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Maud Miller was born in North Dakota and eventually moved to McMinnville, Oregon via Minnesota. Correspondence spans her early childhood through her marriage to Henry Thurston Buxton and Frank Ditterick. Most letters concern family news. Includes commencement invitations, marriage invitations and clippings of marriage announcements and obituaries. The photograph album appears to cover the 1920's. Loose photographs appear to be members of her family and are undated. A small group of letters to her father, Malcom Miller, is included.","In the 1890's, Maud Miller receives letters from friends and past teachers. She lives in Perham, Minnesota. By 1904, Maud is living in Forest Grove, Oregon and by 1913, she is married to H. T. Buxton, who passes away in 1933. The letters during the 1920's are from family members, including Maurice Miller, Howard Miller, Holly Miller, Earle Buxton and Ethel R. Gardner. In 1924, Minnie Ebberson Seay of Perham, Minnesota sends Maud her membership dates in the Rebekah Lodge (January 16, 1902 to September 3, 1903). Earle Buxton and Ethel R. Gardner write Maud in 1933 to thank her for the wonderful arrangements for their father's funeral. (H. T. Bruxton had children by an earlier marriage). A 1935 letter from Georgia describes a trip along the east and gulf coasts. The 1940's letters include letters from Pvt. Maurice Miller, who is twice in the hospital and later dies. By May 1946, Maud is married to Frank Ditterick. A 1962 form letter is addressed to Mrs. Laura Goffrier in McMinnville, Oregon from New Hope Leprosy Million in Cape Palmas Liberia, West Africa.","Scope and Contents A 1894 letter to Malcom Miller, Pelham, Minnesota from \"Aunt Laura\" in Oregon notifies him that his Father is very ill with consumption. 1896 letters from S.L. Miller of Salem, Oregon tell of bad crops, financial problems of neighbors/relatives and his own farming news. He offers to give Malcom $500 to buy a house. A 1924 letter from H.F. Miller, Attorney-at-Law in Fargo, North Dakota and brother of Malcom, talks about the death of their Mother and ideas for handling the estate. He also mentions a trip he took to the \"old home\" in Wisconsin where \"Grandfather Biglow's house\" still stands.","Scope and Contents Invitations to Commencement Exercises at McMinnville High School, John Marshall High School and Salem Hospital. Wedding announcements and an invitation to a Buxton Family Association reunion. Certificate for Mary Goffrier for \"Week Day Bible School.\" Newspaper clippings of weddings and obituaries. Hand drawn picture of \"Annie Minnie\" on a scrap of paper.","1912 contract between Maud Miller and Gee \u0026 Jones for a cemetery marker to be sent to Spokane; 1920 driver's license for Maud Elizabeth Buxton; 1920 Warranty Deed from Niels Nielsen and Kirsten Nielsen to H.T. Buxton for lots in McMinnville, Oregon; 1922 check from M.H. Miller to McMinville Brick \u0026 Tile Company and two 1933 receipts for funeral expenses for Henry Thurston Buxton.","Loose photographs of friends and family, cemeteries and landscapes. Only two photographs are labeled: Maureen McFee (1943) and Maude Mueller. 24 photographs.","Scope and Contents Black photograph album with string laced black pages. All photographs are glued onto the page with handwritten notes in white ink either naming the person in the photograph or making a funny comment about the person. Some fading due to moisture. 7\" x12\" Some people identified are Dot and Jim; Harry Lourton; Larry Miller; Virginia H. (1908); Ruth B. (1905); Earle Buxton; Ethel Buxton; Dr. Goucher's dependables; Father A. Gor \u0026 son-in-law; Maurice Miller (Astoria 1919); 5 nurses named \" The five vampires;\" Esther Brightman; Mother Miller; Florence Ritchie; Mrs. M.S. Miller; Dorothy and her father; Orrin; Thelma Stone; graduating (?) class of 19 nurses with all identified; Mr. and Mrs. Rosensteel and family; Miss Marion Evelyn Miller and Mother (1919) and more. McMinnville High School photographs include: Botany Class of 1911, Jones Howell Janitor of M.H. S., Chemistry Class 1911 and an undated Freshman Class.","Scope and Contents Scrapbook with clippings of wedding announcements, obituaries and birth announcements. Weddings include Holly Miller's marriage to Floyd McFee of Dayton, Ohio, with photograph; Maurice (Bud) Miller to Carol Ruth Hockett; Laura Louise Miller to Herbert P. Goffrier; Pvt. Robert Frederick Miller to Edna Georgene Frink; Mrs. Maud Burton (sic) of McMinnville to Frank Ditterick and a double wedding of H.T. Buxton to Miss Maude Miller and Ethel R. Buxton (H.T.'s daughter) to Walter O. Gardner. Obituaries are for Pvt. Maurice M. Miller, Frank Ditterick and Mrs.M.H. 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In 1924, Minnie Ebberson Seay of Perham, Minnesota sends Maud her membership dates in the Rebekah Lodge (January 16, 1902 to September 3, 1903). Earle Buxton and Ethel R. Gardner write Maud in 1933 to thank her for the wonderful arrangements for their father's funeral. (H. T. Bruxton had children by an earlier marriage). A 1935 letter from Georgia describes a trip along the east and gulf coasts. The 1940's letters include letters from Pvt. Maurice Miller, who is twice in the hospital and later dies. By May 1946, Maud is married to Frank Ditterick. A 1962 form letter is addressed to Mrs. Laura Goffrier in McMinnville, Oregon from New Hope Leprosy Million in Cape Palmas Liberia, West Africa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents A 1894 letter to Malcom Miller, Pelham, Minnesota from \"Aunt Laura\" in Oregon notifies him that his Father is very ill with consumption. 1896 letters from S.L. 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A 1962 form letter is addressed to Mrs. Laura Goffrier in McMinnville, Oregon from New Hope Leprosy Million in Cape Palmas Liberia, West Africa.","Scope and Contents A 1894 letter to Malcom Miller, Pelham, Minnesota from \"Aunt Laura\" in Oregon notifies him that his Father is very ill with consumption. 1896 letters from S.L. Miller of Salem, Oregon tell of bad crops, financial problems of neighbors/relatives and his own farming news. He offers to give Malcom $500 to buy a house. A 1924 letter from H.F. Miller, Attorney-at-Law in Fargo, North Dakota and brother of Malcom, talks about the death of their Mother and ideas for handling the estate. He also mentions a trip he took to the \"old home\" in Wisconsin where \"Grandfather Biglow's house\" still stands.","Scope and Contents Invitations to Commencement Exercises at McMinnville High School, John Marshall High School and Salem Hospital. Wedding announcements and an invitation to a Buxton Family Association reunion. Certificate for Mary Goffrier for \"Week Day Bible School.\" Newspaper clippings of weddings and obituaries. Hand drawn picture of \"Annie Minnie\" on a scrap of paper.","1912 contract between Maud Miller and Gee \u0026 Jones for a cemetery marker to be sent to Spokane; 1920 driver's license for Maud Elizabeth Buxton; 1920 Warranty Deed from Niels Nielsen and Kirsten Nielsen to H.T. Buxton for lots in McMinnville, Oregon; 1922 check from M.H. Miller to McMinville Brick \u0026 Tile Company and two 1933 receipts for funeral expenses for Henry Thurston Buxton.","Loose photographs of friends and family, cemeteries and landscapes. Only two photographs are labeled: Maureen McFee (1943) and Maude Mueller. 24 photographs.","Scope and Contents Black photograph album with string laced black pages. All photographs are glued onto the page with handwritten notes in white ink either naming the person in the photograph or making a funny comment about the person. Some fading due to moisture. 7\" x12\" Some people identified are Dot and Jim; Harry Lourton; Larry Miller; Virginia H. (1908); Ruth B. (1905); Earle Buxton; Ethel Buxton; Dr. Goucher's dependables; Father A. Gor \u0026 son-in-law; Maurice Miller (Astoria 1919); 5 nurses named \" The five vampires;\" Esther Brightman; Mother Miller; Florence Ritchie; Mrs. M.S. Miller; Dorothy and her father; Orrin; Thelma Stone; graduating (?) class of 19 nurses with all identified; Mr. and Mrs. Rosensteel and family; Miss Marion Evelyn Miller and Mother (1919) and more. McMinnville High School photographs include: Botany Class of 1911, Jones Howell Janitor of M.H. S., Chemistry Class 1911 and an undated Freshman Class.","Scope and Contents Scrapbook with clippings of wedding announcements, obituaries and birth announcements. Weddings include Holly Miller's marriage to Floyd McFee of Dayton, Ohio, with photograph; Maurice (Bud) Miller to Carol Ruth Hockett; Laura Louise Miller to Herbert P. 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In 1924, Minnie Ebberson Seay of Perham, Minnesota sends Maud her membership dates in the Rebekah Lodge (January 16, 1902 to September 3, 1903). Earle Buxton and Ethel R. Gardner write Maud in 1933 to thank her for the wonderful arrangements for their father's funeral. (H. T. Bruxton had children by an earlier marriage). A 1935 letter from Georgia describes a trip along the east and gulf coasts. The 1940's letters include letters from Pvt. Maurice Miller, who is twice in the hospital and later dies. By May 1946, Maud is married to Frank Ditterick. A 1962 form letter is addressed to Mrs. Laura Goffrier in McMinnville, Oregon from New Hope Leprosy Million in Cape Palmas Liberia, West Africa.","Scope and Contents A 1894 letter to Malcom Miller, Pelham, Minnesota from \"Aunt Laura\" in Oregon notifies him that his Father is very ill with consumption. 1896 letters from S.L. Miller of Salem, Oregon tell of bad crops, financial problems of neighbors/relatives and his own farming news. He offers to give Malcom $500 to buy a house. A 1924 letter from H.F. Miller, Attorney-at-Law in Fargo, North Dakota and brother of Malcom, talks about the death of their Mother and ideas for handling the estate. He also mentions a trip he took to the \"old home\" in Wisconsin where \"Grandfather Biglow's house\" still stands.","Scope and Contents Invitations to Commencement Exercises at McMinnville High School, John Marshall High School and Salem Hospital. Wedding announcements and an invitation to a Buxton Family Association reunion. Certificate for Mary Goffrier for \"Week Day Bible School.\" Newspaper clippings of weddings and obituaries. Hand drawn picture of \"Annie Minnie\" on a scrap of paper.","1912 contract between Maud Miller and Gee \u0026 Jones for a cemetery marker to be sent to Spokane; 1920 driver's license for Maud Elizabeth Buxton; 1920 Warranty Deed from Niels Nielsen and Kirsten Nielsen to H.T. Buxton for lots in McMinnville, Oregon; 1922 check from M.H. Miller to McMinville Brick \u0026 Tile Company and two 1933 receipts for funeral expenses for Henry Thurston Buxton.","Loose photographs of friends and family, cemeteries and landscapes. Only two photographs are labeled: Maureen McFee (1943) and Maude Mueller. 24 photographs.","Scope and Contents Black photograph album with string laced black pages. All photographs are glued onto the page with handwritten notes in white ink either naming the person in the photograph or making a funny comment about the person. Some fading due to moisture. 7\" x12\" Some people identified are Dot and Jim; Harry Lourton; Larry Miller; Virginia H. (1908); Ruth B. (1905); Earle Buxton; Ethel Buxton; Dr. Goucher's dependables; Father A. Gor \u0026 son-in-law; Maurice Miller (Astoria 1919); 5 nurses named \" The five vampires;\" Esther Brightman; Mother Miller; Florence Ritchie; Mrs. M.S. Miller; Dorothy and her father; Orrin; Thelma Stone; graduating (?) class of 19 nurses with all identified; Mr. and Mrs. Rosensteel and family; Miss Marion Evelyn Miller and Mother (1919) and more. McMinnville High School photographs include: Botany Class of 1911, Jones Howell Janitor of M.H. S., Chemistry Class 1911 and an undated Freshman Class.","Scope and Contents Scrapbook with clippings of wedding announcements, obituaries and birth announcements. Weddings include Holly Miller's marriage to Floyd McFee of Dayton, Ohio, with photograph; Maurice (Bud) Miller to Carol Ruth Hockett; Laura Louise Miller to Herbert P. Goffrier; Pvt. Robert Frederick Miller to Edna Georgene Frink; Mrs. Maud Burton (sic) of McMinnville to Frank Ditterick and a double wedding of H.T. Buxton to Miss Maude Miller and Ethel R. Buxton (H.T.'s daughter) to Walter O. Gardner. Obituaries are for Pvt. Maurice M. Miller, Frank Ditterick and Mrs.M.H. Miller Other clippings include a group photo of Women Brigadiers for the 1944 Red Cross, local news about family visits, announcements of Buxton family reunions and articles about members of the family. Scrapbook with string tied pages. 11 pages. 11\" x 14\"","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Ditterick family","Buxton, Maud Miller, 1881-1985","Miller, Malcom Howard, 1857-1933","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Maud Miller Buxton Family Papers, 1891/1962, bulk 1891/1947"],"collection_ssim":["Maud Miller Buxton Family Papers, 1891/1962, bulk 1891/1947"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. Acc. 2011.187","/repositories/2/resources/8746"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 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Maud Miller was born in North Dakota and eventually moved to McMinnville, Oregon via Minnesota. Correspondence spans her early childhood through her marriage to Henry Thurston Buxton and Frank Ditterick. Most letters concern family news. Includes commencement invitations, marriage invitations and clippings of marriage announcements and obituaries. The photograph album appears to cover the 1920's. Loose photographs appear to be members of her family and are undated. A small group of letters to her father, Malcom Miller, is included.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eIn the 1890's, Maud Miller receives letters from friends and past teachers. She lives in Perham, Minnesota. By 1904, Maud is living in Forest Grove, Oregon and by 1913, she is married to H. T. Buxton, who passes away in 1933. The letters during the 1920's are from family members, including Maurice Miller, Howard Miller, Holly Miller, Earle Buxton and Ethel R. Gardner. In 1924, Minnie Ebberson Seay of Perham, Minnesota sends Maud her membership dates in the Rebekah Lodge (January 16, 1902 to September 3, 1903). Earle Buxton and Ethel R. Gardner write Maud in 1933 to thank her for the wonderful arrangements for their father's funeral. (H. T. Bruxton had children by an earlier marriage). A 1935 letter from Georgia describes a trip along the east and gulf coasts. The 1940's letters include letters from Pvt. Maurice Miller, who is twice in the hospital and later dies. By May 1946, Maud is married to Frank Ditterick. A 1962 form letter is addressed to Mrs. Laura Goffrier in McMinnville, Oregon from New Hope Leprosy Million in Cape Palmas Liberia, West Africa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents A 1894 letter to Malcom Miller, Pelham, Minnesota from \"Aunt Laura\" in Oregon notifies him that his Father is very ill with consumption. 1896 letters from S.L. 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Weddings include Holly Miller's marriage to Floyd McFee of Dayton, Ohio, with photograph; Maurice (Bud) Miller to Carol Ruth Hockett; Laura Louise Miller to Herbert P. Goffrier; Pvt. Robert Frederick Miller to Edna Georgene Frink; Mrs. Maud Burton (sic) of McMinnville to Frank Ditterick and a double wedding of H.T. Buxton to Miss Maude Miller and Ethel R. Buxton (H.T.'s daughter) to Walter O. Gardner. Obituaries are for Pvt. Maurice M. Miller, Frank Ditterick and Mrs.M.H. Miller Other clippings include a group photo of Women Brigadiers for the 1944 Red Cross, local news about family visits, announcements of Buxton family reunions and articles about members of the family. 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A small group of letters to her father, Malcom Miller, is included.","In the 1890's, Maud Miller receives letters from friends and past teachers. She lives in Perham, Minnesota. By 1904, Maud is living in Forest Grove, Oregon and by 1913, she is married to H. T. Buxton, who passes away in 1933. The letters during the 1920's are from family members, including Maurice Miller, Howard Miller, Holly Miller, Earle Buxton and Ethel R. Gardner. In 1924, Minnie Ebberson Seay of Perham, Minnesota sends Maud her membership dates in the Rebekah Lodge (January 16, 1902 to September 3, 1903). Earle Buxton and Ethel R. Gardner write Maud in 1933 to thank her for the wonderful arrangements for their father's funeral. (H. T. Bruxton had children by an earlier marriage). A 1935 letter from Georgia describes a trip along the east and gulf coasts. The 1940's letters include letters from Pvt. Maurice Miller, who is twice in the hospital and later dies. By May 1946, Maud is married to Frank Ditterick. A 1962 form letter is addressed to Mrs. Laura Goffrier in McMinnville, Oregon from New Hope Leprosy Million in Cape Palmas Liberia, West Africa.","Scope and Contents A 1894 letter to Malcom Miller, Pelham, Minnesota from \"Aunt Laura\" in Oregon notifies him that his Father is very ill with consumption. 1896 letters from S.L. Miller of Salem, Oregon tell of bad crops, financial problems of neighbors/relatives and his own farming news. He offers to give Malcom $500 to buy a house. A 1924 letter from H.F. Miller, Attorney-at-Law in Fargo, North Dakota and brother of Malcom, talks about the death of their Mother and ideas for handling the estate. He also mentions a trip he took to the \"old home\" in Wisconsin where \"Grandfather Biglow's house\" still stands.","Scope and Contents Invitations to Commencement Exercises at McMinnville High School, John Marshall High School and Salem Hospital. Wedding announcements and an invitation to a Buxton Family Association reunion. Certificate for Mary Goffrier for \"Week Day Bible School.\" Newspaper clippings of weddings and obituaries. Hand drawn picture of \"Annie Minnie\" on a scrap of paper.","1912 contract between Maud Miller and Gee \u0026 Jones for a cemetery marker to be sent to Spokane; 1920 driver's license for Maud Elizabeth Buxton; 1920 Warranty Deed from Niels Nielsen and Kirsten Nielsen to H.T. Buxton for lots in McMinnville, Oregon; 1922 check from M.H. Miller to McMinville Brick \u0026 Tile Company and two 1933 receipts for funeral expenses for Henry Thurston Buxton.","Loose photographs of friends and family, cemeteries and landscapes. Only two photographs are labeled: Maureen McFee (1943) and Maude Mueller. 24 photographs.","Scope and Contents Black photograph album with string laced black pages. All photographs are glued onto the page with handwritten notes in white ink either naming the person in the photograph or making a funny comment about the person. Some fading due to moisture. 7\" x12\" Some people identified are Dot and Jim; Harry Lourton; Larry Miller; Virginia H. (1908); Ruth B. (1905); Earle Buxton; Ethel Buxton; Dr. Goucher's dependables; Father A. Gor \u0026 son-in-law; Maurice Miller (Astoria 1919); 5 nurses named \" The five vampires;\" Esther Brightman; Mother Miller; Florence Ritchie; Mrs. M.S. Miller; Dorothy and her father; Orrin; Thelma Stone; graduating (?) class of 19 nurses with all identified; Mr. and Mrs. Rosensteel and family; Miss Marion Evelyn Miller and Mother (1919) and more. McMinnville High School photographs include: Botany Class of 1911, Jones Howell Janitor of M.H. S., Chemistry Class 1911 and an undated Freshman Class.","Scope and Contents Scrapbook with clippings of wedding announcements, obituaries and birth announcements. Weddings include Holly Miller's marriage to Floyd McFee of Dayton, Ohio, with photograph; Maurice (Bud) Miller to Carol Ruth Hockett; Laura Louise Miller to Herbert P. Goffrier; Pvt. Robert Frederick Miller to Edna Georgene Frink; Mrs. Maud Burton (sic) of McMinnville to Frank Ditterick and a double wedding of H.T. Buxton to Miss Maude Miller and Ethel R. Buxton (H.T.'s daughter) to Walter O. Gardner. Obituaries are for Pvt. Maurice M. Miller, Frank Ditterick and Mrs.M.H. Miller Other clippings include a group photo of Women Brigadiers for the 1944 Red Cross, local news about family visits, announcements of Buxton family reunions and articles about members of the family. 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Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","A copy of the 1912 Schoolma'am yearbook was not retained due to significant preservation issues.","The collection is arranged chronologically.","\"Ruth Randolph Conn (1893–1993) • FamilySearch.\" FamilySearch, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L71N-8K3/ruth-randolph-conn-1893-1993. Accessed 23 January 2023.","Ruth Randolph Conn (1893-1993) was born on January 16, 1893 in McGaheysville, Virginia. Raised in McGaheysville, Conn was known locally as the great-great granddaughter of the town's founder, Tobia McGahey. She attended the State Normal and Industrial School for Women, now James Madison University, where she graduated in 1912. While a student, Conn was involved in the Lanier Literary Society, Racket Tennis Club, and the editorial staff for the yearbook. After graduation, she became a school teacher before moving to Richmond, Virginia where she became an office manager for the Fiedens Typewriter Company.","Control #Alumni85+2, JMU Historic Photos Online, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.","The Ruth Conn Papers, 1884-1993, comprise seven folders with materials primarily focused on Ruth Conn's life surrounding her attendance at the State Normal  and Industrial School for Women, now James Madison University. The collection mainly focuses on campus events, correspondence between her and her fellow students, and poetry she worked on or read in her lifetime.","Correspondence in the collection ranges in content but predominantly focuses on Ruth Conn's time in the Harrisonburg and McGaheysville area with a focus on her friendships and time at the State Normal School. Ephemera primarily contains pamphlets, flyers, and grades pertaining to Conn's time at the State Normal School with some items being associated with her early jobs right after graduation. In addition, her collection of poetry primarily comprises her original work. Occasional pieces included are not originally by her but are works that she recited or wrote out. The majority of her poetry in the collection is dated between 1975-1989; however, there is some undated poetry that is estimated to be prior to 1975. As a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia, Conn also had a collection of sermons from the 1940-1950s, mostly preached by Reverend Vincent C. Franks, D.D.","The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. 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The collection name was updated from Saufley Family Photograph Collection to Saufley Family Photographs to simplify the collection title. The arrangement was also simplified at this time. The series arrangement was eliminated due to the size and nature of the collection. Minor edits were made to the archival description.","The photographs were removed from the photograph albums and the albums were presumably discarded. The individual photographs were placed in acid-free envelopes. This was not disclosed as part of the original description."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePhotographs organized in two photo albums. Between the two albums there are sixty-six total photographs that largely consist of portraits with a few popular pictures of the time period. The albums include members of the Saufley family as well as in-laws and friends of the family. Other prominent family names that were mentioned in the photographs were the Hooke, VanLear, and Showalter families. All of the photographs in both albums are black and white and each picture has its own page. The photographs themselves were mounted on card stock photo paper with borders that show that the photographs were done by a professional photographer. Most of the photographs have the photographer or photography company name on either the front or back of the photograph. Each photographer or photography company also included their location.  The albums themselves do not have any particular arrangement making them rather arbitrary in nature and they consist of portraits of men, women, children, and infants of the families mentioned above.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Photographs organized in two photo albums. Between the two albums there are sixty-six total photographs that largely consist of portraits with a few popular pictures of the time period. The albums include members of the Saufley family as well as in-laws and friends of the family. Other prominent family names that were mentioned in the photographs were the Hooke, VanLear, and Showalter families. All of the photographs in both albums are black and white and each picture has its own page. The photographs themselves were mounted on card stock photo paper with borders that show that the photographs were done by a professional photographer. Most of the photographs have the photographer or photography company name on either the front or back of the photograph. Each photographer or photography company also included their location.  The albums themselves do not have any particular arrangement making them rather arbitrary in nature and they consist of portraits of men, women, children, and infants of the families mentioned above."