Papers, correspondence and records of the Gaines family of "Do Well" [manuscript] 1810-1905.

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Papers, correspondence and records of the Gaines family of "Do Well" [manuscript] 1810-1905.

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Consisting principally of papers of Richard Venable Gaines and his son Richard H. Gaines including ca. 100 letters of Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Gaines with 40 concerning the Grange, 1824, 5 while a student at the Univ. of Virginia and 58 on family matters. 750 receipts and bills, 1847-1875; 800 letters of Richard H. Gaines, 1886-1904, of Norfolk, Richmond, Philadelphia, and New York; 1 ledger containing ages of slaves, pedigrees of horses, etc., 1810-1827; 30 items relating to the Revolutionary ancestry of John W. Gaines; 2 manuscript music books (one kept by Sarah Stith, ca. 1856); pocket account book of Robert H. Gaines, Fairfield, Hanover County, 1868-1874; 1 geology notebook of Richard H. Gaines, 1822, while at Univ. of Virginia living at 23 West Range.

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National Grange

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Gaines, John W. (John Wesley), 1860-1926

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Gaines, Richard Venable,

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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...

Gaines family.

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"Do Well."

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Gaines, Richard H.,

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Stith, Sarah.

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