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One particular achievement credited to Gideon by Goose Creek locals is his adaptation of a Pennsylvania plow design from moulds into a larger model more durable for Loudoun County's heavy soil. It is reported that Gideon made nearly all the ploughs in the area. After Nancy died in 1833, Gideon's whereabouts are unclear until an 1860 Ohio census shows him married to Easther (or Hester) at 80 years of age. Local history concurs that Gideon moved to Lloydsville, Belmont County, Ohio in 1834-35, marrying Easther on the way.","Rodney moved to Winchester, VA in his late teens and from there helped his father with his plough designs. He moved back to Georgetown in 1835 to marry Elizabeth Boone (1812-1897) who was a close friend of the family. Rodney's wedding attire receipt is in the collection. Elizabeth's grandfather Isaiah Boone (1740-1813) and Daniel Boone (1734-1820) were cousins. 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This was some show of support considering that Lincoln was not on the ballot and Quakers avoided politics. The Goose Creek Friends pulled a political stunt in 1861 when they applied for a Post Office, proposing to name the town Lincoln in hopes of getting prompt approval. It worked, and Rodney Davis became the first Postmaster in April 1861, although he was not officially appointed until 3 July, 1865, on account of the Civil War.","Little is recorded about the lives of Rodney and Elizabeth's children. Henry Franklin built houses in Lincoln in the 1870s. He was also an undertaker and ran a hominy mill and sawmill outside of Lincoln. Charles Gideon was a shoemaker, ran a general store and was postmaster of Lincoln from 1889-1893 and again from 1897-1913. John Morgan moved to Georgia with his wife Betty Wilmarth, who was ill, and young daughter Elsie. John worked on steam engines and cared for Elsie after Betty died in 1892.","This collection primarily contains handwritten letters to Rodney and Elizabeth from family and friends within the Quaker community, although it does contain a few other items, such as a prescription from Dr. Copeland, one photograph (unidentified), and some receipts. Writers discuss a variety of topics related to family life such as town events, health, weather, business endeavors, recent deaths and marriages, visiting guests, travel or desires to travel, occasionally inserting bible verses or poems to comfort or entertain. Prominent themes in the collection are Gideon Davis' letters to his son Rodney about his plow design, John Morgan's updates to his mother Elizabeth on his wife's declining health, and Herephilia Davis' gossip-filled letters to her brother Rodney.","Notes: Herephilia often signs her name 'H' or \"Philia'. 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Upon completion of the survey, 104 small cemeteries were identified.","Ronald Blake (1924-2000) was a member of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors in 1976, and the Leesburg Town Council from 1992-1994. A Civil War devotee, he donated his collection of Confederate burial site information to the Preservation Society."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection consists of research files relating to 104 cemeteries and 19 USGS maps, with each cemetery marked and numbered. Included from Blake's donation to the Society are lists of Civil War dead in Loudoun, Fauquier and Prince William Counties along with their burial sites. Copies of several WPA historical surveys of small cemeteries are also part of this collection, containing information about decedents and transcriptions of epitaphs. The majority of the collection dates from 1989-1990. 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The British Navy was boarding American vessels, searching for contraband and impressing sailors.  Tensions continued to build, finally erupting with a declaration of war by the United States on Great Britain, 18 Jun 1812.  Fighting ended 24 Dec 1814, when Great Britain's representatives accepted the Treaty of Ghent.  While the War of 1812 did not result in gains for either side, it was celebrated as a victory by the United States which viewed it as the second war of independence.","New York City printer and publisher Samuel Woodworth sought to document this turbulent time with the publication of a weekly newspaper called The War.  Initial subscribers were solicited 12 Jun 1812, and the first issue published 15 Jun 1812.  By the end of July, the list of subscribers exceeded 800.  Woodworth formed the content of the newspaper using official documents, both American and British, and included a chronological index.  The War was published weekly between June 1812 and September 1814.  