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk. (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk. 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Watson sold the entire estate in 1797 to Richard Marshall Scott, son of John Scott (1732-1792) and Mary Marshall Scott (1735-1795). John Scott, an emigrant from Glasgow, Scotland, arrived in the colony of Maryland  around 1753 with a cargo to begin a career as a merchant. After some financial set-backs, John Scott became a farmer. John Scott and Mary Marshall Scott had three children born to them, David Wilson Scott (1766-1827), Richard Marshall Scott (1769-1833), and Anna Scott (1772-1821). In 1780, the Scott family moved from Maryland, settling first in Fairfax County, Virginia, and then at Farmington, in former Loudoun County, in 1791.","Richard Marshall Scott, Sr. became a successful merchant and banker in Alexandria, Virginia, founding the Farmer's Bank of Alexandria, and served in the Virginia General Assembly in 1811-1812. He was active in gardening and horticulture and had a large private library.\nRichard Marshall Scott married three times. His first marriage was to Mary Love (1768-1812). He remained a widower until 1828, when he married his cousin, Eleanor Douglas Marshall (1807-1830). She bore his first son, Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. (1829-1856), five months before her death in 1830. His third marriage was to Lucinda Fitzhugh in 1832, who bore him a second son, Jonathan Mordecai Scott (1833-1924), in the same year as his death.","William H. Foote became guardian in 1834 for the young Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. who attended various schools for boys and read law in Alexandria, Virginia with Francis L. Smith. Scott returned to Bush Hill Plantation at about age sixteen and began to keep a diary on February 18, 1846. On September 15, 1846, at age seventeen, he married Virginia Gunnell (1826-1913) of Washington. Their children were Frank Scott (1849-1893), Eleanor Marshall Scott Johnston (1847-1905), Richard M. Scott (1851-1915) and Anna Constance Scott (1853-1882).","The 1850 Slave Schedule of Fairfax County lists Richard M. Scott with twenty enslaved persons. Fairfax County's 1859 Personal Property Assessment for Virginia Scott lists taxation for fourteen enslaved people. After the death of her husband in 1856, Virginia Gunnell Scott (1826-1913) managed the Bush Hill Plantation.  During the Civil War, Bush Hill functioned as headquarters for Union officers, but the Scott family remained in the house. \nBush Hill remained in possession of Virginia Gunnell Scott and her family until her death in 1913, when it passed to a cousin, Leonard Coleman Gunnell (1870-1941), and then to his son, Bruce Covington Gunnell (1907-1996 ), a Fairfax engineer. Beginning in 1942, the house was leased to the U.S. government and then to various day schools. Much of the property was sold to developers, with the historic building itself being destroyed by arson in 1977.","Information for this note came from materials in the collection and \"Phase IA Documentary Study of 10.67 Acres at 4840 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia\" by William M. Gardner and Gwen J. Hurst, November 1999, Thunderbird Archeological Associates, Incorporated:","https://www.alexandriava.gov/uploadedFiles/historic/info/archaeology/SiteReportGardnerBushHillAX111Documentary.pdf","The collection consists of bound volumes, journals, daybooks, and notebooks belonging to John Scott, Richard Marshall Scott,Sr., Richard Marshall Scott,Jr., James L. Gunnell, and Dr. Francis M. Gunnell, and a photograph album belonging to Sarah Louise Rittenhouse. Other materials include printed articles about the Bush Hill plantation,a copy of a book, \"The Battles of Aldie, Middleburg and Upperville,\" and genealogical charts, tables and notes.","Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. began keeping this diary when he moved back to the Bush Hill plantation from Alexandria, where he had been reading law with Francis L. Smith since October of 1845. On the first page, he records the names of all of his slaves living at Bush Hill plantation. He writes about work done on the plantation; the weather, including a heavy snow; social visits; his joy at having the Bush Hill plantation as his property at last; an injury to his slave, Aaron, while cutting timber; the construction of a new barn; church attendance; his first mention of his future wife, Virginia Gunnell (March 15, 1846); the illness, death and burial of his housekeeper, Isabella, who was treated by Dr Fairfax and Dr. Richard (April 7-21, 1846); his runaway slave, George, eventually sold to Richard Windsor (April 22-31, 1846); his friendship with Dr. Gunnell and his sister, Virginia; his suffering with mumps; attendance at events, such as the Great National Fair in Washington (May 21, 1846), various sessions of Congress, the anniversaries of national events, and his viewing of paintings in the Rotunda at the Capitol; mention of the Mexican War and General Taylor (June 8, 1846); the sale of slave woman, Catherine, for \"improper conduct\" to Joseph Bruin (August 10-11, 1846); national and state elections; his marriage to Virginia Gunnell (September 15, 1846); the birth of his daughter, Eleanor Marshall Scott (August 7, 1847); and the hiring out of some of his slaves at Samuel Catts on the first of January each year, beginning in 1847. This diary account continues in volumes marked \"Notebook\" in Box 4.","The originals of these excerpts are labeled \"Diary\" and \"Memoranda Books\"  on the covers of the volumes they were taken from and in the finding aid.","This private journal kept by Francis M. Gunnell, M.D., U.S. Navy, whose appointment was dated March 23, 1849, describes a cruise in the sloop of war \"U.S.S. Falmouth.\" The crew began sailing for the Pacific on May 16, 1849, where the \"Falmouth\" was charged with protecting the new American settlements on the west coast. The ship also voyaged to various Pacific islands before returning to Norfolk on January 29, 1852. This account of the cruise occupies pages 1-72 of the volume. The second portion of the journal, pages 74-111, describe Gunnell's cruise aboard the U.S.S. Independence and appears to be written totally in French.","According to Wikipedia, the Independence \"was recommissioned in September 1854 and departed New York on 10 October to serve as flagship of the Pacific Squadron under Commodore William Mervine. She arrived Valparaíso, Chile, on 2 February 1855. Her cruising grounds ranged northward to San Francisco and west to Hawaii. Proceeding from Panama Bay, she entered the Mare Island Navy Yard on 2 October 1857.\" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Independence_(1814)","Includes a broadside with a petition issued by the President, Richard M. Scott, and Directors of the Farmers' Bank of Alexandria, to Congress, May 26, 181[8?].","Chiefly describes agricultural activities, but does have some references to events during the period of the American Revolution, such as mentions of mustering with his battalion and seeing Men-of-War ships and transports coming up the [Potomac?] River, in July 1776. Some of the pages record the names of enslaved laborers with the farming activity, and also births, such as the birth of a boy to his \"wench\" Betty, July [4?], 1776.","The memoranda books of Richard M. Scott, Sr. record agricultural and horticultural events, social visits, activities of enslaved laborers, deaths and births of slaves, and inventories of property, such as the one  concerning house linens, knives and forks, earthenware and plate at \"Bush Hill\" (February 4, 1812).  He mentions the anniversaries of the tragic death of his wife, who died in 1812 from injuries sustained in the Richmond Theater fire of December 26, 1811.","He also writes about trips to the District of Columbia, the invasion of the Capitol by the British during the War of 1812 (August 24 and 28, 1814), trips to Warm Springs in Bath County, Virginia, for his health, and a fire at Bush Hill involving the servant hall, barn, stables, equipment and straw (April 8, 1823). Scott also mentions his blacksmith shop to be built by Henry Morris, a free man of color for a dollar a day (August 5, 1824), attended the funeral of \"negro Betty, a free woman, wife of my servant Moses\" (October 7, 1824), gave a holiday to his servants (slaves) to witness the entry and reception of General Lafayette on the 16th of October (October 23, 1824) and included a list of spirits and wine on hand (July 24, 1824).","Mentions the marriage of his servant and gardener, Townshend Crump, to Molly Turner, a servant of [J].E. Marshall (October 7, 1825); Daniel, a free man of color, a blacksmith, cutting chestnut for charcoal (February 15, 1826), and the death of Thomas Jefferson (July 4, 1826). Other topics include the marriage of his servant, Moses Johnston, to Kitty, \"Mrs. James H. Hooe's colored servant girl\" (December 27, 1826), the death of his brother, David Wilson Scott (1827 September 23, 1827), the bottling of 238 bottles of wine (November 8, 1827), his marriage to Eleanor Douglas Marshall (November 25, 1828), and the birth of a son (August 28, 1829).","Located in Box 1 Folder 6, there is a copy of typed excerpts from the memoranda books and diaries  of Richard M. Scott, Sr. and Richard M. Scott, Jr.","This volume continues chronologically from the diary of Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. in Box 1, and includes information about weather, the hiring of an overseer, Mr. Joseph U. Sandford from Dranesville, who left after a year (January 11, 1848; January 26, 1849); the sudden illness and death of former President John Quincy Adams while serving in the House of Representatives (February 21-26, 1848); the hiring of his slave, Ellen Ann and one child, to her husband, David Grey, a \"free negro living near Claremont,\" (January 11 and March 1, 1848) who, in subsequent years, was hired out to others; news of a revolution in France with the abdication of the King (March 20, 1848); and the purchase of a slave, Joe, from the estate sale of General John Mason for six hundred dollars (May 4, 1849).","Writes concerning Francis Gunnell, who sailed from Boston aboard the United States Sloop of War \"Falmouth\" as assistant surgeon (May 10, 1849) and the birth of his son, Frank (July 1, 1849). Scott mentions the amputation of the finger of his slave, Frank, hired out to the Rev. E.A. Dalyrmple, who broke Frank's finger with a blow from a stick causing it to became inflamed (January 11-15, 1850); visits to Congress, where he heard debates on slavery and the admission of new states to the Union, which had prohibited slavery, such as California (February 20, March 13, August 22, 1850); news about the deaths of John C. Calhoun on March 31, 1850 (April 2, 1850) and President Zachary Taylor (July 10, 1850); the construction of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, with stops on his property (September 12, 1850 and June 8-July 4, 1851); a trip to Niagara Falls (October 15-November 8); his slave, Basil, ran away, fearing a flogging (August 4, 1851); and the birth of a son (September 13, 1851).","The volume continues with news of the deaths of Dr. Gunnell (April 28-29, 1852) and Dennis Johnston (July 24, 1852) both sixty-five years of age; a suicide of a neighbor (October 22, 1852); sale of two slaves, Robert and Nancy (November 17, 1852); mention that slave hiring prices were high and slaves in great demand (January 1, 1853); Work by bricklayers and others on a house of his on Prince Street, Alexandria (December 31, 1852-September 17, 1853) and for house on Washington Street to rent to the Cotton Factory (October 8-10); sale of Hannah and three children (September 7, 1853) and Adam (November 17, 1853); birth of daughter, Anna Constance (December 1, 1853); sale of boy, Lewis (February 6, 1854); an eclipse of the sun (May 26, 1854); marriage of his slaves, Charles and Mary Ellen (July 16, 1854); visit to the family graveyard at \"Farmington\" (December 11, 1854); the arrest of his runaway slave, Basil Gunt, in Frederick City, Maryland, where he had been living as a free man for three and a half years (March 3, 1855); children taken to town to have their daguerreotypes taken (August 4, 1855); and the death of slave, Mary Ellen (November 17, 1855).","The end papers contain a list of books kept in the secretary and bookcase at Bush Hill and a list of land lots [purchased in Virginia?].","This volume completes the diary of Richard M. Scott, Jr. describing the sudden progress of his lung disease and trips to Cuba and the Red Sulphur Springs in Monroe County for relief,  up to his death on November 13, 1856. His wife vows to continue the diary for her children's sake. Virginia writes about financial struggles and decisions that are hers as a new widow, sales of slaves that caused her \"difficulties\" including Margaret (April 25-May 4, 1857), the girl, May (May 3, 1859) and West (July 14, 1859); having a portrait of her husband made from a daguerreotype and sitting for her own portrait (May 14-29, 1857).","She continues to mention her financial difficulties (February 20 and April 3, 1858) since the death of her husband and her hopes for administrative help from her brother, James; notes her brother, Frank, who is going out in the \"USS Frigate Niagara\" to assist in the laying of the Atlantic Cable between coast of Ireland and Newfoundland (March 5-August 26, 1858); her brother, James, assisting Virginia in arranging slave hires, getting the manumission  papers at Fairfax Courthouse for John Allen, who was freed under the will of her husband, and the sale of Letty in Richmond (January 1-18, 1859); the sale of the St. Marysville farm in Stafford to Mr. Hooe (January 27, 1859) and the Waterloo farm to William Hughes (June 2, 1859); an her brother, Frank, ordered to the Gulf of Mexico upon the steamer \"Fulton\" (July 13, 1859).","This folder contains a stock certificate for four shares in the Exchange Bank of Virginia; a few letters to Dr. Francis M. Gunnell, Virginia Scott, and Emily Gunnell, 1869-1950; an account of the early life of Richard M. Scott, Sr. written for his son, copied by Virginia Scott from the first pages of a book left to Richard M. Scott, Jr.; and two photographs, one of John P. Nelson and a second of Bruce Covington Gunnell.","Most of these photographs have no obvious identification. There are some souvenir cartes de visite from Lima, Peru, and some of famous people, such as the portraits of George Washington and Martha Washington, and a medallion featuring the Empress Josephine.","In 2002, about 140 print items (117 titles) from the \"Bush Hill\" library, including Congressional Registers, four Alexandria newspapers, other government documents, a hymn book, histories and a dictionary, were transferred to Rare Books. 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Watson sold the entire estate in 1797 to Richard Marshall Scott, son of John Scott (1732-1792) and Mary Marshall Scott (1735-1795). John Scott, an emigrant from Glasgow, Scotland, arrived in the colony of Maryland  around 1753 with a cargo to begin a career as a merchant. After some financial set-backs, John Scott became a farmer. John Scott and Mary Marshall Scott had three children born to them, David Wilson Scott (1766-1827), Richard Marshall Scott (1769-1833), and Anna Scott (1772-1821). In 1780, the Scott family moved from Maryland, settling first in Fairfax County, Virginia, and then at Farmington, in former Loudoun County, in 1791. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard Marshall Scott, Sr. became a successful merchant and banker in Alexandria, Virginia, founding the Farmer's Bank of Alexandria, and served in the Virginia General Assembly in 1811-1812. He was active in gardening and horticulture and had a large private library.\nRichard Marshall Scott married three times. His first marriage was to Mary Love (1768-1812). He remained a widower until 1828, when he married his cousin, Eleanor Douglas Marshall (1807-1830). She bore his first son, Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. (1829-1856), five months before her death in 1830. His third marriage was to Lucinda Fitzhugh in 1832, who bore him a second son, Jonathan Mordecai Scott (1833-1924), in the same year as his death. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H. Foote became guardian in 1834 for the young Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. who attended various schools for boys and read law in Alexandria, Virginia with Francis L. Smith. Scott returned to Bush Hill Plantation at about age sixteen and began to keep a diary on February 18, 1846. On September 15, 1846, at age seventeen, he married Virginia Gunnell (1826-1913) of Washington. Their children were Frank Scott (1849-1893), Eleanor Marshall Scott Johnston (1847-1905), Richard M. Scott (1851-1915) and Anna Constance Scott (1853-1882). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe 1850 Slave Schedule of Fairfax County lists Richard M. Scott with twenty enslaved persons. Fairfax County's 1859 Personal Property Assessment for Virginia Scott lists taxation for fourteen enslaved people. After the death of her husband in 1856, Virginia Gunnell Scott (1826-1913) managed the Bush Hill Plantation.  During the Civil War, Bush Hill functioned as headquarters for Union officers, but the Scott family remained in the house. \nBush Hill remained in possession of Virginia Gunnell Scott and her family until her death in 1913, when it passed to a cousin, Leonard Coleman Gunnell (1870-1941), and then to his son, Bruce Covington Gunnell (1907-1996 ), a Fairfax engineer. Beginning in 1942, the house was leased to the U.S. government and then to various day schools. Much of the property was sold to developers, with the historic building itself being destroyed by arson in 1977.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation for this note came from materials in the collection and \"Phase IA Documentary Study of 10.67 Acres at 4840 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia\" by William M. Gardner and Gwen J. Hurst, November 1999, Thunderbird Archeological Associates, Incorporated:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ehttps://www.alexandriava.gov/uploadedFiles/historic/info/archaeology/SiteReportGardnerBushHillAX111Documentary.pdf\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Bush Hill Plantation was originally owned by Josiah Watson, an English customs collector, who built the manor house in 1763. Watson sold the entire estate in 1797 to Richard Marshall Scott, son of John Scott (1732-1792) and Mary Marshall Scott (1735-1795). John Scott, an emigrant from Glasgow, Scotland, arrived in the colony of Maryland  around 1753 with a cargo to begin a career as a merchant. After some financial set-backs, John Scott became a farmer. John Scott and Mary Marshall Scott had three children born to them, David Wilson Scott (1766-1827), Richard Marshall Scott (1769-1833), and Anna Scott (1772-1821). In 1780, the Scott family moved from Maryland, settling first in Fairfax County, Virginia, and then at Farmington, in former Loudoun County, in 1791.","Richard Marshall Scott, Sr. became a successful merchant and banker in Alexandria, Virginia, founding the Farmer's Bank of Alexandria, and served in the Virginia General Assembly in 1811-1812. He was active in gardening and horticulture and had a large private library.\nRichard Marshall Scott married three times. His first marriage was to Mary Love (1768-1812). He remained a widower until 1828, when he married his cousin, Eleanor Douglas Marshall (1807-1830). She bore his first son, Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. (1829-1856), five months before her death in 1830. His third marriage was to Lucinda Fitzhugh in 1832, who bore him a second son, Jonathan Mordecai Scott (1833-1924), in the same year as his death.","William H. Foote became guardian in 1834 for the young Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. who attended various schools for boys and read law in Alexandria, Virginia with Francis L. Smith. Scott returned to Bush Hill Plantation at about age sixteen and began to keep a diary on February 18, 1846. On September 15, 1846, at age seventeen, he married Virginia Gunnell (1826-1913) of Washington. Their children were Frank Scott (1849-1893), Eleanor Marshall Scott Johnston (1847-1905), Richard M. Scott (1851-1915) and Anna Constance Scott (1853-1882).","The 1850 Slave Schedule of Fairfax County lists Richard M. Scott with twenty enslaved persons. Fairfax County's 1859 Personal Property Assessment for Virginia Scott lists taxation for fourteen enslaved people. After the death of her husband in 1856, Virginia Gunnell Scott (1826-1913) managed the Bush Hill Plantation.  During the Civil War, Bush Hill functioned as headquarters for Union officers, but the Scott family remained in the house. \nBush Hill remained in possession of Virginia Gunnell Scott and her family until her death in 1913, when it passed to a cousin, Leonard Coleman Gunnell (1870-1941), and then to his son, Bruce Covington Gunnell (1907-1996 ), a Fairfax engineer. Beginning in 1942, the house was leased to the U.S. government and then to various day schools. Much of the property was sold to developers, with the historic building itself being destroyed by arson in 1977.","Information for this note came from materials in the collection and \"Phase IA Documentary Study of 10.67 Acres at 4840 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia\" by William M. Gardner and Gwen J. Hurst, November 1999, Thunderbird Archeological Associates, Incorporated:","https://www.alexandriava.gov/uploadedFiles/historic/info/archaeology/SiteReportGardnerBushHillAX111Documentary.pdf"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMSS 12202 Scott and Gunnell Family papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["MSS 12202 Scott and Gunnell Family papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection consists of bound volumes, journals, daybooks, and notebooks belonging to John Scott, Richard Marshall Scott,Sr., Richard Marshall Scott,Jr., James L. Gunnell, and Dr. Francis M. Gunnell, and a photograph album belonging to Sarah Louise Rittenhouse. Other materials include printed articles about the Bush Hill plantation,a copy of a book, \"The Battles of Aldie, Middleburg and Upperville,\" and genealogical charts, tables and notes.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eRichard Marshall Scott, Jr. began keeping this diary when he moved back to the Bush Hill plantation from Alexandria, where he had been reading law with Francis L. Smith since October of 1845. On the first page, he records the names of all of his slaves living at Bush Hill plantation. He writes about work done on the plantation; the weather, including a heavy snow; social visits; his joy at having the Bush Hill plantation as his property at last; an injury to his slave, Aaron, while cutting timber; the construction of a new barn; church attendance; his first mention of his future wife, Virginia Gunnell (March 15, 1846); the illness, death and burial of his housekeeper, Isabella, who was treated by Dr Fairfax and Dr. Richard (April 7-21, 1846); his runaway slave, George, eventually sold to Richard Windsor (April 22-31, 1846); his friendship with Dr. Gunnell and his sister, Virginia; his suffering with mumps; attendance at events, such as the Great National Fair in Washington (May 21, 1846), various sessions of Congress, the anniversaries of national events, and his viewing of paintings in the Rotunda at the Capitol; mention of the Mexican War and General Taylor (June 8, 1846); the sale of slave woman, Catherine, for \"improper conduct\" to Joseph Bruin (August 10-11, 1846); national and state elections; his marriage to Virginia Gunnell (September 15, 1846); the birth of his daughter, Eleanor Marshall Scott (August 7, 1847); and the hiring out of some of his slaves at Samuel Catts on the first of January each year, beginning in 1847. This diary account continues in volumes marked \"Notebook\" in Box 4.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe originals of these excerpts are labeled \"Diary\" and \"Memoranda Books\"  on the covers of the volumes they were taken from and in the finding aid.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis private journal kept by Francis M. Gunnell, M.D., U.S. Navy, whose appointment was dated March 23, 1849, describes a cruise in the sloop of war \"U.S.S. Falmouth.\" The crew began sailing for the Pacific on May 16, 1849, where the \"Falmouth\" was charged with protecting the new American settlements on the west coast. The ship also voyaged to various Pacific islands before returning to Norfolk on January 29, 1852. This account of the cruise occupies pages 1-72 of the volume. The second portion of the journal, pages 74-111, describe Gunnell's cruise aboard the U.S.S. Independence and appears to be written totally in French.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccording to Wikipedia, the Independence \"was recommissioned in September 1854 and departed New York on 10 October to serve as flagship of the Pacific Squadron under Commodore William Mervine. She arrived Valparaíso, Chile, on 2 February 1855. Her cruising grounds ranged northward to San Francisco and west to Hawaii. Proceeding from Panama Bay, she entered the Mare Island Navy Yard on 2 October 1857.\" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Independence_(1814)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a broadside with a petition issued by the President, Richard M. Scott, and Directors of the Farmers' Bank of Alexandria, to Congress, May 26, 181[8?