Papers of the Steele family [manuscript], 1789-1966.

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Papers of the Steele family [manuscript], 1789-1966.

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Include correspondence, legal and financial papers of the Steeles Tavern, Augusta County, Va., family and the related Smith, Massie, Moon, Moore, Calvert and Searson families. The correspondence chiefly concerns family news and genealogy. Topics include land purchases, estate settlements, horse trades, cattle raising, hard times after the panic of 1837, family members who emigrated to Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri and California. Of interest are mention of McCormick's reaper, 1833, the whipping to death of a slave, 1842, Tippecanoe Clubs, 1840, the Virginia secession convention, 1861, John Tyler's death, 1862, and a religious revival, 1867. Legal and financial papers contain bills, promissory notes, receipts, deeds, a will, accounts, indentures, surveys, appointments, an 1814 state license, and an 1861 military exemption certificate. Correspondents include Leander James McCormick and Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart.

310 (ca.) items.

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Tyler, John, 1790-1862

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Massey family.

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Searson family.

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Calvert family.

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Smith family.

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Moon family.

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Stuart, Alexander H. H. (Alexander Hugh Holmes), 1807-1891

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U.S. representative from Virginia and U.S. secretary of the interior. From the description of Alexander H. Stuart papers, 1790-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980828 U.S. Representative from Virginia; Secretary of the Interior under Milliard Fillmore; Virginia State Senator and Delegate; Rector of the University of Virginia. From the description of Letters from Alexander H.H. Stuart, 1839-1887. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 52598006 ...

Virginia State Convention of 1861 (Richmond, Va.)

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