Facing increasing financial difficulties, Woodworth suspended publication on 6 Sep 1814. The newspaper resumed publication in February 1817 under the imprint of Charles N. Baldwin (1793?-1838), who printed three more issues.","Samuel Woodworth was born in Scituate, MA on 13 Jan 1784.  His great interest in literature led to an apprenticeship with a printer in Boston at the age of 17.  While in Boston he founded and edited a children's publication called The Fly.  He moved to New Haven and continued to work as a printer.  In 1809 Woodworth settled in New York City, where he gained local recognition with the publication of three satiric poems between 1809 and 1812.  He established a printing business in 1811, which was prosperous for a short time.  Difficulties in maintaining his business were exacerbated by hardships brought on by the war.  By 1815 Woodworth lost control of his business.","Woodworth found work as foreman in Charles N. 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Woodworth was put in charge of the literary department, soon becoming editor.","Baldwin was also proprietor of a lottery office.  Starting in the mid 18th century, public lotteries were used by New York state to fund projects such as construction of a lighthouse at Sandy Hook and repairs to City Hall.  Lotteries enabled the state to launch projects without having to raise taxes.  The growing popularity of lotteries prompted competition from private interests, and the state responded by tightening regulation for private lotteries.  By the start of the 19th century, lotteries were a big business with managers using a variety of tactics to increase their profits.","In 1818 Baldwin accused the manager of a state-sponsored lottery of fraud.  In response, the accused sued him for libel and the case proceeded to trial.  Baldwin was acquitted after only 15 minutes of court deliberation.  He published an account of the trial in Report of the Trial of Charles N. 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Baldwin went bankrupt in 1818, and Woodworth subsequently held several short lived editorial positions.  He continued to write and publish poetry, and started writing theatrical works around 1822; two of his plays, Lafayette and The Forest Rose, were very popular.  Woodworth worked at various editorial posts through the 1820's.  From 1835-1836 he held a clerkship at the Boston Naval Yard, which he had to leave it because of failing eyesight.  He returned to New York City, where he continued to write poetry and prose in spite of poverty and poor health.  He died 9 Dec 1841.","Less is known about the life of Charles N. Baldwin.  As a printer, he published a number of works, including some of Woodworth's poetry.  In 1817 Baldwin and Abraham Asten began the Republican Chronicle, a semiweekly newspaper.  Woodworth was put in charge of the literary department, soon becoming editor.","Baldwin was also proprietor of a lottery office.  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In 1925 Gordon G. Moreland (1901-1988) purchased the mill for John Myers (1902-1988).  For the next 37 years, Moreland managed the sawmill, cutting and selling wood to customers throughout Loudoun and Clarke Counties.  The timber was most often purchased by railroad suppliers.  He left the sawmill in 1962 because of health concerns but continued to work for the Myers Lumber Company until his retirement in 1984.","The sawmill was an operation of the Myers Lumber Company in Purcellville, Virginia. In 1941 Myers bought the Case Lumber Company and converted it into Myers Lumber Company.  His brother, Leland F. Myers, joined the business in 1946.  The company was sold soon after Leland Myers's death in 1983.  Both the sawmill and the lumber company have since ceased operation.","The Myers Sawmill Pay Books account for the years 1941, 1942, 1949, 1958, 1959, and 1961.  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Several of the books contain wage tables per hour on the front covers.","The sawmill pay books are the only items in this collection.","The Myers Sawmill Pay Books account for the years 1941, 1942, 1949, 1958, 1959, and 1961.  Each of the six books contains names of employees at the sawmill, number of hours each employee worked daily and weekly, collective wages, tax deductions, and other earnings.  These books contain inserts with paperclips and some pages are stapled together.  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The timber was most often purchased by railroad suppliers.  He left the sawmill in 1962 because of health concerns but continued to work for the Myers Lumber Company until his retirement in 1984.","The sawmill was an operation of the Myers Lumber Company in Purcellville, Virginia. In 1941 Myers bought the Case Lumber Company and converted it into Myers Lumber Company.  