Papers of the related Grattan, Roller, Heneberger and Shacklett families [manuscript], 1841-1901.

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Papers of the related Grattan, Roller, Heneberger and Shacklett families [manuscript], 1841-1901.

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The collection contains correspondence, photographs, genealogical information and miscellany chiefly of Lucien Guy Heneberger, Ella Heneberger Grattan and Maggie Shacklett Roller. In addition to news of family and friends subjects include life of a naval surgeon aboard the U.S.S. Trenton of the European fleet, 1880; Charles Colcock Jones' history of the Chatham Artillery and the battle of Ocean Pond (Olustee); and the European tour, 1878, of General John E. Roller and Maggie Shacklett Roller. Brief topics of interest include the Bank bill and political parties in 1841; a New Year's Day reception at the White House, 1879; the election of 1880; Mt. Vesuvius in eruption, 1880; mining in Augusta County, 1869; Ridgeway School, Albemarle County, 1854; and the difficulties of an unmarried woman finding a position to support herself and her mother, 1896. Photographs include Lucien Heneberger as a University of Virginia student, 1871, and Sallie Watson Magruder as a student at "Piedmont," Keswick, Albemarle County, 1866. Genealogical material concerning the Effinger, Shacklett and Rector families completes the collection. General Samuel H. Lewis, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Thomas W. Gilmer, and Franklin Minor are correspondents.

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University of Virginia. Library

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White House (Washington, D.C.)

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White House, formerly Executive Mansion (1810–1902), the official office and residence of the president of the United States at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C. The White House and its landscaped grounds occupy 18 acres (7.2 hectares). Since the administration of George Washington (1789–97), who occupied presidential residences in New York and Philadelphia, every American president has resided at the White House. Originally called the “President’s Palace” on early maps, the buil...

Lewis, Samuel, 1799-1854

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Grattan family.

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Rockingham County, Va., families. From the description of Papers of the related Grattan, Roller, Heneberger and Shacklett families [manuscript], 1841-1901. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647831824 ...

Roller family.

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Roller, Maggie Shacklett.

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Minor, Franklin, 1812-1867

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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 ...

Jones, Charles C. (Charles Colcock), 1831-1893

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"Known as the "Macaulay of the South," Charles C. Jones Jr. was the foremost Georgia historian of the nineteenth century. Also a noted autograph and manuscript collector and an accomplished amateur archaeologist, Jones in later years became a prominent memorialist of the Lost Cause and critic of the New South." - "Charles C. Jones Jr." New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org (Retrieved August 21, 2008) From the description of Charles Colcock Jones letters, 1866-1...

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...

Rector family.

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Roller, John E. (John Edwin), 1844-1918

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John E. Roller, a general in the state militia, was a prominent Virginia attorney and businessman. He appears to have been a Republican. George B. Keezell and George N. Earman defeated Roller and T.A. Haas in the election of two members to represent Rockingham County in the Constitutional Convention of 1901-02. From the description of Papers, 1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86172330 Resident of Harrisonburg, Va. From the description of Letter books, 1872-189...

Effinger family.

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Shacklett family.

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Trenton (flagship)

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Gilmer, Thomas Walker, 1802-1844.

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Governor of and U.S. representative from Virginia. From the description of Letters of Thomas W. Gilmer, 1842-1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450478 ...

Heneberger family.

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Heneberger, Lucien Guy, 1851-

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Grattan, Ella Heneberger.

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Ridgeway School (Albemarle County, Va.)

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Piedmont (Albemarle County, Va. : Estate)

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Magruder, Sallie Watson

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