George P. Mayo letters and diary, 1897-1903.

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George P. Mayo letters and diary, 1897-1903.

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The collection consists of sixteen letters to his mother, Mary Armistead Tyler Mayo, and a diary kept at the beginning of his ministry in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The letters concern his experiences as a student at Princeton University, the Princeton Theological Seminary, and the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia, and his ministry in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. The 1903 diary details his ministry in the Blue Ridge Mountains, his fundraising trips on behalf of the Blue Ridge missions, the conditions of life of the mountain people, and his own ordination to the priesthood. Among the people mentioned in his letters and diary are Frederick Neve, Grover Cleveland, Robert K. Massie, and Berryman Green.

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Virginia Theological Seminary, Bishop Payne Library

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Virginia Theological Seminary, Bishop Payne Library

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Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

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Grover Cleveland, born in Caldwell, NJ, 18 March 1837; moved to Buffalo, NY in 1855; Erie County Sheriff, 1871-1874; Mayor of Buffalo, 1882; Governor of New York, 1883-1884; President of the United States, 1885-1889, 1893-1897; married Frances Folsom, 1886; died at Princeton, NJ, 24 June 1908....

Neve, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1855-1948

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Episcopal clergyman, Archdeacon, of Albemarle and Greene counties, Va. From the description of Photographs of parishioners and churches in Albemarle and Greene counties [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816534 An Episcopal clergyman, Neve emigrated from England to Virginia in 1888. Actively involved in missionary work in the mountains, he was named Archdeacon of the Blue Ridge diocese in 1904. From the description of Papers : of ...

Green, Berryman, 1864-1933.

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Princeton theological seminary

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Episcopal Church. Diocese of Virginia. Archdeaconry of the Blue Ridge

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The Archdeaconry of the Blue Ridge of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia evolved out of the missionary work to the people of the Blue Ridge Mountains begun as a local effort in 1888 by Rev. Frederick William Neve, rector of St. Paul's Church, Ivy (Albermarle County) and Emmanuel Church, Greenwood (Green County). In 1904, the Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia appointed Neve to be Archdeacon in charge of a diocesan mission to the people of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Albemarle...

Massie, Robert Kinloch, 1864-1932.

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Mayo, Mary Armistead Tyler.

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Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

Mayo, George P. (George Pickett), 1876-1954.

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Episcopal missionary, clergyman, and founder of the Blue Ridge School, Dyke, Virginia. From the description of George P. Mayo letters and diary, 1897-1903. (Virginia Theological Seminary). WorldCat record id: 51747916 ...

Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia (Alexandria, Va.)

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