Winn family papers Bulk, 1780-1889 1780-1925

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Winn family papers Bulk, 1780-1889 1780-1925

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Collection contains personal and business correspondence, papers, and volumes, mainly of John Winn (d. 1844), farmer, lawyer, and postmaster, and his son, Philip James Winn, physician and postmaster of Fluvanna Co., Va., and of the Winn (Wynn) family. The papers of the elder Winn relate to bounty claims of Revolutionary veterans, personal and business affairs, and include information about "Bremo," the plantation of Gen. John Hartwell Cocke. The papers of Philip James Winn relate to his education at the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia, his career in medicine, the service of his brothers in the Confederate Army, and family activities, and include a description of the religious service of the Dunkards, records of the invention and patenting of a "new gate latch," and a letter of William H. Winn describing the battles of Bethel (1861) and Gettysburg (1863). More than half the collection consists of receipts and bills connected chiefly with John Winn's work in Revolutionary bounty lands and with Philip James Winn's invention. Twenty-seven volumes include post office accounts of John Winn and of his successor, Philip James Winn; a letter book concerning the "New Gate Latch"; accounts of the estate of Samuel Kidd; letter books; ledgers; medical notes; and records of births and deaths of slaves.

5.0 linear feet; 9 boxes, 2,684 items, 27 vols.

David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6360950

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Winn, Philip James

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Kidd, Samuel

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Winn family

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John Winn (d. 1844), was a farmer, lawyer, and postmaster in Fluvanna County, Virginia. His son, Philip James Winn, a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia, was a physician and also postmaster of Fluvanna County. He also served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and was present at the Battles of Bethel (1861) and Gettysburg (1863). From the guide to the Winn family papers, Bulk, 1780-1889, 1780-1925, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & ...

Winn, John, d. 1844.

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