Lucy R. Daniel Kinckel commonplace book [manuscript], 1869-1902.

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Lucy R. Daniel Kinckel commonplace book [manuscript], 1869-1902.

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Commonplace book contains sentimental poetry and eulogies to friends interspersed with brief messages of love to Frank Anderson Kinckel and several notes on family events including the marriage of her sister Anna L. Daniel to Merriwether Lewis Randolph. Two poems were inspired by vacations at Old Point Comfort, 1886, 1887. The volume also includes a tribute to Jefferson Davis, 1889, and an essay "Bars to matrimony, the reasons why some persons should not marry & the evils of improvident unions," 1889, including hereditary diseases, poverty, religious differences, incongruity of temper, and lack of affection. Several flowers are pressed between the pages.

1 volume.

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Randolph, Anna L. Daniel, d. 1874.

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Kinckel, Lucy R. Daniel, b. 1848.

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Resident of "Union Hill," Cumberland County, Va. From the description of Lucy R. Daniel Kinckel commonplace book [manuscript], 1869-1902. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 433627607 ...

Union Hill (Cumberland County, Va. : Estate)

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Kinckel, Francis Anderson, b. 1844.

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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

Randolph, Meriwether Lewis, 1837-1871

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