Papers, 1853-1935.

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Papers, 1853-1935.

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Personal and family correspondence of Adeline (Osborne) Palmer, concerning student life at University of Virginia and Virginia Military Institute; labor conditions during Reconstruction; financial transactions of William Rainey Marshall, former governor of Minnesota; social life and customs in Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Ohio, and Missouri; and Decoration Day, 1871. Also included are papers of Capt. G.A. Flagg of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps in Harpers Ferry, W. Va., 1865; land deeds, 1913, from Redondo Beach, Ca.; and sermon notes of Henry Osborne on John Wesley.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Palmer, Adeline Osborne.

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Resident of Rippon (Jefferson Co.), W. Va. From the description of Papers, 1853-1935. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20071823 ...

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...

United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps

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Fort Arbuckle was built in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma on April 19, 1851 and was formally designated a fort in June 1851. It was established by the U.S. Army to protect the region's relocated Chickasaw and Choctaw tribes from raids by Kiowa and Comanche Indians. The fort was also visited by wagon trains of Mormons and other emigrants enroute to the California gold fields. On June 24, 1870, Fort Arbuckle was abandoned when the establishment of Fort Sill rendered its further maintenance as a ...

Osborne, Henry

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Epithet: Lieutenant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000442.0x000245 John and Henry Osborne, sons of Archibald Osborne of Northern Ireland, settled in the Illawarra District in early 1830s. From the description of Will [manuscript]. 1859. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225833036 Epithet: barrister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descripti...

Flagg, George

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Marshall, William Rainey, 1825-1896

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Marshall was governor of Minnesota from 1866-1870. From the description of William R. Marshall papers, 1853-1894. (Minnesota Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122508843 ...