Fontaine, W. W. Papers 1658-1916

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Fontaine, W. W. Papers 1658-1916

William Winston Fontaine (1834-?) wasa school administrator and founder as well as a colonel in the Richmond Artilleryduring the Civil War. Correspondence, diaries, literary productions, notebooks,account papers, legal documents, and newspaper clippings of Fontaine and theFontaine family concern genealogical research, family affairs, and schools andcolleges.

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