Papers, 1823-1908.

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Papers, 1823-1908.

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Included are correspondence, accounts, speech (as a candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates, 1848), legal materials and miscellaneous items of James Majette of St. Francis County, Ark., and Southampton County, Va.; correspondence (including letters from a soldier serving in the 3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, C.S.A., in Richmond, Va.), accounts, and estate papers of Penelope Ann (Darden) Majette; correspondence (in part while attending the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va., and while serving in the 24th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, C.S.A.), account book, and school papers of Roswell Sparks Majette; correspondence (in part while attending Wesleyan Female College, Murfreesboro, N.C.) and account books (concerning farming operations at "Oakland," Southampton County, Va.) of Mary Effa (Smith) Majette; correspondence of John Goodman Majette and Mary Elizabeth Majette and school materials of Mary Elizabeth Majette while attending Suffolk College, Suffolk, Va., 1894; and account books, 1882-1890, and loose accounts of Brett & Majette, general merchants, Statesville, Va.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 3rd

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Majette, John Thomas, 1829-1851.

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Majette, Mary Elizabeth, 1877-1897.

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Majette family.

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Residents of Southampton County, Va. Represented are James Majette (1803-1862), farmer and land speculator; Penelope Ann (Darden) Majette (1804-1881); John Thomas Majette (1829-1851); Roswell Sparks Majette (1841-1900); Mary Effa (Smith) Majette (1841-1913); John Goodman Majette (1874-1897); Mary Elizabeth Majette (1877-1897); and the mercantile firm of Brett & Majette, Statesville, Va. From the description of Papers, 1823-1908. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat rec...

Majette, Roswell Sparks, 1841-1900.

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Majette, John Goodman, 1874-1897.

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Brett & Majette (Statesville, Va.)

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 24th

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Majette, Mary Effa Smith, 1841-1913.

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Suffolk College (Suffolk, Va.)

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Wesleyan Female College (Murfreesboro, N.C.)

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Majette, James, 1803-1862.

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Majette, Penelope Ann Darden, 1804-1881.

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Virginia Military Institute

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On March 29, 1839 the General Aslsembly passed the final version of the act establishing a military school at the Lexington arsenal, where the students would protect the arms while pursuing educational courses. The School was named the Virginia Military Institute and is the nation's oldest state supported military college. The governor appointed nine members to the Board of Visitors to oversee the new school and they elected Claudius Crozet as president of the board and named Franci...