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Apperson was made by the Library of Virginia in January 1976 and is available at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. The Civil War letters of Harvey Black were published in 1995 in a volume edited by Glenn L. McMullen, which is available in the Rare Book Collection and in Newman Library.","The papers are arranged into series corresponding to the creators of the material and subseries by type of material.","Series include the following:","Series I. Harvey Black Papers\nSeries II. Black Family Papers\nSeries III. Germanicus Kent Papers\nSeries IV. Black Family Business Records\nSeries V. John S. Apperson Papers\nSeries VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers\nSeries VII. Alexander Apperson Papers\nSeries VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks\nSeries IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company\nSeries X. Assorted Papers","This series is arranged by format.","This series is arranged by format.","Arranged alphabetically by name of family being researched.","In 1889, Elizabeth Black of Blacksburg, Virginia, married John Apperson of Marion, joining the Black and Kent families of Blacksburg with the Apperson family. Elizabeth Black's father Harvey Black and John S. Apperson served together in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade during the American Civil War. Black was a regimental surgeon and Apperson was a hospital steward under his command.","Harvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg.","On August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863.","After the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors.","From 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.","John S. Apperson (1837-1908) was born in Locust Grove, Virginia, and moved to Smyth County in 1859. He took a job splitting rails and began to study medicine under local physician William Faris. In 1861, Apperson enlisted in the Smyth Blues, organized as Company D, 4th Virginia. After the Civil War, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, earning a degree in 1867. He returned to Smyth County and married Victoria Hull in 1868. They lived in Chilhowie, and Apperson practiced medicine and farmed. They had seven children.","John Apperson's first wife died in 1887. The same year, he took a job as assistant physician under Harvey Black at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia in Marion. When Harvey Black died in 1888, Apperson resigned his position at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum and established a medical practice in Marion. In 1889, he married Elizabeth, daughter of his friend and mentor Harvey Black. They had four children: Harvey, Alexander, Kent, and Mary.","After his second marriage, John Apperson pursued a career in business. He was one of eight founders of Staley's Creek Manganese and Iron Company. In 1906, he expanded the operations of the Marion Foundry and Milling Company into the Marion Foundry and Machine Works. He also promoted the building of the Marion and Rye Valley Railroad.","In 1892, the Virginia Board of World's Fair Managers employed Apperson to collect items and transport Virginia exhibits to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Apperson died in Marion in 1908. His wife Elizabeth died in Blacksburg in 1942.","Harvey Black Apperson (1890-1948), the oldest child of John Apperson and Elizabeth Black, lived in Salem, Virginia, and practiced law in Roanoke for thirty years. He became active in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. In a special election in 1933, he was elected to represent Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties and the cities of Radford and Roanoke in the State Senate. He served on the State Corporation Commission from 1944 to 1947 and was Chairman of the Commission from June 1944 to 1947. Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General in August 1947, and he took office October 7, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Richmond on February 2, 1948. Alexander Apperson worked at the Marion Foundry and Machine Works for a period and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama.","Germanicus Kent (1791-1861) and Arabella Amiss Kent (1809-1951), parents of Harvey Black's wife Mary, are also documented in this collection. Germanicus Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and attended Yale College. Circa 1822, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked as a cotton merchant. In 1827, he married Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg. According to a family account, Germanicus Kent left Huntsville in 1834 at the insistence of his brother Aratus Kent, a missionary in Illinois who opposed slavery. Aratus Kent was a founder of Beloit and Rockford colleges in Illinois. The family moved to Illinois in 1834. Lewis Kent (also known as Lewis Lemon), who was enslaved by Germanicus Kent in North Carolina when he was a boy, moved with the family and later purchased his freedom and settled in Iowa. Germanicus Kent is considered a founder of the town of Rockford, Illinois, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Mary Kent, born in 1836, was the first child of European ancestry born in Rockford. The family returned to Arabella's hometown of Blacksburg in 1843.","Sources\n      Glenn L. McMullen, \"Tending the Wounded: Two Virginians in the Confederate Medical Corps,\" Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 1991), 172-183\n      A Surgeon with Stonewall Jackson: The Civil War Letters of Dr. Harvey Black, edited by Glenn L. McMullen (Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1995)\n      Biographical sketches of John S. Apperson by Glenn McMullen and of Harvey Black Apperson, by Crandall Shiflett in John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tartar, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1 (The Library of Virginia, 1998), 181-183\n      \"Germanicus A. Kent: Founder of Rockford, Illinois,\" published by the Rockford Historical Society, n.d.","The guide to the Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The papers were previously organized into three collections: the Black Family Papers, Ms1974-003; the Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-017; and the Kent Family Papers, Ms1974-018. They were further processed and merged into one collection in 2002. Additional description was completed in 2021.","Three boxes are unprocessed. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","This item was previously listed on the finding aid as \"General Store, Blacksburg, 1857-1862.\"","See the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:","James Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031","Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045","Medical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black, Ms2009-084","Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040","The Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (bulk 1821-1948) documents the families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection comprises American Civil War letters of Dr. Harvey Black, Civil War diaries of John Apperson, records and correspondence pertaining to nineteenth-century Blacksburg residents Edwin Amiss, his sister Arabella Amiss Kent, and her husband Germanicus Kent, cotton trader and Rockford, Illinois pioneer; and account books, correspondence, and photographs of several members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection is divided into the following major series: Harvey Black Papers, Black Family Papers, Germanicus Kent Papers, Black Family Business Records, John S. Apperson Papers, Mary E. Apperson Papers, Alexander Apperson Papers, and Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks.","Series I. Harvey Black Papers, 1847-1888, contains the following subseries: Diaries, Civil War Letters, General Correspondence, Medical Career Records, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. It also includes one photograph, ca. 1865, of Harvey Black.","Dating 1861 to 1864, the Civil War Letters document Black's experiences as a regimental surgeon in the Stonewall Brigade and as surgeon in charge of the Second Corps field hospital. The series comprises letters Black wrote to his wife Mary (Molly) in Blacksburg. Black usually wrote to his wife two to three days after a major battle and reported who, from Blacksburg, had been killed or wounded. He describes the effects of disease on the troops, looking for his brother-in-law Lewis Kent among the Union wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the delirium of Stonewall Jackson as he lay dying at Guinea Station, and the difficulties of keeping his family clothed and fed during the war.","The Diaries consist of a short diary Black kept of his journey from Christiansburg to Mexico to fight in the Mexican War and a diary of a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee in the fall of 1849. The Mexican War diary details Black's trip from Christiansburg to Norfolk and eventually Buena Vista, but provides little information about serving in the war. Both diaries contain mainly Black's observations about the towns and cities he passes through. The diary of the trip west compares culture and society in Virginia and the West and references encounters with Virginians who had moved west.","General Correspondence, 1847-1871, comprises two letters Black wrote while he was studying medicine at the University of Virginia, his proposal of marriage to Mary (Molly) Kent, and a folder of letters Black received from family members between 1848 and 1871. One letter describes pioneering in Island County, Washington Territory, in 1853; and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regard the establishment of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, forerunner of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.","The Medical Career Records, dating 1848 to 1888, documents Harvey Black's medical career before and after the Civil War and letters of recommendation for the position of Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia and the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia. This series also contains an 1887 annual report for the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia.","The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Records span the years 1870 to 1873. This small series consists of a subscription list for the Preston and Olin Institute, an early history of the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and certificates of appointment to the college's Board of Visitors.","Series II. Black Family Papers, 1779-1911 (bulk 1845-1911): Materials include an 1845 bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Adaline; an 1856 letter from Charles to Alexander Black; photographs of Alexander Black, Kent Black, and Kent's wife Mary Bell Black; a 1911 letter from Mary Kent to her children; and a quilt given to Kent Black by his medical patients, ca. 1890. Additionally, the series has the wedding register of Mary and Kent Black and an invitation to the 1885 Blacksburg Grand Annual Ball.","Series III. Germanicus Kent Papers, 1818-1899: The series comprises Germanicus Kent's cotton books and correspondence with his sons Lewis and John, his brother Aratus Kent, and his brother-in- law Edwin Amiss. The cotton books document Kent's experience as a cotton merchant based in Huntsville, Alabama, 1821 to 1823. They provide lists of cotton prices and copies of correspondence to clients in Nashville and New Orleans. The correspondence describes life in Blacksburg in the 1830s, the Kent family's decision to settle in Virginia after living in Illinois, and Kent's business investments in the west and in Blacksburg. Letters from Edwin Amiss to Arabella and Germanicus Kent pertain to Arabella Kent continuing to enslave people by inheriting her mother's estate. An 1860 letter from Germanicus Kent to Aratus Kent discusses Germanicus Kent's desire to establish contact with the man he formerly enslaved Lewis Lemon Kent, then living in Iowa.","Series IV. Black Family Business Records, 1832-1924: Account books for mercantile establishments in Blacksburg make up the bulk of this series.. It also contains an account book for A.W. Luster; a 1908 inventory for W. Stone \u0026 Son; and a copy of an undated newspaper advertisement for A. Black and Company.","Series V. John S. Apperson Papers, 1858-1915: John Apperson's Civil War Diary is the centerpiece. The diary consist of Apperson's account of his journey, in 1859, from his home in Locust Grove, Virginia to Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. In the Civil War diaries, he describes medical care of soldiers and lists monthly figures of wounded and dead for the Second Corps field hospital. He discusses going onto the battlefield after the fighting stopped at First Manassas, the scene on the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; performing his first amputation; and his efforts to continue his medical education during the Civil War. Additionally, this series contains correspondence about Apperson's business career, 1900 and 1910, a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, and photographs of John Apperson, Elizabeth Black, and their children.","Series VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers, 1889-1977, and Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers, 1827-1984: Research files on the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion compose the bulk of these two series. Materials also include publications pertaining to family history; correspondence with the Rockford, Illinois Historical Society regarding research on Germanicus Kent; correspondence related to other genealogy research; the recollections of Elizabeth Black Apperson about Blacksburg history and buildings; family photographs and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Alexander Black house in Blacksburg; and family artifacts.","Series VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks, 1933-1950: The scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings detailing Harvey B. Apperson's political career and Democratic Party politics in the Roanoke area in the 1930s and in Richmond in the 1940s. Additionally, there are letters and telegrams of congratulation Apperson received when he was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1947, telegrams and letters of condolence his wife received upon his death four months later, photographs, and political ephemera.","Series IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1826-1965: Legal documents and correspondence pertain to the division of proceeds of mining investments among the Apperson descendants of Harvey Black. The series also contains maps of Black and Apperson property in Blacksburg, ca. 1949.","Series X. Assorted Papers, 1872, 1912: The last series includes two items, the Louise Caton Travel Diary, 1912, and The Christian Union publication, 1872. The diary of Louise Caton's four-month tour of Europe in 1912 describes her voyage from New York to Genoa on the Laxmia and from Liverpool back to New York on the Celtic. The relationship of Louise Caton to the Black, Kent, and Apperson families is unknown.","This small series includes a letter Harvey Black received from family who had settled in Wisconsin; a letter from a member of the Crockett family pioneering in Washington Territory, and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regarding the establishment of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg.","In this subseries of five letters from Germanicus Kent to his sons and his brother Aratus, Kent discusses investments, family, and Lewis Lemon (Kent), who bought his freedom from Kent ca. 1835.","This folder contains four family letters presumed to pertain to the extended Kent Amiss family. The correspondents are Edith Boggs, David and E. Cook, Mary Sloutermires, William G., and his son Nelson.","Accounts and correspondence in these two bound cotton books detail Germanicus Kent's business as a cotton merchant in Huntsville, Alabama.","Materials corncern the Kent family's move from Alabama to Illinois.","This file contains a contract outlining the terms of a proposed business partnership between Edwin Amiss and Germanicus Kent and a contract to build a home in Blacksburg.","This series is composed primarily of five ledgers containing alphabetically indexed customer account histories for various mercantile establishments, probably in Blacksburg. Also included are documents and correspondence pertaining to Black family investments in oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This ledger includes an inventory, July 1908, for W. Stone \u0026 Son.","This subseries comprises documents pertaining to investments in the Radford Land Improvement Company, 1889; the Radford West End Land Company, 1909; and oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This subseries comprises miscellaneous receipts, 1862; Business Correspondence, 1900-1910; and a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, 1915.","These letters discuss the illness of the daughter of Mrs. Cyprus McCormick and John S. Apperson.","This file contains newspaper clippings on Blacksburg history and members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families.","The Directory's cover illustration is a photograph of a sculpture commemorating the role played by Germanicus Kent and Lewis Lemon, Kent's former slave, in the founding of Rockford, Illinois.","This series is primarily composed of research files on the genealogy of the Black, Kent, Apperson and related families. It also contains family photographs, including a picture of the Alexander Black House, later burned, ca. 1900; a folder of correspondence pertaining to Alexander Black's service on the vestry of Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954; a 1914 edition of \"The X-Ray,\" the yearbook of Marion High School; and a program from the 1962 annual convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.","This subseries contains one folder of correspondence pertaining to a proposed memorial to Harvey Black at Virginia Tech from 1953; one folder of correspondence concerning Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954, and one letter, 1934, from A.J. Oliver to Harvey Black Apperson, discussing Oliver's father, who worked for Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1870s and helped plant the first trees on the campus.","This subseries includes the Marion High School yearbook, 1914; and a program from the Sixty-seventh Annual Convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1962.","This subseries comprises correspondence, applications to family heritage organizations, and copies of documents regarding genealogy research on the Black, Kent, Apperson, and related families.","File contains three items in French.","Documents in this subseries pertain to applications, by members of the Black family, for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, Huguenot Society, Magna Carta Barons, National Society of Colonial Wars, and the Society of Colonial Dames.","Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, incoming correspondence and telegrams, photographs, and ephemera documenting Harvey Apperson's political career from 1933, when he ran for the State Senate, to his death in 1948, four months after Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General.","Five scrapbooks and one box of items removed from the scrapbooks and copied for preservation. Photographs and ephemera removed from the scrapbooks are stored in Box 15.","This series is comprised of deeds, reports, correspondence, lease agreements, and receipts pertaining to Apperson family investments in mining operations at Poverty Hollow, Tom's Creek Road, the Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company, and M.C. Slusser and Company. It also contains maps of Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company coal land sold to the Hoge heirs in 1928 and maps showing property owned by the Alexander and Lizzie O. Black estate and Apperson Properties in 1937 and 1948.","The diary is an account of Louise Caton's voyage from New York to Genoa, Italy, her travels through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, and England, and her return from Liverpool to New York in the summer of 1912.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","This collection contains the papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. It includes the American Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. 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Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers were donated to Virginia Tech from 1955 to 1990. 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Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries X. Assorted Papers\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThis series is arranged by format.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is arranged by format.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArranged alphabetically by name of family being researched.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement note"],"arrangement_tesim":["The papers are arranged into series corresponding to the creators of the material and subseries by type of material.","Series include the following:","Series I. Harvey Black Papers\nSeries II. Black Family Papers\nSeries III. Germanicus Kent Papers\nSeries IV. Black Family Business Records\nSeries V. John S. Apperson Papers\nSeries VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers\nSeries VII. Alexander Apperson Papers\nSeries VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks\nSeries IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company\nSeries X. Assorted Papers","This series is arranged by format.","This series is arranged by format.","Arranged alphabetically by name of family being researched."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn 1889, Elizabeth Black of Blacksburg, Virginia, married John Apperson of Marion, joining the Black and Kent families of Blacksburg with the Apperson family. Elizabeth Black's father Harvey Black and John S. Apperson served together in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade during the American Civil War. Black was a regimental surgeon and Apperson was a hospital steward under his command.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn S. Apperson (1837-1908) was born in Locust Grove, Virginia, and moved to Smyth County in 1859. He took a job splitting rails and began to study medicine under local physician William Faris. In 1861, Apperson enlisted in the Smyth Blues, organized as Company D, 4th Virginia. After the Civil War, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, earning a degree in 1867. He returned to Smyth County and married Victoria Hull in 1868. They lived in Chilhowie, and Apperson practiced medicine and farmed. They had seven children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Apperson's first wife died in 1887. The same year, he took a job as assistant physician under Harvey Black at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia in Marion. When Harvey Black died in 1888, Apperson resigned his position at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum and established a medical practice in Marion. In 1889, he married Elizabeth, daughter of his friend and mentor Harvey Black. They had four children: Harvey, Alexander, Kent, and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter his second marriage, John Apperson pursued a career in business. He was one of eight founders of Staley's Creek Manganese and Iron Company. In 1906, he expanded the operations of the Marion Foundry and Milling Company into the Marion Foundry and Machine Works. He also promoted the building of the Marion and Rye Valley Railroad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1892, the Virginia Board of World's Fair Managers employed Apperson to collect items and transport Virginia exhibits to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Apperson died in Marion in 1908. His wife Elizabeth died in Blacksburg in 1942.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarvey Black Apperson (1890-1948), the oldest child of John Apperson and Elizabeth Black, lived in Salem, Virginia, and practiced law in Roanoke for thirty years. He became active in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. In a special election in 1933, he was elected to represent Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties and the cities of Radford and Roanoke in the State Senate. He served on the State Corporation Commission from 1944 to 1947 and was Chairman of the Commission from June 1944 to 1947. Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General in August 1947, and he took office October 7, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Richmond on February 2, 1948. Alexander Apperson worked at the Marion Foundry and Machine Works for a period and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGermanicus Kent (1791-1861) and Arabella Amiss Kent (1809-1951), parents of Harvey Black's wife Mary, are also documented in this collection. Germanicus Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and attended Yale College. Circa 1822, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked as a cotton merchant. In 1827, he married Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg. According to a family account, Germanicus Kent left Huntsville in 1834 at the insistence of his brother Aratus Kent, a missionary in Illinois who opposed slavery. Aratus Kent was a founder of Beloit and Rockford colleges in Illinois. The family moved to Illinois in 1834. Lewis Kent (also known as Lewis Lemon), who was enslaved by Germanicus Kent in North Carolina when he was a boy, moved with the family and later purchased his freedom and settled in Iowa. Germanicus Kent is considered a founder of the town of Rockford, Illinois, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Mary Kent, born in 1836, was the first child of European ancestry born in Rockford. The family returned to Arabella's hometown of Blacksburg in 1843.\u003c/p\u003e    ","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003chead\u003eSources\u003c/head\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eGlenn L. McMullen, \"Tending the Wounded: Two Virginians in the Confederate Medical Corps,\" Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 1991), 172-183\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eA Surgeon with Stonewall Jackson: The Civil War Letters of Dr. Harvey Black, edited by Glenn L. McMullen (Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1995)\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eBiographical sketches of John S. Apperson by Glenn McMullen and of Harvey Black Apperson, by Crandall Shiflett in John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tartar, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1 (The Library of Virginia, 1998), 181-183\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\"Germanicus A. Kent: Founder of Rockford, Illinois,\" published by the Rockford Historical Society, n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["In 1889, Elizabeth Black of Blacksburg, Virginia, married John Apperson of Marion, joining the Black and Kent families of Blacksburg with the Apperson family. Elizabeth Black's father Harvey Black and John S. Apperson served together in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade during the American Civil War. Black was a regimental surgeon and Apperson was a hospital steward under his command.","Harvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg.","On August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863.","After the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors.","From 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.","John S. Apperson (1837-1908) was born in Locust Grove, Virginia, and moved to Smyth County in 1859. He took a job splitting rails and began to study medicine under local physician William Faris. In 1861, Apperson enlisted in the Smyth Blues, organized as Company D, 4th Virginia. After the Civil War, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, earning a degree in 1867. He returned to Smyth County and married Victoria Hull in 1868. They lived in Chilhowie, and Apperson practiced medicine and farmed. They had seven children.","John Apperson's first wife died in 1887. The same year, he took a job as assistant physician under Harvey Black at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia in Marion. When Harvey Black died in 1888, Apperson resigned his position at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum and established a medical practice in Marion. In 1889, he married Elizabeth, daughter of his friend and mentor Harvey Black. They had four children: Harvey, Alexander, Kent, and Mary.","After his second marriage, John Apperson pursued a career in business. He was one of eight founders of Staley's Creek Manganese and Iron Company. In 1906, he expanded the operations of the Marion Foundry and Milling Company into the Marion Foundry and Machine Works. He also promoted the building of the Marion and Rye Valley Railroad.","In 1892, the Virginia Board of World's Fair Managers employed Apperson to collect items and transport Virginia exhibits to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Apperson died in Marion in 1908. His wife Elizabeth died in Blacksburg in 1942.","Harvey Black Apperson (1890-1948), the oldest child of John Apperson and Elizabeth Black, lived in Salem, Virginia, and practiced law in Roanoke for thirty years. He became active in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. In a special election in 1933, he was elected to represent Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties and the cities of Radford and Roanoke in the State Senate. He served on the State Corporation Commission from 1944 to 1947 and was Chairman of the Commission from June 1944 to 1947. Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General in August 1947, and he took office October 7, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Richmond on February 2, 1948. Alexander Apperson worked at the Marion Foundry and Machine Works for a period and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama.","Germanicus Kent (1791-1861) and Arabella Amiss Kent (1809-1951), parents of Harvey Black's wife Mary, are also documented in this collection. Germanicus Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and attended Yale College. Circa 1822, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked as a cotton merchant. In 1827, he married Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg. According to a family account, Germanicus Kent left Huntsville in 1834 at the insistence of his brother Aratus Kent, a missionary in Illinois who opposed slavery. Aratus Kent was a founder of Beloit and Rockford colleges in Illinois. The family moved to Illinois in 1834. Lewis Kent (also known as Lewis Lemon), who was enslaved by Germanicus Kent in North Carolina when he was a boy, moved with the family and later purchased his freedom and settled in Iowa. Germanicus Kent is considered a founder of the town of Rockford, Illinois, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Mary Kent, born in 1836, was the first child of European ancestry born in Rockford. The family returned to Arabella's hometown of Blacksburg in 1843.","Sources\n      Glenn L. McMullen, \"Tending the Wounded: Two Virginians in the Confederate Medical Corps,\" Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 1991), 172-183\n      A Surgeon with Stonewall Jackson: The Civil War Letters of Dr. Harvey Black, edited by Glenn L. McMullen (Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1995)\n      Biographical sketches of John S. Apperson by Glenn McMullen and of Harvey Black Apperson, by Crandall Shiflett in John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tartar, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1 (The Library of Virginia, 1998), 181-183\n      \"Germanicus A. Kent: Founder of Rockford, Illinois,\" published by the Rockford Historical Society, n.d."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers were previously organized into three collections: the Black Family Papers, Ms1974-003; the Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-017; and the Kent Family Papers, Ms1974-018. They were further processed and merged into one collection in 2002. Additional description was completed in 2021.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree boxes are unprocessed. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThis item was previously listed on the finding aid as \"General Store, Blacksburg, 1857-1862.\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information","Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The papers were previously organized into three collections: the Black Family Papers, Ms1974-003; the Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-017; and the Kent Family Papers, Ms1974-018. They were further processed and merged into one collection in 2002. Additional description was completed in 2021.","Three boxes are unprocessed. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","This item was previously listed on the finding aid as \"General Store, Blacksburg, 1857-1862.\""],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1474.xml\"\u003eJames Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1779.xml\"\u003eElizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2503.xml\"\u003eMedical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black, Ms2009-084\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2361.xml\"\u003eBell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:","James Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031","Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045","Medical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black, Ms2009-084","Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (bulk 1821-1948) documents the families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection comprises American Civil War letters of Dr. Harvey Black, Civil War diaries of John Apperson, records and correspondence pertaining to nineteenth-century Blacksburg residents Edwin Amiss, his sister Arabella Amiss Kent, and her husband Germanicus Kent, cotton trader and Rockford, Illinois pioneer; and account books, correspondence, and photographs of several members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection is divided into the following major series: Harvey Black Papers, Black Family Papers, Germanicus Kent Papers, Black Family Business Records, John S. Apperson Papers, Mary E. Apperson Papers, Alexander Apperson Papers, and Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I. Harvey Black Papers, 1847-1888, contains the following subseries: Diaries, Civil War Letters, General Correspondence, Medical Career Records, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. It also includes one photograph, ca. 1865, of Harvey Black.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDating 1861 to 1864, the Civil War Letters document Black's experiences as a regimental surgeon in the Stonewall Brigade and as surgeon in charge of the Second Corps field hospital. The series comprises letters Black wrote to his wife Mary (Molly) in Blacksburg. Black usually wrote to his wife two to three days after a major battle and reported who, from Blacksburg, had been killed or wounded. He describes the effects of disease on the troops, looking for his brother-in-law Lewis Kent among the Union wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the delirium of Stonewall Jackson as he lay dying at Guinea Station, and the difficulties of keeping his family clothed and fed during the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Diaries consist of a short diary Black kept of his journey from Christiansburg to Mexico to fight in the Mexican War and a diary of a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee in the fall of 1849. The Mexican War diary details Black's trip from Christiansburg to Norfolk and eventually Buena Vista, but provides little information about serving in the war. Both diaries contain mainly Black's observations about the towns and cities he passes through. The diary of the trip west compares culture and society in Virginia and the West and references encounters with Virginians who had moved west.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Correspondence, 1847-1871, comprises two letters Black wrote while he was studying medicine at the University of Virginia, his proposal of marriage to Mary (Molly) Kent, and a folder of letters Black received from family members between 1848 and 1871. One letter describes pioneering in Island County, Washington Territory, in 1853; and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regard the establishment of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, forerunner of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Medical Career Records, dating 1848 to 1888, documents Harvey Black's medical career before and after the Civil War and letters of recommendation for the position of Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia and the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia. This series also contains an 1887 annual report for the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Records span the years 1870 to 1873. This small series consists of a subscription list for the Preston and Olin Institute, an early history of the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and certificates of appointment to the college's Board of Visitors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. Black Family Papers, 1779-1911 (bulk 1845-1911): Materials include an 1845 bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Adaline; an 1856 letter from Charles to Alexander Black; photographs of Alexander Black, Kent Black, and Kent's wife Mary Bell Black; a 1911 letter from Mary Kent to her children; and a quilt given to Kent Black by his medical patients, ca. 1890. Additionally, the series has the wedding register of Mary and Kent Black and an invitation to the 1885 Blacksburg Grand Annual Ball.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Germanicus Kent Papers, 1818-1899: The series comprises Germanicus Kent's cotton books and correspondence with his sons Lewis and John, his brother Aratus Kent, and his brother-in- law Edwin Amiss. The cotton books document Kent's experience as a cotton merchant based in Huntsville, Alabama, 1821 to 1823. They provide lists of cotton prices and copies of correspondence to clients in Nashville and New Orleans. The correspondence describes life in Blacksburg in the 1830s, the Kent family's decision to settle in Virginia after living in Illinois, and Kent's business investments in the west and in Blacksburg. Letters from Edwin Amiss to Arabella and Germanicus Kent pertain to Arabella Kent continuing to enslave people by inheriting her mother's estate. An 1860 letter from Germanicus Kent to Aratus Kent discusses Germanicus Kent's desire to establish contact with the man he formerly enslaved Lewis Lemon Kent, then living in Iowa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Black Family Business Records, 1832-1924: Account books for mercantile establishments in Blacksburg make up the bulk of this series.. It also contains an account book for A.W. Luster; a 1908 inventory for W. Stone \u0026amp; Son; and a copy of an undated newspaper advertisement for A. Black and Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. John S. Apperson Papers, 1858-1915: John Apperson's Civil War Diary is the centerpiece. The diary consist of Apperson's account of his journey, in 1859, from his home in Locust Grove, Virginia to Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. In the Civil War diaries, he describes medical care of soldiers and lists monthly figures of wounded and dead for the Second Corps field hospital. He discusses going onto the battlefield after the fighting stopped at First Manassas, the scene on the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; performing his first amputation; and his efforts to continue his medical education during the Civil War. Additionally, this series contains correspondence about Apperson's business career, 1900 and 1910, a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, and photographs of John Apperson, Elizabeth Black, and their children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers, 1889-1977, and Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers, 1827-1984: Research files on the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion compose the bulk of these two series. Materials also include publications pertaining to family history; correspondence with the Rockford, Illinois Historical Society regarding research on Germanicus Kent; correspondence related to other genealogy research; the recollections of Elizabeth Black Apperson about Blacksburg history and buildings; family photographs and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Alexander Black house in Blacksburg; and family artifacts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks, 1933-1950: The scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings detailing Harvey B. Apperson's political career and Democratic Party politics in the Roanoke area in the 1930s and in Richmond in the 1940s. Additionally, there are letters and telegrams of congratulation Apperson received when he was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1947, telegrams and letters of condolence his wife received upon his death four months later, photographs, and political ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1826-1965: Legal documents and correspondence pertain to the division of proceeds of mining investments among the Apperson descendants of Harvey Black. The series also contains maps of Black and Apperson property in Blacksburg, ca. 1949.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries X. Assorted Papers, 1872, 1912: The last series includes two items, the Louise Caton Travel Diary, 1912, and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Christian Union\u003c/emph\u003e publication, 1872. The diary of Louise Caton's four-month tour of Europe in 1912 describes her voyage from New York to Genoa on the Laxmia and from Liverpool back to New York on the Celtic. The relationship of Louise Caton to the Black, Kent, and Apperson families is unknown.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThis small series includes a letter Harvey Black received from family who had settled in Wisconsin; a letter from a member of the Crockett family pioneering in Washington Territory, and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regarding the establishment of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn this subseries of five letters from Germanicus Kent to his sons and his brother Aratus, Kent discusses investments, family, and Lewis Lemon (Kent), who bought his freedom from Kent ca. 1835.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains four family letters presumed to pertain to the extended Kent Amiss family. The correspondents are Edith Boggs, David and E. Cook, Mary Sloutermires, William G., and his son Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and correspondence in these two bound cotton books detail Germanicus Kent's business as a cotton merchant in Huntsville, Alabama.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials corncern the Kent family's move from Alabama to Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis file contains a contract outlining the terms of a proposed business partnership between Edwin Amiss and Germanicus Kent and a contract to build a home in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is composed primarily of five ledgers containing alphabetically indexed customer account histories for various mercantile establishments, probably in Blacksburg. Also included are documents and correspondence pertaining to Black family investments in oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis ledger includes an inventory, July 1908, for W. Stone \u0026amp; Son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries comprises documents pertaining to investments in the Radford Land Improvement Company, 1889; the Radford West End Land Company, 1909; and oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries comprises miscellaneous receipts, 1862; Business Correspondence, 1900-1910; and a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, 1915.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese letters discuss the illness of the daughter of Mrs. Cyprus McCormick and John S. 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It also contains family photographs, including a picture of the Alexander Black House, later burned, ca. 1900; a folder of correspondence pertaining to Alexander Black's service on the vestry of Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954; a 1914 edition of \"The X-Ray,\" the yearbook of Marion High School; and a program from the 1962 annual convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries contains one folder of correspondence pertaining to a proposed memorial to Harvey Black at Virginia Tech from 1953; one folder of correspondence concerning Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954, and one letter, 1934, from A.J. 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Black estate and Apperson Properties in 1937 and 1948.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe diary is an account of Louise Caton's voyage from New York to Genoa, Italy, her travels through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, and England, and her return from Liverpool to New York in the summer of 1912.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (bulk 1821-1948) documents the families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection comprises American Civil War letters of Dr. Harvey Black, Civil War diaries of John Apperson, records and correspondence pertaining to nineteenth-century Blacksburg residents Edwin Amiss, his sister Arabella Amiss Kent, and her husband Germanicus Kent, cotton trader and Rockford, Illinois pioneer; and account books, correspondence, and photographs of several members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection is divided into the following major series: Harvey Black Papers, Black Family Papers, Germanicus Kent Papers, Black Family Business Records, John S. Apperson Papers, Mary E. Apperson Papers, Alexander Apperson Papers, and Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks.","Series I. Harvey Black Papers, 1847-1888, contains the following subseries: Diaries, Civil War Letters, General Correspondence, Medical Career Records, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. It also includes one photograph, ca. 1865, of Harvey Black.","Dating 1861 to 1864, the Civil War Letters document Black's experiences as a regimental surgeon in the Stonewall Brigade and as surgeon in charge of the Second Corps field hospital. The series comprises letters Black wrote to his wife Mary (Molly) in Blacksburg. Black usually wrote to his wife two to three days after a major battle and reported who, from Blacksburg, had been killed or wounded. He describes the effects of disease on the troops, looking for his brother-in-law Lewis Kent among the Union wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the delirium of Stonewall Jackson as he lay dying at Guinea Station, and the difficulties of keeping his family clothed and fed during the war.","The Diaries consist of a short diary Black kept of his journey from Christiansburg to Mexico to fight in the Mexican War and a diary of a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee in the fall of 1849. The Mexican War diary details Black's trip from Christiansburg to Norfolk and eventually Buena Vista, but provides little information about serving in the war. Both diaries contain mainly Black's observations about the towns and cities he passes through. The diary of the trip west compares culture and society in Virginia and the West and references encounters with Virginians who had moved west.","General Correspondence, 1847-1871, comprises two letters Black wrote while he was studying medicine at the University of Virginia, his proposal of marriage to Mary (Molly) Kent, and a folder of letters Black received from family members between 1848 and 1871. One letter describes pioneering in Island County, Washington Territory, in 1853; and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regard the establishment of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, forerunner of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.","The Medical Career Records, dating 1848 to 1888, documents Harvey Black's medical career before and after the Civil War and letters of recommendation for the position of Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia and the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia. This series also contains an 1887 annual report for the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia.","The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Records span the years 1870 to 1873. This small series consists of a subscription list for the Preston and Olin Institute, an early history of the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and certificates of appointment to the college's Board of Visitors.","Series II. Black Family Papers, 1779-1911 (bulk 1845-1911): Materials include an 1845 bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Adaline; an 1856 letter from Charles to Alexander Black; photographs of Alexander Black, Kent Black, and Kent's wife Mary Bell Black; a 1911 letter from Mary Kent to her children; and a quilt given to Kent Black by his medical patients, ca. 1890. Additionally, the series has the wedding register of Mary and Kent Black and an invitation to the 1885 Blacksburg Grand Annual Ball.","Series III. Germanicus Kent Papers, 1818-1899: The series comprises Germanicus Kent's cotton books and correspondence with his sons Lewis and John, his brother Aratus Kent, and his brother-in- law Edwin Amiss. The cotton books document Kent's experience as a cotton merchant based in Huntsville, Alabama, 1821 to 1823. They provide lists of cotton prices and copies of correspondence to clients in Nashville and New Orleans. The correspondence describes life in Blacksburg in the 1830s, the Kent family's decision to settle in Virginia after living in Illinois, and Kent's business investments in the west and in Blacksburg. Letters from Edwin Amiss to Arabella and Germanicus Kent pertain to Arabella Kent continuing to enslave people by inheriting her mother's estate. An 1860 letter from Germanicus Kent to Aratus Kent discusses Germanicus Kent's desire to establish contact with the man he formerly enslaved Lewis Lemon Kent, then living in Iowa.","Series IV. Black Family Business Records, 1832-1924: Account books for mercantile establishments in Blacksburg make up the bulk of this series.. It also contains an account book for A.W. Luster; a 1908 inventory for W. Stone \u0026 Son; and a copy of an undated newspaper advertisement for A. Black and Company.","Series V. John S. Apperson Papers, 1858-1915: John Apperson's Civil War Diary is the centerpiece. The diary consist of Apperson's account of his journey, in 1859, from his home in Locust Grove, Virginia to Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. In the Civil War diaries, he describes medical care of soldiers and lists monthly figures of wounded and dead for the Second Corps field hospital. He discusses going onto the battlefield after the fighting stopped at First Manassas, the scene on the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; performing his first amputation; and his efforts to continue his medical education during the Civil War. Additionally, this series contains correspondence about Apperson's business career, 1900 and 1910, a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, and photographs of John Apperson, Elizabeth Black, and their children.","Series VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers, 1889-1977, and Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers, 1827-1984: Research files on the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion compose the bulk of these two series. Materials also include publications pertaining to family history; correspondence with the Rockford, Illinois Historical Society regarding research on Germanicus Kent; correspondence related to other genealogy research; the recollections of Elizabeth Black Apperson about Blacksburg history and buildings; family photographs and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Alexander Black house in Blacksburg; and family artifacts.","Series VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks, 1933-1950: The scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings detailing Harvey B. Apperson's political career and Democratic Party politics in the Roanoke area in the 1930s and in Richmond in the 1940s. Additionally, there are letters and telegrams of congratulation Apperson received when he was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1947, telegrams and letters of condolence his wife received upon his death four months later, photographs, and political ephemera.","Series IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1826-1965: Legal documents and correspondence pertain to the division of proceeds of mining investments among the Apperson descendants of Harvey Black. The series also contains maps of Black and Apperson property in Blacksburg, ca. 1949.","Series X. Assorted Papers, 1872, 1912: The last series includes two items, the Louise Caton Travel Diary, 1912, and The Christian Union publication, 1872. The diary of Louise Caton's four-month tour of Europe in 1912 describes her voyage from New York to Genoa on the Laxmia and from Liverpool back to New York on the Celtic. The relationship of Louise Caton to the Black, Kent, and Apperson families is unknown.","This small series includes a letter Harvey Black received from family who had settled in Wisconsin; a letter from a member of the Crockett family pioneering in Washington Territory, and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regarding the establishment of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg.","In this subseries of five letters from Germanicus Kent to his sons and his brother Aratus, Kent discusses investments, family, and Lewis Lemon (Kent), who bought his freedom from Kent ca. 1835.","This folder contains four family letters presumed to pertain to the extended Kent Amiss family. The correspondents are Edith Boggs, David and E. Cook, Mary Sloutermires, William G., and his son Nelson.","Accounts and correspondence in these two bound cotton books detail Germanicus Kent's business as a cotton merchant in Huntsville, Alabama.","Materials corncern the Kent family's move from Alabama to Illinois.","This file contains a contract outlining the terms of a proposed business partnership between Edwin Amiss and Germanicus Kent and a contract to build a home in Blacksburg.","This series is composed primarily of five ledgers containing alphabetically indexed customer account histories for various mercantile establishments, probably in Blacksburg. Also included are documents and correspondence pertaining to Black family investments in oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This ledger includes an inventory, July 1908, for W. Stone \u0026 Son.","This subseries comprises documents pertaining to investments in the Radford Land Improvement Company, 1889; the Radford West End Land Company, 1909; and oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This subseries comprises miscellaneous receipts, 1862; Business Correspondence, 1900-1910; and a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, 1915.","These letters discuss the illness of the daughter of Mrs. Cyprus McCormick and John S. Apperson.","This file contains newspaper clippings on Blacksburg history and members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families.","The Directory's cover illustration is a photograph of a sculpture commemorating the role played by Germanicus Kent and Lewis Lemon, Kent's former slave, in the founding of Rockford, Illinois.","This series is primarily composed of research files on the genealogy of the Black, Kent, Apperson and related families. It also contains family photographs, including a picture of the Alexander Black House, later burned, ca. 1900; a folder of correspondence pertaining to Alexander Black's service on the vestry of Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954; a 1914 edition of \"The X-Ray,\" the yearbook of Marion High School; and a program from the 1962 annual convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.","This subseries contains one folder of correspondence pertaining to a proposed memorial to Harvey Black at Virginia Tech from 1953; one folder of correspondence concerning Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954, and one letter, 1934, from A.J. Oliver to Harvey Black Apperson, discussing Oliver's father, who worked for Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1870s and helped plant the first trees on the campus.","This subseries includes the Marion High School yearbook, 1914; and a program from the Sixty-seventh Annual Convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1962.","This subseries comprises correspondence, applications to family heritage organizations, and copies of documents regarding genealogy research on the Black, Kent, Apperson, and related families.","File contains three items in French.","Documents in this subseries pertain to applications, by members of the Black family, for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, Huguenot Society, Magna Carta Barons, National Society of Colonial Wars, and the Society of Colonial Dames.","Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, incoming correspondence and telegrams, photographs, and ephemera documenting Harvey Apperson's political career from 1933, when he ran for the State Senate, to his death in 1948, four months after Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General.","Five scrapbooks and one box of items removed from the scrapbooks and copied for preservation. Photographs and ephemera removed from the scrapbooks are stored in Box 15.","This series is comprised of deeds, reports, correspondence, lease agreements, and receipts pertaining to Apperson family investments in mining operations at Poverty Hollow, Tom's Creek Road, the Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company, and M.C. Slusser and Company. It also contains maps of Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company coal land sold to the Hoge heirs in 1928 and maps showing property owned by the Alexander and Lizzie O. Black estate and Apperson Properties in 1937 and 1948.","The diary is an account of Louise Caton's voyage from New York to Genoa, Italy, her travels through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, and England, and her return from Liverpool to New York in the summer of 1912."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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Va.)","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","The collection is open for research.","The papers are arranged by family member and then by type of material.","The Dicksons were pioneer settlers of Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia). Joseph Dickson (1749-1822) settled in what is now Greenbrier County, West Virginia, from Ireland by way of Pennsylvania in the 1770s. He received land grants originally from the King's land office in 1769, and later from the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1785, 1789, and 1795 for property on Howard's Creek. His son, Robert Dickson (1795-1869?), inherited the land and built Locust Hill in 1833, now called Mountain Home. Robert Renick Dickson (1827-1888) and Henry Frazier Dickson (1841-1909), Robert Dickson's sons, inherited the land and in turn left it to their heirs. The Dicksons turned Mountain Home near White Sulphur Springs into a resort in the 1800s and early 1900s. The property and home were owned by the family until they were sold in 1968.","The guide to the Dickson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Dickson Family Papers was completed prior to 2001.","The papers consist largely of land, property, and goods transaction receipts and documents of each of the four generations of the Dickson Family, who originally settled in what is now Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia) in the 1770s. Certificates, oaths, correspondence, deeds, and a diary are included in Joseph Dickson's papers, along with several sale documents for enslaved people from the late 1700s and early 1800s. Much of the land and goods and many of the enslaved people were exchanged with neighbors and others in the area. Most of Joseph Dickson's documents are individually described in this inventory. The papers of John Dickson (1737-1809, brother of Joseph Dickson), Robert Dickson, Robert Renick Dickson and Henry Frazier Dickson, and Geraldine Dickson Burrow (1879-1943, daughter of Henry Frazier Dickson), are grouped by type of material (for example, financial accounts, correspondence, and land deeds). Within Robert Dickson's correspondence are a few references to the American Civil War, including a letter from a Confederate tax collector demanding payment of his 1863 Confederate taxes. Other interesting documents include the transcript (1916) of the trial of Sallie Dickson (wife of Robert Renick Dickson) who was sued by Henry Frazier Dickson, for payment of rent due to him. The papers also include genealogy charts of the family.","Certificate asserting that Joseph Dickson was received in his parish and \"has behaved himself in a Verry prudent and exemplary manner,\" signed by M. Johnson.","Certificate stating that Joseph Tooth knows Joseph Dickson \"...to be of good respectable character...and believe him to be of untainted moral character...\"","Certificate asserting that Joseph Dickson lived in Greenbrier County, Virginia, for four years and \"Behaved himself as an honast man aught to Do.\"","Oath to the General Assembly [of Virginia] taken by Joseph Dickson, signed by Geo. Skillem","Marriage certificate of Joseph Dickson and Mary Yung, married March 5, 1772, signed by McHoy(?) in Lebanontown.","Certificate signed by John Dickinson of Augusta County, Virginia, as to Joseph Dickson's good character when Dickson lived on Dickinson's land.","Certificate that Joseph Dickson resided in the Spreading(?) congregation from 1779 to 1780, and \"behaved himself sober and in an inoffensive manner,\" signed by Edward Crawford.","Statement of falsely accusing John Wevans \"with taking goods out of the store of Francis Mara\" made by Mary Wave.","Certificate that Joseph Dickson (son of Joseph Sr.) has lived in East Hanover, Pennsylvania, and learned the hatter trade, signed by Daniel Bradley.","Certificate of military service, signed by Capt. James Smith (n.d.)","From unknown asking Joseph Dickson to give John Humphrys his bond.","Thos. Dunwody to W. Jos. Archer about a survey of Joseph Dickson's.","Th. Edgar to Jos. Dixon about the sale of a cow; mentions W. Kyle, W. Hagreth, and W. Black.","William Wallace to James Black.","Lazarus Ainsworth to Joseph Dickson about payment of a sickel left in Dickson's care.","Th. Edgar of Lewisburg to Joseph Dickson acknowledging receiving a horse.","James Welch of Lewisburg to Joseph Dickson about dry goods sold","Joseph Snell to Robert McClentck(?) about an ax he wants to give to Joseph Dickson.","Jacob Baumgardsen to Joseph Dickson about receiving eight pounds cash.","J. Patton to Joseph Dickson for flour sold; Jas. Richards to Joseph Dickson, asking him to send a hat (?) he left for Dickson with Samuel Ruiker or Jas. Kincaid.","Robt. Steele(?) to Joseph Dickson about a possible breach of contract with Miss Cathe McClung.","Charles Mislock(?) to Capt. Joseph Dickson about shodding a horse and drawing blood on a sick man (n.d.).","Robert Humphreys to unknown about a bed he wishes to buy from Mr. [Joseph] Dickson (n.d.).","John Henry asking Joseph Dickson to let Mr. Jno. Hide have the cow Henry left at Dickson's house (n.d.).","Sale of an enslaved man named Gib from John Dean to Joseph Dickson for £65.","Note of payment due for hiring an enslaved person named Patten from John Carpenter to Joseph Dickson.","Agreement between Jno. H. Flood(?) and Joseph Dickson as to the transfer of an enslaved woman named Nan and two children for $5.","Note of payment of £110 for the sale of an enslaved person named Elijah due to Joseph Dickson from John Ewdend of Rockbridge County, Virginia.","Note of payment of £130 from the sale of an enslaved person named Joel from Joel Walker of Greenbrier County, Virginia, to Joseph Dickson.","Transfer of an enslaved person named Jude from Catherine McClung to Joseph Dickson.","Sale of Jeff, an enslaved person, to Joseph Dickson for £51 from Catherine McClung.","Sale of Jane, an enslaved person for $300, by James Kincaide to Joseph Dickson.","Transfer of debt of Joseph Dickson from John Murray of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, to John Dickenson of Augusta County, Virginia.","Contract of James Connelly to pay John Dickenson twenty-two pounds.","Contract of John and Joseph Dickson to pay John Dickenson 200 pounds owed.","Promise of Joseph Dickson of Botetourt County, Virginia, to pay Leonard Beall of Augusta County, Virginia, fifteen pounds owed.","Contract of Robert Armstrong and John Scott to pay John Bollar eighteen pounds \"Good and Lawfull money of Virginia.