Brock Collection: Newspapers and periodicals collection : Miscellaneous, 1800-1900.

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Brock Collection: Newspapers and periodicals collection : Miscellaneous, 1800-1900.

Collection of miscellaneous letters and documents relating to various newspapers. Included are letters of subscription, payments fro advertisements, accounts, reports, articles, editorials, reviews, letters to the editor, retractions, etc. Included are pieces relating to The National Intelligencer, New York Morning News, Putnam's Magazine, Raleigh Standard, Southern Opinion, American Agriculturist, New York Tribune, Educational Journal of Virginia, Southern Intelligencer, Lynchburg Sunday Gazette, The Old Dominion, and other periodicals. Correspondents include John Henry Boner and R. A. Brock.

Approx. 120 pieces.2 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6766724

Related Entities

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Boner, John Henry, 1845-1903

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Boner was an American author. From the description of Letter and an envelope, 1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78011460 ...

Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914

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Wirt County was named for William Wirt, who gained fame in Virgtinia as a lawyer and perhaps is best known for his role in the prosecution of Aaron burr for treason. It was created in 1848 from sections of Wood and Jackson Counties. Wirt County was one of the fifty western Virginia counties to form the state of West Virginia in 1863. From the guide to the Wirt County (W. Va.) plat and land survey, 1860, (The Library of Virginia) Northumberland County was formed in 1645 from ...