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChiefly describes agricultural activities, but does have some references to events during the period of the American Revolution, such as mentions of mustering with his battalion and seeing Men-of-War ships and transports coming up the [Potomac?] River, in July 1776. Some of the pages record the names of enslaved laborers with the farming activity, and also births, such as the birth of a boy to his \"wench\" Betty, July [4?], 1776.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe memoranda books of Richard M. Scott, Sr. record agricultural and horticultural events, social visits, activities of enslaved laborers, deaths and births of slaves, and inventories of property, such as the one  concerning house linens, knives and forks, earthenware and plate at \"Bush Hill\" (February 4, 1812).  He mentions the anniversaries of the tragic death of his wife, who died in 1812 from injuries sustained in the Richmond Theater fire of December 26, 1811. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe also writes about trips to the District of Columbia, the invasion of the Capitol by the British during the War of 1812 (August 24 and 28, 1814), trips to Warm Springs in Bath County, Virginia, for his health, and a fire at Bush Hill involving the servant hall, barn, stables, equipment and straw (April 8, 1823). Scott also mentions his blacksmith shop to be built by Henry Morris, a free man of color for a dollar a day (August 5, 1824), attended the funeral of \"negro Betty, a free woman, wife of my servant Moses\" (October 7, 1824), gave a holiday to his servants (slaves) to witness the entry and reception of General Lafayette on the 16th of October (October 23, 1824) and included a list of spirits and wine on hand (July 24, 1824).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the marriage of his servant and gardener, Townshend Crump, to Molly Turner, a servant of [J].E. Marshall (October 7, 1825); Daniel, a free man of color, a blacksmith, cutting chestnut for charcoal (February 15, 1826), and the death of Thomas Jefferson (July 4, 1826). Other topics include the marriage of his servant, Moses Johnston, to Kitty, \"Mrs. James H. Hooe's colored servant girl\" (December 27, 1826), the death of his brother, David Wilson Scott (1827 September 23, 1827), the bottling of 238 bottles of wine (November 8, 1827), his marriage to Eleanor Douglas Marshall (November 25, 1828), and the birth of a son (August 28, 1829). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLocated in Box 1 Folder 6, there is a copy of typed excerpts from the memoranda books and diaries  of Richard M. Scott, Sr. and Richard M. Scott, Jr.    \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis volume continues chronologically from the diary of Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. in Box 1, and includes information about weather, the hiring of an overseer, Mr. Joseph U. Sandford from Dranesville, who left after a year (January 11, 1848; January 26, 1849); the sudden illness and death of former President John Quincy Adams while serving in the House of Representatives (February 21-26, 1848); the hiring of his slave, Ellen Ann and one child, to her husband, David Grey, a \"free negro living near Claremont,\" (January 11 and March 1, 1848) who, in subsequent years, was hired out to others; news of a revolution in France with the abdication of the King (March 20, 1848); and the purchase of a slave, Joe, from the estate sale of General John Mason for six hundred dollars (May 4, 1849).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites concerning Francis Gunnell, who sailed from Boston aboard the United States Sloop of War \"Falmouth\" as assistant surgeon (May 10, 1849) and the birth of his son, Frank (July 1, 1849). Scott mentions the amputation of the finger of his slave, Frank, hired out to the Rev. E.A. Dalyrmple, who broke Frank's finger with a blow from a stick causing it to became inflamed (January 11-15, 1850); visits to Congress, where he heard debates on slavery and the admission of new states to the Union, which had prohibited slavery, such as California (February 20, March 13, August 22, 1850); news about the deaths of John C. Calhoun on March 31, 1850 (April 2, 1850) and President Zachary Taylor (July 10, 1850); the construction of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, with stops on his property (September 12, 1850 and June 8-July 4, 1851); a trip to Niagara Falls (October 15-November 8); his slave, Basil, ran away, fearing a flogging (August 4, 1851); and the birth of a son (September 13, 1851). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nThe volume continues with news of the deaths of Dr. Gunnell (April 28-29, 1852) and Dennis Johnston (July 24, 1852) both sixty-five years of age; a suicide of a neighbor (October 22, 1852); sale of two slaves, Robert and Nancy (November 17, 1852); mention that slave hiring prices were high and slaves in great demand (January 1, 1853); Work by bricklayers and others on a house of his on Prince Street, Alexandria (December 31, 1852-September 17, 1853) and for house on Washington Street to rent to the Cotton Factory (October 8-10); sale of Hannah and three children (September 7, 1853) and Adam (November 17, 1853); birth of daughter, Anna Constance (December 1, 1853); sale of boy, Lewis (February 6, 1854); an eclipse of the sun (May 26, 1854); marriage of his slaves, Charles and Mary Ellen (July 16, 1854); visit to the family graveyard at \"Farmington\" (December 11, 1854); the arrest of his runaway slave, Basil Gunt, in Frederick City, Maryland, where he had been living as a free man for three and a half years (March 3, 1855); children taken to town to have their daguerreotypes taken (August 4, 1855); and the death of slave, Mary Ellen (November 17, 1855).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe end papers contain a list of books kept in the secretary and bookcase at Bush Hill and a list of land lots [purchased in Virginia?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis volume completes the diary of Richard M. Scott, Jr. describing the sudden progress of his lung disease and trips to Cuba and the Red Sulphur Springs in Monroe County for relief,  up to his death on November 13, 1856. His wife vows to continue the diary for her children's sake. Virginia writes about financial struggles and decisions that are hers as a new widow, sales of slaves that caused her \"difficulties\" including Margaret (April 25-May 4, 1857), the girl, May (May 3, 1859) and West (July 14, 1859); having a portrait of her husband made from a daguerreotype and sitting for her own portrait (May 14-29, 1857). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShe continues to mention her financial difficulties (February 20 and April 3, 1858) since the death of her husband and her hopes for administrative help from her brother, James; notes her brother, Frank, who is going out in the \"USS Frigate Niagara\" to assist in the laying of the Atlantic Cable between coast of Ireland and Newfoundland (March 5-August 26, 1858); her brother, James, assisting Virginia in arranging slave hires, getting the manumission  papers at Fairfax Courthouse for John Allen, who was freed under the will of her husband, and the sale of Letty in Richmond (January 1-18, 1859); the sale of the St. Marysville farm in Stafford to Mr. Hooe (January 27, 1859) and the Waterloo farm to William Hughes (June 2, 1859); an her brother, Frank, ordered to the Gulf of Mexico upon the steamer \"Fulton\" (July 13, 1859).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains a stock certificate for four shares in the Exchange Bank of Virginia; a few letters to Dr. Francis M. Gunnell, Virginia Scott, and Emily Gunnell, 1869-1950; an account of the early life of Richard M. Scott, Sr. written for his son, copied by Virginia Scott from the first pages of a book left to Richard M. Scott, Jr.; and two photographs, one of John P. Nelson and a second of Bruce Covington Gunnell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost of these photographs have no obvious identification. There are some souvenir cartes de visite from Lima, Peru, and some of famous people, such as the portraits of George Washington and Martha Washington, and a medallion featuring the Empress Josephine.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection consists of bound volumes, journals, daybooks, and notebooks belonging to John Scott, Richard Marshall Scott,Sr., Richard Marshall Scott,Jr., James L. Gunnell, and Dr. Francis M. Gunnell, and a photograph album belonging to Sarah Louise Rittenhouse. Other materials include printed articles about the Bush Hill plantation,a copy of a book, \"The Battles of Aldie, Middleburg and Upperville,\" and genealogical charts, tables and notes.","Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. began keeping this diary when he moved back to the Bush Hill plantation from Alexandria, where he had been reading law with Francis L. Smith since October of 1845. On the first page, he records the names of all of his slaves living at Bush Hill plantation. He writes about work done on the plantation; the weather, including a heavy snow; social visits; his joy at having the Bush Hill plantation as his property at last; an injury to his slave, Aaron, while cutting timber; the construction of a new barn; church attendance; his first mention of his future wife, Virginia Gunnell (March 15, 1846); the illness, death and burial of his housekeeper, Isabella, who was treated by Dr Fairfax and Dr. Richard (April 7-21, 1846); his runaway slave, George, eventually sold to Richard Windsor (April 22-31, 1846); his friendship with Dr. Gunnell and his sister, Virginia; his suffering with mumps; attendance at events, such as the Great National Fair in Washington (May 21, 1846), various sessions of Congress, the anniversaries of national events, and his viewing of paintings in the Rotunda at the Capitol; mention of the Mexican War and General Taylor (June 8, 1846); the sale of slave woman, Catherine, for \"improper conduct\" to Joseph Bruin (August 10-11, 1846); national and state elections; his marriage to Virginia Gunnell (September 15, 1846); the birth of his daughter, Eleanor Marshall Scott (August 7, 1847); and the hiring out of some of his slaves at Samuel Catts on the first of January each year, beginning in 1847. This diary account continues in volumes marked \"Notebook\" in Box 4.","The originals of these excerpts are labeled \"Diary\" and \"Memoranda Books\"  on the covers of the volumes they were taken from and in the finding aid.","This private journal kept by Francis M. Gunnell, M.D., U.S. Navy, whose appointment was dated March 23, 1849, describes a cruise in the sloop of war \"U.S.S. Falmouth.\" The crew began sailing for the Pacific on May 16, 1849, where the \"Falmouth\" was charged with protecting the new American settlements on the west coast. The ship also voyaged to various Pacific islands before returning to Norfolk on January 29, 1852. This account of the cruise occupies pages 1-72 of the volume. The second portion of the journal, pages 74-111, describe Gunnell's cruise aboard the U.S.S. Independence and appears to be written totally in French.","According to Wikipedia, the Independence \"was recommissioned in September 1854 and departed New York on 10 October to serve as flagship of the Pacific Squadron under Commodore William Mervine. She arrived Valparaíso, Chile, on 2 February 1855. Her cruising grounds ranged northward to San Francisco and west to Hawaii. Proceeding from Panama Bay, she entered the Mare Island Navy Yard on 2 October 1857.\" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Independence_(1814)","Includes a broadside with a petition issued by the President, Richard M. Scott, and Directors of the Farmers' Bank of Alexandria, to Congress, May 26, 181[8?].","Chiefly describes agricultural activities, but does have some references to events during the period of the American Revolution, such as mentions of mustering with his battalion and seeing Men-of-War ships and transports coming up the [Potomac?] River, in July 1776. Some of the pages record the names of enslaved laborers with the farming activity, and also births, such as the birth of a boy to his \"wench\" Betty, July [4?], 1776.","The memoranda books of Richard M. Scott, Sr. record agricultural and horticultural events, social visits, activities of enslaved laborers, deaths and births of slaves, and inventories of property, such as the one  concerning house linens, knives and forks, earthenware and plate at \"Bush Hill\" (February 4, 1812).  He mentions the anniversaries of the tragic death of his wife, who died in 1812 from injuries sustained in the Richmond Theater fire of December 26, 1811.","He also writes about trips to the District of Columbia, the invasion of the Capitol by the British during the War of 1812 (August 24 and 28, 1814), trips to Warm Springs in Bath County, Virginia, for his health, and a fire at Bush Hill involving the servant hall, barn, stables, equipment and straw (April 8, 1823). Scott also mentions his blacksmith shop to be built by Henry Morris, a free man of color for a dollar a day (August 5, 1824), attended the funeral of \"negro Betty, a free woman, wife of my servant Moses\" (October 7, 1824), gave a holiday to his servants (slaves) to witness the entry and reception of General Lafayette on the 16th of October (October 23, 1824) and included a list of spirits and wine on hand (July 24, 1824).","Mentions the marriage of his servant and gardener, Townshend Crump, to Molly Turner, a servant of [J].E. Marshall (October 7, 1825); Daniel, a free man of color, a blacksmith, cutting chestnut for charcoal (February 15, 1826), and the death of Thomas Jefferson (July 4, 1826). Other topics include the marriage of his servant, Moses Johnston, to Kitty, \"Mrs. James H. Hooe's colored servant girl\" (December 27, 1826), the death of his brother, David Wilson Scott (1827 September 23, 1827), the bottling of 238 bottles of wine (November 8, 1827), his marriage to Eleanor Douglas Marshall (November 25, 1828), and the birth of a son (August 28, 1829).","Located in Box 1 Folder 6, there is a copy of typed excerpts from the memoranda books and diaries  of Richard M. Scott, Sr. and Richard M. Scott, Jr.","This volume continues chronologically from the diary of Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. in Box 1, and includes information about weather, the hiring of an overseer, Mr. Joseph U. Sandford from Dranesville, who left after a year (January 11, 1848; January 26, 1849); the sudden illness and death of former President John Quincy Adams while serving in the House of Representatives (February 21-26, 1848); the hiring of his slave, Ellen Ann and one child, to her husband, David Grey, a \"free negro living near Claremont,\" (January 11 and March 1, 1848) who, in subsequent years, was hired out to others; news of a revolution in France with the abdication of the King (March 20, 1848); and the purchase of a slave, Joe, from the estate sale of General John Mason for six hundred dollars (May 4, 1849).","Writes concerning Francis Gunnell, who sailed from Boston aboard the United States Sloop of War \"Falmouth\" as assistant surgeon (May 10, 1849) and the birth of his son, Frank (July 1, 1849). Scott mentions the amputation of the finger of his slave, Frank, hired out to the Rev. E.A. Dalyrmple, who broke Frank's finger with a blow from a stick causing it to became inflamed (January 11-15, 1850); visits to Congress, where he heard debates on slavery and the admission of new states to the Union, which had prohibited slavery, such as California (February 20, March 13, August 22, 1850); news about the deaths of John C. Calhoun on March 31, 1850 (April 2, 1850) and President Zachary Taylor (July 10, 1850); the construction of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, with stops on his property (September 12, 1850 and June 8-July 4, 1851); a trip to Niagara Falls (October 15-November 8); his slave, Basil, ran away, fearing a flogging (August 4, 1851); and the birth of a son (September 13, 1851).","The volume continues with news of the deaths of Dr. Gunnell (April 28-29, 1852) and Dennis Johnston (July 24, 1852) both sixty-five years of age; a suicide of a neighbor (October 22, 1852); sale of two slaves, Robert and Nancy (November 17, 1852); mention that slave hiring prices were high and slaves in great demand (January 1, 1853); Work by bricklayers and others on a house of his on Prince Street, Alexandria (December 31, 1852-September 17, 1853) and for house on Washington Street to rent to the Cotton Factory (October 8-10); sale of Hannah and three children (September 7, 1853) and Adam (November 17, 1853); birth of daughter, Anna Constance (December 1, 1853); sale of boy, Lewis (February 6, 1854); an eclipse of the sun (May 26, 1854); marriage of his slaves, Charles and Mary Ellen (July 16, 1854); visit to the family graveyard at \"Farmington\" (December 11, 1854); the arrest of his runaway slave, Basil Gunt, in Frederick City, Maryland, where he had been living as a free man for three and a half years (March 3, 1855); children taken to town to have their daguerreotypes taken (August 4, 1855); and the death of slave, Mary Ellen (November 17, 1855).","The end papers contain a list of books kept in the secretary and bookcase at Bush Hill and a list of land lots [purchased in Virginia?].","This volume completes the diary of Richard M. Scott, Jr. describing the sudden progress of his lung disease and trips to Cuba and the Red Sulphur Springs in Monroe County for relief,  up to his death on November 13, 1856. His wife vows to continue the diary for her children's sake. Virginia writes about financial struggles and decisions that are hers as a new widow, sales of slaves that caused her \"difficulties\" including Margaret (April 25-May 4, 1857), the girl, May (May 3, 1859) and West (July 14, 1859); having a portrait of her husband made from a daguerreotype and sitting for her own portrait (May 14-29, 1857).","She continues to mention her financial difficulties (February 20 and April 3, 1858) since the death of her husband and her hopes for administrative help from her brother, James; notes her brother, Frank, who is going out in the \"USS Frigate Niagara\" to assist in the laying of the Atlantic Cable between coast of Ireland and Newfoundland (March 5-August 26, 1858); her brother, James, assisting Virginia in arranging slave hires, getting the manumission  papers at Fairfax Courthouse for John Allen, who was freed under the will of her husband, and the sale of Letty in Richmond (January 1-18, 1859); the sale of the St. Marysville farm in Stafford to Mr. Hooe (January 27, 1859) and the Waterloo farm to William Hughes (June 2, 1859); an her brother, Frank, ordered to the Gulf of Mexico upon the steamer \"Fulton\" (July 13, 1859).","This folder contains a stock certificate for four shares in the Exchange Bank of Virginia; a few letters to Dr. Francis M. Gunnell, Virginia Scott, and Emily Gunnell, 1869-1950; an account of the early life of Richard M. Scott, Sr. written for his son, copied by Virginia Scott from the first pages of a book left to Richard M. Scott, Jr.; and two photographs, one of John P. Nelson and a second of Bruce Covington Gunnell.","Most of these photographs have no obvious identification. There are some souvenir cartes de visite from Lima, Peru, and some of famous people, such as the portraits of George Washington and Martha Washington, and a medallion featuring the Empress Josephine."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn 2002, about 140 print items (117 titles) from the \"Bush Hill\" library, including Congressional Registers, four Alexandria newspapers, other government documents, a hymn book, histories and a dictionary, were transferred to Rare Books. To locate these in the online catalog (VIRGO), do a subject search for: Bush Hill (Estate: Alexandria, Va.) .\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["In 2002, about 140 print items (117 titles) from the \"Bush Hill\" library, including Congressional Registers, four Alexandria newspapers, other government documents, a hymn book, histories and a dictionary, were transferred to Rare Books. 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Watson sold the entire estate in 1797 to Richard Marshall Scott, son of John Scott (1732-1792) and Mary Marshall Scott (1735-1795). John Scott, an emigrant from Glasgow, Scotland, arrived in the colony of Maryland  around 1753 with a cargo to begin a career as a merchant. After some financial set-backs, John Scott became a farmer. John Scott and Mary Marshall Scott had three children born to them, David Wilson Scott (1766-1827), Richard Marshall Scott (1769-1833), and Anna Scott (1772-1821). In 1780, the Scott family moved from Maryland, settling first in Fairfax County, Virginia, and then at Farmington, in former Loudoun County, in 1791.","Richard Marshall Scott, Sr. became a successful merchant and banker in Alexandria, Virginia, founding the Farmer's Bank of Alexandria, and served in the Virginia General Assembly in 1811-1812. He was active in gardening and horticulture and had a large private library.\nRichard Marshall Scott married three times. His first marriage was to Mary Love (1768-1812). He remained a widower until 1828, when he married his cousin, Eleanor Douglas Marshall (1807-1830). She bore his first son, Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. (1829-1856), five months before her death in 1830. His third marriage was to Lucinda Fitzhugh in 1832, who bore him a second son, Jonathan Mordecai Scott (1833-1924), in the same year as his death.","William H. Foote became guardian in 1834 for the young Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. who attended various schools for boys and read law in Alexandria, Virginia with Francis L. Smith. Scott returned to Bush Hill Plantation at about age sixteen and began to keep a diary on February 18, 1846. On September 15, 1846, at age seventeen, he married Virginia Gunnell (1826-1913) of Washington. Their children were Frank Scott (1849-1893), Eleanor Marshall Scott Johnston (1847-1905), Richard M. Scott (1851-1915) and Anna Constance Scott (1853-1882).","The 1850 Slave Schedule of Fairfax County lists Richard M. Scott with twenty enslaved persons. Fairfax County's 1859 Personal Property Assessment for Virginia Scott lists taxation for fourteen enslaved people. After the death of her husband in 1856, Virginia Gunnell Scott (1826-1913) managed the Bush Hill Plantation.  During the Civil War, Bush Hill functioned as headquarters for Union officers, but the Scott family remained in the house. \nBush Hill remained in possession of Virginia Gunnell Scott and her family until her death in 1913, when it passed to a cousin, Leonard Coleman Gunnell (1870-1941), and then to his son, Bruce Covington Gunnell (1907-1996 ), a Fairfax engineer. Beginning in 1942, the house was leased to the U.S. government and then to various day schools. Much of the property was sold to developers, with the historic building itself being destroyed by arson in 1977.","Information for this note came from materials in the collection and \"Phase IA Documentary Study of 10.67 Acres at 4840 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia\" by William M. Gardner and Gwen J. Hurst, November 1999, Thunderbird Archeological Associates, Incorporated:","https://www.alexandriava.gov/uploadedFiles/historic/info/archaeology/SiteReportGardnerBushHillAX111Documentary.pdf","The collection consists of bound volumes, journals, daybooks, and notebooks belonging to John Scott, Richard Marshall Scott,Sr., Richard Marshall Scott,Jr., James L. Gunnell, and Dr. Francis M. Gunnell, and a photograph album belonging to Sarah Louise Rittenhouse. Other materials include printed articles about the Bush Hill plantation,a copy of a book, \"The Battles of Aldie, Middleburg and Upperville,\" and genealogical charts, tables and notes.","Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. began keeping this diary when he moved back to the Bush Hill plantation from Alexandria, where he had been reading law with Francis L. Smith since October of 1845. On the first page, he records the names of all of his slaves living at Bush Hill plantation. He writes about work done on the plantation; the weather, including a heavy snow; social visits; his joy at having the Bush Hill plantation as his property at last; an injury to his slave, Aaron, while cutting timber; the construction of a new barn; church attendance; his first mention of his future wife, Virginia Gunnell (March 15, 1846); the illness, death and burial of his housekeeper, Isabella, who was treated by Dr Fairfax and Dr. Richard (April 7-21, 1846); his runaway slave, George, eventually sold to Richard Windsor (April 22-31, 1846); his friendship with Dr. Gunnell and his sister, Virginia; his suffering with mumps; attendance at events, such as the Great National Fair in Washington (May 21, 1846), various sessions of Congress, the anniversaries of national events, and his viewing of paintings in the Rotunda at the Capitol; mention of the Mexican War and General Taylor (June 8, 1846); the sale of slave woman, Catherine, for \"improper conduct\" to Joseph Bruin (August 10-11, 1846); national and state elections; his marriage to Virginia Gunnell (September 15, 1846); the birth of his daughter, Eleanor Marshall Scott (August 7, 1847); and the hiring out of some of his slaves at Samuel Catts on the first of January each year, beginning in 1847. This diary account continues in volumes marked \"Notebook\" in Box 4.","The originals of these excerpts are labeled \"Diary\" and \"Memoranda Books\"  on the covers of the volumes they were taken from and in the finding aid.","This private journal kept by Francis M. Gunnell, M.D., U.S. Navy, whose appointment was dated March 23, 1849, describes a cruise in the sloop of war \"U.S.S. Falmouth.