Papers, 1814-1932.

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Papers, 1814-1932.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20504700

Chiefly business and financial papers with many items concerning personal debts. Legal papers include a deed; two fire insurance policies of Isabelle (Holmes) Perkinson, Williamson's mother-in-law, with the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company and with the German Alliance Insurance Association; a copy of Williamson's will; and his passport. There are also Christmas cards; personal and family correspondence; letters from a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg; family pictures; programs; ballots for state and county elections, 1934; and material relating to the Business and Professional Women's Club of Richmond. Also includes a letter, 1908, from John Robinson, an Englishman, to Mrs. Perkinson, describing New Year's customs in England; a letter from C.S. Lancaster, U.S. Army officer during the Spanish-American War, describing military maneuvers, officers, and political influences in appointment and promotion; and a student's autograph book and a commonplace book.

497 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6999096

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies

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German Alliance Insurance Association.

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Business and Professional Women's Club of Richmond, Va.

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Williamson, Lee Hoomes.

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Vice-president of Allen J. Saville, Inc., an engineering and construction company of Richmond, Va. From the description of Papers, 1814-1932. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20504700 ...

Robinson, John, 1909-

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Lancaster, C. S.

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Perkinson, Isabelle Holmes.

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