William Matthews Blackford diaries [manuscript], 1849-1864.

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William Matthews Blackford diaries [manuscript], 1849-1864.

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Blackford's diaries contain a detailed description of life in Lynchburg, Virginia, during the 1850s and the Civil War until his death in 1864. He records activities of his friends, associates, and immediate family as well as the related Davis and Minor families, particularly University of Virginia professors John Staige Davis and John Barbee Minor. He describes his reading, careers as editor of the "Lynchburg Virginian," postmaster, and cashier for the Exchange Bank of Lynchburg; his attendance at St. Paul's Episcopal Church; and acquaintance with several well-known contemporaries including George Washington Bethune, John C. Calhoun, John Hartwell Cocke, Alexander Galt, Matthew Fontaine Maury, and Winfield Scott. The volumes for the Civil War years are especially lengthy with information on banking in the Confederacy, tobacco speculation and inflation. There are lengthy second hand narratives of battles and political and diplomatic events as reported by the papers or his five sons serving in the Confederate Army. The diaries also contain eulogies for his father, Benjamin Blackford and his older daughter Lucy Landon Blackford Davis.

7 volumes.

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Faculty.

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Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

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Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was an American military commander and political candidate. He served as a general in the United States Army from 1814 to 1861, taking part in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the early stages of the American Civil War, and various conflicts with Native Americans. Scott was the Whig Party's presidential nominee in the 1852 presidential election, but was defeated by Democrat Franklin Pierce. He was known as Old Fuss and Feathers for his insi...

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

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John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He is remembered for strongly defending slavery and for advancing the concept of minority states' rights in politics. He did this in the context of protecting the interests of the white South when its residents were outnumbered by Northerners. He began his political career as a nationalist, mo...

Minor, John B. (John Barbee), 1813-1895

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University of Virginia professor. From the description of Letter, University of Virginia, to S.D. Cabaniss, Huntsville, Ala. [manuscript] 1867 April 3. 1867. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647960869 Professor of law at the University of Virginia. From the description of Papers of John B. Minor, 1843-1892. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31254303 John B. Minor, b. Louisa County, Va. Attended University of Virginia, graduating ...

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 ...

Minor family.

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Cocke, John Hartwell, 1780-1866

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Fluvanna County, Va. planter, reformer, and University of Virginia Board of Visitors member. From the description of Papers : of John Hartwell Cocke, 1806-1866. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793405 Planter, agricultural reformer, and brigadier general in the War of 1812. From the description of Papers, 1825-1872. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39330821 The James River and Kanawha Company The creation of Virg...

Blackford, Eugene, 1839-1908.

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Blackford, B. L. (Benjamin Lewis), 1835-1908.

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Cook, Mary Isabella Blackford.

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Davis, Lucy Landon Blackford, 1826-1859,

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Davis, John Staige, 1824-1885

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University of Virginia professor. Professor of Anatomy, University of Virginia. From the description of Papers and anatomy notes of John Staige Davis [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647881305 ...

Bethune, George W. (George Washington), 1805-1862

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St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Lynchburg, Va.)

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Exchange Bank of Lynchburg.

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Olmsted, Conway Howard

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McMillan, Jane Olmsted,

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Blackford, William M., 1801-1864

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Consular officer. Full name: William Matthews Blackford. From the description of William M. Blackford papers, 1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450683 Lynchburg, Virginia, editor, bank cashier and postmaster. From the description of William Matthews Blackford diaries [manuscript], 1849-1864. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823072 William Matthews Blackford, journalist, diplomat, financial agent, and banker, was born 19 August 1801, ...

Davis family.

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Olmsted, Henry Cushing,

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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...

Blackford, Charles Minor, 1833-1903

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McCormick, Gertrude Howard Olmsted, 1874-1953

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Blackford, Benjamin, d. 1855.

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Nauman, Gertrude Olmsted,

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Galt, Alexander, 1827-1863

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