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Jones, Louis D. Papers of Louis D. Jones and related families, 1830-1946.

Title: Papers of Louis D. Jones and related families, 1830-1946.

The collection consists mainly of business letters and papers; legal documents; personal letters; and genealogy. Correspondence chiefly conveys family and local news. Topics touched on briefly include young girls' reading and schooling at an academy in Prince Edward; life in Hardeman County, Texas, in 1837; estate settlements; exhibits at an 1850s Virginia State Fair; the jailing of three hired slaves for stealing; the recovery of animals branded by the U.S. Army; and life at the Southern Female Institute, Richmond, Va., 1867. Also a suit over a horse sold by the U.S. Army; a request to take the "Iron-Clad" oath for reappointment to office, 1869; the state debt controversy; life in New Haven, Missouri, 1892; army engineer training at Penn State, 1944; the Letter Shop, a business run by Maben Jones; and the sale of Keswick, 1966. E.D. Townsend is a correspondent. Business papers, 1800-1900, pertaining to the Jones and LeGrand families of Buckingham and Prince Edward Counties, Va., comprise the majority of the collection and consist chiefly of accounts and receipts. Included in them are documents concerning slave hiring, estate settlement, physician's services, and store purchases. Of interest is a note from Major W.L. Cornish, April 17, 1865, attesting to Louis D. Jones' kindness to officers and men in the army. Miscellaneous material includes some genealogical notes and a hand drawn map of sites in Buckingham County.

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