\"","Promise of Joseph Dickson of of Botetourt County, Virginia, to pay Joseph Baley 125 pounds owed.","Contract for Jacob Rife to pay Jos. Dickson 100 pounds owed.","Contract for unknown to pay Henry Gaye one pound.","Contract of James Riddle of Augusta County, Virginia, to pay Joseph Dickson of Greenbrier County, Virginia, four pounds.","Receipt for a bond from Jos. Dickson to John Nivins.","Contract of Joseph Dickson to pay James Black fifty pounds owed.","Promise of unknown to pay James Humphries eight pounds owed.","Contract for unknown to pay George Stuart six pounds owed.","Contract of indenture of Joseph Dickson's son John to apprentice as a tailor to Hugh Paul for five years.","Contract for Joseph Dickson, Jacob Vanosdol, Levin Gibson, and Samuel Kincaid to appraise the estate of James Humphries deceased and make a report to the court.","Contract of Joseph Dickson to pay John Ederds(?) twenty-five pounds owed.","Contract of John Atkinson of Greenbrier County, Virginia, to pay Joseph Dickson 1000 pounds owed.","Acknowledgement of John Dickson's receipt of \"an old pocket book containing two Bonds\" from John Staufler(?) and Jno. Deem.","Contract of indenture of Joseph Dickson's son George to apprentice as a gunsmith to Nathaniel Kelly.","Contract to release Joseph Dickson of a debt of 350 pounds to Richard Dickson of Greenbrier County, Virginia, due to the loss of the previous contract.","Deed of release from Nancy Dickson, widow of Joseph, to relinquish all rights to the provisions made in her husband's will, turn over his estate to her son Robert, and live off an allowance allocated by her son.","Transfer of a tract of land from John McClinachan to John Davis for twenty-seven pounds.","Sale of a tract of land from John Davis to Joseph Dixon for thirty-seven pounds.","Copy of a grant from 1774 to James Ewing for a tract of land in Botetourt County, Virginia, from John Earl of Dunmore.","Agreement from Joseph Dickson allowing William Crow to live on a certain tract of land owned by Dickson.","Transfer of a tract of land from John Douckwaler of Greenbrier County, Virginia, to Jacob Rife.","Exchange of a horse owned by Thos. Dunwody to Joseph Dickson for a tract of land.","Transfer of land from Henry Childers to Joseph Dickson.","Statement of debt of 140 pounds from Joseph Dickson to William Crawford for the transfer of land of Honards Creek.","Promise to deliver thirty acres of land on Honards Creek to Elweis Atwater from Joseph Dickson(?).","Deed of land sold from William Dinwiddie (Dunwoodey?) and his wife Elizabeth to Joseph Dixon.","Transfer of ownership of a tract of land from John Nevins to Joseph Dickson.","Sale of a tract of land from Joseph Dickson to Jacob Clangman and William Dunwoody.","Contract for payment due from the sale of a tract of land from Joseph Dickson to James Black and William McClung.","Deed of land sold by James Black and his wife Rachel to Joseph Dickson.","Sale of land from George Stuart to Joseph Dickson.","Sale of 125 acres to William McClung from Joseph Dickson.","Transfer of land owned by Donal Alison of Greenbrier County, Virginia, to Joseph Dickson for 100 pounds.","Sale of land from Joseph Dickson to Lewis Shalman.","Receipt for sum of $50 to Daniel Allison from Joseph Dickson in payment for land sold.","Deed of land sold to Joseph Dickson Jr. from his father.","Deed of bargain and sale from William Morris and Allen Taylor to William Rennick for 800 acres in unknown area.","Contract binding Frederick Hoober to paying Joseph Dickson 220 pounds owed for a one-fourth acre lot in Lewisburgh, Greenbrier County, Virginia.","Deed for a lot of land in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Virginia, to Joseph Dickson from Richard Tyne and his wife Sarah, signed by John Stuart.","Receipt for a \"patton of land\" of seventy acres from Joseph Dickson to Jacob Winslow(?).","Contract to rent land to James Mayer from Joseph Dickson.","Memorandum concerning obtaining a copy of Ewings deed from the Greenbrier office, and distributing it to Edward Rumsey, Allen Taylor, William Morris, and James Byrnside (n.d.).","Receipt from the sale of a white mare from Joseph Dickson to John Young for seven pounds.","Contract for the sale of a \"hourse\" from Honery Childers(?) to Joseph Dickson.","Receipt of the sale of a mare from Joseph Dickson to William Jeres(?) in exchange for work done by Jeres.","Contract for transfer of two mares and a horse William Crawford received from Joseph Dickson.","Receipt for transfer of a bay horse from Henry Banks to John Nivins.","Receipt for a bay mare sold by Joseph Dickson to Samuel Miller.","Receipt for the payment of forty shillings for work done by Richard Masters for Joseph Dickson.","Contract for William Wallace of Wythe County, Virginia, to pay £290 to James Black for the sale of two mares, with the promise that if Wallace was not able to pay the stated amount he would give two enslaved people.","Request for M. Edgar to the unknown recipient of the note to give Mr. Kyle a cow, and Edgar would settle the sale with Mr. Hagreth.","Receipt for three pounds in payment for the services of a stud horse owned by Joseph Anderson to Joseph Dickson.","Receipt for the sale of a bay mare from Rueben Wade of Goochland County, Virginia, to Joseph Dickson.","Receipt for the sale of a black horse to David Alle(?) to Joseph Dickson.","Sale of a horse from Charles Simmons of Bedford County to Joseph Dickson.","Sale of a bay mare from Thomas Reid to Joseph Dickson.","Sale of a mare from Joseph Dickson to James Rollens.","Receipt for the sale of a cow from James Blagg to Joseph Dickson.","Sale of a mare from Wm. McClunson(?) to Joseph Dickson.","Contract between James Anderson and Dorel Jere(?) for the transfer of cattle, witnessed by Joseph Dickson.","Sale of a heifer from Samuel Dedman of Kentucky to Joseph Dickson.","Receipt for a cow from Joseph Dickson sold to John Hyde.","Receipt for six head of cattle purchased from Joseph Dickson by Michael Baskal(?).","Contract to exchange a mare owned by James Hammand for a black horse owned by Joseph Dickson.","Sale of a draft (horse?) from unknown to Jacob Rife (n.d.).","Financial accounts, 1771-79; 22 items. Receipts for money received.","Financial accounts, 1780-89; 27 items. Household goods purchased, receipt for 1779 taxes paid by Dickson.","Financial accounts, 1790-99; 34 items.","Financial accounts, 1800-05; 35 items; includes bill for tuition of Dickson's children to \"English school.\"","Financial accounts, 1806-09; 19 items.","Financial accounts, 1810; 10 items.","Financial accounts, 1815, n.d.; 16 items.","Currency conversion tables (pounds to dollars), 1791(?).","Account book/diary, 1806-63 (includes entries by Robert Dickson).","Papers (1775-1810, n.d.); 20 items (including medical cure recipes for the flux, rheumatism, \"stomic ake,\" snake bite, colic, and others, and accounts, receipts, and a warrant from James Alexander to the sheriff of Monroe County, Virginia, concerning John Dickson).","15 items.","33 items.","36 items (includes a letter from the tax collector of the 62nd Virginia district demanding payment of Dickson's 1863 Confederate taxes; and the draft of a letter, dated September 18, 1865, from Robert Dickson to President Andrew Johnson, vowing his allegiance to the government of the U.S.A. and asking for a \"release from the penalties and forfictures to which I am exposed.\")","24 items (includes a letter from people asking to rent a room with the Dicksons at the White Sulphur Springs.)","13 items (includes a letter from J.H.H. Grandy with information about the impact of Reconstruction on the area.)","18 items, with 25 envelopes, n.d..","27 items (includes a contract signed by Nancy Dickson relinquishing all claim to her husband's will to her son Robert.)","21 items (includes renewals of a contract with Lucian F. Cox, employed by Robert Dickson.)","22 items (includes insurance and income tax forms.)","7 items, n.d..","35 items (contains several receipts from Nancy Dickson for her yearly allowance from her son Robert.)","45 items (includes accounts from 1833 relating to the labor and supplies incurred during the building of \"Locust Hill,\" the Dickson family home.)","63 items.","50 items.","29 items.","32 items.","42 items.","46 items.","57 items.","38 items (includes a receipt for Dickson's 1857 taxes.)","56 items.","21 items (includes a January 1865 bill for $15 in exchange for 500 pounds of hay given by Dickson to the Confederate States of America, and a March 1865 request for four bay mules for use by the CSA.)","52 items, n.d..","44 items.","11 items.","Sallie Dickson (Robert Rennick's wife)--trial transcript, Sallie Dickson vs. H.F. Dickson, ca. 1916.","21 items.","15 items.","26 items.","27 items (includes correspondence from/to Laura Dickson, his wife.)","15 items (includes indenture contracts [1837, 1839, 1846] for land in Monroe County, Virginia.)","18 items.","44 items.","29 items.","36 items.","Miscellaneous printed material; 7 items.","18 items.","22 items.","American history book (no title available), history to 1829.","An Accompanient to Mitchell's Reference and Distance Map of the United States...(1836), owned by Rebecca Dickson (daughter of Robert).","13 items (includes Confederate bonds.)","2 items.","8 items (includes two pages pulled from the family Bible.)","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. 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Joseph Dickson (1749-1822) settled in what is now Greenbrier County, West Virginia, from Ireland by way of Pennsylvania in the 1770s. He received land grants originally from the King's land office in 1769, and later from the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1785, 1789, and 1795 for property on Howard's Creek. His son, Robert Dickson (1795-1869?), inherited the land and built Locust Hill in 1833, now called Mountain Home. Robert Renick Dickson (1827-1888) and Henry Frazier Dickson (1841-1909), Robert Dickson's sons, inherited the land and in turn left it to their heirs. The Dicksons turned Mountain Home near White Sulphur Springs into a resort in the 1800s and early 1900s. The property and home were owned by the family until they were sold in 1968."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Dickson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Dickson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Dickson Family Papers, 1769-1924, Ms1988-094, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Dickson Family Papers, 1769-1924, Ms1988-094, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the Dickson Family Papers was completed prior to 2001.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the Dickson Family Papers was completed prior to 2001."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers consist largely of land, property, and goods transaction receipts and documents of each of the four generations of the Dickson Family, who originally settled in what is now Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia) in the 1770s. Certificates, oaths, correspondence, deeds, and a diary are included in Joseph Dickson's papers, along with several sale documents for enslaved people from the late 1700s and early 1800s. Much of the land and goods and many of the enslaved people were exchanged with neighbors and others in the area. Most of Joseph Dickson's documents are individually described in this inventory. The papers of John Dickson (1737-1809, brother of Joseph Dickson), Robert Dickson, Robert Renick Dickson and Henry Frazier Dickson, and Geraldine Dickson Burrow (1879-1943, daughter of Henry Frazier Dickson), are grouped by type of material (for example, financial accounts, correspondence, and land deeds). Within Robert Dickson's correspondence are a few references to the American Civil War, including a letter from a Confederate tax collector demanding payment of his 1863 Confederate taxes. Other interesting documents include the transcript (1916) of the trial of Sallie Dickson (wife of Robert Renick Dickson) who was sued by Henry Frazier Dickson, for payment of rent due to him. The papers also include genealogy charts of the family.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eCertificate asserting that Joseph Dickson was received in his parish and \"has behaved himself in a Verry prudent and exemplary manner,\" signed by M. Johnson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate stating that Joseph Tooth knows Joseph Dickson \"...to be of good respectable character...and believe him to be of untainted moral character...\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate asserting that Joseph Dickson lived in Greenbrier County, Virginia, for four years and \"Behaved himself as an honast man aught to Do.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOath to the General Assembly [of Virginia] taken by Joseph Dickson, signed by Geo. Skillem\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarriage certificate of Joseph Dickson and Mary Yung, married March 5, 1772, signed by McHoy(?) in Lebanontown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate signed by John Dickinson of Augusta County, Virginia, as to Joseph Dickson's good character when Dickson lived on Dickinson's land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate that Joseph Dickson resided in the Spreading(?) congregation from 1779 to 1780, and \"behaved himself sober and in an inoffensive manner,\" signed by Edward Crawford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of falsely accusing John Wevans \"with taking goods out of the store of Francis Mara\" made by Mary Wave.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate that Joseph Dickson (son of Joseph Sr.) has lived in East Hanover, Pennsylvania, and learned the hatter trade, signed by Daniel Bradley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate of military service, signed by Capt. James Smith (n.d.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom unknown asking Joseph Dickson to give John Humphrys his bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThos. Dunwody to W. Jos. Archer about a survey of Joseph Dickson's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTh. Edgar to Jos. Dixon about the sale of a cow; mentions W. Kyle, W. Hagreth, and W. Black.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace to James Black.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLazarus Ainsworth to Joseph Dickson about payment of a sickel left in Dickson's care.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTh. Edgar of Lewisburg to Joseph Dickson acknowledging receiving a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Welch of Lewisburg to Joseph Dickson about dry goods sold\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Snell to Robert McClentck(?) about an ax he wants to give to Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJacob Baumgardsen to Joseph Dickson about receiving eight pounds cash.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Patton to Joseph Dickson for flour sold; Jas. Richards to Joseph Dickson, asking him to send a hat (?) he left for Dickson with Samuel Ruiker or Jas. Kincaid.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobt. Steele(?) to Joseph Dickson about a possible breach of contract with Miss Cathe McClung.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Mislock(?) to Capt. Joseph Dickson about shodding a horse and drawing blood on a sick man (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Humphreys to unknown about a bed he wishes to buy from Mr. [Joseph] Dickson (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Henry asking Joseph Dickson to let Mr. Jno. Hide have the cow Henry left at Dickson's house (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of an enslaved man named Gib from John Dean to Joseph Dickson for £65.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote of payment due for hiring an enslaved person named Patten from John Carpenter to Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement between Jno. H. Flood(?) and Joseph Dickson as to the transfer of an enslaved woman named Nan and two children for $5.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote of payment of £110 for the sale of an enslaved person named Elijah due to Joseph Dickson from John Ewdend of Rockbridge County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote of payment of £130 from the sale of an enslaved person named Joel from Joel Walker of Greenbrier County, Virginia, to Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransfer of an enslaved person named Jude from Catherine McClung to Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of Jeff, an enslaved person, to Joseph Dickson for £51 from Catherine McClung.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of Jane, an enslaved person for $300, by James Kincaide to Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransfer of debt of Joseph Dickson from John Murray of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, to John Dickenson of Augusta County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract of James Connelly to pay John Dickenson twenty-two pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract of John and Joseph Dickson to pay John Dickenson 200 pounds owed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromise of Joseph Dickson of Botetourt County, Virginia, to pay Leonard Beall of Augusta County, Virginia, fifteen pounds owed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract of Robert Armstrong and John Scott to pay John Bollar eighteen pounds \"Good and Lawfull money of Virginia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromise of Joseph Dickson of of Botetourt County, Virginia, to pay Joseph Baley 125 pounds owed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract for Jacob Rife to pay Jos. Dickson 100 pounds owed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract for unknown to pay Henry Gaye one pound.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract of James Riddle of Augusta County, Virginia, to pay Joseph Dickson of Greenbrier County, Virginia, four pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for a bond from Jos. Dickson to John Nivins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract of Joseph Dickson to pay James Black fifty pounds owed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromise of unknown to pay James Humphries eight pounds owed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract for unknown to pay George Stuart six pounds owed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract of indenture of Joseph Dickson's son John to apprentice as a tailor to Hugh Paul for five years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract for Joseph Dickson, Jacob Vanosdol, Levin Gibson, and Samuel Kincaid to appraise the estate of James Humphries deceased and make a report to the court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract of Joseph Dickson to pay John Ederds(?) twenty-five pounds owed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract of John Atkinson of Greenbrier County, Virginia, to pay Joseph Dickson 1000 pounds owed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgement of John Dickson's receipt of \"an old pocket book containing two Bonds\" from John Staufler(?) and Jno. Deem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract of indenture of Joseph Dickson's son George to apprentice as a gunsmith to Nathaniel Kelly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract to release Joseph Dickson of a debt of 350 pounds to Richard Dickson of Greenbrier County, Virginia, due to the loss of the previous contract.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed of release from Nancy Dickson, widow of Joseph, to relinquish all rights to the provisions made in her husband's will, turn over his estate to her son Robert, and live off an allowance allocated by her son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransfer of a tract of land from John McClinachan to John Davis for twenty-seven pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of a tract of land from John Davis to Joseph Dixon for thirty-seven pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of a grant from 1774 to James Ewing for a tract of land in Botetourt County, Virginia, from John Earl of Dunmore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement from Joseph Dickson allowing William Crow to live on a certain tract of land owned by Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransfer of a tract of land from John Douckwaler of Greenbrier County, Virginia, to Jacob Rife.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExchange of a horse owned by Thos. Dunwody to Joseph Dickson for a tract of land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransfer of land from Henry Childers to Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of debt of 140 pounds from Joseph Dickson to William Crawford for the transfer of land of Honards Creek.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromise to deliver thirty acres of land on Honards Creek to Elweis Atwater from Joseph Dickson(?).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed of land sold from William Dinwiddie (Dunwoodey?) and his wife Elizabeth to Joseph Dixon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransfer of ownership of a tract of land from John Nevins to Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of a tract of land from Joseph Dickson to Jacob Clangman and William Dunwoody.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract for payment due from the sale of a tract of land from Joseph Dickson to James Black and William McClung.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed of land sold by James Black and his wife Rachel to Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of land from George Stuart to Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of 125 acres to William McClung from Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransfer of land owned by Donal Alison of Greenbrier County, Virginia, to Joseph Dickson for 100 pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of land from Joseph Dickson to Lewis Shalman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for sum of $50 to Daniel Allison from Joseph Dickson in payment for land sold.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed of land sold to Joseph Dickson Jr. from his father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed of bargain and sale from William Morris and Allen Taylor to William Rennick for 800 acres in unknown area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract binding Frederick Hoober to paying Joseph Dickson 220 pounds owed for a one-fourth acre lot in Lewisburgh, Greenbrier County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed for a lot of land in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Virginia, to Joseph Dickson from Richard Tyne and his wife Sarah, signed by John Stuart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for a \"patton of land\" of seventy acres from Joseph Dickson to Jacob Winslow(?).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract to rent land to James Mayer from Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum concerning obtaining a copy of Ewings deed from the Greenbrier office, and distributing it to Edward Rumsey, Allen Taylor, William Morris, and James Byrnside (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt from the sale of a white mare from Joseph Dickson to John Young for seven pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract for the sale of a \"hourse\" from Honery Childers(?) to Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of the sale of a mare from Joseph Dickson to William Jeres(?) in exchange for work done by Jeres.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract for transfer of two mares and a horse William Crawford received from Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for transfer of a bay horse from Henry Banks to John Nivins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for a bay mare sold by Joseph Dickson to Samuel Miller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the payment of forty shillings for work done by Richard Masters for Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract for William Wallace of Wythe County, Virginia, to pay £290 to James Black for the sale of two mares, with the promise that if Wallace was not able to pay the stated amount he would give two enslaved people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for M. Edgar to the unknown recipient of the note to give Mr. Kyle a cow, and Edgar would settle the sale with Mr. Hagreth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for three pounds in payment for the services of a stud horse owned by Joseph Anderson to Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the sale of a bay mare from Rueben Wade of Goochland County, Virginia, to Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the sale of a black horse to David Alle(?) to Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of a horse from Charles Simmons of Bedford County to Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of a bay mare from Thomas Reid to Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of a mare from Joseph Dickson to James Rollens.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the sale of a cow from James Blagg to Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of a mare from Wm. McClunson(?) to Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract between James Anderson and Dorel Jere(?) for the transfer of cattle, witnessed by Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of a heifer from Samuel Dedman of Kentucky to Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for a cow from Joseph Dickson sold to John Hyde.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for six head of cattle purchased from Joseph Dickson by Michael Baskal(?).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract to exchange a mare owned by James Hammand for a black horse owned by Joseph Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of a draft (horse?) from unknown to Jacob Rife (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial accounts, 1771-79; 22 items. Receipts for money received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial accounts, 1780-89; 27 items. Household goods purchased, receipt for 1779 taxes paid by Dickson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial accounts, 1790-99; 34 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial accounts, 1800-05; 35 items; includes bill for tuition of Dickson's children to \"English school.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial accounts, 1806-09; 19 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial accounts, 1810; 10 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial accounts, 1815, n.d.; 16 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCurrency conversion tables (pounds to dollars), 1791(?).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount book/diary, 1806-63 (includes entries by Robert Dickson).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers (1775-1810, n.d.); 20 items (including medical cure recipes for the flux, rheumatism, \"stomic ake,\" snake bite, colic, and others, and accounts, receipts, and a warrant from James Alexander to the sheriff of Monroe County, Virginia, concerning John Dickson).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e33 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e36 items (includes a letter from the tax collector of the 62nd Virginia district demanding payment of Dickson's 1863 Confederate taxes; and the draft of a letter, dated September 18, 1865, from Robert Dickson to President Andrew Johnson, vowing his allegiance to the government of the U.S.A. and asking for a \"release from the penalties and forfictures to which I am exposed.\")\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e24 items (includes a letter from people asking to rent a room with the Dicksons at the White Sulphur Springs.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 items (includes a letter from J.H.H. Grandy with information about the impact of Reconstruction on the area.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 items, with 25 envelopes, n.d..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e27 items (includes a contract signed by Nancy Dickson relinquishing all claim to her husband's will to her son Robert.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 items (includes renewals of a contract with Lucian F. Cox, employed by Robert Dickson.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e22 items (includes insurance and income tax forms.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 items, n.d..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e35 items (contains several receipts from Nancy Dickson for her yearly allowance from her son Robert.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e45 items (includes accounts from 1833 relating to the labor and supplies incurred during the building of \"Locust Hill,\" the Dickson family home.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e63 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e50 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e29 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e32 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e42 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e46 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e57 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e38 items (includes a receipt for Dickson's 1857 taxes.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e56 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 items (includes a January 1865 bill for $15 in exchange for 500 pounds of hay given by Dickson to the Confederate States of America, and a March 1865 request for four bay mules for use by the CSA.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e52 items, n.d..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e44 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e11 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSallie Dickson (Robert Rennick's wife)--trial transcript, Sallie Dickson vs. H.F. Dickson, ca. 1916.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e26 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e27 items (includes correspondence from/to Laura Dickson, his wife.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items (includes indenture contracts [1837, 1839, 1846] for land in Monroe County, Virginia.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e44 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e29 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e36 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous printed material; 7 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e22 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican history book (no title available), history to 1829.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn Accompanient to Mitchell's Reference and Distance Map of the United States...(1836), owned by Rebecca Dickson (daughter of Robert).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 items (includes Confederate 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Certificates, oaths, correspondence, deeds, and a diary are included in Joseph Dickson's papers, along with several sale documents for enslaved people from the late 1700s and early 1800s. Much of the land and goods and many of the enslaved people were exchanged with neighbors and others in the area. Most of Joseph Dickson's documents are individually described in this inventory. The papers of John Dickson (1737-1809, brother of Joseph Dickson), Robert Dickson, Robert Renick Dickson and Henry Frazier Dickson, and Geraldine Dickson Burrow (1879-1943, daughter of Henry Frazier Dickson), are grouped by type of material (for example, financial accounts, correspondence, and land deeds). Within Robert Dickson's correspondence are a few references to the American Civil War, including a letter from a Confederate tax collector demanding payment of his 1863 Confederate taxes. Other interesting documents include the transcript (1916) of the trial of Sallie Dickson (wife of Robert Renick Dickson) who was sued by Henry Frazier Dickson, for payment of rent due to him. The papers also include genealogy charts of the family.","Certificate asserting that Joseph Dickson was received in his parish and \"has behaved himself in a Verry prudent and exemplary manner,\" signed by M. Johnson.","Certificate stating that Joseph Tooth knows Joseph Dickson \"...to be of good respectable character...and believe him to be of untainted moral character...\"","Certificate asserting that Joseph Dickson lived in Greenbrier County, Virginia, for four years and \"Behaved himself as an honast man aught to Do.\"","Oath to the General Assembly [of Virginia] taken by Joseph Dickson, signed by Geo. Skillem","Marriage certificate of Joseph Dickson and Mary Yung, married March 5, 1772, signed by McHoy(?) in Lebanontown.","Certificate signed by John Dickinson of Augusta County, Virginia, as to Joseph Dickson's good character when Dickson lived on Dickinson's land.","Certificate that Joseph Dickson resided in the Spreading(?) congregation from 1779 to 1780, and \"behaved himself sober and in an inoffensive manner,\" signed by Edward Crawford.","Statement of falsely accusing John Wevans \"with taking goods out of the store of Francis Mara\" made by Mary Wave.","Certificate that Joseph Dickson (son of Joseph Sr.) has lived in East Hanover, Pennsylvania, and learned the hatter trade, signed by Daniel Bradley.","Certificate of military service, signed by Capt. James Smith (n.d.)","From unknown asking Joseph Dickson to give John Humphrys his bond.","Thos. Dunwody to W. Jos. Archer about a survey of Joseph Dickson's.","Th. Edgar to Jos. Dixon about the sale of a cow; mentions W. Kyle, W. Hagreth, and W. Black.","William Wallace to James Black.","Lazarus Ainsworth to Joseph Dickson about payment of a sickel left in Dickson's care.","Th. Edgar of Lewisburg to Joseph Dickson acknowledging receiving a horse.","James Welch of Lewisburg to Joseph Dickson about dry goods sold","Joseph Snell to Robert McClentck(?) about an ax he wants to give to Joseph Dickson.","Jacob Baumgardsen to Joseph Dickson about receiving eight pounds cash.","J. Patton to Joseph Dickson for flour sold; Jas. Richards to Joseph Dickson, asking him to send a hat (?) he left for Dickson with Samuel Ruiker or Jas. Kincaid.","Robt. Steele(?) to Joseph Dickson about a possible breach of contract with Miss Cathe McClung.","Charles Mislock(?) to Capt. Joseph Dickson about shodding a horse and drawing blood on a sick man (n.d.).","Robert Humphreys to unknown about a bed he wishes to buy from Mr. [Joseph] Dickson (n.d.).","John Henry asking Joseph Dickson to let Mr. Jno. Hide have the cow Henry left at Dickson's house (n.d.).","Sale of an enslaved man named Gib from John Dean to Joseph Dickson for £65.","Note of payment due for hiring an enslaved person named Patten from John Carpenter to Joseph Dickson.","Agreement between Jno. H. Flood(?) and Joseph Dickson as to the transfer of an enslaved woman named Nan and two children for $5.","Note of payment of £110 for the sale of an enslaved person named Elijah due to Joseph Dickson from John Ewdend of Rockbridge County, Virginia.","Note of payment of £130 from the sale of an enslaved person named Joel from Joel Walker of Greenbrier County, Virginia, to Joseph Dickson.","Transfer of an enslaved person named Jude from Catherine McClung to Joseph Dickson.","Sale of Jeff, an enslaved person, to Joseph Dickson for £51 from Catherine McClung.","Sale of Jane, an enslaved person for $300, by James Kincaide to Joseph Dickson.","Transfer of debt of Joseph Dickson from John Murray of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, to John Dickenson of Augusta County, Virginia.","Contract of James Connelly to pay John Dickenson twenty-two pounds.","Contract of John and Joseph Dickson to pay John Dickenson 200 pounds owed.","Promise of Joseph Dickson of Botetourt County, Virginia, to pay Leonard Beall of Augusta County, Virginia, fifteen pounds owed.","Contract of Robert Armstrong and John Scott to pay John Bollar eighteen pounds \"Good and Lawfull money of Virginia.\"","Promise of Joseph Dickson of of Botetourt County, Virginia, to pay Joseph Baley 125 pounds owed.","Contract for Jacob Rife to pay Jos. Dickson 100 pounds owed.","Contract for unknown to pay Henry Gaye one pound.","Contract of James Riddle of Augusta County, Virginia, to pay Joseph Dickson of Greenbrier County, Virginia, four pounds.","Receipt for a bond from Jos. Dickson to John Nivins.","Contract of Joseph Dickson to pay James Black fifty pounds owed.","Promise of unknown to pay James Humphries eight pounds owed.","Contract for unknown to pay George Stuart six pounds owed.","Contract of indenture of Joseph Dickson's son John to apprentice as a tailor to Hugh Paul for five years.","Contract for Joseph Dickson, Jacob Vanosdol, Levin Gibson, and Samuel Kincaid to appraise the estate of James Humphries deceased and make a report to the court.","Contract of Joseph Dickson to pay John Ederds(?) twenty-five pounds owed.","Contract of John Atkinson of Greenbrier County, Virginia, to pay Joseph Dickson 1000 pounds owed.","Acknowledgement of John Dickson's receipt of \"an old pocket book containing two Bonds\" from John Staufler(?) and Jno. Deem.","Contract of indenture of Joseph Dickson's son George to apprentice as a gunsmith to Nathaniel Kelly.","Contract to release Joseph Dickson of a debt of 350 pounds to Richard Dickson of Greenbrier County, Virginia, due to the loss of the previous contract.","Deed of release from Nancy Dickson, widow of Joseph, to relinquish all rights to the provisions made in her husband's will, turn over his estate to her son Robert, and live off an allowance allocated by her son.","Transfer of a tract of land from John McClinachan to John Davis for twenty-seven pounds.","Sale of a tract of land from John Davis to Joseph Dixon for thirty-seven pounds.","Copy of a grant from 1774 to James Ewing for a tract of land in Botetourt County, Virginia, from John Earl of Dunmore.","Agreement from Joseph Dickson allowing William Crow to live on a certain tract of land owned by Dickson.","Transfer of a tract of land from John Douckwaler of Greenbrier County, Virginia, to Jacob Rife.","Exchange of a horse owned by Thos. Dunwody to Joseph Dickson for a tract of land.","Transfer of land from Henry Childers to Joseph Dickson.","Statement of debt of 140 pounds from Joseph Dickson to William Crawford for the transfer of land of Honards Creek.","Promise to deliver thirty acres of land on Honards Creek to Elweis Atwater from Joseph Dickson(?).","Deed of land sold from William Dinwiddie (Dunwoodey?) and his wife Elizabeth to Joseph Dixon.","Transfer of ownership of a tract of land from John Nevins to Joseph Dickson.","Sale of a tract of land from Joseph Dickson to Jacob Clangman and William Dunwoody.","Contract for payment due from the sale of a tract of land from Joseph Dickson to James Black and William McClung.","Deed of land sold by James Black and his wife Rachel to Joseph Dickson.","Sale of land from George Stuart to Joseph Dickson.","Sale of 125 acres to William McClung from Joseph Dickson.","Transfer of land owned by Donal Alison of Greenbrier County, Virginia, to Joseph Dickson for 100 pounds.","Sale of land from Joseph Dickson to Lewis Shalman.","Receipt for sum of $50 to Daniel Allison from Joseph Dickson in payment for land sold.","Deed of land sold to Joseph Dickson Jr. from his father.","Deed of bargain and sale from William Morris and Allen Taylor to William Rennick for 800 acres in unknown area.","Contract binding Frederick Hoober to paying Joseph Dickson 220 pounds owed for a one-fourth acre lot in Lewisburgh, Greenbrier County, Virginia.","Deed for a lot of land in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Virginia, to Joseph Dickson from Richard Tyne and his wife Sarah, signed by John Stuart.","Receipt for a \"patton of land\" of seventy acres from Joseph Dickson to Jacob Winslow(?).","Contract to rent land to James Mayer from Joseph Dickson.","Memorandum concerning obtaining a copy of Ewings deed from the Greenbrier office, and distributing it to Edward Rumsey, Allen Taylor, William Morris, and James Byrnside (n.d.).","Receipt from the sale of a white mare from Joseph Dickson to John Young for seven pounds.","Contract for the sale of a \"hourse\" from Honery Childers(?) to Joseph Dickson.","Receipt of the sale of a mare from Joseph Dickson to William Jeres(?) in exchange for work done by Jeres.","Contract for transfer of two mares and a horse William Crawford received from Joseph Dickson.","Receipt for transfer of a bay horse from Henry Banks to John Nivins.","Receipt for a bay mare sold by Joseph Dickson to Samuel Miller.","Receipt for the payment of forty shillings for work done by Richard Masters for Joseph Dickson.","Contract for William Wallace of Wythe County, Virginia, to pay £290 to James Black for the sale of two mares, with the promise that if Wallace was not able to pay the stated amount he would give two enslaved people.","Request for M. Edgar to the unknown recipient of the note to give Mr. Kyle a cow, and Edgar would settle the sale with Mr. Hagreth.","Receipt for three pounds in payment for the services of a stud horse owned by Joseph Anderson to Joseph Dickson.","Receipt for the sale of a bay mare from Rueben Wade of Goochland County, Virginia, to Joseph Dickson.","Receipt for the sale of a black horse to David Alle(?) to Joseph Dickson.","Sale of a horse from Charles Simmons of Bedford County to Joseph Dickson.","Sale of a bay mare from Thomas Reid to Joseph Dickson.","Sale of a mare from Joseph Dickson to James Rollens.","Receipt for the sale of a cow from James Blagg to Joseph Dickson.","Sale of a mare from Wm. McClunson(?) to Joseph Dickson.","Contract between James Anderson and Dorel Jere(?) for the transfer of cattle, witnessed by Joseph Dickson.","Sale of a heifer from Samuel Dedman of Kentucky to Joseph Dickson.","Receipt for a cow from Joseph Dickson sold to John Hyde.","Receipt for six head of cattle purchased from Joseph Dickson by Michael Baskal(?).","Contract to exchange a mare owned by James Hammand for a black horse owned by Joseph Dickson.","Sale of a draft (horse?) from unknown to Jacob Rife (n.d.).","Financial accounts, 1771-79; 22 items. Receipts for money received.","Financial accounts, 1780-89; 27 items. Household goods purchased, receipt for 1779 taxes paid by Dickson.","Financial accounts, 1790-99; 34 items.","Financial accounts, 1800-05; 35 items; includes bill for tuition of Dickson's children to \"English school.\"","Financial accounts, 1806-09; 19 items.","Financial accounts, 1810; 10 items.","Financial accounts, 1815, n.d.; 16 items.","Currency conversion tables (pounds to dollars), 1791(?).","Account book/diary, 1806-63 (includes entries by Robert Dickson).","Papers (1775-1810, n.d.); 20 items (including medical cure recipes for the flux, rheumatism, \"stomic ake,\" snake bite, colic, and others, and accounts, receipts, and a warrant from James Alexander to the sheriff of Monroe County, Virginia, concerning John Dickson).","15 items.","33 items.","36 items (includes a letter from the tax collector of the 62nd Virginia district demanding payment of Dickson's 1863 Confederate taxes; and the draft of a letter, dated September 18, 1865, from Robert Dickson to President Andrew Johnson, vowing his allegiance to the government of the U.S.A. and asking for a \"release from the penalties and forfictures to which I am exposed.\")","24 items (includes a letter from people asking to rent a room with the Dicksons at the White Sulphur Springs.)","13 items (includes a letter from J.H.H. Grandy with information about the impact of Reconstruction on the area.)","18 items, with 25 envelopes, n.d..","27 items (includes a contract signed by Nancy Dickson relinquishing all claim to her husband's will to her son Robert.)","21 items (includes renewals of a contract with Lucian F. Cox, employed by Robert Dickson.)","22 items (includes insurance and income tax forms.)","7 items, n.d..","35 items (contains several receipts from Nancy Dickson for her yearly allowance from her son Robert.)","45 items (includes accounts from 1833 relating to the labor and supplies incurred during the building of \"Locust Hill,\" the Dickson family home.)","63 items.","50 items.","29 items.","32 items.","42 items.","46 items.","57 items.","38 items (includes a receipt for Dickson's 1857 taxes.)","56 items.","21 items (includes a January 1865 bill for $15 in exchange for 500 pounds of hay given by Dickson to the Confederate States of America, and a March 1865 request for four bay mules for use by the CSA.)","52 items, n.d..","44 items.","11 items.","Sallie Dickson (Robert Rennick's wife)--trial transcript, Sallie Dickson vs. H.F. Dickson, ca. 1916.","21 items.","15 items.","26 items.","27 items (includes correspondence from/to Laura Dickson, his wife.)","15 items (includes indenture contracts [1837, 1839, 1846] for land in Monroe County, Virginia.)","18 items.","44 items.","29 items.","36 items.","Miscellaneous printed material; 7 items.","18 items.","22 items.","American history book (no title available), history to 1829.","An Accompanient to Mitchell's Reference and Distance Map of the United States...(1836), owned by Rebecca Dickson (daughter of Robert).","13 items (includes Confederate bonds.)","2 items.","8 items (includes two pages pulled from the family Bible.)"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. 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Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_38302d5600958a1e835db472b2c30d32\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe papers consist largely of land, property, and goods transaction receipts and documents of each of the four generations of the Dickson Family, who originally settled in what is now Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia) in the 1770s. Certificates, oaths, correspondence, deeds, and a diary are included in Joseph Dickson's papers, along with several sale documents for enslaved people from the late 1700s and early 1800s. Much of the land and goods and many of the enslaved people were exchanged with neighbors and others in the area.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The papers consist largely of land, property, and goods transaction receipts and documents of each of the four generations of the Dickson Family, who originally settled in what is now Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia) in the 1770s. Certificates, oaths, correspondence, deeds, and a diary are included in Joseph Dickson's papers, along with several sale documents for enslaved people from the late 1700s and early 1800s. 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This series includes biographical information, newspapers, inventory of property, and Convention minutes. Each subseries is arranged chronologically.","Series II: Correspondence is arranged in nine subseries: John Janney with Alice Janney (wife); Janney Family Letters; Letters to Alice Janney; Pollock Family Papers; John Janney Letters; John Janney Legal Letters and Court Cases; Court Cases; Miscellaneous Letters, and Letters and Ledgers.","Series III: Books, Periodicals, and Media is arranged in three subseries: Books, Periodicals, and Media.","On November 8, 1798, John Janney was born in Alexandria, Virginia, to Elisha and Mary Janney. The Janneys were members of the religious denomination of Friends or Quakers. Janney obtained little formal education, instead going to work at his father's mill. He later left the mill to study law, and at the age of eighteen, he entered the Bar in Loudoun County. On January 26, 1826, Janney married Alcinda (Alice) Marmaduke. When separated, they wrote almost daily letters to one another.","Janney became a respected lawyer and in 1850 he represented Loudoun County at the Virginia Constitutional Convention. Janney also served his state when he accepted the position as President of the Virginia Secession Convention in 1861. As a strong Whig and Unionist, Janney fought against secession and voted against it twice. When secession finally passed, Janney embraced it fully. He signed the Ordinance of Secession and formally appointed Robert E. Lee as commander of military forces of Virginia. Janney continued to serve as a lawyer in Loudoun until his death in 1872.","Charles Janney, nephew of John Janney, was born May 27, 1839 to James and Rebecca Janney. Charles Janney attended the Benjamin Hallowell School in Alexandria, Virginia until his eighteenth birthday. After graduation, Janney worked at his father's flour mill while also studying the law. Janney ran for office and was elected clerk of the county court for Loudoun and served in that position until he entered the Bar in 1871. In 1921, he was elected as mayor of Leesburg and served for two years.","Charles Janney married Nannie Lee Pollock on November 23, 1868. They had eight children: Thomas, Rebecca, Lilas, Charles P., A.D. Pollock, Phillip, Nannie, and John.","The guide to the John Janney Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the John Janney Papers commenced and was completed in 2001.","The John Janney Papers consist of over 800 letters written to John Janney and members of his family. The most influential letters are ones written between John Janney and his wife while Janney served as President of the Virginia Secession Convention. In these letters Janney gives brief details of the Convention and comments on the other delegates in attendance. Other letters are between Charles Janney and his wife and family. The bulk of the letters describe legal matters and are from John Janney's years as a practicing lawyer. Additional materials include biographical information, books, and periodicals.","Images from this collection are available on Imagebase.","Missing TitleJanuary 18, to AliceMarch 21, to Mrs. JJune 10, to CharlieAugust 21, to her PaAugust 30, to My darling fatherAugust 25, to My Darling father","Missing TitleFebruary 4, PhiladelphiaFebruary 7, Norfolk, from S.K. JacksonMarch 27, Alexandria, from her sisterAugust, from Minra?August 21August 22, from her sisterSeptember 11, Peirce Valley, from Lizzy DelaneySeptember 29, George TownOctober 17November 20, Baltimore, Niece MaryNovember 21, Baltimore, Niece S.H. Miluary?December 11, Philadelphia, from HodgeDecember 12, Shepherdstown, from E FraryDecember 25, Baltimore, from Niece MaryDecember 28, Baltimore, from Niece Maryunreadable","Missing TitleJanuary 8, Baltimore, from Eliza HinkleJanuary 8, from MaggieJanuary 12, Washington, unreadableJanuary 14, Brooklyn, from MarkJanuary 15, Ashton, from MaryJanuary 24, Louisville, unreadableJanuary 26, Baltimore, from Laura MaddyJanuary 26, Georgetown, unknownJanuary 28, Philadelphia, from John HailJanuary 29, Warm Springs, unreadableFebruary 3, Ridgeway, from DorcasFebruary 21, Mr. Vernon St., from E WatermanMarch 16, Saint Louis, from Charles Miller","Missing TitleJanuary 14, from a nieceJanuary 15, Baltimore, from MaryJanuary 21, Philadelphia, From a cousinJanuary 21, Baltimore, from MaryJanuary 22, Philadelphia, from Riffliomakers?February 12, Lake Home, from a nieceFebruary 20, Bell Brook, from S. Koler?February 21, Kate Marmaduke (Sister)March 3, Alexandria, from Ellen MillerMarch 14, Lake Home, from MaryMarch 17, Lexington, from MaryFrom Susan Janney","Missing TitleApril 21, Ashton, from MaryJune 4, Brooklyn, from CA Smart?June 30, Ashton, from MaryAugust 28, Sunnyside, from Mary","Missing TitleMay 7, Warrenton, from Charles PollockAugust 7, Leesburg, from Charles Janney (Nephew)August 19, Leesburg, from Charles Janney (nephew)October 3, Philadelphia, from Janresll Janney (Nephew)","Missing TitleJune 28, from unreadableJuly 7, Alexandria, from Lucy PracellNovember, 24, Fort Hamilton, from let MarkFrom Amelid HartFrom Anna (sister)August 28, from AddaMarch, from Nelly","Missing TitleMay 1866, Westtown, BeathersMay 21, 1866, Washington, to CP Janney (cousin)February 22, 1867, Leesburg, to unreadableMay 8, 1867, Leesburg, to William RivesMay 10, 1867, Leesburg, to William Rives—Janney trying to start education for womenJune 27, 1867, Leesburg, John Klum","Missing TitleTo Anthony RogersUnknown","Missing TitleAugust 17, from John Janney to Philip HeaterOctober 21, Baltimore, from Henry Jacobsen","Missing TitleFebruary 1, Richmond, from Wall hallAugust 15, Auburn, from A Buckern","Missing TitleJuly 3, St. LouisJuly 8, St. LouisSeptember 24, St. LouisOctober 14, St. Louis","Missing TitleJuly 29, Baltimore, from Williams and ScillyFrom R. Taylor","Missing TitleJuly 5, from Sam UptonOctober 28, Baltimore, from unreadableDecember 5, from Mctharney(?)December 11, Union, from Garrett","Missing TitleFebruary 25, from Janney to UnknownJune 4, Leesburg, from John Janney to William PowellJuly 2, Leesburg, from Janney to J AnthonyDecember 15, Loudoun, from Upton","Missing TitleFebruary 4April 20, Baltimore, from BrooksSeptember 10, from John JanneyOctober 1, George Town, from SmithOctober 18, Warrenton, from J ScottNovember 1, unreadableNovember 26, Turn Spring, from J Marth?","Missing TitleJune 15, Office Dist, Sam EdwardsLoudoun, from Timothy Taylor","Missing TitleMarch 1, Middleburg, from Week Gibron?March 2, unreadableMarch 4, Philadelphia, from Robin WalkersMarch 4, Baltimore, form Wyeth and NorrisMarch 5, Philadelphia, from Roland Nalses?March 7, Baltimore, from Geo BaughmanyMarch 8, Forest Hill, from George HamiltonMarch 23, Georgetown, unreadable","Missing TitleMarch 24, from PD shepherdApril 6, Leesburg, from Bolhinez?April 19, Rockland, from Geo RustMay 12, Liverpool, from HowellAugust 15, Leesburg, from John ScottDecember 15, Tazewell, From B. 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From Amos ?","Missing Title50 cent note issued from the town of LeesburgList of tariff fees adopted November 13, 1865","Missing Titlepage 1: 2 engravingspage 2: Man and womanpage 3: Prof Hardt and manpage 4: Engraving and wife of Dr. Henry of Ashburn Farmpage 5: Two boyspage 6: Mr. And Mrs. Charles Millerpage 7: Willie Morison of Warrenton, VA and his wifepage 8: Mr. M Comb Wilmington from Leesburg Academypage 9: Charles Pollock (Alice's brother)page 9: Cousin Maude dau of Chas and Ellen Millerpage 10: Manpage 11: House and womanpage 12: Rev. Walter W. Williams, church Pastor of Leesburg VA and James W. Janney (John Janney's brother)page 13: Dr. James W. Taylor of Hillsboro, VA and Cousin Maudepage 14: Pope Pius IX and manpage 15: CSA General Eppa Hunter and manpage 16: CSA Col. John S. Mosbypage 17: Manpage 18: CSA General Robert E. Leepage 19: Dr. Sam B. 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Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,760June 28, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 17, Vol. XVIII. Vol..LXVIII, Whole No. 1,761July 5, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 17, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,762July 12, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 19, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,763July 19, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 20, Vol. XVIII. Vol.LXVIII, Whole No. 1,764July 26, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 21, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,765August 2, 1842, Fifth Series, No. 22, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole NO. 1,766August 9, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 23, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVII, Whole No. 1,767August 16, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 24, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,768August 30, 1845, Fith Series, No. 26, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,770","Images are also available on Imagebase.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. 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When separated, they wrote almost daily letters to one another.","Janney became a respected lawyer and in 1850 he represented Loudoun County at the Virginia Constitutional Convention. Janney also served his state when he accepted the position as President of the Virginia Secession Convention in 1861. As a strong Whig and Unionist, Janney fought against secession and voted against it twice. When secession finally passed, Janney embraced it fully. He signed the Ordinance of Secession and formally appointed Robert E. Lee as commander of military forces of Virginia. Janney continued to serve as a lawyer in Loudoun until his death in 1872.","Charles Janney, nephew of John Janney, was born May 27, 1839 to James and Rebecca Janney. Charles Janney attended the Benjamin Hallowell School in Alexandria, Virginia until his eighteenth birthday. After graduation, Janney worked at his father's flour mill while also studying the law. Janney ran for office and was elected clerk of the county court for Loudoun and served in that position until he entered the Bar in 1871. In 1921, he was elected as mayor of Leesburg and served for two years.","Charles Janney married Nannie Lee Pollock on November 23, 1868. They had eight children: Thomas, Rebecca, Lilas, Charles P., A.D. Pollock, Phillip, Nannie, and John."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the John Janney Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the John Janney Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], John Janney Papers, Ms2001-019, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], John Janney Papers, Ms2001-019, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the John Janney Papers commenced and was completed in 2001.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the John Janney Papers commenced and was completed in 2001."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe John Janney Papers consist of over 800 letters written to John Janney and members of his family. The most influential letters are ones written between John Janney and his wife while Janney served as President of the Virginia Secession Convention. In these letters Janney gives brief details of the Convention and comments on the other delegates in attendance. Other letters are between Charles Janney and his wife and family. The bulk of the letters describe legal matters and are from John Janney's years as a practicing lawyer. Additional materials include biographical information, books, and periodicals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cextref href=\"http://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/browse.php?folio_ID=/cw/janney\" title=\"Images\"\u003eImages\u003c/extref\u003e from this collection are available on Imagebase.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 18, to Alice\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 21, to Mrs. J\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 10, to Charlie\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 21, to her Pa\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 30, to My darling father\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 25, to My Darling father\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 4, Philadelphia\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 7, Norfolk, from S.K. Jackson\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 27, Alexandria, from her sister\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust, from Minra?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 21\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 22, from her sister\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 11, Peirce Valley, from Lizzy Delaney\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 29, George Town\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 17\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 20, Baltimore, Niece Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 21, Baltimore, Niece S.H. Miluary?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 11, Philadelphia, from Hodge\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 12, Shepherdstown, from E Frary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 25, Baltimore, from Niece Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 28, Baltimore, from Niece Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eunreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 8, Baltimore, from Eliza Hinkle\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 8, from Maggie\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 12, Washington, unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 14, Brooklyn, from Mark\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 15, Ashton, from Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 24, Louisville, unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 26, Baltimore, from Laura Maddy\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 26, Georgetown, unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 28, Philadelphia, from John Hail\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 29, Warm Springs, unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 3, Ridgeway, from Dorcas\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 21, Mr. Vernon St., from E Waterman\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 16, Saint Louis, from Charles Miller\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 14, from a niece\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 15, Baltimore, from Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 21, Philadelphia, From a cousin\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 21, Baltimore, from Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 22, Philadelphia, from Riffliomakers?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 12, Lake Home, from a niece\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 20, Bell Brook, from S. Koler?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 21, Kate Marmaduke (Sister)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 3, Alexandria, from Ellen Miller\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 14, Lake Home, from Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 17, Lexington, from Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom Susan Janney\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 21, Ashton, from Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 4, Brooklyn, from CA Smart?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 30, Ashton, from Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 28, Sunnyside, from Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 7, Warrenton, from Charles Pollock\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 7, Leesburg, from Charles Janney (Nephew)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 19, Leesburg, from Charles Janney (nephew)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 3, Philadelphia, from Janresll Janney (Nephew)\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 28, from unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 7, Alexandria, from Lucy Pracell\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember, 24, Fort Hamilton, from let Mark\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom Amelid Hart\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom Anna (sister)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 28, from Adda\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch, from Nelly\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 1866, Westtown, Beathers\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 21, 1866, Washington, to CP Janney (cousin)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 22, 1867, Leesburg, to unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 8, 1867, Leesburg, to William Rives\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 10, 1867, Leesburg, to William Rives—Janney trying to start education for women\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 27, 1867, Leesburg, John Klum\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eTo Anthony Rogers\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eUnknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 17, from John Janney to Philip Heater\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 21, Baltimore, from Henry Jacobsen\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 1, Richmond, from Wall hall\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 15, Auburn, from A Buckern\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 3, St. Louis\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 8, St. Louis\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 24, St. Louis\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 14, St. Louis\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 29, Baltimore, from Williams and Scilly\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom R. Taylor\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 5, from Sam Upton\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 28, Baltimore, from unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 5, from Mctharney(?)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 11, Union, from Garrett\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 25, from Janney to Unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 4, Leesburg, from John Janney to William Powell\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 2, Leesburg, from Janney to J Anthony\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 15, Loudoun, from Upton\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 4\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 20, Baltimore, from Brooks\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 10, from John Janney\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 1, George Town, from Smith\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 18, Warrenton, from J Scott\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 1, unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 26, Turn Spring, from J Marth?\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 15, Office Dist, Sam Edwards\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLoudoun, from Timothy Taylor\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 1, Middleburg, from Week Gibron?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 2, unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 4, Philadelphia, from Robin Walkers\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 4, Baltimore, form Wyeth and Norris\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 5, Philadelphia, from Roland Nalses?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 7, Baltimore, from Geo Baughmany\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 8, Forest Hill, from George Hamilton\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 23, Georgetown, unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 24, from PD shepherd\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 6, Leesburg, from Bolhinez?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 19, Rockland, from Geo Rust\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 12, Liverpool, from Howell\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 15, Leesburg, from John Scott\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 15, Tazewell, From B. B.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 21, Warrenton, from J Scott\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom J Bradley\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 10, Loudoun, from Colinian?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 25, Middleburg, from Chas Furr\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 8, Middleburg, Alex Skinner\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 12, from J Coalman\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 26, Washington, from unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 2, from unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom Howeay?