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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence

0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box
The Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence consists of 40 letters by 31 soldiers, dated between 1861 and 1862. Letters were written by soldiers stationed in and around Alexandria and Fairfax counties and Washington, D.C., in the first 12-16 months of the American Civil War.
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Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box

Ash, William (3rd Regiment, Vermont Infantry)
The Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence consists of 40 letters by 31 soldiers, dated between 1861 and 1862. Letters were written by soldiers stationed in and around Alexandria and Fairfax counties and Washington, D.C., in the first 12-16 months of the American Civil War.
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Cavalryman's Correspondence,

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
The collection consists of two letters written by "Mark," a Confederate cavalryman, to his father in 1861.
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Cavalryman's Correspondence, 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

The collection consists of two letters written by "Mark," a Confederate cavalryman, to his father in 1861.
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Dillard-Larkin Family Papers

1.9 Cubic Feet 3 boxes
This collection contains correspondence to and from the Dillard, Larkin, Turner, Christian, and Wallace families. The collection also includes financial documents and records, speeches, photographs, and personal papers from the Dillard and Larkin families. Materials range from approximately 1811 through 1955.
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Dillard-Larkin Family Papers 1.9 Cubic Feet 3 boxes

Dillard, James Spotswood, 1791-1866
This collection contains correspondence to and from the Dillard, Larkin, Turner, Christian, and Wallace families. The collection also includes financial documents and records, speeches, photographs, and personal papers from the Dillard and Larkin families. Materials range from approximately 1811 through 1955.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Henry M. Warren Letter,

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The collections consists of a letter from Union soldier Henry M. Warren, Private of the 18th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, to his brother Nathaniel in Massachusetts.
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Henry M. Warren Letter, 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Warren, Henry M., 1837-1862
The collections consists of a letter from Union soldier Henry M. Warren, Private of the 18th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, to his brother Nathaniel in Massachusetts.
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John Thomas Ruff Martin Letter

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The collection consists of a letter by student, John Thomas Ruff Martin, written from Salem. Virginia, March 4, 1861, to his father in Baltimore, Maryland.
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John Thomas Ruff Martin Letter 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

The collection consists of a letter by student, John Thomas Ruff Martin, written from Salem. Virginia, March 4, 1861, to his father in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Overseer's Journal

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This collection includes a journal of an unidentified overseer - possibly Erastus Bishop of Petersburg, Virginia - with names of enslaved people and amount of crops each person picked, including cotton, peas, corn. It also lists when and which enslaved person was sick each day, money obtained for a crop, home remedies for common illnesses, and the journey itinerary for a cargo ship.
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Overseer's Journal 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Bishop, Erastus R. , b. ca. 1828
This collection includes a journal of an unidentified overseer - possibly Erastus Bishop of Petersburg, Virginia - with names of enslaved people and amount of crops each person picked, including cotton, peas, corn. It also lists when and which enslaved person was sick each day, money obtained for a crop, home remedies for common illnesses, and the journey itinerary for a cargo ship.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Thomas R. Martin Letters

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The collection contains two letters written by Pvt Thomas R. Martin, Company F, 10th Virginia Cavalry (1st Cavalry Regiment, Wise Legion) to his parents. One is dated September 22, 1861 and written from Sewell, VA (now WV), the second is from Gordonsville in May 1863.
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Thomas R. Martin Letters 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Martin, Thomas R., b. abt. 1848?
The collection contains two letters written by Pvt Thomas R. Martin, Company F, 10th Virginia Cavalry (1st Cavalry Regiment, Wise Legion) to his parents. One is dated September 22, 1861 and written from Sewell, VA (now WV), the second is from Gordonsville in May 1863.
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Virginia Elections Collection

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The Virginia Elections Collection contains United States polls and ballots collected from Amelia County, Virginia, from 1804, 1808, and 1865. Some of the material pertains to election polls in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. One of these is the ballot for an amendment to the Virginia Constitution, allowing former Confederate government officials to serve in the Virginia government.
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Virginia Elections Collection 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 oversized folder

The Virginia Elections Collection contains United States polls and ballots collected from Amelia County, Virginia, from 1804, 1808, and 1865. Some of the material pertains to election polls in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. One of these is the ballot for an amendment to the Virginia Constitution, allowing former Confederate government officials to serve in the Virginia government.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia Newspaper Collection

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The collection contains individual or groups of issues of Virginia newspapers, organized by location and dating from the 1860s-1970s.
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Virginia Newspaper Collection 20 Cubic Feet 16 boxes

The collection contains individual or groups of issues of Virginia newspapers, organized by location and dating from the 1860s-1970s.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia Receipts for Enslaved Persons

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This collection contains nineteenth century financial documents, including tax records for various Virginia residents. Also included are several hand-written receipts mentioning the sale or labor of enslaved people, including a Black child named Peter and a Black man named Bob.
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Virginia Receipts for Enslaved Persons 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

This collection contains nineteenth century financial documents, including tax records for various Virginia residents. Also included are several hand-written receipts mentioning the sale or labor of enslaved people, including a Black child named Peter and a Black man named Bob.

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