Papers of Mary Joanna Wright and Agnes Belle Wright, 1876-1962.

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Papers of Mary Joanna Wright and Agnes Belle Wright, 1876-1962.

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The collection includes copies of D.A.R. membership applications for both sisters; a Woodson family genealogy compiled by Nathaniel Francis Cabell and copied, n.d., by T.N. Watkins; a document, 1876, of W.C. Barksdale assigning William Wright a horse and buggy to secure payment of a bond; "Some little known facts about my town," by an unidentified Charlottesville, man, n.d.; a copy, n.d. of an 1831 marriage license for Charles Wright and Agnes P. Terrell; notes on Confederate cavalryman William George Wright; and notes on the Harris and Terrell families. A photograph of Dr. George L. Petrie, a Presbyterian pastor is included. Newsclippings include obituaries for Mary Frances Harris Wright, Dr. James H. Harris, and Emma Bibb Harris; an article on Japanese prisoner of war Colonel Charles L. Steel; a message on sickness by George L. Petrie.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Wright, Mary Joanna, 1885-1965.

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Charlottesville, Va., school teacher. From the description of Papers of Mary Joanna Wright, 1906-1962. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135313 ...

Wright, Mary Frances Harris, 1845-1936.

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Harris, Emma Bibb, 1838-1912.

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Steel, Charles L., 1891-

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Harris, James H., 1834-1910.

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Wright family.

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Wright, Agnes P. Terrell, fl. 1831.

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Watkins, T. N.

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Harris family.

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Wright, W. B. (William Bourke), 1876-1939

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William Bull Wright, 1840-1880, was a poet, best known for the long poem, Highland Rambles. From the description of Wm. B. Wright manuscript poem, 1878 March 18. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 174316953 ...

Wright, Charles H. H. (Charles Henry Hamilton), 1836-1909

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Epithet: Reverend; Biblical scholar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x00013f ...

Wright, Agnes Belle.

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Terrell family.

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Barksdale, W. C., fl. 1876.

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Woodson family.

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Cabell, Nathaniel Francis, 1807-1891

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Nathaniel Francis Cabell, 1807-1891, of Nelson County, Virginia, published numerous essays on agriculture and Swedenborgianism, edited the Jefferson and Cabell correspondence and the Lee papers, and wrote Cabell family histories. He married Anne Blaws Cocke, daughter of Gen. John Hartwell Cocke, and later married Mary M. Keller. See Alexander Brown, The Cabells and Their Kin (Harrisonburg, Va.: C.J. Carrier, 1978), pp. 657-660. From the description of Collection of papers relating to...

Petrie, George L. (George Laurens), 1840-

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Pastor, Charlottesville Presbyterian Church. From the description of Addresses by George Laurens Petrie, 1917-1920. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135328 George Laurens Petrie was graduated from Davidson College in 1859. He was a member of the Philanthropic Society. He attended Columbia Theological Seminary and served as a chaplain in the Confederate Army. He was a pastor in Greenville, Alabama, Petersburg and Charlottesville, Virginia. From the ...