Papers, 1795-1947.

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Papers, 1795-1947.

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Collection contains the papers of four generations of members of the Thornton, Skinner, and Greene families. The papers of Caroline (Homassel) Thornton of Rappahannock County, Va., include ten short diaries, 1842-1872, of religious meditations and an autobiography, ca. 1870. Thornton's son-in-law, Frederick Gustauvus Skinner of Maryland, was educated in France with the Marquis de Lafayette's grandchildren in the 1820s. The collection includes letters, mostly in French, from members of the Lafayette family to Skinner and his parents. There are also letters, 1870-1871, from Skinner to his wife concerning the sale of guns in Egypt. The correspondence, 1863-1865, of Skinner's son-in-law, Thomas Tileston Greene, contains letters to his wife written while serving in the Confederate States Army. Correspondence, 1909-1940, of his son, Frederick Stuart Greene, concerns his family's history and the Lafayette letters in this collection. The collection also contains a few papers of other family members.

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Virginia Historical Society Library

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Virginia Historical Society Library

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Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette was born at Chavaniac, Auvergne, in 1757, to an old, illustrious family of the provincial and military nobility. He lost both his parents early: his father was killed by the British at the Battle of Minden when Lafayette was two years old (1759), and when he was thirteen and attending the prestigious Collège de Plessis in Paris both his mother and grandfather died (1770). The latter's death left Lafayette with a si...

Lafayette family.

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Greene family.

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Represented are Caroline (Homassel) Thornton (1795-1875) of Rappahannock County, Va.; her son-in-law, Frederick Gustauvus Skinner (1814-1894) of Maryland; his son-in-law, Thomas Tileston Greene; and his son, Frederick Stuart Greene (1870-1939) of Albany, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1795-1947. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 31752110 ...

Skinner, Frederick Gustavus, 1814-1894

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Skinner family.

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Greene, Thomas Tileston.

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Thornton, Caroline Homassel, 1795-1875.

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Thornton family.

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Greene, Frederick Stuart, 1870-1939

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