Letters of a V.M.I. cadet [manuscript] 1857-1858.

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Letters of a V.M.I. cadet [manuscript] 1857-1858.

The article, which excerpts letters of William Hanson Tate, is a reprint from the Wythe County Historical Review no. 4, Jan. 1973. The Tate family of Wythe Co., Va. [12 p. near print 28 cm.]. This genealogy of the family is included in nos. 8 & 9 of the Wythe Co. Hist. Review, Jan.-July, 1975.

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Local historian and genealogist. From the description of Papers of Agnes Graham Sanders Riley [manuscript], 1985. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816481 ...