\" The crew began sailing for the Pacific on May 16, 1849, where the \"Falmouth\" was charged with protecting the new American settlements on the west coast. The ship also voyaged to various Pacific islands before returning to Norfolk on January 29, 1852. This account of the cruise occupies pages 1-72 of the volume. The second portion of the journal, pages 74-111, describe Gunnell's cruise aboard the U.S.S. Independence and appears to be written totally in French.","According to Wikipedia, the Independence \"was recommissioned in September 1854 and departed New York on 10 October to serve as flagship of the Pacific Squadron under Commodore William Mervine. She arrived Valparaíso, Chile, on 2 February 1855. Her cruising grounds ranged northward to San Francisco and west to Hawaii. Proceeding from Panama Bay, she entered the Mare Island Navy Yard on 2 October 1857.\" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Independence_(1814)","Includes a broadside with a petition issued by the President, Richard M. Scott, and Directors of the Farmers' Bank of Alexandria, to Congress, May 26, 181[8?].","Chiefly describes agricultural activities, but does have some references to events during the period of the American Revolution, such as mentions of mustering with his battalion and seeing Men-of-War ships and transports coming up the [Potomac?] River, in July 1776. Some of the pages record the names of enslaved laborers with the farming activity, and also births, such as the birth of a boy to his \"wench\" Betty, July [4?], 1776.","The memoranda books of Richard M. Scott, Sr. record agricultural and horticultural events, social visits, activities of enslaved laborers, deaths and births of slaves, and inventories of property, such as the one  concerning house linens, knives and forks, earthenware and plate at \"Bush Hill\" (February 4, 1812).  He mentions the anniversaries of the tragic death of his wife, who died in 1812 from injuries sustained in the Richmond Theater fire of December 26, 1811.","He also writes about trips to the District of Columbia, the invasion of the Capitol by the British during the War of 1812 (August 24 and 28, 1814), trips to Warm Springs in Bath County, Virginia, for his health, and a fire at Bush Hill involving the servant hall, barn, stables, equipment and straw (April 8, 1823). Scott also mentions his blacksmith shop to be built by Henry Morris, a free man of color for a dollar a day (August 5, 1824), attended the funeral of \"negro Betty, a free woman, wife of my servant Moses\" (October 7, 1824), gave a holiday to his servants (slaves) to witness the entry and reception of General Lafayette on the 16th of October (October 23, 1824) and included a list of spirits and wine on hand (July 24, 1824).","Mentions the marriage of his servant and gardener, Townshend Crump, to Molly Turner, a servant of [J].E. Marshall (October 7, 1825); Daniel, a free man of color, a blacksmith, cutting chestnut for charcoal (February 15, 1826), and the death of Thomas Jefferson (July 4, 1826). Other topics include the marriage of his servant, Moses Johnston, to Kitty, \"Mrs. James H. Hooe's colored servant girl\" (December 27, 1826), the death of his brother, David Wilson Scott (1827 September 23, 1827), the bottling of 238 bottles of wine (November 8, 1827), his marriage to Eleanor Douglas Marshall (November 25, 1828), and the birth of a son (August 28, 1829).","Located in Box 1 Folder 6, there is a copy of typed excerpts from the memoranda books and diaries  of Richard M. Scott, Sr. and Richard M. Scott, Jr.","This volume continues chronologically from the diary of Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. in Box 1, and includes information about weather, the hiring of an overseer, Mr. Joseph U. Sandford from Dranesville, who left after a year (January 11, 1848; January 26, 1849); the sudden illness and death of former President John Quincy Adams while serving in the House of Representatives (February 21-26, 1848); the hiring of his slave, Ellen Ann and one child, to her husband, David Grey, a \"free negro living near Claremont,\" (January 11 and March 1, 1848) who, in subsequent years, was hired out to others; news of a revolution in France with the abdication of the King (March 20, 1848); and the purchase of a slave, Joe, from the estate sale of General John Mason for six hundred dollars (May 4, 1849).","Writes concerning Francis Gunnell, who sailed from Boston aboard the United States Sloop of War \"Falmouth\" as assistant surgeon (May 10, 1849) and the birth of his son, Frank (July 1, 1849). Scott mentions the amputation of the finger of his slave, Frank, hired out to the Rev. E.A. Dalyrmple, who broke Frank's finger with a blow from a stick causing it to became inflamed (January 11-15, 1850); visits to Congress, where he heard debates on slavery and the admission of new states to the Union, which had prohibited slavery, such as California (February 20, March 13, August 22, 1850); news about the deaths of John C. Calhoun on March 31, 1850 (April 2, 1850) and President Zachary Taylor (July 10, 1850); the construction of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, with stops on his property (September 12, 1850 and June 8-July 4, 1851); a trip to Niagara Falls (October 15-November 8); his slave, Basil, ran away, fearing a flogging (August 4, 1851); and the birth of a son (September 13, 1851).","The volume continues with news of the deaths of Dr. Gunnell (April 28-29, 1852) and Dennis Johnston (July 24, 1852) both sixty-five years of age; a suicide of a neighbor (October 22, 1852); sale of two slaves, Robert and Nancy (November 17, 1852); mention that slave hiring prices were high and slaves in great demand (January 1, 1853); Work by bricklayers and others on a house of his on Prince Street, Alexandria (December 31, 1852-September 17, 1853) and for house on Washington Street to rent to the Cotton Factory (October 8-10); sale of Hannah and three children (September 7, 1853) and Adam (November 17, 1853); birth of daughter, Anna Constance (December 1, 1853); sale of boy, Lewis (February 6, 1854); an eclipse of the sun (May 26, 1854); marriage of his slaves, Charles and Mary Ellen (July 16, 1854); visit to the family graveyard at \"Farmington\" (December 11, 1854); the arrest of his runaway slave, Basil Gunt, in Frederick City, Maryland, where he had been living as a free man for three and a half years (March 3, 1855); children taken to town to have their daguerreotypes taken (August 4, 1855); and the death of slave, Mary Ellen (November 17, 1855).","The end papers contain a list of books kept in the secretary and bookcase at Bush Hill and a list of land lots [purchased in Virginia?].","This volume completes the diary of Richard M. Scott, Jr. describing the sudden progress of his lung disease and trips to Cuba and the Red Sulphur Springs in Monroe County for relief,  up to his death on November 13, 1856. His wife vows to continue the diary for her children's sake. Virginia writes about financial struggles and decisions that are hers as a new widow, sales of slaves that caused her \"difficulties\" including Margaret (April 25-May 4, 1857), the girl, May (May 3, 1859) and West (July 14, 1859); having a portrait of her husband made from a daguerreotype and sitting for her own portrait (May 14-29, 1857).","She continues to mention her financial difficulties (February 20 and April 3, 1858) since the death of her husband and her hopes for administrative help from her brother, James; notes her brother, Frank, who is going out in the \"USS Frigate Niagara\" to assist in the laying of the Atlantic Cable between coast of Ireland and Newfoundland (March 5-August 26, 1858); her brother, James, assisting Virginia in arranging slave hires, getting the manumission  papers at Fairfax Courthouse for John Allen, who was freed under the will of her husband, and the sale of Letty in Richmond (January 1-18, 1859); the sale of the St. Marysville farm in Stafford to Mr. Hooe (January 27, 1859) and the Waterloo farm to William Hughes (June 2, 1859); an her brother, Frank, ordered to the Gulf of Mexico upon the steamer \"Fulton\" (July 13, 1859).","This folder contains a stock certificate for four shares in the Exchange Bank of Virginia; a few letters to Dr. Francis M. Gunnell, Virginia Scott, and Emily Gunnell, 1869-1950; an account of the early life of Richard M. Scott, Sr. written for his son, copied by Virginia Scott from the first pages of a book left to Richard M. Scott, Jr.; and two photographs, one of John P. Nelson and a second of Bruce Covington Gunnell.","Most of these photographs have no obvious identification. There are some souvenir cartes de visite from Lima, Peru, and some of famous people, such as the portraits of George Washington and Martha Washington, and a medallion featuring the Empress Josephine.","In 2002, about 140 print items (117 titles) from the \"Bush Hill\" library, including Congressional Registers, four Alexandria newspapers, other government documents, a hymn book, histories and a dictionary, were transferred to Rare Books. 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Watson sold the entire estate in 1797 to Richard Marshall Scott, son of John Scott (1732-1792) and Mary Marshall Scott (1735-1795). John Scott, an emigrant from Glasgow, Scotland, arrived in the colony of Maryland  around 1753 with a cargo to begin a career as a merchant. After some financial set-backs, John Scott became a farmer. John Scott and Mary Marshall Scott had three children born to them, David Wilson Scott (1766-1827), Richard Marshall Scott (1769-1833), and Anna Scott (1772-1821). In 1780, the Scott family moved from Maryland, settling first in Fairfax County, Virginia, and then at Farmington, in former Loudoun County, in 1791. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard Marshall Scott, Sr. became a successful merchant and banker in Alexandria, Virginia, founding the Farmer's Bank of Alexandria, and served in the Virginia General Assembly in 1811-1812. He was active in gardening and horticulture and had a large private library.\nRichard Marshall Scott married three times. His first marriage was to Mary Love (1768-1812). He remained a widower until 1828, when he married his cousin, Eleanor Douglas Marshall (1807-1830). She bore his first son, Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. (1829-1856), five months before her death in 1830. His third marriage was to Lucinda Fitzhugh in 1832, who bore him a second son, Jonathan Mordecai Scott (1833-1924), in the same year as his death. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H. Foote became guardian in 1834 for the young Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. who attended various schools for boys and read law in Alexandria, Virginia with Francis L. Smith. Scott returned to Bush Hill Plantation at about age sixteen and began to keep a diary on February 18, 1846. On September 15, 1846, at age seventeen, he married Virginia Gunnell (1826-1913) of Washington. Their children were Frank Scott (1849-1893), Eleanor Marshall Scott Johnston (1847-1905), Richard M. 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John Scott, an emigrant from Glasgow, Scotland, arrived in the colony of Maryland  around 1753 with a cargo to begin a career as a merchant. After some financial set-backs, John Scott became a farmer. John Scott and Mary Marshall Scott had three children born to them, David Wilson Scott (1766-1827), Richard Marshall Scott (1769-1833), and Anna Scott (1772-1821). In 1780, the Scott family moved from Maryland, settling first in Fairfax County, Virginia, and then at Farmington, in former Loudoun County, in 1791.","Richard Marshall Scott, Sr. became a successful merchant and banker in Alexandria, Virginia, founding the Farmer's Bank of Alexandria, and served in the Virginia General Assembly in 1811-1812. He was active in gardening and horticulture and had a large private library.\nRichard Marshall Scott married three times. His first marriage was to Mary Love (1768-1812). He remained a widower until 1828, when he married his cousin, Eleanor Douglas Marshall (1807-1830). She bore his first son, Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. (1829-1856), five months before her death in 1830. His third marriage was to Lucinda Fitzhugh in 1832, who bore him a second son, Jonathan Mordecai Scott (1833-1924), in the same year as his death.","William H. Foote became guardian in 1834 for the young Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. who attended various schools for boys and read law in Alexandria, Virginia with Francis L. Smith. Scott returned to Bush Hill Plantation at about age sixteen and began to keep a diary on February 18, 1846. On September 15, 1846, at age seventeen, he married Virginia Gunnell (1826-1913) of Washington. Their children were Frank Scott (1849-1893), Eleanor Marshall Scott Johnston (1847-1905), Richard M. Scott (1851-1915) and Anna Constance Scott (1853-1882).","The 1850 Slave Schedule of Fairfax County lists Richard M. Scott with twenty enslaved persons. Fairfax County's 1859 Personal Property Assessment for Virginia Scott lists taxation for fourteen enslaved people. After the death of her husband in 1856, Virginia Gunnell Scott (1826-1913) managed the Bush Hill Plantation.  During the Civil War, Bush Hill functioned as headquarters for Union officers, but the Scott family remained in the house. \nBush Hill remained in possession of Virginia Gunnell Scott and her family until her death in 1913, when it passed to a cousin, Leonard Coleman Gunnell (1870-1941), and then to his son, Bruce Covington Gunnell (1907-1996 ), a Fairfax engineer. Beginning in 1942, the house was leased to the U.S. government and then to various day schools. Much of the property was sold to developers, with the historic building itself being destroyed by arson in 1977.","Information for this note came from materials in the collection and \"Phase IA Documentary Study of 10.67 Acres at 4840 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia\" by William M. Gardner and Gwen J. Hurst, November 1999, Thunderbird Archeological Associates, Incorporated:","https://www.alexandriava.gov/uploadedFiles/historic/info/archaeology/SiteReportGardnerBushHillAX111Documentary.pdf"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMSS 12202 Scott and Gunnell Family papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["MSS 12202 Scott and Gunnell Family papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection consists of bound volumes, journals, daybooks, and notebooks belonging to John Scott, Richard Marshall Scott,Sr., Richard Marshall Scott,Jr., James L. Gunnell, and Dr. Francis M. Gunnell, and a photograph album belonging to Sarah Louise Rittenhouse. Other materials include printed articles about the Bush Hill plantation,a copy of a book, \"The Battles of Aldie, Middleburg and Upperville,\" and genealogical charts, tables and notes.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eRichard Marshall Scott, Jr. began keeping this diary when he moved back to the Bush Hill plantation from Alexandria, where he had been reading law with Francis L. Smith since October of 1845. On the first page, he records the names of all of his slaves living at Bush Hill plantation. He writes about work done on the plantation; the weather, including a heavy snow; social visits; his joy at having the Bush Hill plantation as his property at last; an injury to his slave, Aaron, while cutting timber; the construction of a new barn; church attendance; his first mention of his future wife, Virginia Gunnell (March 15, 1846); the illness, death and burial of his housekeeper, Isabella, who was treated by Dr Fairfax and Dr. Richard (April 7-21, 1846); his runaway slave, George, eventually sold to Richard Windsor (April 22-31, 1846); his friendship with Dr. Gunnell and his sister, Virginia; his suffering with mumps; attendance at events, such as the Great National Fair in Washington (May 21, 1846), various sessions of Congress, the anniversaries of national events, and his viewing of paintings in the Rotunda at the Capitol; mention of the Mexican War and General Taylor (June 8, 1846); the sale of slave woman, Catherine, for \"improper conduct\" to Joseph Bruin (August 10-11, 1846); national and state elections; his marriage to Virginia Gunnell (September 15, 1846); the birth of his daughter, Eleanor Marshall Scott (August 7, 1847); and the hiring out of some of his slaves at Samuel Catts on the first of January each year, beginning in 1847. This diary account continues in volumes marked \"Notebook\" in Box 4.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe originals of these excerpts are labeled \"Diary\" and \"Memoranda Books\"  on the covers of the volumes they were taken from and in the finding aid.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis private journal kept by Francis M. Gunnell, M.D., U.S. Navy, whose appointment was dated March 23, 1849, describes a cruise in the sloop of war \"U.S.S. Falmouth.\" The crew began sailing for the Pacific on May 16, 1849, where the \"Falmouth\" was charged with protecting the new American settlements on the west coast. The ship also voyaged to various Pacific islands before returning to Norfolk on January 29, 1852. This account of the cruise occupies pages 1-72 of the volume. The second portion of the journal, pages 74-111, describe Gunnell's cruise aboard the U.S.S. Independence and appears to be written totally in French.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccording to Wikipedia, the Independence \"was recommissioned in September 1854 and departed New York on 10 October to serve as flagship of the Pacific Squadron under Commodore William Mervine. She arrived Valparaíso, Chile, on 2 February 1855. Her cruising grounds ranged northward to San Francisco and west to Hawaii. Proceeding from Panama Bay, she entered the Mare Island Navy Yard on 2 October 1857.\" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Independence_(1814)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a broadside with a petition issued by the President, Richard M. Scott, and Directors of the Farmers' Bank of Alexandria, to Congress, May 26, 181[8?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChiefly describes agricultural activities, but does have some references to events during the period of the American Revolution, such as mentions of mustering with his battalion and seeing Men-of-War ships and transports coming up the [Potomac?] River, in July 1776. Some of the pages record the names of enslaved laborers with the farming activity, and also births, such as the birth of a boy to his \"wench\" Betty, July [4?], 1776.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe memoranda books of Richard M. Scott, Sr. record agricultural and horticultural events, social visits, activities of enslaved laborers, deaths and births of slaves, and inventories of property, such as the one  concerning house linens, knives and forks, earthenware and plate at \"Bush Hill\" (February 4, 1812).  He mentions the anniversaries of the tragic death of his wife, who died in 1812 from injuries sustained in the Richmond Theater fire of December 26, 1811. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe also writes about trips to the District of Columbia, the invasion of the Capitol by the British during the War of 1812 (August 24 and 28, 1814), trips to Warm Springs in Bath County, Virginia, for his health, and a fire at Bush Hill involving the servant hall, barn, stables, equipment and straw (April 8, 1823). Scott also mentions his blacksmith shop to be built by Henry Morris, a free man of color for a dollar a day (August 5, 1824), attended the funeral of \"negro Betty, a free woman, wife of my servant Moses\" (October 7, 1824), gave a holiday to his servants (slaves) to witness the entry and reception of General Lafayette on the 16th of October (October 23, 1824) and included a list of spirits and wine on hand (July 24, 1824).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the marriage of his servant and gardener, Townshend Crump, to Molly Turner, a servant of [J].E. Marshall (October 7, 1825); Daniel, a free man of color, a blacksmith, cutting chestnut for charcoal (February 15, 1826), and the death of Thomas Jefferson (July 4, 1826). Other topics include the marriage of his servant, Moses Johnston, to Kitty, \"Mrs. James H. Hooe's colored servant girl\" (December 27, 1826), the death of his brother, David Wilson Scott (1827 September 23, 1827), the bottling of 238 bottles of wine (November 8, 1827), his marriage to Eleanor Douglas Marshall (November 25, 1828), and the birth of a son (August 28, 1829). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLocated in Box 1 Folder 6, there is a copy of typed excerpts from the memoranda books and diaries  of Richard M. Scott, Sr. and Richard M. Scott, Jr.    \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis volume continues chronologically from the diary of Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. in Box 1, and includes information about weather, the hiring of an overseer, Mr. Joseph U. Sandford from Dranesville, who left after a year (January 11, 1848; January 26, 1849); the sudden illness and death of former President John Quincy Adams while serving in the House of Representatives (February 21-26, 1848); the hiring of his slave, Ellen Ann and one child, to her husband, David Grey, a \"free negro living near Claremont,\" (January 11 and March 1, 1848) who, in subsequent years, was hired out to others; news of a revolution in France with the abdication of the King (March 20, 1848); and the purchase of a slave, Joe, from the estate sale of General John Mason for six hundred dollars (May 4, 1849).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites concerning Francis Gunnell, who sailed from Boston aboard the United States Sloop of War \"Falmouth\" as assistant surgeon (May 10, 1849) and the birth of his son, Frank (July 1, 1849). Scott mentions the amputation of the finger of his slave, Frank, hired out to the Rev. E.A. Dalyrmple, who broke Frank's finger with a blow from a stick causing it to became inflamed (January 11-15, 1850); visits to Congress, where he heard debates on slavery and the admission of new states to the Union, which had prohibited slavery, such as California (February 20, March 13, August 22, 1850); news about the deaths of John C. Calhoun on March 31, 1850 (April 2, 1850) and President Zachary Taylor (July 10, 1850); the construction of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, with stops on his property (September 12, 1850 and June 8-July 4, 1851); a trip to Niagara Falls (October 15-November 8); his slave, Basil, ran away, fearing a flogging (August 4, 1851); and the birth of a son (September 13, 1851). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nThe volume continues with news of the deaths of Dr. Gunnell (April 28-29, 1852) and Dennis Johnston (July 24, 1852) both sixty-five years of age; a suicide of a neighbor (October 22, 1852); sale of two slaves, Robert and Nancy (November 17, 1852); mention that slave hiring prices were high and slaves in great demand (January 1, 1853); Work by bricklayers and others on a house of his on Prince Street, Alexandria (December 31, 1852-September 17, 1853) and for house on Washington Street to rent to the Cotton Factory (October 8-10); sale of Hannah and three children (September 7, 1853) and Adam (November 17, 1853); birth of daughter, Anna Constance (December 1, 1853); sale of boy, Lewis (February 6, 1854); an eclipse of the sun (May 26, 1854); marriage of his slaves, Charles and Mary Ellen (July 16, 1854); visit to the family graveyard at \"Farmington\" (December 11, 1854); the arrest of his runaway slave, Basil Gunt, in Frederick City, Maryland, where he had been living as a free man for three and a half years (March 3, 1855); children taken to town to have their daguerreotypes taken (August 4, 1855); and the death of slave, Mary Ellen (November 17, 1855).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe end papers contain a list of books kept in the secretary and bookcase at Bush Hill and a list of land lots [purchased in Virginia?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis volume completes the diary of Richard M. Scott, Jr. describing the sudden progress of his lung disease and trips to Cuba and the Red Sulphur Springs in Monroe County for relief,  up to his death on November 13, 1856. His wife vows to continue the diary for her children's sake. Virginia writes about financial struggles and decisions that are hers as a new widow, sales of slaves that caused her \"difficulties\" including Margaret (April 25-May 4, 1857), the girl, May (May 3, 1859) and West (July 14, 1859); having a portrait of her husband made from a daguerreotype and sitting for her own portrait (May 14-29, 1857). