Wellford-White papers, 1860-1928.

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Wellford-White papers, 1860-1928.

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Correspondence and other papers of Judge Beverley Randolph Wellford and Henry Alexander White. The Wellford items, 1860-1907, concern national politics, Virginia history and the Randolph family and mention R.M.T. Hunter, John Smith, and Dr. Robert Wellford. The White letters, 1861-1928, concern his biography of Robert E. Lee, the Presbyterian Church, and the Columbia Theological Seminary (S.C.), and also contain genealogical material on the Randolph, Wellford, and related families together with a transcript of Sgt. W.A. Deas' diary on the Civil War. The collection also contains photostats of a Confederate captain's commission for Robert J. Morrison, 1861 July 19, and 1899 abstracts of land titles for Bremo, 1636-1897.

43 items.

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887

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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809 – July 18, 1887) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and plantation owner. He was a U.S. Representative (1837–1843, 1845–1847), Speaker of the House (1839–1841), and U.S. Senator (1847–1861). During the American Civil War, Hunter became the Confederate States Secretary of State (1861–1862) and then a Confederate Senator (1862–1865) and critic of President Jefferson Davis. After the war, Hunter failed to win re-election to the U.S. Senate, but did ser...

White, Henry Alexander, 1861-1926

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Columbia Theological Seminary (S.C.)

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Smith, John, fl. 1800

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John Smith was the constable at Somerset. From the description of M 879 John Smith Diary and Certificates, 1873- ca. 1886. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 755718360 Merchant, postmaster, and constable, of Middleway (Jefferson Co.), Va. (now W. Va.). From the description of Papers, 1832-1863; (bulk 1851-1859). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20315017 Organ was for St. Paul's Cathedral, cnr. Swanston and Flinders Streets and is no...

Bremo (Fluvanna County, Va. : Estate)

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Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

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Representative from Virginia; Confederate Secretary of War. From the description of Autograph letter in pencil signed : [n.p.], to R.J. Walker, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270633277 Confederate Secretary of War. From the description of Letter to Dr. [Lewis] [manuscript], 1853 November 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647986794 From the description of Papers, 1862-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20313944 ...

Wellford, Beverley Randolph, 1828-1911.

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Richmond, Va., physician and officer of the Virginia Historical Society. Dr. Wellford collected autographs and documents of prominent Virginia historical figures, with a special interest in the periods of the American Revolution and Civil War. From the description of Papers : collected by Beverley Randolph Wellford, 1773- 1907 (bulk 1852-1866). (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 30372622 ...

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...

Deas, W. A., fl. 1861.

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