James P. Hawkins Papers 1864-1865

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James P. Hawkins Papers 1864-1865

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Collection includes a bound expense/account notebook of James P. Hawkins, agent of the Southern Express Company, which also contains diary entries from 2 April - 10 April 1865. Also included are a collection of loose pages with Hawkins's diary entries for 11 April - 11 May 1865. Related documents, including special orders, exemption from military service, receipts, Oath of Allegiance, letters (2), envelopes, and a photograph complete the collection.

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Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Hawkins, James P.

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Agent for the Confederacy; worked at the Southern Express Company. From the description of Papers, 1862-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70973095 James P. Hawkins was born in Albemarle Co., Virginia in 1845. The 1850 census shows James, then 5 years old, living with his father, Richard, listed as a harnessmaker, and his mother, Elizabeth, in Charlottesville. By 1860, the family was in Staunton, VA and included daughters Mary and Kate. Also by that year, Rich...