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Papers, 1948.

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Typescript compilation of material concerning Norfolk County, Virginia entitled SOME FUGITIVE ITEMS OF PORTSMOUTH & NORFOLK COUNTY HISTORY, including sections containing a historical sketch of the county by Judge Legh R. Watts (1876); information on Trinity Church, including a historical sermon by Rev. James B. Funsten (1894), a letter concerning Deep Creek Chapel by G. F. Edwards (1897), and memorial service and fiftieth anniversary remarks by Rev. John H. Wingfield (1871); a historical review of Chruchland Baptist Churcch by Julian S. Lawrence (1935); information on Grimes Battery by Captain Cary R. Warren (1927); Portsmouth people of the 1820's by John Foreman (1890); a report on the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad to the Portsmouth City Council (1867); General B. F. Butler's General Order No. 31 (1864); a diary of a watchman at the Navy Yard gate (1864-1866); and a history of Portsmouth by Mildred M. Holladay (1936). The compilation includes an index.

1 v.(579 leaves).

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Deep Creek Chapel (Portsmouth, Va.)

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Warren, Cary R., 1848-1931.

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Virginia Artillery. Grimes Battery.

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Lawrence, Julian Sumner, 1893-1976.

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Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad.

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Emmerson, John Cloyd, Jr., 1891-1980,

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Born in Portsmouth, Virginia on 6 July 1891. Newsman, editor, author, and historian who died in Portsmouth, Virginia on 3 February 1980. From the description of Papers, 1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145411504 ...

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Foreman, John, 1811-1890

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