Papers of Charles J. Affleck, 1803-1874.

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Papers of Charles J. Affleck, 1803-1874.

Includes legal notes, 1803-1819, of James Marshall, Frederick County, Va., concerning a slave woman accused of arson, a debt settlement, and a court case (Clauson v. Boyd); letter, 1812, from John Randolph, declining to discuss politics; letter, 1817, from St. George Tucker, sending payment; six receipts, 1812-1857, for hire and sale of slaves in Northumberland, Augusta, and Jefferson counties, Va., one specifying clothing. Also include receipt, 1861, to John S. Lupton for corn requisitioned by Fitzhigh Lee; note, 1862, from Col. Joseph R. Davis concerning a Confederate messenger; two printed passes, 1864-65, with handwritten completions, designating members of the Printers' Guard. Also include letter, 1873, from A.W. Reilly, mayor of Richmond, Va., concerning war orphans; two letters, 1874 from John G. Mosby to John Beatty about a bill before the General Assembly; an invitation, 1858, for a Richmond College graduating class party; a banquet menu; a stock certificate for the Richmond Shooting Club; and a receipt for a donation to the Robert E. Lee Monumental Association. Also include a eulogy, 1864, in poetic form, for Leonidas Polk, composed by a North Carolina woman; orders, 1865, assigning James Pollard to medical treatment; newspaper clippings about the Printers' Guard and Leonidas Polk's death; and obituaries of John A. Pizzini; and a carte-de-viste of Leonidas Polk.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Reilly, A. W.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry

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Pizzini, John A.

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Affleck, Charles J.

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Resident of Winchester, Va. From the description of Papers of Charles J. Affleck, 1803-1874. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135432 ...

Mosby, John G.,

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Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827

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St. George Tucker (1752-1827), was born in Bermuda and emigrated to Williamsburg, Virginia where he attended the College of William and Mary. He served in the Revolutionary War, as a judge of the General Court of Virginia, and as professor of law at the College of William and Mary. He was elected to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. Tucker was appointed to the federal district court for Virginia. He married, firstly, Frances Bland Randolph who was the mother of John Randolph of Roanoke. ...

Lupton, John S.

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Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864

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Bishop in the Protestant Episcopal Church and Confederate general. From the description of Letter to Mrs. Banger, n.y. October 11. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 68116515 Polk, an Episcopal bishop, served as a major general in the Confederate army until he was killed by a cannon shot at Pine Mountain, Georgia, June 14, 1864. From the description of Letter, November 28, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 650825874 ...

Marshall, James.

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Richmond Shooting Club.

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Pollard, James, 1792-1867

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Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905

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Fitzhugh Lee, grandson of Henry "Light-Horse Harry" and nephew of Robert E. Lee was Major General of the Confederate Army. After the war, he wrote about and taught the history of the South during the Civil War and wrote a biography of Robert E. Lee. In 1885-1889, he served as governor of Virginia. From the description of Papers of Fitzhugh Lee, 1863-1889 (bulk 1885-1889). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122446276 Fitzhugh Le...

Confederate States of America. Army Infantry. Printers' Guard.

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Randolph, John, 1773-1833

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Randolph served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1799-1813, 1815-1817, 1819-1825, 1827-1829), the U.S. Senate (1825-1827), the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830), and as Minister to Russia (1830-1831). From the description of Letter of introduction, 10 July 1813. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235133950 U. S. Congressman from Virginia. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Liverpool, England, to Jacob Harvey, Cork Irela...

Davis, Joseph Robert, 1825-1896

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Robert E. Lee Monumental Association.

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Beatty, John I. (John Imlay), 1806-1885

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Merchant, of Allentown, Monmouth County, New Jersey; married Sarah McKean (1805-1884) in 1829; conducted a general store as successor to McKean & Newell (a partnership of David McKean and Samuel C. Newell) from June 1831 to October 1833, when the store was resumed by David McKean; took over McKean's general store in 1846, the year of McKean's death, and continued it until at least 1868. From the description of Account books, 1826-1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155037708 ...