Papers, 1785-1947.

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Papers, 1785-1947.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40067233

Legal papers (1785) concerning the Clover and Cochran families of Frederick County; family, legal, and financial papers starting in 1808 concerning the family of John and Abraham Miller, George S. Miller, and George's brother, Lewis A. Miller. Topics include the conviction of two slaves for the murder of their master. One letter (1866) is from Robert E. Lee to Mrs. Godfrey Miller, declining an invitation. Papers (1910-1930) concern the leasing of land in Oklahoma, oil speculation there, and the town of Preston.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7418756

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Miller, George S.

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Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...

Miller family.

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Lewis A. Miller was a medical student in Philadelphia in the 1840's and a member of the Virginia legislature in 1852. From the description of Papers, 1785-1947. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 40067233 ...

Clover family.

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Miller, Godfrey, Mrs.

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Miller, Abraham.

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Miller, Lewis A.

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Miller, John, QC

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Civil War soldier. From the description of Letters of John Miller, 1863-1864. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32959255 John Miller sold groceries, dry goods, tobacco, and whiskey, along with many other items, including wine, rum, coffee, peach brandy, oil, silk, molasses, sugar, butter and gin. Miller's store was located in what is now Westmoreland County. From the description of Day book of John Miller, 1817-1824. (University of Pittsburgh). WorldC...

Cochran family.

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