Papers, 1828-1907.

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Papers, 1828-1907.

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Business and legal papers of E.T. Booton concerning his early journalistic efforts as Page County's reporter for the Richmond newspapers; local and state politics; the Baptist Church and the Y.M.C.A. in Luray; his duties as mayor of Luray and his appointment as county judge; business and industrial expansion in Luray; and the development of Luray College, and the Whosoever Farm and Orphanage. Legal papers concern the collection of debts or rent and the settlement of estates. Volumes include letterpress books, notebooks, and the account books of W.E. Lauck, J.E. Shenk, and his father, John G. Booton, pertaining to his medical practice. Correspondents include James Taylor Ellyson, Charles Triplett O'Ferrall, Henry Marvin Wharton, and other Virginia politicians.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6963674

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Whosoever Farm and Orphanage (Luray, Va.)

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Shenk, J. E.

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Ellyson, J. Taylor (James Taylor), 1847-1919

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University of Virginia alumnus, Confederate soldier, businessman and mayor of Richmond, Va., chairman of the Virginia State Democratic Committee and Lt. Governor, 1906-1918, and governor for the Division of History, Education, and social Economy for the Jamestown Exposition. From the description of Papers of James Taylor Ellyson 1865, 1896-1910. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 57423335 ...

Booton, Edwin T.

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Lawyer, judge, and mayor, of Luray (Page County), Va. From the description of Papers, 1828-1907. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19242614 ...

Wharton, Henry Marvin, 1848-1928.

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Young Men's Christian Association (Luray, Va.)

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Lauck, W. E.

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Booton, John G.

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O'Ferrall, Charles T. (Charles Triplett), 1840-1905

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Charles Triplett O'Ferrall was Governor of Virginia in 1894-1898. From the description of Papers of Charles Tiplett O'Ferrall, 1873-1899, (bulk 1894-1897). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228721186 Charles Triplett O'Ferrall was born in Frederick County, Va. 21 October 1840. He served in the Confederate cavalry. He graduated from the law department of Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) and practiced law i...

Luray College (Luray, Va.)

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