Papers of the Dinwiddie Family [manuscript], 1846-1937.

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Papers of the Dinwiddie Family [manuscript], 1846-1937.

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The collection includes 39 letters of William Dinwiddie, 1846-1878. Many of the letters concern the Civil War in Albemarle County, Va., especially the Confederate hospital in Greenwood. Correspondents include James P. Holcombe, Lucius Q.C. Lamar, R.L. Dabney, Hunter McGuire, and Stonewall Jackson. The collection also contains a scrapbook of articles concerning Albert Taylor Bledsoe, 1877-1878, and a typescript memorandum book of Bledsoe; and a manuscript notebook of Harriet Coxe containing algebra notes. There are also genealogical notes on the Coxe family, especially regarding Dr. Daniel Coxe. Of interest are maps of Big Sewell Mountain, autumn, 1861.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Dinwiddie, William, fl. 1846-1878,

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Coxe, Daniel, 1641-1730.

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Holcombe, James P. (James Philemon), 1820-1873

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Coxe, Harriet.

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Dinwiddie family.

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Dabney, Robert Lewis, 1820-1898

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Presbyterian minister, Confederate chaplain, biographer of "Stonewall" Jackson. From the description of Letters, 1838, 1847. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41150049 ...

Lamar, L. Q. C. (Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus), 1825-1893

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Lawyer of Georgia and later Mississippi, U.S. congressman from Mississippi, member of President Cleveland's cabinet, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. From the description of L. Q. C. Lamar papers, 1864-1874 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24095749 Resident of Oxford (Lafayette County), Miss. From the description of Letter and Clipping, 1875-1887. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32452483 Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1...

Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863

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Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863) was a Confederate Army officer from Lexington (Rockbridge Co.), Va. From the guide to the Stonewall Jackson papers, 1855-1906, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Confederate general. From the description of Stonewall Jackson papers, 1842-1898 (bulk 1861-1862) [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23186323 Confederate Army officer, from Lexington (Rockbridge Co.), Va. From the de...

Bledsoe, Albert Taylor, 1809-1877

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Albert Taylor Bledsoe (1809-1877), a Confederate official, editor, and author, was the first-born son of Moses Ousley and Sophia Childress Taylor. A fellow student of Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee at West Point Military Academy in 1830, Bledsoe performed military duty at western Indian forts. After graduating from Kenyon College in Ohio, he taught mathematics and French at Kenyon and later Miami University. He praticed law for ten years in Springfield, Illinois from 1838-48 but returned to t...

Cox family.

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McGuire, Hunter, 1835-1900

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The central figures in this collection are Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849), his son, Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896), Charles Leven Powell's wife, Selina (Lloyd) Powell (d. 1871), and their children. Cuthbert Powell Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849) was born in Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia to parents Leven Powell (1737-1810) and Sarah (Harrison) Powell. He was one of eleven children. Cuthbert made his fortune alongside his brother, Leven Powell, Jr. (1772-1807), as a merc...