Material collected by Professor Hench of the University of Virginia, Department of English 1787-1910.

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Material collected by Professor Hench of the University of Virginia, Department of English 1787-1910.

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They regard chiefly Virginia localities, personalities, and institutions, with some items touching western and frontier settlements and conditions. Extensive coverage is given Albemarle County, Va., including references to Road Commissioners, agricultural conditions, schools, society and other generally related topics, with mention of the Garland, Garth, Hart, Martin, Robinson, and Wood families and the locals of Free Union, Boonesville, Oak Grove, and Scottsville. Other counties treated are Allegheny, Buckingham, Essex, Fluvanna, Loudon, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, and Orange. Virginia personalities concerned are Linn Banks, James Barbour, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Alexander Rives, and John W. Wood. Also touched are the Civil War, Hollins College, the New Market Polytechnic Institute, University of Virginia, tin mining in the Valley of Virginia in 1860 and Hampden-Sidney College. Out of state items concern and discuss social, business, travel, and political conditions in New York, Kansas, California, Oregon, Arkansas, and Savanna, Georgia.

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Hampden-Sydney College

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Hampden-Sydney College is a liberal arts college for men located in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia. Founded in 1775, Hampden-Sydney is the 10th oldest college in the United States and one of only three four-year, all-men's liberal arts colleges in the United States. From the guide to the Lottery Ticket, 1777, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) ...

Hollins College

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Hollins College, a women's liberal arts college, was founded as the coeducational Valley Union Seminary in Roanoke, North Carolina in 1842. In 1854, it became Virginia's first women's college changing its name to Hollins Institute three years later. It was renamed Hollins College in 1911 and Hollins University in 1998. Hollins University has offered graduate programs since 1958. All undergraduates are female while graduate programs accept males. Euzelian Society began in...

Nicholas, Wilson Cary, 1757-1820.

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Wilson Cary Nicholas, from Albemarle County, Virginia, fought in the Revolution, and became a politician, serving in the Virginia General Assembly, 1784-89, 1794-1799, as a U.S. senator, 1799-1804, and as a congressman, 1807-1809. He was governor of Virginia from 1814-1816, and a close associate of Jefferson. From the description of Papers, 1800-1805, 1815-1816. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609119 The son of Robert Carter Nicholas (1728-1780) and Anne Cary Nicholas (173...

University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Wood family.

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Hart family.

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Wood, John W. (John William)

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Epithet: fruit merchant of Liverpool British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001149.0x00007a ...

New Market Polytechnic Institute (Va.)

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Garland family.

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Martin family.

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Rives, Alexander, 1806-1885

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Owner of Carlton, Albemarle County, Va. From the description of Papers of Alexander Rives, 1801-1875. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32671941 ...

Barbour, James

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Robinson family.

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Banks, Linn, 1784-1842

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U.S. representative from Virginia. From the description of Linn Banks correspondence, 1838-1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449075 ...

Garth family.

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