Papers of the Harrison, Smith and Tucker families:, 1790-1936.

Lewis, Nelly Custis, 1779-1852

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Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis (1779-1852): Eleanor was born on March 31, 1779. She was the youngest granddaughter of Martha Washington and the step-granddaughter of George Washington. After her father John Parke Custis’ death in 1781 and her mother, Eleanor Calvert Custis’ marriage to Dr. David Stuart, Eleanor and her brother George Washington Parke Custis began living with the Washingtons. In 1799, Eleanor married Washington’s nephew, Lawrence Lewis. Of their eight children, only one son and three...

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

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Higginson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 22, 1823. He was a descendant of Francis Higginson, a Puritan minister and immigrant to the colony of Massachusetts Bay. His father, Stephen Higginson (born in Salem, Massachusetts, November 20, 1770; died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 20, 1834), was a merchant and philanthropist in Boston and steward of Harvard University from 1818 until 1834. His grandfather, also named Stephen Higginson, was a member of the Continental Congre...

Carter, Betty Lewis,

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Smith, Mary Harrison,

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Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873

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American naval officer and oceanographer. From the description of Letter to Capt. Charles Wilkes [manuscript], 1848 March 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647808228 From the description of Letter to Andrew Hull Foote [manuscript], 1856 April 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647817495 Epithet: Astronomer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000219 ...

Montague, Andrew Jackson, 1862-1937

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Montague (1862-1937) held public office most of his adult life, serving as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia (1893-1898), Attorney General of Virginia (1898-1902), Governor of Virginia (1902-1906), and U.S. Representative for the Third District of Virginia (1913-1937). In addition, he headed the Law Department at Richmond College, now the University of Richmond, and served in various positions with numerous non-profit organizations. See William Larsen's Montague of Virginia (Lou...

Tucker, Harry St. George,

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Thompson, John Reuben, 1823-1873

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American editor, critic, journalist, Civil War poet. From the description of Poems by John Reuben Thompson, 1870 and n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50298951 Thompson moved to New York in 1867. From the description of Letter [between 1867 and 1873] Wednesday, New York, to Charles Henry Quarles [Washington, D.C.?] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364281 American editor and poet. From the description of Autogra...

Gordon, Armistead C. (Armistead Churchill), 1855-1931

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Armistead Churchill Gordon, a Virginia native, attended schools in Charlottesville and later became a successful attorney and historian in Staunton, Va. From the description of Papers, 1868-1875. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 34272410 Rector of the University of Virginia. From the description of Papers of Armistead Churchill Gordon [manuscript], 1887-1922. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647884483 Attorney ;Rect...

Tucker, Maria Ball Carter,

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Fox, John, 1863-1919

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Novelist and short story writer. From the description of Letters, 1890-1901 ; (bulk 1890-1897). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154271345 From the description of Letters, 1890-1901; (bulk 1890-1897). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20770068 John Fox, Jr. was born in 1862 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Fox was a popular writer at the turn of the century who chronicled the folklife of the Cumberland Mountains. Educated at Transylvania Unive...

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...

Cocke, Mattie L.,

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Harrison, Peachy Gessner, 1839-1926

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Moore, R. Walton (Robert Walton), 1859-1941

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Congressman from Virginia, 1919-1931, and member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Moore was Assistant Secretary of State, 1933-1937, and Counselor of the Dept. of State, 1937-1941. From the description of Papers, 1922-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155524243 ...

Massey, John E. (John Edward), 1819-1901

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Lawyer, Baptist clergyman, resident of Albemarle Co., Va., and later, state legislator and lieutenant-governor of Va. From the description of Papers, 1776-1901. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36492112 Baptist clergyman, politician. From the description of Letter to William Mahone [manuscript], 1881 April 13. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647821169 ...

Fielding, Laurence,

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Smith, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1829-1928

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Francis Smith, University of Virginia professor, who along with Ormond Stone made the first officially recorded observation at the McCormick Observatory (a transit of Venus observed in December 1882). From the description of Letter and rerceipted bill [manuscript], 1876 and 1877. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647988312 University of Virginia student, 1849-1851, and later a professor of Natural Philosophy, 1853-1906, at his alma mater. From the des...

Carter, Charles C.

