Papers of the Janney and Pollock families [manuscript], 1865-1901.

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Papers of the Janney and Pollock families [manuscript], 1865-1901.

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Letter, 1865 June 12, James Lawson Kemper, Richmond, to H. D. Pollock describing the death of Pollock's son, Thomas Gordon Pollock during George Edward Pickett's charge at Gettysburg. Letter, 1865, October 2, Gen. Gabriel C. Wharton, Central Depot Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, to B. B. Long describing the death of Long's son, Melchior Mason Long at the battle of Cedar Creek. Also included is a letter, 1901 September 17, Charles P. Janney, Leesburg, Virginia, to his wife, with a reference to the funeral ofWilliam McKinley. Invitation, 1900 October 20, to a meeting of the Daughters of the Confederacy, Loudoun Hotel, Leesburg, Va.

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United daughters of the Confederacy

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