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Edwards, including their daughter and others.  William B. Edwards was a Methodist circuit rider.","Subjects include personal and family affairs, churches and the ministry, Martinsburg, and slavery, among other topics.","Includes transcribed extract from William Sommerville's diary dated March 1811 (undated); genealogy notes regarding members of the Sommerville family from the 17th century (undated); and Civil War poetry in manuscript, including \"Stonewall Jackson's Way\" (undated).","Manuscript compilation of facts and clippings regarding the Brown, Sommerville, and other families.  Family documented include predominantly Brown, Edwards (from Virginia), and Somerville (from Ireland).  This compilation seems to have been created in the late 19th century.","pages a-j:  estates, including Merida Edwards (1812), William Edwards (1755), and George Edwards (1780).","pages 1-20:  family register, including James Edwards (ca.1750-1851), John Arnold Edwards (1777-1855), William Ballthrop Edwards (1809-1888), John Sommerville (1710-?), and William Sommerville (1756-1826).  The section on William Sommerville includes extensive biographical information, including a narrative about his Revolutionary War service, and four pages of extracts from his journal (diary) (1794, 1810-1812); the entry for 15 July 1811 mentions Lawrence A. Washington, who was to settle for some time near Charleston, (West) Virginia on the Kanawha River.  The family register also includes entries for William Brown (1765-1806), Reverend John McClelland (?-1798), and for later Sommerville family members.","page 21:  \"Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, Minute of Service in the Revolutionary War\" (brief narrative by William Sommerville)","pages 22-23:  marriage certificates for William Brown and William Sommerville","pages 23-40:  miscellaneous genealogical information, including manuscript signatures, Scottish ancestry, and family crests (coat of arms)","page 41:  Confederate service by family members","pages 42-43:  obituaries for William Edwards (1809-1888)","pages 45, 47:  obituary for Elizabeth Edwards (1812-?)","Photo of U.S. Army sergeant (1944) separated to Photograph Collection","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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This compilation seems to have been created in the late 19th century.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003epages a-j:  estates, including Merida Edwards (1812), William Edwards (1755), and George Edwards (1780).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003epages 1-20:  family register, including James Edwards (ca.1750-1851), John Arnold Edwards (1777-1855), William Ballthrop Edwards (1809-1888), John Sommerville (1710-?), and William Sommerville (1756-1826).  The section on William Sommerville includes extensive biographical information, including a narrative about his Revolutionary War service, and four pages of extracts from his journal (diary) (1794, 1810-1812); the entry for 15 July 1811 mentions Lawrence A. Washington, who was to settle for some time near Charleston, (West) Virginia on the Kanawha River.  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Edwards, including their daughter and others.  William B. Edwards was a Methodist circuit rider.","Subjects include personal and family affairs, churches and the ministry, Martinsburg, and slavery, among other topics.","Includes transcribed extract from William Sommerville's diary dated March 1811 (undated); genealogy notes regarding members of the Sommerville family from the 17th century (undated); and Civil War poetry in manuscript, including \"Stonewall Jackson's Way\" (undated).","Manuscript compilation of facts and clippings regarding the Brown, Sommerville, and other families.  Family documented include predominantly Brown, Edwards (from Virginia), and Somerville (from Ireland).  This compilation seems to have been created in the late 19th century.","pages a-j:  estates, including Merida Edwards (1812), William Edwards (1755), and George Edwards (1780).","pages 1-20:  family register, including James Edwards (ca.1750-1851), John Arnold Edwards (1777-1855), William Ballthrop Edwards (1809-1888), John Sommerville (1710-?), and William Sommerville (1756-1826).  The section on William Sommerville includes extensive biographical information, including a narrative about his Revolutionary War service, and four pages of extracts from his journal (diary) (1794, 1810-1812); the entry for 15 July 1811 mentions Lawrence A. Washington, who was to settle for some time near Charleston, (West) Virginia on the Kanawha River.  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Edwards, including their daughter and others.  William B. Edwards was a Methodist circuit rider.