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Because of her activities as a spy for the Confederacy during the Civil War she was arrested and imprisoned three times.  In the late 1880s she began to travel around the country giving dramatic presentations describing her memories of the Civil War and her exploits as a Confederate spy.  Boyd died suddenly of a heart attack while on tour in 1900.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection consists of a reproduction of a handbill advertising a lecture presented by Belle Boyd at the Leesburg Opera House on 4 Dec 1894.  Maria Isabella Boyd, better known as Belle Boyd (9 May 1844- 11 Jun 1900), was born in Martinsburg, VA (now WV).  Because of her activities as a spy for the Confederacy during the Civil War she was arrested and imprisoned three times.  In the late 1880s she began to travel around the country giving dramatic presentations describing her memories of the Civil War and her exploits as a Confederate spy.  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The First Annual Meeting occurred in Leesburg on 19 October 1852, with Benjamin Hallowell (fl. 1800-1879) of Alexandria delivering the opening address.","In 1854, the Loudoun County Agricultural Academy and Chemical Institute was created with the aid of Benjamin Hyde Benton (fl. 1839-1857) to educate farmers in method and business skills, and to serve as a resource to catalogue ecological samples from the state of Virginia. The Institute offered the first vocational training in Loudoun but closed in 1861 as an effect of the Civil War, never to be reopened. In 1857, stock in the Society cost $20, with Robert L. Wright (1813-1865) signing as president and John W. Wildman (1822-1890) as treasurer.","The Agricultural Society sponsored an annual county fair in Leesburg during the 1850s and after the Civil War. The Eleventh Annual Fair and Cattle Show of the Agricultural Society was held in 1871. The fair awarded cash prizes ranging from $1-10, and after the Civil War, emphasis was placed on the Domestic Manufactures and Home Manufactures categories to encourage the production of local and homemade wares. Other competition categories included culinary classes and household fabrics. In November of 1873, President Ulysses S. Grant visited Leesburg and attended one such fair.","In the years after the Civil War, the Agricultural Society was assisted in their efforts by the formation of the Loudoun County Livestock Exhibition Association in the late 1800s. Farming associations were popular at this time, with the intention to revitalize local economies and restore stability to the area. Similar and concurrent organizations included the Catoctin Farmers' Club (est. 1863) and the Patrons of Husbandry, also known as the Grange (est. locally 1875), which later (1892) developed into the Populist Party. 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The booklet was once secured by a stitched binding, and the spine is now covered by tape. Following the address is a stock certificate titled to Dr. A. R. Mott (1823-1894), dated 10 November 1857. The certificate is numbered 86 and quantifies one share in the Society, costing $20. The heading of the certificate is ornamented by two plough illustrations, a replication of which can be found on the third item, a blue silk prize ribbon. This ribbon is from the 1859 Loudoun Agricultural Fair, which was held in Leesburg in November. The ribbon has been sleeved, and in addition to the plough symbol, it also bears the image of a sheep.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe final item in the collection is a photocopy of a letter dated 1 May 1876 that was originally found in the Ledger of John Norris \u0026amp; Sons, which covers 1858 to 1861. 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The heading of the certificate is ornamented by two plough illustrations, a replication of which can be found on the third item, a blue silk prize ribbon. This ribbon is from the 1859 Loudoun Agricultural Fair, which was held in Leesburg in November. The ribbon has been sleeved, and in addition to the plough symbol, it also bears the image of a sheep.","The final item in the collection is a photocopy of a letter dated 1 May 1876 that was originally found in the Ledger of John Norris \u0026 Sons, which covers 1858 to 1861. The letter contains an unfilled proxy form to designate alternative representation at the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders that was to be held on the second Monday in June 1876. 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The college also received University of Virginia accreditation after 1954.  Along with offering classes, the college was also noted for art exhibitions included an exhibition of works of American Art on loan from the Corcoran Art Gallery and regular shows exposing county residents to contemporary artists such as Douglas Brown (1899-1952) and Ben L. \"Joe\" Summerford (1924- 2008).","Throughout its existence, the college struggled to attract students and stay financially viable.  