Papers, 1831-1882, of the Seddon family of Richmond and Goochland County, Va.

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Papers, 1831-1882, of the Seddon family of Richmond and Goochland County, Va.

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Correspondence, accounts, and other papers of the Seddon family of Richmond, Va. Papers of James Alexander Seddon include correspondence, 1842-1880, concerning family life, politics, and his imprisonment during the Civil War; and accounts, 1842-1867, concerning, in part, dental work done by Dr. William B. Pleasants and carpentry work done by A.J. Brooks. Also, include papers of J.A. Seddon's wife, Sarah (Bruce) Seddon, consisting of correspondence, 1843-1880, concerning family life and her husband's imprisonment during the Civil War; accounts, 1841-1860, concerning clothing and taxes; and her will, 1882.

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Confederate States of America

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During the Civil War, the Confederate States of America issued their own currency notes. These circulated like cash, but were technically bills of credit. At the beginning of the war, they circulated widely, but by the end of the war they had lost nearly all their value. Many of the bills remained in private hands after the war and became collectible as memorabilia. Other bills, which the Union Army had confiscated, were in the hands of the United States War Department; it transferred them to th...

Seddon, Sarah Bruce, 1822-1882.

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Sarah Bruce Seddon. Wife of congressman and Secretary of War of the Confederacy James A. Seddon. The couple were married in 1845. She was the daughter of James Bruce of Halifax, a member of a distinguished Virginia family. The Dictionary of American Biography entry for her husband describes her as "vivacious and charming, with musical propensities." She was the hostess of Sabot Hill, Goochland County, Virginia, a center of hospitality during the century preceding the Civil War. From ...

Brooks, A. J.

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Seddon family.

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James Alexander Seddon (1815-1880) was a successful Richmond, Va., lawyer, U.S. Congressman and Confederate Secretary of War. With the fall of Richmond, he was imprisoned, along with other Confederate officials, from May until November 1865. After the war he retired to his estate, "Sabot Hill," Goochland County, Va., where he resided until the end of his life. From the description of Papers, 1831-1882, of the Seddon family of Richmond and Goochland County, Va. (Virginia Historical So...

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

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Representative from Virginia; Confederate Secretary of War. From the description of Autograph letter in pencil signed : [n.p.], to R.J. Walker, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270633277 Confederate Secretary of War. From the description of Letter to Dr. [Lewis] [manuscript], 1853 November 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647986794 From the description of Papers, 1862-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20313944 ...

Pleasants, William B., 1817?-1892.

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