Correspondence, 1845-1887.

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Correspondence, 1845-1887.

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Personal and business correspondence, including significant Civil War letters describing Confederate defenses around Hertford, N.C., and the problem of traitors in that vicinity; the impressment of buildings in Greensboro, N.C., for hospitals; the defense of Norfolk, Va., in 1861; reaction to Southern secession in Connecticut; and wartime conditions in Plaquemines Parish, La. Postwar letters are concerned with radical rule in North Carolina during the carpetbag era, and with T.H. Baxter's schooling at Virginia Military Institute. Includes a letter from George Wythe Munford.

107 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Baxter, Thomas, 1799-1878.

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Commission merchant and businessman, of Petersburg, Va. From the description of Correspondence, 1845-1887. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19242097 ...

Baxter, T. H.

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Munford, George Wythe, 1803-1882

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George Wythe Munford was born 8 January 1803 in Richmond, Virginia to William Munford (1775-1825) and Sally Radford Munford. Educated at the College of William & Mary, Munford was employed by his father who served as clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates. Munford succeeded to the post of clerk upon his father's death in 1825 and held that position in 1852, when he became Secretary of the Commonwealth, serving in that position for 12 years. He also served as clerk of the Virginia Constitut...

Virginia Military Institute

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On March 29, 1839 the General Aslsembly passed the final version of the act establishing a military school at the Lexington arsenal, where the students would protect the arms while pursuing educational courses. The School was named the Virginia Military Institute and is the nation's oldest state supported military college. The governor appointed nine members to the Board of Visitors to oversee the new school and they elected Claudius Crozet as president of the board and named Franci...