On July 2, 1956, Edward E. Nichols, Jr. (1920-2007), chairman of the Board of Trustees, announced suspension of all activity, effectively closing the college.  The Board gave the imminent establishment of a branch of the University of Virginia in the area as a reason for their action.","None","Processed by Dawson Frasier, 16 November 2015\nRevised by Laura Christiansen, April 2016","Winslow Williams Photograph Collection (VC 0003), 1925-1980, Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA. 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Materials documenting art exhibits and visiting artists at the college include newspaper clippings, press releases, and exhibit lists of artwork featured. Newspaper clippings have been photocopied for preservation.  A photograph of the Loudoun Community College's classroom building at 101 West Market Street in January 1953 is included in the collection."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo physical characteristics affect use of this material.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["No physical characteristics affect use of this material."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Loudoun Community College collection consists of collected documents and materials gathered during the lifespan of the college. Administrative files include the college president's report for the 1953-1954 school year along with a detailed account of activities at the college during that year. A draft of the release announcing the college's closing, dated July 12, 1956 is included. Materials documenting art exhibits and visiting artists at the college include newspaper clippings, press releases, and exhibit lists of artwork featured. Newspaper clippings have been photocopied for preservation.  A photograph of the Loudoun Community College's classroom building at 101 West Market Street in January 1953 is included in the collection.  \n\u003c/abstract\u003e\n"],"abstract_tesim":["The Loudoun Community College collection consists of collected documents and materials gathered during the lifespan of the college. Administrative files include the college president's report for the 1953-1954 school year along with a detailed account of activities at the college during that year. A draft of the release announcing the college's closing, dated July 12, 1956 is included. 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Bronwen C. Souders, and John M. Souders, intro. \"The \tWaterford News,\" Waterford, VA: Waterford Foundation, Inc, 1999.","Divine, John E., Bronwen C. Souders, and John M. Souders, editors.  To Talk is Treason: Quakers of Waterford Virginia on Life, Love, Death and War in the Southern Confederacy. Waterford, VA: Waterford Foundation, Inc, 1996.","Peshek, James D. and Taylor M. Chamberlin. Crossing the Line: Civilian Trade and Travel between Loudoun County, Virginia, and Maryland during the Civil War. Waterford, VA: Waterford Foundation, Inc, 2002.","Ancestry Library Edition, United States census, marriage records, Social Security death register, http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.","The Religious Society of Friends, known as Quakers, grew from Protestant roots in Europe in the mid-seventeenth century. Due to religious persecution and other pressures, large numbers immigrated. The first of multiple migrations to Loudoun County of Quakers from Pennsylvania settled near Waterford in 1730.","Quakers tended to remain isolated as they carefully protected their customs and beliefs and refused to blend into the wider community of which they quickly became a minority. In 1860 there were 98 Quakers in Waterford, 24 percent of the total 412 free inhabitants. Long before the conflicts of 1860, lines had already been drawn over the practice of slavery, which the Quakers officially denounced in 1776. The peaceful separation that existed between Quakers and their slaveholding neighbors rapidly dissolved as Virginia moved toward secession and war.","Waterford voted 221 to 30 against secession, while the whole of Loudoun County voted 1626 in favor and 726 opposed. The exposed strip of land where Waterford is situated became a no-man's land which neither side could effectively control and was subject to raids and small battles throughout the war. Waterford was considered traitorous by the Confederates and was not able to receive adequate protection or supplies from the Union because of its difficult geographic position. Thus, Waterford was subject to harsh privations and pillaging from above and below.","In August 1862, the first blood flowed among them as a Confederate cavalry attacked the Loudoun Rangers resting in the town. The Loudoun Rangers, composed of men from Waterford and Lovettsville, were