Papers, 1870-1938 and n.d.

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Papers, 1870-1938 and n.d.

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Chiefly family correspondence, legal papers, and business papers of Mr. Valentine. Letters concern typical family issues, but other letters include details about a Confederate soldiers' reunion at the Virginia Military Institute (1903), and about a trip Valentine took on the S.S. Bellingham to the Netherlands and the Azores (1920). Other items include receipts, stock certificates, bills, a few photographs, and legal papers pertaining to the estates of the Pendleton family, Louisa County, Va., and the Meredith family of Richmond, Va.

144 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7382082

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Meredith family

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Valentine, Mann Satterwhite, b. 1859.

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Richmond, Va. businessman. From the description of Papers, 1870-1938 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36689503 ...

Pendleton family

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Virginia Military Institute

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On March 29, 1839 the General Aslsembly passed the final version of the act establishing a military school at the Lexington arsenal, where the students would protect the arms while pursuing educational courses. The School was named the Virginia Military Institute and is the nation's oldest state supported military college. The governor appointed nine members to the Board of Visitors to oversee the new school and they elected Claudius Crozet as president of the board and named Franci...