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eUnknown letter\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 10, Clarkstown, from Glouington?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 26, Charlestown, from Andreed ?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 21, from Eaton\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 12, Baltimore, from unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 28, Loudoun, legal document from P Knosy?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 8, Barnesville, from John Dueport\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 17, Puffuldo, from unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 5, goods ordered by JA Taylor\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 11, Washington, unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 23, Washington, from Alma\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch, official letter from Washington, D.C. signed by M Page\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 14, Baltimore, from Hambliton Buckey\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 19, Baltimore, from Woodward \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 28, Baltimore, from Woodward \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 1, Middleburg, from H Powell\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 20, Middleburg, from H Powell\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 8, Georgetown, from Walter Smith (governor)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 15, Philadelphia, from Gill\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 9, Baltimore, bill of Fred Fickey\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom Upton\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ePayments for AD Pollock\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAgreement between Sam Smith and Heird\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSigned by W Berry\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 9, from John Porsle?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eUnknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eUnknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 12, Laurenceville, from James ?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 4, Baltimore, from H Keigheen\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 22, Leeton Forest, from AD Pollock (father-in-law)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 30, Brook, unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 4, from Seamma Manne?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 4, Middleburg, from Rogers\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 16, Vicksburg, from Klein\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 20, Norfolk, Ed Ribby\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 22, Vicksburg, from Klein\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 12, Vicksburg, from Klein\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 20, Richmond, from R Duncee\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 8, Norfolk, from Ed Ribby\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch, Baltimore,\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 1, Richmond, W. Eshaart\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 31, Alexandria, from GH Robinson\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eUnknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 2, Baltimore, Margaret Turner\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 13, Baltimore, from Margaret Turner\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 20, Alexandria, from GH Robinson\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 5, Baltimore, Reese Bros.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 18, Alexandria, R Miller\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eBen Forgesan to P. Gautler\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eStatement of work by Smith\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJohn Janney's real estate\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eUnknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 26, 1824, Alexandria\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 17, 1826, Alexandria—Deals with the death of Jefferson and Adams\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 24, 1827, Alexandria\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 12, 1830 Alexandria\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 15, 1852, Washington\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 2, 1853, Washington\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 26, 1854, Washington\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 5, 1856, Washington\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 29, 1848\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 5, 1848\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 9, 1848\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 30, 1850\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 1, 1851\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 5, 1847\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 30, 1849\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 9, 1849\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 23, 1849\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 27, 1850\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 1, Baltimore, Griffin vs. FJ Canrad\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 3, Georgetown, Keutz vs. Benlty?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 5, Alexandria, McVeigh vs. Green\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 6, Baltimore, from Hamibliton Bueky\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 26, Goe stephenson vs. Rhodes\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 5, Richmond, Johnson vs. Selday Estate\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 21, Philadelphia, Wood vs. McVeigh\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eUnknown letter\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 10, Forest Hill, from HH Hamilton\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 14, Alexandria, West vs. Beard\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 28, Charlestown, from Andrew Hunter\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 12, Miday, from HH Hamilton\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 24, Forest Hill, from HH Hamilton\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 4, Bell vs. Menern?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 23, from Thomas ?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 5, Baltimore, Warren Fisher vs. Tyler Estate\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 12, Richmond, Johnson vs. Seldon\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 16, Englick\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 25, from J Whittens\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 17, Baltimore, Wilson \u0026amp; Hopkins vs. White\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 14, Alexandria, Green vs. Riudnck?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 19, Baltimore, from Comfort Tiffany\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 29, Baltimore, Brown vs. Mount\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 8, from Mortiruer Ashburn\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 9, Baltimore, Brown vs. Feagauae?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 10, Salem, from Benjamin Hawley\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom J Whittens\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 22\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 22, Middleburg, A.D.P. (father)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 26\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 14, Baltimore, from Glen McGinkey?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 21, from DH ?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 22, Baltimore, Alreen?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 24, Baltimore, from Stanley\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 18, Clarksville, from Johnson\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 12, Baltimore, Harvey vs. Benedsen\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 16, Baltimore, Bayne \u0026amp; Withers vs. McPherson\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 16, Baltimore, Dallan \u0026amp; Miller vs. McPherson\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 1, Clarksville, from Johnson\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 13, Alexandria, Thomas vs. Befdons?\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 19, Washington, William Purell\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 10, Baltimore, Hopkins vs. Stautintinger?\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 17, Baltimore, from B Ring\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 22, Baltimore, Levening vs. Schooley ?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBenedict vs. Gray\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRoden vs. Parenjen ?\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 15, Republic?, from John Powell\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 7, from John Rice\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 12, from R. Miller\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 7, Millwood, Clark vs. Cooke\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 17, Del. From M Bradford\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 2, Salem, Murphy vs. Waton\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 6, Richmond, M Goddwin\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 5, from Rob Pizton\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 24, Gordonsdale, from Rob Pizton\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 31, Leesburg, from M Harris\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 14, Alexandria, Smoot \u0026amp; Whaler vs. George Brown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 17, Alexandria, Phineas Janney vs. M. Galloway\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 8, Princes Estates, from John White\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eTiffany vs. Broaddas \u0026amp; Son—February 19, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMcVeigh vs. Rust—March 18, Alexandria\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRichard H. Lee—March 26, Washington\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarmaduke vs. Hugh—March 30, Shepardstown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMccauley vs. Amos Janney—April 17, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRichard Smith vs.—April 19, Washington\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDannel vs. Littleton—April 20, White Hall\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eGoldsbourgh vs. Sivs?—May 17, Washington\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eEdward Upton vs. Susan Berkley—May 28\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWebb vs. Unknown—June 18\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eReynolds \u0026amp; Smith vs. B?—December 4, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eVainell vs. Buinles—January 14, Alexandria\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMcVeigh vs. Ish—January 23, Alexandria\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeale vs. Love, January 19\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWejlie \u0026amp; Wilson vs. Matthews—July 25, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWheeler vs. Bajs \u0026amp; Mason—March 23, Lynn\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eGordon Schooley\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMcCormick \u0026amp; Tiddall vs. ?—April 8, Berryville\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLove vs. Veale\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eToles vs. Janney\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNeal vs. Lowe\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eSutton \u0026amp; Harding vs. Beand—March 3, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWatkum \u0026amp; Rust vs. Mack—May 6, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eR Shanhan vs. David Leapun—June 11\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBayhman vs. Wright—June 17, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBrooks vs. W \u0026amp; J Wright—June 19, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eGriffith FS Muntsin—August 26, Georgetown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWooll Innskeep vs. Hoffman \u0026amp; Wickis—September 5, Philadelphia\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOwings vs. Rust vs. Buckey vs. Mead vs. Bajo \u0026amp; Mead—November 20, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eWalker vs. Ish—January 31, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHough vs. John ?—February 18\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ePendleton vs. John Smith—March 19, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBaughman vs. Garnett—April 3, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ePittman vs. Ish—July 3, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eTiffnay \u0026amp; Rym vs. G Brca?—May 1, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJohnson vs. Seldon—May16, Richmond\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLowe vs. Veale—July 16\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRichard Smith vs. E Peacock—September 10, Washington\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ePoulson vs. Taylor—October 1, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHanson vs. Whitmon—November 3, Fredrick\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWalkins \u0026amp; Rush\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJ Inshoes vs. Wildman\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eBall vs. Myer, August 26, 1865\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eGreen vs. Garrett, 1866\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eTo Robert Damo from Veale, 1867\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eTo Gov. Walter Smith, 1867\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eReed vs. Noland, 1869\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003ePatts vs. Bell\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eThomas Nickolls vs. Nathan Greg\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eCarters vs. Drake\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eWheeler vs. Bennetts\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWheeler vs. Smith\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 6, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 7, Baltimore, from Geo Baughmany\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eBann vs. Schooley\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBraden vs. Schooley\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJohn Keivle vs. Boss, December 4, 1837—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJohn Keivle vs. Boss, January 18, 1839—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJC Langston vs. Boss, November 13, 1839—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBrooks \u0026amp; Hatehkifs vs. Boss, December 21, 1837—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRichards \u0026amp; Betts vs. Boss, August 8, 1839—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDovernus Lugdams vs. Boss, January 1, 1839—New York\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRichard Sewell vs. Boss, August 21, 1837—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAccount list for Sam Boss\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eEdward Mats vs. Rupell \u0026amp; Clending\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAldridge Higdan vs. Rupell \u0026amp; Clending, January 13, 1838—Fredericktown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRupell vs. Cranpton?\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFickey \u0026amp; Pauls vs. William \u0026amp; Wright, July 19, 1837—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eGroverinon \u0026amp; Sons vs. William \u0026amp; Wright, April 19, 1838-Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eSmoot vs. LM Kenner, July 9, 1839—Alexandria\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSmoot vs. James Wages, November 29, 1837—Alexandria\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eLiverman vs. Jonathan Weirner, May 9, 1838—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLiverman vs. rL Arimistead, September 13, 1838—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLiverman vs. Jonathan Weirner, December 24, 1838—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eGriffith vs. RL Armistead, November 30, 1838—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eGriffith vs. Rupell, November 14, 1839\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLetter from Griffith to Janney, October 11, 1837—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eEgeriton \u0026amp; Morris vs. John Studen, March 24, 1837—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMooris \u0026amp; Egeriton vs. Edmund Dorney, December 11, 1832—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eSewell vs. Amos Bexls—February 23, 1837, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSewell vs. Isaac Holmes—February 4, 1836, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Powell—August 18, 1836; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. WD Dirsh—October 28, 1837; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. WD Dirsh—August 26, 1837; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. WD Dirsh—September 23, 1837; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. WD Dirsh—November 29, 1837; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Saffen—November 16, 1837; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Weaks—March 17, 1838; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins VSSell McGthany—August 23, 1838; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Weeks \u0026amp; Edmands—November 30, 1838; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. WD Dirsh—December 24, 1838; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. John Janney—January 24, 1839; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. W Clending—January 13, 1839; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. J Young—February 15, 1839; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Clending—March 4, 1839; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Canten—June 7, 1839; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. John Janney—May 29, 1840; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. J Weinner—June 19, 1840; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. WD Dirsh—September 10, 1840; 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Walter W. Williams, church Pastor of Leesburg VA and James W. Janney (John Janney's brother)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 13: Dr. James W. Taylor of Hillsboro, VA and Cousin Maude\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 14: Pope Pius IX and man\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 15: CSA General Eppa Hunter and man\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 16: CSA Col. John S. Mosby\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 17: Man\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 18: CSA General Robert E. Lee\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 19: Dr. Sam B. Henry, of Ashburn Farm on horseback, and Nellie Glazer\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 20: Nannie Bededict of Leesburg and a women\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 21: Martha Washington and a women\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 22: 2 photos of Mildred Covell\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 23: Unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 24: Unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 25: Unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 26: Mrs. Charlotte Lee and Child\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 27: Unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 28: Mrs. Walter W. Williams and John Janney the 2nd (John Janney's Nephew)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 29: Nathaniel E. Janney (John Janney's brother) and Mary Anne Osburn\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 30: Miss Mollie Hough of Leesburg and the wife of Dr. Henry\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 31: Unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 32: Aunt Annie Miller of Alexandria and unknown man\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 33: Mrs. Howard Shackleford and William Monson of Warrantion\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 34: Mrs. Waterman and unknown man\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 35: R.J. Janney and unknown women\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 36: Unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 37: Unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 38: Mrs. Scott Siddons and Will Brown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 39: Mrs. Schackleford\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 40: Unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 1838, Vol. VI, No. VI\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 1840, Vol. IX, No. I\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 1840, Vol. IX, No. II\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 1840, Vol. IX, No. III\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 1840, Vol. IX, No. IV\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 1840, Vol. IX, No. V\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 1840, Vol. IX, No. VI\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 1840, Vol. X, No. I\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 1840, Vol. X, No. II\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 1840, Vol. X, No. III\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 1840, Vol. X, No. IV\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 1840, Vol. X, No. V\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 1840, Vol. X, No. VI\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 1841, Vol. LI, No. I\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 1841, Vol. XL, No. II\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 1841, Vol. XL, No. III\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 1841, Vol. XI, No. IV\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 1841, Vol. Xi, No. V\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 1841, Vol.XI, No. VI\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 1841, Vol. XII, No. I\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 1841, Vol. XII, No. II\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 1841, Vol. XII, No. III\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 1841, Vol. XII, No. IV\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 1841, Vol. XIL, No. V\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 1841, Vol. XIL, No. VI\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 1839, Vol. VI, No 2.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 1839, Vol. VII, No 1.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 1842\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 1842\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 1842\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 1842\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 1842\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune to Nov 1842\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 1842\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 1, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 26, Vol. XVIII, Whole No. 1,744\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 8, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 1, Vol. XVIII, Whole No. 1,745\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 15, 1845, Fifth Series, No 2, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,746\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 22, 1845, Fifth Series, No 4, Vol. XVIII. Vol.LXVIII, Whole No. 1,747\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 29, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 4, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,74\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 5, 1845, Fifth Series, No 5, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,749\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 12, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 6, Vol.XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,750\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 19, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 7, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,751\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 26, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 8, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,752\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 3, 1845, Fifth Series, No.9, Vol. XVIII. Vol.LXVIII, Whole No. 1,753\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 10, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 10, Vol. XVII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,754\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 17, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 11, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,755\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 24, 1845, Fifth Series, No 12, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,756\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 31, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 13, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,757\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 14, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 15, Vol. XVIII. Vol.LXVIII, Whole No. 1,759\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 21, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 16, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,760\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 28, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 17, Vol. XVIII. Vol..LXVIII, Whole No. 1,761\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 5, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 17, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,762\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 12, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 19, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,763\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 19, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 20, Vol. XVIII. Vol.LXVIII, Whole No. 1,764\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 26, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 21, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,765\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 2, 1842, Fifth Series, No. 22, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole NO. 1,766\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 9, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 23, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVII, Whole No. 1,767\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 16, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 24, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,768\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 30, 1845, Fith Series, No. 26, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,770\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cextref href=\"http://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/browse.php?folio_ID=/cw/janney\" title=\"Images\"\u003eImages\u003c/extref\u003e are also available on Imagebase.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The John Janney Papers consist of over 800 letters written to John Janney and members of his family. The most influential letters are ones written between John Janney and his wife while Janney served as President of the Virginia Secession Convention. In these letters Janney gives brief details of the Convention and comments on the other delegates in attendance. Other letters are between Charles Janney and his wife and family. The bulk of the letters describe legal matters and are from John Janney's years as a practicing lawyer. Additional materials include biographical information, books, and periodicals.","Images from this collection are available on Imagebase.","Missing TitleJanuary 18, to AliceMarch 21, to Mrs. JJune 10, to CharlieAugust 21, to her PaAugust 30, to My darling fatherAugust 25, to My Darling father","Missing TitleFebruary 4, PhiladelphiaFebruary 7, Norfolk, from S.K. JacksonMarch 27, Alexandria, from her sisterAugust, from Minra?August 21August 22, from her sisterSeptember 11, Peirce Valley, from Lizzy DelaneySeptember 29, George TownOctober 17November 20, Baltimore, Niece MaryNovember 21, Baltimore, Niece S.H. Miluary?December 11, Philadelphia, from HodgeDecember 12, Shepherdstown, from E FraryDecember 25, Baltimore, from Niece MaryDecember 28, Baltimore, from Niece Maryunreadable","Missing TitleJanuary 8, Baltimore, from Eliza HinkleJanuary 8, from MaggieJanuary 12, Washington, unreadableJanuary 14, Brooklyn, from MarkJanuary 15, Ashton, from MaryJanuary 24, Louisville, unreadableJanuary 26, Baltimore, from Laura MaddyJanuary 26, Georgetown, unknownJanuary 28, Philadelphia, from John HailJanuary 29, Warm Springs, unreadableFebruary 3, Ridgeway, from DorcasFebruary 21, Mr. Vernon St., from E WatermanMarch 16, Saint Louis, from Charles Miller","Missing TitleJanuary 14, from a nieceJanuary 15, Baltimore, from MaryJanuary 21, Philadelphia, From a cousinJanuary 21, Baltimore, from MaryJanuary 22, Philadelphia, from Riffliomakers?February 12, Lake Home, from a nieceFebruary 20, Bell Brook, from S. Koler?February 21, Kate Marmaduke (Sister)March 3, Alexandria, from Ellen MillerMarch 14, Lake Home, from MaryMarch 17, Lexington, from MaryFrom Susan Janney","Missing TitleApril 21, Ashton, from MaryJune 4, Brooklyn, from CA Smart?June 30, Ashton, from MaryAugust 28, Sunnyside, from Mary","Missing TitleMay 7, Warrenton, from Charles PollockAugust 7, Leesburg, from Charles Janney (Nephew)August 19, Leesburg, from Charles Janney (nephew)October 3, Philadelphia, from Janresll Janney (Nephew)","Missing TitleJune 28, from unreadableJuly 7, Alexandria, from Lucy PracellNovember, 24, Fort Hamilton, from let MarkFrom Amelid HartFrom Anna (sister)August 28, from AddaMarch, from Nelly","Missing TitleMay 1866, Westtown, BeathersMay 21, 1866, Washington, to CP Janney (cousin)February 22, 1867, Leesburg, to unreadableMay 8, 1867, Leesburg, to William RivesMay 10, 1867, Leesburg, to William Rives—Janney trying to start education for womenJune 27, 1867, Leesburg, John Klum","Missing TitleTo Anthony RogersUnknown","Missing TitleAugust 17, from John Janney to Philip HeaterOctober 21, Baltimore, from Henry Jacobsen","Missing TitleFebruary 1, Richmond, from Wall hallAugust 15, Auburn, from A Buckern","Missing TitleJuly 3, St. LouisJuly 8, St. LouisSeptember 24, St. LouisOctober 14, St. Louis","Missing TitleJuly 29, Baltimore, from Williams and ScillyFrom R. Taylor","Missing TitleJuly 5, from Sam UptonOctober 28, Baltimore, from unreadableDecember 5, from Mctharney(?)December 11, Union, from Garrett","Missing TitleFebruary 25, from Janney to UnknownJune 4, Leesburg, from John Janney to William PowellJuly 2, Leesburg, from Janney to J AnthonyDecember 15, Loudoun, from Upton","Missing TitleFebruary 4April 20, Baltimore, from BrooksSeptember 10, from John JanneyOctober 1, George Town, from SmithOctober 18, Warrenton, from J ScottNovember 1, unreadableNovember 26, Turn Spring, from J Marth?","Missing TitleJune 15, Office Dist, Sam EdwardsLoudoun, from Timothy Taylor","Missing TitleMarch 1, Middleburg, from Week Gibron?March 2, unreadableMarch 4, Philadelphia, from Robin WalkersMarch 4, Baltimore, form Wyeth and NorrisMarch 5, Philadelphia, from Roland Nalses?March 7, Baltimore, from Geo BaughmanyMarch 8, Forest Hill, from George HamiltonMarch 23, Georgetown, unreadable","Missing TitleMarch 24, from PD shepherdApril 6, Leesburg, from Bolhinez?April 19, Rockland, from Geo RustMay 12, Liverpool, from HowellAugust 15, Leesburg, from John ScottDecember 15, Tazewell, From B. B.December 21, Warrenton, from J ScottFrom J Bradley","Missing TitleJanuary 10, Loudoun, from Colinian?January 25, Middleburg, from Chas FurrFebruary 8, Middleburg, Alex SkinnerFebruary 12, from J CoalmanMay 26, Washington, from unreadableDecember 2, from unreadableFrom Howeay?Unknown letter","Missing TitleJanuary 10, Clarkstown, from Glouington?January 26, Charlestown, from Andreed ?February 21, from EatonMarch 12, Baltimore, from unreadableMay 28, Loudoun, legal document from P Knosy?July 8, Barnesville, from John DueportJuly 17, Puffuldo, from unreadable","Missing TitleFebruary 5, goods ordered by JA TaylorMarch 11, Washington, unreadableApril 23, Washington, from Alma","Missing TitleMarch, official letter from Washington, D.C. signed by M PageSeptember 14, Baltimore, from Hambliton BuckeySeptember 19, Baltimore, from Woodward \u0026 Co.September 28, Baltimore, from Woodward \u0026 Co.","Missing TitleFebruary 1, Middleburg, from H PowellDecember 20, Middleburg, from H Powell","Missing TitleApril 8, Georgetown, from Walter Smith (governor)September 15, Philadelphia, from GillOctober 9, Baltimore, bill of Fred FickeyFrom UptonPayments for AD PollockAgreement between Sam Smith and HeirdSigned by W Berry","Missing TitleApril 9, from John Porsle?UnknownUnknown","Missing TitleFebruary 12, Laurenceville, from James ?March 4, Baltimore, from H KeigheenDecember 22, Leeton Forest, from AD Pollock (father-in-law)December 30, Brook, unknown","Missing TitleApril 4, from Seamma Manne?June 4, Middleburg, from Rogers","Missing TitleApril 16, Vicksburg, from KleinApril 20, Norfolk, Ed RibbyMay 22, Vicksburg, from KleinJuly 12, Vicksburg, from Klein","Missing TitleJanuary 20, Richmond, from R DunceeFebruary 8, Norfolk, from Ed RibbyMarch, Baltimore,","Missing TitleJanuary 1, Richmond, W. EshaartDecember 31, Alexandria, from GH RobinsonUnknown","Missing TitleJanuary 2, Baltimore, Margaret TurnerJanuary 13, Baltimore, from Margaret TurnerJuly 20, Alexandria, from GH RobinsonOctober 5, Baltimore, Reese Bros.November 18, Alexandria, R Miller","Missing TitleBen Forgesan to P. GautlerStatement of work by Smith","Missing TitleJohn Janney's real estateUnknown","Missing TitleMarch 26, 1824, AlexandriaMarch 17, 1826, Alexandria—Deals with the death of Jefferson and AdamsMarch 24, 1827, AlexandriaMarch 12, 1830 Alexandria","Missing TitleDecember 15, 1852, WashingtonApril 2, 1853, WashingtonDecember 26, 1854, WashingtonJuly 5, 1856, Washington","Missing TitleJanuary 29, 1848July 5, 1848November 9, 1848March 30, 1850July 1, 1851","Missing TitleJuly 5, 1847January 30, 1849November 9, 1849December 23, 1849August 27, 1850","Missing TitleJanuary 1, Baltimore, Griffin vs. FJ CanradJune 3, Georgetown, Keutz vs. Benlty?June 5, Alexandria, McVeigh vs. Green","Missing TitleJanuary 6, Baltimore, from Hamibliton BuekyJanuary 26, Goe stephenson vs. RhodesMay 5, Richmond, Johnson vs. Selday EstateJune 21, Philadelphia, Wood vs. McVeighUnknown letter","Missing TitleFebruary 10, Forest Hill, from HH HamiltonAugust 14, Alexandria, West vs. BeardAugust 28, Charlestown, from Andrew HunterOctober 12, Miday, from HH HamiltonNovember 24, Forest Hill, from HH Hamilton","Missing TitleJanuary 4, Bell vs. Menern?April 23, from Thomas ?May 5, Baltimore, Warren Fisher vs. Tyler EstateMay 12, Richmond, Johnson vs. SeldonJune 16, Englick","Missing TitleMarch 25, from J WhittensAugust 17, Baltimore, Wilson \u0026 Hopkins vs. WhiteSeptember 14, Alexandria, Green vs. Riudnck?October 19, Baltimore, from Comfort TiffanyNovember 29, Baltimore, Brown vs. MountDecember 8, from Mortiruer AshburnDecember 9, Baltimore, Brown vs. Feagauae?December 10, Salem, from Benjamin HawleyFrom J Whittens","Missing TitleFebruary 22October 22, Middleburg, A.D.P. (father)October 26","Missing TitleApril 14, Baltimore, from Glen McGinkey?April 21, from DH ?March 22, Baltimore, Alreen?September 24, Baltimore, from StanleyDecember 18, Clarksville, from Johnson","Missing TitleFebruary 12, Baltimore, Harvey vs. BenedsenFebruary 16, Baltimore, Bayne \u0026 Withers vs. McPhersonFebruary 16, Baltimore, Dallan \u0026 Miller vs. McPhersonMarch 1, Clarksville, from JohnsonMarch 13, Alexandria, Thomas vs. Befdons?","Missing TitleApril 19, Washington, William PurellMay 10, Baltimore, Hopkins vs. Stautintinger?","Missing TitleFebruary 17, Baltimore, from B RingFebruary 22, Baltimore, Levening vs. Schooley ?Benedict vs. GrayRoden vs. Parenjen ?","Missing TitleApril 15, Republic?, from John PowellJuly 7, from John RiceAugust 12, from R. Miller","Missing TitleNovember 7, Millwood, Clark vs. CookeNovember 17, Del. From M Bradford","Missing TitleDecember 2, Salem, Murphy vs. WatonDecember 6, Richmond, M GoddwinSeptember 5, from Rob PiztonSeptember 24, Gordonsdale, from Rob Pizton","Missing TitleJuly 31, Leesburg, from M HarrisOctober 14, Alexandria, Smoot \u0026 Whaler vs. George BrownOctober 17, Alexandria, Phineas Janney vs. M. GallowayDecember 8, Princes Estates, from John White","Missing TitleTiffany vs. Broaddas \u0026 Son—February 19, BaltimoreMcVeigh vs. Rust—March 18, AlexandriaRichard H. 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Apperson was made by the Library of Virginia in January 1976 and is available at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. The Civil War letters of Harvey Black were published in 1995 in a volume edited by Glenn L. McMullen, which is available in the Rare Book Collection and in Newman Library.","The papers are arranged into series corresponding to the creators of the material and subseries by type of material.","Series include the following:","Series I. Harvey Black Papers\nSeries II. Black Family Papers\nSeries III. Germanicus Kent Papers\nSeries IV. Black Family Business Records\nSeries V. John S. Apperson Papers\nSeries VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers\nSeries VII. Alexander Apperson Papers\nSeries VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks\nSeries IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company\nSeries X. Assorted Papers","This series is arranged by format.","This series is arranged by format.","Arranged alphabetically by name of family being researched.","In 1889, Elizabeth Black of Blacksburg, Virginia, married John Apperson of Marion, joining the Black and Kent families of Blacksburg with the Apperson family. Elizabeth Black's father Harvey Black and John S. Apperson served together in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade during the American Civil War. Black was a regimental surgeon and Apperson was a hospital steward under his command.","Harvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg.","On August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863.","After the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors.","From 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.","John S. Apperson (1837-1908) was born in Locust Grove, Virginia, and moved to Smyth County in 1859. He took a job splitting rails and began to study medicine under local physician William Faris. In 1861, Apperson enlisted in the Smyth Blues, organized as Company D, 4th Virginia. After the Civil War, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, earning a degree in 1867. He returned to Smyth County and married Victoria Hull in 1868. They lived in Chilhowie, and Apperson practiced medicine and farmed. They had seven children.","John Apperson's first wife died in 1887. The same year, he took a job as assistant physician under Harvey Black at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia in Marion. When Harvey Black died in 1888, Apperson resigned his position at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum and established a medical practice in Marion. In 1889, he married Elizabeth, daughter of his friend and mentor Harvey Black. They had four children: Harvey, Alexander, Kent, and Mary.","After his second marriage, John Apperson pursued a career in business. He was one of eight founders of Staley's Creek Manganese and Iron Company. In 1906, he expanded the operations of the Marion Foundry and Milling Company into the Marion Foundry and Machine Works. He also promoted the building of the Marion and Rye Valley Railroad.","In 1892, the Virginia Board of World's Fair Managers employed Apperson to collect items and transport Virginia exhibits to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Apperson died in Marion in 1908. His wife Elizabeth died in Blacksburg in 1942.","Harvey Black Apperson (1890-1948), the oldest child of John Apperson and Elizabeth Black, lived in Salem, Virginia, and practiced law in Roanoke for thirty years. He became active in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. In a special election in 1933, he was elected to represent Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties and the cities of Radford and Roanoke in the State Senate. He served on the State Corporation Commission from 1944 to 1947 and was Chairman of the Commission from June 1944 to 1947. Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General in August 1947, and he took office October 7, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Richmond on February 2, 1948. Alexander Apperson worked at the Marion Foundry and Machine Works for a period and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama.","Germanicus Kent (1791-1861) and Arabella Amiss Kent (1809-1951), parents of Harvey Black's wife Mary, are also documented in this collection. Germanicus Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and attended Yale College. Circa 1822, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked as a cotton merchant. In 1827, he married Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg. According to a family account, Germanicus Kent left Huntsville in 1834 at the insistence of his brother Aratus Kent, a missionary in Illinois who opposed slavery. Aratus Kent was a founder of Beloit and Rockford colleges in Illinois. The family moved to Illinois in 1834. Lewis Kent (also known as Lewis Lemon), who was enslaved by Germanicus Kent in North Carolina when he was a boy, moved with the family and later purchased his freedom and settled in Iowa. Germanicus Kent is considered a founder of the town of Rockford, Illinois, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Mary Kent, born in 1836, was the first child of European ancestry born in Rockford. The family returned to Arabella's hometown of Blacksburg in 1843.","Sources\n      Glenn L. McMullen, \"Tending the Wounded: Two Virginians in the Confederate Medical Corps,\" Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 1991), 172-183\n      A Surgeon with Stonewall Jackson: The Civil War Letters of Dr. Harvey Black, edited by Glenn L. McMullen (Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1995)\n      Biographical sketches of John S. Apperson by Glenn McMullen and of Harvey Black Apperson, by Crandall Shiflett in John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tartar, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1 (The Library of Virginia, 1998), 181-183\n      \"Germanicus A. Kent: Founder of Rockford, Illinois,\" published by the Rockford Historical Society, n.d.","The guide to the Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The papers were previously organized into three collections: the Black Family Papers, Ms1974-003; the Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-017; and the Kent Family Papers, Ms1974-018. They were further processed and merged into one collection in 2002. Additional description was completed in 2021.","Three boxes are unprocessed. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","This item was previously listed on the finding aid as \"General Store, Blacksburg, 1857-1862.\"","See the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:","James Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031","Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045","Medical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black, Ms2009-084","Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040","The Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (bulk 1821-1948) documents the families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection comprises American Civil War letters of Dr. Harvey Black, Civil War diaries of John Apperson, records and correspondence pertaining to nineteenth-century Blacksburg residents Edwin Amiss, his sister Arabella Amiss Kent, and her husband Germanicus Kent, cotton trader and Rockford, Illinois pioneer; and account books, correspondence, and photographs of several members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection is divided into the following major series: Harvey Black Papers, Black Family Papers, Germanicus Kent Papers, Black Family Business Records, John S. Apperson Papers, Mary E. Apperson Papers, Alexander Apperson Papers, and Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks.","Series I. Harvey Black Papers, 1847-1888, contains the following subseries: Diaries, Civil War Letters, General Correspondence, Medical Career Records, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. It also includes one photograph, ca. 1865, of Harvey Black.","Dating 1861 to 1864, the Civil War Letters document Black's experiences as a regimental surgeon in the Stonewall Brigade and as surgeon in charge of the Second Corps field hospital. The series comprises letters Black wrote to his wife Mary (Molly) in Blacksburg. Black usually wrote to his wife two to three days after a major battle and reported who, from Blacksburg, had been killed or wounded. He describes the effects of disease on the troops, looking for his brother-in-law Lewis Kent among the Union wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the delirium of Stonewall Jackson as he lay dying at Guinea Station, and the difficulties of keeping his family clothed and fed during the war.","The Diaries consist of a short diary Black kept of his journey from Christiansburg to Mexico to fight in the Mexican War and a diary of a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee in the fall of 1849. The Mexican War diary details Black's trip from Christiansburg to Norfolk and eventually Buena Vista, but provides little information about serving in the war. Both diaries contain mainly Black's observations about the towns and cities he passes through. The diary of the trip west compares culture and society in Virginia and the West and references encounters with Virginians who had moved west.","General Correspondence, 1847-1871, comprises two letters Black wrote while he was studying medicine at the University of Virginia, his proposal of marriage to Mary (Molly) Kent, and a folder of letters Black received from family members between 1848 and 1871. One letter describes pioneering in Island County, Washington Territory, in 1853; and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regard the establishment of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, forerunner of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.","The Medical Career Records, dating 1848 to 1888, documents Harvey Black's medical career before and after the Civil War and letters of recommendation for the position of Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia and the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia. This series also contains an 1887 annual report for the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia.","The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Records span the years 1870 to 1873. This small series consists of a subscription list for the Preston and Olin Institute, an early history of the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and certificates of appointment to the college's Board of Visitors.","Series II. Black Family Papers, 1779-1911 (bulk 1845-1911): Materials include an 1845 bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Adaline; an 1856 letter from Charles to Alexander Black; photographs of Alexander Black, Kent Black, and Kent's wife Mary Bell Black; a 1911 letter from Mary Kent to her children; and a quilt given to Kent Black by his medical patients, ca. 1890. Additionally, the series has the wedding register of Mary and Kent Black and an invitation to the 1885 Blacksburg Grand Annual Ball.","Series III. Germanicus Kent Papers, 1818-1899: The series comprises Germanicus Kent's cotton books and correspondence with his sons Lewis and John, his brother Aratus Kent, and his brother-in- law Edwin Amiss. The cotton books document Kent's experience as a cotton merchant based in Huntsville, Alabama, 1821 to 1823. They provide lists of cotton prices and copies of correspondence to clients in Nashville and New Orleans. The correspondence describes life in Blacksburg in the 1830s, the Kent family's decision to settle in Virginia after living in Illinois, and Kent's business investments in the west and in Blacksburg. Letters from Edwin Amiss to Arabella and Germanicus Kent pertain to Arabella Kent continuing to enslave people by inheriting her mother's estate. An 1860 letter from Germanicus Kent to Aratus Kent discusses Germanicus Kent's desire to establish contact with the man he formerly enslaved Lewis Lemon Kent, then living in Iowa.","Series IV. Black Family Business Records, 1832-1924: Account books for mercantile establishments in Blacksburg make up the bulk of this series.. It also contains an account book for A.W. Luster; a 1908 inventory for W. Stone \u0026 Son; and a copy of an undated newspaper advertisement for A. Black and Company.","Series V. John S. Apperson Papers, 1858-1915: John Apperson's Civil War Diary is the centerpiece. The diary consist of Apperson's account of his journey, in 1859, from his home in Locust Grove, Virginia to Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. In the Civil War diaries, he describes medical care of soldiers and lists monthly figures of wounded and dead for the Second Corps field hospital. He discusses going onto the battlefield after the fighting stopped at First Manassas, the scene on the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; performing his first amputation; and his efforts to continue his medical education during the Civil War. Additionally, this series contains correspondence about Apperson's business career, 1900 and 1910, a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, and photographs of John Apperson, Elizabeth Black, and their children.","Series VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers, 1889-1977, and Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers, 1827-1984: Research files on the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion compose the bulk of these two series. Materials also include publications pertaining to family history; correspondence with the Rockford, Illinois Historical Society regarding research on Germanicus Kent; correspondence related to other genealogy research; the recollections of Elizabeth Black Apperson about Blacksburg history and buildings; family photographs and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Alexander Black house in Blacksburg; and family artifacts.","Series VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks, 1933-1950: The scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings detailing Harvey B. Apperson's political career and Democratic Party politics in the Roanoke area in the 1930s and in Richmond in the 1940s. Additionally, there are letters and telegrams of congratulation Apperson received when he was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1947, telegrams and letters of condolence his wife received upon his death four months later, photographs, and political ephemera.","Series IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1826-1965: Legal documents and correspondence pertain to the division of proceeds of mining investments among the Apperson descendants of Harvey Black. The series also contains maps of Black and Apperson property in Blacksburg, ca. 1949.","Series X. Assorted Papers, 1872, 1912: The last series includes two items, the Louise Caton Travel Diary, 1912, and The Christian Union publication, 1872. The diary of Louise Caton's four-month tour of Europe in 1912 describes her voyage from New York to Genoa on the Laxmia and from Liverpool back to New York on the Celtic. The relationship of Louise Caton to the Black, Kent, and Apperson families is unknown.","This small series includes a letter Harvey Black received from family who had settled in Wisconsin; a letter from a member of the Crockett family pioneering in Washington Territory, and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regarding the establishment of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg.","In this subseries of five letters from Germanicus Kent to his sons and his brother Aratus, Kent discusses investments, family, and Lewis Lemon (Kent), who bought his freedom from Kent ca. 1835.","This folder contains four family letters presumed to pertain to the extended Kent Amiss family. The correspondents are Edith Boggs, David and E. Cook, Mary Sloutermires, William G., and his son Nelson.","Accounts and correspondence in these two bound cotton books detail Germanicus Kent's business as a cotton merchant in Huntsville, Alabama.","Materials corncern the Kent family's move from Alabama to Illinois.","This file contains a contract outlining the terms of a proposed business partnership between Edwin Amiss and Germanicus Kent and a contract to build a home in Blacksburg.","This series is composed primarily of five ledgers containing alphabetically indexed customer account histories for various mercantile establishments, probably in Blacksburg. Also included are documents and correspondence pertaining to Black family investments in oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This ledger includes an inventory, July 1908, for W. Stone \u0026 Son.","This subseries comprises documents pertaining to investments in the Radford Land Improvement Company, 1889; the Radford West End Land Company, 1909; and oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This subseries comprises miscellaneous receipts, 1862; Business Correspondence, 1900-1910; and a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, 1915.","These letters discuss the illness of the daughter of Mrs. Cyprus McCormick and John S. Apperson.","This file contains newspaper clippings on Blacksburg history and members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families.","The Directory's cover illustration is a photograph of a sculpture commemorating the role played by Germanicus Kent and Lewis Lemon, Kent's former slave, in the founding of Rockford, Illinois.","This series is primarily composed of research files on the genealogy of the Black, Kent, Apperson and related families. It also contains family photographs, including a picture of the Alexander Black House, later burned, ca. 1900; a folder of correspondence pertaining to Alexander Black's service on the vestry of Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954; a 1914 edition of \"The X-Ray,\" the yearbook of Marion High School; and a program from the 1962 annual convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.","This subseries contains one folder of correspondence pertaining to a proposed memorial to Harvey Black at Virginia Tech from 1953; one folder of correspondence concerning Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954, and one letter, 1934, from A.J. Oliver to Harvey Black Apperson, discussing Oliver's father, who worked for Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1870s and helped plant the first trees on the campus.","This subseries includes the Marion High School yearbook, 1914; and a program from the Sixty-seventh Annual Convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1962.","This subseries comprises correspondence, applications to family heritage organizations, and copies of documents regarding genealogy research on the Black, Kent, Apperson, and related families.","File contains three items in French.","Documents in this subseries pertain to applications, by members of the Black family, for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, Huguenot Society, Magna Carta Barons, National Society of Colonial Wars, and the Society of Colonial Dames.","Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, incoming correspondence and telegrams, photographs, and ephemera documenting Harvey Apperson's political career from 1933, when he ran for the State Senate, to his death in 1948, four months after Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General.","Five scrapbooks and one box of items removed from the scrapbooks and copied for preservation. Photographs and ephemera removed from the scrapbooks are stored in Box 15.","This series is comprised of deeds, reports, correspondence, lease agreements, and receipts pertaining to Apperson family investments in mining operations at Poverty Hollow, Tom's Creek Road, the Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company, and M.C. Slusser and Company. It also contains maps of Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company coal land sold to the Hoge heirs in 1928 and maps showing property owned by the Alexander and Lizzie O. Black estate and Apperson Properties in 1937 and 1948.","The diary is an account of Louise Caton's voyage from New York to Genoa, Italy, her travels through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, and England, and her return from Liverpool to New York in the summer of 1912.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","This collection contains the papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. It includes the American Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. Apperson, cotton books and correspondence of Germanicus Kent, nineteenth-century account books of a Blacksburg general store, 1912 European travel diary, and the political scrapbooks of State Senator and Attorney General Harvey B. Apperson.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","A. W. Luster","Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade","Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia","Marion Foundry and Machine Works (Marion, Va.)","Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.)","Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia (1887-1935)","Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896)","W. 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Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers were donated to Virginia Tech from 1955 to 1990. The American Civil War letters of Harvey Black and the Civil War diaries of John Apperson were donated in 1974."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Civil War","Folk, historical, and patent medicine","Genealogy","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Medicine","Medicine, Military -- History","Montgomery County (Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries","Women -- History"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Civil War","Folk, historical, and patent medicine","Genealogy","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Medicine","Medicine, Military -- History","Montgomery County (Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries","Women -- History"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["ca. 7 Cubic Feet 21 boxes and 1 oversize folder"],"extent_tesim":["ca. 7 Cubic Feet 21 boxes and 1 oversize folder"],"date_range_isim":[1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open to research."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ca show=\"_blank\" href=\"https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/collections/show/38\"\u003eSome of this collection has been digitized and is available online.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA microfilm edition of the diary, 1847-1850, of Harvey Black and the American Civil War diaries of John S. 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Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company\nSeries X. Assorted Papers","This series is arranged by format.","This series is arranged by format.","Arranged alphabetically by name of family being researched."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn 1889, Elizabeth Black of Blacksburg, Virginia, married John Apperson of Marion, joining the Black and Kent families of Blacksburg with the Apperson family. Elizabeth Black's father Harvey Black and John S. Apperson served together in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade during the American Civil War. Black was a regimental surgeon and Apperson was a hospital steward under his command.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn S. Apperson (1837-1908) was born in Locust Grove, Virginia, and moved to Smyth County in 1859. He took a job splitting rails and began to study medicine under local physician William Faris. In 1861, Apperson enlisted in the Smyth Blues, organized as Company D, 4th Virginia. After the Civil War, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, earning a degree in 1867. He returned to Smyth County and married Victoria Hull in 1868. They lived in Chilhowie, and Apperson practiced medicine and farmed. They had seven children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Apperson's first wife died in 1887. The same year, he took a job as assistant physician under Harvey Black at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia in Marion. When Harvey Black died in 1888, Apperson resigned his position at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum and established a medical practice in Marion. In 1889, he married Elizabeth, daughter of his friend and mentor Harvey Black. They had four children: Harvey, Alexander, Kent, and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter his second marriage, John Apperson pursued a career in business. He was one of eight founders of Staley's Creek Manganese and Iron Company. In 1906, he expanded the operations of the Marion Foundry and Milling Company into the Marion Foundry and Machine Works. He also promoted the building of the Marion and Rye Valley Railroad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1892, the Virginia Board of World's Fair Managers employed Apperson to collect items and transport Virginia exhibits to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Apperson died in Marion in 1908. His wife Elizabeth died in Blacksburg in 1942.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarvey Black Apperson (1890-1948), the oldest child of John Apperson and Elizabeth Black, lived in Salem, Virginia, and practiced law in Roanoke for thirty years. He became active in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. In a special election in 1933, he was elected to represent Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties and the cities of Radford and Roanoke in the State Senate. He served on the State Corporation Commission from 1944 to 1947 and was Chairman of the Commission from June 1944 to 1947. Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General in August 1947, and he took office October 7, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Richmond on February 2, 1948. Alexander Apperson worked at the Marion Foundry and Machine Works for a period and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGermanicus Kent (1791-1861) and Arabella Amiss Kent (1809-1951), parents of Harvey Black's wife Mary, are also documented in this collection. Germanicus Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and attended Yale College. Circa 1822, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked as a cotton merchant. In 1827, he married Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg. According to a family account, Germanicus Kent left Huntsville in 1834 at the insistence of his brother Aratus Kent, a missionary in Illinois who opposed slavery. Aratus Kent was a founder of Beloit and Rockford colleges in Illinois. The family moved to Illinois in 1834. Lewis Kent (also known as Lewis Lemon), who was enslaved by Germanicus Kent in North Carolina when he was a boy, moved with the family and later purchased his freedom and settled in Iowa. Germanicus Kent is considered a founder of the town of Rockford, Illinois, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Mary Kent, born in 1836, was the first child of European ancestry born in Rockford. The family returned to Arabella's hometown of Blacksburg in 1843.\u003c/p\u003e    ","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003chead\u003eSources\u003c/head\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eGlenn L. McMullen, \"Tending the Wounded: Two Virginians in the Confederate Medical Corps,\" Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 1991), 172-183\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eA Surgeon with Stonewall Jackson: The Civil War Letters of Dr. Harvey Black, edited by Glenn L. McMullen (Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1995)\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eBiographical sketches of John S. Apperson by Glenn McMullen and of Harvey Black Apperson, by Crandall Shiflett in John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tartar, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1 (The Library of Virginia, 1998), 181-183\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\"Germanicus A. Kent: Founder of Rockford, Illinois,\" published by the Rockford Historical Society, n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["In 1889, Elizabeth Black of Blacksburg, Virginia, married John Apperson of Marion, joining the Black and Kent families of Blacksburg with the Apperson family. Elizabeth Black's father Harvey Black and John S. Apperson served together in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade during the American Civil War. Black was a regimental surgeon and Apperson was a hospital steward under his command.","Harvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg.","On August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863.","After the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors.","From 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.","John S. Apperson (1837-1908) was born in Locust Grove, Virginia, and moved to Smyth County in 1859. He took a job splitting rails and began to study medicine under local physician William Faris. In 1861, Apperson enlisted in the Smyth Blues, organized as Company D, 4th Virginia. After the Civil War, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, earning a degree in 1867. He returned to Smyth County and married Victoria Hull in 1868. They lived in Chilhowie, and Apperson practiced medicine and farmed. They had seven children.","John Apperson's first wife died in 1887. The same year, he took a job as assistant physician under Harvey Black at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia in Marion. When Harvey Black died in 1888, Apperson resigned his position at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum and established a medical practice in Marion. In 1889, he married Elizabeth, daughter of his friend and mentor Harvey Black. They had four children: Harvey, Alexander, Kent, and Mary.","After his second marriage, John Apperson pursued a career in business. He was one of eight founders of Staley's Creek Manganese and Iron Company. In 1906, he expanded the operations of the Marion Foundry and Milling Company into the Marion Foundry and Machine Works. He also promoted the building of the Marion and Rye Valley Railroad.","In 1892, the Virginia Board of World's Fair Managers employed Apperson to collect items and transport Virginia exhibits to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Apperson died in Marion in 1908. His wife Elizabeth died in Blacksburg in 1942.","Harvey Black Apperson (1890-1948), the oldest child of John Apperson and Elizabeth Black, lived in Salem, Virginia, and practiced law in Roanoke for thirty years. He became active in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. In a special election in 1933, he was elected to represent Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties and the cities of Radford and Roanoke in the State Senate. He served on the State Corporation Commission from 1944 to 1947 and was Chairman of the Commission from June 1944 to 1947. Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General in August 1947, and he took office October 7, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Richmond on February 2, 1948. Alexander Apperson worked at the Marion Foundry and Machine Works for a period and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama.","Germanicus Kent (1791-1861) and Arabella Amiss Kent (1809-1951), parents of Harvey Black's wife Mary, are also documented in this collection. Germanicus Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and attended Yale College. Circa 1822, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked as a cotton merchant. In 1827, he married Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg. According to a family account, Germanicus Kent left Huntsville in 1834 at the insistence of his brother Aratus Kent, a missionary in Illinois who opposed slavery. Aratus Kent was a founder of Beloit and Rockford colleges in Illinois. The family moved to Illinois in 1834. Lewis Kent (also known as Lewis Lemon), who was enslaved by Germanicus Kent in North Carolina when he was a boy, moved with the family and later purchased his freedom and settled in Iowa. Germanicus Kent is considered a founder of the town of Rockford, Illinois, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Mary Kent, born in 1836, was the first child of European ancestry born in Rockford. The family returned to Arabella's hometown of Blacksburg in 1843.","Sources\n      Glenn L. McMullen, \"Tending the Wounded: Two Virginians in the Confederate Medical Corps,\" Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 1991), 172-183\n      A Surgeon with Stonewall Jackson: The Civil War Letters of Dr. Harvey Black, edited by Glenn L. McMullen (Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1995)\n      Biographical sketches of John S. Apperson by Glenn McMullen and of Harvey Black Apperson, by Crandall Shiflett in John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tartar, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1 (The Library of Virginia, 1998), 181-183\n      \"Germanicus A. Kent: Founder of Rockford, Illinois,\" published by the Rockford Historical Society, n.d."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers were previously organized into three collections: the Black Family Papers, Ms1974-003; the Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-017; and the Kent Family Papers, Ms1974-018. They were further processed and merged into one collection in 2002. Additional description was completed in 2021.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree boxes are unprocessed. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThis item was previously listed on the finding aid as \"General Store, Blacksburg, 1857-1862.\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information","Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The papers were previously organized into three collections: the Black Family Papers, Ms1974-003; the Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-017; and the Kent Family Papers, Ms1974-018. They were further processed and merged into one collection in 2002. Additional description was completed in 2021.","Three boxes are unprocessed. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","This item was previously listed on the finding aid as \"General Store, Blacksburg, 1857-1862.\""],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1474.xml\"\u003eJames Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1779.xml\"\u003eElizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2503.xml\"\u003eMedical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black, Ms2009-084\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2361.xml\"\u003eBell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:","James Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031","Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045","Medical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black, Ms2009-084","Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (bulk 1821-1948) documents the families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection comprises American Civil War letters of Dr. Harvey Black, Civil War diaries of John Apperson, records and correspondence pertaining to nineteenth-century Blacksburg residents Edwin Amiss, his sister Arabella Amiss Kent, and her husband Germanicus Kent, cotton trader and Rockford, Illinois pioneer; and account books, correspondence, and photographs of several members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection is divided into the following major series: Harvey Black Papers, Black Family Papers, Germanicus Kent Papers, Black Family Business Records, John S. Apperson Papers, Mary E. Apperson Papers, Alexander Apperson Papers, and Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I. Harvey Black Papers, 1847-1888, contains the following subseries: Diaries, Civil War Letters, General Correspondence, Medical Career Records, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. It also includes one photograph, ca. 1865, of Harvey Black.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDating 1861 to 1864, the Civil War Letters document Black's experiences as a regimental surgeon in the Stonewall Brigade and as surgeon in charge of the Second Corps field hospital. The series comprises letters Black wrote to his wife Mary (Molly) in Blacksburg. Black usually wrote to his wife two to three days after a major battle and reported who, from Blacksburg, had been killed or wounded. He describes the effects of disease on the troops, looking for his brother-in-law Lewis Kent among the Union wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the delirium of Stonewall Jackson as he lay dying at Guinea Station, and the difficulties of keeping his family clothed and fed during the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Diaries consist of a short diary Black kept of his journey from Christiansburg to Mexico to fight in the Mexican War and a diary of a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee in the fall of 1849. The Mexican War diary details Black's trip from Christiansburg to Norfolk and eventually Buena Vista, but provides little information about serving in the war. Both diaries contain mainly Black's observations about the towns and cities he passes through. The diary of the trip west compares culture and society in Virginia and the West and references encounters with Virginians who had moved west.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Correspondence, 1847-1871, comprises two letters Black wrote while he was studying medicine at the University of Virginia, his proposal of marriage to Mary (Molly) Kent, and a folder of letters Black received from family members between 1848 and 1871. One letter describes pioneering in Island County, Washington Territory, in 1853; and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regard the establishment of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, forerunner of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Medical Career Records, dating 1848 to 1888, documents Harvey Black's medical career before and after the Civil War and letters of recommendation for the position of Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia and the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia. This series also contains an 1887 annual report for the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Records span the years 1870 to 1873. This small series consists of a subscription list for the Preston and Olin Institute, an early history of the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and certificates of appointment to the college's Board of Visitors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. Black Family Papers, 1779-1911 (bulk 1845-1911): Materials include an 1845 bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Adaline; an 1856 letter from Charles to Alexander Black; photographs of Alexander Black, Kent Black, and Kent's wife Mary Bell Black; a 1911 letter from Mary Kent to her children; and a quilt given to Kent Black by his medical patients, ca. 1890. Additionally, the series has the wedding register of Mary and Kent Black and an invitation to the 1885 Blacksburg Grand Annual Ball.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Germanicus Kent Papers, 1818-1899: The series comprises Germanicus Kent's cotton books and correspondence with his sons Lewis and John, his brother Aratus Kent, and his brother-in- law Edwin Amiss. The cotton books document Kent's experience as a cotton merchant based in Huntsville, Alabama, 1821 to 1823. They provide lists of cotton prices and copies of correspondence to clients in Nashville and New Orleans. The correspondence describes life in Blacksburg in the 1830s, the Kent family's decision to settle in Virginia after living in Illinois, and Kent's business investments in the west and in Blacksburg. Letters from Edwin Amiss to Arabella and Germanicus Kent pertain to Arabella Kent continuing to enslave people by inheriting her mother's estate. An 1860 letter from Germanicus Kent to Aratus Kent discusses Germanicus Kent's desire to establish contact with the man he formerly enslaved Lewis Lemon Kent, then living in Iowa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Black Family Business Records, 1832-1924: Account books for mercantile establishments in Blacksburg make up the bulk of this series.. It also contains an account book for A.W. Luster; a 1908 inventory for W. Stone \u0026amp; Son; and a copy of an undated newspaper advertisement for A. Black and Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. John S. Apperson Papers, 1858-1915: John Apperson's Civil War Diary is the centerpiece. The diary consist of Apperson's account of his journey, in 1859, from his home in Locust Grove, Virginia to Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. In the Civil War diaries, he describes medical care of soldiers and lists monthly figures of wounded and dead for the Second Corps field hospital. He discusses going onto the battlefield after the fighting stopped at First Manassas, the scene on the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; performing his first amputation; and his efforts to continue his medical education during the Civil War. Additionally, this series contains correspondence about Apperson's business career, 1900 and 1910, a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, and photographs of John Apperson, Elizabeth Black, and their children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers, 1889-1977, and Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers, 1827-1984: Research files on the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion compose the bulk of these two series. Materials also include publications pertaining to family history; correspondence with the Rockford, Illinois Historical Society regarding research on Germanicus Kent; correspondence related to other genealogy research; the recollections of Elizabeth Black Apperson about Blacksburg history and buildings; family photographs and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Alexander Black house in Blacksburg; and family artifacts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks, 1933-1950: The scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings detailing Harvey B. Apperson's political career and Democratic Party politics in the Roanoke area in the 1930s and in Richmond in the 1940s. Additionally, there are letters and telegrams of congratulation Apperson received when he was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1947, telegrams and letters of condolence his wife received upon his death four months later, photographs, and political ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1826-1965: Legal documents and correspondence pertain to the division of proceeds of mining investments among the Apperson descendants of Harvey Black. The series also contains maps of Black and Apperson property in Blacksburg, ca. 1949.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries X. Assorted Papers, 1872, 1912: The last series includes two items, the Louise Caton Travel Diary, 1912, and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Christian Union\u003c/emph\u003e publication, 1872. The diary of Louise Caton's four-month tour of Europe in 1912 describes her voyage from New York to Genoa on the Laxmia and from Liverpool back to New York on the Celtic. The relationship of Louise Caton to the Black, Kent, and Apperson families is unknown.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThis small series includes a letter Harvey Black received from family who had settled in Wisconsin; a letter from a member of the Crockett family pioneering in Washington Territory, and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regarding the establishment of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn this subseries of five letters from Germanicus Kent to his sons and his brother Aratus, Kent discusses investments, family, and Lewis Lemon (Kent), who bought his freedom from Kent ca. 1835.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains four family letters presumed to pertain to the extended Kent Amiss family. The correspondents are Edith Boggs, David and E. Cook, Mary Sloutermires, William G., and his son Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and correspondence in these two bound cotton books detail Germanicus Kent's business as a cotton merchant in Huntsville, Alabama.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials corncern the Kent family's move from Alabama to Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis file contains a contract outlining the terms of a proposed business partnership between Edwin Amiss and Germanicus Kent and a contract to build a home in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is composed primarily of five ledgers containing alphabetically indexed customer account histories for various mercantile establishments, probably in Blacksburg. Also included are documents and correspondence pertaining to Black family investments in oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis ledger includes an inventory, July 1908, for W. Stone \u0026amp; Son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries comprises documents pertaining to investments in the Radford Land Improvement Company, 1889; the Radford West End Land Company, 1909; and oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries comprises miscellaneous receipts, 1862; Business Correspondence, 1900-1910; and a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, 1915.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese letters discuss the illness of the daughter of Mrs. Cyprus McCormick and John S. Apperson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis file contains newspaper clippings on Blacksburg history and members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Directory's cover illustration is a photograph of a sculpture commemorating the role played by Germanicus Kent and Lewis Lemon, Kent's former slave, in the founding of Rockford, Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is primarily composed of research files on the genealogy of the Black, Kent, Apperson and related families. It also contains family photographs, including a picture of the Alexander Black House, later burned, ca. 1900; a folder of correspondence pertaining to Alexander Black's service on the vestry of Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954; a 1914 edition of \"The X-Ray,\" the yearbook of Marion High School; and a program from the 1962 annual convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries contains one folder of correspondence pertaining to a proposed memorial to Harvey Black at Virginia Tech from 1953; one folder of correspondence concerning Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954, and one letter, 1934, from A.J. Oliver to Harvey Black Apperson, discussing Oliver's father, who worked for Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1870s and helped plant the first trees on the campus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes the Marion High School yearbook, 1914; and a program from the Sixty-seventh Annual Convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries comprises correspondence, applications to family heritage organizations, and copies of documents regarding genealogy research on the Black, Kent, Apperson, and related families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFile contains three items in French.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments in this subseries pertain to applications, by members of the Black family, for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, Huguenot Society, Magna Carta Barons, National Society of Colonial Wars, and the Society of Colonial Dames.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, incoming correspondence and telegrams, photographs, and ephemera documenting Harvey Apperson's political career from 1933, when he ran for the State Senate, to his death in 1948, four months after Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFive scrapbooks and one box of items removed from the scrapbooks and copied for preservation. Photographs and ephemera removed from the scrapbooks are stored in Box 15.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is comprised of deeds, reports, correspondence, lease agreements, and receipts pertaining to Apperson family investments in mining operations at Poverty Hollow, Tom's Creek Road, the Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company, and M.C. Slusser and Company. It also contains maps of Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company coal land sold to the Hoge heirs in 1928 and maps showing property owned by the Alexander and Lizzie O. Black estate and Apperson Properties in 1937 and 1948.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe diary is an account of Louise Caton's voyage from New York to Genoa, Italy, her travels through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, and England, and her return from Liverpool to New York in the summer of 1912.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (bulk 1821-1948) documents the families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection comprises American Civil War letters of Dr. Harvey Black, Civil War diaries of John Apperson, records and correspondence pertaining to nineteenth-century Blacksburg residents Edwin Amiss, his sister Arabella Amiss Kent, and her husband Germanicus Kent, cotton trader and Rockford, Illinois pioneer; and account books, correspondence, and photographs of several members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection is divided into the following major series: Harvey Black Papers, Black Family Papers, Germanicus Kent Papers, Black Family Business Records, John S. Apperson Papers, Mary E. Apperson Papers, Alexander Apperson Papers, and Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks.","Series I. Harvey Black Papers, 1847-1888, contains the following subseries: Diaries, Civil War Letters, General Correspondence, Medical Career Records, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. It also includes one photograph, ca. 1865, of Harvey Black.","Dating 1861 to 1864, the Civil War Letters document Black's experiences as a regimental surgeon in the Stonewall Brigade and as surgeon in charge of the Second Corps field hospital. The series comprises letters Black wrote to his wife Mary (Molly) in Blacksburg. Black usually wrote to his wife two to three days after a major battle and reported who, from Blacksburg, had been killed or wounded. He describes the effects of disease on the troops, looking for his brother-in-law Lewis Kent among the Union wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the delirium of Stonewall Jackson as he lay dying at Guinea Station, and the difficulties of keeping his family clothed and fed during the war.","The Diaries consist of a short diary Black kept of his journey from Christiansburg to Mexico to fight in the Mexican War and a diary of a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee in the fall of 1849. The Mexican War diary details Black's trip from Christiansburg to Norfolk and eventually Buena Vista, but provides little information about serving in the war. Both diaries contain mainly Black's observations about the towns and cities he passes through. The diary of the trip west compares culture and society in Virginia and the West and references encounters with Virginians who had moved west.","General Correspondence, 1847-1871, comprises two letters Black wrote while he was studying medicine at the University of Virginia, his proposal of marriage to Mary (Molly) Kent, and a folder of letters Black received from family members between 1848 and 1871. One letter describes pioneering in Island County, Washington Territory, in 1853; and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regard the establishment of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, forerunner of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.","The Medical Career Records, dating 1848 to 1888, documents Harvey Black's medical career before and after the Civil War and letters of recommendation for the position of Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia and the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia. This series also contains an 1887 annual report for the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia.","The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Records span the years 1870 to 1873. This small series consists of a subscription list for the Preston and Olin Institute, an early history of the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and certificates of appointment to the college's Board of Visitors.","Series II. Black Family Papers, 1779-1911 (bulk 1845-1911): Materials include an 1845 bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Adaline; an 1856 letter from Charles to Alexander Black; photographs of Alexander Black, Kent Black, and Kent's wife Mary Bell Black; a 1911 letter from Mary Kent to her children; and a quilt given to Kent Black by his medical patients, ca. 1890. Additionally, the series has the wedding register of Mary and Kent Black and an invitation to the 1885 Blacksburg Grand Annual Ball.","Series III. Germanicus Kent Papers, 1818-1899: The series comprises Germanicus Kent's cotton books and correspondence with his sons Lewis and John, his brother Aratus Kent, and his brother-in- law Edwin Amiss. The cotton books document Kent's experience as a cotton merchant based in Huntsville, Alabama, 1821 to 1823. They provide lists of cotton prices and copies of correspondence to clients in Nashville and New Orleans. The correspondence describes life in Blacksburg in the 1830s, the Kent family's decision to settle in Virginia after living in Illinois, and Kent's business investments in the west and in Blacksburg. Letters from Edwin Amiss to Arabella and Germanicus Kent pertain to Arabella Kent continuing to enslave people by inheriting her mother's estate. An 1860 letter from Germanicus Kent to Aratus Kent discusses Germanicus Kent's desire to establish contact with the man he formerly enslaved Lewis Lemon Kent, then living in Iowa.","Series IV. Black Family Business Records, 1832-1924: Account books for mercantile establishments in Blacksburg make up the bulk of this series.. It also contains an account book for A.W. Luster; a 1908 inventory for W. Stone \u0026 Son; and a copy of an undated newspaper advertisement for A. Black and Company.","Series V. John S. Apperson Papers, 1858-1915: John Apperson's Civil War Diary is the centerpiece. The diary consist of Apperson's account of his journey, in 1859, from his home in Locust Grove, Virginia to Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. In the Civil War diaries, he describes medical care of soldiers and lists monthly figures of wounded and dead for the Second Corps field hospital. He discusses going onto the battlefield after the fighting stopped at First Manassas, the scene on the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; performing his first amputation; and his efforts to continue his medical education during the Civil War. Additionally, this series contains correspondence about Apperson's business career, 1900 and 1910, a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, and photographs of John Apperson, Elizabeth Black, and their children.","Series VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers, 1889-1977, and Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers, 1827-1984: Research files on the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion compose the bulk of these two series. Materials also include publications pertaining to family history; correspondence with the Rockford, Illinois Historical Society regarding research on Germanicus Kent; correspondence related to other genealogy research; the recollections of Elizabeth Black Apperson about Blacksburg history and buildings; family photographs and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Alexander Black house in Blacksburg; and family artifacts.","Series VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks, 1933-1950: The scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings detailing Harvey B. Apperson's political career and Democratic Party politics in the Roanoke area in the 1930s and in Richmond in the 1940s. Additionally, there are letters and telegrams of congratulation Apperson received when he was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1947, telegrams and letters of condolence his wife received upon his death four months later, photographs, and political ephemera.","Series IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1826-1965: Legal documents and correspondence pertain to the division of proceeds of mining investments among the Apperson descendants of Harvey Black. The series also contains maps of Black and Apperson property in Blacksburg, ca. 1949.","Series X. Assorted Papers, 1872, 1912: The last series includes two items, the Louise Caton Travel Diary, 1912, and The Christian Union publication, 1872. The diary of Louise Caton's four-month tour of Europe in 1912 describes her voyage from New York to Genoa on the Laxmia and from Liverpool back to New York on the Celtic. The relationship of Louise Caton to the Black, Kent, and Apperson families is unknown.","This small series includes a letter Harvey Black received from family who had settled in Wisconsin; a letter from a member of the Crockett family pioneering in Washington Territory, and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regarding the establishment of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg.","In this subseries of five letters from Germanicus Kent to his sons and his brother Aratus, Kent discusses investments, family, and Lewis Lemon (Kent), who bought his freedom from Kent ca. 1835.","This folder contains four family letters presumed to pertain to the extended Kent Amiss family. The correspondents are Edith Boggs, David and E. Cook, Mary Sloutermires, William G., and his son Nelson.","Accounts and correspondence in these two bound cotton books detail Germanicus Kent's business as a cotton merchant in Huntsville, Alabama.","Materials corncern the Kent family's move from Alabama to Illinois.","This file contains a contract outlining the terms of a proposed business partnership between Edwin Amiss and Germanicus Kent and a contract to build a home in Blacksburg.","This series is composed primarily of five ledgers containing alphabetically indexed customer account histories for various mercantile establishments, probably in Blacksburg. Also included are documents and correspondence pertaining to Black family investments in oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This ledger includes an inventory, July 1908, for W. Stone \u0026 Son.","This subseries comprises documents pertaining to investments in the Radford Land Improvement Company, 1889; the Radford West End Land Company, 1909; and oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This subseries comprises miscellaneous receipts, 1862; Business Correspondence, 1900-1910; and a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, 1915.","These letters discuss the illness of the daughter of Mrs. Cyprus McCormick and John S. Apperson.","This file contains newspaper clippings on Blacksburg history and members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families.","The Directory's cover illustration is a photograph of a sculpture commemorating the role played by Germanicus Kent and Lewis Lemon, Kent's former slave, in the founding of Rockford, Illinois.","This series is primarily composed of research files on the genealogy of the Black, Kent, Apperson and related families. It also contains family photographs, including a picture of the Alexander Black House, later burned, ca. 1900; a folder of correspondence pertaining to Alexander Black's service on the vestry of Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954; a 1914 edition of \"The X-Ray,\" the yearbook of Marion High School; and a program from the 1962 annual convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.","This subseries contains one folder of correspondence pertaining to a proposed memorial to Harvey Black at Virginia Tech from 1953; one folder of correspondence concerning Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954, and one letter, 1934, from A.J. Oliver to Harvey Black Apperson, discussing Oliver's father, who worked for Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1870s and helped plant the first trees on the campus.","This subseries includes the Marion High School yearbook, 1914; and a program from the Sixty-seventh Annual Convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1962.","This subseries comprises correspondence, applications to family heritage organizations, and copies of documents regarding genealogy research on the Black, Kent, Apperson, and related families.","File contains three items in French.","Documents in this subseries pertain to applications, by members of the Black family, for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, Huguenot Society, Magna Carta Barons, National Society of Colonial Wars, and the Society of Colonial Dames.","Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, incoming correspondence and telegrams, photographs, and ephemera documenting Harvey Apperson's political career from 1933, when he ran for the State Senate, to his death in 1948, four months after Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General.","Five scrapbooks and one box of items removed from the scrapbooks and copied for preservation. Photographs and ephemera removed from the scrapbooks are stored in Box 15.","This series is comprised of deeds, reports, correspondence, lease agreements, and receipts pertaining to Apperson family investments in mining operations at Poverty Hollow, Tom's Creek Road, the Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company, and M.C. Slusser and Company. It also contains maps of Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company coal land sold to the Hoge heirs in 1928 and maps showing property owned by the Alexander and Lizzie O. Black estate and Apperson Properties in 1937 and 1948.","The diary is an account of Louise Caton's voyage from New York to Genoa, Italy, her travels through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, and England, and her return from Liverpool to New York in the summer of 1912."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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Apperson was made by the Library of Virginia in January 1976 and is available at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. The Civil War letters of Harvey Black were published in 1995 in a volume edited by Glenn L. McMullen, which is available in the Rare Book Collection and in Newman Library.","The papers are arranged into series corresponding to the creators of the material and subseries by type of material.","Series include the following:","Series I. Harvey Black Papers\nSeries II. Black Family Papers\nSeries III. Germanicus Kent Papers\nSeries IV. Black Family Business Records\nSeries V. John S. Apperson Papers\nSeries VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers\nSeries VII. Alexander Apperson Papers\nSeries VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks\nSeries IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company\nSeries X. Assorted Papers","This series is arranged by format.","This series is arranged by format.","Arranged alphabetically by name of family being researched.","In 1889, Elizabeth Black of Blacksburg, Virginia, married John Apperson of Marion, joining the Black and Kent families of Blacksburg with the Apperson family. Elizabeth Black's father Harvey Black and John S. Apperson served together in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade during the American Civil War. Black was a regimental surgeon and Apperson was a hospital steward under his command.","Harvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg.","On August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863.","After the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors.","From 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.","John S. Apperson (1837-1908) was born in Locust Grove, Virginia, and moved to Smyth County in 1859. He took a job splitting rails and began to study medicine under local physician William Faris. In 1861, Apperson enlisted in the Smyth Blues, organized as Company D, 4th Virginia. After the Civil War, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, earning a degree in 1867. He returned to Smyth County and married Victoria Hull in 1868. They lived in Chilhowie, and Apperson practiced medicine and farmed. They had seven children.","John Apperson's first wife died in 1887. The same year, he took a job as assistant physician under Harvey Black at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia in Marion. When Harvey Black died in 1888, Apperson resigned his position at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum and established a medical practice in Marion. In 1889, he married Elizabeth, daughter of his friend and mentor Harvey Black. They had four children: Harvey, Alexander, Kent, and Mary.","After his second marriage, John Apperson pursued a career in business. He was one of eight founders of Staley's Creek Manganese and Iron Company. In 1906, he expanded the operations of the Marion Foundry and Milling Company into the Marion Foundry and Machine Works. He also promoted the building of the Marion and Rye Valley Railroad.","In 1892, the Virginia Board of World's Fair Managers employed Apperson to collect items and transport Virginia exhibits to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Apperson died in Marion in 1908. His wife Elizabeth died in Blacksburg in 1942.","Harvey Black Apperson (1890-1948), the oldest child of John Apperson and Elizabeth Black, lived in Salem, Virginia, and practiced law in Roanoke for thirty years. He became active in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. In a special election in 1933, he was elected to represent Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties and the cities of Radford and Roanoke in the State Senate. He served on the State Corporation Commission from 1944 to 1947 and was Chairman of the Commission from June 1944 to 1947. Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General in August 1947, and he took office October 7, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Richmond on February 2, 1948. Alexander Apperson worked at the Marion Foundry and Machine Works for a period and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama.","Germanicus Kent (1791-1861) and Arabella Amiss Kent (1809-1951), parents of Harvey Black's wife Mary, are also documented in this collection. Germanicus Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and attended Yale College. Circa 1822, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked as a cotton merchant. In 1827, he married Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg. According to a family account, Germanicus Kent left Huntsville in 1834 at the insistence of his brother Aratus Kent, a missionary in Illinois who opposed slavery. Aratus Kent was a founder of Beloit and Rockford colleges in Illinois. The family moved to Illinois in 1834. Lewis Kent (also known as Lewis Lemon), who was enslaved by Germanicus Kent in North Carolina when he was a boy, moved with the family and later purchased his freedom and settled in Iowa. Germanicus Kent is considered a founder of the town of Rockford, Illinois, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Mary Kent, born in 1836, was the first child of European ancestry born in Rockford. The family returned to Arabella's hometown of Blacksburg in 1843.","Sources\n      Glenn L. McMullen, \"Tending the Wounded: Two Virginians in the Confederate Medical Corps,\" Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 1991), 172-183\n      A Surgeon with Stonewall Jackson: The Civil War Letters of Dr. Harvey Black, edited by Glenn L. McMullen (Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1995)\n      Biographical sketches of John S. Apperson by Glenn McMullen and of Harvey Black Apperson, by Crandall Shiflett in John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tartar, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1 (The Library of Virginia, 1998), 181-183\n      \"Germanicus A. Kent: Founder of Rockford, Illinois,\" published by the Rockford Historical Society, n.d.","The guide to the Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The papers were previously organized into three collections: the Black Family Papers, Ms1974-003; the Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-017; and the Kent Family Papers, Ms1974-018. They were further processed and merged into one collection in 2002. Additional description was completed in 2021.","Three boxes are unprocessed. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","This item was previously listed on the finding aid as \"General Store, Blacksburg, 1857-1862.\"","See the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:","James Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031","Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045","Medical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black, Ms2009-084","Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040","The Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (bulk 1821-1948) documents the families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection comprises American Civil War letters of Dr. Harvey Black, Civil War diaries of John Apperson, records and correspondence pertaining to nineteenth-century Blacksburg residents Edwin Amiss, his sister Arabella Amiss Kent, and her husband Germanicus Kent, cotton trader and Rockford, Illinois pioneer; and account books, correspondence, and photographs of several members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection is divided into the following major series: Harvey Black Papers, Black Family Papers, Germanicus Kent Papers, Black Family Business Records, John S. Apperson Papers, Mary E. Apperson Papers, Alexander Apperson Papers, and Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks.","Series I. Harvey Black Papers, 1847-1888, contains the following subseries: Diaries, Civil War Letters, General Correspondence, Medical Career Records, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. It also includes one photograph, ca. 1865, of Harvey Black.","Dating 1861 to 1864, the Civil War Letters document Black's experiences as a regimental surgeon in the Stonewall Brigade and as surgeon in charge of the Second Corps field hospital. The series comprises letters Black wrote to his wife Mary (Molly) in Blacksburg. Black usually wrote to his wife two to three days after a major battle and reported who, from Blacksburg, had been killed or wounded. He describes the effects of disease on the troops, looking for his brother-in-law Lewis Kent among the Union wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the delirium of Stonewall Jackson as he lay dying at Guinea Station, and the difficulties of keeping his family clothed and fed during the war.","The Diaries consist of a short diary Black kept of his journey from Christiansburg to Mexico to fight in the Mexican War and a diary of a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee in the fall of 1849. The Mexican War diary details Black's trip from Christiansburg to Norfolk and eventually Buena Vista, but provides little information about serving in the war. Both diaries contain mainly Black's observations about the towns and cities he passes through. The diary of the trip west compares culture and society in Virginia and the West and references encounters with Virginians who had moved west.","General Correspondence, 1847-1871, comprises two letters Black wrote while he was studying medicine at the University of Virginia, his proposal of marriage to Mary (Molly) Kent, and a folder of letters Black received from family members between 1848 and 1871. One letter describes pioneering in Island County, Washington Territory, in 1853; and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regard the establishment of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, forerunner of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.","The Medical Career Records, dating 1848 to 1888, documents Harvey Black's medical career before and after the Civil War and letters of recommendation for the position of Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia and the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia. This series also contains an 1887 annual report for the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia.","The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Records span the years 1870 to 1873. This small series consists of a subscription list for the Preston and Olin Institute, an early history of the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and certificates of appointment to the college's Board of Visitors.","Series II. Black Family Papers, 1779-1911 (bulk 1845-1911): Materials include an 1845 bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Adaline; an 1856 letter from Charles to Alexander Black; photographs of Alexander Black, Kent Black, and Kent's wife Mary Bell Black; a 1911 letter from Mary Kent to her children; and a quilt given to Kent Black by his medical patients, ca. 1890. Additionally, the series has the wedding register of Mary and Kent Black and an invitation to the 1885 Blacksburg Grand Annual Ball.","Series III. Germanicus Kent Papers, 1818-1899: The series comprises Germanicus Kent's cotton books and correspondence with his sons Lewis and John, his brother Aratus Kent, and his brother-in- law Edwin Amiss. The cotton books document Kent's experience as a cotton merchant based in Huntsville, Alabama, 1821 to 1823. They provide lists of cotton prices and copies of correspondence to clients in Nashville and New Orleans. The correspondence describes life in Blacksburg in the 1830s, the Kent family's decision to settle in Virginia after living in Illinois, and Kent's business investments in the west and in Blacksburg. Letters from Edwin Amiss to Arabella and Germanicus Kent pertain to Arabella Kent continuing to enslave people by inheriting her mother's estate. An 1860 letter from Germanicus Kent to Aratus Kent discusses Germanicus Kent's desire to establish contact with the man he formerly enslaved Lewis Lemon Kent, then living in Iowa.","Series IV. Black Family Business Records, 1832-1924: Account books for mercantile establishments in Blacksburg make up the bulk of this series.. It also contains an account book for A.W. Luster; a 1908 inventory for W. Stone \u0026 Son; and a copy of an undated newspaper advertisement for A. Black and Company.","Series V. John S. Apperson Papers, 1858-1915: John Apperson's Civil War Diary is the centerpiece. The diary consist of Apperson's account of his journey, in 1859, from his home in Locust Grove, Virginia to Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. In the Civil War diaries, he describes medical care of soldiers and lists monthly figures of wounded and dead for the Second Corps field hospital. He discusses going onto the battlefield after the fighting stopped at First Manassas, the scene on the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; performing his first amputation; and his efforts to continue his medical education during the Civil War. Additionally, this series contains correspondence about Apperson's business career, 1900 and 1910, a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, and photographs of John Apperson, Elizabeth Black, and their children.","Series VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers, 1889-1977, and Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers, 1827-1984: Research files on the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion compose the bulk of these two series. Materials also include publications pertaining to family history; correspondence with the Rockford, Illinois Historical Society regarding research on Germanicus Kent; correspondence related to other genealogy research; the recollections of Elizabeth Black Apperson about Blacksburg history and buildings; family photographs and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Alexander Black house in Blacksburg; and family artifacts.","Series VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks, 1933-1950: The scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings detailing Harvey B. Apperson's political career and Democratic Party politics in the Roanoke area in the 1930s and in Richmond in the 1940s. Additionally, there are letters and telegrams of congratulation Apperson received when he was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1947, telegrams and letters of condolence his wife received upon his death four months later, photographs, and political ephemera.","Series IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1826-1965: Legal documents and correspondence pertain to the division of proceeds of mining investments among the Apperson descendants of Harvey Black. The series also contains maps of Black and Apperson property in Blacksburg, ca. 1949.","Series X. Assorted Papers, 1872, 1912: The last series includes two items, the Louise Caton Travel Diary, 1912, and The Christian Union publication, 1872. The diary of Louise Caton's four-month tour of Europe in 1912 describes her voyage from New York to Genoa on the Laxmia and from Liverpool back to New York on the Celtic. The relationship of Louise Caton to the Black, Kent, and Apperson families is unknown.","This small series includes a letter Harvey Black received from family who had settled in Wisconsin; a letter from a member of the Crockett family pioneering in Washington Territory, and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regarding the establishment of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg.","In this subseries of five letters from Germanicus Kent to his sons and his brother Aratus, Kent discusses investments, family, and Lewis Lemon (Kent), who bought his freedom from Kent ca. 1835.","This folder contains four family letters presumed to pertain to the extended Kent Amiss family. The correspondents are Edith Boggs, David and E. Cook, Mary Sloutermires, William G., and his son Nelson.","Accounts and correspondence in these two bound cotton books detail Germanicus Kent's business as a cotton merchant in Huntsville, Alabama.","Materials corncern the Kent family's move from Alabama to Illinois.","This file contains a contract outlining the terms of a proposed business partnership between Edwin Amiss and Germanicus Kent and a contract to build a home in Blacksburg.","This series is composed primarily of five ledgers containing alphabetically indexed customer account histories for various mercantile establishments, probably in Blacksburg. Also included are documents and correspondence pertaining to Black family investments in oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This ledger includes an inventory, July 1908, for W. Stone \u0026 Son.","This subseries comprises documents pertaining to investments in the Radford Land Improvement Company, 1889; the Radford West End Land Company, 1909; and oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This subseries comprises miscellaneous receipts, 1862; Business Correspondence, 1900-1910; and a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, 1915.","These letters discuss the illness of the daughter of Mrs. Cyprus McCormick and John S. Apperson.","This file contains newspaper clippings on Blacksburg history and members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families.","The Directory's cover illustration is a photograph of a sculpture commemorating the role played by Germanicus Kent and Lewis Lemon, Kent's former slave, in the founding of Rockford, Illinois.","This series is primarily composed of research files on the genealogy of the Black, Kent, Apperson and related families. It also contains family photographs, including a picture of the Alexander Black House, later burned, ca. 1900; a folder of correspondence pertaining to Alexander Black's service on the vestry of Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954; a 1914 edition of \"The X-Ray,\" the yearbook of Marion High School; and a program from the 1962 annual convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.","This subseries contains one folder of correspondence pertaining to a proposed memorial to Harvey Black at Virginia Tech from 1953; one folder of correspondence concerning Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954, and one letter, 1934, from A.J. Oliver to Harvey Black Apperson, discussing Oliver's father, who worked for Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1870s and helped plant the first trees on the campus.","This subseries includes the Marion High School yearbook, 1914; and a program from the Sixty-seventh Annual Convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1962.","This subseries comprises correspondence, applications to family heritage organizations, and copies of documents regarding genealogy research on the Black, Kent, Apperson, and related families.","File contains three items in French.","Documents in this subseries pertain to applications, by members of the Black family, for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, Huguenot Society, Magna Carta Barons, National Society of Colonial Wars, and the Society of Colonial Dames.","Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, incoming correspondence and telegrams, photographs, and ephemera documenting Harvey Apperson's political career from 1933, when he ran for the State Senate, to his death in 1948, four months after Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General.","Five scrapbooks and one box of items removed from the scrapbooks and copied for preservation. Photographs and ephemera removed from the scrapbooks are stored in Box 15.","This series is comprised of deeds, reports, correspondence, lease agreements, and receipts pertaining to Apperson family investments in mining operations at Poverty Hollow, Tom's Creek Road, the Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company, and M.C. Slusser and Company. It also contains maps of Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company coal land sold to the Hoge heirs in 1928 and maps showing property owned by the Alexander and Lizzie O. Black estate and Apperson Properties in 1937 and 1948.","The diary is an account of Louise Caton's voyage from New York to Genoa, Italy, her travels through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, and England, and her return from Liverpool to New York in the summer of 1912.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","This collection contains the papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. It includes the American Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. Apperson, cotton books and correspondence of Germanicus Kent, nineteenth-century account books of a Blacksburg general store, 1912 European travel diary, and the political scrapbooks of State Senator and Attorney General Harvey B. Apperson.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","A. W. Luster","Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade","Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia","Marion Foundry and Machine Works (Marion, Va.)","Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.)","Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia (1887-1935)","Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896)","W. 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Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers were donated to Virginia Tech from 1955 to 1990. The American Civil War letters of Harvey Black and the Civil War diaries of John Apperson were donated in 1974."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Civil War","Folk, historical, and patent medicine","Genealogy","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Medicine","Medicine, Military -- History","Montgomery County (Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries","Women -- History"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Civil War","Folk, historical, and patent medicine","Genealogy","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Medicine","Medicine, Military -- History","Montgomery County (Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries","Women -- History"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["ca. 7 Cubic Feet 21 boxes and 1 oversize folder"],"extent_tesim":["ca. 7 Cubic Feet 21 boxes and 1 oversize folder"],"date_range_isim":[1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open to research."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ca show=\"_blank\" href=\"https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/collections/show/38\"\u003eSome of this collection has been digitized and is available online.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA microfilm edition of the diary, 1847-1850, of Harvey Black and the American Civil War diaries of John S. 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Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company\nSeries X. Assorted Papers","This series is arranged by format.","This series is arranged by format.","Arranged alphabetically by name of family being researched."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn 1889, Elizabeth Black of Blacksburg, Virginia, married John Apperson of Marion, joining the Black and Kent families of Blacksburg with the Apperson family. Elizabeth Black's father Harvey Black and John S. Apperson served together in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade during the American Civil War. Black was a regimental surgeon and Apperson was a hospital steward under his command.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn S. Apperson (1837-1908) was born in Locust Grove, Virginia, and moved to Smyth County in 1859. He took a job splitting rails and began to study medicine under local physician William Faris. In 1861, Apperson enlisted in the Smyth Blues, organized as Company D, 4th Virginia. After the Civil War, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, earning a degree in 1867. He returned to Smyth County and married Victoria Hull in 1868. They lived in Chilhowie, and Apperson practiced medicine and farmed. They had seven children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Apperson's first wife died in 1887. The same year, he took a job as assistant physician under Harvey Black at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia in Marion. When Harvey Black died in 1888, Apperson resigned his position at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum and established a medical practice in Marion. In 1889, he married Elizabeth, daughter of his friend and mentor Harvey Black. They had four children: Harvey, Alexander, Kent, and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter his second marriage, John Apperson pursued a career in business. He was one of eight founders of Staley's Creek Manganese and Iron Company. In 1906, he expanded the operations of the Marion Foundry and Milling Company into the Marion Foundry and Machine Works. He also promoted the building of the Marion and Rye Valley Railroad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1892, the Virginia Board of World's Fair Managers employed Apperson to collect items and transport Virginia exhibits to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Apperson died in Marion in 1908. His wife Elizabeth died in Blacksburg in 1942.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarvey Black Apperson (1890-1948), the oldest child of John Apperson and Elizabeth Black, lived in Salem, Virginia, and practiced law in Roanoke for thirty years. He became active in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. In a special election in 1933, he was elected to represent Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties and the cities of Radford and Roanoke in the State Senate. He served on the State Corporation Commission from 1944 to 1947 and was Chairman of the Commission from June 1944 to 1947. Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General in August 1947, and he took office October 7, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Richmond on February 2, 1948. Alexander Apperson worked at the Marion Foundry and Machine Works for a period and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGermanicus Kent (1791-1861) and Arabella Amiss Kent (1809-1951), parents of Harvey Black's wife Mary, are also documented in this collection. Germanicus Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and attended Yale College. Circa 1822, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked as a cotton merchant. In 1827, he married Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg. According to a family account, Germanicus Kent left Huntsville in 1834 at the insistence of his brother Aratus Kent, a missionary in Illinois who opposed slavery. Aratus Kent was a founder of Beloit and Rockford colleges in Illinois. The family moved to Illinois in 1834. Lewis Kent (also known as Lewis Lemon), who was enslaved by Germanicus Kent in North Carolina when he was a boy, moved with the family and later purchased his freedom and settled in Iowa. Germanicus Kent is considered a founder of the town of Rockford, Illinois, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Mary Kent, born in 1836, was the first child of European ancestry born in Rockford. The family returned to Arabella's hometown of Blacksburg in 1843.\u003c/p\u003e    ","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003chead\u003eSources\u003c/head\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eGlenn L. McMullen, \"Tending the Wounded: Two Virginians in the Confederate Medical Corps,\" Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 1991), 172-183\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eA Surgeon with Stonewall Jackson: The Civil War Letters of Dr. Harvey Black, edited by Glenn L. McMullen (Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1995)\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eBiographical sketches of John S. Apperson by Glenn McMullen and of Harvey Black Apperson, by Crandall Shiflett in John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tartar, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1 (The Library of Virginia, 1998), 181-183\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\"Germanicus A. Kent: Founder of Rockford, Illinois,\" published by the Rockford Historical Society, n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["In 1889, Elizabeth Black of Blacksburg, Virginia, married John Apperson of Marion, joining the Black and Kent families of Blacksburg with the Apperson family. Elizabeth Black's father Harvey Black and John S. Apperson served together in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade during the American Civil War. Black was a regimental surgeon and Apperson was a hospital steward under his command.","Harvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg.","On August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863.","After the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors.","From 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.","John S. Apperson (1837-1908) was born in Locust Grove, Virginia, and moved to Smyth County in 1859. He took a job splitting rails and began to study medicine under local physician William Faris. In 1861, Apperson enlisted in the Smyth Blues, organized as Company D, 4th Virginia. After the Civil War, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, earning a degree in 1867. He returned to Smyth County and married Victoria Hull in 1868. They lived in Chilhowie, and Apperson practiced medicine and farmed. They had seven children.","John Apperson's first wife died in 1887. The same year, he took a job as assistant physician under Harvey Black at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia in Marion. When Harvey Black died in 1888, Apperson resigned his position at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum and established a medical practice in Marion. In 1889, he married Elizabeth, daughter of his friend and mentor Harvey Black. They had four children: Harvey, Alexander, Kent, and Mary.","After his second marriage, John Apperson pursued a career in business. He was one of eight founders of Staley's Creek Manganese and Iron Company. In 1906, he expanded the operations of the Marion Foundry and Milling Company into the Marion Foundry and Machine Works. He also promoted the building of the Marion and Rye Valley Railroad.","In 1892, the Virginia Board of World's Fair Managers employed Apperson to collect items and transport Virginia exhibits to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Apperson died in Marion in 1908. His wife Elizabeth died in Blacksburg in 1942.","Harvey Black Apperson (1890-1948), the oldest child of John Apperson and Elizabeth Black, lived in Salem, Virginia, and practiced law in Roanoke for thirty years. He became active in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. In a special election in 1933, he was elected to represent Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties and the cities of Radford and Roanoke in the State Senate. He served on the State Corporation Commission from 1944 to 1947 and was Chairman of the Commission from June 1944 to 1947. Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General in August 1947, and he took office October 7, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Richmond on February 2, 1948. Alexander Apperson worked at the Marion Foundry and Machine Works for a period and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama.","Germanicus Kent (1791-1861) and Arabella Amiss Kent (1809-1951), parents of Harvey Black's wife Mary, are also documented in this collection. Germanicus Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and attended Yale College. Circa 1822, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked as a cotton merchant. In 1827, he married Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg. According to a family account, Germanicus Kent left Huntsville in 1834 at the insistence of his brother Aratus Kent, a missionary in Illinois who opposed slavery. Aratus Kent was a founder of Beloit and Rockford colleges in Illinois. The family moved to Illinois in 1834. Lewis Kent (also known as Lewis Lemon), who was enslaved by Germanicus Kent in North Carolina when he was a boy, moved with the family and later purchased his freedom and settled in Iowa. Germanicus Kent is considered a founder of the town of Rockford, Illinois, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Mary Kent, born in 1836, was the first child of European ancestry born in Rockford. The family returned to Arabella's hometown of Blacksburg in 1843.","Sources\n      Glenn L. McMullen, \"Tending the Wounded: Two Virginians in the Confederate Medical Corps,\" Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 1991), 172-183\n      A Surgeon with Stonewall Jackson: The Civil War Letters of Dr. Harvey Black, edited by Glenn L. McMullen (Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1995)\n      Biographical sketches of John S. Apperson by Glenn McMullen and of Harvey Black Apperson, by Crandall Shiflett in John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tartar, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1 (The Library of Virginia, 1998), 181-183\n      \"Germanicus A. Kent: Founder of Rockford, Illinois,\" published by the Rockford Historical Society, n.d."