Repository: Alexandria Library / Date range: 1857

Local History/Special Collections

717 Queen Street

Alexandria, VA 22314

Primary Collecting Areas:

Alexandria history, Virginia history, Genealogy, U.S. Civil War

Description:

As one of the core research institutions in Alexandria, the Local History and Special Collections Branch (LHSC) is focused on documenting Alexandria from its colonial era to its modern life as a vibrant community of immigrants and cultural attractions.

POC: Patricia Walker, Branch Manager

Email: pwalker@alexlibraryva.org

Phone: (703) 746-1719

Email: lhsc@alexandria.lib.va.us

Phone: (703) 838-4577

Fax: (703) 706-3912

Web: alexlibraryva.org/lhsc

Student Records

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Sub-Series II: Catalogs

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Third Annual Catalogue of the Hagerstown Female Seminary Box 2, Folder 23

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Thomas Swann Correspondence (MS410) .04 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Swann, Thomas William, 1818-1895

The Thomas Swann Correspondence is a small collection of letters mostly written by Helen Swann to her husband Thomas. A single letter from Thomas to Helen also lives with the collection, as well as a handful of letters by other authors. Helen's cousin Henrietta Alexander is included as an author of a letter, as well as a P. W. White, who writes to Helen's cousin John Chapman regarding a list of named slaves.

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Thomson Mason Papers (MS135) .71 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

Mason, Thomson Francis, 1785-1838

This collection contains numerous documents, either personal or business, of Thomson Mason. All correspondence is Mason's unless otherwise indicated. Other documents found are legal ones dealing with all phases of Mason's practice, both in and out of Virginia. Several items are from his period as Mayor of Alexandria and President of Middle Turnpike Corporation. Early documents deal with the buying and selling of slaves.

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Transcriptions of Correspondence Box 03, Folder 042

This folder contains transcriptions of correspondence dated 1847-1896. Correspondence matches #251-263 in Donor's index of correspondence (MS417-01-001)

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Trezevant Family Research Box 07, Folder 081

Combined from previous folders: "Trezevant family", "Trezevant family correspondence, 1836-1870s", and "Genealogical information Trezevant family"

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U.S. Coast Survey - daily log Assorted Box 03, Folder 158-2

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Washington Light Infantry - membership records Assorted Box 03, Folder 158-5

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Washington Society of Alexandria, list of members and minutes Box 10

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