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include personal and family affairs, churches and the ministry, Martinsburg, and slavery, among other topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes transcribed extract from William Sommerville's diary dated March 1811 (undated); genealogy notes regarding members of the Sommerville family from the 17th century (undated); and Civil War poetry in manuscript, including \"Stonewall Jackson's Way\" (undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript compilation of facts and clippings regarding the Brown, Sommerville, and other families.  Family documented include predominantly Brown, Edwards (from Virginia), and Somerville (from Ireland).  This compilation seems to have been created in the late 19th century.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003epages a-j:  estates, including Merida Edwards (1812), William Edwards (1755), and George Edwards (1780).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003epages 1-20:  family register, including James Edwards (ca.1750-1851), John Arnold Edwards (1777-1855), William Ballthrop Edwards (1809-1888), John Sommerville (1710-?), and William Sommerville (1756-1826).  The section on William Sommerville includes extensive biographical information, including a narrative about his Revolutionary War service, and four pages of extracts from his journal (diary) (1794, 1810-1812); the entry for 15 July 1811 mentions Lawrence A. Washington, who was to settle for some time near Charleston, (West) Virginia on the Kanawha River.  The family register also includes entries for William Brown (1765-1806), Reverend John McClelland (?-1798), and for later Sommerville family members.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003epage 21:  \"Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, Minute of Service in the Revolutionary War\" (brief narrative by William Sommerville)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003epages 22-23:  marriage certificates for William Brown and William Sommerville\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003epages 23-40:  miscellaneous genealogical information, including manuscript signatures, Scottish ancestry, and family crests (coat of arms)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003epage 41:  Confederate service by family members\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003epages 42-43:  obituaries for William Edwards (1809-1888)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003epages 45, 47:  obituary for Elizabeth Edwards (1812-?)\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Correspondence and genealogical materials related to the William B. Edwards family of King George County, Virginia, and the Capt. William Sommerville family of Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. These families were joined when Elizabeth Sommerville (1812-1886), daughter of the Revolutionary War veteran, married William B. Edwards (1810-1888), a Methodist clergyman from a planter family, in 1833.","Collection includes:\ncorrespondence between William and Elizabeth Edwards from 1832 to 1888 (chiefly from the 1830s and 1840s about their relationship, family, and his work with the Baltimore Conference);\ngenealogical notes and narrative family histories of the Sommerville, Edwards, and the related William Brown, Laurence Balthrop, and John Sommerville families;\nand miscellaneous materials related to Captain William Sommerville.","The latter include:\nam original calendar of letter abstracts for the correspondence of William Sommerville, 1810-1811;\nan original copy of the diary of William Sommerville, 1810-1812;\na typescript of his 1794 diary;\nand a family register that contains a handwritten copy of Sommerville's brief account of his Revolutionary War service with the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment and his life after the war, as well as copied extracts of his diary from 1810 to 1812.","Topics of the diary include politics and relations between Britain and the United States; weather; news of family and friends; and the War of 1812.","The calendar of correspondence, titled \"minute of letters\" by its creator William Sommerville, consists of letter abstracts in seven sections.","1. \"minute of letters received\"; march 9 to december 28, 1811; pages 4-28 \n2. \"minute of letters wrote\"; february 3 to december 14, 1811; pages 1-24 \n3. \"minute of letters wrote\"; january 10 to december 29, 1810; pages 1-16 \n4. \"minute of letters wrote\"; january 5 to february 2, 1811; pages 1-3 \n5. \"minute of letters received\"; january 3 to september 19, 1810; pages 1-12 \n6. \"minute of letters [received]\"; september 29 to december 29, 1810; pages 13-18 \n7. \"minute of letters received\"; january 12-26, 1811; page 19","Correspondents and persons recorded in the calendar of correspondence include: \nmen in public office on the national and local levels, \nlocal residents, \nmembers of the Sommerville family, \nRevolutionary War veterans, \nnewspaper editors, \nand Post Office clients and officials. \nSee the name index in box 3 for an