My grandmother [manuscript] 1933 Nov.

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My grandmother [manuscript] 1933 Nov.

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Thornton describes his grandmother Mary Morton Riddle, his great grandfather Thomas Anderson Morton, and their life at Morton's Mill near Farmville, Va. and relates considerable family history and genealogy. Among events briefly noted are Morton's management of Bizarre for John Randolph of Roanoke and a discussion of where Grant's Farmville headquarters were.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

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Morton, Thomas Anderson, 1877-1859.

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Riddle, Mary Morton, 1805-

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Bizarre (Cumberland County, Va. : Estate)

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Thornton, William M. (William Mynn), 1851-1935

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Chairman of the Faculty, 1887-95, and Dean of the Engineering School, 1903-25. From the description of Papers of William Mynn Thornton, [manuscript] 1880-1930. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648004080 Professor of engineering, University of Virginia, 1875-1931. From the description of Notes on mechanical engineering [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647892193 Chairman of the faculty of the University of Virgi...

Randolph, John, 1773-1833

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Randolph served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1799-1813, 1815-1817, 1819-1825, 1827-1829), the U.S. Senate (1825-1827), the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830), and as Minister to Russia (1830-1831). From the description of Letter of introduction, 10 July 1813. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235133950 U. S. Congressman from Virginia. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Liverpool, England, to Jacob Harvey, Cork Irela...