the only pro-Union company in Virginia. Waterford mill owner Samuel Means (1827-1884) raised this unit after his personal property was seized in his escape from Confederate arrest. The Loudoun Rangers' participation is often reported in the Waterford News.","Some Quakers strove to maintain strict neutrality, caring for wounded union and rebel soldiers alike in accordance with their faith, but more of the younger Quakers in the community were not as constrained in their sympathies and wanted to participate in the struggle.","Threats of conscription from the Rebel army were doubly abhorrent to Quakers who held pacifist beliefs and personal loyalties to the Union and many men fled to Maryland in order to escape harassment and arrest. Two such men were John B. Dutton (1816-1892) and Samuel Steer (1811-1883), who used their business and family ties in Maryland to set up trade stores on the border, enabling them to assist Waterford and occasionally visit their families. These connections proved useful to publishers of the Waterford News.","Having received no response from a letter she sent to President Lincoln (1809-1865) concerning Waterford's troubles, Emma Eliza Dutton (1844-?), with her sister Elizabeth (1839-?) and Sarah Steer (1837-1914), decided to create a defiantly pro-Union paper in order to \"cheer the weary soldier, and render material aid to the sick and wounded.\" Undoubtedly these three young Quakers also hoped that their paper would draw Northern attention to Waterford's predicament in order to persuade the Federal authorities to ease the rigid blockade. Sarah, Lizzie and Lida gave the proceeds of their ten cent per-copy paper to the U.S. Sanitation Commission, a private organization formed in 1861 that cared for wounded soldiers and their families. The girls donated almost $1,000.00 to the Commission after the first issue was published in May 1864, suggesting large sales. It was printed by the Baltimore American on account of Dutton's Maryland connections.","Filled with charm, wit and good humor, the Waterford News spread beyond the limits of Loudoun County and it is reported President Lincoln himself was given a copy. The four-page paper took courage as the main lines of battle moved south, and Waterford remained the target of Mosby's scourges until the end of the war,","The newspaper was issued eight times during the final year of the war. It was soon forgotten as the town tried to recover and many Quakers who fled during the war never returned. Quakers continued to move west and confederate sympathizers who reasserted their political predominance after the war had no interest in preserving the small, yet clear voice that had supported the Union.","Lizzie and Lida married Union soldiers after the war and moved to Indiana and New York to begin their own families. Sarah remained in Waterford where she later married and became the first teacher at the new school for black children. It was not until 1922 that the Waterford News was uncovered by Lida's daughter Emma Conrow in New York. In 1955 the first two issues of the paper were rediscovered among the Lincoln papers at Library of Congress, five more by Steer descendant Anne Osler Herring, and the eighth in 1998, torn and scattered in two locations.","Processed by D. Nichole Recker","\"The Waterford News,\" intro. by Taylor M. Chamberlin, Bronwen C. Souders, and John M. Souders. Waterford, VA: Waterford Foundation, Inc, 1999.","This collection consists of the first and third publication of the Waterford News and one article from the Blue Ridge Herald. Waterford News contains articles reporting skirmishes and battles in and around Waterford, stories and classified ads revealing economic strains, poems to Abraham Lincoln, and parodies of Southern news items. 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The Loudoun Rangers, composed of men from Waterford and Lovettsville, were the only pro-Union company in Virginia. Waterford mill owner Samuel Means (1827-1884) raised this unit after his personal property was seized in his escape from Confederate arrest. The Loudoun Rangers' participation is often reported in the Waterford News.","Some Quakers strove to maintain strict neutrality, caring for wounded union and rebel soldiers alike in accordance with their faith, but more of the younger Quakers in the community were not as constrained in their sympathies and wanted to participate in the struggle.","Threats of conscription from the Rebel army were doubly abhorrent to Quakers who held pacifist beliefs and personal loyalties to the Union and many men fled to Maryland in order to escape harassment and arrest. Two such men were John B. 