Papers, 1844-1968, of the Cary family of Hampton and Richmond, Va.

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Papers, 1844-1968, of the Cary family of Hampton and Richmond, Va.

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Papers, 1844-1968, of the Cary family (of Hampton and Richmond, Va.). Include papers of Col. John B. Cary, concerning his Civil War service, postwar business travels, and his work with Confederate veterans groups; and writings by Cary, including a narrative of the burning of Hampton, Va., during the Civil War. Also strongly represented are John B. Cary's daughter Gillienna Armistead "Gillie" (Cary) McCabe (correspondence with extended family members concerning, among other topics, the death of her husband W. Gordon McCabe); daughter-in-law Maria Barry (Abert) Cary (correspondence concerning her work with the Presbyterian Church and her support for missionary activities as well as discussion of family news and her travels in the United States, Europe, and the Mid-East), and his granddaughter Martha Abert "Pattie" (Cary) Cecil (correspondence with brother George Abert Cary written while George was a student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Pattie was living in Richmond, Va.; letters chiefly mention social activities and functions in Richmond and family news).

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University of Wisconsin

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The University of Wisconsin-Extension promotes continuing education and lifelong learning by providing statewide access to university resources and research to the people of Wisconsin. Its four divisions are continuing education; cooperative extension; entrepreneurship and economic development; and broadcast and media innovations. From the guide to the University of Wisconsin Extension Program Reports, 1960-1969, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

McCabe, Gillienna Armistead Cary, 1844-1933.

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Cary, George Albert, 1894-1918.

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Cecil, Martha Abert Cary, 1888-1981.

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Cary family.

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Cary, Maria Barry Abert, 1862?-1933.

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Cary, John Baytop, 1819-1898.

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McCabe, W. Gordon (William Gordon), 1841-1920

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Classical scholar. From the description of Postal cards to Robert B. Tunstall [manuscript], 1918 February 24 and March 26. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647979308 From the description of Letter to Edmund Clarence Stedman [manuscript], 1892 January 17. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647813016 W. Gordon McCabe, former Captain of A.P. Hill's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, was a member of the official Virginia State Committee in charge ...