His brother, Leland F. Myers, joined the business in 1946.  The company was sold soon after Leland Myers's death in 1983.  Both the sawmill and the lumber company have since ceased operation."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Myers Sawmill Pay Books account for the years 1941, 1942, 1949, 1958, 1959, and 1961.  Each of the six books contains names of employees at the sawmill, number of hours each employee worked daily and weekly, collective wages, tax deductions, and other earnings.  These books contain inserts with paperclips and some pages are stapled together.  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Hours range from 35 to 40 hours a week.  Wages per hour are about a dollar, and weekly wages range from eight to forty-four dollars, depending on how many hours employees  worked.  Furthermore, absent or replaced employees are also recorded.  Several entries are listed in the last book in which there are no employees operating the sawmill.  Several of the books contain wage tables per hour on the front covers.","The sawmill pay books are the only items in this collection."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Myers Sawmill Pay Books account for the years 1941, 1942, 1949, 1958, 1959, and 1961.  Each of the six books contains names of employees at the sawmill, number of hours each employee worked daily and weekly, collective wages, tax deductions, and other earnings.  These books contain inserts with paperclips and some pages are stapled together.  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The lists in this collection are both photocopied and handwritten.","The first records are from the years 1779-1782, and may contain information such as soldiers' names, dates of enlistment, location in the government roster, date and location of death, and names of soldiers' wives and sons. Militia lists from the Revolutionary War are particularly concerned with soldiers from the Third, Fifth, and Seventh Virginia Regiments. The rosters from the War of 1812 include lists of members of the Thirty-Seventh, Forty-Fourth, Fifty-Fifth, Fifty-Sixth, Fifty-Seventh, Sixtieth, and Eighty-Ninth Regiments. These rolls may contain information concerning rank, commencement of service, expiration of service, place of residence, place of discharge, distance of place of discharge to place of residence, names present, and additional remarks. The concluding folders are regimental payrolls from the 1830s through the year 1861. These rosters list name, rank, commencement of service/settlement, ending of pay, time paid for, amount of pay, subsistence, retained bounty, total amount [of pay], and additional remarks.","The Loudoun County militia lists are the only items in this collection.","The Loudoun County Military Records are extracts from rosters which list military personnel and officers enrolled in various units from the Revolutionary War to the year 1861.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Loudoun County Military Records\nca. 1779-1861"],"collection_ssim":["Loudoun County Military Records\nca. 1779-1861"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["M 015"],"unitid_tesim":["M 015"],"repository_ssm":["Thomas Balch Library"],"repository_ssim":["Thomas Balch Library"],"creator_ssm":["Unknown"],"creator_ssim":["Unknown"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Unknown"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":[".33 cu. ft."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Loudoun County Military Records are extracts from rosters which list military personnel and officers enrolled in various units from the Revolutionary War to the year 1861. 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These rosters list name, rank, commencement of service/settlement, ending of pay, time paid for, amount of pay, subsistence, retained bounty, total amount [of pay], and additional remarks.","The Loudoun County militia lists are the only items in this collection."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Loudoun County Military Records are extracts from rosters which list military personnel and officers enrolled in various units from the Revolutionary War to the year 1861.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e\n      "],"abstract_tesim":["The Loudoun County Military Records are extracts from rosters which list military personnel and officers enrolled in various units from the Revolutionary War to the year 1861."