Papers of the Blackford family [manuscript], 1849-1932.

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Papers of the Blackford family [manuscript], 1849-1932.

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Collection consists chiefly of correspondence of the Blackford family and notes and papers from various Virginia educational institutions. Also included are photographs, announcements, invitations, advertisements, sermons, and drawings. Of interest are letters and military papers of Launcelot Minor Blackford (1894-1964) during his tenure with the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe; reminiscences of the funerals of Judge Claggett R. Jones and Edwin Anderson Alderman; and a letter, 1859 December 5, from University of Virginia student William H. Henson re University students attending the hanging of John Brown.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Macon School (Powhatan County, Va.)

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Henson, Mary Lee, fl. 1859.

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Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Va.)

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Agg, Elizabeth Blackford, -1854

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Shipp family

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Perryman, J. R.

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Mason, J. M. (James Murray), 1798-1871

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United States senator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to C. Neale, Esq., 1849 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270607846 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Selma, to Joseph C. Cabell, Esq., 1846 Nov. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270607032 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Messrs. Gales & Seaton, 1839 Feb. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270607773 U.S. Congressman, and Confede...

Henson, Martha, fl. 1859.

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Daniel, J. M., Jr.

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Wood Academy (Lynchburg, Va.)

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Blackford, Ambler Mason, 1888-1942.

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Norwood High School and College (Nelson County, Va.)

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Blackford, Staige D. (Staige Davis), 1898-1949

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Class of 1917, member of faculty of Medical School, reorganized Student Health Service and Commander 8th Evacuation Hospital Unit World War II. From the description of Address by the Rev. William H. Laird on presentation to University of Virginia of portrait of Dr. Blackford, class of 1917, member of faculty of Medical School, reorganized Student Health Service and Commander 8th Evacuation Hospital Unit World War II [manuscript] 27 Aug. 1950. 1950. (University of Virginia). WorldCat ...

Henson, William H., fl. 1859.

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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...

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James was a University student from Darlington, S. C.; afterwards a Confederate soldier who died in a Richmond hospital, exact year unknown. From the description of Washington Society Debate [manuscript] 1857 January 10. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647894693 ...

Brown, John, 1800-1859

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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...

University of Virginia. Jefferson Society

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Samuel Taylor Evans from Christiansburg, Va., was later a surgeon in the U.S. Navy. From the description of Invitation to the Intermediate Celebration of the Jefferson Society, 1868 April 13. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 144719572 ...

United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces

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Historical Note American Expeditionary Force The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was the U.S. military force in Europe during World War I. Although a division commanded by General John J. Pershing was sent to France in June 1917, most of the AEF was manned as a result of passage of the Selective Service Act (40 Stat. 76) by the U.S. Congress on 18 May 1917, creating the Selective Service System. The Act gave the president the p...

Blackford, Eliza Chew Ambler.

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Blackford, Launcelot Minor, 1837-1914,

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Head of the Episcopal High School for boys in Alexandria, Va., 1870-1913. From the description of Launcelot Minor Blackford diaries, 1847-1913. WorldCat record id: 23150017 University of Virginia student from Lynchburg, Va.; afterwards Lt., C.S.A., principal of the Norwood School, and of Episcopal High School. From the description of Launcelot M. Blackford's intermediate and senior mathematics exercises [manuscript], [1855-1856] (University of Virginia). WorldCat...

Ambler, Nannie, fl. 1917.

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Albemarle Military Institute (Albemarle County, Va.)

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Jones, Claggett R., d. 1931.

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Blackford, Charles Minor, 1833-1903

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Blackford, Launcelot Minor, 1894-1964

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Dr. Launcelot Minor Blackford (1894-May 5, 1964) was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the son of L. Minor Blackford, a principal of Episcopal School, Alexandria and the grandson of Mary Beckeley Blackford, a Southern abolitionist, whose biography Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory was written by Dr. Blackford and was published by the Harvard University Press. Dr. Blackford attended the University of Virginia and graduated from its Medical School in 1923 and interned at John Hopkins and at Mayo's. He was...

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...