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Sarah, Lizzie and Lida gave the proceeds of their ten cent per-copy paper to the U.S. Sanitation Commission, a private organization formed in 1861 that cared for wounded soldiers and their families. The girls donated almost $1,000.00 to the Commission after the first issue was published in May 1864, suggesting large sales. It was printed by the Baltimore American on account of Dutton's Maryland connections.","Filled with charm, wit and good humor, the Waterford News spread beyond the limits of Loudoun County and it is reported President Lincoln himself was given a copy. The four-page paper took courage as the main lines of battle moved south, and Waterford remained the target of Mosby's scourges until the end of the war,","The newspaper was issued eight times during the final year of the war. It was soon forgotten as the town tried to recover and many Quakers who fled during the war never returned. 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Long before the conflicts of 1860, lines had already been drawn over the practice of slavery, which the Quakers officially denounced in 1776. The peaceful separation that existed between Quakers and their slaveholding neighbors rapidly dissolved as Virginia moved toward secession and war.","Waterford voted 221 to 30 against secession, while the whole of Loudoun County voted 1626 in favor and 726 opposed. The exposed strip of land where Waterford is situated became a no-man's land which neither side could effectively control and was subject to raids and small battles throughout the war. Waterford was considered traitorous by the Confederates and was not able to receive adequate protection or supplies from the Union because of its difficult geographic position. Thus, Waterford was subject to harsh privations and pillaging from above and below.","In August 1862, the first blood flowed among them as a Confederate cavalry attacked the Loudoun Rangers resting in the town. The Loudoun Rangers, composed of men from Waterford and Lovettsville, were the only pro-Union company in Virginia. Waterford mill owner Samuel Means (1827-1884) raised this unit after his personal property was seized in his escape from Confederate arrest. The Loudoun Rangers' participation is often reported in the Waterford News.","Some Quakers strove to maintain strict neutrality, caring for wounded union and rebel soldiers alike in accordance with their faith, but more of the younger Quakers in the community were not as constrained in their sympathies and wanted to participate in the struggle.","Threats of conscription from the Rebel army were doubly abhorrent to Quakers who held pacifist beliefs and personal loyalties to the Union and many men fled to Maryland in order to escape harassment and arrest. Two such men were John B. Dutton (1816-1892) and Samuel Steer (1811-1883), who used their business and family ties in Maryland to set up trade stores on the border, enabling them to assist Waterford and occasionally visit their families. These connections proved useful to publishers of the Waterford News.","Having received no response from a letter she sent to President Lincoln (1809-1865) concerning Waterford's troubles, Emma Eliza Dutton (1844-?), with her sister Elizabeth (1839-?) and Sarah Steer (1837-1914), decided to create a defiantly pro-Union paper in order to \"cheer the weary soldier, and render material aid to the sick and wounded.\" Undoubtedly these three young Quakers also hoped that their paper would draw Northern attention to Waterford's predicament in order to persuade the Federal authorities to ease the rigid blockade. Sarah, Lizzie and Lida gave the proceeds of their ten cent per-copy paper to the U.S. Sanitation Commission, a private organization formed in 1861 that cared for wounded soldiers and their families. The girls donated almost $1,000.00 to the Commission after the first issue was published in May 1864, suggesting large sales. It was printed by the Baltimore American on account of Dutton's Maryland connections.","Filled with charm, wit and good humor, the Waterford News spread beyond the limits of Loudoun County and it is reported President Lincoln himself was given a copy. The four-page paper took courage as the main lines of battle moved south, and Waterford remained the target of Mosby's scourges until the end of the war,","The newspaper was issued eight times during the final year of the war. It was soon forgotten as the town tried to recover and many Quakers who fled during the war never returned. Quakers continued to move west and confederate sympathizers who reasserted their political predominance after the war had no interest in preserving the small, yet clear voice that had supported the Union.","Lizzie and Lida married Union soldiers after the war and moved to Indiana and New York to begin their own families. Sarah remained in Waterford where she later married and became the first teacher at the new school for black children. It was not until 1922 that the Waterford News was uncovered by Lida's daughter Emma Conrow in New York. 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