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Letters from the archbishops of Canterbury and York, Anglican and Episcopal bishops and British prime minister, William Ewarts Gladstone chiefly concerning church business. Included among the correspondents are William E. Gladstone, John Henry Hobart, A. F. Winningham Ingram, Richard Channing Moore, Charles Manners Sutton, and Archibald Campbell Tait. Also included are etchings of Richard Channing Moore and of Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London; and the published volume "The House of Bishops" (The Churchman Company, 1907).

The Jonathan Boucher papers contains correspondence. Principle correspondents include those to and from John James, James Maury, Charles Daubeny, Sir Frederick Morton Eden, William Knox, and William Stevens. Subjects include Virginia social customs and politics between the years 1759 and 1771, Boucher's experiences in, and views of, the American Revolution, Boucher's role in the struggle for unity in the Scottish Anglican Church, and his concern with schism and dissent in the Church of England.

This collection contains a few printed pieces on the history and happenings of both Grace and R.E. Lee Memorial Episcopal churches. It also includes an account book, kept by C.M. Figgat, who was the church's treasurer.

Bound photograph album of the attendees at The House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States Triennial Convention. Includes a carte des visite photograph of each Bishop with a printed biography on the facing page. Made from heavy paper stock, with gilt edged paper showing impressions of lambs and doves. Tooled leather binding. Photographed by J. Gurney and Sons and published by T. Porter Shaw of New York. 49 pp.

This collection consists of the papers of the Louisa Countylawyer, W. E. Bibb(1848-1910) and other Louisa Countyfamilies, ca. 1830-1940, ca. 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M volumes) of a non-official character removed from private offices on the premises of the Louisa CountyCourt House. Among the earliest items are those of Dr. Baldwin M. Bucknerand the Buckner familyof Louisa County. Other persons or subjects in the collection include Captain Boyd M. Smith, Reuben Lindsay Gordon, John G. May, William Worth Smith, Jr., Virginia State senator, Louisa Countyelection materials, Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing and Land Company, Robert F. Moss(d. 1883), Louisa Countysheriff, and John Q. Rhodes.

Photograph scrapbook by William Brayshaw. Photographs include family photographs from locations all over the world. Many photographs include chapels and churches, American Mission Schools and early photographs of the College of William and Mary and Virginia Beach, Virginia.