Collections : [Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library]

John P. Ackerly Dealer in Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes, Groceries, etc. charge account records 1890-1899.

This notebook contains proposal to purchase Robert E. Lee house (President's house) on campus of Washington & Lee ,correspondence of Mary Custis Lee Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy with Varina Banks Howell Davis (Mrs. Jefferson Davis) on death of her daughter, Winnie [Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis],and letter from Mrs. Stonewall Jackson about Mary Custis Lee Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy purchase of Stonewall Jackson House for an infirmary and the UDC's response.

This folder contains:- "Love You. M." ribbon - Letters that appear to pertain to the Fieldmont farm of Mary Ackerly Field in Fauquier County including land deeds, surveys, etc. • Copy of William S. Pickett's will Jan. 10, 1798 [James Pickett and William Pickett appointed executors] 7 • Obligation of sale of land to James Pickett April 15, 1824 • Copy of deed/land survey April 8, 1826 given under hand & seal June 20, 1838 • Combs vs Pickett letter addressed to Major B Powell. Middleburg no date including letter from James Pickett 7 • James Pickett to Major B. Powell, Middleburg, December 26, 1826 [in re: claim on Sanford Pickett's land] - Letter Mar, 7, 1840 (Jackson [Mississippi?])to Mr. & Mrs. Pickett announcing the death of their daughter from "Sister in the Best of Bonds Sarah Holloway" - Letter Oct. 22, 1849 to John Pickett "Dear Brother Pickett" from Washington, DC chatting mostly about buildings in the city "Your sincere & affectionate friend Wm T Ince" - Letter Apr. 29, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - "Love You. M." ribbon - Letters that appear to pertain to the Fieldmont farm of Mary Ackerly Field in Fauquier County including land deeds, surveys, etc. • Copy of William S. Pickett's will Jan. 10, 1798 [James Pickett and William Pickett appointed executors] 7 • Obligation of sale of land to James Pickett April 15, 1824 • Copy of deed/land survey April 8, 1826 given under hand & seal June 20, 1838 • Combs vs Pickett letter addressed to Major B Powell. Middleburg no date including letter from James Pickett 7 • James Pickett to Major B. Powell, Middleburg, December 26, 1826 [in re: claim on Sanford Pickett's land] - Letter Mar, 7, 1840 (Jackson [Mississippi?])to Mr. & Mrs. Pickett announcing the death of their daughter from "Sister in the Best of Bonds Sarah Holloway" - Letter Oct. 22, 1849 to John Pickett "Dear Brother Pickett" from Washington, DC chatting mostly about buildings in the city "Your sincere & affectionate friend Wm T Ince" - Letter Apr. 29, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Dec, 7, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Apr. 19, 1848 from Saint Farm [?] "My dear brother" mostly discussion of a silk dress for sister Ann; signed "Your affectionate sister, Eloise" - Letter to John Pickett, - Sept. 24, 1848 Dudley Wayne Co., NC "Dear Friend" mostly about young ladies; B.A. Curtis - Letter Oct. 25, 1866 from Holly Springs, "My Dear John" re: John Pickett's departure from Fruit Farm; writer's departure from Holly Springs "my headquarters during the war" to Columbia [SC?] "Your brother Thomas" 7 - Letter Apr. 20, 1849 [?] Salem Station "Mr. Jno Pickett" re "Foster H. account" signed "Thos. R. Foster" - P.W. Dawe's Last Will and Testament Nov. 5, 1844 - Letter Mat 13, 1869 "My dear Bro. Pickett" concerning religious labors with numerous pious quotes "Yr. Brother H.W. Dodge" - Letter Dec. 25, 1866 Dear Mr. Pickett from Charlottesville – Christmas remembrances to "My dear Pastor" … from "Your fond and attached friend L. Octovia Harris" "PS – I am sorry I haven't a photograph ready to send you" - Letter Apr. 12, 1867 from Office of B&O Railroad Parkersburg "Dear John" chatty letter from A. G. Pickett including political comments re: franchise of negroes "in the hands of the madmen now ruling the country with despotic sway" "It is said 30,000 of the best citizens of West Virginia are disenfranchised" - Letter Sept. 9, 1883 from Memphis, TN "Dear Lee" lively letter from young man with little money and few 'cloths to ware' [sic] but who does have a job [Hampton Herron & Co. Cotton Factors] signed Jno. P. Pickett - Letter in faded