alphabetical listing.","Subjects of the correspondence include: \nestates, \nlottery - Susquehanna Canal, \nlottery - Union College, \nlottery - Wilmington College, \nlottery - smallpox vaccine institute, \npolitics, \ndeaths, \nmail schedules, \nbusiness affairs, \nelections, \napprentice, \nand vaccine legislation.","The diary of William Sommerville is in three parts, each representing a calendar year.","1. january 1 to december 24, 1810; pages 1-209 \nmissing pages:  23-30, 55-76, 83-84, (page 84 occurs twice, numbered second time), 92-93, 96-97, (page 107 occurs twice), 110-115, 120-125, 127-130, 140-143, 158-161, 164-173, 180-187, 190-200, 207-208)","2. january 1 to december 31, 1811; pages 1-205 \nmissing pages:  7-8, 11-14, 31-36, 47-48, 51-54, 61-62, 67-68, (page 70 not numbered), 108-119, 124-129, 136-137, 142-143, 160-161, 164-173, 180-181, 190-199, 202-203","3. january 1 to december 26, 1812; pages 1-195 \nmissing pages:  34-39, 58-59, 74-79, 88-89, 133-134, 140-145, 154-155, 164-167, 176-179","People mentioned or commented on in the Diary include: \npersons in politics and government on the national and local levels; \nlocal residents; \nmembers of the Sommerville family; \npost office clients and officials; \nmilitary personnel; \nRevolutionary War veterans; \nNew York, Baltimore, and local newspaper editors; \nlocal doctors and doctors associated with the smallpox Vaccine Institution; \nministers of various church denominations; \nand government officials in France and England.","Subjects mentioned or commented on in the Diary include: \npost office business; \nfamily affairs; \nbirths; \nmarriages; \ndeaths; \napprentice[s]; \nslaves; \nagricultural products; \nmethods, prices, and labor; \nelections; \ngeneral store; \nweather (daily); \nMartinsburg and its residents (frequently); \nmills; \ntaverns; \neuropean affairs; \npatriotism and Americanism; \nchurches; \nschools; \nreminiscences about the Revolutionary War; \nopinions on ministers and religion; \nlotteries -- Vaccine; \nlotteries -- Delaware; \nlotteries -- Susquehanna Canal; \nlotteries -- Washington Monument; \nlotteries -- Union College; \nlotteries -- Wilmington College; \ntravel; \nmilitia muster and draft; \nWar of 1812 -- cause; \nWar of 1812 -- local and national reaction; \nWar of 1812 -- battles; \nand government policy.","Includes letter (1799) from Sarah Brown to William Sommerville; \nand letters (1832-1888) between William Sommerville's daughter Elizabeth Sommerville (Edwards) and William B. Edwards, including their daughter and others.  William B. Edwards was a Methodist circuit rider.","Subjects include personal and family affairs, churches and the ministry, Martinsburg, and slavery, among other topics.","Includes transcribed extract from William Sommerville's diary dated March 1811 (undated); genealogy notes regarding members of the Sommerville family from the 17th century (undated); and Civil War poetry in manuscript, including \"Stonewall Jackson's Way\" (undated).","Manuscript compilation of facts and clippings regarding the Brown, Sommerville, and other families.  Family documented include predominantly Brown, Edwards (from Virginia), and Somerville (from Ireland).  This compilation seems to have been created in the late 19th century.","pages a-j:  estates, including Merida Edwards (1812), William Edwards (1755), and George Edwards (1780).","pages 1-20:  family register, including James Edwards (ca.1750-1851), John Arnold Edwards (1777-1855), William Ballthrop Edwards (1809-1888), John Sommerville (1710-?), and William Sommerville (1756-1826).  The section on William Sommerville includes extensive biographical information, including a narrative about his Revolutionary War service, and four pages of extracts from his journal (diary) (1794, 1810-1812); the entry for 15 July 1811 mentions Lawrence A. Washington, who was to settle for some time near Charleston, (West) Virginia on the Kanawha River.  The family register also includes entries for William Brown (1765-1806), Reverend John McClelland (?-1798), and for later Sommerville family members.","page 21:  \"Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, Minute of Service in the Revolutionary War\" (brief narrative by William Sommerville)","pages 22-23:  marriage certificates for William Brown and William Sommerville","pages 23-40:  miscellaneous genealogical information, including manuscript signatures, Scottish ancestry, and family crests (coat of arms)","page 41:  Confederate service by family members","pages 42-43:  obituaries for William Edwards (1809-1888)","pages 45, 47:  obituary for Elizabeth Edwards (1812-?)"],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePhoto of U.S. Army sergeant (1944) separated to Photograph Collection\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Photo of U.S. Army sergeant (1944) separated to Photograph Collection"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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