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShe continues to mention her financial difficulties (February 20 and April 3, 1858) since the death of her husband and her hopes for administrative help from her brother, James; notes her brother, Frank, who is going out in the \"USS Frigate Niagara\" to assist in the laying of the Atlantic Cable between coast of Ireland and Newfoundland (March 5-August 26, 1858); her brother, James, assisting Virginia in arranging slave hires, getting the manumission  papers at Fairfax Courthouse for John Allen, who was freed under the will of her husband, and the sale of Letty in Richmond (January 1-18, 1859); the sale of the St. Marysville farm in Stafford to Mr. Hooe (January 27, 1859) and the Waterloo farm to William Hughes (June 2, 1859); an her brother, Frank, ordered to the Gulf of Mexico upon the steamer \"Fulton\" (July 13, 1859).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains a stock certificate for four shares in the Exchange Bank of Virginia; a few letters to Dr. Francis M. Gunnell, Virginia Scott, and Emily Gunnell, 1869-1950; an account of the early life of Richard M. Scott, Sr. written for his son, copied by Virginia Scott from the first pages of a book left to Richard M. Scott, Jr.; and two photographs, one of John P. Nelson and a second of Bruce Covington Gunnell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost of these photographs have no obvious identification. There are some souvenir cartes de visite from Lima, Peru, and some of famous people, such as the portraits of George Washington and Martha Washington, and a medallion featuring the Empress Josephine.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection consists of bound volumes, journals, daybooks, and notebooks belonging to John Scott, Richard Marshall Scott,Sr., Richard Marshall Scott,Jr., James L. Gunnell, and Dr. Francis M. Gunnell, and a photograph album belonging to Sarah Louise Rittenhouse. Other materials include printed articles about the Bush Hill plantation,a copy of a book, \"The Battles of Aldie, Middleburg and Upperville,\" and genealogical charts, tables and notes.","Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. began keeping this diary when he moved back to the Bush Hill plantation from Alexandria, where he had been reading law with Francis L. Smith since October of 1845. On the first page, he records the names of all of his slaves living at Bush Hill plantation. He writes about work done on the plantation; the weather, including a heavy snow; social visits; his joy at having the Bush Hill plantation as his property at last; an injury to his slave, Aaron, while cutting timber; the construction of a new barn; church attendance; his first mention of his future wife, Virginia Gunnell (March 15, 1846); the illness, death and burial of his housekeeper, Isabella, who was treated by Dr Fairfax and Dr. Richard (April 7-21, 1846); his runaway slave, George, eventually sold to Richard Windsor (April 22-31, 1846); his friendship with Dr. Gunnell and his sister, Virginia; his suffering with mumps; attendance at events, such as the Great National Fair in Washington (May 21, 1846), various sessions of Congress, the anniversaries of national events, and his viewing of paintings in the Rotunda at the Capitol; mention of the Mexican War and General Taylor (June 8, 1846); the sale of slave woman, Catherine, for \"improper conduct\" to Joseph Bruin (August 10-11, 1846); national and state elections; his marriage to Virginia Gunnell (September 15, 1846); the birth of his daughter, Eleanor Marshall Scott (August 7, 1847); and the hiring out of some of his slaves at Samuel Catts on the first of January each year, beginning in 1847. This diary account continues in volumes marked \"Notebook\" in Box 4.","The originals of these excerpts are labeled \"Diary\" and \"Memoranda Books\"  on the covers of the volumes they were taken from and in the finding aid.","This private journal kept by Francis M. Gunnell, M.D., U.S. Navy, whose appointment was dated March 23, 1849, describes a cruise in the sloop of war \"U.S.S. Falmouth.\" The crew began sailing for the Pacific on May 16, 1849, where the \"Falmouth\" was charged with protecting the new American settlements on the west coast. The ship also voyaged to various Pacific islands before returning to Norfolk on January 29, 1852. This account of the cruise occupies pages 1-72 of the volume. The second portion of the journal, pages 74-111, describe Gunnell's cruise aboard the U.S.S. Independence and appears to be written totally in French.","According to Wikipedia, the Independence \"was recommissioned in September 1854 and departed New York on 10 October to serve as flagship of the Pacific Squadron under Commodore William Mervine. She arrived Valparaíso, Chile, on 2 February 1855. Her cruising grounds ranged northward to San Francisco and west to Hawaii. Proceeding from Panama Bay, she entered the Mare Island Navy Yard on 2 October 1857.\" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Independence_(1814)","Includes a broadside with a petition issued by the President, Richard M. Scott, and Directors of the Farmers' Bank of Alexandria, to Congress, May 26, 181[8?].","Chiefly describes agricultural activities, but does have some references to events during the period of the American Revolution, such as mentions of mustering with his battalion and seeing Men-of-War ships and transports coming up the [Potomac?] River, in July 1776. Some of the pages record the names of enslaved laborers with the farming activity, and also births, such as the birth of a boy to his \"wench\" Betty, July [4?], 1776.","The memoranda books of Richard M. Scott, Sr. record agricultural and horticultural events, social visits, activities of enslaved laborers, deaths and births of slaves, and inventories of property, such as the one  concerning house linens, knives and forks, earthenware and plate at \"Bush Hill\" (February 4, 1812).  He mentions the anniversaries of the tragic death of his wife, who died in 1812 from injuries sustained in the Richmond Theater fire of December 26, 1811.","He also writes about trips to the District of Columbia, the invasion of the Capitol by the British during the War of 1812 (August 24 and 28, 1814), trips to Warm Springs in Bath County, Virginia, for his health, and a fire at Bush Hill involving the servant hall, barn, stables, equipment and straw (April 8, 1823). Scott also mentions his blacksmith shop to be built by Henry Morris, a free man of color for a dollar a day (August 5, 1824), attended the funeral of \"negro Betty, a free woman, wife of my servant Moses\" (October 7, 1824), gave a holiday to his servants (slaves) to witness the entry and reception of General Lafayette on the 16th of October (October 23, 1824) and included a list of spirits and wine on hand (July 24, 1824).","Mentions the marriage of his servant and gardener, Townshend Crump, to Molly Turner, a servant of [J].E. Marshall (October 7, 1825); Daniel, a free man of color, a blacksmith, cutting chestnut for charcoal (February 15, 1826), and the death of Thomas Jefferson (July 4, 1826). Other topics include the marriage of his servant, Moses Johnston, to Kitty, \"Mrs. James H. Hooe's colored servant girl\" (December 27, 1826), the death of his brother, David Wilson Scott (1827 September 23, 1827), the bottling of 238 bottles of wine (November 8, 1827), his marriage to Eleanor Douglas Marshall (November 25, 1828), and the birth of a son (August 28, 1829).","Located in Box 1 Folder 6, there is a copy of typed excerpts from the memoranda books and diaries  of Richard M. Scott, Sr. and Richard M. Scott, Jr.","This volume continues chronologically from the diary of Richard Marshall Scott, Jr. in Box 1, and includes information about weather, the hiring of an overseer, Mr. Joseph U. Sandford from Dranesville, who left after a year (January 11, 1848; January 26, 1849); the sudden illness and death of former President John Quincy Adams while serving in the House of Representatives (February 21-26, 1848); the hiring of his slave, Ellen Ann and one child, to her husband, David Grey, a \"free negro living near Claremont,\" (January 11 and March 1, 1848) who, in subsequent years, was hired out to others; news of a revolution in France with the abdication of the King (March 20, 1848); and the purchase of a slave, Joe, from the estate sale of General John Mason for six hundred dollars (May 4, 1849).","Writes concerning Francis Gunnell, who sailed from Boston aboard the United States Sloop of War \"Falmouth\" as assistant surgeon (May 10, 1849) and the birth of his son, Frank (July 1, 1849). Scott mentions the amputation of the finger of his slave, Frank, hired out to the Rev. E.A. Dalyrmple, who broke Frank's finger with a blow from a stick causing it to became inflamed (January 11-15, 1850); visits to Congress, where he heard debates on slavery and the admission of new states to the Union, which had prohibited slavery, such as California (February 20, March 13, August 22, 1850); news about the deaths of John C. Calhoun on March 31, 1850 (April 2, 1850) and President Zachary Taylor (July 10, 1850); the construction of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, with stops on his property (September 12, 1850 and June 8-July 4, 1851); a trip to Niagara Falls (October 15-November 8); his slave, Basil, ran away, fearing a flogging (August 4, 1851); and the birth of a son (September 13, 1851).","The volume continues with news of the deaths of Dr. Gunnell (April 28-29, 1852) and Dennis Johnston (July 24, 1852) both sixty-five years of age; a suicide of a neighbor (October 22, 1852); sale of two slaves, Robert and Nancy (November 17, 1852); mention that slave hiring prices were high and slaves in great demand (January 1, 1853); Work by bricklayers and others on a house of his on Prince Street, Alexandria (December 31, 1852-September 17, 1853) and for house on Washington Street to rent to the Cotton Factory (October 8-10); sale of Hannah and three children (September 7, 1853) and Adam (November 17, 1853); birth of daughter, Anna Constance (December 1, 1853); sale of boy, Lewis (February 6, 1854); an eclipse of the sun (May 26, 1854); marriage of his slaves, Charles and Mary Ellen (July 16, 1854); visit to the family graveyard at \"Farmington\" (December 11, 1854); the arrest of his runaway slave, Basil Gunt, in Frederick City, Maryland, where he had been living as a free man for three and a half years (March 3, 1855); children taken to town to have their daguerreotypes taken (August 4, 1855); and the death of slave, Mary Ellen (November 17, 1855).","The end papers contain a list of books kept in the secretary and bookcase at Bush Hill and a list of land lots [purchased in Virginia?].","This volume completes the diary of Richard M. Scott, Jr. describing the sudden progress of his lung disease and trips to Cuba and the Red Sulphur Springs in Monroe County for relief,  up to his death on November 13, 1856. His wife vows to continue the diary for her children's sake. Virginia writes about financial struggles and decisions that are hers as a new widow, sales of slaves that caused her \"difficulties\" including Margaret (April 25-May 4, 1857), the girl, May (May 3, 1859) and West (July 14, 1859); having a portrait of her husband made from a daguerreotype and sitting for her own portrait (May 14-29, 1857).","She continues to mention her financial difficulties (February 20 and April 3, 1858) since the death of her husband and her hopes for administrative help from her brother, James; notes her brother, Frank, who is going out in the \"USS Frigate Niagara\" to assist in the laying of the Atlantic Cable between coast of Ireland and Newfoundland (March 5-August 26, 1858); her brother, James, assisting Virginia in arranging slave hires, getting the manumission  papers at Fairfax Courthouse for John Allen, who was freed under the will of her husband, and the sale of Letty in Richmond (January 1-18, 1859); the sale of the St. Marysville farm in Stafford to Mr. Hooe (January 27, 1859) and the Waterloo farm to William Hughes (June 2, 1859); an her brother, Frank, ordered to the Gulf of Mexico upon the steamer \"Fulton\" (July 13, 1859).","This folder contains a stock certificate for four shares in the Exchange Bank of Virginia; a few letters to Dr. Francis M. Gunnell, Virginia Scott, and Emily Gunnell, 1869-1950; an account of the early life of Richard M. Scott, Sr. written for his son, copied by Virginia Scott from the first pages of a book left to Richard M. Scott, Jr.; and two photographs, one of John P. Nelson and a second of Bruce Covington Gunnell.","Most of these photographs have no obvious identification. There are some souvenir cartes de visite from Lima, Peru, and some of famous people, such as the portraits of George Washington and Martha Washington, and a medallion featuring the Empress Josephine."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn 2002, about 140 print items (117 titles) from the \"Bush Hill\" library, including Congressional Registers, four Alexandria newspapers, other government documents, a hymn book, histories and a dictionary, were transferred to Rare Books. To locate these in the online catalog (VIRGO), do a subject search for: Bush Hill (Estate: Alexandria, Va.) .\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["In 2002, about 140 print items (117 titles) from the \"Bush Hill\" library, including Congressional Registers, four Alexandria newspapers, other government documents, a hymn book, histories and a dictionary, were transferred to Rare Books. To locate these in the online catalog (VIRGO), do a subject search for: Bush Hill (Estate: Alexandria, Va.) ."],"corpname_ssim":["Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library"],"famname_ssim":["Gunnell family","Scott family"],"names_coll_ssim":["Gunnell family","Scott family"],"persname_ssim":["Scott , Richard Marshall, Sr., 1769-1833","Scott, Richard Marshall, Jr., 1829-1856","Gunnell, Francis Mackall, Dr., Surgeon General of the United States Navy, 1827-1922","Rittenhouse, Sarah Louise (Sarah Louise \"Loulie\" Rittenhouse), 1845-1942"],"names_ssim":["Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library","Gunnell family","Scott family","Scott , Richard Marshall, Sr., 1769-1833","Scott, Richard Marshall, Jr., 1829-1856","Gunnell, Francis Mackall, Dr., Surgeon General of the United States Navy, 1827-1922","Rittenhouse, Sarah Louise (Sarah Louise \"Loulie\" Rittenhouse), 1845-1942"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":21,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:29:38.998Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_repositories_3_resources_834"}},{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_423","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812/1995","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_423#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Stephens, Richard A., 1831-1890","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_423#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, photographs, and ephemera.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_423#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_423","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_423","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_423","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_423","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_423.xml","title_ssm":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1812-1995"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1812-1995"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1812/1995"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812/1995"],"text":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812/1995","SC 0251","/repositories/4/resources/423","Confederate States of America -- History","Confederate States of America -- History, Military","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Social life and customs","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Social life and customs","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Genealogy","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Genealogy","Slavery -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Taxation -- Confederate States of America","Tax collection -- Confederate States of America","Greeting cards","Valentines","Sexism","Racism in cartoons","Race discrimination","Letters (correspondence)","Personal papers","Love letters","Estate inventories","Financial Records","Caricatures","Printed Ephemera","Genealogies (histories)","Photographs","Postcards","Newspaper clippings","Family papers","Vinegar valentines","Photograph albums","Diaries","Collection open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","Out of scope materials and materials with negligible research value including assorted newspaper clippings and obituaries, Christmas cards, large quantities of empty envelopes without correspondence, real estate listings, and assorted printed ephemera were heavily weeded from the 2018-0430 accrual.","The collections is arranged in five series:","Personal Papers, 1813-1938\n      Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991\n      Ephemera, 1916-1957\n      Genealogical Materials, 1812\n      2018 accessions, 1867-1995","Find a Grave. Myrtie Alice Stephens Yount, Memorial # 40849297. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40849297) Accessed October 18, 2017.","Find a Grave. Richard A. Stephens, Memorial # 76255269. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76255269) Accessed October 18, 2017.","\"United States Census, 1870,\" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGC-MP2 : 12 April 2016), Richard Stephens, Virginia, United States; citing p. 69, family 485, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,175.","Yount, J. B. III. \"Fifty-seven quilts from four generations,\" Augusta County Historical Bulletin 50 (2014): 155-165.","\"Yount-Stephens.\" The Rockingham Register, September 25, 1891.","Richard Anderson Stephens, variously spelled Stevens, Steven, and Stephen, was born January 6, 1831 to John Stephens (1804-1848) and Martha Burnsides Stephens Cowan (1806-1895) of Melrose, Rockingham County, Virginia. He is the grandson of Ludwig/Lewis Stephens (1747-1817) and Elizabeth Wolf Stephens (1775-1836). Documentary evidence contained within this collection confirms that John Stephens owned enslaved persons and Richard Stephens was involved in financial transactions concerning said enslaved persons after the death of his father and prior to the end of the Civil War.","Stephens married Mary Dovel Stephens and together they had nine children, six of whom lived into adulthood – Martha Josephine \"Josie\" (1856-1899), Laura Belle (1862-1934), Myrtie Alice (1867-1946), Sallie Georgiana (1870-1938), Bettie Lee, and John W. All of the aforementioned children are documented in this collection, with some to a lesser degree than others.","Documentary evidence suggests Stephens likely did not serve during the Civil War. As early as June 19, 1861, he was deemed medically unfit from serving during the Civil War. His exemption was due to a chronic \"disease of stomach and bowels of long standing.\"","According to the U. S. Census, Stephen's occupation was that of a farmer though he also held other positions in the community. He acted as the administrator of the estate of Reuben Holt Humbert of Augusta County and also served as the guardian for his younger siblings William L. Stephens and Fannie Stephens. In November 1861, Stephens was appointed Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. As early as 1887 he was appointed director of the Valley Turnpike Company. Richard Stephens died November 5, 1890 and is buried in Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg alongside much of his family.","A large portion of this collection also documents Myrtie Stephens (1867-1946), daughter of Richard and Mary Dovel Stephens. Myrtie married Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount (1848-1934) of Augusta County on September 23, 1891. The wedding was held at the home of Mary Stephens, near Melrose. The courtship between Myrtie and J. B. is chronicled in this collection with dozens of letters written between the two. It is likely that Myrtie and J. B. were semi-distant cousins as J. B. often refers to his future wife as \"Cousin\" in his letters to her. Additionally, Myrtie's maternal grandmother was named Barbara Yount Dovel (1797-1863), and it is through this family line that the couple was likely related. Myrtie was a school teacher for at least part of her life. This collection documents her career with lesson books, teaching contracts, and correspondence. The children of Myrtie and J.B. Yount are documented in the 2018 accession materials.","The materials that comprise this collection descended through the Stephens and Yount families of Rockingham and Augusta counties. After the October 2, 2016 death of Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount III, much of the Yount estate was sold by Green Valley Auctions in Mt. Crawford, Virginia on June 9, 2017.","The materials in this series share provenance with the rest of the collection in that they were part of the June 9, 2017 Green Valley Auctions sale of the J.B. Yount estate.","Given the age and condition of the collection, select items underwent preservation treatment for stabilization, including flattening. Particularly fragile documents are housed in Mylar sleeves. The materials in this collection were largely received piecemeal, in addition to one large acquisition. There was no particular arrangement to the materials and as a result, the archivist imposed an arrangement based on material type, creator, and date. Photographs related to presumed genealogical research trips were removed from their paper backing and foldered in their original order. All corresponding captions were written on the backs of the photographs.","The Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, and ephemera. Documents of particular interest relate to the sale, purchase, and hire of enslaved persons, and Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War.","Series 1: Personal Papers, 1813-1938, is generally comprised of tax receipts, financial documents, agreements, promissory notes, deeds, indentures, insurance policies, wills, and other miscellaneous papers documenting Richard Stephens primarily, and also other immediate Stephens family members.","Of particular interest are the papers documenting the buying, selling, and hiring of enslaved persons between the Stephens family and other community members. Many of the enslaved persons were purchased or inherited from the estate of John Stephens, Richard Stephens' father. The enslaved persons are only referred to by name in three documents and are otherwise described as \"negro\" or \"slave.\" They are identified as Ellen, Hester, Hannah, and five children named Henry, Isaiah, Margaret, John, and George.","A folder of papers documenting Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War is also included. The papers include surgeons' and doctors' description of Stephens' maladies, certifying that he is incapable of military duty. Additional documents mention his substitute, Benjamin Barr. Stephens' amnesty oath, dated June 20, 1865, is also included and is foldered chronologically with his papers.","A sizable portion of this series documents Richard Stephens acting in the capacity of estate administrator, particularly for Reuben Holt Humbert, and guardian to his younger siblings, Phebe Francis \"Fannie\" Stephens and William L. Stephens. These documents are primarily receipts with additional materials documenting the estates of the aforementioned persons, particularly Reuben Humbert. Humbert's personal property inventories are included as is a Confederate States of America registered bond.","The wills of Richard Stephens and his daughter Sallie Stephens are included. Sallie's will is notable in that she directs her executor to move \"all of my dead relatives that are buried in the family lot [Dovel-Stephens Family Cemetery]\" to her \"lot in Woodbine Cemetery, and there placed along with sister Laura and I, at the expense of my estate.