Letters of James S. Easley [manuscript], 1837-1878.

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Letters of James S. Easley [manuscript], 1837-1878.

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The majority of the letters are from Easley to Elizabeth Easley while he was away on business and refer to his business partners, including James Bruce; land speculation; railroads and crops in the Mid-West; the Pikes Peak gold rusth, 1858; a grasshopper plague, 1875; a dinner at which James Alexander Seddon was present; the celebration in the north at the end of the Civil War; Civil War pardons and the freed slaves. There are also letters from James Easley, Jr., and Robert Holt Easley regarding life at the University of Virginia, including Ugly Club elections, itemized expenses, a Monticello visit, and a Charlottesville fire with a student theft of a fire engine, 1877.

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Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

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Representative from Virginia; Confederate Secretary of War. From the description of Autograph letter in pencil signed : [n.p.], to R.J. Walker, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270633277 Confederate Secretary of War. From the description of Letter to Dr. [Lewis] [manuscript], 1853 November 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647986794 From the description of Papers, 1862-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20313944 ...

University of Virginia. Ugly Club.

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Easley, James S., 1802-1879.

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Halifax County, Va., businessman. From the description of Letters of James S. Easley [manuscript], 1837-1878. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647883122 ...

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...