Papers of the Jones family and related Willis family, 1862-1959.

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Papers of the Jones family and related Willis family, 1862-1959.

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The papers contain about twenty letters of family members generally conveying family news but including a description of a seance with spiritualist and medium "Foster" attended by Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. In addition there are deeds, 1882-1910, chiefly for land in Warwick County, Va.; estate accounts, 1903-1915; various family legal documents; a notebook of genealogical information; two railroad maps of the route from Charlottesville to Savannah; and miscellaneous items including advertising circulars, a terrapin recipe, poems, clippings, photographs, a carte-de-visite of Stonewall Jackson, and about $5500 in Confederate bills.

172 items.1 reel : positive microfilm ; 35 mm.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7337329

University of Virginia. Library

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