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Conway D. Whittle letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01857
Content Description

Letter to Richmond, Virginia slave traders Davis, Deupree and Co., from Virginia physician Conway Davies Whittle inquiring about the rates of sale of 24 enslaved persons owned by Whittle. Age, gender, complexion, and skills are mentioned to describe the enslaved people.

Dates: 1860 November 2

Farrar Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2008.71
Scope and Contents The collection includes letters, contracts, deeds, wills, St. Luke Penny Bank medallions, cemetery plot receipts, plans, blueprints, photographs, birth and death certificates relating to members of the Farrar family of Richmond, Virginia. Daniel James Farrar (1862-1925) had a profound effect on the architecture of the city of Richmond. Daniel followed the example of his father, Joseph who was the son of a free black. Farrar was involved with at least 14 buildings in the 1890’s as designer,...
Dates: 1875-1964

Hall Family Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 90 H14
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the papers of the Hall and Moore families of New York, Richmond, Va. and Williamsburg, Va. Includes wills, estate papers, legal and financial transactions, 1810-1915, of Jacob Hall, Sarah Hall and Cunningham Hall; and Bishop Richard Channing Moore, Virginia Moore, Harriet Glenworth Moore, Margaretta Moore and Louise Moore. Contains correspondence, 1854-1876, between Zebulon S. Farland and Ellen Douglas Gordon Farland; letters, 1906-1928, to Margaret (Farland)...
Dates: 1810-2007 and undated

Hart Papers I and II

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Identifier: Mss. 39.1 H29
Scope and Contents Papers, 1847-1934, including correspondence, essays, articles, and poems by John Hart, a Richmond book seller and poems, short stories, and a novel by his wife, Katherine M. Hart. The papers of John Hart include letters concerning the sale of books and two letters by James Branch Cabell. The collection includes diplomas and certificates awarded by the University of Virginia to his [father ?] John Hart of Louisa County, Va. The Hart Papers (II) series contains 200...
Dates: 1847-1934

Manuscripts - People and Family Names

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. 39.2 Man3a
Scope and Contents

An artificial collection of papers created from material acquired during the 1930's and 1940's.  Mostly letters, financial records, published material and official records of individuals in Virginia and elsewhere.  Includes documents and signatures of well known people, such as Benjamin Harrison, John Randolph and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Dates: 1621-1949; Majority of material found in 1800's

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Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century 2
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Apprenticeship programs--Virginia 1
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Cabinet photographs 1
Carte de visite photographs 1
College of William and Mary--History--19th century 1
College of William and Mary--History--20th century 1
Construction industry--United States--History--19th century 1
Construction industry--United States--History--20th century 1
Cotton trade--Southern States--History--19th century 1
Debt 1
Decedents' estates 1
Dyes and dyeing 1
Education, Higher--Virginia--History 1
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions 1
Episcopal Church--Virginia--Clergy--19th century 1
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Free Blacks--Virginia--Richmond--History 1
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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1
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Lumber trade--Virginia--History 1
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Mississippi--History--19th century 1
New York (State)--Social life and customs 1
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Petersburg (Va.)--History--19th century 1
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Physicians--Virginia--York County 1
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Richmond (Va.)--History 1
Richmond (Va.)--History--20th century 1
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Slave records 1
Slavery 1
Slavery--Southern States--History 1
Slavery--Virginia--19th century 1
Slavery--Virginia--History 1
Stereographs 1
Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846 1
Tobacco industry--Virginia--Richmond 1
United States--Abolition--History 1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans 1
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University of Virginia--History--19th century 1
Virginia--Genealogy 1
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Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1
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West Point (Va.)--History--19th century 1
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Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century 1
Wills 1
Women physicians--Virginia--History--19th century. 1
Women--Physicians 1
Women--Virginia--Social life and customs 1
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Anderson Gallery 1
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958 1
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