Original manucripts from the Valley of the Shadow administrative files [manuscript], 1855, 1869, 1898.

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Original manucripts from the Valley of the Shadow administrative files [manuscript], 1855, 1869, 1898.

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The papers contain the diary of Jennie (Hannah Jane?) Stouffer of Chambersburg, Pa., 1855-1856, describing studies and social activities at school and on vacation Her penmanship book, n.d. is also present. A letter from "Amelia," Staunton, Va., to her brother "Eddie," 1869 December 11, describes life at the school [for freedmen?] where she teaches including a visit by an elderly Indian doctor who was formerly a slave in Florida and an anticipated exhibition by the "colored people" in which she is preparing her scholars to participate. (Included in the on-line Valley of the Shadow project). A letter from Martha Anna Bruce, Staunton, Va., to Belle Stewart, 1898 March 27, conveys family news and describes events at school including a humorous lecture by General [John B.?] Gordon on "Last days of the Confederacy."

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Stewart, Belle, fl. 1898,

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Stouffer, Hannah Jane, fl. 1855-1856.

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Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904

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John Brown Gordon (1832-1904), Confederate General, Georgia Governor (1886-1890), and U.S. Senator (1873-1880, 1891-1897), born in Upson County, Georgia. From the description of Letters to Henry F. Emery, 1901-1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478315 One of Georgia's most renowned political and military figures of the nineteenth century, John Brown Gordon was born on a plantation situated along the banks of the Flint River in Upson County on February 6, 1832. As a child...

Bruce, Martha Anna, fl. 1898,

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