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Williams, D. T. Journal of a Richmond bank (?) and checkbook of a Lynchburg, Va., merchant [manuscript], 1860-1863.

Title: Journal of a Richmond bank (?) and checkbook of a Lynchburg, Va., merchant [manuscript], 1860-1863.

The journal, partially kept by D.T. Williams, contains entries for Richmond iron master Joseph R. Anderson; Charlottesville, Va., merchants Benjamin C Flannagan and Daniel J. Hartsook; and William Lewis Cabell, chief quartermaster, C.S.A.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647837254 View

Rives, Robert, 1798-1869. Papers of Robert Rives, Jr., 1832-1882.

Title: Papers of Robert Rives, Jr., 1832-1882.

Include correspondence, 1832-1882, of Rives family members, chiefly of Robert Rives, Jr.; other correspondents include Alexander Rives, acting as Robert Rives' lawyer, Maria Rives, William Cabell Rives, and R.C. Pollard. Topics include family news, Charlottesville, Va., social news, disputed tax assessment on slaves, fees for wheat milling, his sons at the University of Virginia, settlement of estates, slave hiring, life in Florida, a move to the South to cure illness, the tobacco related illness of a family member, legal and financial matters, hiring an overseer, the sale of a nephew's estate to pay debts, slave prices in Georgia, and deaths of family members. Also include letters, 1866, to Charles Carter Harrison and Cornelia Rives Harrison [Wilborn] congratulating them on their marriage; and letters, 1868, from Edward Tiffin Harrison concerning family news. Also include financial records, 1840-1868, of Robert Rives, ; invitations, newsclippings, and calling cards, n.d.; manuscript poem, n.d., based on a family tradition concerning William Cabell; and printed obituary, 1882, for Charles Carter Harrison.

ArchivalResource: 38 (ca.) items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32135493 View

Deane, Ernie. Lemke cartoons of historic Arkansas people and places [Gen. W.L. Cabell] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Lemke cartoons of historic Arkansas people and places [Gen. W.L. Cabell] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. [196-?]

One of a group of copy negatives taken of Walter J. Lemke's collection of cartoons of historic Arkansas people and place, including General W.L. Cabell, D.C. Baldwin (the typewriter historian) and Subiaco Academy. Deane more than likely took these copy negatives during his career with the Arkansas Gazette.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 3 cm. (1 x 1 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52832898 View

DuVal, Benjamin T., 1822-1905. Benjamin T. DuVal family papers, 1816-1957.

Title: Benjamin T. DuVal family papers, 1816-1957.

The papers consist of letters, a diary, speeches, essays, photographs, and other materials pertaining to the DuVal family. The letters include three folders of military correspondence primarily dealing with the career of Brigadier General Matthew Arbuckle, probably collected by his aide, Francis N. Page. These letters pertain to military activities during the First Seminole War, the Texas revolution of 1836, and the operation of posts at Fort Gibson and Fort Smith during the 1830s and 1840s. Correspondents include Andrew Jackson, Thomas S. Jesup, and Edmund P. Gaines. An additional seven folders of letters document Benjamin DuVal's courtship with Ellen Field in the 1840s, Confederate Army service, and postwar legal and political career. Among these letters are those written by William DuVal, James F. Fagan, William Cabell, Augustus Garland, Elias C. Boudinot, and Thaddeus H. Caraway. The bulk of the twentieth century letters pertain to Marie DuVal Johnston, Bejamin's daughter. The diary in the collection was kept by Catherine DuVal Rector from 1850-1853. Essays and speeches include those written by Benjamin DuVal and William Cabell. Photographs are of the DuVal family and friends, along with two early views of Fort Smith, Arkansas.

ArchivalResource: .6 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27031152 View

Cabell, William Lewis, 1827-1911. Confederate flag poem and articles [manuscript], 1908, n.n.

Title: Confederate flag poem and articles [manuscript], 1908, n.n.

