Papers of John Bell, 1790-1912.

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Papers of John Bell, 1790-1912.

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Includes family correspondence, 1790-1912, of members of the Bell, Curry, and Brownlee families, primarily John Bell, Benjamin A. Curry, Abel G. Bell, James R. Bell, Samuel Brownlee, Louisa Bell, James Brownlee Bell, and Sallie E. Bell. Topics include family news, life in Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois, and Ohio, financial and legal matters, documents concerning settlement and inventory of John Bell's estate, including an auction bill of sale of slaves, (1842), farming, sale of land, cattle, horses, wheat and corn, cholera outbreaks, life at Emory and Henry College (1852), the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862, campus life, and prison life at Fort Delaware and Point Lookout, Md. Also include tax receipts and accounts, 1784-1839, for John Bell; an employment contract, 1829, Augusta County; accounts, 1844-1848, of stipends due ministers; copy, 1858, of probate settlement of Francis Bell's estate; receipts, 1863-1865, for requisition of supplies by Confederate States of America; copy, ca. 1880, of Nancy E. Brownlee's will; list, n.d., of contributions to buy a saddle for local minister; and copies of religious poetry.

1 reel : positive ; 35 mm.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Bell, John, -1860

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Bell, Abel G.

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Brownlee, Nancy, 1947-

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Bell, William J.

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Bell (1929- ) is a television writer and producer. He began work with television soap operas in 1957 when he began writing for "The Guiding Light." He wrote for "As the World Turns" from 1958 to 1967, and in 1966 became head writer for "Days of Our Lives." He began writing for "The Young and the Restless" in 1977. From the description of Papers, 1966-1987 (bulk 1973-1987). (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 29528130 California gold miner. ...

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