Collection of miscellaneous material relating to Virginia [manuscript] 1834-1931.

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Collection of miscellaneous material relating to Virginia [manuscript] 1834-1931.

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Legal notebook, 1873-74, of an unidentified U. Va. law students [112 p. holograph. 39. 1/2 leather bound] -- Letter, 1855 Sept. 12, London, William Sharp, to unidentified recipient enclosing 2 stanzas from Sanpriel's Song [2 l. holograph signed. 18 cm.] -- Photograph [n.d.] of Sharp? [1 item. 11 x 16 cm. b & w] -- Note, 1915 Jan. 15, Warm Springs, Va., Mary Johnston to Mrs. Wood, thanking her for favorable comments on Prisoners of hope [2 p. holograph signed. 10 cm.] -- Letter, 1855, Honeywood, Va., M. Harding to unidentified recipient encouraging the latter's attendance at an institute, and commenting on a Christmas party in Fluvanna Co., Va. [2 p. holograph signed. 25 cm.] -- Letter, 1834-39, Portsmouth, Va., Rev. J. Schoolfield to Joseph N. Schoolfield & John Howard Schoolfield commenting on an epidemic in Virginia, the success of a revival held for slaves, and a dinner honoring Sen. John Tyler at which Andrew Jackson's Force Bill was acclaimed & John Caldwell Calhoun ignored [3 items. holograph signed] -- Material, chiefly genealogical, 1894-[1941-43] on the Lytton familly of Virginia & North Carolina [17 items. holograph & reproduced from typescript] -- County poll book, 1921, for the Virginia gubernatorial election, from Rockfish, Nelson County [1 item. printed form completed by hand. 35 cm.].

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7927133

University of Virginia. Library

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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

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Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States. Born on March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaw Settlement in South Carolina; though just a boy, participated in the battle of Hanging Rock during the Revolution, captured by the British and imprisoned. He worked for a time in a saddler's shop and afterward taught school before studying law in Salisbury, N.C. In 1788 he was appointed solicitor of the western district of North Carolina, comprising what is now the State of Tennessee. Upon the admission of T...

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

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John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He is remembered for strongly defending slavery and for advancing the concept of minority states' rights in politics. He did this in the context of protecting the interests of the white South when its residents were outnumbered by Northerners. He began his political career as a nationalist, mo...

Harding, Matt

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Marston, Terry.

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Johnston, Mary, 1870-1936

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Mary Johnston was born November 21, 1870 in Buchanan, Virginia to Elizabeth Alexander Johnston from Moorefield, West Virginia and John W. Johnston, lawyer and railway executive, of Botetourt County, Virginia. Mary Johnston, the oldest of six children, was followed by Eloise Johnston, Anne Johnston, John Johnston, Walter Johnston, and Elizabeth Johnston; the first and last two siblings lived most of their adult lives with Mary Johnston until her death, and they are mentioned frequently in these p...

Sharp, William (Baritone)

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Schoolfield, Joseph N.

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Schoolfield, John Howard.

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Schoolfield, J., Rev.

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Tyler, John, 1790-1862

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John Tyler (b. March 29, 1790, Charles City County, Virginia–d. January 18, 1862, Richmond, Virginia), was the tenth President of the United States (1841–1845) and the first to succeed to the office following the death of President William Henry Harrison....

Litton family.

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