Papers, 1774-1941 (bulk 1831-1879).

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Papers, 1774-1941 (bulk 1831-1879).

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Chiefly correspondence, 1833-1879, accounts, 1847-1879, bonds, deeds, agreements, and land, legal, and estate papers of Henry Coalter Cabell (1820-1889) of Richmond, Va., while a student at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, as a Confederate Army officer, and relating to his law practice and his land and real estate interests. Subjects mentioned in the correspondence include the estate of James Alston (1774- 1850), the Coal Valley Coal Company of Richmond, Va., the James River and Kanawha Company, the Kanawha Salt Company of Charleston, W. Va., the Kentucky and Great Western Railway Company, Norwood High School and College in Nelson County, Va., and the Richmond and York River Railroad Company. Some of the accounts concern visits to mineral springs in Virginia and West Virginia. Also included in the collection are letters, 1831-1838, and commonplace books, 1840-1850, of William H. Cabell (1772-1852) of Richmond, many concerning repairs to his home, "Grey Castle"; correspondence, 1835-1876, and legal papers, 1848-1851, of Edward Carrington Cabell (1816-1896) of Attatulga plantation, Jefferson County, Fla., and Tallahassee, Fla., while a student at the University of Virginia, president of the Pensacola and Georgia Railroad Company, and while serving in the U.S. House of Delegates, including correspondence with his overseer and lists of slaves, and correspondence concerning the Tredegar Company, Richmond, Va.; and estate materials of Ephraim Stanfield (d. 1841) of Hanover County, Va., and John D. Webster (1816?-1873) of Richmond.

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Cabell, Henry Coulter, 1820-1889.

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Kanawha Salt Company (Charleston, W. Va.)

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Richmond and York River Railroad Company

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James River and Kanawha Company (Richmond, Va.)

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Coal Valley Coal Company (Richmond, Va.)

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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...

Cabell, William H., 1772-1853

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Governor of Virginia. From the description of William H. Cabell papers, 1808. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452457 From the description of Letter : Richmond, to Thomas Jefferson, 1824 May 10. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793173 At the time of these appointments, Cabell was serving as governor of Virginia. From the description of Appointments as Justices of the Peace, 1806 May 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122498093 Ame...

Tredegar Company (Richmond, Va.)

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Alston, James, 1774-1850

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Norwood High School and College (Nelson County, Va.)

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Pensacola and Georgia Railroad Company

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Kentucky and Great Western Railway Company.

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Cabell, E. C. (Edward Carrington), 1816-1896

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United States. Congress. House of Delegates

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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...

Cabell family.

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Represented in the collection are Edward Carrington Cabell (1816- 1896), of Jefferson County, Fla., Richmond, Va. and Washington, D.C., member of the United States House of Representatives and president of the Pensacola and Georgia Railroad; Henry Coalter Cabell (1820-1889) of Richmond, Va., who served in several artillery units in the Confederate States Army of Northern Virginia; and William H. Cabell (1772-1852), also of Richmond. From the description of Papers, 1774-1941 (bulk 183...