The collection contains two clippings, n.d., of articles by General William Cabell "Confederate Flags" and "How the Confederate Flag was Devised." The collection also contains a magazine copy of S. Weir Mitchell's poem "The Song of the Flags on Their Return to the States of the Confederacy," autographed by Mitchell in 1908.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Chesney, Francis Rawdon, 1789-1872. Francis Rawdon Chesney manuscript material : 1 item, 1834

Title: Francis Rawdon Chesney manuscript material : 1 item, 1834

· To William Cabell, civil servant clerk under Charles Grant, director of the East India Company : 1 autograph letter : 28 Aug 1834 : (P'ANA 0066) : sending a list of needs for the Euphrates Expedition ; includes, "... The money disbursements will be in good hands if entrusted to either Peacock or yourself: ..."

ArchivalResource: 1 item

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85895004 View

Deane, Ernie. Fayetteville, Ark., Battle of Fayetteville Centennial Observance, (Including Cabell brothers) April 18, 1963 [Massey with medal] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Fayetteville, Ark., Battle of Fayetteville Centennial Observance, (Including Cabell brothers) April 18, 1963 [Massey with medal] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1963.

Part of a group of negatives taken for April 19, 1963, Arkansas Gazette article "No Rebel Yells But South Wins Fayetteville," B1:2. On the porch of the historic Jonas M. Tebbetts House in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, the dedication of a marker was held on the 100th anniversary of the Civil War Battle of Fayetteville. Tommy Massey of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, holds a gold medal that Arkansas Confederates had presented to Confederate General William Lewis Cabell (1827-1911) after the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51571641 View

Reveley, John, ca. 1740/45-1802. Suit against William Cabell, administrator for the estate of Samuel Jordan, High Court of Chancery, Richmond, 1796-1798.

Title: Suit against William Cabell, administrator for the estate of Samuel Jordan, High Court of Chancery, Richmond, 1796-1798.

ArchivalResource: 32 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122632426 View

Peacock, Thomas Love, 1785-1866. Thomas Love Peacock manuscript and letters, 1829-1859.

Title: Thomas Love Peacock manuscript and letters, 1829-1859.

The collection consists of three items: an informal note, 16 Oct.-22 Dec. 1829, recording seven appearance by Miss Mordaunt in various theatrical roles; letter, 19 April 1837, to Wm. Cabell, planning to forward the crosshead to the air pump of the Euphrates steam vessel to Col. Taylor and requesting a note stating that is the Board's desire; draft review of Müller and Donaldson's History of Greek Literature, published in Fraser's March 1859, with some corrections, praising the work and describing the challenges of its writing.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57457723 View

Wirt, William, 1772-1834. William Wirt papers, 1786-1850 (inclusive), [microform].

Title: William Wirt papers, 1786-1850 (inclusive), [microform].

The papers consist of personal correspondence and miscellany of William Wirt, lawyer, Attorney General of the United States (1817-1829), author, and 1832 presidential candidate. Most of the letters are either to and from Wirt's second wife, Elizabeth Washington Gamble Wirt, their children, or Wirt's personal friends. The correspondence reflects the intellectual, legal, political and social life in Richmond, Washington, and Baltimore, and relates to the people and legal cases with whom Wirt was associated.

ArchivalResource: 24 reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122386678 View

Butler, Mr., fl. 1649.,. Correspondence of J. J. Jusserand and Oscar Wilder Underwood and a Civil War receipt [manuscript], 1861, 1912-1954.

Title: Correspondence of J. J. Jusserand and Oscar Wilder Underwood and a Civil War receipt [manuscript], 1861, 1912-1954.