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":23,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:22:56.531Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viletbl_viletbl00047_c01"}},{"id":"viletbl_viletbl00050_c01","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"box 1, [title not supplied]","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viletbl_viletbl00050_c01#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viletbl_viletbl00050_c01","ref_ssm":["viletbl_viletbl00050_c01"],"id":"viletbl_viletbl00050_c01","ead_ssi":"viletbl_viletbl00050","_root_":"viletbl_viletbl00050","_nest_parent_":"viletbl_viletbl00050","parent_ssi":"viletbl_viletbl00050","parent_ssim":["Sesame Club Records\n1932-2011"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viletbl_viletbl00050"],"title_filing_ssi":"box 1, [title not supplied]","title_ssm":["box 1, [title not supplied]"],"title_tesim":["box 1, [title not supplied]"],"normalized_title_ssm":["box 1, [title not supplied]"],"text":["box 1, [title not supplied]","Sesame Club Records\n1932-2011","box 1"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Sesame Club Records\n1932-2011"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Sesame Club Records\n1932-2011"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":1,"repository_ssim":["Thomas Balch Library"],"collection_ssim":["Sesame Club Records\n1932-2011"],"containers_ssim":["box 1"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":16,"_nest_path_":"/components#0","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:22:56.531Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viletbl_viletbl00050","ead_ssi":"viletbl_viletbl00050","_root_":"viletbl_viletbl00050","_nest_parent_":"viletbl_viletbl00050","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/tbl/viletbl00050.xml","title_ssm":["Sesame Club Records\n1932-2011"],"title_tesim":["Sesame Club Records\n1932-2011"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Sesame Club Records\n1932-2011"],"text":["Sesame Club Records\n1932-2011","M 027","1.15 cu. ft.","Late in 1932, nine women living in western Loudoun County, VA who were interested in enriching their lives established Sesame Club.  The charter members were Martha McComb (19 Jun 1897-Mar 1972), Nan Cornwell (20 Jun 1897-Jan 1988), Louise Hawthorne (11 Dec 1898-Jul 1994), Alice Kerr Stehle, Evelyn Taylor Adams Litton (22 Oct 1904-9 Jan 1999), Margaret S. Taylor Chamblin (24 Mar 1901-10 Aug 1968), Sally R. Speer (nd), Julia Monroe (22 Aug 1892-Apr 1984), and Alice James (12 Jan 1887-20 May 1946).  The club's constitution says, \"The purpose of Sesame shall be to study history, sociology, art and literature for the cultural improvement of the members.'  From 1932 to1952 Sesame's fiscal and program year was from September to September; in 1952 it was changed to begin in January.","The structure of the club is rather informal; the constitution provides that a nominating committee, appointed in September, propose a slate of officers consisting of president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer who are elected in November to serve one year terms.  The constitution also provides for the August appointment of a program committee.  The committee is responsible for selecting a topic for the following year and assigning club members to prepare and present programs, which are given at each regular monthly meeting.  Meetings are usually held in the home of one of the members.  Ad hoc committees can and have been appointed as needed.  Throughout the club's history program topics have included the history and culture of a number of countries, literature, music, fashion, art, and many other areas of interest.","At the time of processing these records date from 1932 when the club was established and continue through 2006; it is an open collection - additions will be made periodically since the club is still active.   The records of early years are incomplete, and from May 1943 until August 1944 the club did not meet.  It reconvened in that month and has continued to meet regularly.   Until 1947 programs were written and presented by members. Since that time, programs have been oral.  Efforts have been made to obtain and preserve written copies of more recent programs and, when available, these are included in the files.","Programs and attendance records of the Sesame Club, constituted \"to study history, sociology, art and literature for the cultural improvement of the members.\"","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Sesame Club Records\n1932-2011"],"collection_ssim":["Sesame Club Records\n1932-2011"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["M 027"],"unitid_tesim":["M 027"],"repository_ssm":["Thomas Balch Library"],"repository_ssim":["Thomas Balch Library"],"creator_ssm":["Sesame Club"],"creator_ssim":["Sesame Club"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Ann Thomas, Round Hill, VA."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["1.15 cu. ft."