Papers, 1852-1934.

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Papers, 1852-1934.

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Primarily correspondence and loose notes of the Rev. Jaquelin Marshall Meredith concerning his religious education and service as rector of Episcopal churches in Fauquier, Rappahannock, and Stafford counties, Va., his service as chaplain to the 47th Virginia Infantry Regiment of the Confederate States Army of the Valley, and genealogical research on the Meredith and related families. Some materials also concern the education of young women in nineteenth-century Virginia and African American slavery. The collection also includes correspondence and miscellaneous records of Meredith's brothers, Henry Clarkson Meredith (as a lawyer in Sacramento, Calif.), John Scott Meredith (as a farmer at Widewater, Stafford County, Va.), and Steptoe Pickett Meredith (as a farmer in Missouri and managing vineyards in California); and of a sister, Anne Elizabeth Meredith.

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Meredith, Henry Clarkson, 1826-1859.

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Meredith, Steptoe Pickett, 1833-1882.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 47th

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Meredith, John Scott, 1824-1917.

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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 ...

Meredith, Jaquelin Marshall, 1835-1920.

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Meredith family.

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Jaquelin Marshall Meredith (1835-1920) was trained at the Virginia Theological Seminary as an Episcopal minister and served as rector of a number of parishes in Virginia during his career. Two of his brothers left Virginia and wrote back to family members concerning the settlement of family estates and their own activities across the United States. Henry Clarkson Meredith (1826-1859) became an attorney and notary public in Sacramento, Calif., while Steptoe Pickett Meredith (1833-1882) farmed in ...

Meredith, Anne Elizabeth, 1828-1899.

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