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers were previously organized into three collections: the Black Family Papers, Ms1974-003; the Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-017; and the Kent Family Papers, Ms1974-018. They were further processed and merged into one collection in 2002. Additional description was completed in 2021.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree boxes are unprocessed. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThis item was previously listed on the finding aid as \"General Store, Blacksburg, 1857-1862.\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information","Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The papers were previously organized into three collections: the Black Family Papers, Ms1974-003; the Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-017; and the Kent Family Papers, Ms1974-018. They were further processed and merged into one collection in 2002. Additional description was completed in 2021.","Three boxes are unprocessed. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","This item was previously listed on the finding aid as \"General Store, Blacksburg, 1857-1862.\""],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1474.xml\"\u003eJames Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1779.xml\"\u003eElizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2503.xml\"\u003eMedical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black, Ms2009-084\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2361.xml\"\u003eBell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:","James Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031","Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045","Medical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black, Ms2009-084","Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (bulk 1821-1948) documents the families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection comprises American Civil War letters of Dr. Harvey Black, Civil War diaries of John Apperson, records and correspondence pertaining to nineteenth-century Blacksburg residents Edwin Amiss, his sister Arabella Amiss Kent, and her husband Germanicus Kent, cotton trader and Rockford, Illinois pioneer; and account books, correspondence, and photographs of several members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection is divided into the following major series: Harvey Black Papers, Black Family Papers, Germanicus Kent Papers, Black Family Business Records, John S. Apperson Papers, Mary E. Apperson Papers, Alexander Apperson Papers, and Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I. Harvey Black Papers, 1847-1888, contains the following subseries: Diaries, Civil War Letters, General Correspondence, Medical Career Records, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. It also includes one photograph, ca. 1865, of Harvey Black.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDating 1861 to 1864, the Civil War Letters document Black's experiences as a regimental surgeon in the Stonewall Brigade and as surgeon in charge of the Second Corps field hospital. The series comprises letters Black wrote to his wife Mary (Molly) in Blacksburg. Black usually wrote to his wife two to three days after a major battle and reported who, from Blacksburg, had been killed or wounded. He describes the effects of disease on the troops, looking for his brother-in-law Lewis Kent among the Union wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the delirium of Stonewall Jackson as he lay dying at Guinea Station, and the difficulties of keeping his family clothed and fed during the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Diaries consist of a short diary Black kept of his journey from Christiansburg to Mexico to fight in the Mexican War and a diary of a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee in the fall of 1849. The Mexican War diary details Black's trip from Christiansburg to Norfolk and eventually Buena Vista, but provides little information about serving in the war. Both diaries contain mainly Black's observations about the towns and cities he passes through. The diary of the trip west compares culture and society in Virginia and the West and references encounters with Virginians who had moved west.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Correspondence, 1847-1871, comprises two letters Black wrote while he was studying medicine at the University of Virginia, his proposal of marriage to Mary (Molly) Kent, and a folder of letters Black received from family members between 1848 and 1871. One letter describes pioneering in Island County, Washington Territory, in 1853; and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regard the establishment of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, forerunner of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Medical Career Records, dating 1848 to 1888, documents Harvey Black's medical career before and after the Civil War and letters of recommendation for the position of Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia and the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia. This series also contains an 1887 annual report for the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Records span the years 1870 to 1873. This small series consists of a subscription list for the Preston and Olin Institute, an early history of the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and certificates of appointment to the college's Board of Visitors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. Black Family Papers, 1779-1911 (bulk 1845-1911): Materials include an 1845 bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Adaline; an 1856 letter from Charles to Alexander Black; photographs of Alexander Black, Kent Black, and Kent's wife Mary Bell Black; a 1911 letter from Mary Kent to her children; and a quilt given to Kent Black by his medical patients, ca. 1890. Additionally, the series has the wedding register of Mary and Kent Black and an invitation to the 1885 Blacksburg Grand Annual Ball.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Germanicus Kent Papers, 1818-1899: The series comprises Germanicus Kent's cotton books and correspondence with his sons Lewis and John, his brother Aratus Kent, and his brother-in- law Edwin Amiss. The cotton books document Kent's experience as a cotton merchant based in Huntsville, Alabama, 1821 to 1823. They provide lists of cotton prices and copies of correspondence to clients in Nashville and New Orleans. The correspondence describes life in Blacksburg in the 1830s, the Kent family's decision to settle in Virginia after living in Illinois, and Kent's business investments in the west and in Blacksburg. Letters from Edwin Amiss to Arabella and Germanicus Kent pertain to Arabella Kent continuing to enslave people by inheriting her mother's estate. An 1860 letter from Germanicus Kent to Aratus Kent discusses Germanicus Kent's desire to establish contact with the man he formerly enslaved Lewis Lemon Kent, then living in Iowa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Black Family Business Records, 1832-1924: Account books for mercantile establishments in Blacksburg make up the bulk of this series.. It also contains an account book for A.W. Luster; a 1908 inventory for W. Stone \u0026amp; Son; and a copy of an undated newspaper advertisement for A. Black and Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. John S. Apperson Papers, 1858-1915: John Apperson's Civil War Diary is the centerpiece. The diary consist of Apperson's account of his journey, in 1859, from his home in Locust Grove, Virginia to Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. In the Civil War diaries, he describes medical care of soldiers and lists monthly figures of wounded and dead for the Second Corps field hospital. He discusses going onto the battlefield after the fighting stopped at First Manassas, the scene on the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; performing his first amputation; and his efforts to continue his medical education during the Civil War. Additionally, this series contains correspondence about Apperson's business career, 1900 and 1910, a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, and photographs of John Apperson, Elizabeth Black, and their children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers, 1889-1977, and Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers, 1827-1984: Research files on the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion compose the bulk of these two series. Materials also include publications pertaining to family history; correspondence with the Rockford, Illinois Historical Society regarding research on Germanicus Kent; correspondence related to other genealogy research; the recollections of Elizabeth Black Apperson about Blacksburg history and buildings; family photographs and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Alexander Black house in Blacksburg; and family artifacts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks, 1933-1950: The scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings detailing Harvey B. Apperson's political career and Democratic Party politics in the Roanoke area in the 1930s and in Richmond in the 1940s. Additionally, there are letters and telegrams of congratulation Apperson received when he was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1947, telegrams and letters of condolence his wife received upon his death four months later, photographs, and political ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1826-1965: Legal documents and correspondence pertain to the division of proceeds of mining investments among the Apperson descendants of Harvey Black. The series also contains maps of Black and Apperson property in Blacksburg, ca. 1949.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries X. Assorted Papers, 1872, 1912: The last series includes two items, the Louise Caton Travel Diary, 1912, and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Christian Union\u003c/emph\u003e publication, 1872. The diary of Louise Caton's four-month tour of Europe in 1912 describes her voyage from New York to Genoa on the Laxmia and from Liverpool back to New York on the Celtic. The relationship of Louise Caton to the Black, Kent, and Apperson families is unknown.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThis small series includes a letter Harvey Black received from family who had settled in Wisconsin; a letter from a member of the Crockett family pioneering in Washington Territory, and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regarding the establishment of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn this subseries of five letters from Germanicus Kent to his sons and his brother Aratus, Kent discusses investments, family, and Lewis Lemon (Kent), who bought his freedom from Kent ca. 1835.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains four family letters presumed to pertain to the extended Kent Amiss family. The correspondents are Edith Boggs, David and E. Cook, Mary Sloutermires, William G., and his son Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and correspondence in these two bound cotton books detail Germanicus Kent's business as a cotton merchant in Huntsville, Alabama.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials corncern the Kent family's move from Alabama to Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis file contains a contract outlining the terms of a proposed business partnership between Edwin Amiss and Germanicus Kent and a contract to build a home in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is composed primarily of five ledgers containing alphabetically indexed customer account histories for various mercantile establishments, probably in Blacksburg. Also included are documents and correspondence pertaining to Black family investments in oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis ledger includes an inventory, July 1908, for W. Stone \u0026amp; Son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries comprises documents pertaining to investments in the Radford Land Improvement Company, 1889; the Radford West End Land Company, 1909; and oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries comprises miscellaneous receipts, 1862; Business Correspondence, 1900-1910; and a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, 1915.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese letters discuss the illness of the daughter of Mrs. Cyprus McCormick and John S. Apperson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis file contains newspaper clippings on Blacksburg history and members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Directory's cover illustration is a photograph of a sculpture commemorating the role played by Germanicus Kent and Lewis Lemon, Kent's former slave, in the founding of Rockford, Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is primarily composed of research files on the genealogy of the Black, Kent, Apperson and related families. It also contains family photographs, including a picture of the Alexander Black House, later burned, ca. 1900; a folder of correspondence pertaining to Alexander Black's service on the vestry of Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954; a 1914 edition of \"The X-Ray,\" the yearbook of Marion High School; and a program from the 1962 annual convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries contains one folder of correspondence pertaining to a proposed memorial to Harvey Black at Virginia Tech from 1953; one folder of correspondence concerning Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954, and one letter, 1934, from A.J. Oliver to Harvey Black Apperson, discussing Oliver's father, who worked for Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1870s and helped plant the first trees on the campus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes the Marion High School yearbook, 1914; and a program from the Sixty-seventh Annual Convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries comprises correspondence, applications to family heritage organizations, and copies of documents regarding genealogy research on the Black, Kent, Apperson, and related families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFile contains three items in French.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments in this subseries pertain to applications, by members of the Black family, for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, Huguenot Society, Magna Carta Barons, National Society of Colonial Wars, and the Society of Colonial Dames.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, incoming correspondence and telegrams, photographs, and ephemera documenting Harvey Apperson's political career from 1933, when he ran for the State Senate, to his death in 1948, four months after Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFive scrapbooks and one box of items removed from the scrapbooks and copied for preservation. Photographs and ephemera removed from the scrapbooks are stored in Box 15.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is comprised of deeds, reports, correspondence, lease agreements, and receipts pertaining to Apperson family investments in mining operations at Poverty Hollow, Tom's Creek Road, the Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company, and M.C. Slusser and Company. It also contains maps of Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company coal land sold to the Hoge heirs in 1928 and maps showing property owned by the Alexander and Lizzie O. Black estate and Apperson Properties in 1937 and 1948.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe diary is an account of Louise Caton's voyage from New York to Genoa, Italy, her travels through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, and England, and her return from Liverpool to New York in the summer of 1912.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (bulk 1821-1948) documents the families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection comprises American Civil War letters of Dr. Harvey Black, Civil War diaries of John Apperson, records and correspondence pertaining to nineteenth-century Blacksburg residents Edwin Amiss, his sister Arabella Amiss Kent, and her husband Germanicus Kent, cotton trader and Rockford, Illinois pioneer; and account books, correspondence, and photographs of several members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection is divided into the following major series: Harvey Black Papers, Black Family Papers, Germanicus Kent Papers, Black Family Business Records, John S. Apperson Papers, Mary E. Apperson Papers, Alexander Apperson Papers, and Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks.","Series I. Harvey Black Papers, 1847-1888, contains the following subseries: Diaries, Civil War Letters, General Correspondence, Medical Career Records, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. It also includes one photograph, ca. 1865, of Harvey Black.","Dating 1861 to 1864, the Civil War Letters document Black's experiences as a regimental surgeon in the Stonewall Brigade and as surgeon in charge of the Second Corps field hospital. The series comprises letters Black wrote to his wife Mary (Molly) in Blacksburg. Black usually wrote to his wife two to three days after a major battle and reported who, from Blacksburg, had been killed or wounded. He describes the effects of disease on the troops, looking for his brother-in-law Lewis Kent among the Union wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the delirium of Stonewall Jackson as he lay dying at Guinea Station, and the difficulties of keeping his family clothed and fed during the war.","The Diaries consist of a short diary Black kept of his journey from Christiansburg to Mexico to fight in the Mexican War and a diary of a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee in the fall of 1849. The Mexican War diary details Black's trip from Christiansburg to Norfolk and eventually Buena Vista, but provides little information about serving in the war. Both diaries contain mainly Black's observations about the towns and cities he passes through. The diary of the trip west compares culture and society in Virginia and the West and references encounters with Virginians who had moved west.","General Correspondence, 1847-1871, comprises two letters Black wrote while he was studying medicine at the University of Virginia, his proposal of marriage to Mary (Molly) Kent, and a folder of letters Black received from family members between 1848 and 1871. One letter describes pioneering in Island County, Washington Territory, in 1853; and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regard the establishment of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, forerunner of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.","The Medical Career Records, dating 1848 to 1888, documents Harvey Black's medical career before and after the Civil War and letters of recommendation for the position of Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia and the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia. This series also contains an 1887 annual report for the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia.","The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Records span the years 1870 to 1873. This small series consists of a subscription list for the Preston and Olin Institute, an early history of the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and certificates of appointment to the college's Board of Visitors.","Series II. Black Family Papers, 1779-1911 (bulk 1845-1911): Materials include an 1845 bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Adaline; an 1856 letter from Charles to Alexander Black; photographs of Alexander Black, Kent Black, and Kent's wife Mary Bell Black; a 1911 letter from Mary Kent to her children; and a quilt given to Kent Black by his medical patients, ca. 1890. Additionally, the series has the wedding register of Mary and Kent Black and an invitation to the 1885 Blacksburg Grand Annual Ball.","Series III. Germanicus Kent Papers, 1818-1899: The series comprises Germanicus Kent's cotton books and correspondence with his sons Lewis and John, his brother Aratus Kent, and his brother-in- law Edwin Amiss. The cotton books document Kent's experience as a cotton merchant based in Huntsville, Alabama, 1821 to 1823. They provide lists of cotton prices and copies of correspondence to clients in Nashville and New Orleans. The correspondence describes life in Blacksburg in the 1830s, the Kent family's decision to settle in Virginia after living in Illinois, and Kent's business investments in the west and in Blacksburg. Letters from Edwin Amiss to Arabella and Germanicus Kent pertain to Arabella Kent continuing to enslave people by inheriting her mother's estate. An 1860 letter from Germanicus Kent to Aratus Kent discusses Germanicus Kent's desire to establish contact with the man he formerly enslaved Lewis Lemon Kent, then living in Iowa.","Series IV. Black Family Business Records, 1832-1924: Account books for mercantile establishments in Blacksburg make up the bulk of this series.. It also contains an account book for A.W. Luster; a 1908 inventory for W. Stone \u0026 Son; and a copy of an undated newspaper advertisement for A. Black and Company.","Series V. John S. Apperson Papers, 1858-1915: John Apperson's Civil War Diary is the centerpiece. The diary consist of Apperson's account of his journey, in 1859, from his home in Locust Grove, Virginia to Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. In the Civil War diaries, he describes medical care of soldiers and lists monthly figures of wounded and dead for the Second Corps field hospital. He discusses going onto the battlefield after the fighting stopped at First Manassas, the scene on the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; performing his first amputation; and his efforts to continue his medical education during the Civil War. Additionally, this series contains correspondence about Apperson's business career, 1900 and 1910, a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, and photographs of John Apperson, Elizabeth Black, and their children.","Series VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers, 1889-1977, and Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers, 1827-1984: Research files on the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion compose the bulk of these two series. Materials also include publications pertaining to family history; correspondence with the Rockford, Illinois Historical Society regarding research on Germanicus Kent; correspondence related to other genealogy research; the recollections of Elizabeth Black Apperson about Blacksburg history and buildings; family photographs and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Alexander Black house in Blacksburg; and family artifacts.","Series VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks, 1933-1950: The scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings detailing Harvey B. Apperson's political career and Democratic Party politics in the Roanoke area in the 1930s and in Richmond in the 1940s. Additionally, there are letters and telegrams of congratulation Apperson received when he was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1947, telegrams and letters of condolence his wife received upon his death four months later, photographs, and political ephemera.","Series IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1826-1965: Legal documents and correspondence pertain to the division of proceeds of mining investments among the Apperson descendants of Harvey Black. The series also contains maps of Black and Apperson property in Blacksburg, ca. 1949.","Series X. Assorted Papers, 1872, 1912: The last series includes two items, the Louise Caton Travel Diary, 1912, and The Christian Union publication, 1872. The diary of Louise Caton's four-month tour of Europe in 1912 describes her voyage from New York to Genoa on the Laxmia and from Liverpool back to New York on the Celtic. The relationship of Louise Caton to the Black, Kent, and Apperson families is unknown.","This small series includes a letter Harvey Black received from family who had settled in Wisconsin; a letter from a member of the Crockett family pioneering in Washington Territory, and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regarding the establishment of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg.","In this subseries of five letters from Germanicus Kent to his sons and his brother Aratus, Kent discusses investments, family, and Lewis Lemon (Kent), who bought his freedom from Kent ca. 1835.","This folder contains four family letters presumed to pertain to the extended Kent Amiss family. The correspondents are Edith Boggs, David and E. Cook, Mary Sloutermires, William G., and his son Nelson.","Accounts and correspondence in these two bound cotton books detail Germanicus Kent's business as a cotton merchant in Huntsville, Alabama.","Materials corncern the Kent family's move from Alabama to Illinois.","This file contains a contract outlining the terms of a proposed business partnership between Edwin Amiss and Germanicus Kent and a contract to build a home in Blacksburg.","This series is composed primarily of five ledgers containing alphabetically indexed customer account histories for various mercantile establishments, probably in Blacksburg. Also included are documents and correspondence pertaining to Black family investments in oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This ledger includes an inventory, July 1908, for W. Stone \u0026 Son.","This subseries comprises documents pertaining to investments in the Radford Land Improvement Company, 1889; the Radford West End Land Company, 1909; and oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This subseries comprises miscellaneous receipts, 1862; Business Correspondence, 1900-1910; and a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, 1915.","These letters discuss the illness of the daughter of Mrs. Cyprus McCormick and John S. Apperson.","This file contains newspaper clippings on Blacksburg history and members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families.","The Directory's cover illustration is a photograph of a sculpture commemorating the role played by Germanicus Kent and Lewis Lemon, Kent's former slave, in the founding of Rockford, Illinois.","This series is primarily composed of research files on the genealogy of the Black, Kent, Apperson and related families. It also contains family photographs, including a picture of the Alexander Black House, later burned, ca. 1900; a folder of correspondence pertaining to Alexander Black's service on the vestry of Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954; a 1914 edition of \"The X-Ray,\" the yearbook of Marion High School; and a program from the 1962 annual convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.","This subseries contains one folder of correspondence pertaining to a proposed memorial to Harvey Black at Virginia Tech from 1953; one folder of correspondence concerning Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954, and one letter, 1934, from A.J. Oliver to Harvey Black Apperson, discussing Oliver's father, who worked for Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1870s and helped plant the first trees on the campus.","This subseries includes the Marion High School yearbook, 1914; and a program from the Sixty-seventh Annual Convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1962.","This subseries comprises correspondence, applications to family heritage organizations, and copies of documents regarding genealogy research on the Black, Kent, Apperson, and related families.","File contains three items in French.","Documents in this subseries pertain to applications, by members of the Black family, for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, Huguenot Society, Magna Carta Barons, National Society of Colonial Wars, and the Society of Colonial Dames.","Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, incoming correspondence and telegrams, photographs, and ephemera documenting Harvey Apperson's political career from 1933, when he ran for the State Senate, to his death in 1948, four months after Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General.","Five scrapbooks and one box of items removed from the scrapbooks and copied for preservation. Photographs and ephemera removed from the scrapbooks are stored in Box 15.","This series is comprised of deeds, reports, correspondence, lease agreements, and receipts pertaining to Apperson family investments in mining operations at Poverty Hollow, Tom's Creek Road, the Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company, and M.C. Slusser and Company. It also contains maps of Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company coal land sold to the Hoge heirs in 1928 and maps showing property owned by the Alexander and Lizzie O. Black estate and Apperson Properties in 1937 and 1948.","The diary is an account of Louise Caton's voyage from New York to Genoa, Italy, her travels through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, and England, and her return from Liverpool to New York in the summer of 1912."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_36b4a62ab56ab232aa259e6ea40349e2\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection contains the papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. It includes the American Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. 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This series includes biographical information, newspapers, inventory of property, and Convention minutes. Each subseries is arranged chronologically.","Series II: Correspondence is arranged in nine subseries: John Janney with Alice Janney (wife); Janney Family Letters; Letters to Alice Janney; Pollock Family Papers; John Janney Letters; John Janney Legal Letters and Court Cases; Court Cases; Miscellaneous Letters, and Letters and Ledgers.","Series III: Books, Periodicals, and Media is arranged in three subseries: Books, Periodicals, and Media.","On November 8, 1798, John Janney was born in Alexandria, Virginia, to Elisha and Mary Janney. The Janneys were members of the religious denomination of Friends or Quakers. Janney obtained little formal education, instead going to work at his father's mill. He later left the mill to study law, and at the age of eighteen, he entered the Bar in Loudoun County. On January 26, 1826, Janney married Alcinda (Alice) Marmaduke. When separated, they wrote almost daily letters to one another.","Janney became a respected lawyer and in 1850 he represented Loudoun County at the Virginia Constitutional Convention. Janney also served his state when he accepted the position as President of the Virginia Secession Convention in 1861. As a strong Whig and Unionist, Janney fought against secession and voted against it twice. When secession finally passed, Janney embraced it fully. He signed the Ordinance of Secession and formally appointed Robert E. Lee as commander of military forces of Virginia. Janney continued to serve as a lawyer in Loudoun until his death in 1872.","Charles Janney, nephew of John Janney, was born May 27, 1839 to James and Rebecca Janney. Charles Janney attended the Benjamin Hallowell School in Alexandria, Virginia until his eighteenth birthday. After graduation, Janney worked at his father's flour mill while also studying the law. Janney ran for office and was elected clerk of the county court for Loudoun and served in that position until he entered the Bar in 1871. In 1921, he was elected as mayor of Leesburg and served for two years.","Charles Janney married Nannie Lee Pollock on November 23, 1868. They had eight children: Thomas, Rebecca, Lilas, Charles P., A.D. Pollock, Phillip, Nannie, and John.","The guide to the John Janney Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the John Janney Papers commenced and was completed in 2001.","The John Janney Papers consist of over 800 letters written to John Janney and members of his family. The most influential letters are ones written between John Janney and his wife while Janney served as President of the Virginia Secession Convention. In these letters Janney gives brief details of the Convention and comments on the other delegates in attendance. Other letters are between Charles Janney and his wife and family. The bulk of the letters describe legal matters and are from John Janney's years as a practicing lawyer. Additional materials include biographical information, books, and periodicals.","Images from this collection are available on Imagebase.","Missing TitleJanuary 18, to AliceMarch 21, to Mrs. JJune 10, to CharlieAugust 21, to her PaAugust 30, to My darling fatherAugust 25, to My Darling father","Missing TitleFebruary 4, PhiladelphiaFebruary 7, Norfolk, from S.K. JacksonMarch 27, Alexandria, from her sisterAugust, from Minra?August 21August 22, from her sisterSeptember 11, Peirce Valley, from Lizzy DelaneySeptember 29, George TownOctober 17November 20, Baltimore, Niece MaryNovember 21, Baltimore, Niece S.H. 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Koler?February 21, Kate Marmaduke (Sister)March 3, Alexandria, from Ellen MillerMarch 14, Lake Home, from MaryMarch 17, Lexington, from MaryFrom Susan Janney","Missing TitleApril 21, Ashton, from MaryJune 4, Brooklyn, from CA Smart?June 30, Ashton, from MaryAugust 28, Sunnyside, from Mary","Missing TitleMay 7, Warrenton, from Charles PollockAugust 7, Leesburg, from Charles Janney (Nephew)August 19, Leesburg, from Charles Janney (nephew)October 3, Philadelphia, from Janresll Janney (Nephew)","Missing TitleJune 28, from unreadableJuly 7, Alexandria, from Lucy PracellNovember, 24, Fort Hamilton, from let MarkFrom Amelid HartFrom Anna (sister)August 28, from AddaMarch, from Nelly","Missing TitleMay 1866, Westtown, BeathersMay 21, 1866, Washington, to CP Janney (cousin)February 22, 1867, Leesburg, to unreadableMay 8, 1867, Leesburg, to William RivesMay 10, 1867, Leesburg, to William Rives—Janney trying to start education for womenJune 27, 1867, Leesburg, John Klum","Missing TitleTo Anthony RogersUnknown","Missing TitleAugust 17, from John Janney to Philip HeaterOctober 21, Baltimore, from Henry Jacobsen","Missing TitleFebruary 1, Richmond, from Wall hallAugust 15, Auburn, from A Buckern","Missing TitleJuly 3, St. LouisJuly 8, St. LouisSeptember 24, St. LouisOctober 14, St. Louis","Missing TitleJuly 29, Baltimore, from Williams and ScillyFrom R. 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(father)October 26","Missing TitleApril 14, Baltimore, from Glen McGinkey?April 21, from DH ?March 22, Baltimore, Alreen?September 24, Baltimore, from StanleyDecember 18, Clarksville, from Johnson","Missing TitleFebruary 12, Baltimore, Harvey vs. BenedsenFebruary 16, Baltimore, Bayne \u0026 Withers vs. McPhersonFebruary 16, Baltimore, Dallan \u0026 Miller vs. McPhersonMarch 1, Clarksville, from JohnsonMarch 13, Alexandria, Thomas vs. Befdons?","Missing TitleApril 19, Washington, William PurellMay 10, Baltimore, Hopkins vs. Stautintinger?","Missing TitleFebruary 17, Baltimore, from B RingFebruary 22, Baltimore, Levening vs. Schooley ?Benedict vs. GrayRoden vs. Parenjen ?","Missing TitleApril 15, Republic?, from John PowellJuly 7, from John RiceAugust 12, from R. Miller","Missing TitleNovember 7, Millwood, Clark vs. CookeNovember 17, Del. 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Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,746March 22, 1845, Fifth Series, No 4, Vol. XVIII. Vol.LXVIII, Whole No. 1,747March 29, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 4, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,74April 5, 1845, Fifth Series, No 5, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,749April 12, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 6, Vol.XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,750April 19, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 7, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,751April 26, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 8, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,752May 3, 1845, Fifth Series, No.9, Vol. XVIII. Vol.LXVIII, Whole No. 1,753May 10, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 10, Vol. XVII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,754May 17, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 11, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,755May 24, 1845, Fifth Series, No 12, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,756May 31, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 13, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,757June 14, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 15, Vol. XVIII. Vol.LXVIII, Whole No. 1,759June 21, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 16, Vol. XVIII. 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Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The John Janney Papers were donated to Special Collections in 2000."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Civil War"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Civil War"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["8 Cubic Feet 19 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["8 Cubic Feet 19 boxes"],"date_range_isim":[1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged into three series:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: Biographical Information is arranged in three subseries: John Janney, Journal of the Convention, and Miscellaneous Government Documents. 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Each subseries is arranged chronologically.","Series II: Correspondence is arranged in nine subseries: John Janney with Alice Janney (wife); Janney Family Letters; Letters to Alice Janney; Pollock Family Papers; John Janney Letters; John Janney Legal Letters and Court Cases; Court Cases; Miscellaneous Letters, and Letters and Ledgers.","Series III: Books, Periodicals, and Media is arranged in three subseries: Books, Periodicals, and Media."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOn November 8, 1798, John Janney was born in Alexandria, Virginia, to Elisha and Mary Janney. The Janneys were members of the religious denomination of Friends or Quakers. Janney obtained little formal education, instead going to work at his father's mill. He later left the mill to study law, and at the age of eighteen, he entered the Bar in Loudoun County. On January 26, 1826, Janney married Alcinda (Alice) Marmaduke. When separated, they wrote almost daily letters to one another.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJanney became a respected lawyer and in 1850 he represented Loudoun County at the Virginia Constitutional Convention. Janney also served his state when he accepted the position as President of the Virginia Secession Convention in 1861. As a strong Whig and Unionist, Janney fought against secession and voted against it twice. When secession finally passed, Janney embraced it fully. He signed the Ordinance of Secession and formally appointed Robert E. Lee as commander of military forces of Virginia. Janney continued to serve as a lawyer in Loudoun until his death in 1872.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Janney, nephew of John Janney, was born May 27, 1839 to James and Rebecca Janney. Charles Janney attended the Benjamin Hallowell School in Alexandria, Virginia until his eighteenth birthday. After graduation, Janney worked at his father's flour mill while also studying the law. Janney ran for office and was elected clerk of the county court for Loudoun and served in that position until he entered the Bar in 1871. In 1921, he was elected as mayor of Leesburg and served for two years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Janney married Nannie Lee Pollock on November 23, 1868. They had eight children: Thomas, Rebecca, Lilas, Charles P., A.D. Pollock, Phillip, Nannie, and John.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["On November 8, 1798, John Janney was born in Alexandria, Virginia, to Elisha and Mary Janney. The Janneys were members of the religious denomination of Friends or Quakers. Janney obtained little formal education, instead going to work at his father's mill. He later left the mill to study law, and at the age of eighteen, he entered the Bar in Loudoun County. On January 26, 1826, Janney married Alcinda (Alice) Marmaduke. When separated, they wrote almost daily letters to one another.","Janney became a respected lawyer and in 1850 he represented Loudoun County at the Virginia Constitutional Convention. Janney also served his state when he accepted the position as President of the Virginia Secession Convention in 1861. As a strong Whig and Unionist, Janney fought against secession and voted against it twice. When secession finally passed, Janney embraced it fully. He signed the Ordinance of Secession and formally appointed Robert E. Lee as commander of military forces of Virginia. Janney continued to serve as a lawyer in Loudoun until his death in 1872.","Charles Janney, nephew of John Janney, was born May 27, 1839 to James and Rebecca Janney. Charles Janney attended the Benjamin Hallowell School in Alexandria, Virginia until his eighteenth birthday. After graduation, Janney worked at his father's flour mill while also studying the law. Janney ran for office and was elected clerk of the county court for Loudoun and served in that position until he entered the Bar in 1871. In 1921, he was elected as mayor of Leesburg and served for two years.","Charles Janney married Nannie Lee Pollock on November 23, 1868. They had eight children: Thomas, Rebecca, Lilas, Charles P., A.D. Pollock, Phillip, Nannie, and John."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the John Janney Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the John Janney Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], John Janney Papers, Ms2001-019, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], John Janney Papers, Ms2001-019, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the John Janney Papers commenced and was completed in 2001.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the John Janney Papers commenced and was completed in 2001."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe John Janney Papers consist of over 800 letters written to John Janney and members of his family. The most influential letters are ones written between John Janney and his wife while Janney served as President of the Virginia Secession Convention. In these letters Janney gives brief details of the Convention and comments on the other delegates in attendance. Other letters are between Charles Janney and his wife and family. The bulk of the letters describe legal matters and are from John Janney's years as a practicing lawyer. 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Jackson\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 27, Alexandria, from her sister\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust, from Minra?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 21\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 22, from her sister\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 11, Peirce Valley, from Lizzy Delaney\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 29, George Town\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 17\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 20, Baltimore, Niece Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 21, Baltimore, Niece S.H. Miluary?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 11, Philadelphia, from Hodge\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 12, Shepherdstown, from E Frary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 25, Baltimore, from Niece Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 28, Baltimore, from Niece Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eunreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 8, Baltimore, from Eliza Hinkle\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 8, from Maggie\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 12, Washington, unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 14, Brooklyn, from Mark\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 15, Ashton, from Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 24, Louisville, unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 26, Baltimore, from Laura Maddy\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 26, Georgetown, unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 28, Philadelphia, from John Hail\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 29, Warm Springs, unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 3, Ridgeway, from Dorcas\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 21, Mr. Vernon St., from E Waterman\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 16, Saint Louis, from Charles Miller\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 14, from a niece\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 15, Baltimore, from Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 21, Philadelphia, From a cousin\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 21, Baltimore, from Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 22, Philadelphia, from Riffliomakers?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 12, Lake Home, from a niece\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 20, Bell Brook, from S. Koler?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 21, Kate Marmaduke (Sister)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 3, Alexandria, from Ellen Miller\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 14, Lake Home, from Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 17, Lexington, from Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom Susan Janney\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 21, Ashton, from Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 4, Brooklyn, from CA Smart?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 30, Ashton, from Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 28, Sunnyside, from Mary\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 7, Warrenton, from Charles Pollock\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 7, Leesburg, from Charles Janney (Nephew)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 19, Leesburg, from Charles Janney (nephew)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 3, Philadelphia, from Janresll Janney (Nephew)\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 28, from unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 7, Alexandria, from Lucy Pracell\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember, 24, Fort Hamilton, from let Mark\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom Amelid Hart\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom Anna (sister)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 28, from Adda\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch, from Nelly\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 1866, Westtown, Beathers\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 21, 1866, Washington, to CP Janney (cousin)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 22, 1867, Leesburg, to unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 8, 1867, Leesburg, to William Rives\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 10, 1867, Leesburg, to William Rives—Janney trying to start education for women\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 27, 1867, Leesburg, John Klum\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eTo Anthony Rogers\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eUnknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 17, from John Janney to Philip Heater\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 21, Baltimore, from Henry Jacobsen\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 1, Richmond, from Wall hall\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 15, Auburn, from A Buckern\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 3, St. Louis\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 8, St. Louis\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 24, St. Louis\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 14, St. Louis\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 29, Baltimore, from Williams and Scilly\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom R. Taylor\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 5, from Sam Upton\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 28, Baltimore, from unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 5, from Mctharney(?)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 11, Union, from Garrett\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 25, from Janney to Unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 4, Leesburg, from John Janney to William Powell\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 2, Leesburg, from Janney to J Anthony\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 15, Loudoun, from Upton\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 4\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 20, Baltimore, from Brooks\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 10, from John Janney\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 1, George Town, from Smith\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 18, Warrenton, from J Scott\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 1, unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 26, Turn Spring, from J Marth?\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 15, Office Dist, Sam Edwards\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLoudoun, from Timothy Taylor\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 1, Middleburg, from Week Gibron?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 2, unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 4, Philadelphia, from Robin Walkers\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 4, Baltimore, form Wyeth and Norris\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 5, Philadelphia, from Roland Nalses?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 7, Baltimore, from Geo Baughmany\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 8, Forest Hill, from George Hamilton\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 23, Georgetown, unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 24, from PD shepherd\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 6, Leesburg, from Bolhinez?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 19, Rockland, from Geo Rust\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 12, Liverpool, from Howell\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 15, Leesburg, from John Scott\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 15, Tazewell, From B. B.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 21, Warrenton, from J Scott\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom J Bradley\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 10, Loudoun, from Colinian?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 25, Middleburg, from Chas Furr\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 8, Middleburg, Alex Skinner\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 12, from J Coalman\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 26, Washington, from unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 2, from unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom Howeay?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eUnknown letter\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 10, Clarkstown, from Glouington?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 26, Charlestown, from Andreed ?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 21, from Eaton\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 12, Baltimore, from unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 28, Loudoun, legal document from P Knosy?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 8, Barnesville, from John Dueport\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 17, Puffuldo, from unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 5, goods ordered by JA Taylor\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 11, Washington, unreadable\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 23, Washington, from Alma\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch, official letter from Washington, D.C. signed by M Page\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 14, Baltimore, from Hambliton Buckey\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 19, Baltimore, from Woodward \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 28, Baltimore, from Woodward \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 1, Middleburg, from H Powell\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 20, Middleburg, from H Powell\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 8, Georgetown, from Walter Smith (governor)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 15, Philadelphia, from Gill\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 9, Baltimore, bill of Fred Fickey\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom Upton\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ePayments for AD Pollock\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAgreement between Sam Smith and Heird\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSigned by W Berry\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 9, from John Porsle?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eUnknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eUnknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 12, Laurenceville, from James ?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 4, Baltimore, from H Keigheen\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 22, Leeton Forest, from AD Pollock (father-in-law)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 30, Brook, unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 4, from Seamma Manne?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 4, Middleburg, from Rogers\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 16, Vicksburg, from Klein\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 20, Norfolk, Ed Ribby\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 22, Vicksburg, from Klein\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 12, Vicksburg, from Klein\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 20, Richmond, from R Duncee\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 8, Norfolk, from Ed Ribby\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch, Baltimore,\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 1, Richmond, W. Eshaart\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 31, Alexandria, from GH Robinson\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eUnknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 2, Baltimore, Margaret Turner\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 13, Baltimore, from Margaret Turner\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 20, Alexandria, from GH Robinson\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 5, Baltimore, Reese Bros.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 18, Alexandria, R Miller\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eBen Forgesan to P. Gautler\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eStatement of work by Smith\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJohn Janney's real estate\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eUnknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 26, 1824, Alexandria\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 17, 1826, Alexandria—Deals with the death of Jefferson and Adams\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 24, 1827, Alexandria\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 12, 1830 Alexandria\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 15, 1852, Washington\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 2, 1853, Washington\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 26, 1854, Washington\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 5, 1856, Washington\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 29, 1848\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 5, 1848\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 9, 1848\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 30, 1850\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 1, 1851\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 5, 1847\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 30, 1849\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 9, 1849\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 23, 1849\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 27, 1850\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 1, Baltimore, Griffin vs. FJ Canrad\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 3, Georgetown, Keutz vs. Benlty?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 5, Alexandria, McVeigh vs. Green\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 6, Baltimore, from Hamibliton Bueky\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 26, Goe stephenson vs. Rhodes\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 5, Richmond, Johnson vs. Selday Estate\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 21, Philadelphia, Wood vs. McVeigh\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eUnknown letter\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 10, Forest Hill, from HH Hamilton\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 14, Alexandria, West vs. Beard\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 28, Charlestown, from Andrew Hunter\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 12, Miday, from HH Hamilton\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 24, Forest Hill, from HH Hamilton\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 4, Bell vs. Menern?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 23, from Thomas ?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 5, Baltimore, Warren Fisher vs. Tyler Estate\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 12, Richmond, Johnson vs. Seldon\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 16, Englick\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 25, from J Whittens\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 17, Baltimore, Wilson \u0026amp; Hopkins vs. White\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 14, Alexandria, Green vs. Riudnck?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 19, Baltimore, from Comfort Tiffany\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 29, Baltimore, Brown vs. Mount\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 8, from Mortiruer Ashburn\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 9, Baltimore, Brown vs. Feagauae?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 10, Salem, from Benjamin Hawley\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom J Whittens\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 22\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 22, Middleburg, A.D.P. (father)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 26\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 14, Baltimore, from Glen McGinkey?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 21, from DH ?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 22, Baltimore, Alreen?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 24, Baltimore, from Stanley\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 18, Clarksville, from Johnson\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 12, Baltimore, Harvey vs. Benedsen\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 16, Baltimore, Bayne \u0026amp; Withers vs. McPherson\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 16, Baltimore, Dallan \u0026amp; Miller vs. McPherson\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 1, Clarksville, from Johnson\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 13, Alexandria, Thomas vs. Befdons?\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 19, Washington, William Purell\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 10, Baltimore, Hopkins vs. Stautintinger?\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 17, Baltimore, from B Ring\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 22, Baltimore, Levening vs. Schooley ?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBenedict vs. Gray\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRoden vs. Parenjen ?\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 15, Republic?, from John Powell\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 7, from John Rice\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 12, from R. Miller\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 7, Millwood, Clark vs. Cooke\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 17, Del. From M Bradford\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 2, Salem, Murphy vs. Waton\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 6, Richmond, M Goddwin\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 5, from Rob Pizton\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 24, Gordonsdale, from Rob Pizton\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 31, Leesburg, from M Harris\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 14, Alexandria, Smoot \u0026amp; Whaler vs. George Brown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 17, Alexandria, Phineas Janney vs. M. Galloway\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 8, Princes Estates, from John White\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eTiffany vs. Broaddas \u0026amp; Son—February 19, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMcVeigh vs. Rust—March 18, Alexandria\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRichard H. Lee—March 26, Washington\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarmaduke vs. Hugh—March 30, Shepardstown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMccauley vs. Amos Janney—April 17, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRichard Smith vs.—April 19, Washington\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDannel vs. Littleton—April 20, White Hall\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eGoldsbourgh vs. Sivs?—May 17, Washington\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eEdward Upton vs. Susan Berkley—May 28\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWebb vs. Unknown—June 18\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eReynolds \u0026amp; Smith vs. B?—December 4, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eVainell vs. Buinles—January 14, Alexandria\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMcVeigh vs. Ish—January 23, Alexandria\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeale vs. Love, January 19\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWejlie \u0026amp; Wilson vs. Matthews—July 25, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWheeler vs. Bajs \u0026amp; Mason—March 23, Lynn\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eGordon Schooley\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMcCormick \u0026amp; Tiddall vs. ?—April 8, Berryville\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLove vs. Veale\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eToles vs. Janney\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNeal vs. Lowe\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eSutton \u0026amp; Harding vs. Beand—March 3, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWatkum \u0026amp; Rust vs. Mack—May 6, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eR Shanhan vs. David Leapun—June 11\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBayhman vs. Wright—June 17, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBrooks vs. W \u0026amp; J Wright—June 19, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eGriffith FS Muntsin—August 26, Georgetown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWooll Innskeep vs. Hoffman \u0026amp; Wickis—September 5, Philadelphia\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOwings vs. Rust vs. Buckey vs. Mead vs. Bajo \u0026amp; Mead—November 20, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eWalker vs. Ish—January 31, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHough vs. John ?—February 18\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ePendleton vs. John Smith—March 19, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBaughman vs. Garnett—April 3, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ePittman vs. Ish—July 3, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eTiffnay \u0026amp; Rym vs. G Brca?