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Powell, Paulus, 1809-1874. Papers : of Paulus Powell, 1848-1868.

Title: Papers : of Paulus Powell, 1848-1868.

The bulk of the collection consists of 58 letters (1848-1868) written to Powell while he served in the Virginia House of Delegates and the U.S. House of Representatives. Topics include the Democratic Party and the U.S. postal service in Virginia, a dinner honoring R.M.T. Hunter and James Murray Mason, the U.S. Naval Academy, and a claim for supplies requisitioned by the C.S.A. Army of Northern Virginia while encamped in Orange County, Va. Also included are three letters (1850-1854) written by or addressed to Samuel Meredith Garland, William Leftwich Goggin, Richard Powell, and John C. Richard. There is also a letter (27 January 1848) from Zachary Taylor to Thomas Simons concerning Maurice K. Simons and the war with Mexico. Completing the collection are a petition (1856) from the Virginia General Assembly to President Franklin Pierce concerning the return of John Smith Nicholas to active duty in the U.S. Navy and three lists (1850) of voters in Albemarle, Greene, Madison, and Orange counties, Va.

ArchivalResource: 66 items.

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Yancey, Charles, 1770-1857. Letter to Paulus Powell, Virginia Congressman from Amherst, advising Powell to take a moderate political course and expressing a hope for President James Buchanan's re-election [manuscript] 1856 Jan. 22.

Title: Letter to Paulus Powell, Virginia Congressman from Amherst, advising Powell to take a moderate political course and expressing a hope for President James Buchanan's re-election [manuscript] 1856 Jan. 22.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Powell, Paulus. Papers, 1850-1851.

Title: Papers, 1850-1851.

Papers primarily concern Virginia politics, including the Compromise of 1850, abolitionist resolutions in the Virginia House of Delegates and, candidates for political office.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

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Whitehead, Floyd L. Papers of Floyd L. Whitehead, 1821-1889, (bulk 1821-1859).

Title: Papers of Floyd L. Whitehead, 1821-1889, (bulk 1821-1859).

Include family correspondence, 1821-1836, and 1898, chiefly from John Whitehead, his brother, and Robert Whitehead, nephew, to Floyd L. Whitehead concerning family and business news, slave hiring, misreported taxes on slaves, education and student life at Augusta College, Augusta, Ky., and at the University of Virginia, and a cholera epidemic in Kentucky. Also include receipts, 1856-1859, issued by Hollins Institute, Va., ; receipts, 1843, issued by Old Fleetwood Academy, Roseland, Va.; and a eulogy, n.d., for Floyd L. Whitehead. Also include political papers and correspondence, 1837-1852, chiefly from James Garland, Alexander Brown, and Paulus Powell to Floyd L. Whitehead concerning politics, internal improvements, and the subtreasury; temperance petition, n.d., Nelson County, Va.; and election tickets, 1879, and n.d, Nelson County, Va. Also include will, 1846, of Nancy Timberlake, Warren County, Va, providing for emancipation of some of her slaves; letters, 1848-1849, from John Robert Bland, Williamsburg, Va., and from Robert E. Harris concerning student life at the University of Virginia, social matters, and courtship; printed letter, 1836, from Washington National Monument Society soliciting donations; printed letter, 1856, from Hollins Institute, Va., concerning an outbreak of typhoid fever and other illnesses.

ArchivalResource: 38 items.

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