Baird family papers, 1656-1922.

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Baird family papers, 1656-1922.

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Collection includes papers, 1656-1848, concerning Essex County, Va. including land records and wills, many of which relate to the Rowzee family. Many of the records date from the seventeenth century. The collection also includes correspondence, 1830-1920, of members of the Baird family including letters, 1859-1911, of Edward R. Baird while attending the University of Virginia, serving in Pickett's Division and as superintendent of schools in Essex County. There are also letters of William Baird while attending the University of Virginia and business correspondence of the family with publishers and with cigar manufacturers. The collection also includes papers, 1835-1897, of members of the Hunter family including R. M. T. Hunter.

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Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887

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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809 – July 18, 1887) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and plantation owner. He was a U.S. Representative (1837–1843, 1845–1847), Speaker of the House (1839–1841), and U.S. Senator (1847–1861). During the American Civil War, Hunter became the Confederate States Secretary of State (1861–1862) and then a Confederate Senator (1862–1865) and critic of President Jefferson Davis. After the war, Hunter failed to win re-election to the U.S. Senate, but did ser...

Confederate States of America. Army. Pickett's Division

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Hunter family.

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Baird family.

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Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931

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Soldier during the War of 1812. From the description of William Baird expense account, 1812. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421775 Born in Macon, Georgia, William Baird completed his freshman and sophomore years at Emory University's Oxford College and his B.A. degree in physics at Emory College, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. At Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Baird completed M.S. and Ph.D degrees in physics and an M.S. degree in electrical...

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...

Baird, Edward R.

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Rowzee family.

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