Series 5.1: Correspondence, 1859-1906

Containers:

Box 3

Scope and content:

Correspondence of Patrick Henry Cabell of "Inglewood," Nelson co., Va., while serving as county superintendent of schools, and at Lynchburg, Va., while employed by the Southern Railway Company, chiefly with his wife, Elizabeth Willis (Eubank) Cabell, and daughters Lucy Brown (Cabell) Roller and Mary Caroline Cabell. Of particular interest is a letter, 1862, of Mary Anne (Anthony) Cabell written prior to her death listing possessions to be distributed among her children; and a letter to J. W. Henley enclosed in a letter of Patrick Henry Carey Cabell concerning mineral rights and copper mines at "Inglewood" and other properties in Nelson Co.

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Correspondents include:

• Cabell, Elizabeth Willis (Eubank)
• Cabell, George Washington
• Cabell, John Willis
• Cabell, Mary Anne (Anthony)
• Cabell, Mary Caroline
• Cabell, Patrick Henry Carey
• Cabell, Royal Eubank
• Cabell, Somers Eubank
• Cooley, Benjamin F.
• Flowers, Annie Woolston (Cabell)
• Flowers, Charles H.
• Hamilton, Robert S.
• Henley, J. W. See Cabell, Patrick Henry Carey
• Hoy, David L. See Cabell, Royal Eubank
• Matthews, Margaret Etta (Cabell)
• Roller, John Edwin
• Roller, Lucy Brown (Cabell)
• Ruffner, William Henry
• Southern Railway Company
• Virginia State Board of Education

Physical description:

75 items

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