In a letter, 1912 January 17, Jusserand writes to Mr. Wadham that he is allowed to do as he pleases. There are also copies, 1974, of letters, 1922, between Warren G. Harding, and Oscar Wilder Underwood in which Harding wishes to appoint Underwood to the Supreme Court and the latter declines for reasons of health. There is also a copy, 1974, of a letter, 1954 Feb. 21, Charlottesville, Oscar Wilder Underwood to William Rogers answering questions about his father. The collection also contains a receipt, 1861 May 29, the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Co. at Saltville, Va. through agent Charles Campbell to Capt. Jones for 25 boxes of bacon to be sent to William Lewis Cabell.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647946340 View

Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919. American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1782-1944.

Title: American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1782-1944.

Material collected by Hench, some as an autograph collection and others for use in his classes at the University of Virginia with examples of various periods. Modern autographs collected by Hench include letters by associates of Edgar Allan Poe; Civil War letters; papers relating to Virginia history; correspondence of writers and politicians, particularly from the Victorian era; and other miscellaneous correspondence with literary or histocial interest. Of interest is correspondence of Hench with Willa Cather and publishers concerning a cheap reprint of "Death comes for the archbishop." Letters of Francis J. Child to Paul Hamlton Hayne discuss Chaucer and Hayne's work. Letters of Lewis Gaylord Clark to Henry Stephens Randall and Hanson A. Risley discuss publication in "The Knickerbocker" and political patronage. Letters of Christopher Pearse Cranch concern publication of his work and social matters and includes manuscripts of three poems. Letters of General James Dearing to General P.G.T. Beauregard and Lt. Colonel Otey, 1864 May - June discuss action during the siege of Petersburg. Letters of Evert Augustus Duyckinck to T. A. Cheney, Rufus Wilmot Griswold and William Henry Whitmore concern literary matters. Over thirty five letters from George Cary Eggleston to Henry Mills Alden, Will Carleton, Richard Watson Gilder, William Dean Howells, Robert U. Johnson, Martha J. Lamb, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Edmund Clarence Stedman, James Carleton Young and others discuss activities of the Dickens Fellowship, readings, the Author's Club, reviews, autograph collecting and other authors including a statement that "[Mark Twain] and I are not on cordial terms...." Individual letters of interest William Lewis Cabell on addresses of Confederate generals; Hundson Cary on his gubernatorial "Education Plank"; Madison J. Cawein on publishing matters; Thomas Clare to Samuel Ireland on Ireland's "Tour of the Thames"; Thomas Clarke to Friedrich A. Riedesel on a prisoner exchange; Wilkie Collins sending thanks; Moncure Daniel Conway to John H. Ingram on his biography of Poe; John Esten Cooke to Lucian Minor on a biographical sketch; George Crabbe to John Robinson, on a land division; David P. Curry on the Battle of Rich Mountain; and John Meck Cuyler to Dr. [Gilman?] Kimball on hospital muster rolls. Also George M. Dallas to James Monroe forwarding a publication for approval; Danske Dandridge introducing Waitman Barbe; Beverley Dandridge regretting he cannot emply foreigners; the 6th Duke of Devonshire to Mary Russell Mitford on requested favors and seeking a copy of her play for his library; Anna Dickinson sending thanks; Jubal Early to Henry Barton Dawson on Robert E. Lee and William Mahone's biography of Lee; and Maria Edgeworth to Thomas Noon Talfourd on copyright. The collection also contains three poems by Madison Cawein; a page from "The legacy of Caine" by Wilkie Collins; autographs of Richard Henry Dana, Jr. and Amelia Earhart; a greeting from Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickens;

ArchivalResource: circa 90 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/648013422 View

Cabell family. Papers, 1755-1909.

Title: Papers, 1755-1909.

Miscellaneous papers including land grants; financial and legal papers of George Cabell, Jr.; official papers of William H. Cabell, governor of Virginia; bills and receipts; and letters discussing education, the administration of the estate of Jane Alston Cabell, and the Civil War experiences of Brig. Gen. William Lewis Cabell, C.S.A. The collection also contains volumes, including records of a general hospital in Charlottesville, Va., 1861-1865, under the direction of James Lawrence Cabell.

ArchivalResource: 96 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19276403 View