\" Sallie died in 1938 and all of her deceased family members were removed to Woodbine Cemetery in 1940.","Materials related to Myrtie Stephens Yount's career as a teacher include two teaching contracts, printed examinations, and handwritten school material. Though many of these are not identified, it is presumed that they were used by Myrtie in her teaching.","Three military furloughs dated 1862 and 1863 and signed by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Rodman Drake DeKay (1836-1886) are also included, but have no apparent connection to the Stephens family.","Oversize materials include an 1813 land indenture between Valentine and Nancy Wolf and Jacob Wolf. Valentine Wolf was Lewis Stephens' father-in-law. Lewis Stephens was Richard Stephens' grandfather and is also mentioned in several documents pertaining to Stephens' father, John Stephens. Also housed in oversize is a January 8, 1891 broadside advertising the public sale of Richard Stephens' personal property. The broadside describes 26 head of stock cattle, 100 tons of prime timothy hay, 300 bushels of wheat, and various farm implements.","Series 2: Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991, contains letters to and from several members of the Stephens and Yount families. Corresponding envelopes are included as are envelopes with no corresponding letter.","A significant portion of the collection comprises the correspondence of Myrtie Stephens Yount, daughter of Richard and Mary E. Stephens. The correspondence is largely comprised of letters addressed to Myrtie with many of the letters from her future husband and cousin Joseph Byron Yount. Generally, the subject matter of the correspondence is newsy, providing updates on family and community members. While most of the correspondence between the couple dates prior to their marriage, a few letters date to after their September 1891 marriage. Of interest is a hastily written letter dated July 10, 1899 from Myrtie to Yount in which she delivers the news that her sister Josie has passed away. In the letter, Myrtie requests her husband bring her mourning clothes to her as soon as is possible. Another notable letter is dated June 14, 1899 to Myrtie Yount in which the correspondent recounts going to Harrisonburg for the unveiling of the Turner Ashby monument. Much of Myrtie's correspondence also discusses her and her colleague's teaching careers. One particular letter dated November 6, 1890 is written to Myrtie by a fellow teacher. He writes about his experiences teaching children in Brocks Gap.","A limited selection of correspondence addressed to or written by Richard Stephens, Mary E. Stephens, Josie Stephens, Sallie Stephens, and Laura Stephens is also included. Of note is a letter from Henry T. Garnett, Chief Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for Virginia, to Richard Stephens, dated November 6, 1861, appointing Stephens Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. A handwritten note by Garnett on the back of the letter reads: \"The owners of slaves are to give me the value and pay the tax upon all their negroes, whether said negroes are hired out or in their service.\" Stephens' November 1887 letter and certificate of reappointment as director of the Valley Turnpike Company is also included.","Series 3: Ephemera, 1916-1957, includes newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, and a few miscellaneous items including a half stick of chewing gum dating to 1916. Noteworthy items include a folder of seven vinegar valentines featuring color illustrations and corresponding poems. These lithographs likely date to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century and feature racist sentiments or are otherwise insulting in tone. Two of the lithographs evoke Jim Crow era values and depict African Americans with stereotypical physical characteristics.","Series 4: Genealogical Materials, 1812, were presumably collected by Joseph Byron Yount III, the last private owner of the Stephens and Yount Family Papers, as part of his genealogical research into his family. The subject files include undated photographs and facsimiles of primary source material relating to the Yount family in Pennsylvania. Of interest is a handwritten genealogical note relating to Ludwig/Lewis Stephens, the grandfather of Richard Stephens.","Series 5: 2018 Accessions, 1867-1995, comprises materials acquired in two separate accessions in 2018. Personal papers, research and genealogical materials, and photographs relate directly to immediate and extended Yount family members, specifically the children of Myrtie Stephens Yount and J.B. Yount.","Spotswood Hall, Turner Ashby Monument, New Hope Garage, Goshen, New Hope High School, South River, Matthew Fontaine Maury Memorial at Goshen Pass, Marine's Camp at Ft. Defiance, Harriston, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, U.S. Capitol, assorted Washington DC sights and buildings, Hightown, Monterey, Towers School, pet fawn, Natural Chimneys/Cyclopean Towers and jousting tournament, Langley Field, Naval Base, Jamestown, Yorktown, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Mt. Solon Dam, Stonewall Cottage (Melrose), North River Dam, Blacksburg, Castle Hill, University of Virginia, Kanawha River, Chicago World's Fair, Handley High School, Apple Blossom Festival, Skyline Drive, etc.","(Accession 2018-0315)","Inscribed: \"Presented to C.E. Koiner by J. Yount. May 1867\"","Includes a young J.B. Yount III while a cadet at Fishburne Military School.","The May 16, 1844 issue of The Sentinel of the Shenandoah Valley and a copy of A Choice Selection of Hymns: From Various Authors, Recommended for the Worship of God… have been removed from the collection and cataloged as part of Special Collections rare book collection. The right edge of the newspaper has been trimmed and, as a result, the issue is incomplete.","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, photographs, and ephemera.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","eBay (Firm)","Tim Abbott Americana","Rolling Hills Antique Mall","Stephens family","Yount family","Stephens, Richard A., 1831-1890","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812/1995"],"collection_ssim":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812/1995"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0251","/repositories/4/resources/423"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0251","/repositories/4/resources/423"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Confederate States of America -- History","Confederate States of America -- History, Military","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Social life and customs","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. 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Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection."],"appraisal_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOut of scope materials and materials with negligible research value including assorted newspaper clippings and obituaries, Christmas cards, large quantities of empty envelopes without correspondence, real estate listings, and assorted printed ephemera were heavily weeded from the 2018-0430 accrual.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"appraisal_heading_ssm":["Appraisal"],"appraisal_tesim":["Out of scope materials and materials with negligible research value including assorted newspaper clippings and obituaries, Christmas cards, large quantities of empty envelopes without correspondence, real estate listings, and assorted printed ephemera were heavily weeded from the 2018-0430 accrual."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collections is arranged in five series:\u003c/p\u003e    ","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003ePersonal Papers, 1813-1938\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eCorrespondence, 1857-1931, 1991\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eEphemera, 1916-1957\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eGenealogical Materials, 1812\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e2018 accessions, 1867-1995\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collections is arranged in five series:","Personal Papers, 1813-1938\n      Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991\n      Ephemera, 1916-1957\n      Genealogical Materials, 1812\n      2018 accessions, 1867-1995"],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFind a Grave\u003c/emph\u003e. Myrtie Alice Stephens Yount, Memorial # 40849297. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40849297) Accessed October 18, 2017.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFind a Grave\u003c/emph\u003e. Richard A. Stephens, Memorial # 76255269. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76255269) Accessed October 18, 2017.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003e\"United States Census, 1870,\" database with images, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFamilySearch\u003c/emph\u003e (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGC-MP2 : 12 April 2016), Richard Stephens, Virginia, United States; citing p. 69, family 485, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,175.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eYount, J. B. III. \"Fifty-seven quilts from four generations,\" \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAugusta County Historical Bulletin\u003c/emph\u003e 50 (2014): 155-165.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Yount-Stephens.\" \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Rockingham Register\u003c/emph\u003e, September 25, 1891.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Find a Grave. Myrtie Alice Stephens Yount, Memorial # 40849297. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40849297) Accessed October 18, 2017.","Find a Grave. Richard A. Stephens, Memorial # 76255269. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76255269) Accessed October 18, 2017.","\"United States Census, 1870,\" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGC-MP2 : 12 April 2016), Richard Stephens, Virginia, United States; citing p. 69, family 485, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,175.","Yount, J. B. III. \"Fifty-seven quilts from four generations,\" Augusta County Historical Bulletin 50 (2014): 155-165.","\"Yount-Stephens.\" The Rockingham Register, September 25, 1891."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRichard Anderson Stephens, variously spelled Stevens, Steven, and Stephen, was born January 6, 1831 to John Stephens (1804-1848) and Martha Burnsides Stephens Cowan (1806-1895) of Melrose, Rockingham County, Virginia. He is the grandson of Ludwig/Lewis Stephens (1747-1817) and Elizabeth Wolf Stephens (1775-1836). 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The wedding was held at the home of Mary Stephens, near Melrose. The courtship between Myrtie and J. B. is chronicled in this collection with dozens of letters written between the two. It is likely that Myrtie and J. B. were semi-distant cousins as J. B. often refers to his future wife as \"Cousin\" in his letters to her. Additionally, Myrtie's maternal grandmother was named Barbara Yount Dovel (1797-1863), and it is through this family line that the couple was likely related. Myrtie was a school teacher for at least part of her life. This collection documents her career with lesson books, teaching contracts, and correspondence. The children of Myrtie and J.B. 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All of the aforementioned children are documented in this collection, with some to a lesser degree than others.","Documentary evidence suggests Stephens likely did not serve during the Civil War. As early as June 19, 1861, he was deemed medically unfit from serving during the Civil War. His exemption was due to a chronic \"disease of stomach and bowels of long standing.\"","According to the U. S. Census, Stephen's occupation was that of a farmer though he also held other positions in the community. He acted as the administrator of the estate of Reuben Holt Humbert of Augusta County and also served as the guardian for his younger siblings William L. Stephens and Fannie Stephens. In November 1861, Stephens was appointed Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. As early as 1887 he was appointed director of the Valley Turnpike Company. Richard Stephens died November 5, 1890 and is buried in Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg alongside much of his family.","A large portion of this collection also documents Myrtie Stephens (1867-1946), daughter of Richard and Mary Dovel Stephens. Myrtie married Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount (1848-1934) of Augusta County on September 23, 1891. The wedding was held at the home of Mary Stephens, near Melrose. The courtship between Myrtie and J. B. is chronicled in this collection with dozens of letters written between the two. It is likely that Myrtie and J. B. were semi-distant cousins as J. B. often refers to his future wife as \"Cousin\" in his letters to her. Additionally, Myrtie's maternal grandmother was named Barbara Yount Dovel (1797-1863), and it is through this family line that the couple was likely related. Myrtie was a school teacher for at least part of her life. This collection documents her career with lesson books, teaching contracts, and correspondence. 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There was no particular arrangement to the materials and as a result, the archivist imposed an arrangement based on material type, creator, and date. Photographs related to presumed genealogical research trips were removed from their paper backing and foldered in their original order. All corresponding captions were written on the backs of the photographs.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Given the age and condition of the collection, select items underwent preservation treatment for stabilization, including flattening. Particularly fragile documents are housed in Mylar sleeves. The materials in this collection were largely received piecemeal, in addition to one large acquisition. There was no particular arrangement to the materials and as a result, the archivist imposed an arrangement based on material type, creator, and date. Photographs related to presumed genealogical research trips were removed from their paper backing and foldered in their original order. All corresponding captions were written on the backs of the photographs."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, and ephemera. Documents of particular interest relate to the sale, purchase, and hire of enslaved persons, and Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Personal Papers, 1813-1938, is generally comprised of tax receipts, financial documents, agreements, promissory notes, deeds, indentures, insurance policies, wills, and other miscellaneous papers documenting Richard Stephens primarily, and also other immediate Stephens family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf particular interest are the papers documenting the buying, selling, and hiring of enslaved persons between the Stephens family and other community members. Many of the enslaved persons were purchased or inherited from the estate of John Stephens, Richard Stephens' father. The enslaved persons are only referred to by name in three documents and are otherwise described as \"negro\" or \"slave.\" They are identified as Ellen, Hester, Hannah, and five children named Henry, Isaiah, Margaret, John, and George.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA folder of papers documenting Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War is also included. The papers include surgeons' and doctors' description of Stephens' maladies, certifying that he is incapable of military duty. Additional documents mention his substitute, Benjamin Barr. Stephens' amnesty oath, dated June 20, 1865, is also included and is foldered chronologically with his papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA sizable portion of this series documents Richard Stephens acting in the capacity of estate administrator, particularly for Reuben Holt Humbert, and guardian to his younger siblings, Phebe Francis \"Fannie\" Stephens and William L. Stephens. These documents are primarily receipts with additional materials documenting the estates of the aforementioned persons, particularly Reuben Humbert. Humbert's personal property inventories are included as is a Confederate States of America registered bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe wills of Richard Stephens and his daughter Sallie Stephens are included. Sallie's will is notable in that she directs her executor to move \"all of my dead relatives that are buried in the family lot [Dovel-Stephens Family Cemetery]\" to her \"lot in Woodbine Cemetery, and there placed along with sister Laura and I, at the expense of my estate.\" Sallie died in 1938 and all of her deceased family members were removed to Woodbine Cemetery in 1940.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials related to Myrtie Stephens Yount's career as a teacher include two teaching contracts, printed examinations, and handwritten school material. Though many of these are not identified, it is presumed that they were used by Myrtie in her teaching.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree military furloughs dated 1862 and 1863 and signed by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Rodman Drake DeKay (1836-1886) are also included, but have no apparent connection to the Stephens family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOversize materials include an 1813 land indenture between Valentine and Nancy Wolf and Jacob Wolf. Valentine Wolf was Lewis Stephens' father-in-law. Lewis Stephens was Richard Stephens' grandfather and is also mentioned in several documents pertaining to Stephens' father, John Stephens. Also housed in oversize is a January 8, 1891 broadside advertising the public sale of Richard Stephens' personal property. The broadside describes 26 head of stock cattle, 100 tons of prime timothy hay, 300 bushels of wheat, and various farm implements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991, contains letters to and from several members of the Stephens and Yount families. Corresponding envelopes are included as are envelopes with no corresponding letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA significant portion of the collection comprises the correspondence of Myrtie Stephens Yount, daughter of Richard and Mary E. Stephens. The correspondence is largely comprised of letters addressed to Myrtie with many of the letters from her future husband and cousin Joseph Byron Yount. Generally, the subject matter of the correspondence is newsy, providing updates on family and community members. While most of the correspondence between the couple dates prior to their marriage, a few letters date to after their September 1891 marriage. Of interest is a hastily written letter dated July 10, 1899 from Myrtie to Yount in which she delivers the news that her sister Josie has passed away. In the letter, Myrtie requests her husband bring her mourning clothes to her as soon as is possible. Another notable letter is dated June 14, 1899 to Myrtie Yount in which the correspondent recounts going to Harrisonburg for the unveiling of the Turner Ashby monument. Much of Myrtie's correspondence also discusses her and her colleague's teaching careers. One particular letter dated November 6, 1890 is written to Myrtie by a fellow teacher. He writes about his experiences teaching children in Brocks Gap.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA limited selection of correspondence addressed to or written by Richard Stephens, Mary E. Stephens, Josie Stephens, Sallie Stephens, and Laura Stephens is also included. Of note is a letter from Henry T. Garnett, Chief Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for Virginia, to Richard Stephens, dated November 6, 1861, appointing Stephens Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. A handwritten note by Garnett on the back of the letter reads: \"The owners of slaves are to give me the value and pay the tax upon all their negroes, whether said negroes are hired out or in their service.\" Stephens' November 1887 letter and certificate of reappointment as director of the Valley Turnpike Company is also included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Ephemera, 1916-1957, includes newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, and a few miscellaneous items including a half stick of chewing gum dating to 1916. Noteworthy items include a folder of seven vinegar valentines featuring color illustrations and corresponding poems. These lithographs likely date to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century and feature racist sentiments or are otherwise insulting in tone. Two of the lithographs evoke Jim Crow era values and depict African Americans with stereotypical physical characteristics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4: Genealogical Materials, 1812, were presumably collected by Joseph Byron Yount III, the last private owner of the Stephens and Yount Family Papers, as part of his genealogical research into his family. The subject files include undated photographs and facsimiles of primary source material relating to the Yount family in Pennsylvania. Of interest is a handwritten genealogical note relating to Ludwig/Lewis Stephens, the grandfather of Richard Stephens.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5: 2018 Accessions, 1867-1995, comprises materials acquired in two separate accessions in 2018. Personal papers, research and genealogical materials, and photographs relate directly to immediate and extended Yount family members, specifically the children of Myrtie Stephens Yount and J.B. Yount.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpotswood Hall, Turner Ashby Monument, New Hope Garage, Goshen, New Hope High School, South River, Matthew Fontaine Maury Memorial at Goshen Pass, Marine's Camp at Ft. Defiance, Harriston, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, U.S. Capitol, assorted Washington DC sights and buildings, Hightown, Monterey, Towers School, pet fawn, Natural Chimneys/Cyclopean Towers and jousting tournament, Langley Field, Naval Base, Jamestown, Yorktown, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Mt. Solon Dam, Stonewall Cottage (Melrose), North River Dam, Blacksburg, Castle Hill, University of Virginia, Kanawha River, Chicago World's Fair, Handley High School, Apple Blossom Festival, Skyline Drive, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Accession 2018-0315)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInscribed: \"Presented to C.E. Koiner by J. Yount. May 1867\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a young J.B. Yount III while a cadet at Fishburne Military School.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, and ephemera. Documents of particular interest relate to the sale, purchase, and hire of enslaved persons, and Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War.","Series 1: Personal Papers, 1813-1938, is generally comprised of tax receipts, financial documents, agreements, promissory notes, deeds, indentures, insurance policies, wills, and other miscellaneous papers documenting Richard Stephens primarily, and also other immediate Stephens family members.","Of particular interest are the papers documenting the buying, selling, and hiring of enslaved persons between the Stephens family and other community members. Many of the enslaved persons were purchased or inherited from the estate of John Stephens, Richard Stephens' father. The enslaved persons are only referred to by name in three documents and are otherwise described as \"negro\" or \"slave.\" They are identified as Ellen, Hester, Hannah, and five children named Henry, Isaiah, Margaret, John, and George.","A folder of papers documenting Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War is also included. The papers include surgeons' and doctors' description of Stephens' maladies, certifying that he is incapable of military duty. Additional documents mention his substitute, Benjamin Barr. Stephens' amnesty oath, dated June 20, 1865, is also included and is foldered chronologically with his papers.","A sizable portion of this series documents Richard Stephens acting in the capacity of estate administrator, particularly for Reuben Holt Humbert, and guardian to his younger siblings, Phebe Francis \"Fannie\" Stephens and William L. Stephens. These documents are primarily receipts with additional materials documenting the estates of the aforementioned persons, particularly Reuben Humbert. Humbert's personal property inventories are included as is a Confederate States of America registered bond.","The wills of Richard Stephens and his daughter Sallie Stephens are included. Sallie's will is notable in that she directs her executor to move \"all of my dead relatives that are buried in the family lot [Dovel-Stephens Family Cemetery]\" to her \"lot in Woodbine Cemetery, and there placed along with sister Laura and I, at the expense of my estate.\" Sallie died in 1938 and all of her deceased family members were removed to Woodbine Cemetery in 1940.","Materials related to Myrtie Stephens Yount's career as a teacher include two teaching contracts, printed examinations, and handwritten school material. Though many of these are not identified, it is presumed that they were used by Myrtie in her teaching.","Three military furloughs dated 1862 and 1863 and signed by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Rodman Drake DeKay (1836-1886) are also included, but have no apparent connection to the Stephens family.","Oversize materials include an 1813 land indenture between Valentine and Nancy Wolf and Jacob Wolf. Valentine Wolf was Lewis Stephens' father-in-law. Lewis Stephens was Richard Stephens' grandfather and is also mentioned in several documents pertaining to Stephens' father, John Stephens. Also housed in oversize is a January 8, 1891 broadside advertising the public sale of Richard Stephens' personal property. The broadside describes 26 head of stock cattle, 100 tons of prime timothy hay, 300 bushels of wheat, and various farm implements.","Series 2: Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991, contains letters to and from several members of the Stephens and Yount families. Corresponding envelopes are included as are envelopes with no corresponding letter.","A significant portion of the collection comprises the correspondence of Myrtie Stephens Yount, daughter of Richard and Mary E. Stephens. The correspondence is largely comprised of letters addressed to Myrtie with many of the letters from her future husband and cousin Joseph Byron Yount. Generally, the subject matter of the correspondence is newsy, providing updates on family and community members. While most of the correspondence between the couple dates prior to their marriage, a few letters date to after their September 1891 marriage. Of interest is a hastily written letter dated July 10, 1899 from Myrtie to Yount in which she delivers the news that her sister Josie has passed away. In the letter, Myrtie requests her husband bring her mourning clothes to her as soon as is possible. Another notable letter is dated June 14, 1899 to Myrtie Yount in which the correspondent recounts going to Harrisonburg for the unveiling of the Turner Ashby monument. Much of Myrtie's correspondence also discusses her and her colleague's teaching careers. One particular letter dated November 6, 1890 is written to Myrtie by a fellow teacher. He writes about his experiences teaching children in Brocks Gap.","A limited selection of correspondence addressed to or written by Richard Stephens, Mary E. Stephens, Josie Stephens, Sallie Stephens, and Laura Stephens is also included. Of note is a letter from Henry T. Garnett, Chief Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for Virginia, to Richard Stephens, dated November 6, 1861, appointing Stephens Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. A handwritten note by Garnett on the back of the letter reads: \"The owners of slaves are to give me the value and pay the tax upon all their negroes, whether said negroes are hired out or in their service.