ink and in poor shape Mar. 20, 1883 [?] Success P.O. "My Dear Nellie" apparently reporting in detail on death of sister Kate [incomplete] - "Love You. M." ribbon - Letters that appear to pertain to the Fieldmont farm of Mary Ackerly Field in Fauquier County including land deeds, surveys, etc. • Copy of William S. Pickett's will Jan. 10, 1798 [James Pickett and William Pickett appointed executors] 7 • Obligation of sale of land to James Pickett April 1824 • Copy of deed/land survey April 8, 1826 given under hand & seal June 20, 1838 • Combs vs Pickett letter addressed to Major B Powell. Middleburg no date including letter from James Pickett • James Pickett to Major B. Powell, Middleburg, December 26, 1826 [in re: claim on Sanford Pickett's land] - Letter Mar, 7, 1840 (Jackson [Mississippi?])to Mr. & Mrs. Pickett announcing the death of their daughter from "Sister in the Best of Bonds Sarah Holloway" - Letter Oct. 22, 1849 to John Pickett "Dear Brother Pickett" from Washington, DC chatting mostly about buildings in the city "Your sincere & affectionate friend Wm T Ince" - Letter Apr. 29, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Dec, 7, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Apr. 19, 1848 from Saint Farm [?] "My dear brother" mostly discussion of a silk dress for sister Ann; signed "Your affectionate sister, Eloise" - Letter to John Pickett, - Sept. 24, 1848 Dudley Wayne Co., NC "Dear Friend" mostly about young ladies; B.A. Curtis - Letter Oct. 25, 1866 from Holly Springs, "My Dear John" re: John Pickett's departure from Fruit Farm; writer's departure from Holly Springs "my headquarters during the war" to Columbia [SC?] "Your brother Thomas" 7 - Letter Apr. 20, 1849 [?] Salem Station "Mr. Jno Pickett" re "Foster H. account" signed "Thos. R. Foster" - P.W. Dawe's Last Will and Testament Nov. 5, 1844 - Letter Mat 13, 1869 "My dear Bro. Pickett" concerning religious labors with numerous pious quotes "Yr. Brother H.W. Dodge" - Letter Dec. 25, 1866 Dear Mr. Pickett from Charlottesville – Christmas remembrances to "My dear Pastor" … from "Your fond and attached friend L. Octovia Harris" "PS – I am sorry I haven't a photograph ready to send you" - Letter Apr. 12, 1867 from Office of B&O Railroad Parkersburg "Dear John" chatty letter from A. G. Pickett including political comments re: franchise of negroes "in the hands of the madmen now ruling the country with despotic sway" "It is said 30,000 of the best citizens of West Virginia are disenfranchised" - Letter Sept. 9, 1883 from Memphis, TN "Dear Lee" lively letter from young man with little money and few 'cloths to ware' [sic] but who does have a job [Hampton Herron & Co. Cotton Factors] signed Jno. P. Pickett - Letter in faded ink and in poor shape Mar. 20, 1883 [?] Success P.O. "My Dear Nellie" apparently reporting in detail on death of sister Kate [incomplete] - Letter June 8, 1850 to Mr. William Ackerly Lexington, VA from George W. Bowsman re: unanswered letter to "Mr. Letcher, an attorney in Lexington" concerning some of Bowsman's wife's property. Attached note by Lucy Ackerly reads "Wm. Ackerly was the father of my grandfather Jno. Paul Ackerly. Wm. Ackerly died Aug. 4, 1853, my great grandfather" - Letter July 15, 1932 from Conna White Ackerly (Mrs. William) to her daughter, Lucy, at University of Virginia sent from Big Island, GA where her mother was visiting - Letter Jan. 16, 1878 (?) to Lucy Ackerly at Summer, VA from her cousin N. E. White written from Lone Pine mainly about how dull Christmas was - Letter Nov. 12, 1867 Cleveland to John [Pickett] considerably damaged and written cross-over… "Cousin John… I could not believe that you were less my sincere friend or felt less interested in me because you were no longer my pastor" signature illegible - Letter Sept. 9, 1878 to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Mary Denham Talcott, Pasadena, CA for whom Mary was named - Letter Sept. 9, 1878 to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Mary Denham Talcott, Pasadena, CA for whom Mary was named - Letter Feb. 26, 1895 Lone Pine VA "Grandmama" (mother of Mrs. W.P. Ackerly to Mary Ackerly… full of news of sicknesses and deaths - Series of Letters from John Milton White to his daughter Lonna B. White Ackerly (Mrs. John Ackerly) Oct. 22, 1890; May 16, 1892; Aug. 2, 1892; Apr. 16, 1893; June 3, 1894; Mar. 4, 1897; Dec. 22, 1916.