—May 1, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJohnson vs. Seldon—May16, Richmond\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLowe vs. Veale—July 16\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRichard Smith vs. E Peacock—September 10, Washington\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ePoulson vs. Taylor—October 1, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHanson vs. Whitmon—November 3, Fredrick\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWalkins \u0026amp; Rush\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJ Inshoes vs. Wildman\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eBall vs. Myer, August 26, 1865\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eGreen vs. Garrett, 1866\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eTo Robert Damo from Veale, 1867\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eTo Gov. Walter Smith, 1867\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eReed vs. Noland, 1869\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003ePatts vs. Bell\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eThomas Nickolls vs. Nathan Greg\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eCarters vs. Drake\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eWheeler vs. Bennetts\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWheeler vs. Smith\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 6, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 7, Baltimore, from Geo Baughmany\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eBann vs. Schooley\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBraden vs. Schooley\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJohn Keivle vs. Boss, December 4, 1837—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJohn Keivle vs. Boss, January 18, 1839—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJC Langston vs. Boss, November 13, 1839—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBrooks \u0026amp; 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Morris vs. John Studen, March 24, 1837—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMooris \u0026amp; Egeriton vs. Edmund Dorney, December 11, 1832—Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eSewell vs. Amos Bexls—February 23, 1837, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSewell vs. Isaac Holmes—February 4, 1836, Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Powell—August 18, 1836; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. WD Dirsh—October 28, 1837; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. WD Dirsh—August 26, 1837; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. WD Dirsh—September 23, 1837; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. WD Dirsh—November 29, 1837; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Saffen—November 16, 1837; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Weaks—March 17, 1838; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins VSSell McGthany—August 23, 1838; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Weeks \u0026amp; Edmands—November 30, 1838; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. WD Dirsh—December 24, 1838; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. John Janney—January 24, 1839; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. W Clending—January 13, 1839; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. J Young—February 15, 1839; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Clending—March 4, 1839; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Canten—June 7, 1839; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. John Janney—May 29, 1840; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. J Weinner—June 19, 1840; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. WD Dirsh—September 10, 1840; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. E Waltman—September 19, 1840; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. E Schooley—October 24, 1840; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. James Whaley—February 11, 1841; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Caldwell—June 10, 1841; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. John Janney—July 1, 1841; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. WD Dirsh—August 9, 1841; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. J Harding—December 18, 1841; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Clark \u0026amp; White-March 24, 1842; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. White—April 28, 1842; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Rust—February 4, 1843; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Rust—June 10, 1843; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Sundries—September 1, 1843; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. John Smith—March 25, 1845; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Galloway—March 15, 1845; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Miller Bell—November 29, 1845; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Humphrey—December 16, 1845; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Taylor—1845; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. Mc?—July 22, 1846; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins vs. MD Dirsh—December 19, 1846; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins letter—April 27, 1870; Waterford\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHopkins letter—April 29, 1870; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom Mary ?; December 31\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom Sean Reg; December 29\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eUnknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom John Carroll Dirsh; August 3\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom Sue; January 1\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eAccounts from John and George Robinson\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ePayment sheet for unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMary Aslem to her Aunt—January 26, 1879; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom A Miller to her Sister—July 7, 1879\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom unknown to her sister—January 26, 1880; Baltimore\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eCopy of a Bill—September 16, 1886\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eUnknown letter\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom sister M\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eTo May from M.A.L.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eUnknown letter\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom Belle\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrom Nath Seevery\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eTo Sam ? From Amos ?\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e50 cent note issued from the town of Leesburg\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eList of tariff fees adopted November 13, 1865\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 1: 2 engravings\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 2: Man and woman\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 3: Prof Hardt and man\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 4: Engraving and wife of Dr. Henry of Ashburn Farm\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 5: Two boys\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 6: Mr. And Mrs. Charles Miller\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 7: Willie Morison of Warrenton, VA and his wife\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 8: Mr. M Comb Wilmington from Leesburg Academy\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 9: Charles Pollock (Alice's brother)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 9: Cousin Maude dau of Chas and Ellen Miller\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 10: Man\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 11: House and woman\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 12: Rev. Walter W. Williams, church Pastor of Leesburg VA and James W. Janney (John Janney's brother)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 13: Dr. James W. Taylor of Hillsboro, VA and Cousin Maude\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 14: Pope Pius IX and man\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 15: CSA General Eppa Hunter and man\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 16: CSA Col. John S. Mosby\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 17: Man\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 18: CSA General Robert E. Lee\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 19: Dr. Sam B. Henry, of Ashburn Farm on horseback, and Nellie Glazer\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 20: Nannie Bededict of Leesburg and a women\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 21: Martha Washington and a women\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 22: 2 photos of Mildred Covell\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 23: Unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 24: Unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 25: Unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 26: Mrs. Charlotte Lee and Child\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 27: Unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 28: Mrs. Walter W. Williams and John Janney the 2nd (John Janney's Nephew)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 29: Nathaniel E. Janney (John Janney's brother) and Mary Anne Osburn\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 30: Miss Mollie Hough of Leesburg and the wife of Dr. Henry\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 31: Unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 32: Aunt Annie Miller of Alexandria and unknown man\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 33: Mrs. Howard Shackleford and William Monson of Warrantion\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 34: Mrs. Waterman and unknown man\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 35: R.J. Janney and unknown women\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 36: Unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 37: Unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 38: Mrs. Scott Siddons and Will Brown\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 39: Mrs. Schackleford\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003epage 40: Unknown\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 1838, Vol. VI, No. VI\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 1840, Vol. IX, No. I\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 1840, Vol. IX, No. II\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 1840, Vol. IX, No. III\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 1840, Vol. IX, No. IV\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 1840, Vol. IX, No. V\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 1840, Vol. IX, No. VI\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 1840, Vol. X, No. I\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 1840, Vol. X, No. II\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 1840, Vol. X, No. III\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 1840, Vol. X, No. IV\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 1840, Vol. X, No. V\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 1840, Vol. X, No. VI\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 1841, Vol. LI, No. I\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 1841, Vol. XL, No. II\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 1841, Vol. XL, No. III\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 1841, Vol. XI, No. IV\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 1841, Vol. Xi, No. V\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 1841, Vol.XI, No. VI\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 1841, Vol. XII, No. I\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 1841, Vol. XII, No. II\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 1841, Vol. XII, No. III\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 1841, Vol. XII, No. IV\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 1841, Vol. XIL, No. V\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 1841, Vol. XIL, No. VI\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 1839, Vol. VI, No 2.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 1839, Vol. VII, No 1.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eJanuary 1842\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFebruary 1842\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 1842\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 1842\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 1842\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune to Nov 1842\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 1842\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeptember 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOctober 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNovember 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDecember 1843\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eMissing Title\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 1, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 26, Vol. XVIII, Whole No. 1,744\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 8, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 1, Vol. XVIII, Whole No. 1,745\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 15, 1845, Fifth Series, No 2, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,746\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 22, 1845, Fifth Series, No 4, Vol. XVIII. Vol.LXVIII, Whole No. 1,747\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarch 29, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 4, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,74\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 5, 1845, Fifth Series, No 5, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,749\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 12, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 6, Vol.XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,750\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 19, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 7, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,751\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eApril 26, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 8, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,752\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 3, 1845, Fifth Series, No.9, Vol. XVIII. Vol.LXVIII, Whole No. 1,753\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 10, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 10, Vol. XVII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,754\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 17, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 11, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,755\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 24, 1845, Fifth Series, No 12, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,756\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMay 31, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 13, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,757\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 14, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 15, Vol. XVIII. Vol.LXVIII, Whole No. 1,759\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 21, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 16, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,760\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJune 28, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 17, Vol. XVIII. Vol..LXVIII, Whole No. 1,761\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 5, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 17, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,762\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 12, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 19, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,763\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 19, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 20, Vol. XVIII. Vol.LXVIII, Whole No. 1,764\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJuly 26, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 21, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,765\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 2, 1842, Fifth Series, No. 22, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole NO. 1,766\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 9, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 23, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVII, Whole No. 1,767\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 16, 1845, Fifth Series, No. 24, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,768\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAugust 30, 1845, Fith Series, No. 26, Vol. XVIII. Vol. LXVIII, Whole No. 1,770\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cextref href=\"http://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/browse.php?folio_ID=/cw/janney\" title=\"Images\"\u003eImages\u003c/extref\u003e are also available on Imagebase.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The John Janney Papers consist of over 800 letters written to John Janney and members of his family. The most influential letters are ones written between John Janney and his wife while Janney served as President of the Virginia Secession Convention. In these letters Janney gives brief details of the Convention and comments on the other delegates in attendance. Other letters are between Charles Janney and his wife and family. The bulk of the letters describe legal matters and are from John Janney's years as a practicing lawyer. Additional materials include biographical information, books, and periodicals.","Images from this collection are available on Imagebase.","Missing TitleJanuary 18, to AliceMarch 21, to Mrs. JJune 10, to CharlieAugust 21, to her PaAugust 30, to My darling fatherAugust 25, to My Darling father","Missing TitleFebruary 4, PhiladelphiaFebruary 7, Norfolk, from S.K. JacksonMarch 27, Alexandria, from her sisterAugust, from Minra?August 21August 22, from her sisterSeptember 11, Peirce Valley, from Lizzy DelaneySeptember 29, George TownOctober 17November 20, Baltimore, Niece MaryNovember 21, Baltimore, Niece S.H. Miluary?December 11, Philadelphia, from HodgeDecember 12, Shepherdstown, from E FraryDecember 25, Baltimore, from Niece MaryDecember 28, Baltimore, from Niece Maryunreadable","Missing TitleJanuary 8, Baltimore, from Eliza HinkleJanuary 8, from MaggieJanuary 12, Washington, unreadableJanuary 14, Brooklyn, from MarkJanuary 15, Ashton, from MaryJanuary 24, Louisville, unreadableJanuary 26, Baltimore, from Laura MaddyJanuary 26, Georgetown, unknownJanuary 28, Philadelphia, from John HailJanuary 29, Warm Springs, unreadableFebruary 3, Ridgeway, from DorcasFebruary 21, Mr. Vernon St., from E WatermanMarch 16, Saint Louis, from Charles Miller","Missing TitleJanuary 14, from a nieceJanuary 15, Baltimore, from MaryJanuary 21, Philadelphia, From a cousinJanuary 21, Baltimore, from MaryJanuary 22, Philadelphia, from Riffliomakers?February 12, Lake Home, from a nieceFebruary 20, Bell Brook, from S. Koler?February 21, Kate Marmaduke (Sister)March 3, Alexandria, from Ellen MillerMarch 14, Lake Home, from MaryMarch 17, Lexington, from MaryFrom Susan Janney","Missing TitleApril 21, Ashton, from MaryJune 4, Brooklyn, from CA Smart?June 30, Ashton, from MaryAugust 28, Sunnyside, from Mary","Missing TitleMay 7, Warrenton, from Charles PollockAugust 7, Leesburg, from Charles Janney (Nephew)August 19, Leesburg, from Charles Janney (nephew)October 3, Philadelphia, from Janresll Janney (Nephew)","Missing TitleJune 28, from unreadableJuly 7, Alexandria, from Lucy PracellNovember, 24, Fort Hamilton, from let MarkFrom Amelid HartFrom Anna (sister)August 28, from AddaMarch, from Nelly","Missing TitleMay 1866, Westtown, BeathersMay 21, 1866, Washington, to CP Janney (cousin)February 22, 1867, Leesburg, to unreadableMay 8, 1867, Leesburg, to William RivesMay 10, 1867, Leesburg, to William Rives—Janney trying to start education for womenJune 27, 1867, Leesburg, John Klum","Missing TitleTo Anthony RogersUnknown","Missing TitleAugust 17, from John Janney to Philip HeaterOctober 21, Baltimore, from Henry Jacobsen","Missing TitleFebruary 1, Richmond, from Wall hallAugust 15, Auburn, from A Buckern","Missing TitleJuly 3, St. LouisJuly 8, St. LouisSeptember 24, St. LouisOctober 14, St. Louis","Missing TitleJuly 29, Baltimore, from Williams and ScillyFrom R. Taylor","Missing TitleJuly 5, from Sam UptonOctober 28, Baltimore, from unreadableDecember 5, from Mctharney(?)December 11, Union, from Garrett","Missing TitleFebruary 25, from Janney to UnknownJune 4, Leesburg, from John Janney to William PowellJuly 2, Leesburg, from Janney to J AnthonyDecember 15, Loudoun, from Upton","Missing TitleFebruary 4April 20, Baltimore, from BrooksSeptember 10, from John JanneyOctober 1, George Town, from SmithOctober 18, Warrenton, from J ScottNovember 1, unreadableNovember 26, Turn Spring, from J Marth?","Missing TitleJune 15, Office Dist, Sam EdwardsLoudoun, from Timothy Taylor","Missing TitleMarch 1, Middleburg, from Week Gibron?March 2, unreadableMarch 4, Philadelphia, from Robin WalkersMarch 4, Baltimore, form Wyeth and NorrisMarch 5, Philadelphia, from Roland Nalses?March 7, Baltimore, from Geo BaughmanyMarch 8, Forest Hill, from George HamiltonMarch 23, Georgetown, unreadable","Missing TitleMarch 24, from PD shepherdApril 6, Leesburg, from Bolhinez?April 19, Rockland, from Geo RustMay 12, Liverpool, from HowellAugust 15, Leesburg, from John ScottDecember 15, Tazewell, From B. B.December 21, Warrenton, from J ScottFrom J Bradley","Missing TitleJanuary 10, Loudoun, from Colinian?January 25, Middleburg, from Chas FurrFebruary 8, Middleburg, Alex SkinnerFebruary 12, from J CoalmanMay 26, Washington, from unreadableDecember 2, from unreadableFrom Howeay?Unknown letter","Missing TitleJanuary 10, Clarkstown, from Glouington?January 26, Charlestown, from Andreed ?February 21, from EatonMarch 12, Baltimore, from unreadableMay 28, Loudoun, legal document from P Knosy?July 8, Barnesville, from John DueportJuly 17, Puffuldo, from unreadable","Missing TitleFebruary 5, goods ordered by JA TaylorMarch 11, Washington, unreadableApril 23, Washington, from Alma","Missing TitleMarch, official letter from Washington, D.C. signed by M PageSeptember 14, Baltimore, from Hambliton BuckeySeptember 19, Baltimore, from Woodward \u0026 Co.September 28, Baltimore, from Woodward \u0026 Co.","Missing TitleFebruary 1, Middleburg, from H PowellDecember 20, Middleburg, from H Powell","Missing TitleApril 8, Georgetown, from Walter Smith (governor)September 15, Philadelphia, from GillOctober 9, Baltimore, bill of Fred FickeyFrom UptonPayments for AD PollockAgreement between Sam Smith and HeirdSigned by W Berry","Missing TitleApril 9, from John Porsle?UnknownUnknown","Missing TitleFebruary 12, Laurenceville, from James ?March 4, Baltimore, from H KeigheenDecember 22, Leeton Forest, from AD Pollock (father-in-law)December 30, Brook, unknown","Missing TitleApril 4, from Seamma Manne?June 4, Middleburg, from Rogers","Missing TitleApril 16, Vicksburg, from KleinApril 20, Norfolk, Ed RibbyMay 22, Vicksburg, from KleinJuly 12, Vicksburg, from Klein","Missing TitleJanuary 20, Richmond, from R DunceeFebruary 8, Norfolk, from Ed RibbyMarch, Baltimore,","Missing TitleJanuary 1, Richmond, W. EshaartDecember 31, Alexandria, from GH RobinsonUnknown","Missing TitleJanuary 2, Baltimore, Margaret TurnerJanuary 13, Baltimore, from Margaret TurnerJuly 20, Alexandria, from GH RobinsonOctober 5, Baltimore, Reese Bros.November 18, Alexandria, R Miller","Missing TitleBen Forgesan to P. 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Throughout his service in World War I, he and Bessie kept in constant contact and were married on January 18, 1918. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily connections to the extended Turner family and ancestors for the earlier letters are somewhat unclear, but in the course of processing the collection, Special Collections staff completed some additional research, which is available at the end of Box 2. \u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Lexie B. Fox was born February 15, 1896 in Roxboro, North Carolina, to John Younger Fox and Rosalie Alice Royster. Bessie (Oakley) Fox was born to Calvin Lester Oakley and Sarah Shelmoa Virginia Harris. Lexie and Bessie Oakley began corresponding in 1916. Throughout his service in World War I, he and Bessie kept in constant contact and were married on January 18, 1918.","Family connections to the extended Turner family and ancestors for the earlier letters are somewhat unclear, but in the course of processing the collection, Special Collections staff completed some additional research, which is available at the end of Box 2."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Turner Family Papers, Ms2017-004], Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Turner Family Papers, Ms2017-004], Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the Turner Family Papers was completed in May 2019.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the Turner Family Papers was completed in May 2019."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Turner Family Papers consists of multiple sets of correspondence to members of generations of the extended Turner family written between 1830 and 1944. The bulk of the collection is letters between Lexie Fox and his wife, Bessie, written during World War I. Late 19th century correspondence is written to Bessie's cousin, Minnie Rawlings. Minnie's letters describe the daily life of family, friends, and Miles Taylor, the man whom she would eventually marry. There is a small group of Civil War correspondence written to different people (Turner ancestors). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn their love letters, Lexie and Bessie Fox frequently talked about how much they missed one another. Lexie remained homesick while in France, and discussed his health, longing for home, travels in France, and asked for news about family and friends. Bessie praised her husband in her letters and kept him updated on life at home. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, the collection contains military documents and a notebook Lexie purchased in France. These documents include a notice from the Treasury Department's Bureau of War Risk Insurance, a certificate of Farm War Service, a note from the Adjusted Service Bonds, and a letter from the Commander in Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Turner Family Papers consists of multiple sets of correspondence to members of generations of the extended Turner family written between 1830 and 1944. The bulk of the collection is letters between Lexie Fox and his wife, Bessie, written during World War I. Late 19th century correspondence is written to Bessie's cousin, Minnie Rawlings. Minnie's letters describe the daily life of family, friends, and Miles Taylor, the man whom she would eventually marry. There is a small group of Civil War correspondence written to different people (Turner ancestors).","In their love letters, Lexie and Bessie Fox frequently talked about how much they missed one another. Lexie remained homesick while in France, and discussed his health, longing for home, travels in France, and asked for news about family and friends. Bessie praised her husband in her letters and kept him updated on life at home.","In addition, the collection contains military documents and a notebook Lexie purchased in France. These documents include a notice from the Treasury Department's Bureau of War Risk Insurance, a certificate of Farm War Service, a note from the Adjusted Service Bonds, and a letter from the Commander in Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish material from Turner Family Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish material from Turner Family Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_521e0c69c3b460858c9a7b53a6e8ab83\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Turner Family Papers consists of multiple sets of correspondence to members of generations of the extended Turner family written between 1830 and 1944. The bulk of the collection is letters between Lexie Fox and his wife, Bessie, written during World War I.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Turner Family Papers consists of multiple sets of correspondence to members of generations of the extended Turner family written between 1830 and 1944. 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Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication.","Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"date_range_isim":[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],"_nest_path_":"/components#3/components#0","timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:50:43.410Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4540","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4540","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4540","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4540","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_4540.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Wharton and Radford Families Papers","title_ssm":["Wharton and Radford Families Papers"],"title_tesim":["Wharton and Radford Families Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1783-1906"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1783-1906"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1783/1906"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Wharton and Radford Families Papers, 1783/1906"],"text":["Wharton and Radford Families Papers, 1783/1906","Ms.2025.074","/repositories/2/resources/4540","Montgomery County (Va.)","Radford (Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Confederate States of America","Confederate States of America -- Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc.","Slavery -- United States","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)","The collection is open for research.","Subseries A: Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, 1863-1865. Arranged chronologically, this subseries includes correspondence between Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, both during their engagement and after their marriage. \n\nSubseries B: Gabriel C. Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1842-1905.\n\nSubseries C: Gabriel C. Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1842-1874.\n\nSubseries D: Nannie (Radford) Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1861-1865.\n\nSubseries E: Nannie (Radford) Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1861-1863.\n\nSubseries F: Radford Family, 1826-1900.\n\nSubseries G: Wharton Family, 1846-1864.\n\nSubseries H: External Correspondence, 1797-1887. Materials in this subseries are arranged alphabetically by author with the exception of materials relating to the Taylor family, which are grouped together for easier access.","Subseries A: Receipts, Invoices, and Promissory Notes, 1813-1865.\n\nSubseries B: Land Grants and Deeds, 1783-1859.\n\nSubseries C: Enslaved Persons Documents, 1855-1857.\n\nSubseries D: Legal Documents, 1845-1865.","Subseries A: Orders, 1861-1864.\n\nSubseries B: Roll Calls and Reports, 1861-1864, 1902.\n\nSubseries C: Commission, Enlistment, and Transfer Requests, 1848-1864.\n\nSubseries D: Passes, 1863-1865.","Subseries A: Education, 1822-1862.\n\nSubseries B: Newspaper Clippings, 1842, 1904, 1906.\n\nSubseries C: Ephemera, 1851-1902.","The Wharton and Radford families were prominent figures in Southwest Virginia, especially during the 19th century. Dr. John B. Radford is the namesake of Radford, Virginia. Both families had a hand in shaping Southwestern Virginia and leave a lasting legacy.","Gabriel Colvin Wharton (GCW) was born on July 23, 1824 in Culpepper, Virginia, to parents John Redd and Eliza Colvin Wharton. Gabriel (or, often, Gabe) attended private school and multiple academies before enrolling in the Virginia Military Institute in 1845. He graduated with distinction only two years later in 1847. Immediately after graduating, Gabriel held a number of teaching positions, tutoring children in Latin, French, math, and English. A year later, he took a job with the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, getting promoted soon after. By late 1856, Gabriel was chief engineer of the Washington and Alexandria Railroad. He worked in the southwestern United States as a civil engineer from 1857 to 1859 surveying possible road routes. Gabriel continued to work as a civil engineer, often surveying possible road routes until the beginning of the American Civil War. While he was not a staunch secessionist, he did support the economic and social institution of slavery.  A Virginia loyalist and slaveholder, Gabriel held the idea that secession was necessary if state rights were oppressed. In April of 1861, he travelled to Richmond and began working as a lieutenant of engineers, making topographical surveys to assist in siting and erecting fortifications. Gabriel soon became Major Wharton, then Colonel, organizing regiments and marching into battle with General Floyd.","Anne Rebecca \"Nannie\" Radford was born on August 15, 1843 in the New River Valley of southwestern Virginia to parents Dr. John Blair Radford and Elizabeth Campbell Taylor Radford. Nannie enjoyed a privileged upbringing, attending school in Salem, Virginia, and later at Cedar Hill Academy in Montgomery County. The Radford family was well-off; Dr. Radford owned 68 enslaved people and had a net worth of almost $65,000 by 1863. Once the war began, Nannie herself was a staunch supporter of the Confederate cause.","In early 1863, a friend introduced Nannie to Gabriel. By May 14, 1863, they were married. Soon after, he was promoted to brigadier general, effective July 8, 1863. Nannie and Gabriel had one child together, a son named William (Willie). Gabriel continued to serve in the Confederate forces, participating in operations in both the Western and Eastern Theaters, commanding divisions and brigades, and fighting in battles such as Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Cedar Creek, and Waynesboro. On June 4, 1865, Gabriel was paroled from Lynchburg, Virginia.","After the war, Gabriel went back to work at the railroad, overseeing the rebuilding of bridges damaged during the war. After a string of financial troubles, Gabriel ran for a seat in the House of Delegates, becoming a legislator in the Virginia General Assembly in 1871. During his time as state legislator, he helped establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, serving as a member of the Board of Visitors. Gabriel continued to run into business and financial trouble, borrowing money to start businesses like mills, hotels, and newspapers that failed, requiring the Whartons to sell or rent out much of their land to repay their debts. Nannie, frequently depressed and anxious about the state of their finances, managed their affairs when Gabriel went out West again in 1885 to work as an inspector of surveyors general and district land offices for the General Land Office in Washington. He continued to work away from home for the next few years, only returning to southwestern Virginia in 1889. On April 15th of the following year, Nannie died at the age of 46 after a long period of illness and emotional turmoil, most likely connected to earlier liver and bladder problems. After another failed business attempt, Gabriel ran for (and won) a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1897, supporting coining gold and silver, education, and state pensions for Confederate veterans. After dropping from the race the following term, Gabriel began to be more active in Confederate veterans' affairs, still struggling with his own debts. Gabriel seemed to care more about preserving the history of the war than continuing it. On May 11, 1906, he passed away at the age of 80.","The Wharton and Radford families held many enslaved people over the years, including Emeline Pate and Tim Lewis. Emeline and Tim entered a slave marriage in 1858. Purchased by Nannie's uncle James L. Taylor in 1856, Emeline acted as Nannie's personal servant when Taylor died. Also after Taylor died, Tim went with John Radford in 1861 when he went to war. When Nannie and Gabriel were married, Tim and Emeline were given to them as a wedding present. Like Tim did with John Radford, he waited on Gabriel while he was away in the army. Little is known about how Tim and Emeline felt or what they thought about events in their lives, as we only have Nannie and Gabriel's interpretation. Tim and Emeline remained closely involved with the Whartons through the end of the war and after. Sometime in 1864, Tim began to go by William. When Nannie and Gabriel had their son, Emeline took over much of his care. Towards the end of the war, Gabriel told William that if he ever wanted to leave, that he would provide a horse, money, and a pass for William to go north \"as a man\" rather than sneaking away. After the war, like many freed people, William and Emeline stayed on with the Whartons working for wages. They legally reaffirmed their marriage in 1866, living next door to the Whartons while William worked on the Radford farm and Emeline worked as Nannie's housemaid. By 1875, the Lewises were no longer working for the Whartons, but still lived close by. In 1882, they moved to a house and lot in Christiansburg, severing any remaining ties or communication with the Whartons.","The guide to the Wharton and Radford Families Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Wharton and Radford Families Papers was completed in December 2025.","Content Warning: This series does contain references to enslavement, which may be upsetting.","Subseries A: Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, 1863-1865. This subseries includes correspondence between Gabriel C. and Anne (Nannie) Radford Wharton, both during their engagement and after their marriage. The bulk of their correspondence takes place during the American Civil War while Gabriel C. Wharton (GCW) served in the Confederate Army. Their letters include discussions on the war and troop movements, news of home and family, references to enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and expressions of love. \n\nSubseries B: Gabriel C. Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1842-1905, contains correspondence addressed to GCW. Topics include the railroad, the war, news of family and friends, the Reconstruction era, politics and pardons, provisions, grievances, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and invitations.\n\nSubseries C: Gabriel C. Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1842-1874, is made up of correspondence authored by GCW. Conversation topics include the war, news of friends and family, provisions, a request for a leave of absence, and a letter of reference. This subseries also includes unsent drafts.\n\nSubseries D: Nannie Radford Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1861-1865, includes correspondence addressed to Nannie Radford Wharton, discussing news of the war, the death of Col. John Taylor Radford, news of friends and family, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and provisions. \n\nSubseries E: Nannie Radford Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1861-1863. This subseries consists of letters authored by Nannie Radford Wharton, including an unfinished draft of an obituary. Conversation topics include politics and education.\n\nSubseries F: Radford Family, 1826-1900. This subseries includes correspondence both written by and written to members of the Radford family (with the exception of Nannie Radford Wharton). Topics discussed include politics and the war, provisions, news of family and friends, medicine, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and expressions of sympathy.   \n\nSubseries G: Wharton Family, 1846-1864, contains correspondence written by and to members of the Wharton family (with the exception of Gabriel C. Wharton). Topics include politics, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, provisions, sickness, and news of family and friends.\n\nSubseries H: External Correspondence, 1797-1887. This subseries contains correspondence between individuals not closely related to either the Radford or Wharton families. It may include correspondence from cousins or more distant relations. This subseries contains references to enslaved people.","Content Warning: This series contains materials related to the sale of enslaved persons, which may be upsetting.","Subseries A: Receipts, Invoices, and Promissory Notes, 1813-1865, consists of transaction records for goods and services such as lodging, school supplies, seed, cloth, and food, as well as tax records.\n\nSubseries B: Land Grants and Deeds, 1783-1859. This subseries contains records of land transfers, including deeds, indentures, articles of agreements, and land grants.\n\nSubseries C: Enslaved Persons Documents, 1855-1857. This subseries contains records relating to the sale of enslaved persons.\n\nSubseries D: Legal Documents, 1845-1865, includes various documents such as an arrest warrant, record of a suit, and Dr. John Blair Radford's request for a special pardon from President Johnson.","Subseries A: Orders, 1861-1864, consists of orders and special orders, many addressed to GCW, from higher-ranking officers. These include requests for reports, rules and regulations for soldiers, instructions for troop movements, appointments, and authorizations for recruitment.\n\nSubseries B: Roll Calls and Reports, 1861-1864, 1902, contains roll calls, lists of wounded or killed, documents confirming the reporting of soldiers to their commands, and reports. \n\nSubseries C: Commission, Enlistment, and Transfer Requests, 1848-1864, includes documents such as lists of enlisted or reenlisted soldiers, commission certificates and appointments, and transfer requests. \n\nSubseries D: Passes, 1863-1865, contains documents used to allow passage through certain areas during the war.","Subseries A: Education, 1822-1862, includes materials such as report cards and a letter of acceptance to the Virginia Military Institute.\n\nSubseries B: Newspaper Clippings, 1842, 1904, 1906. This subseries consists of newspaper articles collected by the family that relate to family members or personal events, such as GCW's obituary.\n\nSubseries C: Ephemera, 1851-1902. This subseries contains Confederate States of America currency, stamps, a brochure, a railroad time table, and ephemera such as Confederate Reunion ribbons.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication.","Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","This collection is made up of the personal and family papers of the Wharton and Radford families of Southwestern Virginia. While the bulk of the collection relates to Confederate General Gabriel C. Wharton and Anne (Nannie) Radford Wharton, it contains personal materials such as correspondence, financial documents, and family papers from other family members as well. 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Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication.","Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was donated in April 2025."],"access_subjects_ssim":["United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Confederate States of America","Confederate States of America -- Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc.","Slavery -- United States","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)"],"access_subjects_ssm":["United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Confederate States of America","Confederate States of America -- Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc.","Slavery -- United States","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["7 Cubic Feet 3 boxes; 1 oversize folder"],"extent_tesim":["7 Cubic Feet 3 boxes; 1 oversize folder"],"date_range_isim":[1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open for research.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open for research."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSubseries A: Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, 1863-1865. Arranged chronologically, this subseries includes correspondence between Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, both during their engagement and after their marriage. \u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries B: Gabriel C. Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1842-1905.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries C: Gabriel C. Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1842-1874.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries D: Nannie (Radford) Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1861-1865.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries E: Nannie (Radford) Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1861-1863.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries F: Radford Family, 1826-1900.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries G: Wharton Family, 1846-1864.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries H: External Correspondence, 1797-1887. Materials in this subseries are arranged alphabetically by author with the exception of materials relating to the Taylor family, which are grouped together for easier access.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\nSeries II. Financial and Legal Materials, 1783-1865. \n\n","\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSubseries A: Receipts, Invoices, and Promissory Notes, 1813-1865.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries B: Land Grants and Deeds, 1783-1859.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries C: Enslaved Persons Documents, 1855-1857.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries D: Legal Documents, 1845-1865.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\nSeries III. 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Arranged chronologically, this subseries includes correspondence between Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, both during their engagement and after their marriage. \n\nSubseries B: Gabriel C. Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1842-1905.\n\nSubseries C: Gabriel C. Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1842-1874.\n\nSubseries D: Nannie (Radford) Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1861-1865.\n\nSubseries E: Nannie (Radford) Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1861-1863.\n\nSubseries F: Radford Family, 1826-1900.\n\nSubseries G: Wharton Family, 1846-1864.\n\nSubseries H: External Correspondence, 1797-1887. Materials in this subseries are arranged alphabetically by author with the exception of materials relating to the Taylor family, which are grouped together for easier access.","Subseries A: Receipts, Invoices, and Promissory Notes, 1813-1865.\n\nSubseries B: Land Grants and Deeds, 1783-1859.\n\nSubseries C: Enslaved Persons Documents, 1855-1857.\n\nSubseries D: Legal Documents, 1845-1865.","Subseries A: Orders, 1861-1864.\n\nSubseries B: Roll Calls and Reports, 1861-1864, 1902.\n\nSubseries C: Commission, Enlistment, and Transfer Requests, 1848-1864.\n\nSubseries D: Passes, 1863-1865.","Subseries A: Education, 1822-1862.\n\nSubseries B: Newspaper Clippings, 1842, 1904, 1906.\n\nSubseries C: Ephemera, 1851-1902."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Wharton and Radford families were prominent figures in Southwest Virginia, especially during the 19th century. Dr. John B. Radford is the namesake of Radford, Virginia. Both families had a hand in shaping Southwestern Virginia and leave a lasting legacy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGabriel Colvin Wharton (GCW) was born on July 23, 1824 in Culpepper, Virginia, to parents John Redd and Eliza Colvin Wharton. Gabriel (or, often, Gabe) attended private school and multiple academies before enrolling in the Virginia Military Institute in 1845. He graduated with distinction only two years later in 1847. Immediately after graduating, Gabriel held a number of teaching positions, tutoring children in Latin, French, math, and English. A year later, he took a job with the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, getting promoted soon after. By late 1856, Gabriel was chief engineer of the Washington and Alexandria Railroad. He worked in the southwestern United States as a civil engineer from 1857 to 1859 surveying possible road routes. Gabriel continued to work as a civil engineer, often surveying possible road routes until the beginning of the American Civil War. While he was not a staunch secessionist, he did support the economic and social institution of slavery.  A Virginia loyalist and slaveholder, Gabriel held the idea that secession was necessary if state rights were oppressed. In April of 1861, he travelled to Richmond and began working as a lieutenant of engineers, making topographical surveys to assist in siting and erecting fortifications. Gabriel soon became Major Wharton, then Colonel, organizing regiments and marching into battle with General Floyd. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnne Rebecca \"Nannie\" Radford was born on August 15, 1843 in the New River Valley of southwestern Virginia to parents Dr. John Blair Radford and Elizabeth Campbell Taylor Radford. Nannie enjoyed a privileged upbringing, attending school in Salem, Virginia, and later at Cedar Hill Academy in Montgomery County. The Radford family was well-off; Dr. Radford owned 68 enslaved people and had a net worth of almost $65,000 by 1863. Once the war began, Nannie herself was a staunch supporter of the Confederate cause. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn early 1863, a friend introduced Nannie to Gabriel. By May 14, 1863, they were married. Soon after, he was promoted to brigadier general, effective July 8, 1863. Nannie and Gabriel had one child together, a son named William (Willie). Gabriel continued to serve in the Confederate forces, participating in operations in both the Western and Eastern Theaters, commanding divisions and brigades, and fighting in battles such as Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Cedar Creek, and Waynesboro. On June 4, 1865, Gabriel was paroled from Lynchburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, Gabriel went back to work at the railroad, overseeing the rebuilding of bridges damaged during the war. After a string of financial troubles, Gabriel ran for a seat in the House of Delegates, becoming a legislator in the Virginia General Assembly in 1871. During his time as state legislator, he helped establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, serving as a member of the Board of Visitors. Gabriel continued to run into business and financial trouble, borrowing money to start businesses like mills, hotels, and newspapers that failed, requiring the Whartons to sell or rent out much of their land to repay their debts. Nannie, frequently depressed and anxious about the state of their finances, managed their affairs when Gabriel went out West again in 1885 to work as an inspector of surveyors general and district land offices for the General Land Office in Washington. He continued to work away from home for the next few years, only returning to southwestern Virginia in 1889. On April 15th of the following year, Nannie died at the age of 46 after a long period of illness and emotional turmoil, most likely connected to earlier liver and bladder problems. After another failed business attempt, Gabriel ran for (and won) a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1897, supporting coining gold and silver, education, and state pensions for Confederate veterans. After dropping from the race the following term, Gabriel began to be more active in Confederate veterans' affairs, still struggling with his own debts. Gabriel seemed to care more about preserving the history of the war than continuing it. On May 11, 1906, he passed away at the age of 80.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Wharton and Radford families held many enslaved people over the years, including Emeline Pate and Tim Lewis. Emeline and Tim entered a slave marriage in 1858. Purchased by Nannie's uncle James L. Taylor in 1856, Emeline acted as Nannie's personal servant when Taylor died. Also after Taylor died, Tim went with John Radford in 1861 when he went to war. When Nannie and Gabriel were married, Tim and Emeline were given to them as a wedding present. Like Tim did with John Radford, he waited on Gabriel while he was away in the army. Little is known about how Tim and Emeline felt or what they thought about events in their lives, as we only have Nannie and Gabriel's interpretation. Tim and Emeline remained closely involved with the Whartons through the end of the war and after. Sometime in 1864, Tim began to go by William. When Nannie and Gabriel had their son, Emeline took over much of his care. Towards the end of the war, Gabriel told William that if he ever wanted to leave, that he would provide a horse, money, and a pass for William to go north \"as a man\" rather than sneaking away. After the war, like many freed people, William and Emeline stayed on with the Whartons working for wages. They legally reaffirmed their marriage in 1866, living next door to the Whartons while William worked on the Radford farm and Emeline worked as Nannie's housemaid. By 1875, the Lewises were no longer working for the Whartons, but still lived close by. In 1882, they moved to a house and lot in Christiansburg, severing any remaining ties or communication with the Whartons.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Wharton and Radford families were prominent figures in Southwest Virginia, especially during the 19th century. Dr. John B. Radford is the namesake of Radford, Virginia. Both families had a hand in shaping Southwestern Virginia and leave a lasting legacy.","Gabriel Colvin Wharton (GCW) was born on July 23, 1824 in Culpepper, Virginia, to parents John Redd and Eliza Colvin Wharton. Gabriel (or, often, Gabe) attended private school and multiple academies before enrolling in the Virginia Military Institute in 1845. He graduated with distinction only two years later in 1847. Immediately after graduating, Gabriel held a number of teaching positions, tutoring children in Latin, French, math, and English. A year later, he took a job with the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, getting promoted soon after. By late 1856, Gabriel was chief engineer of the Washington and Alexandria Railroad. He worked in the southwestern United States as a civil engineer from 1857 to 1859 surveying possible road routes. Gabriel continued to work as a civil engineer, often surveying possible road routes until the beginning of the American Civil War. While he was not a staunch secessionist, he did support the economic and social institution of slavery.  A Virginia loyalist and slaveholder, Gabriel held the idea that secession was necessary if state rights were oppressed. In April of 1861, he travelled to Richmond and began working as a lieutenant of engineers, making topographical surveys to assist in siting and erecting fortifications. Gabriel soon became Major Wharton, then Colonel, organizing regiments and marching into battle with General Floyd.","Anne Rebecca \"Nannie\" Radford was born on August 15, 1843 in the New River Valley of southwestern Virginia to parents Dr. John Blair Radford and Elizabeth Campbell Taylor Radford. Nannie enjoyed a privileged upbringing, attending school in Salem, Virginia, and later at Cedar Hill Academy in Montgomery County. The Radford family was well-off; Dr. Radford owned 68 enslaved people and had a net worth of almost $65,000 by 1863. Once the war began, Nannie herself was a staunch supporter of the Confederate cause.","In early 1863, a friend introduced Nannie to Gabriel. By May 14, 1863, they were married. Soon after, he was promoted to brigadier general, effective July 8, 1863. Nannie and Gabriel had one child together, a son named William (Willie). Gabriel continued to serve in the Confederate forces, participating in operations in both the Western and Eastern Theaters, commanding divisions and brigades, and fighting in battles such as Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Cedar Creek, and Waynesboro. On June 4, 1865, Gabriel was paroled from Lynchburg, Virginia.","After the war, Gabriel went back to work at the railroad, overseeing the rebuilding of bridges damaged during the war. After a string of financial troubles, Gabriel ran for a seat in the House of Delegates, becoming a legislator in the Virginia General Assembly in 1871. During his time as state legislator, he helped establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, serving as a member of the Board of Visitors. Gabriel continued to run into business and financial trouble, borrowing money to start businesses like mills, hotels, and newspapers that failed, requiring the Whartons to sell or rent out much of their land to repay their debts. Nannie, frequently depressed and anxious about the state of their finances, managed their affairs when Gabriel went out West again in 1885 to work as an inspector of surveyors general and district land offices for the General Land Office in Washington. He continued to work away from home for the next few years, only returning to southwestern Virginia in 1889. On April 15th of the following year, Nannie died at the age of 46 after a long period of illness and emotional turmoil, most likely connected to earlier liver and bladder problems. After another failed business attempt, Gabriel ran for (and won) a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1897, supporting coining gold and silver, education, and state pensions for Confederate veterans. After dropping from the race the following term, Gabriel began to be more active in Confederate veterans' affairs, still struggling with his own debts. Gabriel seemed to care more about preserving the history of the war than continuing it. On May 11, 1906, he passed away at the age of 80.","The Wharton and Radford families held many enslaved people over the years, including Emeline Pate and Tim Lewis. Emeline and Tim entered a slave marriage in 1858. Purchased by Nannie's uncle James L. Taylor in 1856, Emeline acted as Nannie's personal servant when Taylor died. Also after Taylor died, Tim went with John Radford in 1861 when he went to war. When Nannie and Gabriel were married, Tim and Emeline were given to them as a wedding present. Like Tim did with John Radford, he waited on Gabriel while he was away in the army. Little is known about how Tim and Emeline felt or what they thought about events in their lives, as we only have Nannie and Gabriel's interpretation. Tim and Emeline remained closely involved with the Whartons through the end of the war and after. Sometime in 1864, Tim began to go by William. When Nannie and Gabriel had their son, Emeline took over much of his care. Towards the end of the war, Gabriel told William that if he ever wanted to leave, that he would provide a horse, money, and a pass for William to go north \"as a man\" rather than sneaking away. After the war, like many freed people, William and Emeline stayed on with the Whartons working for wages. They legally reaffirmed their marriage in 1866, living next door to the Whartons while William worked on the Radford farm and Emeline worked as Nannie's housemaid. By 1875, the Lewises were no longer working for the Whartons, but still lived close by. In 1882, they moved to a house and lot in Christiansburg, severing any remaining ties or communication with the Whartons."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Wharton and Radford Families Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003cextref href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/extref\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Wharton and Radford Families Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Wharton and Radford Families Papers, 1783-1906, Ms2025-074, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Wharton and Radford Families Papers, 1783-1906, Ms2025-074, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the Wharton and Radford Families Papers was completed in December 2025.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the Wharton and Radford Families Papers was completed in December 2025."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003e Content Warning: This series does contain references to enslavement, which may be upsetting.\u003c/emph\u003e\n\n","\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSubseries A: Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, 1863-1865. This subseries includes correspondence between Gabriel C. and Anne (Nannie) Radford Wharton, both during their engagement and after their marriage. The bulk of their correspondence takes place during the American Civil War while Gabriel C. Wharton (GCW) served in the Confederate Army. Their letters include discussions on the war and troop movements, news of home and family, references to enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and expressions of love. \u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries B: Gabriel C. Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1842-1905, contains correspondence addressed to GCW. Topics include the railroad, the war, news of family and friends, the Reconstruction era, politics and pardons, provisions, grievances, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and invitations.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries C: Gabriel C. Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1842-1874, is made up of correspondence authored by GCW. Conversation topics include the war, news of friends and family, provisions, a request for a leave of absence, and a letter of reference. This subseries also includes unsent drafts.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries D: Nannie Radford Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1861-1865, includes correspondence addressed to Nannie Radford Wharton, discussing news of the war, the death of Col. John Taylor Radford, news of friends and family, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and provisions. \u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries E: Nannie Radford Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1861-1863. This subseries consists of letters authored by Nannie Radford Wharton, including an unfinished draft of an obituary. Conversation topics include politics and education.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries F: Radford Family, 1826-1900. This subseries includes correspondence both written by and written to members of the Radford family (with the exception of Nannie Radford Wharton). Topics discussed include politics and the war, provisions, news of family and friends, medicine, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and expressions of sympathy.  \u003c/li\u003e \n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries G: Wharton Family, 1846-1864, contains correspondence written by and to members of the Wharton family (with the exception of Gabriel C. Wharton). Topics include politics, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, provisions, sickness, and news of family and friends.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries H: External Correspondence, 1797-1887. This subseries contains correspondence between individuals not closely related to either the Radford or Wharton families. It may include correspondence from cousins or more distant relations. This subseries contains references to enslaved people.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\nSeries II. Financial and Legal Materials, 1783-1865. This series is made up of financial and legal documents, including tax documents, receipts, promissory notes, land grants, an arrest warrant, communication with the Treasury Department of the Confederate States, and a pardon request. ","\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eContent Warning: This series contains materials related to the sale of enslaved persons, which may be upsetting.\u003c/emph\u003e\n\n","\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSubseries A: Receipts, Invoices, and Promissory Notes, 1813-1865, consists of transaction records for goods and services such as lodging, school supplies, seed, cloth, and food, as well as tax records.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries B: Land Grants and Deeds, 1783-1859. This subseries contains records of land transfers, including deeds, indentures, articles of agreements, and land grants.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries C: Enslaved Persons Documents, 1855-1857. This subseries contains records relating to the sale of enslaved persons.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries D: Legal Documents, 1845-1865, includes various documents such as an arrest warrant, record of a suit, and Dr. John Blair Radford's request for a special pardon from President Johnson.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e    \nSeries III. Military Documents, 1861-1902. This series includes materials related to the military aspects of the American Civil War. These materials largely relate to the service of Gabriel C. Wharton during his time in the Confederate Army. In addition to orders, roll calls, enlistment records, and passes, this series contains hand-drawn maps of relevant areas and post-war oaths of allegiance to the United States of America.\n\n","\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSubseries A: Orders, 1861-1864, consists of orders and special orders, many addressed to GCW, from higher-ranking officers. These include requests for reports, rules and regulations for soldiers, instructions for troop movements, appointments, and authorizations for recruitment.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries B: Roll Calls and Reports, 1861-1864, 1902, contains roll calls, lists of wounded or killed, documents confirming the reporting of soldiers to their commands, and reports.\u003c/li\u003e \n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries C: Commission, Enlistment, and Transfer Requests, 1848-1864, includes documents such as lists of enlisted or reenlisted soldiers, commission certificates and appointments, and transfer requests.\u003c/li\u003e \n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries D: Passes, 1863-1865, contains documents used to allow passage through certain areas during the war.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e    \nSeries IV: Family Papers, 1822-1906. Due to the blended nature of the materials and their origins, this series is not restricted to one family, rather, it contains material from all families represented in the collection. Documents not contained in a subseries include a hand-drawn map of the geology of the Ramapo mountain region in New York and New Jersey as well as GCW's pocket diary from February to August of 1863. \n\n","\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSubseries A: Education, 1822-1862, includes materials such as report cards and a letter of acceptance to the Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries B: Newspaper Clippings, 1842, 1904, 1906. This subseries consists of newspaper articles collected by the family that relate to family members or personal events, such as GCW's obituary.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries C: Ephemera, 1851-1902. This subseries contains Confederate States of America currency, stamps, a brochure, a railroad time table, and ephemera such as Confederate Reunion ribbons.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\n  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Content Warning: This series does contain references to enslavement, which may be upsetting.","Subseries A: Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, 1863-1865. This subseries includes correspondence between Gabriel C. and Anne (Nannie) Radford Wharton, both during their engagement and after their marriage. The bulk of their correspondence takes place during the American Civil War while Gabriel C. Wharton (GCW) served in the Confederate Army. Their letters include discussions on the war and troop movements, news of home and family, references to enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and expressions of love. \n\nSubseries B: Gabriel C. Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1842-1905, contains correspondence addressed to GCW. Topics include the railroad, the war, news of family and friends, the Reconstruction era, politics and pardons, provisions, grievances, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and invitations.\n\nSubseries C: Gabriel C. Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1842-1874, is made up of correspondence authored by GCW. Conversation topics include the war, news of friends and family, provisions, a request for a leave of absence, and a letter of reference. This subseries also includes unsent drafts.\n\nSubseries D: Nannie Radford Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1861-1865, includes correspondence addressed to Nannie Radford Wharton, discussing news of the war, the death of Col. John Taylor Radford, news of friends and family, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and provisions. \n\nSubseries E: Nannie Radford Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1861-1863. This subseries consists of letters authored by Nannie Radford Wharton, including an unfinished draft of an obituary. Conversation topics include politics and education.\n\nSubseries F: Radford Family, 1826-1900. This subseries includes correspondence both written by and written to members of the Radford family (with the exception of Nannie Radford Wharton). Topics discussed include politics and the war, provisions, news of family and friends, medicine, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and expressions of sympathy.   \n\nSubseries G: Wharton Family, 1846-1864, contains correspondence written by and to members of the Wharton family (with the exception of Gabriel C. Wharton). Topics include politics, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, provisions, sickness, and news of family and friends.\n\nSubseries H: External Correspondence, 1797-1887. This subseries contains correspondence between individuals not closely related to either the Radford or Wharton families. It may include correspondence from cousins or more distant relations. This subseries contains references to enslaved people.","Content Warning: This series contains materials related to the sale of enslaved persons, which may be upsetting.","Subseries A: Receipts, Invoices, and Promissory Notes, 1813-1865, consists of transaction records for goods and services such as lodging, school supplies, seed, cloth, and food, as well as tax records.\n\nSubseries B: Land Grants and Deeds, 1783-1859. This subseries contains records of land transfers, including deeds, indentures, articles of agreements, and land grants.\n\nSubseries C: Enslaved Persons Documents, 1855-1857. This subseries contains records relating to the sale of enslaved persons.\n\nSubseries D: Legal Documents, 1845-1865, includes various documents such as an arrest warrant, record of a suit, and Dr. John Blair Radford's request for a special pardon from President Johnson.","Subseries A: Orders, 1861-1864, consists of orders and special orders, many addressed to GCW, from higher-ranking officers. These include requests for reports, rules and regulations for soldiers, instructions for troop movements, appointments, and authorizations for recruitment.\n\nSubseries B: Roll Calls and Reports, 1861-1864, 1902, contains roll calls, lists of wounded or killed, documents confirming the reporting of soldiers to their commands, and reports. \n\nSubseries C: Commission, Enlistment, and Transfer Requests, 1848-1864, includes documents such as lists of enlisted or reenlisted soldiers, commission certificates and appointments, and transfer requests. \n\nSubseries D: Passes, 1863-1865, contains documents used to allow passage through certain areas during the war.","Subseries A: Education, 1822-1862, includes materials such as report cards and a letter of acceptance to the Virginia Military Institute.\n\nSubseries B: Newspaper Clippings, 1842, 1904, 1906. This subseries consists of newspaper articles collected by the family that relate to family members or personal events, such as GCW's obituary.\n\nSubseries C: Ephemera, 1851-1902. This subseries contains Confederate States of America currency, stamps, a brochure, a railroad time table, and ephemera such as Confederate Reunion ribbons."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlease contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication.","Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_e618e9a9170b925d5ffa8d5c7635be0b\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection is made up of the personal and family papers of the Wharton and Radford families of Southwestern Virginia. While the bulk of the collection relates to Confederate General Gabriel C. Wharton and Anne (Nannie) Radford Wharton, it contains personal materials such as correspondence, financial documents, and family papers from other family members as well. This collection also contains materials related to Wharton's military service.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["This collection is made up of the personal and family papers of the Wharton and Radford families of Southwestern Virginia. While the bulk of the collection relates to Confederate General Gabriel C. Wharton and Anne (Nannie) Radford Wharton, it contains personal materials such as correspondence, financial documents, and family papers from other family members as well. This collection also contains materials related to Wharton's military service."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"persname_ssim":["Wharton, Gabriel C. 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As a child, Bailey moved with his parents to Newport News, Virginia, and in 1906, he married Ida Margaret Eschenburg. Bailey worked as a naval architect and ship broker, perhaps while living in California, then returned to Newport News. He served four years as game inspector for Virginia and Maryland before resigning in 1918 to devote all of his time to the management of his farm on the James River in Virginia. Meanwhile, inheriting an interest in ornithology from his father, Bailey had published The Birds of Virginia in 1913.","Bailey moved with his wife and children to Miami, Florida, where he worked with the Bureau of Biological Survey and published The Birds of Florida in 1925. During his years in Florida, Bailey was instrumental in the establishment of Everglades National Park.","In 1937, Bailey married Laura Beatty Law, and the couple in 1942 moved with their extensive collections to Goshen, Virginia, where they renovated the abandoned Rockbridge Alum Springs mineral spa and established the Rockbridge Alum Springs Biological Laboratory. In 1961, Bailey established the Bailey Research Trust (later the Bailey Wildlife Foundation). Following Harold Bailey's death on July 24, 1962, Laura Bailey oversaw curatorial duties for the collection and presented it to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1969. She died in Lexington, Virginia on September 18, 1975.","John Eugene Law, son of John and Katherine E. Law, was born in Forest City, Iowa, on August 26, 1877. After graduating from high school in Perry, Iowa, Law attended the University of Wisconsin and Stanford University. Obtaining an A. B. in 1900, he held a series of bank positions in Pomona and Hollywood, California for the next several years before retiring from business in 1914. In 1919, he joined the California Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Paid one dollar a year, Law served first as a curator in osteology and later as a curator in ptilology.","Though he conducted considerable research (particularly in California and the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona), published a number of papers and amassed a sizable collection of specimens, a great portion of Law's time was devoted to administrative duties for the Western Bird-banding Association and, to a greater extent, the Cooper Ornithological Club. He joined the COC in 1900 and would hold several key positions (Southern Division president, 1905, 1913-1915; vice-president, 1916-1917; secretary, 1906-1912; business manager, 1907-1925; president, board of governors, 1925).","Law married Laura Mauldin Beatty (1886-1975) in Los Angeles on January 20, 1915. Sharing an interest in ornithology, the couple often performed field work together, especially in bird-banding. John Eugene Law died on November 14, 1931. In 1937, Laura Beatty Law married another ornithologist, Harold Bailey.","The guide to the Bailey-Law Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The processing, arrangement and description of the Bailey-Law Collection commenced in June 2009 and was completed in October 2009.","Books from the Bailey-Law Collection may be found by performing a keyword search on \"Bailey-Law Collection\" in the library's online catalog.","The extensive collection of bird skins, bird eggs, and mammal skins amassed by Law and Bailey were given to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's Department of Biology in 1969. In 1990, the collection was transferred to the Virginia Tech branch of the Virginia Museum of Natural History. When the branch closed in 2003, most of the collection was transferred to the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville; the remainder was retained by Virginia Tech's Department of Biology.","This collection contains the papers of ornithologists John Eugene Law and Harold H. Bailey, including notes on bird species, habitat, and behavior; correspondence; field journals; printed materials; photographs and other images. Among Bailey's papers are files relating to his books, The Birds of Virginia and The Birds of Florida, as well as his operation of the Rockbridge Alum Springs Biological Laboratory. Also includes biographical files on hundreds of other naturalists and ornithologists, including such materials as correspondence, writings, photographs, field notes, and biographical sketches.","The collection is organized into the following series:","Series I. John Eugene Law Papers, 1891-1931. This series is arranged in three subseries:","Subseries A. Correspondence, 1902-1930. Most significant among Law's correspondence is a large collection of letters between Law and Joseph Grinnell, director of the University of California's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Also included is correspondence with a handful of other naturalists. Arranged by correspondent name.","Subseries B. Subject files, 1912-1930. This subseries, containing mostly handwritten notes, consists of a collection of subject files maintained by Law concerning bird species, behavior and physiology. Included are large files on toxostoma (probably from Law's 1928 article on the curve-billed thrasher) as well as the Chiricahua Mountains of New Mexico, to which Law devoted a number of research trips. Arranged alphabetically by subject matter.","Subseries C. Research and field work, 1891-1931. This subseries includes materials produced by Law while performing ornithological research in the library and the field. Included are a series of research notebooks consisting largely of data gleaned from published sources. Among the field journals also contained in this subseries are notes on bird, nest and egg observations and collections made in California, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and unidentified locations. Arranged by document type.","Series II. Harold Harris Bailey Papers, 1910-1967. This series is arranged in five subseries:","Subseries A. Correspondence, 1915-1959. This small set of letters relates to ornithology as well as more general matters. Arranged chronologically.","Subseries B. Field and Research Work, 1911-1967. Bailey's field notes are contained in this subseries, as are a collection of bird banding records (which were likely commenced by John Eugene Law before being continued by Bailey), and various materials relating to Bailey's collections, including a case--used by both Bailey and his father--for collecting eggs.","Subseries C. Subject Files, 1910-1953. This brief subseries includes a handful of topics on which Bailey collected materials. Foremost among the topics is Bailey's longstanding, albeit seemingly one-sided, feud with the American Ornithologists' Union and the Cooper Ornithological Club, resulting from Bailey's stance on the 1931 A.O.U. checklist and other matters.","Subseries D. Publications, 1913-1947. Included within these files are materials arising from the publication of Bailey's The Birds of Virginia (1913) and The Birds of Florida (1925). The subseries contains production correspondence, promotional material, and sales records. Also included are correspondence and lists relating to the Bulletin of the Bailey Museum and Library of Natural History, together with sample issues of the publication.","Subseries E. Rockbridge Alum Springs, 1945-1962. Various topics relating to the Baileys' establishment and operation of the Rockbridge Alum Springs Biological Laboratory are contained in this subseries. Included are files on Bailey's attempt to have a flyway lake constructed at the springs, an ongoing battle with trespassing hunters, requests for game and fish stock, the possible acquisition of adjoining lands, and the creation of a naturalists portrait gallery. Throughout the correspondence in this subseries, as elsewhere within the collection, Bailey's letters overflow with vitriol and belligerence, particularly against the academic naturalist establishment. When not criticizing fellow naturalists, he directs barbs against such general topics as the New Deal, the Civil Rights Movement, and communism.","Series III. Naturalists Biographical Files, 1825-1971. Comprising the core of the collection, the biographical files represent the Baileys' attempt to compile reference files on 19th- and 20- century naturalists. (The Baileys had titled the collection the Naturalist Autograph Files, but because the collection comprises more than autographs, it was given a broader title during processing.) The collection contains a broad scope of materials, ranging from correspondence to field notes, biographical sketches, printed materials, and photographs. Included among these are items that the Baileys \"inherited\" from other naturalists, as well as materials on a few individuals not known as naturalists, including letters signed by U. S. President Herbert Hoover and author James Branch Cabell, as well as a painting by artist Carl Moon.","Unique among the materials in this series is an autograph book maintained by Harold Balch Bailey, containing the autographs of notable 19th-century personages, including U. S. presidents and other political leaders; Union Army generals; authors; musicians; and artists. Also among the elder Bailey's papers are some documents regarding a 19th-century Massachusetts militia, including an item signed by John Quincy Adams. Other unusual items include Charles Townsend's file of material on Easter Island and a notebook of natural science observations maintained by Herman Haupt Jr. The series is arranged in two subseries:","Subseries A. Numerical files, 1825-1970. The files in this subseries comprise the Baileys' original \"Naturalist Autograph Files\" and remain as the couple compiled them. Each name is associated with a unique number, and the files are arranged numerically, with two indexes to the collection at the end. Many of the names represented in these files may also be found in Subseries II.","Subseries B. Alphabetical files, 1836-1971. The files in this subseries were compiled from materials found loose within the collection. The items seem to have been intended by the Baileys for their autograph files but had yet to be integrated. The collection includes the same types of materials found in the numbered folders but is arranged alphabetically. Many of the names represented in these files may also be found in Subseries I. At the end of the subseries is a bound set of various collectors' egg catalogs.","Series IV. Printed Material, 1882-1969. This series includes a small selection of printed materials deemed best left with the manuscript collection when other printed materials were transferred to the Rare Book Collection. Most significant among the holdings are materials of the Cooper Ornithological Club / Cooper Ornithological Society and a collection of catalogs offering bird eggs, bird skins, cabinetry, and supplies for ornithologists, naturalists and taxidermists. Arranged by subject matter.","Series V. Images, 1904-1942. This series is arranged by format in two subseries:","Subseries A. Color Plates and Other Illustrations, 1913-1922. This subseries consists largely of color plates detached from various illustrated publications, as well as sets of color prints. Other illustrations and paintings associated with individuals may be found in Series III.","Subseries B. Photographs, 1902-1937. Considering the breadth of Bailey and Law's research and collecting activities during a span of several decades, the collection contains relatively few photographs. Included is are full sets of original photos and half-tones used for Bailey's The Birds of Virginia. The photographs have been divided among the following categories: The Birds of Virginia, nests and eggs, birds, people, exhibits, specimens, and scenery. Included among the scenery are a few photos and postcards of Mountain Lake, the Cascades and Castle Rock in Giles County, Virginia. Photographs made by and of identified naturalists may be found in Series III.","[includes material relating to 19th-century Massachusetts militia units, one item bearing the signature of John Quincy Adams]","Contains signatures of:Ulysses S. Grant [Union Army general and United States president]Ambrose E. Burnside [Union Army general]William Tecumseh Sherman [Union Army general]Philip H. Sheridan [Union Army general]J. TylerJ. DavisHenry P. Baldwin [Michigan governor]Levi P. Morton [United States vice-president]Hannibal Hamlin [United States vice-president]William Claflin [Massachusetts governor]Douglas Sladen [English author][S. W. Lincoln Jr.?]Grover Cleveland [United States president]Frances Folsom Cleveland [United States first lady]Rutherford B. Hayes [United States president]John J. Audubon [naturalist]Joshua L. Chamberlain [Maine governor]Benjamin F. Butler [Union Army general]Geo. H. Hepworth [minister and journalist]Walter Harriman [New Hampshire governor]Horace Greeley [newspaper editor; 1872 presidential candidate]Joseph [W.?] DonahueJames M. Harvey [Kansas governor]John W. Geary [Pennsylvania governor]John Hoffman [New York governor]Hans von Bulow [pianist]Lucius Fairchild [Wisconsin governor]Robert W. Chambers [American author]Henry Huntly Haight [California governor]Geo. S. Boutwell [United States secretary of the treasury]Henry L. Pierce [Massachusetts congressman]Charles [illegible]E. M. Pease [Texas governor]H. L. Dawes [Massachusetts senator]William Gaston [Massachusetts governor]Alexander H. Rice [Massachusetts governor]Henry W. Longfellow [poet]William Dean Howells [author][with poem]Margaret J. Preston [poet]Oliver Wendall Holmes [United States Supreme Court justice][with poem] William Cullen Bryant [poet and newspaper editor]Nathaniel B. Shurtleff [Boston mayor]Aaron V. Brown [United States postmaster-general]Marshall Jewell [United States postmaster-general]Morrison Remick Waite [United States Supreme Court chief justice]William Worth Belknap [United States secretary of war]Asa Gray [Harvard University professor of botany]Olive Thorne Miller [naturalist and children's writer]James Parton [author/biographer]Bayard Taylor [poet]Thomas Hughes [English author][illegible]Frank Stockton [author]William R. Marshall [Minnesota governor]W. L. Champney [artist][with drawing]P. A. Rearick [United States Navy captain]","[notebook containing color plates extracted from unidentified publication]","[includes original artwork]","[see also Oversize Materials]","[\"Notes \u0026 Memoranda Relating to Natural Science in General as Observed and Collected\"]","[see also Oversize Materials]","[photographs and research materials relating to Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island)]","[2 folders]","[bound collection of individual checklists]","[identified by Bailey as being from reports of the New York Fish Commission]","Baltimore oriole [accompanied by black-and-white original]BlackbirdBlack-crowned night heronBlue JayBluebird [2 items]Bobolink [accompanied by black-and-white original]Brown thrasher [accompanied by black-and-white original]","Catbird [accompanied by black-and-white original]Chimney swift [accompanied by black-and-white originalChipping sparrowCrowField sparrowIndigo bunting [accompanied by black-and-white original]","Kingbird [accompanied by black-and-white original]Kingfisher [accompanied by black-and-white original]Least bitternLouisiana water thrush [accompanied by black-and-white originalMeadowlark [accompanied by black-and-white original]","Orchard oriole [accompanied by black-and-white original]OvenbirdPewee [accompanied by black-and-white original]Red-eyed vireo [accompanied by black-and-white original]Robin","Whip-poor-will [accompanied by black-and-white original]White-eyed vireo [accompanied by black-and-white original]Woodcock [accompanied by black-and-white originalYellow-billed cuckooYellow-breasted chat [accompanied by black-and-white original","Alder flaycatcher n.d.American coot n.d. [2 items]Arkansas goldfinch 1904Bald eagle 1927Bank swallow n.d.Barn swallow n.d.","Black and white warbler (with cowbird) n.d.Black-billed cuckoo n.d.Black-headed grosbeak n.d. [2 copies]Black-necked stilt n.d.Blue-winged warbler n.d.Bob white n.d. [2 items]","California towhee 1904Canadian grouse n.d.Canadian warbler n.d.Cape sable seaside sparrow 1921, n.d.","Chestnut-sided warbler 1902, n.d. [3 items]Chickadee n.d.Chipping sparrow n.d.Clapper rail n.d.Downy woodpecker n.d.Duck hawk n.d.Dusky seaside sparrow 1920","Field sparrow n.d.Flamingo n.d. [6 items]Florida bald eagle 1921Florida bob white n.d.Florida meadowlark 1922 [2 items]Florida nighthawk n.d.Florida red-shouldered hawk 1928Florida redwing 1920","Grasshopper sparrow n.d.Great white heron 1924Ground dove n.d. [2 items]Hermit thrush n.d.Hooded warbler n.d.House wren n.d.Kingbird 1902Kingfisher n.d.","Laughing gull 1910Lazuli bunting n.d.Least flycatcher (with cowbird) n.d.Least tern n.d. [2 items]Loggerhead shrike n.d.Magnolia warbler n.d.Myrtle warbler n.d.","Nashville warbler n.d.Northern yellowthroat n.d.Olive-sided flycatcher n.d.Ovenbird n.d.Phoebe 1902 [2 items]Prairie warbler n.d.","Red-billed tropic bird n.d.Red-cockaded woodpecker 1918Red-winged blackbird n.d.Redstart n.d.Robin n.d.Rose-breasted grosbeak n.d.Ruby-throat n.d.Ruddy [2 items]Russet-backed thrush 1904","Sage grouse n.d.Salt marsh yellow throat n.d. [2 items]Samuel's song sparrow n.d. [2 items]Sand swallow n.d.Scarlet tanager n.d.Screech owl n.d.","Tennessee warbler n.d.Towhee n.d.Vermillion flycatcher 1935Vesper sparrow n.d.Western flycatcher n.d.Western mockingbird 1920Western red-tailed hawk 1904 [2 copies]White-crowned pigeon 1921, n.d.White-throated sparrow n.d.","Wilson's plover 1932 n.d. [3 items]Wilson's thrush n.d.Wilson's warbler n.d.Wood ibis n.d. [2 items]Wood thrush n.d.Worm-eating warbler n.d.Yellow-billed cuckoo n.d.Yellow warbler n.d.","Bald eagle n.d. [2 copies]Baltimore oriole n.d.Black albatross 1913 [2 items]Blackbird n.d.Blue-footed booby n.d.Blue-winged warbler n.d. [2 items]Bluebird n.d. [2 items]Bridled tern 1921Brown pelican n.d.Brown thrasher n.d. [2 items]","Canada goose 1917, n.d. [3 items]Canvasback duck 1917Catbird n.d. [2 items]Chestnut-sided warbler n.d.Chickadee n.d. [2 items]Chimney swift n.d.Chipping sparrow n.d.Crow n.d.","Downy woodpecker n.d.Field sparrow n.d. [3 items]Flamingo n.d. [3 items]Flicker n.d. [2 items]","Florida burrowing owl 1920, n.d. [2 items]Florida cormorant n.d.Florida jay n.d.Foster's tern n.d.Gannet n.d. [2 items]Great blue heron 1904Green heron n.d.Harlequin ducks n.d.Hooded warbler n.d. [2 items]House wren n.d.","Kingfisher n.d.Least tern n.d. [3 items]Little blue heron n.d.Loggerhead shrike n.d.Louisiana water thrush n.d.Man o'war bird n.d.Ovenbird n.d.Pelican 1935Phoebe n.d. [3 items]","Red-eyed vireo n.d. [4 items]Redstart n.d.Robin n.d. [3 items]Rose-breasted grosbeak n.d. [2 items]","Screech owl n.d. [3 items]Shrike n.d.Song sparrow n.d.[Southeastern American kestrel] n.d. [4 items]Spotted sandpiper n.d.","Water ouzel 1905Western yellowthroat n.d.Whip-poor-will n.d.Whistling swan 1917 [2 items]White albatross 1913 [2 items]White ibis n.d.White pelican n.d.[2 items]Wild turkey n.d. [2 items]","Wood ibis n.d. [4 items]Wood thrush n.d. [3 items]Yellow-breasted chat n.d. [2 items]Yellow warbler n.d. [2 items]","Bald eagle n.d. [2 copies]Baltimore oriole n.d.Black albatross 1913 [2 items]Blackbird n.d.Blue-footed booby n.d.Blue-winged warbler n.d. [2 items]Bluebird n.d. [2 items]Bridled tern 1921Brown pelican n.d.Brown thrasher n.d. [2 items]","[artist unknown; given to Bailey by Charles Townsend]","The following maps from the collection were transferred to the Historical Map Collection:\n\nAlleghany County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\nBland County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\nBotetourt County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\nCarroll County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\nCraig County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\nDelaware - Maryland - Virginia - West Virginia ([S.l.]: Rand McNally \u0026 Co., 1967).\n\nDelaware - Maryland - Virginia - West Virginia ([S.l.]: Rand McNally \u0026 Co., 1972).\n\nDelaware, Maryland, Virginia-West Virginia (San Jose, CA: H. M. Gousha Co., 1973).\n\nFloyd County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\nGeological Map of the Dominion of Canada ([Ottawa]: Department of the Interior, 1909).\n\nGeorge Washington National Forest, Virginia-West Virginia ([Washington, DC]: U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1950).\n\nGiles County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\nGrayson County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\nMap of Mexico (Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1916).\n\nMap of the New Balkan States and Central Europe ([S.l.: National Geographic Society, [1914?]).\n\nMaryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, Virginia, and West Virginia Road Map for 1930 (New York: General Drafting Co., 1938).\n\nMillboro, Virginia Quadrangle (Washington, DC: U. S. Geological Survey, 1949).\n\nThe National Geographic Magazine Map of Mexico ([Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1911?]).\n\nPatrick County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1941).\n\nPittsylvania County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1942).\n\nPittsylvania County [subdivisions] (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, [1942?]).\n\nPresenting Your Map of Rockbridge County, Virginia (Portland, OR: Western States Map Company, [n.d.]).\n\nPulaski County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1947).\n\nRoanoke County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\nShell Official Road Map of Delaware - Maryland - Virginia - W. Virginia, n.d. (Chicago: H. M. Gousha Co., [1938].\n\nSovereignty and Mandate Boundary Lines in 1921 of the Islands of the Pacific (Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1921).\n\nSubdivisions of Roanoke County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, [1940]).\n\nTerritory of Arizona ([Washington, D.C.: Government Land Office], 1903).\n\nTopographical Map of the Guy's Run Iron Lands, Rockbridge Co., Va. (Staunton, VA: Eng. Office of Jed. Hotchkiss, 1878). [reproduction]\n\nWise County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1947).","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","This collection contains the papers of ornithologists John Eugene Law and Harold H. Bailey, including notes on bird species, habitat, and behavior; correspondence; field journals; printed materials; photographs and other images. Among Bailey's papers are files relating to his books, The Birds of Virginia and The Birds of Florida, as well as his operation of the Rockbridge Alum Springs Biological Laboratory. Also includes biographical files on hundreds of other naturalists and ornithologists, including such materials as correspondence, writings, photographs, field notes, and biographical sketches.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Bailey, Harold H. (Harold Harris), 1878-1962","Law, John Eugene, 1877-1931","The materials in the collection are in English."],"collection_title_tesim":["Bailey-Law Collection, 1825/1971"],"collection_ssim":["Bailey-Law Collection, 1825/1971"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Ms.1982.002"],"unitid_tesim":["Ms.1982.002"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"creator_ssm":["Bailey, Harold H. (Harold Harris), 1878-1962","Law, John Eugene, 1877-1931"],"creator_ssim":["Bailey, Harold H. (Harold Harris), 1878-1962","Law, John Eugene, 1877-1931"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Bailey, Harold H. (Harold Harris), 1878-1962","Law, John Eugene, 1877-1931"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"creators_ssim":["Bailey, Harold H. (Harold Harris), 1878-1962","Law, John Eugene, 1877-1931","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The Bailey-Law Collection was obtained in several separate accruals. The lithographed plates from Bailey's The Birds of Florida were donated to Special Collections in 1980. The bulk of the collection, however, was received via transfers from Virginia Tech's Department of Biology in 1982 and from the Virginia Museum of Natural History at Virginia Tech in 2003."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Ornithology","Science and Technology"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Ornithology","Science and Technology"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["15.0 Cubic Feet 36 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["15.0 Cubic Feet 36 boxes"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open for research.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open for research."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/collections/show/368\"\u003eSome of this collection has been digitized and is available online.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Existence and Location of Copies"],"altformavail_tesim":["Some of this collection has been digitized and is available online."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBorn in East Orange, New Jersey on October 13, 1878, Harold Harris Bailey was the son of Harold Balch Bailey and Lillie Adams Taylor. As a child, Bailey moved with his parents to Newport News, Virginia, and in 1906, he married Ida Margaret Eschenburg. Bailey worked as a naval architect and ship broker, perhaps while living in California, then returned to Newport News. He served four years as game inspector for Virginia and Maryland before resigning in 1918 to devote all of his time to the management of his farm on the James River in Virginia. Meanwhile, inheriting an interest in ornithology from his father, Bailey had published The Birds of Virginia in 1913.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBailey moved with his wife and children to Miami, Florida, where he worked with the Bureau of Biological Survey and published The Birds of Florida in 1925. During his years in Florida, Bailey was instrumental in the establishment of Everglades National Park.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1937, Bailey married Laura Beatty Law, and the couple in 1942 moved with their extensive collections to Goshen, Virginia, where they renovated the abandoned Rockbridge Alum Springs mineral spa and established the Rockbridge Alum Springs Biological Laboratory. In 1961, Bailey established the Bailey Research Trust (later the Bailey Wildlife Foundation). Following Harold Bailey's death on July 24, 1962, Laura Bailey oversaw curatorial duties for the collection and presented it to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1969. She died in Lexington, Virginia on September 18, 1975.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Eugene Law, son of John and Katherine E. Law, was born in Forest City, Iowa, on August 26, 1877. After graduating from high school in Perry, Iowa, Law attended the University of Wisconsin and Stanford University. Obtaining an A. B. in 1900, he held a series of bank positions in Pomona and Hollywood, California for the next several years before retiring from business in 1914. In 1919, he joined the California Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Paid one dollar a year, Law served first as a curator in osteology and later as a curator in ptilology. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThough he conducted considerable research (particularly in California and the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona), published a number of papers and amassed a sizable collection of specimens, a great portion of Law's time was devoted to administrative duties for the Western Bird-banding Association and, to a greater extent, the Cooper Ornithological Club. He joined the COC in 1900 and would hold several key positions (Southern Division president, 1905, 1913-1915; vice-president, 1916-1917; secretary, 1906-1912; business manager, 1907-1925; president, board of governors, 1925). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaw married Laura Mauldin Beatty (1886-1975) in Los Angeles on January 20, 1915. Sharing an interest in ornithology, the couple often performed field work together, especially in bird-banding. John Eugene Law died on November 14, 1931. In 1937, Laura Beatty Law married another ornithologist, Harold Bailey.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note - Harold Harris Bailey","Biographical Note - John Eugene Law"],"bioghist_tesim":["Born in East Orange, New Jersey on October 13, 1878, Harold Harris Bailey was the son of Harold Balch Bailey and Lillie Adams Taylor. As a child, Bailey moved with his parents to Newport News, Virginia, and in 1906, he married Ida Margaret Eschenburg. Bailey worked as a naval architect and ship broker, perhaps while living in California, then returned to Newport News. He served four years as game inspector for Virginia and Maryland before resigning in 1918 to devote all of his time to the management of his farm on the James River in Virginia. Meanwhile, inheriting an interest in ornithology from his father, Bailey had published The Birds of Virginia in 1913.","Bailey moved with his wife and children to Miami, Florida, where he worked with the Bureau of Biological Survey and published The Birds of Florida in 1925. During his years in Florida, Bailey was instrumental in the establishment of Everglades National Park.","In 1937, Bailey married Laura Beatty Law, and the couple in 1942 moved with their extensive collections to Goshen, Virginia, where they renovated the abandoned Rockbridge Alum Springs mineral spa and established the Rockbridge Alum Springs Biological Laboratory. In 1961, Bailey established the Bailey Research Trust (later the Bailey Wildlife Foundation). Following Harold Bailey's death on July 24, 1962, Laura Bailey oversaw curatorial duties for the collection and presented it to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1969. She died in Lexington, Virginia on September 18, 1975.","John Eugene Law, son of John and Katherine E. Law, was born in Forest City, Iowa, on August 26, 1877. After graduating from high school in Perry, Iowa, Law attended the University of Wisconsin and Stanford University. Obtaining an A. B. in 1900, he held a series of bank positions in Pomona and Hollywood, California for the next several years before retiring from business in 1914. In 1919, he joined the California Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Paid one dollar a year, Law served first as a curator in osteology and later as a curator in ptilology.","Though he conducted considerable research (particularly in California and the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona), published a number of papers and amassed a sizable collection of specimens, a great portion of Law's time was devoted to administrative duties for the Western Bird-banding Association and, to a greater extent, the Cooper Ornithological Club. He joined the COC in 1900 and would hold several key positions (Southern Division president, 1905, 1913-1915; vice-president, 1916-1917; secretary, 1906-1912; business manager, 1907-1925; president, board of governors, 1925).","Law married Laura Mauldin Beatty (1886-1975) in Los Angeles on January 20, 1915. Sharing an interest in ornithology, the couple often performed field work together, especially in bird-banding. John Eugene Law died on November 14, 1931. In 1937, Laura Beatty Law married another ornithologist, Harold Bailey."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Bailey-Law Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Bailey-Law Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Bailey-Law Collection, Ms1982-002, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Bailey-Law Collection, Ms1982-002, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement and description of the Bailey-Law Collection commenced in June 2009 and was completed in October 2009.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement and description of the Bailey-Law Collection commenced in June 2009 and was completed in October 2009."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBooks from the Bailey-Law Collection may be found by performing a keyword search on \"Bailey-Law Collection\" in the library's \u003cextref href=\"https://catalog.lib.vt.edu/\" title=\"online catalog\"\u003eonline catalog\u003c/extref\u003e. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe extensive collection of bird skins, bird eggs, and mammal skins amassed by Law and Bailey were given to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's Department of Biology in 1969. In 1990, the collection was transferred to the Virginia Tech branch of the Virginia Museum of Natural History. When the branch closed in 2003, most of the collection was transferred to the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville; the remainder was retained by Virginia Tech's Department of Biology. \u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Books from the Bailey-Law Collection may be found by performing a keyword search on \"Bailey-Law Collection\" in the library's online catalog.","The extensive collection of bird skins, bird eggs, and mammal skins amassed by Law and Bailey were given to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's Department of Biology in 1969. In 1990, the collection was transferred to the Virginia Tech branch of the Virginia Museum of Natural History. When the branch closed in 2003, most of the collection was transferred to the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville; the remainder was retained by Virginia Tech's Department of Biology."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains the papers of ornithologists John Eugene Law and Harold H. Bailey, including notes on bird species, habitat, and behavior; correspondence; field journals; printed materials; photographs and other images. Among Bailey's papers are files relating to his books, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Birds of Virginia\u003c/title\u003e and \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Birds of Florida\u003c/title\u003e, as well as his operation of the Rockbridge Alum Springs Biological Laboratory. Also includes biographical files on hundreds of other naturalists and ornithologists, including such materials as correspondence, writings, photographs, field notes, and biographical sketches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is organized into the following series: \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I. John Eugene Law Papers, 1891-1931. This series is arranged in three subseries:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries A. Correspondence, 1902-1930. Most significant among Law's correspondence is a large collection of letters between Law and Joseph Grinnell, director of the University of California's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Also included is correspondence with a handful of other naturalists. Arranged by correspondent name.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries B. Subject files, 1912-1930. This subseries, containing mostly handwritten notes, consists of a collection of subject files maintained by Law concerning bird species, behavior and physiology. Included are large files on toxostoma (probably from Law's 1928 article on the curve-billed thrasher) as well as the Chiricahua Mountains of New Mexico, to which Law devoted a number of research trips. Arranged alphabetically by subject matter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries C. Research and field work, 1891-1931. This subseries includes materials produced by Law while performing ornithological research in the library and the field. Included are a series of research notebooks consisting largely of data gleaned from published sources. Among the field journals also contained in this subseries are notes on bird, nest and egg observations and collections made in California, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and unidentified locations. Arranged by document type.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. Harold Harris Bailey Papers, 1910-1967. This series is arranged in five subseries:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries A. Correspondence, 1915-1959. This small set of letters relates to ornithology as well as more general matters. Arranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries B. Field and Research Work, 1911-1967. Bailey's field notes are contained in this subseries, as are a collection of bird banding records (which were likely commenced by John Eugene Law before being continued by Bailey), and various materials relating to Bailey's collections, including a case--used by both Bailey and his father--for collecting eggs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries C. Subject Files, 1910-1953. This brief subseries includes a handful of topics on which Bailey collected materials. Foremost among the topics is Bailey's longstanding, albeit seemingly one-sided, feud with the American Ornithologists' Union and the Cooper Ornithological Club, resulting from Bailey's stance on the 1931 A.O.U. checklist and other matters. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries D. Publications, 1913-1947. Included within these files are materials arising from the publication of Bailey's \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Birds of Virginia\u003c/title\u003e (1913) and \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Birds of Florida\u003c/title\u003e (1925). The subseries contains production correspondence, promotional material, and sales records. Also included are correspondence and lists relating to the \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBulletin of the Bailey Museum and Library of Natural History\u003c/title\u003e, together with sample issues of the publication. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries E. Rockbridge Alum Springs, 1945-1962. Various topics relating to the Baileys' establishment and operation of the Rockbridge Alum Springs Biological Laboratory are contained in this subseries. Included are files on Bailey's attempt to have a flyway lake constructed at the springs, an ongoing battle with trespassing hunters, requests for game and fish stock, the possible acquisition of adjoining lands, and the creation of a naturalists portrait gallery. Throughout the correspondence in this subseries, as elsewhere within the collection, Bailey's letters overflow with vitriol and belligerence, particularly against the academic naturalist establishment. When not criticizing fellow naturalists, he directs barbs against such general topics as the New Deal, the Civil Rights Movement, and communism.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Naturalists Biographical Files, 1825-1971. Comprising the core of the collection, the biographical files represent the Baileys' attempt to compile reference files on 19th- and 20- century naturalists. (The Baileys had titled the collection the Naturalist Autograph Files, but because the collection comprises more than autographs, it was given a broader title during processing.) The collection contains a broad scope of materials, ranging from correspondence to field notes, biographical sketches, printed materials, and photographs. Included among these are items that the Baileys \"inherited\" from other naturalists, as well as materials on a few individuals not known as naturalists, including letters signed by U. S. President Herbert Hoover and author James Branch Cabell, as well as a painting by artist Carl Moon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnique among the materials in this series is an autograph book maintained by Harold Balch Bailey, containing the autographs of notable 19th-century personages, including U. S. presidents and other political leaders; Union Army generals; authors; musicians; and artists. Also among the elder Bailey's papers are some documents regarding a 19th-century Massachusetts militia, including an item signed by John Quincy Adams. Other unusual items include Charles Townsend's file of material on Easter Island and a notebook of natural science observations maintained by Herman Haupt Jr. The series is arranged in two subseries:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries A. Numerical files, 1825-1970. The files in this subseries comprise the Baileys' original \"Naturalist Autograph Files\" and remain as the couple compiled them. Each name is associated with a unique number, and the files are arranged numerically, with two indexes to the collection at the end. Many of the names represented in these files may also be found in Subseries II. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries B. Alphabetical files, 1836-1971. The files in this subseries were compiled from materials found loose within the collection. The items seem to have been intended by the Baileys for their autograph files but had yet to be integrated. The collection includes the same types of materials found in the numbered folders but is arranged alphabetically. Many of the names represented in these files may also be found in Subseries I. At the end of the subseries is a bound set of various collectors' egg catalogs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Printed Material, 1882-1969. This series includes a small selection of printed materials deemed best left with the manuscript collection when other printed materials were transferred to the Rare Book Collection. Most significant among the holdings are materials of the Cooper Ornithological Club / Cooper Ornithological Society and a collection of catalogs offering bird eggs, bird skins, cabinetry, and supplies for ornithologists, naturalists and taxidermists. Arranged by subject matter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. Images, 1904-1942. This series is arranged by format in two subseries: \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries A. Color Plates and Other Illustrations, 1913-1922. This subseries consists largely of color plates detached from various illustrated publications, as well as sets of color prints. Other illustrations and paintings associated with individuals may be found in Series III.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries B. Photographs, 1902-1937. Considering the breadth of Bailey and Law's research and collecting activities during a span of several decades, the collection contains relatively few photographs. Included is are full sets of original photos and half-tones used for Bailey's \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Birds of Virginia\u003c/title\u003e. The photographs have been divided among the following categories: \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Birds of Virginia\u003c/title\u003e, nests and eggs, birds, people, exhibits, specimens, and scenery. Included among the scenery are a few photos and postcards of Mountain Lake, the Cascades and Castle Rock in Giles County, Virginia. Photographs made by and of identified naturalists may be found in Series III.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003e[includes material relating to 19th-century Massachusetts militia units, one item bearing the signature of John Quincy Adams]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eContains signatures of:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eUlysses S. Grant [Union Army general and United States president]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAmbrose E. Burnside [Union Army general]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWilliam Tecumseh Sherman [Union Army general]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ePhilip H. Sheridan [Union Army general]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJ. Tyler\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJ. Davis\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHenry P. Baldwin [Michigan governor]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLevi P. Morton [United States vice-president]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHannibal Hamlin [United States vice-president]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWilliam Claflin [Massachusetts governor]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDouglas Sladen [English author]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e[S. W. Lincoln Jr.?]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eGrover Cleveland [United States president]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrances Folsom Cleveland [United States first lady]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRutherford B. Hayes [United States president]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJohn J. Audubon [naturalist]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJoshua L. Chamberlain [Maine governor]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBenjamin F. Butler [Union Army general]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eGeo. H. Hepworth [minister and journalist]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWalter Harriman [New Hampshire governor]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHorace Greeley [newspaper editor; 1872 presidential candidate]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJoseph [W.?] Donahue\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJames M. Harvey [Kansas governor]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJohn W. Geary [Pennsylvania governor]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJohn Hoffman [New York governor]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHans von Bulow [pianist]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLucius Fairchild [Wisconsin governor]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRobert W. Chambers [American author]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHenry Huntly Haight [California governor]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eGeo. S. Boutwell [United States secretary of the treasury]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHenry L. Pierce [Massachusetts congressman]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eCharles [illegible]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eE. M. Pease [Texas governor]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eH. L. Dawes [Massachusetts senator]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWilliam Gaston [Massachusetts governor]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAlexander H. Rice [Massachusetts governor]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHenry W. Longfellow [poet]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWilliam Dean Howells [author][with poem]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMargaret J. Preston [poet]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOliver Wendall Holmes [United States Supreme Court justice][with poem] \u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWilliam Cullen Bryant [poet and newspaper editor]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNathaniel B. Shurtleff [Boston mayor]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAaron V. Brown [United States postmaster-general]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMarshall Jewell [United States postmaster-general]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMorrison Remick Waite [United States Supreme Court chief justice]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWilliam Worth Belknap [United States secretary of war]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAsa Gray [Harvard University professor of botany]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOlive Thorne Miller [naturalist and children's writer]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJames Parton [author/biographer]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBayard Taylor [poet]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eThomas Hughes [English author]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e[illegible]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFrank Stockton [author]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWilliam R. Marshall [Minnesota governor]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eW. L. Champney [artist][with drawing]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eP. A. Rearick [United States Navy captain]\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[notebook containing color plates extracted from unidentified publication]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[includes original artwork] \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[see also Oversize Materials]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[\"Notes \u0026amp; Memoranda Relating to Natural Science in General as Observed and Collected\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[see also Oversize Materials]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[photographs and research materials relating to Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island)] \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[2 folders]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[bound collection of individual checklists]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[identified by Bailey as being from reports of the New York Fish Commission]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eBaltimore oriole [accompanied by black-and-white original]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBlackbird\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBlack-crowned night heron\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBlue Jay\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBluebird [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBobolink [accompanied by black-and-white original]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBrown thrasher [accompanied by black-and-white original]\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eCatbird [accompanied by black-and-white original]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eChimney swift [accompanied by black-and-white original\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eChipping sparrow\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eCrow\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eField sparrow\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eIndigo bunting [accompanied by black-and-white original]\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eKingbird [accompanied by black-and-white original]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eKingfisher [accompanied by black-and-white original]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLeast bittern\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLouisiana water thrush [accompanied by black-and-white original\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMeadowlark [accompanied by black-and-white original]\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eOrchard oriole [accompanied by black-and-white original]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOvenbird\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ePewee [accompanied by black-and-white original]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRed-eyed vireo [accompanied by black-and-white original]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRobin\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eWhip-poor-will [accompanied by black-and-white original]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWhite-eyed vireo [accompanied by black-and-white original]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWoodcock [accompanied by black-and-white original\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eYellow-billed cuckoo\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eYellow-breasted chat [accompanied by black-and-white original\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eAlder flaycatcher n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAmerican coot n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eArkansas goldfinch 1904\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBald eagle 1927\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBank swallow n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBarn swallow n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eBlack and white warbler (with cowbird) n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBlack-billed cuckoo n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBlack-headed grosbeak n.d. [2 copies]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBlack-necked stilt n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBlue-winged warbler n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBob white n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eCalifornia towhee 1904\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eCanadian grouse n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eCanadian warbler n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eCape sable seaside sparrow 1921, n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eChestnut-sided warbler 1902, n.d. [3 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eChickadee n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eChipping sparrow n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eClapper rail n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDowny woodpecker n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDuck hawk n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eDusky seaside sparrow 1920\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eField sparrow n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFlamingo n.d. [6 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFlorida bald eagle 1921\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFlorida bob white n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFlorida meadowlark 1922 [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFlorida nighthawk n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFlorida red-shouldered hawk 1928\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFlorida redwing 1920\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eGrasshopper sparrow n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eGreat white heron 1924\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eGround dove n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHermit thrush n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHooded warbler n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHouse wren n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eKingbird 1902\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eKingfisher n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eLaughing gull 1910\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLazuli bunting n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLeast flycatcher (with cowbird) n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLeast tern n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLoggerhead shrike n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMagnolia warbler n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMyrtle warbler n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eNashville warbler n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNorthern yellowthroat n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOlive-sided flycatcher n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOvenbird n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ePhoebe 1902 [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ePrairie warbler n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eRed-billed tropic bird n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRed-cockaded woodpecker 1918\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRed-winged blackbird n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRedstart n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRobin n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRose-breasted grosbeak n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRuby-throat n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRuddy [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRusset-backed thrush 1904\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eSage grouse n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSalt marsh yellow throat n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSamuel's song sparrow n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSand swallow n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eScarlet tanager n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eScreech owl n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eTennessee warbler n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eTowhee n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eVermillion flycatcher 1935\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eVesper sparrow n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWestern flycatcher n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWestern mockingbird 1920\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWestern red-tailed hawk 1904 [2 copies]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWhite-crowned pigeon 1921, n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWhite-throated sparrow n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eWilson's plover 1932 n.d. [3 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWilson's thrush n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWilson's warbler n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWood ibis n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWood thrush n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWorm-eating warbler n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eYellow-billed cuckoo n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eYellow warbler n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eBald eagle n.d. [2 copies]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBaltimore oriole n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBlack albatross 1913 [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBlackbird n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBlue-footed booby n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBlue-winged warbler n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBluebird n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBridled tern 1921\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBrown pelican n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBrown thrasher n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eCanada goose 1917, n.d. [3 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eCanvasback duck 1917\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eCatbird n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eChestnut-sided warbler n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eChickadee n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eChimney swift n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eChipping sparrow n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eCrow n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eDowny woodpecker n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eField sparrow n.d. [3 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFlamingo n.d. [3 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFlicker n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eFlorida burrowing owl 1920, n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFlorida cormorant n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFlorida jay n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eFoster's tern n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eGannet n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eGreat blue heron 1904\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eGreen heron n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHarlequin ducks n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHooded warbler n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHouse wren n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eKingfisher n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLeast tern n.d. [3 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLittle blue heron n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLoggerhead shrike n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eLouisiana water thrush n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eMan o'war bird n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eOvenbird n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ePelican 1935\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ePhoebe n.d. [3 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eRed-eyed vireo n.d. [4 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRedstart n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRobin n.d. [3 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eRose-breasted grosbeak n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eScreech owl n.d. [3 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eShrike n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSong sparrow n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e[Southeastern American kestrel] n.d. [4 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSpotted sandpiper n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eWater ouzel 1905\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWestern yellowthroat n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWhip-poor-will n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWhistling swan 1917 [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWhite albatross 1913 [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWhite ibis n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWhite pelican n.d.