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Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945

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American novelist. From the description of Letter, 1940 Apr. 25, Richmond, Va., to John W. Garley, Bayonne, N.J. [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647808544 From the description of Letters to James J. Murray [manuscript], 1939-1943. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812081 American author. From the description of Letter [manuscript]: Richmond, Va., to Dr. Kenneth Wood, 1942 December 14. (University of Virginia). W...

Tucker, George, 1775-1861

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U.S. Congressman, U. Va. professor, author. From the description of Letters of George Tucker [manuscript] 1836, 1837. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647934732 ...

Brown, Alexander, 1843-1906

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Born at Glenwood, Nelson County, Va., Alexander Brown was deafened while serving in the Confederate Army in the explosion of a powder-boat near Fort Fisher, N.C. He married Caroline Augusta Cabell and after her death, Sarah Randolph Cabell. He was the author of The Genesis of the United States, The First Republic in America, The Cabells and Their Kin and other works. From the description of Papers, 1748-1900. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 21062305 Alex...

Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931

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Educator and orator. From the description of Letter to a former student [manuscript], 1920 June 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647976354 From the description of Edwin Anderson Alderman papers [manuscript], 1881-1950. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647925708 University of Virginia president. From the description of Sketch of Edwin Anderson Alderman [manuscript], ca. 1925. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 64781...

Harrison, D. G

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Bryan, Elmer Burritt, 1865-1934,

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Kent, Charles W., 1860-1917

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Professor of English literature. From the description of Additional papers of Charles W. Kent, Professor of English literature, University of Virginia [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647957615 Professor of English literature, University of Virginia, From the description of Manuscript notes on the poems of John Milton by Charles W. Kent, professor of English literature, University of Virginia [manuscript] 1900-1901. (University of Virgi...

Harrison, Elizabeth Lewis Carter Tucker,

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Emmet, Robert, 1778-1803

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Maupin, S. (Socrates), 1808-1871

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Maupin was chemistry professor at the University of Virginia from 1853-1871; Sommerville never matriculated. From the description of Letter to H[enry?] C[lay?] Sommerville, 1861 October 7. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55858107 From the description of Letter to H[enry?] C[lay?] Sommerville [manuscript], 1837-1870. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647896588 Biography to be added later. From the guide to the Maupin-Washington P...

Green, George Walton, 1854-1903

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Traveler. From the description of Green diary, 1850. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 37857346 ...

Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925

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George Washington Cable, an American author and critic, was born in New Orleans and fought for the South in the Civil War. His first collection of tales of life in the south was Old creole days (1879). In 1884 he went on a reading tour with Mark Twain. He moved to Northampton, Mass., in 1885. He is chiefly known for his early works describing picturesque Louisiana Creole life and courageous essays on civil rights. From the description of George Washington Cable papers, 1865-1918. (Pe...

Tucker, Beverley Dandridge, 1846-1930

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Smith, Summerfield,

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Smith, Edward, 1891-

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Brockenbrough, Lucy,

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Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916

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John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916) of Powhatan County, Va., was a lawyer and Confederate officer. Mosby was educated at the University of Virginia and worked as a lawyer in Washington County, Va., prior to the Civil War. In 1861, Mosby enlisted in the 1st Virginia Cavalry. He was eventually promoted to colonel and led the 43rd Battalion, 1st Virginia Cavalry. After the war Mosby returned to practicing law in Warrenton, Va., and San Francisco, Calif. He also served at the United States Consul in Ho...

Harrison, Gessner, 1807-1862

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University of Virginia professor of ancient languages. From the description of Papers of Gessner Harrison [manuscript], 1827-1862. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647887791 Professor of ancient languages at the University of Virginia. From the description of Letter to a publishing firm [manuscript], 1855 May 3. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647838967 From the description of Letter to a publishing firm, 1855 May 3. (Universit...

Daniel, John W. (John Warwick), 1842-1910

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Daniel was born and educated at Lynchburg, Virginia, served in the Confederate Army and practised law afterwards. He was a member of Congress from 1885-1887 and a United States Senator from 1887-1910. From the description of Papers, 1849-1910 (inclusive), 1865-1910 (bulk). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122471372 John Warwick Daniel (1842-1910) was prominent in Virginia and national political circles. He served as a representative and senator both on a state ...

Smith, J. Howard,

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