This folder contains: - Resolution of Lexington Presbyterian Church re: Presbyterian House Annex @ Jackson Memorial Hospital Apr 18, 1909 - Letter to Major J. H. Shailan (sp?) New York from Charles H. Hyde "The Parents of Richard J. Cashman, Jr. Co. B 102nd NYV desire to obtain his discharge because he is not 18 years of age" [no date, no address, no envelope] - Letter to John Pickett @ Washington DC from "Eloise" Aug 12 [date unknown] - Letter from Berta Paxton @ Pleasant Valley to "Mrs. Pickett" June 2, 1865 + attached continuation letter from "Sallie" Jan. 2, 186[6?] LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 22 - Letter from William Whitescamer @ Rector College addressed to John Pickett @ Washington, DC Dec. 20, 1845

This folder contains:- Two page historical sketch of Hollins College 1923, 1924, 1925 - Letters among W. W. Ackerly's wartime buddies concerning wartime news 1942 + With the Colors publication of Mar. 17, 1942 with picture of FDR on the cover referencing his 60th birthday - Letter Sept. 4, 1939 from William W. Ackerly, Esq. to Circuit Court Loudoun County asking for date of deed of trust from Mary D.A. Field (widow) to L. R. Bartenstein and "myself" covering sale of farm

This folder contains: - Broadside of Republican Convention to be held at Lexington Courthouse Mar. 30, 1895 - Receipt Mrs. C.B. Ackerly bought of E.A. Moore & Co. Studebaker wagon gear Aug. 25, 1899 - Note from Col R.A. Marr of VMI to "Appointing Power of the Postmaster of Lexington, VA" Apr. 8, 1902 recommending that John P. Ackerly be re-appointed as postmaster - Letter to the Lexington Postmaster from The McKinley Monumental Tree Committee in Oakland, CA Apr 8, 1902 stating that it planned to plant a special tree in Oak View Cemetery in Oakland in honor of the late President William McKinley and asking for soil from the Valley of Virginia to use in the planting: "On June 10 & 11, 1864, a battle was fought near your place in which young McKinley took part as a soldier. The Committee desires to obtain about one pound of earth or soil from that battlefield to be used in the ceremony of planting." - Memorandum of an agreement Apr 1, 1904 between C. B. Ackerly and Abraham Lavell concerning land taxes and the growing and harvesting of wheat - Flyer from Jno. P. Ackerly called "A Card" To the Republicans and Voters of Rockbridge County Oct. 20, 1908 urging support for Republican candidates - Republican National Committee Certificate of John Ackerly and receipt 1916 pers - Letter to mother (Mrs. John P. Ackerly) from Will Ackerly May 27, 1916 discussing life insurance and requesting that proceeds go to "Sis" and Lucy if she doesn't use them "because I know it is easier for boys than girls to make their way in the world." - Letter to John P. Ackerly from Congressman C. B. Slemp thanking him for his congratulatory message Nov. 11, 1916 - Mr. J.P. Ackerly in account with W. J. Thomas, Fresh & Cured Meats Dec. 1, 1926 - Letter to Mrs. David Strain, President of Mary Custis Lee UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter from Elizabeth Beverly White, Jackson Memorial Hospital Jan. 20, 1928 wishing to resign - Resolution of Hospital Board of Jackson Memorial Hospital on the resignation of Mrs. Reid White Jan. 31, 1928 LOCATION: AC 109 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 6) Folder #5 - Resolution by the Republicans of Rockbridge County upon the death of President McKinley and condolences to Mrs. McKinley - Rolled photo Fort Meade, MD May 1942 "Capt W. W. Ackerly Commanding".