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Scope and Contents Subjects: Dennis Slon, Black Law Students Association, Faculty Assembly Meeting, Joseph Galano, Gillian Cell, Hans Christian Ackerman, S. Dean Olson, Students at Matthew Whaley School, University Relations, Sharon Morgan, Adolph Hight, William Bynum, Combined Virginia Campaign Leaders, Basketball, Football, Ronald Hoffman, Tuckahoe, Barboursville, Natural Bridge, Monticello, Poplar Forest, University of Virginia, House of Burgesses, National Planned Giving Institute, EMBA, Alan Cates,...

Scope and Contents Warren Seymour Lurty, uncle of Adam Empie Potts, served as a captain in the Confederate army over the Virginia Horse Artillery Battery, which was involved in the Shenandoah Valley campaign. The battery was nearly annihilated and Lurty was captured at Ninevah, Virginia in 1864 and was a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware. Lurty served as a lawyer before and after the Civil War. He was US District Attorney of western Virginia from 1877-1882. This folder, which mainly consists of...

Scope and Contents Tucker, Richard D. Letter to Murray Grinnan and Mundell of Fredericksburg, Virginia regarding selling flour. December 26, 1811. Tunstall, Alex (Dr.) Letter to Robert Mumford, Richmond, Virginia regarding genealogy of Colonel George Brooke and Catherine Tunstall. Mountain Lake Hotel, Virginia letterhead. July 22, 1899. Letter to Mr. James about genealogy. October 22, 1901. Turner, Henry Bill from Bremen, Germany for items sent to Virginia. April 15, 1865. ...

Scope and Contents Item 1: Bartholomew Dandridge to Richard Allen, Jr., at Cumberland., January 17, 1771 Copy. Also cover. Item 2: John Dandridge, at New Kent Court House, [Va.], to [John Hopkins]., May 9 1788 Item 3: John Dandridge, at Pamocra, [New Kent County], to John Hopkins, at Richmond., July 29, 1788 - February 20, 1789 Item 4: John Dandridge, at Pamocra, to J[ohn] Hopkins., May 26, 1790 Item 5: John Dandridge, at Pamocra, to John Hopkins, at Richmond., October 19, 1790 - December 15, 1790 Item 6:...

Scope and Contents The folder contains the following letters: Letter from Emanuel Peter, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1861 September 5.Letter from Emanuel Peter, 1861 September 26, Washington City (D.C.)Emanuel and Franklin Peter, Fairfax County, Virginia, 1861 September 31.Letter from Emanuel Peter, 1861 December 9.Letter from Emanuel Peter, 1862 February 4.Letter from Emanuel Peter, Chickahominy, circa 1862 March 29.Letter from...

Scope and Contents Letters, chiefly 1861-1864, from Edward R. Jones, Jr., private of Company "K," 95th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers (Colonel John M. Gosline's Pennsylvania Zouaves), to his mother, aunt and cousin, William Butt, Jr. Letters are written from Virginia, Washington, D.C. and southern Maryland and describe conditions in camp and on the battlefield and express his views on the Civil War, as well as family news. Includes description of John S. Mosby's Partisan Rangers and his [ERJ] part in the...