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLate in 1932, nine women living in western Loudoun County, VA who were interested in enriching their lives established Sesame Club.  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The constitution also provides for the August appointment of a program committee.  The committee is responsible for selecting a topic for the following year and assigning club members to prepare and present programs, which are given at each regular monthly meeting.  Meetings are usually held in the home of one of the members.  Ad hoc committees can and have been appointed as needed.  Throughout the club's history program topics have included the history and culture of a number of countries, literature, music, fashion, art, and many other areas of interest."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAt the time of processing these records date from 1932 when the club was established and continue through 2006; it is an open collection - additions will be made periodically since the club is still active.   The records of early years are incomplete, and from May 1943 until August 1944 the club did not meet.  It reconvened in that month and has continued to meet regularly.   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Advancements in agriculture stagnated during the Civil War; post war farmers were anxious to resume improvement activities.  Continued economic instability after the war prompted farmers to look for new opportunities to stimulate growth.  Farmers gained by working together through cooperative purchasing, shared equipment, shared lessons about pesticides and fertilizers, cooperative lobbying efforts in the local government, and the possibility to control farm-hand wages.  For a brief time in 1875-1876 local farm clubs in Loudoun County united to form the Grange in Northern VA.  The organization did not last long and quickly disassembled into several other farm organizations.","The Catoctin Farmers' Club was established 9 April 1868.  Farmers in Waterford, VA held their first meeting at \"Clifton,\" the home of Col. Simon Elliot Chamberlin (1834-1908) to assign committees and draft by-laws.  Chamberlin and 13 other men founded the club \"to consider the propriety of organizing themselves into a body for the purpose of mutual improvement.\"  They saw economic benefit to pooling their resources.  Improving transportation in the area was one of the club's first orders of business.  Founders and early members include: Robert R. Walker (1851-1931), J.E. Walker (ca. 1818-n.d.), Elisha H. Walker (1844-n.d.), James Janney (1804-1878), Lewis Steer (n.d.), O.J. Pierpont (ca. 1854-n.d.), Cornelius Shawen (n.d.-1820) - owner of C. Shawen and Co., a general store in Waterford - Isaac C. Hoge (1844-1893), David Mansfield (1802-1871), Samuel Hackney (n.d.), Aaron Hackney (n.d.), Amasa Hough (1831-1905), C.S. Hollingsworth (n.d.), Thomas Phillips (n.d.), R.L.J. White (n.d.), William H. Schooley (n.d.), and Sydnor Bennett (1850-1891).","Throughout the 20th century, the Catoctin Farmers' Club continued to deal with the same agricultural issues which faced farmers at the end of the 19th century.  Insects, viruses, disease, and bad weather destroyed the profitability of crop and cattle alike.  Veterinary medicines, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, and seasonal forecasts were always common discussion points for the club.  The club also closely watched for and encouraged technological advancements in farm implements and techniques.  They often pooled finances to purchase new plows or other equipment.","Other discussion points and activities were sparked by the local and national landscape.  During the home front efforts of WWII the club supported finding domestic sources for materials previously obtained from abroad, like growing rubber in the U.S.  The club lobbied Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (1887-1966) for assistance when gasoline rationing crippled farmers, keeping them from running equipment.  Other issues such as real estate became more complex throughout the 20th century as development rapidly accelerated.","The club's membership in the 20th century reflected some of these issues with which farmers dealt - many of the members as large estate owners were involved in real estate.  Bankers, military officers, and prominent businessmen of Loudoun County also filled the club's ranks.  Influential members toward the middle of the century included Allen B. McDaniel (1879-1965), Hayden B. Harris (1885-n.d.), J. Churchill Newcomb (1899-1962), and General William C. Crane (1891-1978).   The club is still active.","The collection contains 12 volumes of minutes from 1868 to 1943 (volume 8, 1907-1914, is missing) and unbound minutes from 1944-1983.  