Papers regarding the history of Albemarle County, Va. and the Society, 1837-1974.

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Papers regarding the history of Albemarle County, Va. and the Society, 1837-1974.

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The collection contains items dealing with Albemarle County history collected by Society member Atcheson Laughlin Hench, including a judge's opinion on an estate case; a letter from the Peninsula campaign; William Cabell Rive's reply to Albemarle citizens addressing him regarding the convention of 1861; the February 28, 1837 issue of the Washington Globe which contains a letter from Andrew Jackson to the citizens of Albemarle. Also included are a 1943 rabies broadside; various reprints and clippings; two papers presented to the Society by Haidee Watson Perkins Michie entitled The Piedmont Hospital and The Park St. School; an article by A.L. Hench entitled The Name Albemarle Pippin; and a 1940 Confederate memorial address by Walter Alexander Montgomery. Items pertaining to the Society include a summary, 1958, of the Society's altercation with Michie Tavern over the tavern's authenticity; a 1966 map of old Charlottesville published by the Society; A.L. Hench's The First Ten Years of the Albemarle County Historical Society; and Hench's correspondence and notes regarding that article. Among the correspondents are Harry Clemons, Robert Douthat Meade, and John Cook Wyllie.

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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

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Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States. Born on March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaw Settlement in South Carolina; though just a boy, participated in the battle of Hanging Rock during the Revolution, captured by the British and imprisoned. He worked for a time in a saddler's shop and afterward taught school before studying law in Salisbury, N.C. In 1788 he was appointed solicitor of the western district of North Carolina, comprising what is now the State of Tennessee. Upon the admission of T...

Michie Tavern (Charlottesville, Va.)

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Clemons, Harry, 1879-1968

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U. Va. Librarian. From the description of Correspondence with Judge Henry Schoolcraft Hulbert [manuscript] 1936-59. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647941939 University of Virginia librarian. From the description of Letters to Roy Land [manuscript], 1940-1952. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810692 University of Virginia Librarian. From the description of Letter to George Burwell Utley [manuscript], 1927 July 24...

Michie, Haidee Watson Perkins, 1873-1957.

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Montgomery, Walter Alexander, d. 1949.

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Lawyer, Confederate soldier, and N.C. Supreme Court justice, of Warrenton and Raleigh, N.C. From the description of Walter A. Montgomery papers, 1861-1921 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24007766 University of Virginia professor. From the description of A southern village of the 70's and 80's [manuscript], 1957. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647987150 From the description of A southern village of the 70's and 80's, 1957. (University of ...

Virginia. Convention (1861 : Richmond)

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Meade, Robert Douthat, 1903-1974

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Robert D. Meade, WWU faculty member, 1965-1993; BA Indiana University, MA, PhD University of Pennsylvania; Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Western Washington University. From the description of Robert D. Meade collection, 1967. (Western Washington University). WorldCat record id: 55950730 ...

Rives, William Cabell, 1825-1889

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Albemarle Co., Va., and Boston, Mass., lawyer. From the description of Papers of William Cabell Rives [manuscript], 1860-1882. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647818447 Charlottesville, Va., lawyer. From the description of Diplomas of William Cabell Rives [manuscript], 1843-1847 (bulk 1843-1844). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647818577 ...

Albemarle County Historical Society (Va.)

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Hench, Atcheson Laughlin, 1891-1974

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Professor of English at the University of Virginia. From the description of Letter of Atcheson Laughlin Hench to Dr. and Mrs. Edward Harper Rynearson [manuscript], 1950 October 26. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647821141 Professor of English at the University of Virginia, 1922-1962. From the description of Oral history interview of Atcheson L. Hench by Ann L.S. Southwell [manuscript], March 15, 1972. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 6...

Wyllie, John Cook, 1908-1968

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Description of this Albemarle Co. lawyer. From the description of Biographical sketch of George Carr [manuscript] / drafted by J.C.W. for his grandson Mr. Charles Carr, 1967. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647936052 Wyllie was Director of Libraries, University of Virginia, and Book Review Editor of The Richmond News Leader. From the description of Letters : concerning his book reviews in The Richmond news leader, 1952-1963. (University of Virginia)...