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D R Thomason, New York, [New York], to Francis Nelson, [New Kent County, Virginia], 1846 December 23

 Item — Folder 3
Identifier: id123408
Scope and Contents

Offers to furnish laborers for the work to be done by the railroad [subcontracted by Nelson, George Washington Parke Custis' property] at the rate of $9 for each man, $5 passage, $2 provisions, $1 fee for laborers and for Nelson.

Dates: 1846 December 23
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / George Washington Parke Custis Papers / Box 1 / Folder 3: Materials

Jno. McKee to Knox & McKee, Wheeling, West Virginia, undated

 File — Box 20, Folder: 2162
Identifier: id172443
Scope and Contents

If he does not return in time, ask Col. Woods? or George Washington Wilson to remit money to Mr. Clark.

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Archibald Woods Papers / Box 20

Correspondence, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937

 File — Box 5, Folder: 6
Identifier: id290316
Scope and Contents

Walter and Ella-May have moved to Long Beach, California where they continue to live until the 1940's. They are living frugally. Ella-May's family live nearby. Walter works on the George Washington and the America in August 1934. Walter's Mother writes in 1937 that she is sorry Walter is going to lose his job. She also informs him that Charles' ship blew up and he lost his job.

Dates: 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Rathbun Family Papers / Box 5

Bound Volume of Research Notes, circa 1844-1849

 File — Box 8: Series id293917, Folder: 5
Identifier: id293951
Scope and Contents

Also includes notes on the estate and heirs of John St. George Randolph (written by Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington Coleman). Includes a list of books left at "Albion," both law and miscellaneous titles, 1849 September 22.

Dates: circa 1844-1849
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Henry A. Washington Papers / Writings

[A Map of Kentucky], circa 1784

 Item — Folder 23: Series id143046
Identifier: id147714
Scope and Contents "This Map of Kentucke, Drawn from actual Observations, is inscribed with the most perfect respect to the Honorable the Congress of the United States of America; and to his Excellency George Washington late Commander in Chief of their Army by their Humble Servant John Filson." John Filson - cartographer Henry D. Purcell, Philadelphia - engraver, T. Rook, Philadelphia - publisher, [Pst] 10 mi to 1 in 56 cm x 48 cm ...
Dates: circa 1784
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Map Collection / Mapcases / Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky

Entertainment - Music - Williamsburg Choral Guild and Williamsburg Women's Chorus, 1981-2002;1985-1988

 File — Box 22: Series id266832, Folder: 4
Identifier: id267454
Scope and Contents

Williamsburg Choral Guild. 1981-2002. Programs of their productions, including two Spring Concert programs, 1991 and 1993. Women's Chorus. 1985-1988. Programs for various productions, which include their Spring and Christmas Concerts. Includes a program for a ball, 3 April 1982, in honor of George Washington, Williamsburg Choral Guild, 3 October 1981.

Dates: 1981-2002;1985-1988
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Williamsburg (Va.) Area Ephemera Collection / Series 2: Ephemera Grouped by Subject / Entertainment

Deed for Dr. A.D. Galt, Williamsburg, 1823 February 1

 Item — Box Series 2, Box 2: Series id74299, Folder: 18
Identifier: id82820
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents A deed from Thomas Nelson, Junior, of Hanover, George Washington Nelson, of Lynchburg, William Meade and his wife Thomasia Nelson Meade of Frederick County, sell Dr. A.D. Galt a house and lot in Williamsburg for $600. Endorsed. [Note: This document is catalogued here for reference only. It was given to Colonial Williamsburg by Mr. V. Lee Kirby and is filed as a Miscellaneous Manuscript.]

Dates: 1823 February 1
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Galt Papers (I) / Series 2: Personal Papers / Box 2: Personal Papers / Folder 18

Folder 4

 File — Box 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: id151974
Scope and Contents

Newspaper articles about last surviving Confederate officer, the North and South in the editorial, Richmond in 1859, honoring Confederate soldiers on Memorial Day, 1947, and review of Belle Boyd Confederate Spy. Correspondence about original letters by George Washington to Frederick Burnby's ancestors, Why Was Lincoln Murdered, Father McAdams' death, Diary of a Williamsburg Hostess, and Mary Surratt's rosary. Xerox copy cover of Mary Surratt play by Surrattsville Jr. High.