Minutes are incomplete. Inserted materials include copies of minutes, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous notes and receipts. Following Book 9 is a partial transcription of the volume done by researcher Louisa Hutchison in 2012.","The rest of the collection contains correspondence, much of which is between members, to government officials, and to university professors about agricultural sciences.  There are also a few essays and speeches, newspaper clippings, magazine articles pertaining to agriculture, grain and cattle price-reports, rainfall and weather tabulations, and other information about the club itself and agriculture in general.","The collection contains 12 volumes of minutes from 1868 to 1943 (volume 8, 1907-1914, is missing) and unbound minutes from 1944-1983.  Minutes are incomplete.  Inserted materials include copies of minutes, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous notes and receipts. 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Farmers in Waterford, VA held their first meeting at \"Clifton,\" the home of Col. Simon Elliot Chamberlin (1834-1908) to assign committees and draft by-laws.  Chamberlin and 13 other men founded the club \"to consider the propriety of organizing themselves into a body for the purpose of mutual improvement.\"  They saw economic benefit to pooling their resources.  Improving transportation in the area was one of the club's first orders of business.  Founders and early members include: Robert R. Walker (1851-1931), J.E. Walker (ca. 1818-n.d.), Elisha H. Walker (1844-n.d.), James Janney (1804-1878), Lewis Steer (n.d.), O.J. Pierpont (ca. 1854-n.d.), Cornelius Shawen (n.d.-1820) - owner of C. Shawen and Co., a general store in Waterford - Isaac C. Hoge (1844-1893), David Mansfield (1802-1871), Samuel Hackney (n.d.), Aaron Hackney (n.d.), Amasa Hough (1831-1905), C.S. Hollingsworth (n.d.), Thomas Phillips (n.d.), R.L.J. White (n.d.), William H. 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Byrd, Sr. (1887-1966) for assistance when gasoline rationing crippled farmers, keeping them from running equipment.  Other issues such as real estate became more complex throughout the 20th century as development rapidly accelerated.","The club's membership in the 20th century reflected some of these issues with which farmers dealt - many of the members as large estate owners were involved in real estate.  Bankers, military officers, and prominent businessmen of Loudoun County also filled the club's ranks.  Influential members toward the middle of the century included Allen B. McDaniel (1879-1965), Hayden B. Harris (1885-n.d.), J. Churchill Newcomb (1899-1962), and General William C. Crane (1891-1978).   The club is still active."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains 12 volumes of minutes from 1868 to 1943 (volume 8, 1907-1914, is missing) and unbound minutes from 1944-1983.  Minutes are incomplete. 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It also includes correspondence between his mother and her friends and relatives during that time.  The collection includes World War II memorabilia such as postcards, greeting cards, a ration book, and \"Personna Blade Mail.\"  The correspondence covers life, as it existed during the war.   Of interest is the relating of daily activities and rationing of products.","This collection consists of letters exchanged between James Millard Vaughan and his mother, Fannie Vaughan, friends, and relatives during his service in the Army in World War II.  It also includes correspondence between his mother and her friends and relatives during that time.  The collection includes World War II memorabilia such as postcards, greeting cards, a ration book, and \"Personna Blade Mail.\"  The correspondence covers life, as it existed during the war.   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There is also a set of plans for the John Janney House at 10 Cornwall St. N.E. in the Historic District.","The buildings photographed are generally identified by address and further information may be accessed in Leesburg Architectural Surveys (M 016) which are listed by address, as well as by the state's identifying number and by the county's tax map numbers."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection is comprised of photographs of historic buildings and sites within and adjacent to the Town of Leesburg.  The photographs document changes to existing buildings, buildings demolished for development, and general streetscape photographs of the Old and Historic District  documenting its appearance from 1990 to 2004 (with one 1974 photograph). 