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Copybooks

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas Bridgforth Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00146
Scope and Contents

Mathematics copybook kept by Thomas Bridgforth in Lunenburg County, Virginia. Gives rules for solving various problems and examples of calculations. Book has been laminated and rebound.

Dates: 1808

Child's Drawing Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Cp1
Scope and Contents

Drawing copybook, ca. 1850, entitled "Accessary to Chapman's American Drawingbook . . . No. 1, 1850," of an unidentified child. The volume bears the signature of E. T. Pilsen on the front cover, and contains simple line drawings.

Dates: 1850

Sarah Jane Powell Conrad Memory Book

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01589
Dates: 1826-1830

Nancy Grove Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Cp14
Scope and Contents

School copybook, circa 1818, of Nancy Grove, which includes a multiplication table.  On last page appears the name, Thomas B. Glenn, with the date June 26, 1831. Possibly Page County, Virginia. 20 pages.

Dates: 1818 - 1831

J. A. Robinson Letter Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Cp11
Scope and Contents

Letter copybook, 1858-1860, of J. A. Robinson, merchant and postmaster, Fetterman, Taylor County, Virginia [West Virginia].

Dates: 1858-1860

James Patton Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Cp8 Oversize
Scope and Contents

Letter copybook, 1804-1806, of James Patton, planter, commission merchant, and shipowner, Alexandria, Va.

Dates: 1804-1806

James S. Browning Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Cp2
Scope and Contents

Copybook, 1890-1902, of James S. Browning, which includes business correspondence of the Browning [Coal] Mines.

Dates: 1890-1902

John S. Devlin Letter Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Cp3
Scope and Contents

Letter copybook, 1849-1855, of Lt. John S. Devlin, U. S. Marine Corps, while cruising on the U. S. S. Falmouth (United States West Coast and some Pacific Islands) and in Washington, D. C. and Brooklyn, N. Y. Concerns a court martial and includes accounts.

Dates: 1849-1855

F. A. Lewis Letter Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Cp6
Scope and Contents

Letter copybook, 1838-1871, of F.. A. Lewis, (Fisher Ames Lewis) of Fortress Monroe, Virginiaa. and Jefferson County, West Virginia. Many of the later letters are religiously oriented and addressed to public officials.

Dates: 1838-1871; Majority of material found in 1838-1842

Lizzie Ellis Bernard Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00896
Scope and Contents Copybook of Lizzie Ellis Bernard of Rockwood, Orange Coounty and Petersburg, Virginia. The following description was provided by the seller: "There are several numbered pages where the writer has copied poems, lengthy essays, German language exercises, lists for home remedies, word puzzles, etc. She has also cut pages, cartoons and articles from newspapers and broadsides and glued them over existing hand-written work.... There is a newspaper piece with an image of a New Year's clock from...
Dates: 1878-1887

B. G. Manor Letter Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Cp7
Scope and Contents

Letter copybook, 1893-1894, of B. G. Manor, grist miller, of New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia.

Dates: 1893-1894

Thomas M. Rutherfoord Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad148
Scope and Contents

Letter copy book of Thomas M. Rutherfoord, tobacconist, Richmond, Virginia, 1873-1877. Includes copies of business correspondence and invoices.

Dates: 1873-1877

School Copybook, I

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Cp15
Scope and Contents

School copybook, 1813, of an unidentified child which contains practice in writing letters and numbers.

Dates: 1813

School Copybook, II

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Cp16
Scope and Contents

School copybook, 1815, of an unidentified child which contains practice in writing letters and numbers.

Dates: 1815

William N. Smith Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Nm18
Scope and Contents

Mathematics book, 1859, of William N. Smith, Laurel Mills, Rappahannock County, Virginiaa. The volume was also used as a handwriting copybook, and as a legal and business book.

Dates: 1859

W. S. Stone Letter Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Cp12
Scope and Contents

Letter copybook, 1810-1813, of W. S. Stone, commission merchant and shipowner, of Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1810-1813

Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Cp13
Scope and Contents

Letter copybook, 1851-1852, of Alexander H. H. Stuart, kept while serving as United States Secretary of the Interior. Includes official and personal correspondence.  Index.

Dates: 1851-1852

Thomas Ladd Letter Copy Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Cp4
Scope and Contents

Letter copybook, 1798-1799, of Thomas Ladd, tobacco merchant of Richmond, Va. Later, the volume was used as a scrapbook for newspaper clippings, 1841-1862, by Alice Starke.

Dates: 1798-1862

Unknown Woman's Writing Exercise Book

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01579
Scope and Contents Small bound writing book kept by an unknown individual, but most likely a woman related to the family of Robert Anderson Bright (1839-1904). The first entry is a lengthy essay on sincerity. Many of the other entries are copies of poems, sonnets, and some original musings. There are a few entries written in French. Some of the writings are signed by Ella (possibly Eliana Maria Jerdone Southall) and two entries are signed by Helen M. Anderson, Robert Anderson Bright's mother and...
Dates: 1832

William Reynolds Letter Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Cp10
Scope and Contents

Typescript, 1771-1783 and 1796, of letter copybook I and II of William Reynolds [merchant ?] of Yorktown, Virginia.

Dates: 1771-1796; Majority of material found in 1771-1783

William T. Leavell, Jr. Letter Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Cp5
Scope and Contents

Letter copybook, 1883-1899, of William T. Leavell, Jr., Louisville, Ky. which includes both business and personal matters.

Dates: 1883-1899