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Armistead-Cocke Papers 2.50 Linear Feet

Armistead Family

Correspondence, 1756-1764, of Maria Carter Armistead (including letters written by Mrs. Thomas Feilde); business papers, 1782-1828, of William Cocke of "Bremo," Henrico County, Virginia and of "Oakland," Cumberland County, Virginia; and letters, 1861-1863, of William Fauntleroy Cocke, Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke and Edmund Randolph Cocke concerning their service in the Confederate States Army (including the Battle of First Bull Run).

  1. College of William and Mary

Armistead Papers 0.03 Linear Feet

Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908

Copies of papers concerning the Armistead family of Williamsburg, Va. Includes copies of wills; letter of R. T. Armistead concerning his Civil War record; Confederate passes issued to Robert H. Armistead and his oath of allegiance to United States. Includes copies of letters of Cynthia Beverley (Tucker) Coleman and printed circular of Female Seminary, Williamsburg, Va.

  1. College of William and Mary

Armstead L. Robinson papers 38 Cubic Feet 34 cubic boxes, 5 card file boxes, 3 clamshell boxes, and 1 oversize box

Robinson, Armstead L., 1947-1995

The Armstead L. Robinson papers(1848-2001; 43 cubic feet) consist of audiotapes; book reviews; census material; computer printouts; conference papers; correspondence; biographical information; instructional material; lectures and speeches; manuscripts and original writings by Robinson, his colleagues and students; maps; memorabilia; microfilm; organizational and professional files; photographs; printed items, and research and topical files. Most of the nineteenth century material is in the form of photocopies.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Armstrong Family Papers 0.04 Linear Feet

Papers composed mostly of accounts, but also including some correspondence of William H. Armstrong, Richard P. Armstrong and other members of the Armstrong family of Middlesex County, Virginia. Includes two letters, 1869 and 1885, written by Alex Armstrong of Demopolis, Alabama. reflecting economic and agricultural conditions there.

  1. College of William and Mary

Arnaud Preot Collection 1.7 Linear Feet 1 flat box

The Arnaud Preot Collection contains sheet music that was either composed or arranged by Arnaud Preot and his French passport.

  1. Longwood University

Arthur I. Boreman Papers 17.75 Linear Feet Summary: 17 ft. 8 1/2 in. (42 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.)

Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896
Personal and business papers of Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and first governor of West Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material. Correspondence includes letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867), which concern politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. There is little other material relating to the governorship or political activities. Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis, D.D.T. Farnsworth, D.H. Strother, J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson. Also includes manuscripts of speeches; muster rolls; household accounts; civil and court case papers concerning oil well drilling and sales; railroad property inventories and operation; coal prices, shipping data, and strikes; liquid fuel transportation; and steam and tow boat cargoes, navigation data, and names of boats in service on the Ohio River. There is also genealogical information on P.G. Van Winkle and Ebenezer Zane, and a letter and deposition by J.H. Diss Debar. For more details and box-level contents list, see Scope and Content Note. For more information on Arthur I. Boreman, see Historical Note.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Asa F. Horn Account Book and Family Correspondence, 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Horn, Asa F. (Acton, Maine)
The collection includes an account book belonging to Asa F. Horn in addition to three letters, two written from Joel B. Ricker to "Cousin Gilman" (possibly Gilman Horn) and one from Emma Horn to "Brother Freeman." All are most likely from the area surrounding Acton, Maine, though it is unclear how they are related.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Ashcraft Family Genealogy 0 Linear Feet Summary: 1 folder

Ashcraft Family
Genealogy of the Ashcraft family for the period ca. 1732-1972. Covers line of descent through John Ashcraft and Elizabeth (Evans) Ashcraft. Compiled by Mrs. Harlan J. Ashcraft.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

A. S. Lara papers 0.08 cubic feet 1 folder

Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
The A. S. Lara Papers, 1856-1861 consist of letters, receipts and documents relating to business dealings of merchant, Aaron S. Lara, in Rockbridge County and Augusta County, Virginia.
  1. James Madison University

Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers ca. 9 Cubic Feet 13 boxes; 7 oversize folders; 1 oversize roll

Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) (1889-2009)
The records largely document the recent history of Smithfield Plantation, ancestral home of the Preston family, focusing particularly on its restoration beginning in 1962. While much of the renovation occurred in the 1960s, many of the records detail other renovation projects done in the 1970s and 1980s. The collection also includes historical and other related documents dating from before the original Preston family's residence at Smithfield.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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