[2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWild turkey n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eWood ibis n.d. [4 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eWood thrush n.d. [3 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eYellow-breasted chat n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eYellow warbler n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eBald eagle n.d. [2 copies]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBaltimore oriole n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBlack albatross 1913 [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBlackbird n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBlue-footed booby n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBlue-winged warbler n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBluebird n.d. [2 items]\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBridled tern 1921\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBrown pelican n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBrown thrasher n.d. 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Bailey, including notes on bird species, habitat, and behavior; correspondence; field journals; printed materials; photographs and other images. Among Bailey's papers are files relating to his books, The Birds of Virginia and The Birds of Florida, as well as his operation of the Rockbridge Alum Springs Biological Laboratory. Also includes biographical files on hundreds of other naturalists and ornithologists, including such materials as correspondence, writings, photographs, field notes, and biographical sketches.","The collection is organized into the following series:","Series I. John Eugene Law Papers, 1891-1931. This series is arranged in three subseries:","Subseries A. Correspondence, 1902-1930. Most significant among Law's correspondence is a large collection of letters between Law and Joseph Grinnell, director of the University of California's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Also included is correspondence with a handful of other naturalists. Arranged by correspondent name.","Subseries B. Subject files, 1912-1930. This subseries, containing mostly handwritten notes, consists of a collection of subject files maintained by Law concerning bird species, behavior and physiology. Included are large files on toxostoma (probably from Law's 1928 article on the curve-billed thrasher) as well as the Chiricahua Mountains of New Mexico, to which Law devoted a number of research trips. Arranged alphabetically by subject matter.","Subseries C. Research and field work, 1891-1931. This subseries includes materials produced by Law while performing ornithological research in the library and the field. Included are a series of research notebooks consisting largely of data gleaned from published sources. Among the field journals also contained in this subseries are notes on bird, nest and egg observations and collections made in California, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and unidentified locations. Arranged by document type.","Series II. Harold Harris Bailey Papers, 1910-1967. This series is arranged in five subseries:","Subseries A. Correspondence, 1915-1959. This small set of letters relates to ornithology as well as more general matters. Arranged chronologically.","Subseries B. Field and Research Work, 1911-1967. Bailey's field notes are contained in this subseries, as are a collection of bird banding records (which were likely commenced by John Eugene Law before being continued by Bailey), and various materials relating to Bailey's collections, including a case--used by both Bailey and his father--for collecting eggs.","Subseries C. Subject Files, 1910-1953. This brief subseries includes a handful of topics on which Bailey collected materials. Foremost among the topics is Bailey's longstanding, albeit seemingly one-sided, feud with the American Ornithologists' Union and the Cooper Ornithological Club, resulting from Bailey's stance on the 1931 A.O.U. checklist and other matters.","Subseries D. Publications, 1913-1947. Included within these files are materials arising from the publication of Bailey's The Birds of Virginia (1913) and The Birds of Florida (1925). The subseries contains production correspondence, promotional material, and sales records. Also included are correspondence and lists relating to the Bulletin of the Bailey Museum and Library of Natural History, together with sample issues of the publication.","Subseries E. Rockbridge Alum Springs, 1945-1962. Various topics relating to the Baileys' establishment and operation of the Rockbridge Alum Springs Biological Laboratory are contained in this subseries. Included are files on Bailey's attempt to have a flyway lake constructed at the springs, an ongoing battle with trespassing hunters, requests for game and fish stock, the possible acquisition of adjoining lands, and the creation of a naturalists portrait gallery. Throughout the correspondence in this subseries, as elsewhere within the collection, Bailey's letters overflow with vitriol and belligerence, particularly against the academic naturalist establishment. When not criticizing fellow naturalists, he directs barbs against such general topics as the New Deal, the Civil Rights Movement, and communism.","Series III. Naturalists Biographical Files, 1825-1971. Comprising the core of the collection, the biographical files represent the Baileys' attempt to compile reference files on 19th- and 20- century naturalists. (The Baileys had titled the collection the Naturalist Autograph Files, but because the collection comprises more than autographs, it was given a broader title during processing.) The collection contains a broad scope of materials, ranging from correspondence to field notes, biographical sketches, printed materials, and photographs. Included among these are items that the Baileys \"inherited\" from other naturalists, as well as materials on a few individuals not known as naturalists, including letters signed by U. S. President Herbert Hoover and author James Branch Cabell, as well as a painting by artist Carl Moon.","Unique among the materials in this series is an autograph book maintained by Harold Balch Bailey, containing the autographs of notable 19th-century personages, including U. S. presidents and other political leaders; Union Army generals; authors; musicians; and artists. Also among the elder Bailey's papers are some documents regarding a 19th-century Massachusetts militia, including an item signed by John Quincy Adams. Other unusual items include Charles Townsend's file of material on Easter Island and a notebook of natural science observations maintained by Herman Haupt Jr. The series is arranged in two subseries:","Subseries A. Numerical files, 1825-1970. The files in this subseries comprise the Baileys' original \"Naturalist Autograph Files\" and remain as the couple compiled them. Each name is associated with a unique number, and the files are arranged numerically, with two indexes to the collection at the end. Many of the names represented in these files may also be found in Subseries II.","Subseries B. Alphabetical files, 1836-1971. The files in this subseries were compiled from materials found loose within the collection. The items seem to have been intended by the Baileys for their autograph files but had yet to be integrated. The collection includes the same types of materials found in the numbered folders but is arranged alphabetically. Many of the names represented in these files may also be found in Subseries I. At the end of the subseries is a bound set of various collectors' egg catalogs.","Series IV. Printed Material, 1882-1969. This series includes a small selection of printed materials deemed best left with the manuscript collection when other printed materials were transferred to the Rare Book Collection. Most significant among the holdings are materials of the Cooper Ornithological Club / Cooper Ornithological Society and a collection of catalogs offering bird eggs, bird skins, cabinetry, and supplies for ornithologists, naturalists and taxidermists. Arranged by subject matter.","Series V. Images, 1904-1942. This series is arranged by format in two subseries:","Subseries A. Color Plates and Other Illustrations, 1913-1922. This subseries consists largely of color plates detached from various illustrated publications, as well as sets of color prints. Other illustrations and paintings associated with individuals may be found in Series III.","Subseries B. Photographs, 1902-1937. Considering the breadth of Bailey and Law's research and collecting activities during a span of several decades, the collection contains relatively few photographs. Included is are full sets of original photos and half-tones used for Bailey's The Birds of Virginia. The photographs have been divided among the following categories: The Birds of Virginia, nests and eggs, birds, people, exhibits, specimens, and scenery. Included among the scenery are a few photos and postcards of Mountain Lake, the Cascades and Castle Rock in Giles County, Virginia. Photographs made by and of identified naturalists may be found in Series III.","[includes material relating to 19th-century Massachusetts militia units, one item bearing the signature of John Quincy Adams]","Contains signatures of:Ulysses S. Grant [Union Army general and United States president]Ambrose E. Burnside [Union Army general]William Tecumseh Sherman [Union Army general]Philip H. Sheridan [Union Army general]J. TylerJ. DavisHenry P. Baldwin [Michigan governor]Levi P. Morton [United States vice-president]Hannibal Hamlin [United States vice-president]William Claflin [Massachusetts governor]Douglas Sladen [English author][S. W. Lincoln Jr.?]Grover Cleveland [United States president]Frances Folsom Cleveland [United States first lady]Rutherford B. Hayes [United States president]John J. Audubon [naturalist]Joshua L. Chamberlain [Maine governor]Benjamin F. Butler [Union Army general]Geo. H. Hepworth [minister and journalist]Walter Harriman [New Hampshire governor]Horace Greeley [newspaper editor; 1872 presidential candidate]Joseph [W.?] DonahueJames M. Harvey [Kansas governor]John W. Geary [Pennsylvania governor]John Hoffman [New York governor]Hans von Bulow [pianist]Lucius Fairchild [Wisconsin governor]Robert W. Chambers [American author]Henry Huntly Haight [California governor]Geo. S. Boutwell [United States secretary of the treasury]Henry L. Pierce [Massachusetts congressman]Charles [illegible]E. M. Pease [Texas governor]H. L. Dawes [Massachusetts senator]William Gaston [Massachusetts governor]Alexander H. Rice [Massachusetts governor]Henry W. Longfellow [poet]William Dean Howells [author][with poem]Margaret J. Preston [poet]Oliver Wendall Holmes [United States Supreme Court justice][with poem] William Cullen Bryant [poet and newspaper editor]Nathaniel B. Shurtleff [Boston mayor]Aaron V. Brown [United States postmaster-general]Marshall Jewell [United States postmaster-general]Morrison Remick Waite [United States Supreme Court chief justice]William Worth Belknap [United States secretary of war]Asa Gray [Harvard University professor of botany]Olive Thorne Miller [naturalist and children's writer]James Parton [author/biographer]Bayard Taylor [poet]Thomas Hughes [English author][illegible]Frank Stockton [author]William R. Marshall [Minnesota governor]W. L. Champney [artist][with drawing]P. A. Rearick [United States Navy captain]","[notebook containing color plates extracted from unidentified publication]","[includes original artwork]","[see also Oversize Materials]","[\"Notes \u0026 Memoranda Relating to Natural Science in General as Observed and Collected\"]","[see also Oversize Materials]","[photographs and research materials relating to Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island)]","[2 folders]","[bound collection of individual checklists]","[identified by Bailey as being from reports of the New York Fish Commission]","Baltimore oriole [accompanied by black-and-white original]BlackbirdBlack-crowned night heronBlue JayBluebird [2 items]Bobolink [accompanied by black-and-white original]Brown thrasher [accompanied by black-and-white original]","Catbird [accompanied by black-and-white original]Chimney swift [accompanied by black-and-white originalChipping sparrowCrowField sparrowIndigo bunting [accompanied by black-and-white original]","Kingbird [accompanied by black-and-white original]Kingfisher [accompanied by black-and-white original]Least bitternLouisiana water thrush [accompanied by black-and-white originalMeadowlark [accompanied by black-and-white original]","Orchard oriole [accompanied by black-and-white original]OvenbirdPewee [accompanied by black-and-white original]Red-eyed vireo [accompanied by black-and-white original]Robin","Whip-poor-will [accompanied by black-and-white original]White-eyed vireo [accompanied by black-and-white original]Woodcock [accompanied by black-and-white originalYellow-billed cuckooYellow-breasted chat [accompanied by black-and-white original","Alder flaycatcher n.d.American coot n.d. [2 items]Arkansas goldfinch 1904Bald eagle 1927Bank swallow n.d.Barn swallow n.d.","Black and white warbler (with cowbird) n.d.Black-billed cuckoo n.d.Black-headed grosbeak n.d. [2 copies]Black-necked stilt n.d.Blue-winged warbler n.d.Bob white n.d. [2 items]","California towhee 1904Canadian grouse n.d.Canadian warbler n.d.Cape sable seaside sparrow 1921, n.d.","Chestnut-sided warbler 1902, n.d. [3 items]Chickadee n.d.Chipping sparrow n.d.Clapper rail n.d.Downy woodpecker n.d.Duck hawk n.d.Dusky seaside sparrow 1920","Field sparrow n.d.Flamingo n.d. [6 items]Florida bald eagle 1921Florida bob white n.d.Florida meadowlark 1922 [2 items]Florida nighthawk n.d.Florida red-shouldered hawk 1928Florida redwing 1920","Grasshopper sparrow n.d.Great white heron 1924Ground dove n.d. [2 items]Hermit thrush n.d.Hooded warbler n.d.House wren n.d.Kingbird 1902Kingfisher n.d.","Laughing gull 1910Lazuli bunting n.d.Least flycatcher (with cowbird) n.d.Least tern n.d. [2 items]Loggerhead shrike n.d.Magnolia warbler n.d.Myrtle warbler n.d.","Nashville warbler n.d.Northern yellowthroat n.d.Olive-sided flycatcher n.d.Ovenbird n.d.Phoebe 1902 [2 items]Prairie warbler n.d.","Red-billed tropic bird n.d.Red-cockaded woodpecker 1918Red-winged blackbird n.d.Redstart n.d.Robin n.d.Rose-breasted grosbeak n.d.Ruby-throat n.d.Ruddy [2 items]Russet-backed thrush 1904","Sage grouse n.d.Salt marsh yellow throat n.d. [2 items]Samuel's song sparrow n.d. [2 items]Sand swallow n.d.Scarlet tanager n.d.Screech owl n.d.","Tennessee warbler n.d.Towhee n.d.Vermillion flycatcher 1935Vesper sparrow n.d.Western flycatcher n.d.Western mockingbird 1920Western red-tailed hawk 1904 [2 copies]White-crowned pigeon 1921, n.d.White-throated sparrow n.d.","Wilson's plover 1932 n.d. [3 items]Wilson's thrush n.d.Wilson's warbler n.d.Wood ibis n.d. [2 items]Wood thrush n.d.Worm-eating warbler n.d.Yellow-billed cuckoo n.d.Yellow warbler n.d.","Bald eagle n.d. [2 copies]Baltimore oriole n.d.Black albatross 1913 [2 items]Blackbird n.d.Blue-footed booby n.d.Blue-winged warbler n.d. [2 items]Bluebird n.d. [2 items]Bridled tern 1921Brown pelican n.d.Brown thrasher n.d. [2 items]","Canada goose 1917, n.d. [3 items]Canvasback duck 1917Catbird n.d. [2 items]Chestnut-sided warbler n.d.Chickadee n.d. [2 items]Chimney swift n.d.Chipping sparrow n.d.Crow n.d.","Downy woodpecker n.d.Field sparrow n.d. [3 items]Flamingo n.d. [3 items]Flicker n.d. [2 items]","Florida burrowing owl 1920, n.d. [2 items]Florida cormorant n.d.Florida jay n.d.Foster's tern n.d.Gannet n.d. [2 items]Great blue heron 1904Green heron n.d.Harlequin ducks n.d.Hooded warbler n.d. [2 items]House wren n.d.","Kingfisher n.d.Least tern n.d. [3 items]Little blue heron n.d.Loggerhead shrike n.d.Louisiana water thrush n.d.Man o'war bird n.d.Ovenbird n.d.Pelican 1935Phoebe n.d. [3 items]","Red-eyed vireo n.d. [4 items]Redstart n.d.Robin n.d. [3 items]Rose-breasted grosbeak n.d. [2 items]","Screech owl n.d. [3 items]Shrike n.d.Song sparrow n.d.[Southeastern American kestrel] n.d. [4 items]Spotted sandpiper n.d.","Water ouzel 1905Western yellowthroat n.d.Whip-poor-will n.d.Whistling swan 1917 [2 items]White albatross 1913 [2 items]White ibis n.d.White pelican n.d.[2 items]Wild turkey n.d. [2 items]","Wood ibis n.d. [4 items]Wood thrush n.d. [3 items]Yellow-breasted chat n.d. [2 items]Yellow warbler n.d. [2 items]","Bald eagle n.d. [2 copies]Baltimore oriole n.d.Black albatross 1913 [2 items]Blackbird n.d.Blue-footed booby n.d.Blue-winged warbler n.d. [2 items]Bluebird n.d. [2 items]Bridled tern 1921Brown pelican n.d.Brown thrasher n.d. [2 items]","[artist unknown; given to Bailey by Charles Townsend]"],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe following maps from the collection were transferred to the Historical Map Collection:\n\u003clist\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nAlleghany County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nBland County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nBotetourt County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nCarroll County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nCraig County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nDelaware - Maryland - Virginia - West Virginia ([S.l.]: Rand McNally \u0026amp; Co., 1967).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nDelaware - Maryland - Virginia - West Virginia ([S.l.]: Rand McNally \u0026amp; Co., 1972).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nDelaware, Maryland, Virginia-West Virginia (San Jose, CA: H. M. Gousha Co., 1973).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nFloyd County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nGeological Map of the Dominion of Canada ([Ottawa]: Department of the Interior, 1909).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nGeorge Washington National Forest, Virginia-West Virginia ([Washington, DC]: U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1950).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nGiles County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nGrayson County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nMap of Mexico (Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1916).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nMap of the New Balkan States and Central Europe ([S.l.: National Geographic Society, [1914?]).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nMaryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, Virginia, and West Virginia Road Map for 1930 (New York: General Drafting Co., 1938).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nMillboro, Virginia Quadrangle (Washington, DC: U. S. Geological Survey, 1949).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nThe National Geographic Magazine Map of Mexico ([Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1911?]).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nPatrick County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1941).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nPittsylvania County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1942).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nPittsylvania County [subdivisions] (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, [1942?]).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nPresenting Your Map of Rockbridge County, Virginia (Portland, OR: Western States Map Company, [n.d.]).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nPulaski County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1947).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nRoanoke County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nShell Official Road Map of Delaware - Maryland - Virginia - W. Virginia, n.d. (Chicago: H. M. Gousha Co., [1938].\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSovereignty and Mandate Boundary Lines in 1921 of the Islands of the Pacific (Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1921).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubdivisions of Roanoke County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, [1940]).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nTerritory of Arizona ([Washington, D.C.: Government Land Office], 1903).\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nTopographical Map of the Guy's Run Iron Lands, Rockbridge Co., Va. (Staunton, VA: Eng. Office of Jed. Hotchkiss, 1878). 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M. Gousha Co., 1973).\n\nFloyd County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\nGeological Map of the Dominion of Canada ([Ottawa]: Department of the Interior, 1909).\n\nGeorge Washington National Forest, Virginia-West Virginia ([Washington, DC]: U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1950).\n\nGiles County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\nGrayson County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\nMap of Mexico (Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1916).\n\nMap of the New Balkan States and Central Europe ([S.l.: National Geographic Society, [1914?]).\n\nMaryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, Virginia, and West Virginia Road Map for 1930 (New York: General Drafting Co., 1938).\n\nMillboro, Virginia Quadrangle (Washington, DC: U. S. Geological Survey, 1949).\n\nThe National Geographic Magazine Map of Mexico ([Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1911?]).\n\nPatrick County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1941).\n\nPittsylvania County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1942).\n\nPittsylvania County [subdivisions] (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, [1942?]).\n\nPresenting Your Map of Rockbridge County, Virginia (Portland, OR: Western States Map Company, [n.d.]).\n\nPulaski County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1947).\n\nRoanoke County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1940).\n\nShell Official Road Map of Delaware - Maryland - Virginia - W. Virginia, n.d. (Chicago: H. M. Gousha Co., [1938].\n\nSovereignty and Mandate Boundary Lines in 1921 of the Islands of the Pacific (Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1921).\n\nSubdivisions of Roanoke County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, [1940]).\n\nTerritory of Arizona ([Washington, D.C.: Government Land Office], 1903).\n\nTopographical Map of the Guy's Run Iron Lands, Rockbridge Co., Va. (Staunton, VA: Eng. Office of Jed. Hotchkiss, 1878). [reproduction]\n\nWise County, Showing the Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (Richmond: Virginia Department of Highways, 1947)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. 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Among Bailey's papers are files relating to his books, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Birds of Virginia\u003c/title\u003e and \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Birds of Florida\u003c/title\u003e, as well as his operation of the Rockbridge Alum Springs Biological Laboratory. Also includes biographical files on hundreds of other naturalists and ornithologists, including such materials as correspondence, writings, photographs, field notes, and biographical sketches.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["This collection contains the papers of ornithologists John Eugene Law and Harold H. Bailey, including notes on bird species, habitat, and behavior; correspondence; field journals; printed materials; photographs and other images. Among Bailey's papers are files relating to his books, The Birds of Virginia and The Birds of Florida, as well as his operation of the Rockbridge Alum Springs Biological Laboratory. 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Arranged chronologically, this subseries includes correspondence between Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, both during their engagement and after their marriage. \n\nSubseries B: Gabriel C. Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1842-1905.\n\nSubseries C: Gabriel C. Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1842-1874.\n\nSubseries D: Nannie (Radford) Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1861-1865.\n\nSubseries E: Nannie (Radford) Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1861-1863.\n\nSubseries F: Radford Family, 1826-1900.\n\nSubseries G: Wharton Family, 1846-1864.\n\nSubseries H: External Correspondence, 1797-1887. Materials in this subseries are arranged alphabetically by author with the exception of materials relating to the Taylor family, which are grouped together for easier access.","Subseries A: Receipts, Invoices, and Promissory Notes, 1813-1865.\n\nSubseries B: Land Grants and Deeds, 1783-1859.\n\nSubseries C: Enslaved Persons Documents, 1855-1857.\n\nSubseries D: Legal Documents, 1845-1865.","Subseries A: Orders, 1861-1864.\n\nSubseries B: Roll Calls and Reports, 1861-1864, 1902.\n\nSubseries C: Commission, Enlistment, and Transfer Requests, 1848-1864.\n\nSubseries D: Passes, 1863-1865.","Subseries A: Education, 1822-1862.\n\nSubseries B: Newspaper Clippings, 1842, 1904, 1906.\n\nSubseries C: Ephemera, 1851-1902.","The Wharton and Radford families were prominent figures in Southwest Virginia, especially during the 19th century. Dr. John B. Radford is the namesake of Radford, Virginia. Both families had a hand in shaping Southwestern Virginia and leave a lasting legacy.","Gabriel Colvin Wharton (GCW) was born on July 23, 1824 in Culpepper, Virginia, to parents John Redd and Eliza Colvin Wharton. Gabriel (or, often, Gabe) attended private school and multiple academies before enrolling in the Virginia Military Institute in 1845. He graduated with distinction only two years later in 1847. Immediately after graduating, Gabriel held a number of teaching positions, tutoring children in Latin, French, math, and English. A year later, he took a job with the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, getting promoted soon after. By late 1856, Gabriel was chief engineer of the Washington and Alexandria Railroad. He worked in the southwestern United States as a civil engineer from 1857 to 1859 surveying possible road routes. Gabriel continued to work as a civil engineer, often surveying possible road routes until the beginning of the American Civil War. While he was not a staunch secessionist, he did support the economic and social institution of slavery.  A Virginia loyalist and slaveholder, Gabriel held the idea that secession was necessary if state rights were oppressed. In April of 1861, he travelled to Richmond and began working as a lieutenant of engineers, making topographical surveys to assist in siting and erecting fortifications. Gabriel soon became Major Wharton, then Colonel, organizing regiments and marching into battle with General Floyd.","Anne Rebecca \"Nannie\" Radford was born on August 15, 1843 in the New River Valley of southwestern Virginia to parents Dr. John Blair Radford and Elizabeth Campbell Taylor Radford. Nannie enjoyed a privileged upbringing, attending school in Salem, Virginia, and later at Cedar Hill Academy in Montgomery County. The Radford family was well-off; Dr. Radford owned 68 enslaved people and had a net worth of almost $65,000 by 1863. Once the war began, Nannie herself was a staunch supporter of the Confederate cause.","In early 1863, a friend introduced Nannie to Gabriel. By May 14, 1863, they were married. Soon after, he was promoted to brigadier general, effective July 8, 1863. Nannie and Gabriel had one child together, a son named William (Willie). Gabriel continued to serve in the Confederate forces, participating in operations in both the Western and Eastern Theaters, commanding divisions and brigades, and fighting in battles such as Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Cedar Creek, and Waynesboro. On June 4, 1865, Gabriel was paroled from Lynchburg, Virginia.","After the war, Gabriel went back to work at the railroad, overseeing the rebuilding of bridges damaged during the war. After a string of financial troubles, Gabriel ran for a seat in the House of Delegates, becoming a legislator in the Virginia General Assembly in 1871. During his time as state legislator, he helped establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, serving as a member of the Board of Visitors. Gabriel continued to run into business and financial trouble, borrowing money to start businesses like mills, hotels, and newspapers that failed, requiring the Whartons to sell or rent out much of their land to repay their debts. Nannie, frequently depressed and anxious about the state of their finances, managed their affairs when Gabriel went out West again in 1885 to work as an inspector of surveyors general and district land offices for the General Land Office in Washington. He continued to work away from home for the next few years, only returning to southwestern Virginia in 1889. On April 15th of the following year, Nannie died at the age of 46 after a long period of illness and emotional turmoil, most likely connected to earlier liver and bladder problems. After another failed business attempt, Gabriel ran for (and won) a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1897, supporting coining gold and silver, education, and state pensions for Confederate veterans. After dropping from the race the following term, Gabriel began to be more active in Confederate veterans' affairs, still struggling with his own debts. Gabriel seemed to care more about preserving the history of the war than continuing it. On May 11, 1906, he passed away at the age of 80.","The Wharton and Radford families held many enslaved people over the years, including Emeline Pate and Tim Lewis. Emeline and Tim entered a slave marriage in 1858. Purchased by Nannie's uncle James L. Taylor in 1856, Emeline acted as Nannie's personal servant when Taylor died. Also after Taylor died, Tim went with John Radford in 1861 when he went to war. When Nannie and Gabriel were married, Tim and Emeline were given to them as a wedding present. Like Tim did with John Radford, he waited on Gabriel while he was away in the army. Little is known about how Tim and Emeline felt or what they thought about events in their lives, as we only have Nannie and Gabriel's interpretation. Tim and Emeline remained closely involved with the Whartons through the end of the war and after. Sometime in 1864, Tim began to go by William. When Nannie and Gabriel had their son, Emeline took over much of his care. Towards the end of the war, Gabriel told William that if he ever wanted to leave, that he would provide a horse, money, and a pass for William to go north \"as a man\" rather than sneaking away. After the war, like many freed people, William and Emeline stayed on with the Whartons working for wages. They legally reaffirmed their marriage in 1866, living next door to the Whartons while William worked on the Radford farm and Emeline worked as Nannie's housemaid. By 1875, the Lewises were no longer working for the Whartons, but still lived close by. In 1882, they moved to a house and lot in Christiansburg, severing any remaining ties or communication with the Whartons.","The guide to the Wharton and Radford Families Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Wharton and Radford Families Papers was completed in December 2025.","Content Warning: This series does contain references to enslavement, which may be upsetting.","Subseries A: Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, 1863-1865. This subseries includes correspondence between Gabriel C. and Anne (Nannie) Radford Wharton, both during their engagement and after their marriage. The bulk of their correspondence takes place during the American Civil War while Gabriel C. Wharton (GCW) served in the Confederate Army. Their letters include discussions on the war and troop movements, news of home and family, references to enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and expressions of love. \n\nSubseries B: Gabriel C. Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1842-1905, contains correspondence addressed to GCW. Topics include the railroad, the war, news of family and friends, the Reconstruction era, politics and pardons, provisions, grievances, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and invitations.\n\nSubseries C: Gabriel C. Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1842-1874, is made up of correspondence authored by GCW. Conversation topics include the war, news of friends and family, provisions, a request for a leave of absence, and a letter of reference. This subseries also includes unsent drafts.\n\nSubseries D: Nannie Radford Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1861-1865, includes correspondence addressed to Nannie Radford Wharton, discussing news of the war, the death of Col. John Taylor Radford, news of friends and family, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and provisions. \n\nSubseries E: Nannie Radford Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1861-1863. This subseries consists of letters authored by Nannie Radford Wharton, including an unfinished draft of an obituary. Conversation topics include politics and education.\n\nSubseries F: Radford Family, 1826-1900. This subseries includes correspondence both written by and written to members of the Radford family (with the exception of Nannie Radford Wharton). Topics discussed include politics and the war, provisions, news of family and friends, medicine, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and expressions of sympathy.   \n\nSubseries G: Wharton Family, 1846-1864, contains correspondence written by and to members of the Wharton family (with the exception of Gabriel C. Wharton). Topics include politics, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, provisions, sickness, and news of family and friends.\n\nSubseries H: External Correspondence, 1797-1887. This subseries contains correspondence between individuals not closely related to either the Radford or Wharton families. It may include correspondence from cousins or more distant relations. This subseries contains references to enslaved people.","Content Warning: This series contains materials related to the sale of enslaved persons, which may be upsetting.","Subseries A: Receipts, Invoices, and Promissory Notes, 1813-1865, consists of transaction records for goods and services such as lodging, school supplies, seed, cloth, and food, as well as tax records.\n\nSubseries B: Land Grants and Deeds, 1783-1859. This subseries contains records of land transfers, including deeds, indentures, articles of agreements, and land grants.\n\nSubseries C: Enslaved Persons Documents, 1855-1857. This subseries contains records relating to the sale of enslaved persons.\n\nSubseries D: Legal Documents, 1845-1865, includes various documents such as an arrest warrant, record of a suit, and Dr. John Blair Radford's request for a special pardon from President Johnson.","Subseries A: Orders, 1861-1864, consists of orders and special orders, many addressed to GCW, from higher-ranking officers. These include requests for reports, rules and regulations for soldiers, instructions for troop movements, appointments, and authorizations for recruitment.\n\nSubseries B: Roll Calls and Reports, 1861-1864, 1902, contains roll calls, lists of wounded or killed, documents confirming the reporting of soldiers to their commands, and reports. \n\nSubseries C: Commission, Enlistment, and Transfer Requests, 1848-1864, includes documents such as lists of enlisted or reenlisted soldiers, commission certificates and appointments, and transfer requests. \n\nSubseries D: Passes, 1863-1865, contains documents used to allow passage through certain areas during the war.","Subseries A: Education, 1822-1862, includes materials such as report cards and a letter of acceptance to the Virginia Military Institute.\n\nSubseries B: Newspaper Clippings, 1842, 1904, 1906. This subseries consists of newspaper articles collected by the family that relate to family members or personal events, such as GCW's obituary.\n\nSubseries C: Ephemera, 1851-1902. This subseries contains Confederate States of America currency, stamps, a brochure, a railroad time table, and ephemera such as Confederate Reunion ribbons.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication.","Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","This collection is made up of the personal and family papers of the Wharton and Radford families of Southwestern Virginia. While the bulk of the collection relates to Confederate General Gabriel C. Wharton and Anne (Nannie) Radford Wharton, it contains personal materials such as correspondence, financial documents, and family papers from other family members as well. 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Arranged chronologically, this subseries includes correspondence between Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, both during their engagement and after their marriage. \u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries B: Gabriel C. Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1842-1905.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries C: Gabriel C. Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1842-1874.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries D: Nannie (Radford) Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1861-1865.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries E: Nannie (Radford) Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1861-1863.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries F: Radford Family, 1826-1900.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries G: Wharton Family, 1846-1864.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries H: External Correspondence, 1797-1887. Materials in this subseries are arranged alphabetically by author with the exception of materials relating to the Taylor family, which are grouped together for easier access.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\nSeries II. Financial and Legal Materials, 1783-1865. \n\n","\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSubseries A: Receipts, Invoices, and Promissory Notes, 1813-1865.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries B: Land Grants and Deeds, 1783-1859.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries C: Enslaved Persons Documents, 1855-1857.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries D: Legal Documents, 1845-1865.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\nSeries III. Military, 1861-1902.\n\n","\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSubseries A: Orders, 1861-1864.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries B: Roll Calls and Reports, 1861-1864, 1902.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries C: Commission, Enlistment, and Transfer Requests, 1848-1864.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries D: Passes, 1863-1865.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\nSeries IV: Family Papers, 1822-1906.\n\n","\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSubseries A: Education, 1822-1862.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries B: Newspaper Clippings, 1842, 1904, 1906.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries C: Ephemera, 1851-1902.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\n  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Subseries A: Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, 1863-1865. Arranged chronologically, this subseries includes correspondence between Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, both during their engagement and after their marriage. \n\nSubseries B: Gabriel C. Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1842-1905.\n\nSubseries C: Gabriel C. Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1842-1874.\n\nSubseries D: Nannie (Radford) Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1861-1865.\n\nSubseries E: Nannie (Radford) Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1861-1863.\n\nSubseries F: Radford Family, 1826-1900.\n\nSubseries G: Wharton Family, 1846-1864.\n\nSubseries H: External Correspondence, 1797-1887. Materials in this subseries are arranged alphabetically by author with the exception of materials relating to the Taylor family, which are grouped together for easier access.","Subseries A: Receipts, Invoices, and Promissory Notes, 1813-1865.\n\nSubseries B: Land Grants and Deeds, 1783-1859.\n\nSubseries C: Enslaved Persons Documents, 1855-1857.\n\nSubseries D: Legal Documents, 1845-1865.","Subseries A: Orders, 1861-1864.\n\nSubseries B: Roll Calls and Reports, 1861-1864, 1902.\n\nSubseries C: Commission, Enlistment, and Transfer Requests, 1848-1864.\n\nSubseries D: Passes, 1863-1865.","Subseries A: Education, 1822-1862.\n\nSubseries B: Newspaper Clippings, 1842, 1904, 1906.\n\nSubseries C: Ephemera, 1851-1902."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Wharton and Radford families were prominent figures in Southwest Virginia, especially during the 19th century. Dr. John B. Radford is the namesake of Radford, Virginia. Both families had a hand in shaping Southwestern Virginia and leave a lasting legacy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGabriel Colvin Wharton (GCW) was born on July 23, 1824 in Culpepper, Virginia, to parents John Redd and Eliza Colvin Wharton. Gabriel (or, often, Gabe) attended private school and multiple academies before enrolling in the Virginia Military Institute in 1845. He graduated with distinction only two years later in 1847. Immediately after graduating, Gabriel held a number of teaching positions, tutoring children in Latin, French, math, and English. A year later, he took a job with the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, getting promoted soon after. By late 1856, Gabriel was chief engineer of the Washington and Alexandria Railroad. He worked in the southwestern United States as a civil engineer from 1857 to 1859 surveying possible road routes. Gabriel continued to work as a civil engineer, often surveying possible road routes until the beginning of the American Civil War. While he was not a staunch secessionist, he did support the economic and social institution of slavery.  A Virginia loyalist and slaveholder, Gabriel held the idea that secession was necessary if state rights were oppressed. In April of 1861, he travelled to Richmond and began working as a lieutenant of engineers, making topographical surveys to assist in siting and erecting fortifications. Gabriel soon became Major Wharton, then Colonel, organizing regiments and marching into battle with General Floyd. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnne Rebecca \"Nannie\" Radford was born on August 15, 1843 in the New River Valley of southwestern Virginia to parents Dr. John Blair Radford and Elizabeth Campbell Taylor Radford. Nannie enjoyed a privileged upbringing, attending school in Salem, Virginia, and later at Cedar Hill Academy in Montgomery County. The Radford family was well-off; Dr. Radford owned 68 enslaved people and had a net worth of almost $65,000 by 1863. Once the war began, Nannie herself was a staunch supporter of the Confederate cause. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn early 1863, a friend introduced Nannie to Gabriel. By May 14, 1863, they were married. Soon after, he was promoted to brigadier general, effective July 8, 1863. Nannie and Gabriel had one child together, a son named William (Willie). Gabriel continued to serve in the Confederate forces, participating in operations in both the Western and Eastern Theaters, commanding divisions and brigades, and fighting in battles such as Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Cedar Creek, and Waynesboro. On June 4, 1865, Gabriel was paroled from Lynchburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, Gabriel went back to work at the railroad, overseeing the rebuilding of bridges damaged during the war. After a string of financial troubles, Gabriel ran for a seat in the House of Delegates, becoming a legislator in the Virginia General Assembly in 1871. During his time as state legislator, he helped establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, serving as a member of the Board of Visitors. Gabriel continued to run into business and financial trouble, borrowing money to start businesses like mills, hotels, and newspapers that failed, requiring the Whartons to sell or rent out much of their land to repay their debts. Nannie, frequently depressed and anxious about the state of their finances, managed their affairs when Gabriel went out West again in 1885 to work as an inspector of surveyors general and district land offices for the General Land Office in Washington. He continued to work away from home for the next few years, only returning to southwestern Virginia in 1889. On April 15th of the following year, Nannie died at the age of 46 after a long period of illness and emotional turmoil, most likely connected to earlier liver and bladder problems. After another failed business attempt, Gabriel ran for (and won) a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1897, supporting coining gold and silver, education, and state pensions for Confederate veterans. After dropping from the race the following term, Gabriel began to be more active in Confederate veterans' affairs, still struggling with his own debts. Gabriel seemed to care more about preserving the history of the war than continuing it. On May 11, 1906, he passed away at the age of 80.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Wharton and Radford families held many enslaved people over the years, including Emeline Pate and Tim Lewis. Emeline and Tim entered a slave marriage in 1858. Purchased by Nannie's uncle James L. Taylor in 1856, Emeline acted as Nannie's personal servant when Taylor died. Also after Taylor died, Tim went with John Radford in 1861 when he went to war. When Nannie and Gabriel were married, Tim and Emeline were given to them as a wedding present. Like Tim did with John Radford, he waited on Gabriel while he was away in the army. Little is known about how Tim and Emeline felt or what they thought about events in their lives, as we only have Nannie and Gabriel's interpretation. Tim and Emeline remained closely involved with the Whartons through the end of the war and after. Sometime in 1864, Tim began to go by William. When Nannie and Gabriel had their son, Emeline took over much of his care. Towards the end of the war, Gabriel told William that if he ever wanted to leave, that he would provide a horse, money, and a pass for William to go north \"as a man\" rather than sneaking away. After the war, like many freed people, William and Emeline stayed on with the Whartons working for wages. They legally reaffirmed their marriage in 1866, living next door to the Whartons while William worked on the Radford farm and Emeline worked as Nannie's housemaid. By 1875, the Lewises were no longer working for the Whartons, but still lived close by. In 1882, they moved to a house and lot in Christiansburg, severing any remaining ties or communication with the Whartons.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Wharton and Radford families were prominent figures in Southwest Virginia, especially during the 19th century. Dr. John B. Radford is the namesake of Radford, Virginia. Both families had a hand in shaping Southwestern Virginia and leave a lasting legacy.","Gabriel Colvin Wharton (GCW) was born on July 23, 1824 in Culpepper, Virginia, to parents John Redd and Eliza Colvin Wharton. Gabriel (or, often, Gabe) attended private school and multiple academies before enrolling in the Virginia Military Institute in 1845. He graduated with distinction only two years later in 1847. Immediately after graduating, Gabriel held a number of teaching positions, tutoring children in Latin, French, math, and English. A year later, he took a job with the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, getting promoted soon after. By late 1856, Gabriel was chief engineer of the Washington and Alexandria Railroad. He worked in the southwestern United States as a civil engineer from 1857 to 1859 surveying possible road routes. Gabriel continued to work as a civil engineer, often surveying possible road routes until the beginning of the American Civil War. While he was not a staunch secessionist, he did support the economic and social institution of slavery.  A Virginia loyalist and slaveholder, Gabriel held the idea that secession was necessary if state rights were oppressed. In April of 1861, he travelled to Richmond and began working as a lieutenant of engineers, making topographical surveys to assist in siting and erecting fortifications. Gabriel soon became Major Wharton, then Colonel, organizing regiments and marching into battle with General Floyd.","Anne Rebecca \"Nannie\" Radford was born on August 15, 1843 in the New River Valley of southwestern Virginia to parents Dr. John Blair Radford and Elizabeth Campbell Taylor Radford. Nannie enjoyed a privileged upbringing, attending school in Salem, Virginia, and later at Cedar Hill Academy in Montgomery County. The Radford family was well-off; Dr. Radford owned 68 enslaved people and had a net worth of almost $65,000 by 1863. Once the war began, Nannie herself was a staunch supporter of the Confederate cause.","In early 1863, a friend introduced Nannie to Gabriel. By May 14, 1863, they were married. Soon after, he was promoted to brigadier general, effective July 8, 1863. Nannie and Gabriel had one child together, a son named William (Willie). Gabriel continued to serve in the Confederate forces, participating in operations in both the Western and Eastern Theaters, commanding divisions and brigades, and fighting in battles such as Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Cedar Creek, and Waynesboro. On June 4, 1865, Gabriel was paroled from Lynchburg, Virginia.","After the war, Gabriel went back to work at the railroad, overseeing the rebuilding of bridges damaged during the war. After a string of financial troubles, Gabriel ran for a seat in the House of Delegates, becoming a legislator in the Virginia General Assembly in 1871. During his time as state legislator, he helped establish the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, serving as a member of the Board of Visitors. Gabriel continued to run into business and financial trouble, borrowing money to start businesses like mills, hotels, and newspapers that failed, requiring the Whartons to sell or rent out much of their land to repay their debts. Nannie, frequently depressed and anxious about the state of their finances, managed their affairs when Gabriel went out West again in 1885 to work as an inspector of surveyors general and district land offices for the General Land Office in Washington. He continued to work away from home for the next few years, only returning to southwestern Virginia in 1889. On April 15th of the following year, Nannie died at the age of 46 after a long period of illness and emotional turmoil, most likely connected to earlier liver and bladder problems. After another failed business attempt, Gabriel ran for (and won) a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1897, supporting coining gold and silver, education, and state pensions for Confederate veterans. After dropping from the race the following term, Gabriel began to be more active in Confederate veterans' affairs, still struggling with his own debts. Gabriel seemed to care more about preserving the history of the war than continuing it. On May 11, 1906, he passed away at the age of 80.","The Wharton and Radford families held many enslaved people over the years, including Emeline Pate and Tim Lewis. Emeline and Tim entered a slave marriage in 1858. Purchased by Nannie's uncle James L. Taylor in 1856, Emeline acted as Nannie's personal servant when Taylor died. Also after Taylor died, Tim went with John Radford in 1861 when he went to war. When Nannie and Gabriel were married, Tim and Emeline were given to them as a wedding present. Like Tim did with John Radford, he waited on Gabriel while he was away in the army. Little is known about how Tim and Emeline felt or what they thought about events in their lives, as we only have Nannie and Gabriel's interpretation. Tim and Emeline remained closely involved with the Whartons through the end of the war and after. Sometime in 1864, Tim began to go by William. When Nannie and Gabriel had their son, Emeline took over much of his care. Towards the end of the war, Gabriel told William that if he ever wanted to leave, that he would provide a horse, money, and a pass for William to go north \"as a man\" rather than sneaking away. After the war, like many freed people, William and Emeline stayed on with the Whartons working for wages. They legally reaffirmed their marriage in 1866, living next door to the Whartons while William worked on the Radford farm and Emeline worked as Nannie's housemaid. By 1875, the Lewises were no longer working for the Whartons, but still lived close by. In 1882, they moved to a house and lot in Christiansburg, severing any remaining ties or communication with the Whartons."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Wharton and Radford Families Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003cextref href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/extref\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Wharton and Radford Families Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Wharton and Radford Families Papers, 1783-1906, Ms2025-074, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Wharton and Radford Families Papers, 1783-1906, Ms2025-074, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the Wharton and Radford Families Papers was completed in December 2025.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the Wharton and Radford Families Papers was completed in December 2025."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003e Content Warning: This series does contain references to enslavement, which may be upsetting.\u003c/emph\u003e\n\n","\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSubseries A: Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, 1863-1865. This subseries includes correspondence between Gabriel C. and Anne (Nannie) Radford Wharton, both during their engagement and after their marriage. The bulk of their correspondence takes place during the American Civil War while Gabriel C. Wharton (GCW) served in the Confederate Army. Their letters include discussions on the war and troop movements, news of home and family, references to enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and expressions of love. \u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries B: Gabriel C. Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1842-1905, contains correspondence addressed to GCW. Topics include the railroad, the war, news of family and friends, the Reconstruction era, politics and pardons, provisions, grievances, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and invitations.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries C: Gabriel C. Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1842-1874, is made up of correspondence authored by GCW. Conversation topics include the war, news of friends and family, provisions, a request for a leave of absence, and a letter of reference. This subseries also includes unsent drafts.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries D: Nannie Radford Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1861-1865, includes correspondence addressed to Nannie Radford Wharton, discussing news of the war, the death of Col. John Taylor Radford, news of friends and family, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and provisions. \u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries E: Nannie Radford Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1861-1863. This subseries consists of letters authored by Nannie Radford Wharton, including an unfinished draft of an obituary. Conversation topics include politics and education.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries F: Radford Family, 1826-1900. This subseries includes correspondence both written by and written to members of the Radford family (with the exception of Nannie Radford Wharton). Topics discussed include politics and the war, provisions, news of family and friends, medicine, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and expressions of sympathy.  \u003c/li\u003e \n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries G: Wharton Family, 1846-1864, contains correspondence written by and to members of the Wharton family (with the exception of Gabriel C. Wharton). Topics include politics, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, provisions, sickness, and news of family and friends.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries H: External Correspondence, 1797-1887. This subseries contains correspondence between individuals not closely related to either the Radford or Wharton families. It may include correspondence from cousins or more distant relations. This subseries contains references to enslaved people.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\nSeries II. Financial and Legal Materials, 1783-1865. This series is made up of financial and legal documents, including tax documents, receipts, promissory notes, land grants, an arrest warrant, communication with the Treasury Department of the Confederate States, and a pardon request. ","\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eContent Warning: This series contains materials related to the sale of enslaved persons, which may be upsetting.\u003c/emph\u003e\n\n","\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSubseries A: Receipts, Invoices, and Promissory Notes, 1813-1865, consists of transaction records for goods and services such as lodging, school supplies, seed, cloth, and food, as well as tax records.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries B: Land Grants and Deeds, 1783-1859. This subseries contains records of land transfers, including deeds, indentures, articles of agreements, and land grants.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries C: Enslaved Persons Documents, 1855-1857. This subseries contains records relating to the sale of enslaved persons.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries D: Legal Documents, 1845-1865, includes various documents such as an arrest warrant, record of a suit, and Dr. John Blair Radford's request for a special pardon from President Johnson.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e    \nSeries III. Military Documents, 1861-1902. This series includes materials related to the military aspects of the American Civil War. These materials largely relate to the service of Gabriel C. Wharton during his time in the Confederate Army. In addition to orders, roll calls, enlistment records, and passes, this series contains hand-drawn maps of relevant areas and post-war oaths of allegiance to the United States of America.\n\n","\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSubseries A: Orders, 1861-1864, consists of orders and special orders, many addressed to GCW, from higher-ranking officers. These include requests for reports, rules and regulations for soldiers, instructions for troop movements, appointments, and authorizations for recruitment.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries B: Roll Calls and Reports, 1861-1864, 1902, contains roll calls, lists of wounded or killed, documents confirming the reporting of soldiers to their commands, and reports.\u003c/li\u003e \n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries C: Commission, Enlistment, and Transfer Requests, 1848-1864, includes documents such as lists of enlisted or reenlisted soldiers, commission certificates and appointments, and transfer requests.\u003c/li\u003e \n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries D: Passes, 1863-1865, contains documents used to allow passage through certain areas during the war.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e    \nSeries IV: Family Papers, 1822-1906. Due to the blended nature of the materials and their origins, this series is not restricted to one family, rather, it contains material from all families represented in the collection. Documents not contained in a subseries include a hand-drawn map of the geology of the Ramapo mountain region in New York and New Jersey as well as GCW's pocket diary from February to August of 1863. \n\n","\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSubseries A: Education, 1822-1862, includes materials such as report cards and a letter of acceptance to the Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries B: Newspaper Clippings, 1842, 1904, 1906. This subseries consists of newspaper articles collected by the family that relate to family members or personal events, such as GCW's obituary.\u003c/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubseries C: Ephemera, 1851-1902. This subseries contains Confederate States of America currency, stamps, a brochure, a railroad time table, and ephemera such as Confederate Reunion ribbons.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\n  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Content Warning: This series does contain references to enslavement, which may be upsetting.","Subseries A: Gabriel C. and Nannie (Radford) Wharton, 1863-1865. This subseries includes correspondence between Gabriel C. and Anne (Nannie) Radford Wharton, both during their engagement and after their marriage. The bulk of their correspondence takes place during the American Civil War while Gabriel C. Wharton (GCW) served in the Confederate Army. Their letters include discussions on the war and troop movements, news of home and family, references to enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and expressions of love. \n\nSubseries B: Gabriel C. Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1842-1905, contains correspondence addressed to GCW. Topics include the railroad, the war, news of family and friends, the Reconstruction era, politics and pardons, provisions, grievances, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and invitations.\n\nSubseries C: Gabriel C. Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1842-1874, is made up of correspondence authored by GCW. Conversation topics include the war, news of friends and family, provisions, a request for a leave of absence, and a letter of reference. This subseries also includes unsent drafts.\n\nSubseries D: Nannie Radford Wharton Incoming Correspondence, 1861-1865, includes correspondence addressed to Nannie Radford Wharton, discussing news of the war, the death of Col. John Taylor Radford, news of friends and family, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and provisions. \n\nSubseries E: Nannie Radford Wharton Outgoing Correspondence, 1861-1863. This subseries consists of letters authored by Nannie Radford Wharton, including an unfinished draft of an obituary. Conversation topics include politics and education.\n\nSubseries F: Radford Family, 1826-1900. This subseries includes correspondence both written by and written to members of the Radford family (with the exception of Nannie Radford Wharton). Topics discussed include politics and the war, provisions, news of family and friends, medicine, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, and expressions of sympathy.   \n\nSubseries G: Wharton Family, 1846-1864, contains correspondence written by and to members of the Wharton family (with the exception of Gabriel C. Wharton). Topics include politics, enslaved and formerly enslaved people, provisions, sickness, and news of family and friends.\n\nSubseries H: External Correspondence, 1797-1887. This subseries contains correspondence between individuals not closely related to either the Radford or Wharton families. It may include correspondence from cousins or more distant relations. This subseries contains references to enslaved people.","Content Warning: This series contains materials related to the sale of enslaved persons, which may be upsetting.","Subseries A: Receipts, Invoices, and Promissory Notes, 1813-1865, consists of transaction records for goods and services such as lodging, school supplies, seed, cloth, and food, as well as tax records.\n\nSubseries B: Land Grants and Deeds, 1783-1859. This subseries contains records of land transfers, including deeds, indentures, articles of agreements, and land grants.\n\nSubseries C: Enslaved Persons Documents, 1855-1857. This subseries contains records relating to the sale of enslaved persons.\n\nSubseries D: Legal Documents, 1845-1865, includes various documents such as an arrest warrant, record of a suit, and Dr. John Blair Radford's request for a special pardon from President Johnson.","Subseries A: Orders, 1861-1864, consists of orders and special orders, many addressed to GCW, from higher-ranking officers. These include requests for reports, rules and regulations for soldiers, instructions for troop movements, appointments, and authorizations for recruitment.\n\nSubseries B: Roll Calls and Reports, 1861-1864, 1902, contains roll calls, lists of wounded or killed, documents confirming the reporting of soldiers to their commands, and reports. \n\nSubseries C: Commission, Enlistment, and Transfer Requests, 1848-1864, includes documents such as lists of enlisted or reenlisted soldiers, commission certificates and appointments, and transfer requests. \n\nSubseries D: Passes, 1863-1865, contains documents used to allow passage through certain areas during the war.","Subseries A: Education, 1822-1862, includes materials such as report cards and a letter of acceptance to the Virginia Military Institute.\n\nSubseries B: Newspaper Clippings, 1842, 1904, 1906. This subseries consists of newspaper articles collected by the family that relate to family members or personal events, such as GCW's obituary.\n\nSubseries C: Ephemera, 1851-1902. This subseries contains Confederate States of America currency, stamps, a brochure, a railroad time table, and ephemera such as Confederate Reunion ribbons."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication.","Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_e618e9a9170b925d5ffa8d5c7635be0b\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection is made up of the personal and family papers of the Wharton and Radford families of Southwestern Virginia. While the bulk of the collection relates to Confederate General Gabriel C. 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