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Scope and Contents Discusses how he saved the papers of the Revolutionary Government by taking them to Leesburg, Virginia before the British burned the District of Columbia in the War of 1812. These papers included the Declaration of Independence, the journals of Congress, letter of General George Washington, Letters of General Greene and papers of the State Department. 2 pages. copy of letter signed, first part missing.

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Concerning the gift of a saddle cloth for JBF which was originally designed as a testimnoial of the late President Taylor; statement concerning woman's happiness; and possession of a George Washington letter.

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This series is currently being added to the Box/Folder List section of the finding aid. Please check back periodically for updates. This series contains the correspondence of St. George Tucker, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington Coleman, and Nathaniel Beverley Tucker. The series is arranged in chronological order.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Soldier’s Name Family Name, City Emory Lee Mead L Mead, Rochester,MI William A Mead William Mead,New York,NY William Joseph Meagner JF Meagher,Attica,NY Charles Albert Meister,Jr M/M Cameister,New York,NY Howard W Menart EG Menart,Jeffersonville,IN Richard August Mensendick Chas Mensendick,St Louis,MO George W Merrill Mrs GA Merrill,Cincinnati,OH Walter H Merritt HL Merritt,Olin,IA Oliver C Metzger Albert Edward Meyer AL Meyer,Buffalo,NY Samuel Meyerowitz Anna...

Scope and Contents Soldier’s Name Family Name, City Robert S Padon JH Padon,Appleby,TX Perey S Page TL Page,Fisherville,KY M Francis Painter ML Painter,Washington,DC CA Pardue TB Pardue,Ashland City,TN Claude Berlin Parks Josie C Parks, TX Aleaeus Hooper Parran A Parran,Jersey City, NJ RA Parrett JW Parret,Somerset,OH Isaac Warner Wolbert Parsons JE Parsons,Haverford,PA Paul J Parsons M/M Parsons,Tukwila,WA Ralph William Partridge HG Partridge,Peabody,MA Orville Patterson MA Ommany,Denver,CO Finis Stephens...

Scope and Contents [29 February 1844]. M.E. Van Ness to [the Rev. Clement M. Butler]. Has been requested by Mrs. Gen. Henderson to beg you to call on Mrs. [Elizabeth (Upshur)] Upshur, "The fearful casualty of yesterday has of course shattered her terribly..." 1 March 1844. Rich[ard] Coxe [n.p.] to Rev. [Clement M.] Butler, Georgetown, D.C. On behalf of the committee appointed to oversee the funeral, invites him to perform the last sacred rites over the victims of the explosion at the President's Mansion;...

Scope and Contents 14 July 1808. Jane C. Charlton, Williamsburg, [Virginia], to Sarah C. Watts, New London, [Virginia]. Eliza [Wright Mayo] has gone to North Carolina to stay with her new in-laws and seems very happy; tells of various speeches delivered in Williamsburg on July 4th, one on universal suffrage delivered by Mr. Greenhill, one on civil liberties delivered by Mr. [Bushrod?] Washington "(a Nephew of the immortal General's)," and another delivered by Mr. McCandellish [sic] [McCandlish], which was a...

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Is very pleased that Miss Dix has remembered her in these times. Describes his nine children. If Alexander had lived he would have taken Mollie [Wm.'s daughter Mary Jeffrey Galt] with him to Florence. Is glad to hear Gabriella Galt's school is supporting her. Was recently looking over an old Masonic book on the Grand Lodge in Williamsburg, and saw the names of John M. Galt, James Galt, Peyton Randolph, John Marshall, and George Washington.

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Tells of birth of George Washington Wilson, sickness of many and death of Hezekiah Reader from fever. Wants sister to write and come to see her.

Scope and Contents Contains football programs from William and Mary games against George Washington in 1961 and 1963; Program and results from the 2012 NCAA Cross Country Championships in Louisville, Kentucky; Program from the 2012 CAA Cross Country Championships in Williamsburg, Virginia; Program for the 11 Annual Spider Alumni Open cross country meet in Richmond, Virginia on September 1, 2012; and a manuscript written by G. Curtis Jones about the death of his son Peter G. Jones, who ran cross country and...

Scope and Contents Typed copy of an advertisement in the Daily National Intelligencer, Washington, September 30, 1814, by James Monroe concerning sale of land; letter, 1863, from George K. Fox of Campbell Court House, Virginia, to L.W.S. Hough at Leesburg about Loudoun County bonds; booklet, July 1, 1861, containing names of purchasers of Loudoun County bonds numbered 1-358 and executed copies of July1, 1861 bonds, numbered 361-370 and 387-400 of Loudoun County. 24 pieces. And photograph of site of home of...

Scope and Contents 37 items. A.D. Watkins, Truman C. White, Virginia Lomax, Charles H. Talbott, Powhatan Clarke, William H. Blavkford, Andrew Russell, J.B. Fitzgerald, Henry J. Tolker, J.W. Flood, E.T. Munford, H.B. Smith, printed wedding invitations (Eliza Ball Munford to Anthony Kennedy, Jane Weston Parkes to Dr. George Halson Rose, Elizabeth Randolph Scott to Charles Fayette Ball, Margaret Willard Smith to Hugh Stockdell Bird, Blanche Haskins to John Richard Saunders), Susie Ashton Perkins, Charles...

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Discusses the anarchy and confusion of the times, the need for the South to stand for her rights and feels that [George] Washington would agree; discusses Valentines she received. ALS. 4pp.

