Papers, 1851-1885.

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Papers, 1851-1885.

This collection primarily contains the correspondence, 1851-1880, of Richard Hardaway Meade (1831-1880) of Richmond, Va., with various members of the Meade family of Amelia County, Va. Letters to Meade's wife, Jane Catherine (Fontaine) Meade (1833-1909), discuss family news, social life in Richmond, and Meade's brief experiences in the 19th Virginia Militia during the Spotsylvania Campaign. Also in the collection is the correspondence, 1861-1885, of Jane Meade with family members regarding family news. Correspondents in the collection include Charlotte Randolph (Meade) Lane (b. 1836), Everard Benjamin Meade (1839-1896), and Jane Eliza (Hardaway) Meade (1801-1876).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7376656

Virginia Historical Society Library

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Virginia. Militia. Infantry Regiment, 19th.

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Lane, Charlotte Randolph Meade, b. 1836.

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Meade, Richard Hardaway, 1831-1880.

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Meade family.

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Meade, Jane Eliza Hardaway, 1801-1876.

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Meade, Everard Benjamin, 1839-1896.

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Meade, Jane Catherine Fontaine, 1833-1909.

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