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Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection

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This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

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Chart of the south end of east Florida and Martiers 1 Sheets Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section 3

De Brahm concentrated his surveying efforts on the east coast of Florida, from St. Augustine south to the Keys. This chart of the southern tip of east Florida was included in the English edition of The Atlantic Pilot, along with a chart of the Gulf Stream and a map of the ancient Florida peninsula. De Brahm's meticulous hydrographic survey work is evident in this chart, with its numerous soundings, outlines of shoals, and inclusion of anchoring places. These surveys were eventually used by Des Barres, and the information was included on the charts which make up The Atlantic Neptune.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Freeman Hansford Hart Collection

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Contains correspondence with Henry St. George Tucker regarding the maintenance of Lexington, Virginia's Col Alto estate, where Hart was residing prior to World War I. Also contains correspondane concerning WWI, including notices of military protocol. The U.S.S. Mongolia and 317th Infantry at Sea, and the medical detachment of which Hart was a part, are topics of interest.

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Battle of Olustee Box 2, Folder 16

Materials including newspaper clippings, an article by Hart about the battle and correspondence concerning the editing process, an article by Hart titled 'Florida in the War between the States,' transcriptions of the 1860 census, a map of the battle, research notes, and information about a centennial reenactment.

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The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Ted and Mary Wendell early American collection

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This collection consist of 47 documents, 10 maps, and 1 map slipcase collected by Ted and Mary Wendell. The collection pertains to George Washington and includes 25 documents written, annotated, or signed by Washington. Much of the material concerns the Revolutionary War, western land claims following the French and Indian War, and British and American governmental records. The dates of the material range from 1721-1826.

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Carte de la Floride, de la Louisiane, et pays voisins: pour servir à l'Histoire générale des voyages 1 Sheets Drawer 122 : L : 8, Section 1b

Map of the Midwestern and Southern states, including Florida and Louisiana. Shows topographic features, locations of forts and missions, and Native American settlements. Appears in Jean Françoise de la Harpe's 'Abrégé de l'histoire générale des voyages ... atlas', 1780.

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Paul Stevens map collection

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The collection contains 26 maps of the New World, dating 1541-1778, which illustrate the progression of European geographic knowledge about Virginia and North America from the 16th through the 18th centuries

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Carte du Mexique et de la Floride des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles : du cours et des environs de la Riviere de Mississipi [sic], dressée sur ungrand nombre de memoires principalemt. sur ceux de M.rs d'Iberville et le Sueur 1 Sheets Drawer 122 : L : 7, Section 2

"Europeans had a more precise understanding of North America and the Caribbean by the early 18th century. Guillaume De L'Isle drew on earlier French expeditions into the continental interior to create the first accurate map of the Mississippi River. His use of color falsely implies fixed borders between competing European and indigenous peoples." -- Mapping the "New World": Highlights from the Paul Schott Stevens Collection

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Henry Hanson papers

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This collection includes articles, correspondence, a scrapbook, journals, a manuscript, photographs, an expense ledger, an interview, a diary, biographical sketches, post cards and invitations, and other materials that document the professional life of Henry Hanson. It also includes materials related to the naming of the Henry Hanson building in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Hanson, Henry (1877-1954)

This collection includes articles, correspondence, a scrapbook, journals, a manuscript, photographs, an expense ledger, an interview, a diary, biographical sketches, post cards and invitations, and other materials that document the professional life of Henry Hanson. It also includes materials related to the naming of the Henry Hanson building in Jacksonville, Florida.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Davis Family Diaries

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This a a collection of diaries of William Couch Davis, Jr., and his wife, Mary Anderson Davis, including accounts of William's jobs in France (1917-19), Cuba, Savannah, and Norfolk. They include many details about the Davis family of West Point, Virginia. One of Mary's diaries covers their first married year (1924-25) in Cuba and others cover their trips (1935-1959) out west in Canada and to Central America and Europe.

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Mary Davis's Diaries 5 Item Box 2

Mary started writing her first diary in 1925 on her honeymoon in Cuba after she got married to William.

William Davis's Diaries 5 Item Box 1

The 1919 diary has notes from 1920 and 1921. The 1922 diary is mostly written from Nashville, Tn. The 1924 is written in Cuba when Davis was on his honeymoon. The 1925 and 1926 are written in Virginia and Florida.

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Withers and VanDevender Papers

3.5 Linear Feet Summary: 3 ft. 6 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (22 wrapped packages, 3 ft. 1 in.)
Correspondence, ledger books, account and cashbooks of the Parkersburg, West Virginia, firm of Withers and VanDevender (later Wiant and VanDevender), specializing in timber cutting, but also dealing in real estate, coal, oil, and orange growing. Subjects include timber cutting methods, costs, timber shipping, floods, freezes, droughts, log jams, timberland locations, timber purchases and sales, salaries of timber workers, and fruit groves in Florida. Counties mentioned include: Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis, Marshall, Mercer, Nicholas, Ritchie, Roane, and Wirt. Firms and corporations mentioned include the Copen Creek Coal Company, Gilmer Fuel Company, MCCAA Coal Company, Marietta Chair Company, Nixolette Lumber Company, and the Parkersburg Mill Company.
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Withers and VanDevender Papers 3.5 Linear Feet Summary: 3 ft. 6 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (22 wrapped packages, 3 ft. 1 in.)

Withers and VanDevender
Correspondence, ledger books, account and cashbooks of the Parkersburg, West Virginia, firm of Withers and VanDevender (later Wiant and VanDevender), specializing in timber cutting, but also dealing in real estate, coal, oil, and orange growing. Subjects include timber cutting methods, costs, timber shipping, floods, freezes, droughts, log jams, timberland locations, timber purchases and sales, salaries of timber workers, and fruit groves in Florida. Counties mentioned include: Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis, Marshall, Mercer, Nicholas, Ritchie, Roane, and Wirt. Firms and corporations mentioned include the Copen Creek Coal Company, Gilmer Fuel Company, MCCAA Coal Company, Marietta Chair Company, Nixolette Lumber Company, and the Parkersburg Mill Company.

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