James Baylor Blackford collection [manuscript], 1832-1950.

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James Baylor Blackford collection [manuscript], 1832-1950.

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The bulk of the collection consists of the diary and business papers of Joseph K. Ruebush, (bulk 1938-1950), of the bookbinding and publishing firm Ruebush and Kiffer of Dayton, Va. The diary, 1910 Jan 1-Aug 19, gives notes on the weather, Ruebush's daily activities, letters received, money spent, reading, orchestra attendance, new home and garden, and his wife. Only a few passages relate to the firm of Ruebush & Kieffer, Dayton, Va. The death of Mark Twain is noted on April 21. Business papers of the firm of Ruebush and Kieffer, bookbinders and publishers of Dayton, Va., consist entirely of correspondence with customers, 1938-1950. Miscellaneous items include a letter from Howel Davies to Messrs. Seth Low & Co., 1832 July 16, sending a box of calomel and ordering supplies. Three letters to William Ward Norvell, an Episcopal minister at Harris Post Office, Louisa County, from George Adie, Richard Kidder Meade and William Friend, 1836-1839, discuss a possible move to Kentucky, the building of new churches in Louisa and Charlottesville, and the religious campaign of evangelist Allen Magruder. Two letters from Charles Lewis, 1840, to Augustus B. Clarke discuss life at College Hill, Washington, D. C., evidently a preparatory school for seminary. A letter from Slingluff and [Erring?], Baltimore merchants to Richard Speck, merchant of Hedgesville, Va., 1849, conveys an invoice of goods shipped. A letter from Mollie Randolph, of Charlottesville, Va., to her sister, 1851, contains news of friends and describes a University of Virginia student parade and commotion. A letter from John C. Rutherfoord, a delegate from Goochland County, Va., to Thomas P. Watkins, 1852, concerns a debt.

6 boxes.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

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...

Magruder, Allen, fl. 1839.

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Ruebush, Joseph K., 1878-1963.

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Noted bookseller, publisher, and collector of Virginiana from Harrisonburg, Va. From the description of Diary of Joseph K. Ruebush 1910 January 1 - August 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136151 ...

Slingluff and Erring,

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College Hill (Washington, D. C.)

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Watkins, Thomas P., fl. 1852,

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Meade, Richard Kidder, 1812-1892.

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Ruebush and Kiffer.

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Clarke, Augustus B., fl. 1840,

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Friend, William, fl. 1839,

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Adie, George, fl. 1832-1856,

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Speck, Richard, fl. 1849,

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Randolph, Mollie, fl. 1851,

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Ward, William Norvell, 1817-1881

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Rev. William Norvell Ward, of Bladensfield, Lyells, Richmond County, Va., Rector of St. Margarets, and Lunenburg and Cople parishes, and principal of Tappahannock Seminary for Young Ladies and Bladensfield Female Seminary. From the description of William Norvell Ward papers [manuscript] 1829 (1840-59) 1906. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647950836 ...

Ruebush & Kieffer (Firm)

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Lewis, Charles, fl. 1840,

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Student at College Hill, a preparatory school. From the description of Letters : College Hill, Washington, D.C., to Augustus B. Clarke, Hampton, Va., 1840 April 3 and July 16. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136143 ...

Rutherfoord, John C. (John Coles), 1825-1866

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Member of Virginia House of Delegates from Goochland County, Va. From the description of Letter : Richmond, Va., to Thomas P. Watkins, Goochland Court House, 1852 January 2. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136154 John Rutherfoord (1792-1866) was a lawyer, merchant, and governor of Virginia from 1841 to 1842. His son, John Coles Rutherfoord (1825-1866), was a lawyer, planter, and member of the Virginia House of Delegates. Ann Seddon (Roy) Rutherfoord (1832-190...