Memoirs of her childhood, especially of the Rev. John Ambler [manuscript] 1900?.

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Memoirs of her childhood, especially of the Rev. John Ambler [manuscript] 1900?.

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Memoirs include accounts of the school of Bp. William Meade, service as a Confederate paymaster, & life as a rural Va. minister. Letters, 1780-81, Betsy Ambler to Mildred Stith, describing events in Richmond & Charlottesville during the war, including the raid on C'ville. by Sir Banastre Tarleton. Letter, 1966 Aug. 27 Randolph Fairfax Blackford to Virginia Blackford containing biographical sketches of Byrd Willis & Catherine Daingerfield Willis Gray Murat including accounts of the U.S. visit of Lafayette & anecdotes regarding Charles Louis Napoleon Achille Murat, Leopold I, king of Belgium & Napoleon III, emperor of the French.

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