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Turner family. Papers, 1740-1927 (bulk 1839-1893).

Title: Papers, 1740-1927 (bulk 1839-1893).

This collection contains two account books, 1807-1838, kept at "Kinloch," Fauquier County, Va., by Thomas Turner (1772-1839) concerning agricultural and blacksmithing operations. Also contains diaries, 1839- 1841, 1850, and 1863; account books; loose accounts; and correspondence, 1850-1890, of Edward Carter Turner (1816-1891) of "Kinloch" and "Montrose," Fauquier County, Va. Materials in part concern agricultural operations, local option, the education of Turner's children (including his sons at Clifton Preparatory School, Fauquier County, Va.), and the education of women by Henry Clay Hallowell and members of his family at "Rockland," Montgomery County, Md. Correspondence includes letters of poet Frances Harrison Marr (1835-1918), John Singleton Mosby (concerning postwar politics), and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee. Also includes family and personal correspondence, 1857-1910 (in part concerning the education of chilren), accounts, and miscellaneous land and legal records of Mary Magill (Randolph) Turner; and miscellaneous records of other members of the Carter, Randolph, and Turner families.

ArchivalResource: 3, 904 items.

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