Loose papers from diary, 1865/1888
- Containers:
- Box Manuscripts Small Collections Box 5, Folder 4
- Other descriptive data:
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This folder includes an 1865 tax receipt for Charles A. Raine from Halifax County, Va.and purchase receipts for "crowns for the News Ferry Tournament from Mrs. M. R. Fox, "Milliner and Dealer in Bonnets, Hats, Ribbons, Flowers, Feathers, etc." This was likely a medieval jousting re-enactment known as a "ring tournament"and popular during the immediate post-war years. Also included is an invitation to a celebration of the "Calliopean Literary Society" of the Cluster Springs School Halifax County, Va. dated 1866. The last items in the folder, are an 1873 accounting document pertaining to corn sales and an 1880 postal card invitation to Charles A. Raine from his brother inviting him to go fishing for pike in Wentworth, North Carolina.
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Special Collections and ArchivesJames G. Leyburn LibraryWashington and Lee University204 W. Washington StreetLexington, VA 24450
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