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Booton-Modesitt Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.570
Scope and Contents Papers of the Modesitt-Booton families of Luray, Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to Lucy Marye of Luray, Virginia who married James Modesitt in 1815. She was widowed in 1827 and remarried James Booton in 1830. Lucy was born to Peter and Eleanor Marye and was sister to William Staige Marye, who is considered one of the founders of Luray, Virginia Also included are letters by John Booton and others relating to slavery and politics, children's copy books,...
Dates: circa 1809-1880; Majority of material found in 1820-1850

Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (III)

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 B8555
Scope and Contents

Papers and correspondence of three generations of the Brown Family of Virginia:  Frances (Fanny) Bland Coalter Brown and her husband, Henry Peronneau Brown (1838-1888),  J. Thompson and Cassie Tucker Brown (1890-1920) and Frances Bland Brown and Fleming Sanders (1921-1964).

Dates: 1838-1964

Buford Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00995
Scope and Contents Papers, 1840-1892, of the Buford family of Bedford County, Va., consisting of letters, mostly addressed to Capt. Paschal Buford (1791-1875). Other correspondents include his wife Frances Ann Otey Buford and his daughter Maggie (Margaret Letitia) Buford. Some letters to Paschal Buford were written by his daughter Bettie (Mildred Elizabeth) and her husband Edward C. Burks. Also includes financial records, wedding invitations, records relating to horse breeding and a note book, circa 1880....
Dates: 1845-1895

John "Jack" Fitzgerald Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01186
Scope and Contents

Letters, 1827-1855, written to John "Jack" Fitzgerald of "Walnut Hill," Nottoway County, Va. Letters written by Thomas Branch and Bros. of Petersburg, Va, his brother, William Fitzgerald (House of Delegates, Richmond, Va.) and Winfree Williamson of Richmond, Va.

Topics and genre include bills, family news, legal matters, invoices and account statements of items sold, prices and commission information and correspondence concerning the selling of slaves.

Dates: 1827-1855

Grigsby-Galt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.308
Scope and Contents This collection contains the family papers of members of the Grigsby and Galt Families. Mary Blair Grigsby married William W. Galt in 1881.  The collection contains papers of various members of the Grigsby family, particulary Hugh Blair Grigsby who was a historian and Chancellor of The College of William and Mary and his son, Hugh Carrington Grigsby who lived his entire life at the family farm, Edgehill, in Charlotte County, Virginia. The collection also contains the personal...
Dates: 1736-1982; Majority of material found in 1840-1930

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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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 2
Virginia--Genealogy 2
Account books 1
Agriculture--History--19th century 1
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Apprenticeship programs--Virginia 1
Bedford County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Broadsides 1
Cabinet photographs 1
Carte de visite photographs 1
Certificates 1
Charlotte County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
College of William and Mary--History--19th century 1
Cotton trade--Southern States--History--19th century 1
Debt 1
Decedents' estates 1
Deeds 1
Dyes and dyeing 1
Exercise books 1
Farm management--Virginia--History--19th century 1
Farms--Virginia--History--19th century 1
Farms--Virginia--Nottoway County 1
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Genealogical tables 1
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Horses--Breeding--Virginia 1
Horses--Virginia 1
Indians of North America 1
Insurance, Fire--Virginia--History 1
Invitations 1
Japan--Description and travel 1
Jefferson County (W.Va.)--History--18th century 1
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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1
Lectures 1
Logging--Virginia 1
Lumber trade--Virginia--History 1
Luray (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Manila Bay, Battle of, Philippines, 1898 1
Manila Bay, Battle of, Philippines, 1898--Pictorial works 1
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Mecklenburg County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Medical practice--Virginia--History 1
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Merchants--West Virginia--Jefferson County 1
Military records 1
Mississippi--History--19th century 1
New York (State)--Social life and customs 1
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Petersburg (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Physicians--Virginia--York County 1
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Presidents--United States--Election--1848 1
Printed ephemera 1
Receipts (financial records) 1
Report cards 1
Richmond (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Slavery--Southern States--History 1
Spanish-American War, 1898 1
Speeches 1
Stock certificates 1
Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846 1
Tobacco farmers--Virginia 1
Tobacco industry--Virginia--Richmond 1
United States--Abolition--History 1
United States--History--Mexican War, 1845-1848 1
United States--Slavery 1
United States. Navy 1
United States. Navy--History--19th century 1
United States. Navy--History--20th century 1
Virginia--History--19th century 1
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1
Virginia--Politics and Government--18th century 1
Visiting cards 1
West Point (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Wills 1
Women physicians--Virginia--History--19th century. 1
Women--Physicians 1
Women--Virginia--Social life and customs 1
World War, 1914-1918 1
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Allison White and Company 1
Booton, Lucy Mary Modesitt 1
Braxton family 1
Brown family 1
Brown, Cassie Dallas Tucker 1