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Cabell, Joseph C. (Joseph Carrington), 1778-1856. Papers of the Cabell family, 1727-1875.

Title: Papers of the Cabell family, 1727-1875.

The papers include correspondence and other papers of William Cabell, a son Nicholas Cabell and a great-grandson Nathaniel Francis Cabell, including records relating to a legal action of William Cabell against William Mayo and George Carrington; a grant of land, 1739, Goochland County, Va., to William Cabell, signed by William Gooch; a tobacco storage book; records of the Minute Men of Amherst County, Va., a militia company under the command of Nicholas Cabell, 1774-1785. The papers also include a bond, 1763 April 15 between William Cabell, John Moore, John Frye and John Lewis to build a courthouse for Albemarle County, Va., a Civil War pardon signed by William H. Seward, slave lists, a letter re discipline and a permission to marry, fragments of books by George Berkeley and Soame Jenyns and a printed essay on inland navigation, 1766. Also of interest are lyrics of some Revolutionary War songs; book lists; minutes of Warminster Academy, Nelson County, Va., 1795; letters patent for a medical remedy, 1795; Liberty Hall furniture lists and graveyard plans; a list of emigrants from Virginia to the West and Southwest; a description of thefts by the Union army; and a Cabell family genealogy. Correspondents and persons named include Edward Carrington, John Hartwell Cocke, Joshua Fry, Peter Jefferson, St. George Tucker, and Thomas Walker. The material is related to the library's other Cabell collections (including Joseph C. Cabell papers, 1731-1917) and to its Cocke and Jefferson collections.

ArchivalResource: 515 items.

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Burnley, W. Sam. The Court House of Albemarle County, Charlottesville, 1939 [manuscript] 1939.

Title: The Court House of Albemarle County, Charlottesville, 1939 [manuscript] 1939.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Holsinger's Studio (Charlottesville, Va.). Photograph album of Charlottesville, Va., scenes [manuscript], ca. 1935.

Title: Photograph album of Charlottesville, Va., scenes [manuscript], ca. 1935.

The album contains five photographs depicting the Redlands Club; A.L. Carter on the roof of the Monticello Hotel with the world's largest light; the prize winning home designed by Milton L. Grigg for Mr. and Mrs. Everard Meade in Gildersleeve Wood; the Charlottesville Hitching Yard at the Chesapeake and Ohio Station; and the Albemarle County Courthouse.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Holsinger Studio (Charlottesville, Va.). Photograph album of Charlottesville, Va., scenes, ca. 1935.

Title: Photograph album of Charlottesville, Va., scenes, ca. 1935.

The album contains five photographs depicting the Redlands Club; A.L. Carter on the roof of the Monticello Hotel with the world's largest light; the prize winning home designed by Milton L. Grigg for Mr. and Mrs. Everard Meade in Gildersleeve Wood; the Charlottesville Hitching Yard at the Chesapeake and Ohio Station; and the Albemarle County Courthouse.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Brick made in Thomas Jefferson's kiln at Monticello [manuscript] 1803.

Title: Brick made in Thomas Jefferson's kiln at Monticello [manuscript] 1803.

Brick removed from the Albemarle County Courthouse was reputedly made in Thomas Jefferson's kiln at Monticello. Also a newspaper photo. of removal of the brick during the remodeling of the Court House, 1963 Sept.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Albemarle County Historical Society. Thomas Jefferson Portrait Committee. Announcement of the Thomas Jefferson Portrait Committee, n.d.

Title: Announcement of the Thomas Jefferson Portrait Committee, n.d.

The committee announces that Scairbrook Abbot has almost finished copying the Thomas Sully portrait of Thomas Jefferson for the Albemarle County Courthouse and solicits Society members to cover the cost. The circular has typed signatures of committee members Anna Barringer, Mrs. James K. Symmers, Milton Grigg, Thomas J. Michie and Bernard Mayo.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Rawlings, Mary, 1873-1960. "Facts about Charlottesville, Va." [manuscript] ca. 1958.

Title: "Facts about Charlottesville, Va." [manuscript] ca. 1958.

Notes on the founding of the town, the court house, churches, Vinegar Hill, schools, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Johnson, Floyd E. (Floyd Elmer), 1909-. Photographs of projects by Floyd E. Johnson, 1938-1994.

Title: Photographs of projects by Floyd E. Johnson, 1938-1994.

The collections consists chiefly off photographs of architectural projects by Johnson, chiefly of residences in Albemarle County, Va. Among the projects are the Albemarle County Court House, Alderman Road Dormitories and Snack Bar at the University of Virginia, Bellair, Cherry Hill Farm, Edgemont, Glen Echo, Kappa Sigma International Fraternity, restaurant and lodge at Peaks of Otter, Plain Dealing, and the University Office of Virginia National Bank. An advertising brochure for the firm of Johnson, Craven and Gibson is included.

ArchivalResource: 4 v.

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