\" Stephens' November 1887 letter and certificate of reappointment as director of the Valley Turnpike Company is also included.","Series 3: Ephemera, 1916-1957, includes newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, and a few miscellaneous items including a half stick of chewing gum dating to 1916. Noteworthy items include a folder of seven vinegar valentines featuring color illustrations and corresponding poems. These lithographs likely date to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century and feature racist sentiments or are otherwise insulting in tone. Two of the lithographs evoke Jim Crow era values and depict African Americans with stereotypical physical characteristics.","Series 4: Genealogical Materials, 1812, were presumably collected by Joseph Byron Yount III, the last private owner of the Stephens and Yount Family Papers, as part of his genealogical research into his family. The subject files include undated photographs and facsimiles of primary source material relating to the Yount family in Pennsylvania. Of interest is a handwritten genealogical note relating to Ludwig/Lewis Stephens, the grandfather of Richard Stephens.","Series 5: 2018 Accessions, 1867-1995, comprises materials acquired in two separate accessions in 2018. Personal papers, research and genealogical materials, and photographs relate directly to immediate and extended Yount family members, specifically the children of Myrtie Stephens Yount and J.B. Yount.","Spotswood Hall, Turner Ashby Monument, New Hope Garage, Goshen, New Hope High School, South River, Matthew Fontaine Maury Memorial at Goshen Pass, Marine's Camp at Ft. Defiance, Harriston, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, U.S. Capitol, assorted Washington DC sights and buildings, Hightown, Monterey, Towers School, pet fawn, Natural Chimneys/Cyclopean Towers and jousting tournament, Langley Field, Naval Base, Jamestown, Yorktown, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Mt. Solon Dam, Stonewall Cottage (Melrose), North River Dam, Blacksburg, Castle Hill, University of Virginia, Kanawha River, Chicago World's Fair, Handley High School, Apple Blossom Festival, Skyline Drive, etc.","(Accession 2018-0315)","Inscribed: \"Presented to C.E. Koiner by J. Yount. May 1867\"","Includes a young J.B. Yount III while a cadet at Fishburne Military School."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe May 16, 1844 issue of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Sentinel of the Shenandoah Valley\u003c/emph\u003e and a copy of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eA Choice Selection of Hymns: From Various Authors, Recommended for the Worship of God…\u003c/emph\u003e have been removed from the collection and cataloged as part of Special Collections rare book collection. The right edge of the newspaper has been trimmed and, as a result, the issue is incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["The May 16, 1844 issue of The Sentinel of the Shenandoah Valley and a copy of A Choice Selection of Hymns: From Various Authors, Recommended for the Worship of God… have been removed from the collection and cataloged as part of Special Collections rare book collection. The right edge of the newspaper has been trimmed and, as a result, the issue is incomplete."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_ba57889d7ff83f0fcf341190658eb73b\"\u003eThe Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, photographs, and ephemera.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, photographs, and ephemera."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","eBay (Firm)","Tim Abbott Americana","Rolling Hills Antique Mall"],"names_coll_ssim":["eBay (Firm)","Tim Abbott Americana","Rolling Hills Antique Mall"],"famname_ssim":["Stephens family","Yount family"],"persname_ssim":["Stephens, Richard A., 1831-1890"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","eBay (Firm)","Tim Abbott Americana","Rolling Hills Antique Mall","Stephens family","Yount family","Stephens, Richard A., 1831-1890"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":87,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:57:34.491Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_423","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_423","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_423","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_423","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_423.xml","title_ssm":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1812-1995"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1812-1995"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1812/1995"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812/1995"],"text":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812/1995","SC 0251","/repositories/4/resources/423","Confederate States of America -- History","Confederate States of America -- History, Military","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Social life and customs","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. 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Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","Out of scope materials and materials with negligible research value including assorted newspaper clippings and obituaries, Christmas cards, large quantities of empty envelopes without correspondence, real estate listings, and assorted printed ephemera were heavily weeded from the 2018-0430 accrual.","The collections is arranged in five series:","Personal Papers, 1813-1938\n      Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991\n      Ephemera, 1916-1957\n      Genealogical Materials, 1812\n      2018 accessions, 1867-1995","Find a Grave. Myrtie Alice Stephens Yount, Memorial # 40849297. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40849297) Accessed October 18, 2017.","Find a Grave. Richard A. Stephens, Memorial # 76255269. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76255269) Accessed October 18, 2017.","\"United States Census, 1870,\" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGC-MP2 : 12 April 2016), Richard Stephens, Virginia, United States; citing p. 69, family 485, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,175.","Yount, J. B. III. \"Fifty-seven quilts from four generations,\" Augusta County Historical Bulletin 50 (2014): 155-165.","\"Yount-Stephens.\" The Rockingham Register, September 25, 1891.","Richard Anderson Stephens, variously spelled Stevens, Steven, and Stephen, was born January 6, 1831 to John Stephens (1804-1848) and Martha Burnsides Stephens Cowan (1806-1895) of Melrose, Rockingham County, Virginia. He is the grandson of Ludwig/Lewis Stephens (1747-1817) and Elizabeth Wolf Stephens (1775-1836). Documentary evidence contained within this collection confirms that John Stephens owned enslaved persons and Richard Stephens was involved in financial transactions concerning said enslaved persons after the death of his father and prior to the end of the Civil War.","Stephens married Mary Dovel Stephens and together they had nine children, six of whom lived into adulthood – Martha Josephine \"Josie\" (1856-1899), Laura Belle (1862-1934), Myrtie Alice (1867-1946), Sallie Georgiana (1870-1938), Bettie Lee, and John W. All of the aforementioned children are documented in this collection, with some to a lesser degree than others.","Documentary evidence suggests Stephens likely did not serve during the Civil War. As early as June 19, 1861, he was deemed medically unfit from serving during the Civil War. His exemption was due to a chronic \"disease of stomach and bowels of long standing.\"","According to the U. S. Census, Stephen's occupation was that of a farmer though he also held other positions in the community. He acted as the administrator of the estate of Reuben Holt Humbert of Augusta County and also served as the guardian for his younger siblings William L. Stephens and Fannie Stephens. In November 1861, Stephens was appointed Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. As early as 1887 he was appointed director of the Valley Turnpike Company. Richard Stephens died November 5, 1890 and is buried in Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg alongside much of his family.","A large portion of this collection also documents Myrtie Stephens (1867-1946), daughter of Richard and Mary Dovel Stephens. Myrtie married Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount (1848-1934) of Augusta County on September 23, 1891. The wedding was held at the home of Mary Stephens, near Melrose. The courtship between Myrtie and J. B. is chronicled in this collection with dozens of letters written between the two. It is likely that Myrtie and J. B. were semi-distant cousins as J. B. often refers to his future wife as \"Cousin\" in his letters to her. Additionally, Myrtie's maternal grandmother was named Barbara Yount Dovel (1797-1863), and it is through this family line that the couple was likely related. Myrtie was a school teacher for at least part of her life. This collection documents her career with lesson books, teaching contracts, and correspondence. The children of Myrtie and J.B. Yount are documented in the 2018 accession materials.","The materials that comprise this collection descended through the Stephens and Yount families of Rockingham and Augusta counties. After the October 2, 2016 death of Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount III, much of the Yount estate was sold by Green Valley Auctions in Mt. Crawford, Virginia on June 9, 2017.","The materials in this series share provenance with the rest of the collection in that they were part of the June 9, 2017 Green Valley Auctions sale of the J.B. Yount estate.","Given the age and condition of the collection, select items underwent preservation treatment for stabilization, including flattening. Particularly fragile documents are housed in Mylar sleeves. The materials in this collection were largely received piecemeal, in addition to one large acquisition. There was no particular arrangement to the materials and as a result, the archivist imposed an arrangement based on material type, creator, and date. Photographs related to presumed genealogical research trips were removed from their paper backing and foldered in their original order. All corresponding captions were written on the backs of the photographs.","The Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, and ephemera. Documents of particular interest relate to the sale, purchase, and hire of enslaved persons, and Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War.","Series 1: Personal Papers, 1813-1938, is generally comprised of tax receipts, financial documents, agreements, promissory notes, deeds, indentures, insurance policies, wills, and other miscellaneous papers documenting Richard Stephens primarily, and also other immediate Stephens family members.","Of particular interest are the papers documenting the buying, selling, and hiring of enslaved persons between the Stephens family and other community members. Many of the enslaved persons were purchased or inherited from the estate of John Stephens, Richard Stephens' father. The enslaved persons are only referred to by name in three documents and are otherwise described as \"negro\" or \"slave.\" They are identified as Ellen, Hester, Hannah, and five children named Henry, Isaiah, Margaret, John, and George.","A folder of papers documenting Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War is also included. The papers include surgeons' and doctors' description of Stephens' maladies, certifying that he is incapable of military duty. Additional documents mention his substitute, Benjamin Barr. Stephens' amnesty oath, dated June 20, 1865, is also included and is foldered chronologically with his papers.","A sizable portion of this series documents Richard Stephens acting in the capacity of estate administrator, particularly for Reuben Holt Humbert, and guardian to his younger siblings, Phebe Francis \"Fannie\" Stephens and William L. Stephens. These documents are primarily receipts with additional materials documenting the estates of the aforementioned persons, particularly Reuben Humbert. Humbert's personal property inventories are included as is a Confederate States of America registered bond.","The wills of Richard Stephens and his daughter Sallie Stephens are included. Sallie's will is notable in that she directs her executor to move \"all of my dead relatives that are buried in the family lot [Dovel-Stephens Family Cemetery]\" to her \"lot in Woodbine Cemetery, and there placed along with sister Laura and I, at the expense of my estate.\" Sallie died in 1938 and all of her deceased family members were removed to Woodbine Cemetery in 1940.","Materials related to Myrtie Stephens Yount's career as a teacher include two teaching contracts, printed examinations, and handwritten school material. Though many of these are not identified, it is presumed that they were used by Myrtie in her teaching.","Three military furloughs dated 1862 and 1863 and signed by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Rodman Drake DeKay (1836-1886) are also included, but have no apparent connection to the Stephens family.","Oversize materials include an 1813 land indenture between Valentine and Nancy Wolf and Jacob Wolf. Valentine Wolf was Lewis Stephens' father-in-law. Lewis Stephens was Richard Stephens' grandfather and is also mentioned in several documents pertaining to Stephens' father, John Stephens. Also housed in oversize is a January 8, 1891 broadside advertising the public sale of Richard Stephens' personal property. The broadside describes 26 head of stock cattle, 100 tons of prime timothy hay, 300 bushels of wheat, and various farm implements.","Series 2: Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991, contains letters to and from several members of the Stephens and Yount families. Corresponding envelopes are included as are envelopes with no corresponding letter.","A significant portion of the collection comprises the correspondence of Myrtie Stephens Yount, daughter of Richard and Mary E. Stephens. The correspondence is largely comprised of letters addressed to Myrtie with many of the letters from her future husband and cousin Joseph Byron Yount. Generally, the subject matter of the correspondence is newsy, providing updates on family and community members. While most of the correspondence between the couple dates prior to their marriage, a few letters date to after their September 1891 marriage. Of interest is a hastily written letter dated July 10, 1899 from Myrtie to Yount in which she delivers the news that her sister Josie has passed away. In the letter, Myrtie requests her husband bring her mourning clothes to her as soon as is possible. Another notable letter is dated June 14, 1899 to Myrtie Yount in which the correspondent recounts going to Harrisonburg for the unveiling of the Turner Ashby monument. Much of Myrtie's correspondence also discusses her and her colleague's teaching careers. One particular letter dated November 6, 1890 is written to Myrtie by a fellow teacher. He writes about his experiences teaching children in Brocks Gap.","A limited selection of correspondence addressed to or written by Richard Stephens, Mary E. Stephens, Josie Stephens, Sallie Stephens, and Laura Stephens is also included. Of note is a letter from Henry T. Garnett, Chief Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for Virginia, to Richard Stephens, dated November 6, 1861, appointing Stephens Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. A handwritten note by Garnett on the back of the letter reads: \"The owners of slaves are to give me the value and pay the tax upon all their negroes, whether said negroes are hired out or in their service.\" Stephens' November 1887 letter and certificate of reappointment as director of the Valley Turnpike Company is also included.","Series 3: Ephemera, 1916-1957, includes newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, and a few miscellaneous items including a half stick of chewing gum dating to 1916. Noteworthy items include a folder of seven vinegar valentines featuring color illustrations and corresponding poems. These lithographs likely date to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century and feature racist sentiments or are otherwise insulting in tone. Two of the lithographs evoke Jim Crow era values and depict African Americans with stereotypical physical characteristics.","Series 4: Genealogical Materials, 1812, were presumably collected by Joseph Byron Yount III, the last private owner of the Stephens and Yount Family Papers, as part of his genealogical research into his family. The subject files include undated photographs and facsimiles of primary source material relating to the Yount family in Pennsylvania. Of interest is a handwritten genealogical note relating to Ludwig/Lewis Stephens, the grandfather of Richard Stephens.","Series 5: 2018 Accessions, 1867-1995, comprises materials acquired in two separate accessions in 2018. Personal papers, research and genealogical materials, and photographs relate directly to immediate and extended Yount family members, specifically the children of Myrtie Stephens Yount and J.B. Yount.","Spotswood Hall, Turner Ashby Monument, New Hope Garage, Goshen, New Hope High School, South River, Matthew Fontaine Maury Memorial at Goshen Pass, Marine's Camp at Ft. Defiance, Harriston, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, U.S. Capitol, assorted Washington DC sights and buildings, Hightown, Monterey, Towers School, pet fawn, Natural Chimneys/Cyclopean Towers and jousting tournament, Langley Field, Naval Base, Jamestown, Yorktown, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Mt. Solon Dam, Stonewall Cottage (Melrose), North River Dam, Blacksburg, Castle Hill, University of Virginia, Kanawha River, Chicago World's Fair, Handley High School, Apple Blossom Festival, Skyline Drive, etc.","(Accession 2018-0315)","Inscribed: \"Presented to C.E. Koiner by J. Yount. May 1867\"","Includes a young J.B. Yount III while a cadet at Fishburne Military School.","The May 16, 1844 issue of The Sentinel of the Shenandoah Valley and a copy of A Choice Selection of Hymns: From Various Authors, Recommended for the Worship of God… have been removed from the collection and cataloged as part of Special Collections rare book collection. The right edge of the newspaper has been trimmed and, as a result, the issue is incomplete.","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, photographs, and ephemera.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","eBay (Firm)","Tim Abbott Americana","Rolling Hills Antique Mall","Stephens family","Yount family","Stephens, Richard A., 1831-1890","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812/1995"],"collection_ssim":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812/1995"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0251","/repositories/4/resources/423"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0251","/repositories/4/resources/423"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Confederate States of America -- History","Confederate States of America -- History, Military","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Social life and customs","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. 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Va.) -- Genealogy"],"creator_ssm":["Stephens, Richard A., 1831-1890","Stephens family","Yount family","eBay (Firm)","Tim Abbott Americana","Rolling Hills Antique Mall"],"creator_ssim":["Stephens, Richard A., 1831-1890","Stephens family","Yount family","eBay (Firm)","Tim Abbott Americana","Rolling Hills Antique Mall"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Stephens, Richard A., 1831-1890"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","eBay (Firm)","Tim Abbott Americana","Rolling Hills Antique Mall"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Stephens family","Yount family"],"creators_ssim":["Stephens, Richard A., 1831-1890","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","eBay (Firm)","Tim Abbott Americana","Rolling Hills Antique Mall","Stephens family","Yount family"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired in many parts from eBay auctions and directly from the seller, Tim Abbott. Two additions were acquired in 2018 from Black Swan Books and Rolling Hills Antique Mall."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Slavery -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Taxation -- Confederate States of America","Tax collection -- Confederate States of America","Greeting cards","Valentines","Sexism","Racism in cartoons","Race discrimination","Letters (correspondence)","Personal papers","Love letters","Estate inventories","Financial Records","Caricatures","Printed Ephemera","Genealogies (histories)","Photographs","Postcards","Newspaper clippings","Family papers","Vinegar valentines","Photograph albums","Diaries"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Slavery -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Taxation -- Confederate States of America","Tax collection -- Confederate States of America","Greeting cards","Valentines","Sexism","Racism in cartoons","Race discrimination","Letters (correspondence)","Personal papers","Love letters","Estate inventories","Financial Records","Caricatures","Printed Ephemera","Genealogies (histories)","Photographs","Postcards","Newspaper clippings","Family papers","Vinegar valentines","Photograph albums","Diaries"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["2.4 cubic feet 7 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["2.4 cubic feet 7 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Personal papers","Love letters","Estate inventories","Financial Records","Caricatures","Printed Ephemera","Genealogies (histories)","Photographs","Postcards","Newspaper clippings","Family papers","Vinegar valentines","Photograph albums","Diaries"],"date_range_isim":[1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection."],"appraisal_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOut of scope materials and materials with negligible research value including assorted newspaper clippings and obituaries, Christmas cards, large quantities of empty envelopes without correspondence, real estate listings, and assorted printed ephemera were heavily weeded from the 2018-0430 accrual.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"appraisal_heading_ssm":["Appraisal"],"appraisal_tesim":["Out of scope materials and materials with negligible research value including assorted newspaper clippings and obituaries, Christmas cards, large quantities of empty envelopes without correspondence, real estate listings, and assorted printed ephemera were heavily weeded from the 2018-0430 accrual."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collections is arranged in five series:\u003c/p\u003e    ","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003ePersonal Papers, 1813-1938\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eCorrespondence, 1857-1931, 1991\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eEphemera, 1916-1957\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eGenealogical Materials, 1812\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e2018 accessions, 1867-1995\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collections is arranged in five series:","Personal Papers, 1813-1938\n      Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991\n      Ephemera, 1916-1957\n      Genealogical Materials, 1812\n      2018 accessions, 1867-1995"],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFind a Grave\u003c/emph\u003e. Myrtie Alice Stephens Yount, Memorial # 40849297. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40849297) Accessed October 18, 2017.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFind a Grave\u003c/emph\u003e. Richard A. Stephens, Memorial # 76255269. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76255269) Accessed October 18, 2017.