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Winder, John H. Letter, 1863 April 3, Richmond, Va. to John Letcher, Governor, State of Virginia.

Title: Letter, 1863 April 3, Richmond, Va. to John Letcher, Governor, State of Virginia.

Brigadier General John H. Winder writes to Virginia Governor John Letcher enclosing a copy of the sentence of court martial for J.C. Northwood [not enclosed]. Winder requests Northwood's imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. The letter is in a clerical hand, with Winder's signature.

ArchivalResource: 1 ALS.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122702429 View

Letterbook of letters to members of the Maury family from many noted people [manuscript] 1745-1869.

Title: Letterbook of letters to members of the Maury family from many noted people [manuscript] 1745-1869.

Including John Quincy Adams, Chester A. Arthur, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Jefferson Davis, George III, Rutherford B. Hayes, Thomas Jefferson, Rufus King, Marquis de Lafayette, S.P. Lee, S.S. Lee, John Letcher, Lawrence Lewis, Dolly P. Madison, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Duke of Norfolk, Lord Overstone, Matthew C. Perry, Robert Peel, Thomas Pinckney, William Pinckney, Thomas J. Randolph, Samuel Rogers, Lord Rosse, William H. Seward, Winfield Scott, Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Stanley, Raphael Semmes, John Taliaferro, Bushrod C. Washington, George Washington, Gideon Welles, and N. Wiseman, 1745-1869.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647969508 View

Letcher, John, 1813-1884. Proclamation, 1860 February 7.

Title: Proclamation, 1860 February 7.

A document issued in Richmond announcing Virginia Governor Letcher's appointment of Joseph C. Lawrence of New York City to a two-year term as a New York State Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16293882 View

Letcher, John, 1813-1884. Miller family papers [manuscript], 1858-1869.

Title: Miller family papers [manuscript], 1858-1869.

The papers consist largely of correspondence between Charlotte A. Phipps Miller and David Chambers Miller when he was a student at Emory & Henry and a lawyer in Rogersville, Tenn. and she a student at the Rogersville Female Academy. There are a few wartime letters sending news of family and friends while Miller was a member of Co. K, 19th regt., Tennessee Volunteers, C.S.A. Miller's letters, 1866-1869, from Liberty Academy, 7 Mile Ford, Smyth County, Va. describe his life as a school teacher and political refugee. The collection also contains some wartime letters of Mrs. Miller's brother, her schoolgirl essays, her commonplace book with 1861 diary entries, and photographs of the Millers and his father Jacob. Of interest is a petition, 1860, to John Letcher from a group of Halifax County, Va. citizens asking that the death sentence for a slave convicted of rape be commuted to transportation.

ArchivalResource: 165 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647835851 View

Jones, J. William (John William), 1836-1909. Letters of J. William Jones [manuscript], 1857-1861.

Title: Letters of J. William Jones [manuscript], 1857-1861.

The collection consists of ten letters, chiefly addressed to Jones while he was a student at the University of Virginia, and also some letters to other members of the Jones family of Louisa County, Va. Most of the correspondence discusses family news and domestic matters. Other topics included are a gubernatorial election, 1859, a view of camp life at Camp Fairfax during the Civil War, religious services, and the scholastic careers of the Jones youths.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647813055 View

Brown-Ewell family papers, 1781-1984.

Title: Brown-Ewell family papers, 1781-1984.

The collection is comprised of papers of George Washington Campbell, the Polk family, Plunkett family, Brown family, and Richard S. Ewell. Correspondence relates in part the activities and experiences of these allied families in the 19th and 20th centuries. Of particular interest is the antebellum political and Civil War military papers of the families; including letters written to General William Polk from prominent individuals discussing politics and other matters, and letters written by Confederate General Richard S. Ewell while a prisoner of war in 1865. Correspondents include Pierre G.T. Beauregard, John Bell, Montgomery Blair, George Washington Campbell, William Eastin, William H. Eaton, Benjamin S. Ewell, Thomas I. Green, Felix Grundy, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, Joseph E. Johnston, Abraham Lincoln, James Otey, James K. Polk, Leonidas Polk, John Randolph, Horatio Seymour, William T. Sherman, Martin Van Buren, Felix K. Zollicoffer, and others. Family members represented include Lizinka Campbell Brown Ewell, her son, George Campbell Brown, her daughter, Harriot Brown Turner, Percy Brown, Joseph Plunkett, James Dace Plunkett, Thomas Plunkett, and other family members.

ArchivalResource: 7 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49230544 View

Rebecca Spring Papers, ca. 1830-1900

Title: Rebecca Spring Papers, ca. 1830-1900

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

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Barbour, James, 1775-1842. Walker family papers [manuscript] 1753-1873 (bulk 1816-1853).

Title: Walker family papers [manuscript] 1753-1873 (bulk 1816-1853).

The collection pertains to Alexander Walker, a merchant, mill owner and militia captain, his siblings and five generations of descendants, and includes correspondence, business and legal papers, memoirs, autographs, military documents, poems and ledgers. Much of the correspondence is between Alexander and his brother John who immigrated to Missouri. There are also Civil War letters of Sam A. Walker, 14th Virginia Cavalry. In addition to family news, topics include early settlement,land speculation, and politics in Missouri; Virginia politics; emigration to Tennessee; commerce; epidemics; slavery and emancipation; and the Civil War. There are also letters concerning ironworks in Rockbridge County, Va., and the California gold rush. Business and legal papers contain documents re slave sales and hirings, and a Confederate "tax in kind" form, as well as items pertaining to John Walker's will; insurance; Snicker's Gap Turnpike Company; and the James River and Kanawha Company. A series of land grants signed by early Virginia and Kentucky governors including James Monroe and John Tyler and autographs of prominent Virginia figures are also present. The collection also contains a small group of Virginia military papers; some printed and miscellaneous papers including a pamphlet regarding the Freedman's Bank Swindle and a notice re an auction of Alexander Stuart's land and slaves; ledgers and an account book of Walker family members which contain genealogical information; and a statement of the Graham Society of Washington College.

ArchivalResource: 1200 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647840663 View

S. Griswold Flagg collection, 1825-1938

Title: S. Griswold Flagg collection 1825-1938

Materials relating to the Civil War including correspondence of military leaders on both sides, military documents, commissions, orders, inventories and administrative records, and private correspondence of important figures in the war. There are also letters from soldiers in the field and citizens viewing the progress of the war. In addition there are many autographs and memorabilia including Confederate war bonds, patriotic stationery and about a dozen photographs. In all some 120 names are represented.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear feet (2 boxes, 1 folio)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0216 View