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Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931. Thirty-one miscellaneous manuscripts [manuscript] : List of Revolutionary or War of 1812 war claims ; Copy of letter by T.H. Kincaid, 1812-1927.

Title: Thirty-one miscellaneous manuscripts [manuscript] : List of Revolutionary or War of 1812 war claims ; Copy of letter by T.H. Kincaid, 1812-1927.

Thirty-one miscellaneous manuscripts signed by Edwin A. Alderman, James Breckenridge, E.C. Cabell, J.L. Cabell, D.H. Conrad, John H. Cocke, Benjamin S. Ewell, Thomas S. Flournoy, Andrew S. Fulton, W.S. Goggin, William A. Harrison, Mann P. Lomax, James Madison (a copy by N.P. Trist), E. Pezend, John Pendleton, James Pleasants, Alexander Rives, Thomas Tabb, and Charles S. Venable. List of Revolutionary or War of 1812 War claims probably from Accomac County, Va., by John Stockley. Copy of letter by T.H. Kincaid defending Andrew Jackson from Robert B. Randolph's attack.

ArchivalResource: 31 items.

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Rhees, William Jones, 1830-1907. William Jones Rhees Papers, 1744-1907

Title: William Jones Rhees Papers 1744-1907

This collection contains the papers of Smithsonian chief clerk, bibliographer, and collector William Jones Rhees (1830-1907), of materials assembled chiefly for their autograph value, though the collection contains various groups of related materials. Includes papers of American physicist and surveyor Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), American geographer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), National Institute for the Promotion of Sciences, and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as correspondence of William Jones Rhees, letters and papers addressed to the United States Pension Bureau, letters and papers related to Indian affairs, and miscellaneous autograph letters and documents.

ArchivalResource: Approx. 4,700 pieces in 64 boxes.

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James, Charles F. (Charles Fenton), 1844-1902. Diary of Charles F. James [manuscript], 1869-1871.

Title: Diary of Charles F. James [manuscript], 1869-1871.

Diary contains accounts of James's life as a student at Richmond College and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. James writes concerning his father's death, the 1870 collapse of a floor in the Capitol at Richmond, his ongoing debate with his brother, John, over the relative merits of the Baptist and Free Methodist denominations, many sermons and speeches he has heard, and his own work in various churches and in establishing a Sunday School for the workers at "Mr. Grady's factory outside Greenville, South Carolina."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647821648 View

Carrington, Peyton Rhodes, 1834-. Data concerning the Carrington family of Virginia [manuscript] / edited by Henry C. Riely from material compiled by Peyton R. Carrington. 1916.

Title: Data concerning the Carrington family of Virginia [manuscript] / edited by Henry C. Riely from material compiled by Peyton R. Carrington. 1916.

Genealogical notes and charts on the descendents of George Carrington and Anne Mayo Carrington. With information on allied families including Cabell, Mayo, Read, Venable, and Watkins.

ArchivalResource: 494 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647970017 View

Cabell family. Papers, 1774-1941 (bulk 1831-1879).

Title: Papers, 1774-1941 (bulk 1831-1879).

Chiefly correspondence, 1833-1879, accounts, 1847-1879, bonds, deeds, agreements, and land, legal, and estate papers of Henry Coalter Cabell (1820-1889) of Richmond, Va., while a student at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, as a Confederate Army officer, and relating to his law practice and his land and real estate interests. Subjects mentioned in the correspondence include the estate of James Alston (1774- 1850), the Coal Valley Coal Company of Richmond, Va., the James River and Kanawha Company, the Kanawha Salt Company of Charleston, W. Va., the Kentucky and Great Western Railway Company, Norwood High School and College in Nelson County, Va., and the Richmond and York River Railroad Company. Some of the accounts concern visits to mineral springs in Virginia and West Virginia. Also included in the collection are letters, 1831-1838, and commonplace books, 1840-1850, of William H. Cabell (1772-1852) of Richmond, many concerning repairs to his home, "Grey Castle"; correspondence, 1835-1876, and legal papers, 1848-1851, of Edward Carrington Cabell (1816-1896) of Attatulga plantation, Jefferson County, Fla., and Tallahassee, Fla., while a student at the University of Virginia, president of the Pensacola and Georgia Railroad Company, and while serving in the U.S. House of Delegates, including correspondence with his overseer and lists of slaves, and correspondence concerning the Tredegar Company, Richmond, Va.; and estate materials of Ephraim Stanfield (d. 1841) of Hanover County, Va., and John D. Webster (1816?-1873) of Richmond.

ArchivalResource: 886 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30385395 View