Recollections of the past [manuscript] 1910.

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Recollections of the past [manuscript] 1910.

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Ford briefly describes his childhood in England; voyages to New York and Richmond, Va.; jewelry business in Richmond; farming scam at Buffalo Gap; apprenticeship with Hudson & Lushbaugh, Staunton contractors, who built the Rotunda annex; employment by Charlottesville builder Peter Wade; early married life in Union and Lewisburg, Va.; return to Charlottesville where his brother Charles superintended the macadamizing of Main Street; tent making for the Confederacy; death of his first wife from tuberculosis; property clerk at the Confederate States Arsenal in Richmond and member of the Local Reserve Force called out for Dahlgren's raid; retreat to Milton, N.C.; and return to Charlottesville and employment by the University of Virginia and Anderson Brothers Book Store following his dismissal from the University by W. H. Echols. Ford enumerates but does not describe the various construction work he did for the University of Virginia over the course of 30 years . Ford briefly notes that Hudson's slave taught him the carpenter's trade.

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University of Virginia Rotunda (Charlottesville, Va.)

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Hudson and Lushbaugh.

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Anderson Brothers Book Store (Charlottesville, Va.)

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Ford, George Sidney.

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English born resident of Charlottesville, Va.; Confederate veteran; superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, University of Virginia. From the description of Recollections of the past [manuscript] 1910. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 394275712 ...

Echols, William H. (William Holding), 1859-1934

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Professor Echols graduated from the University of Virginia 1882 July, with a B.S. in Civil Engineering; he held the positions of Adjunct Professor of Applied Mathematics, Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings, and Professor of Mathematics from 1891 until his death in 1934. From the description of Papers of William H. Echols [manuscript], 1926-1929. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647915145 From the description of Papers of William Holden Echols [manuscript], ...

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...

Wade, Peter, 1933-

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