Virginiana 1828-1909.

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Virginiana 1828-1909.

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The collection contains two letters, 1861, Walter Creigh Preston, University of Virginia, to Uncle John M. Preston, Sr. discussing the atmosphere at the University just prior to the Civil War, and mentioning the Southern Guard, Sons of Liberty and a company raised by Albert Taylor Bledsoe. In addition an 1862 letter from W.L. Lewison, Charlottesville jail, requests financial assistance and clothing; and an 1828 letter from Edward L. Watson, Charlottesville, to Ambrose L. White, Tennessee, discusses the convention of 1828 to consider internal improvements and asks about western prospects. In addition there is a carte-de-visite, ca. 1867, of Henry A. Wise, a photograph, ca. 1890, of the West End Railway Station, Falls Church, Va., and a photograph, 1909, of the Richmond Howitzer's Alexandria homecoming.

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7355389

University of Virginia. Library

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White, Ambrose L., fl. 1828,

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Preston, Walter Creigh, fl. 1861,

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Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876

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American lawyer and politician; governor of Virginia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, to President Buchanan, 1857 Mar. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588282 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Thomas Teackle in Baltimore, 1841 Jan. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588600 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, to Col. T.H. Ellis, 1859 Aug. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588...

Internal Improvement Convention (1828 : Charlottesville, Va.)

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Watson, Edward L., fl. 1828,

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Preston, John N., fl. 1862,

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Lewison, W.L., fl. 1862,

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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...

Bledsoe, Albert Taylor, 1809-1877

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Albert Taylor Bledsoe (1809-1877), a Confederate official, editor, and author, was the first-born son of Moses Ousley and Sophia Childress Taylor. A fellow student of Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee at West Point Military Academy in 1830, Bledsoe performed military duty at western Indian forts. After graduating from Kenyon College in Ohio, he taught mathematics and French at Kenyon and later Miami University. He praticed law for ten years in Springfield, Illinois from 1838-48 but returned to t...