Papers, 1831-1932.

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Papers, 1831-1932.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19865903

Papers of W.T. Leavell and of his son-in-law, Edward Allen Hitchcock McDonald, Confederate officer, attorney, and businessman. Leavell's papers contain correspondence with leaders of the Episcopal Church concerning church business, doctrinal disputes within the church, and debates between the Episcopal Church and other Protestant denominations; family letters and papers which provide information on the salaries, duties, and home life of a minister; material pertaining to the economic and agricultural conditions in Leavell's parishes in Virginia and West Virginia and genealogical material on many of his parishioners; letters while a student at Bristol College, Bristol, Pa., 1833-1836, and at Fairfax Institute, near Alexandria, Va., 1836-1837; letters from brothers and sisters in Spotsylvania and Culpeper counties, Va., discussing agriculture; correspondence between daughter Anne Leavell and John M. Daniel in the 1870s, both before and after their respective marriages; and 93 sermons. The papers of Edward Allen Hitchcock McDonald contain letters from Civil War veterans of McDonald's regiments, the 11th Virginia Cavalry and the 77th Virginia Militia, concerning battles and skirmishes in which they participated; a manuscript copy of McDonald's "The History of the Laurel Brigade," and letters, 1870-1890, pertaining to the Louisville Abstract and Loan Company and general business conditions in Louisville, Kty.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6971731

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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McDonald, Edward Allen Hitchcock, 1832-1912

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Leavell, William Thomas, 1812-1899.

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Episcopal clergyman and farmer, of Charles Town (Jefferson Co.), W. Va. From the description of Papers, 1831-1932. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19865903 ...

Bristol College (Bristol, Pa.)

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Louisville Abstract and Loan Company (Louisville, Ky.)

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Virginia. Militia

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Daniel, John M. (John Moncure), 1825-1865

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Journalist and diplomat. From the description of Editorial of John M. Daniel, 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449371 From the description of John Moncure Daniel papers [manuscript] 1853-1920. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647952076 Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston Carrington. He attended Caldw...

Fairfax Institute (Fairfax, Va.)

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 11th

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McDonald, Ann Leavell.

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