Shakes Letter Collection Finding Aid MS005Gregory PierceLocal History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library

2019

717 Queen StreetAlexandria, VA 22314Business Number: 703-746-1791lhsc@alexlibraryva.orgURL:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-12-15 14:26:47 +0000.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library Shakes Letter Collection (MS005) Shakes, John, 1775-1860 Shakes, Sarah (LaTruite), 1786-1845 MS005 .21 Linear Feet 1778-2015 English . Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters, notes, business documents, and genealogical research from and on the Shakes, Carne, and Ficklin families. The materials were donated by various uknown donors from 1983-2015 and compiled into a collection created by Alexandria Library's Lloyd House and later Local History/Special Collections branch.

 Preferred Citation

[Item identification], Shakes Letter Collection, MS005, Alexandria Library, Local History/Special Collections, Alexandria, Va.

 Letters. Shakes family Carne family Ficklin family Business records Alexandria (Va.) -- Genealogy. Kirby, Mary Eleanor (Shakes), 1818-1863 Shakes, Amanda, 1805-1861 Carne, Richard L., 1797-1867 Ficklin, Theodore H., 1846-1919 Ficklin, Cecelia M., 1876-1951 Ficklin, M. J. Kroes, 1872-1962 Carne, Cecilia Catherine Latruite (Shakes), 1804-1891 Series I: CorrespondenceLetters of the Courtship of John Shakes and Sarah LaTruiteShakes, John, 1775-1860Shakes, Sarah (LaTruite), 1786-1845180311Scope and Contents

List of letters in folder:

20 January 1803. Letter from John Shakes to Sally LaTruite. Transcription attached.
Undated. Letter from John Shakes to Mrs. LaTruite before marriage to her daughter. Transcription attached.

Shakes familyLetters.Letters from John Shakes to SallyShakes, John, 1775-1860180312Scope and Contents

Original list of Letters:

13 April 1803. Letter from John Shakes to Sally Shakes.
21 April 1803. Letter from John Shakes to Sally Shakes.

Letters.Shakes familyShakes, Sarah (LaTruite), 1786-1845Letter to John from brother-in-law John P. LaTruite180913Scope and Contents

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13 May 1809. Letter to John Shakes from John P. LaTruite, his brother-in-law.
August, no year: Letter to John Shakes from Sally Shakes.

Letters.Shakes familyShakes, John, 1775-1860Letters of John and Sally Shakes to Each OtherShakes, Sarah (LaTruite), 1786-1845Shakes, John, 1775-18601809-181214Scope and Contents

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14 July 1809: Letter from John Shakes to Sally Shakes, Cecilia and Amanda. Mention of "kine pox" vaccination, death of ducks and chickens due to rats gnawing their way in, calf, and dog.
18 June 1810: Letter from John Shakes to Sally Shakes.
28 May 1811: Letter from John Shakes to Sally Shakes. Brief description of visit to Mount Vernon with Mr. Faw and Mr. Douglass.
7 June 1811: Letter from John Shakes to Sally Shakes. Discusses business, neighborhood news, and a bad hail storm ("hail was as big as a goose egg") causing damage to buildings on the street.
30 September 1812: Letter from John Shakes to Sally Shakes.
21 June 1812: Letter from Sally Shakes to John Shakes. Family news, difficulty acquiring wire.

Letters.Shakes familyShakes, Amanda, 1805-1861Letter to Sarah Shakes From a Cousin181415Scope and Contents

9 March 1814: Letter to Sally Shakes from cousin Ann Pienaudet. Family news.

Letters.Shakes familyShakes, Sarah (LaTruite), 1786-1845Letter to Mary ShakesCarne, Cecilia Catherine Latruite (Shakes), 1804-1891184016Scope and Contents

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1 December 1840: Letter to Mary (Celestial) Shakes from her sister (Cec=Cecelia?). Describes the Jubilee and Illumination in honor of the election of Harrison and Tyler. Typescript attached.

