Letters to Robert Thruston Hubard from Harris & Gibson, Richmond, Va. [manuscript] 1856-60.

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Letters to Robert Thruston Hubard from Harris & Gibson, Richmond, Va. [manuscript] 1856-60.

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Harris & Gibson, tobacco merchants, send Hubard accounts, inform him of current market trends in tobacco & other crops, and purchase and ship various supplies to him. Letters, 1861, from a member of the family of Edward T.H. Warren, describe life in Warrenton and Middleburg, Va. immediately after the Civil War began. The writer mentions the death of Ephraim Ellsworth, colonel of the New York Fire Zouaves, and is especially concerned with the quartering of troops near by, the Federal occupation of Alexandria, and the possibility of a battle being fought in the vicinity [3 items holograph] -- Broadside, ante 1876 Feb. 14, for an auction of Buckingham Co. acreage of D.C. Randolph, Robert T. Hubard, assignee [1 item print] -- Register, 1841-48, of slaves owned by Robert T. Hubbard [1 vol. 8 p. holograph 19 cm. paper covers].

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Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861

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Born as Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth in Malta, New York, Ellsworth grew up in Mechanicville, New York, and later moved to New York City. In 1854, he moved to Rockford, Illinois, where he worked for a patent agency. In 1859, he became engaged to Carrie Spafford, the daughter of a local industrialist and city leader. When Carrie's father demanded that he find more suitable employment, he moved to Chicago to study law and work as a law clerk. In 1860, Ellsworth moved to Springfield, Illinois, to work...

Gibson, William D.

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Randolph, D. C.

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Hubard family.

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Warren, Edward T. H., d. 1864.

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Colonel of the 10th Virginia Regiment; killed in the Battle of the Wilderness. From the description of Letters of Edward T.H. Warren to Jennie Warren [manuscript] 1861-64. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647948140 ...

Hubard, Robert Thruston, 1808-1871

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Resident of Cumberland County, Va. From the description of Papers of Robert Thruston Hubard, 1827-1854. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50902537 Planter of Buckingham and Cumberland counties, Va.; member of the Virginia legislature. From the description of Papers of Robert T. Hubard, 1825-1874. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32672054 Tobacco farmer and lawyer of Buckingham and Cumberland counties, Va., and member of Virginia ...

Harris, Alfred T.,

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Harris & Gibson (Richmond, Va.),

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