Papers, 1776-1945.

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Papers, 1776-1945.

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Papers of William Roane Aylett include an account book, loose accounts, 1850-1881, and estate inventories concerning the administration of Montville plantation in King William County, Va.; correspondence, 1847- 1900, concerning college life at the University of Virginia and local politics (before and after the Civil War), and his law practice; military papers of the 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, which he commanded; and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about the entry of African Americans into Virginia politics and national politics. Correspondence, 1844-1860, of Judith Page (Waller) Aylett concerns social and domestic life at Montville. Correspondence, 1854-1894, of Alice Roane (Brockenbrough) Aylett deals with daily life in and around Richmond, Va., during the Civil War, hiring of a free African American woman, the sale of slaves, and letters from her daughter at the Virginia Female Institute in Staunton, Va.

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Aylett, Alice Roane Brockenbrough, d. 1895.

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Aylett, Judith Page Waller, 1804-1860

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 53rd

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Virginia Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)

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Aylett, William Roane, 1833-1900

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Aylett, William Roane, 1833-1900

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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...

Aylett family.

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Represented in the collection are William Roane Aylett (1833- 1900), prominent lawyer, planter and politician of King William County, Va., who also served as a colonel in the Confederate Army; his mother Judith Page (Waller) Aylett (1804-1860); and his wife Alice Roane (Brockenbrough) Aylett (d. 1895). From the description of Papers, 1776-1945. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 29991335 ...