(Mss. Acc. 1992.05) Papers of the Blow Family of "Tower Hill, " Sussex County, 1794/1905

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Papers of the Blow Family of "Tower Hill" in Sussex County, Virginia. Includes correspondence of George Blow, Sr., George Blow, Jr., Richard Blow, Robert Waller Blow, Elizabeth Waller Blow, William M. Blow, Lucy Peagram Blow, Fanny B. Hunter, M. H. Holt, Livia Ragland, Edwin Forts and others. Includes list of Virginia Military Institute Alumni from 1839-1902, military correspondence of William N. Blow, some financial documents of William N. Blow, George Blow essays to the President of the College of William and Mary, papers of the Agricultural Society of Sussex and more. Papers have been put into acid free folders, but have not been processed. Folder headings by donor have been used. Mss. Acc. 1992.05 Addition

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Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
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Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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