Papers, 1861-1964.

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Papers, 1861-1964.

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Collection includes personal and biographical materials, 1890- 1931, of William Cabell Brown (1861-1927), an Episcopalian bishop of Richmond, Va.; correspondence, 1927-1937, and other scattered papers of his widow, Ida Mason (Dorsey) Brown of Richmond; correspondence, 1957-1959, and personal accounts of her sister Laura Lee Dorsey of Charlottesville, Va.; and papers of the Browns' children, including personal and family correspondence, 1927-1961, of John Dorsey Brown, Richmond lawyer; correspondence, 1956-1960, of Katharine Mason Brown, a Richmond schoolteacher; and correspondence, 1932-1959, and financial records of Margaret Cabell Brown of Richmond.

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Virginia Historical Society Library

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Brown, Katharine Mason, 1899-1983.

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Brown, Margaret Cabell, 1894-

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Brown family.

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Brown, John Dorsey, 1892-1971.

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Brown, William Cabell, 1861-1927.

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Dorsey, Laura Lee, 1863-1960.

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Brown, Ida Mason Dorsey, 1866-1954.

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Represented are Ida Mason (Dorsey) Brown of Brazil and Virginia; her husband, William Cabell Brown (1861-1927); their children John Dorsey Brown (b. 1892), Katherine Mason Brown (1899-1983), and Margaret Cabell Brown (b. 1894); and ancestors Eliza Margaretta (Chew) Mason (1791-1874) and Mary Cornelia Briscoe (Daniel) Cabell (1804-1843). From the description of Papers, 1818-1973. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 31277167 ...