Miscellaneous Virginia letters, 1834-1920.

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Miscellaneous Virginia letters, 1834-1920.

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In a letter, 1834 August 28, Robert Barnard, treasurer of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company writes to Elie Beatie, cashier of the Bank of Maryland requesting a statement and vouchers and conveying a list of balances due on stock subscriptions. A deposition, 1842 September 15, taken by Augustine J. Smith, concerns a Randolph County trial between John Mosby and Isaac Booth. In a letter, 1843 May 16, Benjamin Hallowell, Philadelphia writes to his nephew James S. Hallowell, Alexandria, relating news of family, meeting, and lectures. In a letter, 1851 March 11, S.S. Fahnestock, Pittsburg, Pa., writes to his cousin William C. Jennings, Rockingham County, concerning the settlement of an estate which is causing a delay in making a contribution to a cause. Mentions John Jennings and William F. Leake. In a letter, 1851 September 11, N.W. Kirkpatrick and Mason Kirkpatrick write their brother Thomas J. Kirkpatrick concerning family joys and troubles and conveying marriage advice. In a letter, 1854 September 26, Joseph Taylor, Petersburg, writes to Bulkley & Moore, New York, concerning tobacco sales and effect of crop failures in the west. In a letter, 1858 August 30, Julia Walker Gales, writes a gossipy lettter to William M. Walker, conveying news of family and friends including her uncle Joseph Gales of Gales & Seaton. In a letter, 1867 March 20, John Staige Davis, University of Virginia, asks R.L. Beall of Lenoir, N.C., for a list of physicians in Caldwell and the names of their post offices "when we are all reconstructed." In a letter, 1874 July 4, J.W. Mallet, University of Virginia, writes J.W.C. Davis of Virginia Agricultural College, Blacksburg, regretting that he can not come to Blacksburg and hoping Davis will come for the semi-centennial celebration. In a letter, 1875 March 16, Jerome T. Boyer, Putnam County, W. Va., writes to potential investor John A. Gundrum, Ohio, concerning transportation, farming land and timber land for sale, climate, coal and iron resources and noting that the government has appropriated money to improve the Kanawha River. Two letters, 1889 October 25, "Isaiah," Maxwell, Cal., to B.E. Luttrell and "Rich," Amissville, Va., concern new life in California and an old love in Virginia with comments on mutual family or acquaintances. In a letter, 1898 February 4, Methodist minister A.P. Boude, Lexington, Va., writes to Mrs. Ella Kast, Harrisburg, Penna., a former servant, concerning the poor health of his wife; Sigourney Keyser; Kast's successor as a family servant; the current "colored girl" who is "honest, and far above the average"; changes in their lives and in Lexington; his poor health and ministerial duties. In a series of 10 letters, 1915-1916, J. Mentor Caldwell, Parkersburg, W. Va., writes to M.A. Kendall, Pittsburg, Penna., regarding West Virginia coal land negotiations. In a form letter with a stamped signature, sent to J.C. McGavock, Max Meadows, Va., 1920 September 30, J.E. West, Suffolk, Va., announces his candidacy for Lieutenant-Governor. The letter is accompanied by a flier with editorial endorsements.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company

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Now a national park, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was once a major transportation artery that ran parallel to the Potomac River from Cumberland, Maryland, to Georgetown in the District of Columbia. The canal operated from the mid-nineteenth century into the 1930s and was used primarily for the transportation of coal and bulk agricultural products. These products, produced in the inland regions of the developing nation, were vital to the continuing prosperity of Tidewater cities and...

Luttrell, B. E., fl. 1889,

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Mallet, John William

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University of Virginia Professor of Chemistry. From the description of Autobiographical sketch of John William Mallet [manuscript] 1900. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647954954 ...

Hallowell, James B. (James Bird), 1854-1906

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Fahnstock, S. S., fl. 1851,

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Bowyer, Jerome T., fl. 1875,

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Taylor, Joseph, fl. 154,

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Keyser, Sigourney, fl. 1898.

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Kirkpatrick, Thomas O., 1932-

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Bank of Hagerstown.

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Walker, William, 1861-1933

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Davis, John Staige, 1824-1885

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University of Virginia professor. Professor of Anatomy, University of Virginia. From the description of Papers and anatomy notes of John Staige Davis [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647881305 ...

Kirkpatrick, N. W., fl. 1851,

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Smith, Augustine J., fl. 1842.

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Gales, Joseph, 1786-1860

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Publisher, of Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1814-1869. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19646958 Journalist and publisher. From the description of Joseph Gales and William W. Seaton papers, 1806-1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82223915 American editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Washington?], to C. Lanman, 1849 Aug. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269586093 From the des...

Gundrum, John A., fl. 1875,

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Leake, William F., fl. 1851.

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Barnard, Robert W. (Robert William), 1827-1870

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Mosby, John, fl. 1842.

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Beatie, Elie, fl. 1834,

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Kirkpatrick, Mason, fl. 1851,

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Gales, Julia Walker, d. 1908,

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Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877

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College president and educator. From the description of Papers of Benjamin Hallowell, 1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450732 ...

Boothe, Isaac, fl. 11842.

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Jennings, William C., fl. 1851,

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Beall, R. L., fl. 1867,

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West, Junius Edgar, 1866-

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McGavock, J. C.,

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Davis, J. W. C., fl. 1874,

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Jennings, John J. (John Joseph), 1853-1909

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John Joseph Jennings, drama critic, playwright, and newspaper editor. From the description of John Joseph Jennings collection, 1881-1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702150312 From the description of John Joseph Jennings collection, 1881-1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78917998 ...

Kast, Ella L., fl. 1898,

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Bulkley & Moore,

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Boude, A. P., fl. 1898,

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