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Chichester and two certificates of academic merit awarded to his daughter, Sarah E. Chichester while she was at Belmont Academy in Loudoun County. George M. Chichester (2 Mar 1793-12 Dec 1835) was the grandnephew (on his mother's side) of George Mason of Gunston Hall (11 Dec 1725-7 Oct 1792), the author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights. He married Sarah C. \"Sally\" Elliott (3 July 1801-20 Mar 1820) on 14 Apr 1818, and they had two daughters, Ann Rebecca Chichester (died in infancy) and Sarah E. Chichester (2 Mar 1820-25 June 1878). The name S. C. Elliot (George's wife's maiden name) is written on the title page and on the inside of front and back covers, in addition to George Chichester's official bookplate. George's wife Sarah died a few days after their daughter Sarah was born. On 23 Dec 1824, George married Mary Bowie (c. 1 July 1802-31 July 1872), of Georgetown, D.C. They had two sons. Little is known about George M. Chichester personally. Tax and probate records show he was a successful farmer who, around the time of his death, owned three different farms, a well-furnished house in Leesburg, about 20 slaves, 40 horses, and a carriage. Although he was a slaveholder, in Dec 1831, after Nat Turner's rebellion, he was a member of a committee appointed to petition Loudoun delegates in the General Assembly to introduce a bill to abolish slavery in Virginia.","George's daughter, Sarah E. Chichester, attended Belmont Academy for at least a year. Belmont Academy was a private boarding school for girls operated by Miss Margaret Mercer. While there she received the two academic awards in this collection: an \"Honorary Card\" given \"in testimony of her progress in her studies generally,\" and a \"Certificate of Merit: Fourth Degree\" testifying that she had \"obtained the highest approbation of her teachers\" in Latin, French, Geometry, Chemistry, Geography, Arithmetic, Botany, and Music. A note attached to the Certificate of Merit (presumably Mercer's version of a report card) records that she performed excellently in French, Chemistry, Arithmetic, Geometry, Latin, Botany, Music, and Scripture, and her conduct was exemplary. Sarah married Thomas W. Edwards (3 Jan 1817-18 Feb 1891) on 2 Nov 1843.","Belmont Academy was not an average finishing school, nor was Margaret Mercer (1 July 1791-17 Sep 1846), its proprietress, an average schoolmarm. She was well known in Maryland and Northern Virginia as a philanthropist and educator. She was the daughter of John Francis Mercer (c. 1757-1821), who fought in the Revolutionary War, was a delegate to the Maryland Federal Constitutional Convention, served in the Maryland State Legislature, represented Maryland for one term in the newly-established Federal House of Representatives, and served two terms as Governor. He provided Margaret with an excellent education, which she supplemented by wide reading and practice, teaching herself botany, painting, and the rudiments of medicine, among other things. She was a faithful Episcopalian, and as she grew older her religious fervor combined with her naturally compassionate personality to make her a dedicated philanthropist, teacher, and evangelist. Although she inherited a number of slaves from her father, she was, along with her good friend Francis Scott Key, a leader in the Liberian colonization movement. She once wrote, \"Do not for a moment doubt that slavery is in my mind a direct violation of Christianity....\" (Morris, 131) and put this sentiment into action by manumitting her slaves and sending as many as were willing to the newly established colony in Liberia. As the editor of her memoirs wrote, this sacrifice, combined with her other philanthropic endeavors, reduced her life from one of \"affluence to absolute dependence on her own exertions for maintenance.\" (Morris, 120)  Combining her need for livelihood with her desire to teach and nurture young girls in academics and the Bible, she started a boarding school for girls at Cedar Park. In 1836 she purchased Belmont, a large but dilapidated plantation house, after the death of its owner Ludwell Lee (13 Oct 1760-23 Mar 1836). The mansion was five miles southeast of Leesburg in a neighborhood of poor farms. Here she continued to operate her school until her death, probably of tuberculosis, in 1846.","Margaret Mercer used a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, including extensive training in the Bible and systematic theology. The entire neighborhood had a standing invitation to Sunday School and church service at Belmont, and despite the initial indifference and even hostility of the neighbors, she eventually succeeded in building a small church, Belmont Chapel, near the school. She wrote her