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003e\"United States Census, 1870,\" database with images, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFamilySearch\u003c/emph\u003e (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGC-MP2 : 12 April 2016), Richard Stephens, Virginia, United States; citing p. 69, family 485, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,175.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eYount, J. B. III. \"Fifty-seven quilts from four generations,\" \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAugusta County Historical Bulletin\u003c/emph\u003e 50 (2014): 155-165.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Yount-Stephens.\" \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Rockingham Register\u003c/emph\u003e, September 25, 1891.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Find a Grave. Myrtie Alice Stephens Yount, Memorial # 40849297. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40849297) Accessed October 18, 2017.","Find a Grave. Richard A. Stephens, Memorial # 76255269. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76255269) Accessed October 18, 2017.","\"United States Census, 1870,\" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGC-MP2 : 12 April 2016), Richard Stephens, Virginia, United States; citing p. 69, family 485, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,175.","Yount, J. B. III. \"Fifty-seven quilts from four generations,\" Augusta County Historical Bulletin 50 (2014): 155-165.","\"Yount-Stephens.\" The Rockingham Register, September 25, 1891."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRichard Anderson Stephens, variously spelled Stevens, Steven, and Stephen, was born January 6, 1831 to John Stephens (1804-1848) and Martha Burnsides Stephens Cowan (1806-1895) of Melrose, Rockingham County, Virginia. He is the grandson of Ludwig/Lewis Stephens (1747-1817) and Elizabeth Wolf Stephens (1775-1836). Documentary evidence contained within this collection confirms that John Stephens owned enslaved persons and Richard Stephens was involved in financial transactions concerning said enslaved persons after the death of his father and prior to the end of the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStephens married Mary Dovel Stephens and together they had nine children, six of whom lived into adulthood – Martha Josephine \"Josie\" (1856-1899), Laura Belle (1862-1934), Myrtie Alice (1867-1946), Sallie Georgiana (1870-1938), Bettie Lee, and John W. All of the aforementioned children are documented in this collection, with some to a lesser degree than others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocumentary evidence suggests Stephens likely did not serve during the Civil War. As early as June 19, 1861, he was deemed medically unfit from serving during the Civil War. His exemption was due to a chronic \"disease of stomach and bowels of long standing.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccording to the U. S. Census, Stephen's occupation was that of a farmer though he also held other positions in the community. He acted as the administrator of the estate of Reuben Holt Humbert of Augusta County and also served as the guardian for his younger siblings William L. Stephens and Fannie Stephens. In November 1861, Stephens was appointed Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. As early as 1887 he was appointed director of the Valley Turnpike Company. Richard Stephens died November 5, 1890 and is buried in Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg alongside much of his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA large portion of this collection also documents Myrtie Stephens (1867-1946), daughter of Richard and Mary Dovel Stephens. Myrtie married Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount (1848-1934) of Augusta County on September 23, 1891. The wedding was held at the home of Mary Stephens, near Melrose. The courtship between Myrtie and J. B. is chronicled in this collection with dozens of letters written between the two. It is likely that Myrtie and J. B. were semi-distant cousins as J. B. often refers to his future wife as \"Cousin\" in his letters to her. Additionally, Myrtie's maternal grandmother was named Barbara Yount Dovel (1797-1863), and it is through this family line that the couple was likely related. Myrtie was a school teacher for at least part of her life. This collection documents her career with lesson books, teaching contracts, and correspondence. The children of Myrtie and J.B. Yount are documented in the 2018 accession materials.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Richard Anderson Stephens, variously spelled Stevens, Steven, and Stephen, was born January 6, 1831 to John Stephens (1804-1848) and Martha Burnsides Stephens Cowan (1806-1895) of Melrose, Rockingham County, Virginia. He is the grandson of Ludwig/Lewis Stephens (1747-1817) and Elizabeth Wolf Stephens (1775-1836). Documentary evidence contained within this collection confirms that John Stephens owned enslaved persons and Richard Stephens was involved in financial transactions concerning said enslaved persons after the death of his father and prior to the end of the Civil War.","Stephens married Mary Dovel Stephens and together they had nine children, six of whom lived into adulthood – Martha Josephine \"Josie\" (1856-1899), Laura Belle (1862-1934), Myrtie Alice (1867-1946), Sallie Georgiana (1870-1938), Bettie Lee, and John W. All of the aforementioned children are documented in this collection, with some to a lesser degree than others.","Documentary evidence suggests Stephens likely did not serve during the Civil War. As early as June 19, 1861, he was deemed medically unfit from serving during the Civil War. His exemption was due to a chronic \"disease of stomach and bowels of long standing.\"","According to the U. S. Census, Stephen's occupation was that of a farmer though he also held other positions in the community. He acted as the administrator of the estate of Reuben Holt Humbert of Augusta County and also served as the guardian for his younger siblings William L. Stephens and Fannie Stephens. In November 1861, Stephens was appointed Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. As early as 1887 he was appointed director of the Valley Turnpike Company. Richard Stephens died November 5, 1890 and is buried in Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg alongside much of his family.","A large portion of this collection also documents Myrtie Stephens (1867-1946), daughter of Richard and Mary Dovel Stephens. Myrtie married Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount (1848-1934) of Augusta County on September 23, 1891. The wedding was held at the home of Mary Stephens, near Melrose. The courtship between Myrtie and J. B. is chronicled in this collection with dozens of letters written between the two. It is likely that Myrtie and J. B. were semi-distant cousins as J. B. often refers to his future wife as \"Cousin\" in his letters to her. Additionally, Myrtie's maternal grandmother was named Barbara Yount Dovel (1797-1863), and it is through this family line that the couple was likely related. Myrtie was a school teacher for at least part of her life. This collection documents her career with lesson books, teaching contracts, and correspondence. The children of Myrtie and J.B. Yount are documented in the 2018 accession materials."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe materials that comprise this collection descended through the Stephens and Yount families of Rockingham and Augusta counties. After the October 2, 2016 death of Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount III, much of the Yount estate was sold by Green Valley Auctions in Mt. Crawford, Virginia on June 9, 2017.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThe materials in this series share provenance with the rest of the collection in that they were part of the June 9, 2017 Green Valley Auctions sale of the J.B. Yount estate.\u003c/p\u003e"],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance","Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["The materials that comprise this collection descended through the Stephens and Yount families of Rockingham and Augusta counties. After the October 2, 2016 death of Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount III, much of the Yount estate was sold by Green Valley Auctions in Mt. Crawford, Virginia on June 9, 2017.","The materials in this series share provenance with the rest of the collection in that they were part of the June 9, 2017 Green Valley Auctions sale of the J.B. Yount estate."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, SC 0251, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, SC 0251, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGiven the age and condition of the collection, select items underwent preservation treatment for stabilization, including flattening. Particularly fragile documents are housed in Mylar sleeves. The materials in this collection were largely received piecemeal, in addition to one large acquisition. There was no particular arrangement to the materials and as a result, the archivist imposed an arrangement based on material type, creator, and date. Photographs related to presumed genealogical research trips were removed from their paper backing and foldered in their original order. All corresponding captions were written on the backs of the photographs.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Given the age and condition of the collection, select items underwent preservation treatment for stabilization, including flattening. Particularly fragile documents are housed in Mylar sleeves. The materials in this collection were largely received piecemeal, in addition to one large acquisition. There was no particular arrangement to the materials and as a result, the archivist imposed an arrangement based on material type, creator, and date. Photographs related to presumed genealogical research trips were removed from their paper backing and foldered in their original order. All corresponding captions were written on the backs of the photographs."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, and ephemera. Documents of particular interest relate to the sale, purchase, and hire of enslaved persons, and Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Personal Papers, 1813-1938, is generally comprised of tax receipts, financial documents, agreements, promissory notes, deeds, indentures, insurance policies, wills, and other miscellaneous papers documenting Richard Stephens primarily, and also other immediate Stephens family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf particular interest are the papers documenting the buying, selling, and hiring of enslaved persons between the Stephens family and other community members. Many of the enslaved persons were purchased or inherited from the estate of John Stephens, Richard Stephens' father. The enslaved persons are only referred to by name in three documents and are otherwise described as \"negro\" or \"slave.\" They are identified as Ellen, Hester, Hannah, and five children named Henry, Isaiah, Margaret, John, and George.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA folder of papers documenting Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War is also included. The papers include surgeons' and doctors' description of Stephens' maladies, certifying that he is incapable of military duty. Additional documents mention his substitute, Benjamin Barr. Stephens' amnesty oath, dated June 20, 1865, is also included and is foldered chronologically with his papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA sizable portion of this series documents Richard Stephens acting in the capacity of estate administrator, particularly for Reuben Holt Humbert, and guardian to his younger siblings, Phebe Francis \"Fannie\" Stephens and William L. Stephens. These documents are primarily receipts with additional materials documenting the estates of the aforementioned persons, particularly Reuben Humbert. Humbert's personal property inventories are included as is a Confederate States of America registered bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe wills of Richard Stephens and his daughter Sallie Stephens are included. Sallie's will is notable in that she directs her executor to move \"all of my dead relatives that are buried in the family lot [Dovel-Stephens Family Cemetery]\" to her \"lot in Woodbine Cemetery, and there placed along with sister Laura and I, at the expense of my estate.\" Sallie died in 1938 and all of her deceased family members were removed to Woodbine Cemetery in 1940.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials related to Myrtie Stephens Yount's career as a teacher include two teaching contracts, printed examinations, and handwritten school material. Though many of these are not identified, it is presumed that they were used by Myrtie in her teaching.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree military furloughs dated 1862 and 1863 and signed by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Rodman Drake DeKay (1836-1886) are also included, but have no apparent connection to the Stephens family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOversize materials include an 1813 land indenture between Valentine and Nancy Wolf and Jacob Wolf. Valentine Wolf was Lewis Stephens' father-in-law. Lewis Stephens was Richard Stephens' grandfather and is also mentioned in several documents pertaining to Stephens' father, John Stephens. Also housed in oversize is a January 8, 1891 broadside advertising the public sale of Richard Stephens' personal property. The broadside describes 26 head of stock cattle, 100 tons of prime timothy hay, 300 bushels of wheat, and various farm implements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991, contains letters to and from several members of the Stephens and Yount families. Corresponding envelopes are included as are envelopes with no corresponding letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA significant portion of the collection comprises the correspondence of Myrtie Stephens Yount, daughter of Richard and Mary E. Stephens. The correspondence is largely comprised of letters addressed to Myrtie with many of the letters from her future husband and cousin Joseph Byron Yount. Generally, the subject matter of the correspondence is newsy, providing updates on family and community members. While most of the correspondence between the couple dates prior to their marriage, a few letters date to after their September 1891 marriage. Of interest is a hastily written letter dated July 10, 1899 from Myrtie to Yount in which she delivers the news that her sister Josie has passed away. In the letter, Myrtie requests her husband bring her mourning clothes to her as soon as is possible. Another notable letter is dated June 14, 1899 to Myrtie Yount in which the correspondent recounts going to Harrisonburg for the unveiling of the Turner Ashby monument. Much of Myrtie's correspondence also discusses her and her colleague's teaching careers. One particular letter dated November 6, 1890 is written to Myrtie by a fellow teacher. He writes about his experiences teaching children in Brocks Gap.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA limited selection of correspondence addressed to or written by Richard Stephens, Mary E. Stephens, Josie Stephens, Sallie Stephens, and Laura Stephens is also included. Of note is a letter from Henry T. Garnett, Chief Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for Virginia, to Richard Stephens, dated November 6, 1861, appointing Stephens Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. A handwritten note by Garnett on the back of the letter reads: \"The owners of slaves are to give me the value and pay the tax upon all their negroes, whether said negroes are hired out or in their service.\" Stephens' November 1887 letter and certificate of reappointment as director of the Valley Turnpike Company is also included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Ephemera, 1916-1957, includes newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, and a few miscellaneous items including a half stick of chewing gum dating to 1916. Noteworthy items include a folder of seven vinegar valentines featuring color illustrations and corresponding poems. These lithographs likely date to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century and feature racist sentiments or are otherwise insulting in tone. Two of the lithographs evoke Jim Crow era values and depict African Americans with stereotypical physical characteristics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4: Genealogical Materials, 1812, were presumably collected by Joseph Byron Yount III, the last private owner of the Stephens and Yount Family Papers, as part of his genealogical research into his family. The subject files include undated photographs and facsimiles of primary source material relating to the Yount family in Pennsylvania. Of interest is a handwritten genealogical note relating to Ludwig/Lewis Stephens, the grandfather of Richard Stephens.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5: 2018 Accessions, 1867-1995, comprises materials acquired in two separate accessions in 2018. Personal papers, research and genealogical materials, and photographs relate directly to immediate and extended Yount family members, specifically the children of Myrtie Stephens Yount and J.B. Yount.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpotswood Hall, Turner Ashby Monument, New Hope Garage, Goshen, New Hope High School, South River, Matthew Fontaine Maury Memorial at Goshen Pass, Marine's Camp at Ft. Defiance, Harriston, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, U.S. Capitol, assorted Washington DC sights and buildings, Hightown, Monterey, Towers School, pet fawn, Natural Chimneys/Cyclopean Towers and jousting tournament, Langley Field, Naval Base, Jamestown, Yorktown, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Mt. Solon Dam, Stonewall Cottage (Melrose), North River Dam, Blacksburg, Castle Hill, University of Virginia, Kanawha River, Chicago World's Fair, Handley High School, Apple Blossom Festival, Skyline Drive, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Accession 2018-0315)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInscribed: \"Presented to C.E. Koiner by J. Yount. May 1867\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a young J.B. Yount III while a cadet at Fishburne Military School.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, and ephemera. Documents of particular interest relate to the sale, purchase, and hire of enslaved persons, and Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War.","Series 1: Personal Papers, 1813-1938, is generally comprised of tax receipts, financial documents, agreements, promissory notes, deeds, indentures, insurance policies, wills, and other miscellaneous papers documenting Richard Stephens primarily, and also other immediate Stephens family members.","Of particular interest are the papers documenting the buying, selling, and hiring of enslaved persons between the Stephens family and other community members. Many of the enslaved persons were purchased or inherited from the estate of John Stephens, Richard Stephens' father. The enslaved persons are only referred to by name in three documents and are otherwise described as \"negro\" or \"slave.\" They are identified as Ellen, Hester, Hannah, and five children named Henry, Isaiah, Margaret, John, and George.","A folder of papers documenting Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War is also included. The papers include surgeons' and doctors' description of Stephens' maladies, certifying that he is incapable of military duty. Additional documents mention his substitute, Benjamin Barr. Stephens' amnesty oath, dated June 20, 1865, is also included and is foldered chronologically with his papers.","A sizable portion of this series documents Richard Stephens acting in the capacity of estate administrator, particularly for Reuben Holt Humbert, and guardian to his younger siblings, Phebe Francis \"Fannie\" Stephens and William L. Stephens. These documents are primarily receipts with additional materials documenting the estates of the aforementioned persons, particularly Reuben Humbert. Humbert's personal property inventories are included as is a Confederate States of America registered bond.","The wills of Richard Stephens and his daughter Sallie Stephens are included. Sallie's will is notable in that she directs her executor to move \"all of my dead relatives that are buried in the family lot [Dovel-Stephens Family Cemetery]\" to her \"lot in Woodbine Cemetery, and there placed along with sister Laura and I, at the expense of my estate.\" Sallie died in 1938 and all of her deceased family members were removed to Woodbine Cemetery in 1940.","Materials related to Myrtie Stephens Yount's career as a teacher include two teaching contracts, printed examinations, and handwritten school material. Though many of these are not identified, it is presumed that they were used by Myrtie in her teaching.","Three military furloughs dated 1862 and 1863 and signed by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Rodman Drake DeKay (1836-1886) are also included, but have no apparent connection to the Stephens family.","Oversize materials include an 1813 land indenture between Valentine and Nancy Wolf and Jacob Wolf. Valentine Wolf was Lewis Stephens' father-in-law. Lewis Stephens was Richard Stephens' grandfather and is also mentioned in several documents pertaining to Stephens' father, John Stephens. Also housed in oversize is a January 8, 1891 broadside advertising the public sale of Richard Stephens' personal property. The broadside describes 26 head of stock cattle, 100 tons of prime timothy hay, 300 bushels of wheat, and various farm implements.","Series 2: Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991, contains letters to and from several members of the Stephens and Yount families. Corresponding envelopes are included as are envelopes with no corresponding letter.","A significant portion of the collection comprises the correspondence of Myrtie Stephens Yount, daughter of Richard and Mary E. Stephens. The correspondence is largely comprised of letters addressed to Myrtie with many of the letters from her future husband and cousin Joseph Byron Yount. Generally, the subject matter of the correspondence is newsy, providing updates on family and community members. While most of the correspondence between the couple dates prior to their marriage, a few letters date to after their September 1891 marriage. Of interest is a hastily written letter dated July 10, 1899 from Myrtie to Yount in which she delivers the news that her sister Josie has passed away. In the letter, Myrtie requests her husband bring her mourning clothes to her as soon as is possible. Another notable letter is dated June 14, 1899 to Myrtie Yount in which the correspondent recounts going to Harrisonburg for the unveiling of the Turner Ashby monument. Much of Myrtie's correspondence also discusses her and her colleague's teaching careers. One particular letter dated November 6, 1890 is written to Myrtie by a fellow teacher. He writes about his experiences teaching children in Brocks Gap.","A limited selection of correspondence addressed to or written by Richard Stephens, Mary E. Stephens, Josie Stephens, Sallie Stephens, and Laura Stephens is also included. Of note is a letter from Henry T. Garnett, Chief Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for Virginia, to Richard Stephens, dated November 6, 1861, appointing Stephens Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. A handwritten note by Garnett on the back of the letter reads: \"The owners of slaves are to give me the value and pay the tax upon all their negroes, whether said negroes are hired out or in their service.\" Stephens' November 1887 letter and certificate of reappointment as director of the Valley Turnpike Company is also included.","Series 3: Ephemera, 1916-1957, includes newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, and a few miscellaneous items including a half stick of chewing gum dating to 1916. Noteworthy items include a folder of seven vinegar valentines featuring color illustrations and corresponding poems. These lithographs likely date to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century and feature racist sentiments or are otherwise insulting in tone. Two of the lithographs evoke Jim Crow era values and depict African Americans with stereotypical physical characteristics.","Series 4: Genealogical Materials, 1812, were presumably collected by Joseph Byron Yount III, the last private owner of the Stephens and Yount Family Papers, as part of his genealogical research into his family. The subject files include undated photographs and facsimiles of primary source material relating to the Yount family in Pennsylvania. Of interest is a handwritten genealogical note relating to Ludwig/Lewis Stephens, the grandfather of Richard Stephens.","Series 5: 2018 Accessions, 1867-1995, comprises materials acquired in two separate accessions in 2018. Personal papers, research and genealogical materials, and photographs relate directly to immediate and extended Yount family members, specifically the children of Myrtie Stephens Yount and J.B. 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