roger H. Galt, William Wilson Galt, William Richard Galt, and others.

Scope and Contents Correspondence from the U.S. Navy and related people to William Wilson Galt. Correspondence regarding H. R. Bills 18701 and 19313 about giving officers an option of voluntary retirement. Medical examination material for 1909 and 1910. 1911 October 6 letter transferring his position at the Navy Pay Office to Pay Inspector Harry E. Biscoe and October 18 and 21 letters commanding him for duty as Paymaster of Yard under the command of the Commandant, Navy Yard, Norfolk. 1912 correspondence about...

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Small leather covered daybook which includes daily notations, addresses, and account information.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Personal papers of William Wilson Galt which include financial material, business correspondence, material as executor of family members' estates, real estate transactions, tax and insurance documents, news clippings, printed and published written material, papers from his time as Navy Paymaster, and his last will and testament. William Wilson Galt joined the Navy about 1877 and served in the Navy for 50 years. He was a Navy Paymaster for most of those years. In 1881, he married Mary Blair...

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Insurance invoices.

Scope and Contents Includes tombstone inscription and order for tombstone; "list of books taken from library at Edgehill Oct. 9th, 1884 by Mrs. William Wilson Galt"; receipts for payments from the estate; 1881 prenuptial contract between Mary Blair Grigsby and W. W. Galt stating that William Wilson Galt will not interfere with the rents and profits of the estate of Hugh Blair Grigsby; legal documents with Mary Blair Grigsby Galt as one of the executors of her father's estate; accounts of the estate of Hugh...

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Leather account book from the Norfolk National Bank with approximately seven pages of accounts relating to the estate of Mary B. Grigsby, which include lists of items, possibly as inventories, under the headings: "Mary Blair Carrington", "For Grove/For Edgehill", and "Farming Implements". Also includes an account of the security stock of the Charlotte Banking and Insurance Company belonging to the estate of Mrs. Mary V. Grigsby.

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Invoices of interest payment to Robert R. Prentis on note due Joseph B. Whitehead's estate.

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Canceled checks, bank statements, check stub books, deposit slips and bank notes.

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Two bank books for Mrs. Mary Blair Galt. Leather notepad wallet moved to Manuscripts Artifact Collection, Mss. 1.03.

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Typed list of Galt's expenses when he was a candidate for the House of Delegates. List addressed to the Chairman City Democratic Committee.

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Invoices for purchases from local businesses and businesses across the country. Many invoices list items purchased. Receipts from businesses. Most of the accounts are for personal purchases, but a few of them may be related to his position as Navy Paymaster.

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Invoices and receipts for purchases from local businesses and businesses across the country. Many invoices list items purchased. Most of the accounts are for personal purchases, but a few of them may be related to his position as Navy Paymaster. Includes receipts for payments to the City Gas Company of Norfolk, and Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company.

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Invoices and receipts for local and world-wide purchases. Many invoices list items purchased. Most of the accounts are for personal purchases, but a few of them may be related to his position as Navy Paymaster. Includes purchase of a guitar for $7.00 in 1900 and a General Catalogue No. 66 from Montgomery Ward & Co.

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Correspondence, receipts and bonds for the Tidewater Mineral and Oil Corporation and Norfolk-Princess Anne Oil Corporation.

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William Wilson Galt elected an Honorary Member of St. Johns Masonic Lodge 1908. Carbon copy of a 1911 June 21 letter from William Wilson Galt, as Representative of the United Grand Lodge, to Sir Edward Letchworth, the Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge...Freemasons' Hall in England, about the honor conferred upon him. Related Mason material, some about William Wilson Galt, is filed in Sub-Series 3, William R. Galt.

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1908 contract for telephone service and a 1916 Virginia State Hunter's License. 1896-1899 insurance records which include a policy, payment receipts of premiums and correspondence.

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1881 December 1 Charlotte County, Virginia marriage license between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby with a Minister's Return of Marriage.

Scope and Contents William Wilson Galt wrote a poem entitled "The Battle of Manila Bay". The poem was printed in various publications and eventually incorporated into a book, also called "The Battle of Manila Bay". Copies of the poem from various sources, newspaper articles about the poem, and order slips for purchasing the book. Research correspondence and requests for photographs from men who participated in the battle, copyright information and letters from appreciative readers. Some correspondence on the...

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Leather bound diary kept by William Wilson Galt while stationed at Punta de los Cerritos from 1882 April 19-31.

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Two certificates of membership for the Navy Relief Society; one for Paymaster W. W. Galt and one for Mrs. William Wilson Galt.