Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Box contains 6 items. 7 1/2" x 4 3/4" x 2 1/2". The box also contains the following items: 1. Button hook 2. Thimble 3. Tie pin, made of a toothpick case cover lacking] 4. Copper medalion, oval, about 3" x 2 1/4", in cloth case The following message is engraved on the Facet "How lov'd How valued once avails thee not. / Mary Jerdone died March 12th 1821 / Sarah Jerdone died October 23rd 1818." Evidently contained a miniature, not received with this gift. 5. Silk crepe bow,...

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Scope and Contents Also contains a pewter container, identified as an old "powder and shot flask." Mrs. Davis' notes describing these items are also laid in.

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Volume Manuscript Volume15. 3 3/4 x 6 inches. First leaf contains note of payment of tuition at the College of William and Mary for his son John, a student there.

Scope and Contents Volume Manuscript Volume 16. 235 pages. 13 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Correspondents include John Anderson, John Backhouse, Messrs Barlow, Wigginton, Francis & Holland of London, England, James Bowles, Messrs. Clay & Miogley of Liverpool, England, Nisbett, Darby, William Gibson, Samuel Gist, Messrs. Hanson, Clark & Co. of London, England, Henry Holland, Richard Humphreys, Mrs. Dorothy Jordan, John Morton Jordan, John Morton Jordan & Co. of London, England, Thomas Jarvis, William...

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Volume Manuscript Volume 17. 13 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches.

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Volume Manuscript Volume 18. 54 pages. 12 1/4 x 8 inches. Also includes sketches written by William M. Jerdone at Virginia Military Institute, 1870-1871.

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Volume Manuscript Volume 19. 166 pages. 14 x 8 3/4 inches. Diary of William Jerdone, 1861-1862; and diary of William M. Jerdone, 1863-1867. Diaries concern agriculture, preparation for war, home front, managing slaves, reconstruction, and military defenses at Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown.

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Volume Manuscript Volume 20. 126 pages. 13 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches.

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Volume Manuscript Volume 21. Book contains farm records, records of doctors' visits, records of produce and animals stolen, hiring of a free black, record of slaves working on public defenses at Jamestown and the beginning of a diary continued in MsV. 19 of William M. Jerdone, Jr.