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Disposition of "the Washington House"; Mr. Welles' desires about renting terms; financial considerations if the house is sold; Belle's delayed return from the mountains; check to George Harrison; "time for putting in a crop"; news of family and friends; government compensation to Southerners for thier servants; copy of two letters enclosed-"Mr. Cross to the Doctor" and "Mr. Cross to Wm. Stone" 6 pp. ALS.

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Concerning recent visit, her principle conditions, postponement of "ride", efforts to honor George Washington by saving "Mount Vernon", etc.

Scope and Contents Scope and ContentsLetter of Jefferson Davis, (in Jefferson Davis Papers), January 24, 1884. Letter of George M. Guild, May 14, 1885 mentioning Mrs. Darling's calls on President Cleveland. Letter from Mark M. Pomeroy of The U.S. Democrat, Washington, D. C., July 15, 1885, referring to Mrs. Darling's interest in raising funds to erect a monument to Mrs. Surratt. Letter from Horatio King, November 14, 1885. Letter from General William Mahone of Petersburg, Virginia. See also several...

Scope and Contents This information was provided by the seller and has not been verified: "Many of the letters are written by friends and family back home in Woodstock and some are from Pennsylvania. Some are two pages in length and some up to 15 pages in length. I’ve taken quotes from several of the letters to give you a better idea of their contents. The first and only one is addressed to “Jack” Moore but the rest are John. “Mr. Jack Moore Edna Post Office Washington Territory, U.S. Foster Lumber Co. April,...

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents A varied group of legal documents. Account sheet for Robert Fauster to Joel Terrell for 1750 with an 1769 note at the bottom by Chas Servis which states Terrell has "received no satisfaction for the above ballance." On reverse, a note by Jacob Early states "we the jewry find for the plaintiff..." Payment to "Sovereign Lord King George the third" for an ordinary license for William Mead in Bedford County, Virginia with William Mead and Isham Talbot as witnesses. February...

Scope and Contents Soldier’s Name Family Name, City Charles Grist Kachel Laura Kachel,Philadelphia,PA RL Kaga Jno Kaluf J Kaluf,Antioch,IL Martin Karasek,Jr M Karasek,St Louis,MO Emil H Karow William Karow,Lima, IL Charles H Kaulfuss Peter Kaulfuss,Glen Falls,NY George G Kass Celia Kass,Richmond,VA Myron C Kerney JC Kerney,Westwood,NJ Linton J Keith WF Keith,Chicago,IL Clyde Kelley DO Kelley,Leisenring,PA Albert N Kellogg FA Kellogg,Gregory,MI Andrew Kennedy Long HD Long,Washington,DC TC Kibble C...

Scope and Contents Subjects: Youth Soccer, Patrick Shannon, Kiwanis, Convocation, Drew Stelljes, Mary Schilling, Heizo Takenaka, Poul Olson and Study Abroad in Ghana, Tim Sullivan, Christine Niehaus, Susanna Yunker, Zia-Ur Rahman, Swem Library Construction, Bonnie Willard, Donald Patten, Robert Roberson, Carole Chappell, Belden H. Bell, Wren Organ, Volunteer Fair, Supercomputer in Jones Hall, Students, Board of Visitors, Football, Cheerleaders, Rick Nahm, Muscarelle Museum, Leadership Award Winners, Choir...

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Christmas Dinner Menu, U.S. Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia.  1950.Colonial National Historic Park brochure by US Department of Interior (2 Copies).  1940Old Yorktown and its History by Mrs. Sydney Smith.  1920Salvaging Relics from York River.  1939U.S. 17 George Washington Memorial Highway Map, Tidewater, Virginia, into Colonial National Historical Park.  undated.Views of Yorktown and Gloucester Town—Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia.  1946Virginia Gazette...

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Papers, ca. 1743-1793, relating to Fairfax County, Va. Includes notes, concerning register of Pohick Church; newspaper clipping, concerning court record book of Fairfax County; survey, 1841, of tract of land; and plan, undated, of "Woodlawn," home of Nellie Custis Lewis; court records, 1743-1783; and an account book, 1793, of Joseph Birch, keeper of Turnpike Number 2, which has two entries, 9 October 1792 and 13 April 1793, concerning George Washington. 1963 gift from Mrs....

Scope and Contents Discusses Mr. John Eyre and James Nimmo, two of Virginia's electors in the presidential election of 1796; comments upon the distribution of Virginia's electoral votes between Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, Clinton, Aaron Burr, General George Washington, Pinckney, and John Adams; the Virginia Assembly displays its former hostility to Federalism; hopes North Carolina will not "tread the crooked path of Virginia"; will furnish Alexander James Dallas with John Marshall's argument in the British...

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From Volume 2, page 90 of "The Life of George Washington," by Jered Sparks, 1843

G. W. Boynton - sculptor

100 perches to 1 ft

24.5 cm x 15.5 cm

Subject/Index Terms: United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Battle of the Monongahela--Maps.

Scope and Contents Correspondence, notecards , publications: "America's Favorite Poems" published by Frederic J. Haskin, "These United States" a pamphlet of an address given by Nicholas Murray Butler on March 23, 1931 at the University of California, Berkeley, "Fifteen Minutes a Day, The Harvard Classics" edited by Charles W. Eliot, "Commonwealthe Gleanings, A Collection of Epigrams, " "Plutology and Politics" by Gilbert F. Stevenson, 1930, "Higher Education in Virginia" by William H. Stauffer, 1936, "An...