Letters.Shakes familyKirby, Mary Eleanor (Shakes), 1818-1863Letter to Amanda Shakes184817Scope and Contents

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1 March 1848: Letter to Amanda Shakes from cousin, Bannon G. Thibodeaux

Letters.Shakes familyShakes, Amanda, 1805-1861Letters to Rev. Richard L. Carne190918Scope and Contents

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8 January 1909: Letter from Rev. Wm. R. Bushby to Rev. Richard L. Carne
5 July 1909: Letter to Rev. Richard L. Carne from ? Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities

Letters.Carne familyCarne, Richard L., 1797-1867Letters to Cecelia Ficklin1880-189119Scope and Contents

List of letters in folder:

25 April 1880: Letter to Cecilia from M.L. Potter
6 August 1890: Letter to Cecelia from her sister Mary
12 March 1891: Letter to Cecelia from her sister Mary

Ficklin familyLetters.Ficklin, Cecelia M., 1876-1951Letters to M. J. Kroes Ficklin1907-1931110Scope and Contents

Letters listed in folder:

3 September 1907: Letter to Kroes Ficklin from Philip Niosi(?)
31 May 1926: Letter to Kroes Ficklin from Gertrude Bowler, State Teachers College, Fredericksburg VA
27 April 1931: Letter to Kroes Ficklin from Eda Bates about royalties for the play "The King's English"

Ficklin familyLetters.Ficklin, M. J. Kroes, 1872-1962Theodore Ficklin - Letters and Memorabilia1885-1908111Scope and Contents

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Undated: Scrap, "For Col. Ficklin (from) C.O. Pulman
4 March 1885: Letter to Col. Ficklin from W. M. Turner, Gainesville FL
11 August 1891: Letter to Col. Ficklin (City Surveyor) from Herbert Bryant, on Herbert Bryant letterhead
8 August 1908: Certificate of Visitation to the Franco-British Exhibit, Shepherd's Bush, in Col. Ficklin's name

Letters.Ficklin familyFicklin, Theodore H., 1846-1919LaTruite - Letters1799112Scope and Contents

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14 April 1799: Letter from Anthony LaTruite to his mother from Isle of White(sic)
Photocopies of letters from 1799 (Marie Antoine LaTruite) and 1812 (John LaTruite) to mother

Letters.Northrop - Letters1884-1889113Scope and Contents

List of letters in folder:
17 April 1884: Letter to Mother from illegible, Elmira NY (Northrops?)
No date: Note to Mr. Northrop about options on land 15 May 1889(?): Letter to F.X. Northrop ("Dear Son") from L.B.N.

Letters.Potter - Letters1875-1881114Scope and Contents

List of letters in folder:

15 February 1875: Letter to Mother from W.C. Potter
12 March (no year): Letter to mother from W.C. P.
24 October 1881: Letter to parents from W.C.P.

Letters.Letter to Causton1908115Scope and Contents

This folder contains a letter written by Rev. J. E. A. Cote from Palestine to someone living in Alexandria.

Letters.Series II: Business DocumentsLaTruite - Receipt for Rent1778-1788French.116Scope and Contents

List of folder contents:
1 October 1778: Receipt from Mr. Latruite 14 Livres for rent of a room for a month (in French)
12 July 1788: Receipt (in French)

Shakes - Receipt for Taxes on Water Street Lot1849117Carne - Deed of Gift from Corporation Court1892118Carne, Richard L., 1797-1867Carne, Mary Magdalen, 1835-1918Carne - Finance1824-1835119Scope and Contents

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9 May 1824: Bond for loan of $760, Bank of Potomac, from B. Rotchford to Richard L. Carne
25 November 1847: R.L. Carne account from Washington Foundry for castings
3 January 1835: Protest of nonpayment by Alexander Moore (notary) of loan by G. L. Norris to Richard L. Carne

Carne familyCarne, Richard L., 1797-1867Series III: MiscellaneousSermons and PrayersCarne, Richard L., 1797-1867120Miscellaneous - Rev. John B. Tabb121Scope and Contents

This folder contains a sketch and poem either by or about John B. Tabb.

Obituary for William Gordon McCabe122Pages of a Manuscript on the French and Indian War123St. John's Academy Account Pages124St. John's Academy (Alexandria, Va.)Poems125Related Materials

Materials listed in folder:

Two manuscript pages of poems: "O Christmas, Merry Christmas!" by Francis Ridley Havergal; "Beyond" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Quotations126Miscellaneous127Genealogy - Shakes, Carne, Ficklin128Alexandria (Va.) -- Genealogy.Carne familyFicklin familyShakes familyMiscellaneous Genealogy2015129Alexandria (Va.) -- Genealogy.Shakes familyCarne familyFicklin family