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Williamsburg Poems

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Identifier: SC 01194
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Three poems related to Williamsburg.  "Lay of the Lost Lion" by Cynthia Beverley Tucker Coleman, originally in the Williamsburg Garden Club's 1932 "Williamsburg Scrapbook."  "The Pulaski Club of Williamsburg, VA, Its origin and fame and how it got its name" by the History Committee.  "My God, They've sold the town" a poem about John D. Rockefeller, Jr.'s purchasing houses in Williamsburg.

Dates: undated

Gilbert M. Woodward Poem

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00716
Scope and Contents

Poem, circa 1864, written by Gilbert M. Woodward. The poem is a humorous look at the role of the printer in the Civil War, and begins "Hail and Thrice Hail Ye Craftsman, / Knights of the Stick and the Rule, / Who through the fiery storm of war / With purpose high and courage cool / the fearful brunt of battle bore..." Throughout the poem, Woodward references the battles in which his unit, the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteers, participated. A transcription of the poem is also included.

Dates: circa 1864

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Bray, Benjamin F., b. circa 1926 and d. 2002 1
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Brown, Cassie Dallas Tucker 1
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Brown, Henry Peronneau, 1883-1942 1
Brown, John Thompson, 1861-1921 1
Brown, John Willcox, 1886- 1
Brubaker, Milton G., b. 1875 1
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
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Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958 1
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Campbell, Charles, 1807-1876 1
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Carter, Mary B. 1
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Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908 1
Coleman, Mary Haldane Begg, 1875-1967 1
College of William and Mary. 1
College of William and Mary. Dept. of English 1
College of William and Mary. Office of the President 1
Cryer, William 1
Dade family 1
Daughters of the American Revolution 1
Eastern Publishing Co 1
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Empie, Adam, 1785-1860 1
Ewell family 1
Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894 1
Ewell, Elizabeth S., 1814- 1
Farmer's Register 1
Ferguson, Elizabeth A. 1
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
Galt family 1
Galt, William Richard, 1818-1892 1
Garland family 1
Glennan, Edward Keville 1
Goodwin, William Archer Rutherfoord, 1869-1939 1
Grandy, Julia Selden, 1903-1962 1
Grigsby family 1
Grigsby, Hugh Blair, 1806-1881 1
Hall, Channing Moore, III 1
Hall, J. Lesslie (John Lesslie), 1856- 1
Hall, John Lesslie, Jr., 1891-1978 1
Hansbrough family 1
Hart, John, 1860-1937 1
Hart, Katherine McCowan, 1863-1948 1
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International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons 1
Jouett, Jack, 1754-1822 1
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Lee, Edward Myers 1
Lee, Edward Myers, Jr 1
Lee, Elizabeth Mallory, 1902- 1
Lee, Peticolas, 1904- 1
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 1
Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870 1
Lewis, John W., [1808]-1885 1
Marx, Helen Liszka, 1916-2008 1
Maxwell, William, 1784-1857 1
McCormick, Virginia Taylor, 1873-1957 1
McLeod-Tyler Family 1
Miller and Rhoads (Richmond, Va.) 1
Moore family 1
Morecock family 1
Murdaugh, C. W., 1828-1898 1
New York Weekly Journal of Commerce 1
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Olds, Lewis P. 1
Page, Delia Bryan 1
Patton family 1
Patton, John Mercer, 1826-1899 1
Patton, Waller Tazewell, 1835-1863 1
Petersburg Index (Va.) 1
Powell, William Devens 1
Richmond Enquirer 1
Robb family 1
Robb-Bernard family 1
Ryland, Cally 1
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