Papers of Atcheson Laughlin Hench [manuscript] 1797-1945.

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Papers of Atcheson Laughlin Hench [manuscript] 1797-1945.

A letter, 1906 May 15 Fritdjof Nansen to Mr. Frazer thanks him for a manuscript. Quotation 1945 April 6-7 Randall Thompson to Boaz Pillar. The collection contains a quotation by J.J. Jusserand. There is also a document, 1797 July 16 Elizabeth Foote Washington giving power of attorney to her nephew, William Henry Foote, witnessed by James A. Sutton & Cleon Moore.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Washington, Elizabeth Foote, -1812

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Elizabeth Foote (also known as Betsy) was born sometime in the 1740's. She married Lund Washington, George Washington’s cousin, in 1779, and lived at Hayfield Plantation in Virginia. She died in 1812....

Thompson, Randall, 1899-1984

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Randall Thompson (1899-1984) was an American composer of three symphonies and numerous vocal works, noted for his choral work. He was a 1920 graduate of Harvard University. He became assistant professor of music and choir director at Wellesley College, received a doctorate in music from the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music, and taught at the Curtis Institute of Music (serving as its director, 1941-1942), the University of Virginia, and Harvard University....

Sutton, James A., fl. 1797.

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Frazer, Mrs.

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Hench, Atcheson Laughlin, 1891-1974

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Professor of English at the University of Virginia. From the description of Letter of Atcheson Laughlin Hench to Dr. and Mrs. Edward Harper Rynearson [manuscript], 1950 October 26. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647821141 Professor of English at the University of Virginia, 1922-1962. From the description of Oral history interview of Atcheson L. Hench by Ann L.S. Southwell [manuscript], March 15, 1972. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 6...

Foote, William Hayward, 1781-1846

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William Hayward Foote (1781-1846) inherited Hayfield Plantation in Virginia from his aunt and adopted mother Elizabeth Foote. Hayfield plantation was a 360 acre portion of the Mount Vernon estate acquired by Elizabeth Foote's husband, Lund Washington, from George Washington after the Revolutionary War. William Foote prospered as Hayfield's proprietor and in his will bequeathed the estate and all his property to his wife of 15 years, Mary Marshall Scott Foote. ...

Moore, Cleon, fl. 1797.

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Pillar, Boaz,

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Foote, William Henry, 1794-1869

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Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules), 1855-1932

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Jusserand was a French author and diplomat who was the French minister to Washington, 1902-1925. From the description of [Letters to] Prof. Yeomans / Jusserand. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501844336 Jean Jules Jusserand was a French diplomat and author. He was ambassador to the United States from 1902 to 1925. A close friend of every U.S. President during that period, he did much to promote friendly Franco-American relations and to win the United States to the Allie...

Nansen, Fridtjof, 1861-1930

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Epithet: Norwegian explorer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000249 Fridtjof Nansen, a Norwegian explorer, oceanographer, and statesman, was noted for his Arctic expedition of 1893-1896, travelling closer to the North Pole than anyone had reached and using his specially-built vessel "Fram" to demonstrate the revolutionary concept of pack-ice drift. Frederick Sydney Parry was the grandson of Arctic explo...