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Stiles, Robert Augustus, 1836-1905. Papers of Robert Augustus Stiles [manuscript], 1869-1903.

Title: Papers of Robert Augustus Stiles [manuscript], 1869-1903.

The collection contains chiefly personal correspondence and papers of this former Major of Robert E. Lee's Civil War staff. Some papers relate to his book "Four Years with Marse Robert" and other writings; other papers relate to a speech given at the dedication of a Confederate monument at the University of Virginia cemetery. Correspondents include: Robert Alonzo Brook, Churchill Jones Gibson, John James Lafferty, Philip Watkins McKinney, Stiles's father Joseph Clay Stiles, and John West. Also included is a letter, 1890 April 26, Charlottesville, Va., from John Barbee Minor to Stiles, Richmond, Va., commenting on the book "Why the Solid South?", on Abraham Lincoln's perceptive plans for the post-Civil War South, and on national politics.

ArchivalResource: 75 items.

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McKinney, Philip Watkins, 1832-1899. Muster roll [manuscript] 1862 April 27.

Title: Muster roll [manuscript] 1862 April 27.

The roll is for Company K, 4th Regiment, Virginia Calvalry.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Watson, Walter Allen, 1867-1919. Papers : of Walter Allen Watson, 1820-1925.

Title: Papers : of Walter Allen Watson, 1820-1925.

The collection contains the correspondence of Walter Allen Watson from "Woodlawn," Nottoway County, Va., with William Evelyn Cameron, John Warwick Daniel, Berryman Green, Bradley Tyler Johnson, Joseph Luther Kelly, Fitzhugh Lee, Henry Read McIlwaine, Richard McIlwaine, Richard McIlwaine, Jr., Philip W. McKinney, Thomas Staples Martin, John S. Mosby, Roger Atkinson Pryor, Sara Agnes Rice Pryor, Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Scott Shipp, Thomas Wheelwright, and John Langbourne Williams. Also contains Watson's diaries, 1894-1916; and the correspondence, 1889-1925, of his wife, Constance Tinsley Watson, including letters written by Moses Drury Hoge. Also includes miscellaneous materials: Democratic electoral tickets for Governor, 1889, and President, 1892; invitation notes from Mrs. Stephen Decatur and J.C. Calhoun to James Jones in 1820; and autographs of Sitting Bull, T.R. Ferrar, Hunter Holmes McGuire, Lewis Morrison, and Thomas Nelson Page. Also, includes a speech by Moses Drury Hoge, 13 October 1889, at memorial services at Pryor Memorial Chapel, Crewe, Va.; obituary notice of Robert G. Blanton, 1924; and an engraved invitation issued by the Jefferson Society of the University of Virginia in 1848.

ArchivalResource: 71 items.

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