Papers of Floyd L. Whitehead, 1821-1889, (bulk 1821-1859).

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Papers of Floyd L. Whitehead, 1821-1889, (bulk 1821-1859).

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Include family correspondence, 1821-1836, and 1898, chiefly from John Whitehead, his brother, and Robert Whitehead, nephew, to Floyd L. Whitehead concerning family and business news, slave hiring, misreported taxes on slaves, education and student life at Augusta College, Augusta, Ky., and at the University of Virginia, and a cholera epidemic in Kentucky. Also include receipts, 1856-1859, issued by Hollins Institute, Va., ; receipts, 1843, issued by Old Fleetwood Academy, Roseland, Va.; and a eulogy, n.d., for Floyd L. Whitehead. Also include political papers and correspondence, 1837-1852, chiefly from James Garland, Alexander Brown, and Paulus Powell to Floyd L. Whitehead concerning politics, internal improvements, and the subtreasury; temperance petition, n.d., Nelson County, Va.; and election tickets, 1879, and n.d, Nelson County, Va. Also include will, 1846, of Nancy Timberlake, Warren County, Va, providing for emancipation of some of her slaves; letters, 1848-1849, from John Robert Bland, Williamsburg, Va., and from Robert E. Harris concerning student life at the University of Virginia, social matters, and courtship; printed letter, 1836, from Washington National Monument Society soliciting donations; printed letter, 1856, from Hollins Institute, Va., concerning an outbreak of typhoid fever and other illnesses.

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Whitehead, Floyd L.

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Floyd L. Whitehead was a merchant and tobacco planter of Nelson County, Va. From the description of Floyd L. Whitehead papers, 1830-1886 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25968141 Resident of Roseland, Nelson County, Va., and Virginia politician. From the description of Papers of Floyd L. Whitehead, 1821-1889, (bulk 1821-1859). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32671874 Resident of Nelson County, Va. From the description of Papers...

Brown, Alexander, 1796-1864,

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University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Washington National Monument Society

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Organized in 1833. From the description of Treasurer's records, 1849. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522236 Washington National Monument Society was organized in Sept. 1833. The society was governed by a board of thirteen managers. In 1855-1858, the Society was under the control of the Know-Nothings who created their own Board of Managers. Due to this conflict and the Civil War, the construction lagged until 1876 when the Congress took over th...

Augusta College (Augusta, Ky.)

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Whitehead, Robert, 1815-1898

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Garland, James, 1791-1855.

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Hollins College

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Hollins College, a women's liberal arts college, was founded as the coeducational Valley Union Seminary in Roanoke, North Carolina in 1842. In 1854, it became Virginia's first women's college changing its name to Hollins Institute three years later. It was renamed Hollins College in 1911 and Hollins University in 1998. Hollins University has offered graduate programs since 1958. All undergraduates are female while graduate programs accept males. Euzelian Society began in...

Timberlake, Nancy

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Powell, Paulus, 1809-1874

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Amherst County, Va., lawyer; member of the Virginia House of Delegates and U.S. House of Representatives. From the description of Papers : of Paulus Powell, 1848-1868. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 29553113 U.S. congressman from Va. From the description of Papers, 1850-1851. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36097083 ...

Harris, Robert E.G.

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Harris was born on April 3, 1903, in Bloomington, IN; AB (1925) and AM (1926), Indiana Univ.; attended Yale Univ. (1926-27) and Univ. of Southern California (1928-29); instructor in English and French, Bucknell Univ. (1925-26); taught English and journalism at Los Angeles City College (1929-42); editor of LA Daily News (1945-50); professor of journalism (1950-71), department chairman (1955-60), and emeritus professor, UCLA; publications include The press in an authoritarian state (1963), and The...

Powell, Paulins, 1809-1874.

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Bland, John Robert, b. 1829.

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Whitehead, John S., -1990

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John Whitehead, son of William Whitehead, cashier of Newark Banking and Insurance Company, entered the mercantile profession in New York. He later moved to Mobile, Alabama and was a resident of Key West from 1824-1832, when he moved to New Orleans. Returning to New York, John Whitehead held the vice-presidency of a leading insurance company. He died on August 29, 1864. His brother, William A. Whitehead, served as an executor of his will. From the description of Estate of John Whitehe...