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David Edward Cronin's "The Vest Mansion"
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1996.32 and Acc. 1997.11
Scope and Contents
Two typescripts (copy) of David Edward Cronin's history of the occupation of Williamsburg during the Civil War entitled "The Vest Mansion, its Historical and Romantic Associations as Confederate and Union Headquarters, 1862-1865." 302 pp. Cronin served as Provost Marshall during the occupation. The Vest Mansion served as headquarters. Original is in the New-York Historical Society. Parke Rouse's pencilling of the copy is evident in the manuscript. Not to...
Dates:
1908-1910
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Morton Genealogy Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 90 M85
Scope and Contents
Genealogy material compiled by Mr. William S. Morton and his wife, Mrs. Margaret H. Morton of Farmville, Virginia which trace the descendants of Joseph Morton of Prince Edward County, Virginia and allied families. Includes primary source material, such as the 1830 daybook of the J. J. Dupuy Company of Charlotte Court House. Also, contains typescript of Richard Lee Morton's copy of Hugh Blair Grigsby's notes on the Robert Rose Diary and of William Cryer's transcript of the Charles Campbell...
Dates:
1830-1978
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
William F. Swindler Papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 6.057
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1982.005 contains a typescript of Swindler's Magna Carta: Legend and Legacy with editor's proof marks.
Acc. 2010.310 contains research notes on the Bicentennial of the Virginia State Court System from 1776 to 1976 and drafts for a guidebook for legal history research from circa 1980 to 1990.
Dates:
1965-1990
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center