Charlottesville and Albemarle County miscellany [manuscript], 1945.

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Charlottesville and Albemarle County miscellany [manuscript], 1945.

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The collection contains 3 clippings, 1946, on theacceptance by Lady Astor ("dauntless advocate of high ideals") of a Medallion of Honor from the Virginians of Maryland. The collection also contains a letter from Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (popular author "Dorothy Dix") to Isabelle H. Goss, on her Albemarle County descent from Nicholas Meriwether, together with a commentary by Mary Rawlings on the factual errors in Dix's account. The collection also contains a brochure advertising the Annual fund drive of the American Red Cross Albemarle County Chapter, March, 1946. The collection also contains an issue of the United Daughters of the Confederacy Magazine for October 1945 containing the article "Fifty years with Virginia Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy.

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Dix, Dorothy, 1861-1951

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American Red Cross. Charlottesville and Albemarle County Chapter.

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Smith, Essie Wade Butler, 1872-1963.

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Rawlings, Mary, 1873-1960

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Virginians of Maryland.

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Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964

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Born Nancy Witcher Langhorne, of Richmond, Va., and "Mirador," Albemarle co., Va. Married Robert Gould Shaw, 1897; divorced, 1903; one son, Robert Gould. Married Waldorf Astor (1879-1952) of Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, Eng., 1906; five children: William Waldorf (b. 1907), Nancy Phyllis Louise (b. 1909), Frances David Langhorne (b. 1912), Michael (b. 1916), and John Jacob (b. 1918). Elected first woman to Parliament, 1919, serving twenty-five years. From the description of Pa...

Goss, Isabelle H. (Isabelle Hunter), -1947

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