Papers, 1707-1950 (bulk 1762-1930).

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Papers, 1707-1950 (bulk 1762-1930).

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Collection includes correspondence, 1767-1823, personal accounts, diaries (concerning trips from Virginia to Kentucky to meet with land tenants), legal records, and other scattered materials of William Fleming (1736-1824), lawyer of Chesterfield County, Va., and judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals. Also, includes correspondence, 1857-1861, of Robert Conway Stanard (1833-1861), lawyer of Richmond, Va., and related materials concerning his service as captain of the 3rd Company of Richmond Howitzers of the Confederate States Army; personal and family correspondence, 1855- 1905, of his wife, Martha Virginia (Cowan) Stanard Wooldridge (1838-1920) and other scattered materials concerning her education, life as a widow, and service in the Confederate States War Department; and correspondence, 1859-1875, of her second husband, William Beverley Wooldridge (1827-1881), and related materials primarily concerning his coal mining business in Chesterfield County, Va., and his service with the 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment of the Confederate States Army. Also, includes correspondence, 1875-1930, of William Glover Stanard (1858-1933), historian and genealogist of Richmond, Va., and related records concerning his education at the College of William and Mary, service as corresponding secretary of the Virginia Historical Society, and involvement with the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (especially concerning the restoration of the Jamestown Church and the Jamestown Exposition of 1907); correspondence, 1894-1928, of his wife, Mary Mann Page (Newton) Stanard (1865-1929), and related materials concerning her career as an author and historian and her work with the Edgar Allan Poe Shrine in Richmond, Va.; and other scattered papers of members of the Fleming, Johns, and Wooldridge families.

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Virginia Historical Society (Richmond, Va.)

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Fleming, William, 1736-1824

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Judge William Fleming (July 6, 1736 – February 15, 1824) was an American lawyer, jurist and political figure from Cumberland County, Virginia. He served as a Delegate to the Continental Congress and as Chief Justice of Virginia. Fleming was educated at The College of William & Mary and studied law, after which he started practicing law before the county courts. In 1772, he became a member of the House of Burgesses, representing Cumberland County as his father John Fleming had done before him,...

Confederate States of America. War Dept.

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Agents of the Confederate States of America War Department were responsible for the exportation of goods to finance the war effort and for the importation of supplies. Among the agents were J.D. Aiken at Charleston (S.C.), Allen S. Gibbes, and Col. Thomas L. Bayne at Richmond, Virginia. Acting as purchasing agents were L. Heyliger at Nassau, Major W.S. Walker at Bermuda, J.M. Sexias at Wilmington (N.C.), T.N. Johnston, and M. Hatch at Augusta (Ga.), S. Wolfe at Winnsboro (S.C.), and Adam Griffin...

Edgar Allan Poe Shrine (Richmond, Va.)

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Artillery. Richmond Howitzers

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Stanard, Robert Conway, 1833-1861.

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Johns family.

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Wooldridge, William Beverley, 1827-1881.

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry regiment, 4th.

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Jamestown Tri-centennial Exposition (1907)

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Stanard, William Glover, 1859-1933

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Author, editor of VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. From the description of Extracts from the records of Henrico County, Virginia, 1677-1771. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145411567 ...

Stanard family.

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Fleming family.

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Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities

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The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) was founded in 1889 in Williamsburg, Virginia, to preserve and restore deteriorating historical sites in Virginia. The APVA bought the site where Jamestown is located. Over the years the organization (recently renamed Preservation Virginia) has worked with public and private groups to restore sites. The group owns several sites in the state that are open to the public, including Bacon's Castle and the Cape Henry Lighthouse. ...

College of William and Mary.

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Wooldridge, Martha Virginia Cowan Stanard, 1838-1920.

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Wooldridge family.

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Stanard, Mary Newton, 1865-1929

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