own textbook, Popular Lectures on Ethics, or Moral Obligation, published in 1841, which she used to teach ethics. In the Preface she argued that not only was it a teacher's duty to use morals to educate children \"to usefulness and happiness\" (xi), and that such morals could only be based on the Bible. In the Appendix she gave her recommended reading list, which included Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Josephus, Livy, Tacitus, Sillman's Elements of Chemistry, Herschel's Treatise on Astronomy, and Lyell's Principles of Geology. Although \"Miss Mercer,\" as everyone called her, did her best to protect Belmont from worldly influences, it was certainly no convent. A student at Belmont later recalled that the girls danced and played shuttlecock on rainy days, and that although table manners and moderation were strictly enforced, the girls would steal bread and butter from the dinner table and, after the house was dark, would eat them with \"sero\" syrup, which two girls from New Orleans had received from home. Mercer charged a baseline tuition plus board of $125 per five month session, with extra charges for French, drawing, music, chemistry, and philosophy. She would not, however, turn away those unable to pay, so the wealthy students in effect subsidized the poor. Despite ups and downs caused by the Panic of 1837 and lingering economic depression, Mercer kept her Academy operating (although at one point her operating capital consisted of two cents) until her death in 1846. After her death, a friend continued to operate the school at Belmont until 1856, when it moved to Dodona Manner in Leesburg, where it continued until 1876. Belmont Chapel was in use until 1951, after which it fell into ruin and was burned by vandals in 1963.","This collection consists of three items: two academic certificates of merit, and  The Parent's Assistant; Or, Stories for Children, vol. 3, by Maria Edgeworth (Georgetown, DC: Joseph Milligan, 1809). The two certificates of merit are each printed on silk handkerchiefs, hemmed with lace. The main text of the certificate is neatly printed on the silk, with the blanks filled in by hand. A card bearing the signatures of the teachers is attached to the bottom of each certificate with a ribbon. Both certificates are matted and framed (the work was done by Mickelson's in Washington, DC, c. 1950s). Attached to the back of the frame of the \"Certificate of Merit: Fourth Degree\" is Sarah Chichester's year-end \"report card,\" including the \"Record of her Examinations,\" the \"Record of her Classes for the year\" and an overall assessment of her conduct, with Margaret Mercer's signature at the bottom. The book has a simple bookplate inside the front cover, without any device or image, which says \"George M. Chichester, Loudoun County, Va.\" The name \"S. C. Elliott\" (George Chichester's first wife's maiden name) is written on the title page and the inside of the front and back covers. 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She once wrote, \"Do not for a moment doubt that slavery is in my mind a direct violation of Christianity....\" (Morris, 131) and put this sentiment into action by manumitting her slaves and sending as many as were willing to the newly established colony in Liberia. As the editor of her memoirs wrote, this sacrifice, combined with her other philanthropic endeavors, reduced her life from one of \"affluence to absolute dependence on her own exertions for maintenance.\" (Morris, 120)  Combining her need for livelihood with her desire to teach and nurture young girls in academics and the Bible, she started a boarding school for girls at Cedar Park. In 1836 she purchased Belmont, a large but dilapidated plantation house, after the death of its owner Ludwell Lee (13 Oct 1760-23 Mar 1836). The mansion was five miles southeast of Leesburg in a neighborhood of poor farms. Here she continued to operate her school until her death, probably of tuberculosis, in 1846.","Margaret Mercer used a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, including extensive training in the Bible and systematic theology. The entire neighborhood had a standing invitation to Sunday School and church service at Belmont, and despite the initial indifference and even hostility of the neighbors, she eventually succeeded in building a small church, Belmont Chapel, near the school. She wrote her own textbook, Popular Lectures on Ethics, or Moral Obligation, published in 1841, which she used to teach ethics. In the Preface she argued that not only was it a teacher's duty to use morals to educate children \"to usefulness and happiness\" (xi), and that such morals could only be based on the Bible. 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