Diaries and letters of Gen. and Mrs. William Booth Taliaferro [manuscript], 1822-1898.

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Diaries and letters of Gen. and Mrs. William Booth Taliaferro [manuscript], 1822-1898.

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Collection includes four volumes of diaries and letters. The first is the diary and letters of Gen. Taliaferro during the Mexican War, 1847-1848, along with a diary kept at "Dunham Massie" in Gloucester County, Va., from 1871-1890. The next is Mrs. Taliaferro's diary in two volumes, dates ranging from 1859-1899. The last is a volume of letters and notes pertaining to the Taliaferros, with notes on the Lyons family. Also included are three individual letters: H.O. Harris to Mrs. Taliaferro on behalf of Confederate soldiers, 1861 December 15; Jefferson Davis to James Lyons of Laburnum, 1862 September 1; and Henry A. Wise to Gen. Taliaferro, 1864 January 31. Guide to letters in cf.

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Taliaferro, William Booth, 1822-1898.

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William Booth Taliaferro of Dunham Massie, Gloucester, Va., served in the Confederate Army; represented Gloucester County in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1850-1853 and 1874-1879; and served as a judge of the Gloucester County Court, 1891-1897. He married Sally Nivison Lyons (1828-1899), who was the daughter of the Hon. James Lyons (1801-1882) of Richmond, Va., and his first wife, Henningham (Watkins) Lyons (1799-1851). From the description of Papers, 1805-1899, of William Booth T...

Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876

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American lawyer and politician; governor of Virginia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, to President Buchanan, 1857 Mar. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588282 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Thomas Teackle in Baltimore, 1841 Jan. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588600 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, to Col. T.H. Ellis, 1859 Aug. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588...

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

Harris, H. O., fl. 1861,

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Dunham Massie (Gloucester County, Va. : Dwelling)

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Taliaferro, Sally Lyons.

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