Dates: 1936-1973
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Helen Jones Campbell Papers / Box 1

S. Pleasonton, to William H. Winder, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated

 Item — Box 6: Series id169265; Series id185980; Series id186017, Folder: 3
Identifier: id185975
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Powell Family papers / Series 1: Papers of the Powell Family. / Copies of Historical Letters

Abby Jane Greener, Clinton Place, New York, N.Y., to John B. Floyd, Secretary of War, 1857 November 16

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id152755
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1857 November 16
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 1: Correspondence

Series 1: Correspondence, 1664-1880 and undated

 Series
Identifier: id216780
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1664-1880 and undated
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Tucker-Coleman Papers

Last name: Me - Mi

 File — Box 4, Folder: 34
Identifier: id137652
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...
Dates: 1918-1919
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Lewis Peyton Little Papers / War Acquaintanceship Book, last names Do - Mi

Last name: Pa - Pf

 File — Box 5, Folder: 38
Identifier: id137678
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...
Dates: 1918-1919
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Lewis Peyton Little Papers / War Acquaintanceship Book, last names Mo - We

Papers, 1844

 File — Box Small Collections Box 47, Folder: 1
Identifier: id4544
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;...
Dates: 1844
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Clement M. Butler Papers / Small Collections Box 47

Jane C. Charlton, Williamsburg, [Virginia], to Sarah C. Watts, New London, [Virginia], 14 July 1808

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: id108794
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...
Dates: 14 July 1808
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Sarah C. Watts Papers / Mss. 65 W34

William R. Galt, Norfolk, to Sally M. Galt, Williamsburg, 1864 April 2

 Item — Box Series 2, Box 11: Series id74299, Folder: 113
Identifier: id111550
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1864 April 2
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Galt Papers (I) / Series 2: Personal Papers / Box 11 / Folder 113

Polly Wilson, Morgantown, West Virginia, to sister, Mrs. Ann Woods, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1807 September 19

 File — Box 5, Folder: 521
Identifier: id161813
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1807 September 19
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Archibald Woods Papers / Box 5

Acc. 2012.398, 1961-2012

 Sub-Series — Box 9: Series id150516
Identifier: id234710
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...
Dates: 1961-2012
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Randall S. Hawthorne Papers / Series 3: Ongoing Accessions

Folder 13, 1814-1863

 File — Box 11: Series id72005; Series id72006; Series id72007; Series id72008; Series id72009; Series id72011; Series id72012; Series id72013; Series id72014; Series id72015; Series id72016; Series id72017; Series id72018; Series id72019; Series id106120; Series id72022; Series id72023; Series id72024; Series id72025; Series id72026, Folder: 13
Identifier: id114702
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...
Dates: 1814-1863
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Virginia Counties Collection / Loudoun County

Correspondence, 1897

 File — Box 16: Series id82443, Folder: 5
Identifier: id84467
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...
Dates: 1897
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / William Booth Taliaferro Papers / Series 1: Mss. 65 T15 / Subseries 1: Group 1 (William Booth Taliaferro) / Box 16

Sue (Susan M. Rouzie, Lloyds, Essex County, Virginia), to "Bro. Willie" (William Waller Rouzie, Aberdeen Academy, St. Stephen's Church, King and Queen County, Virginia), 1861 February 22

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id135802
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1861 February 22
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Rouzie Papers / Mss. 65 R67 / Letters

Isabella H. Harrison, Ashburton, to "brother" [Robert Ritchie] Brandon, 1865 September 21

 File — Box 2: Series id82830, Folder: 115a
Identifier: id87347
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1865 September 21
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ritchie-Harrison Papers / Series 1: Family Papers / Papers of Isabella H. Ritchie Harrison (Mrs. George Evelyn Harrison). / Box 2

Cunningham, A. P., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Mrs. Frances M. Lewis and Mrs. Mary Neale, Norfolk, 1852 February 26, 1855 October 16

 File — Box 1: Series id108767, Folder: 42
Identifier: id109825
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1852 February 26, 1855 October 16
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Conway Whittle Papers / Series 1: Papers / Box 1: Correspondence (American Ins. Co. - Hamilton, Claudia C.)

Personal letters to Mrs. Darling, 1884-1889

 File — Box 12: Series id165048, Folder: 45
Identifier: id167577
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...
Dates: 1884-1889
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Flora Adams Darling papers / Series 5: Personal Letters

Papers, 1906-1908

 File — Box Small Collections Box 81, Folder: 1
Identifier: id73964
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,...
Dates: 1906-1908
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John W. Moore Papers

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