C0159Alexander Haight family collectionGuide to Alexander Haight family collection C0159Alexander Haight family collectionEron Ackerman and Meghan GlasbrennerGeorge Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center

2006, 2025

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-05-30 03:00:31 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center Alexander Haight family collection Haight, Alexander Levi, 1891-1981 C0159 /repositories/2/resources/92 7 Linear Feet 7 boxes, 1 map case circa 1764-1976 The Alexander Haight family collection contains correspondence, legal and financial documents, account ledgers, photographs, and other materials created and collected by members of the Haight family of Fairfax County, Virginia, including during their time living and working on Sully Plantation, during and after the Civil War, and into the mid-20th century, including during World War I. R 42, C 3, S 1-2 R 42, C 4, S 1 Map Case 27.2 English Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

Alexander Haight family collection, C0159, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries

 Acquisition Information

Donated by Alexander Levi Haight in 1978.

 Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in April 2009. Finding aid updated by Amanda Brent in April 2022.

Collection reprocessed by Meghan Glasbrenner from February-October 2025. Finding aid updated by Meghan Glasbrenner from October-November 2025.

 Biographical Information

Alexander Haight was born on February 8, 1822 in Dutchess County, New York to Quaker farmers Jacob (1782-1862) and Amy Clement Haight (1787-1863). In 1842, Jacob and Amy purchased the property known as Sully Plantation in Chantilly, Virginia, which was built by Richard Bland Lee between 1787-1794, and soon after invited Alexander to leave New York and help with the running of the property in Virginia. After moving to Sully, Alexander married Pheobe (also spelled "Phebe") Sweet (1824-1898) in 1845 and finished construction of their new home, known as "Little Sully," in 1851. The couple would go on to have four children. Eldest daughter Margaret Amy (also known as Maggie) was born in 1848 and married Thomas W. Lee in 1873, Stephen Sweet was born in 1857 and married Henrietta Lucas in 1891, Henry Clement was born in 1859, and youngest George Alexander was born in 1867.

Despite belonging to the Quaker faith (also known as The Religious Society of Friends), whose members actively fought for abolition, records indicate that the Haight family used enslaved labor during their time at Sully. Ownership of the property remained in the Haight family, although transferring formally to Alexander's sister Maria and her husband James Barlow in 1852, and remained so throughout the Civil War, during which both Union and Confederate soldiers crossed the property. In 1869, the family sold Sully to Stephen Shear, but most members of Alexander and Phoebe's branch of the Haight family remained in and around Fairfax County.

In 1886, Jacob and Amy's son Henry Clement married Emma Jane Young, daughter of Union Soldier John M. Young (1831-1865), and the couple would go on to have four children of their own: Helen Hill (1887-1977), Elizabeth Barlow [later Hamill] (1889-1974), Mary [later Millan] (1890–1964), and Alexander Levi (1891-1981).

 Scope and Content

The Alexander Haight family collection contains correspondence, legal and financial documents, account ledgers, photographs, and other materials created and collected by members of the Haight family of Fairfax County, Virginia, including during their time living and working on Sully Plantation, during and after the Civil War, and into the mid-20th century, including during World War I. The collection contains 3 series.

Series 1: Correspondence (1838-1920) includes sent and received personal and professional correspondence, including letters, cards, and postcards. The bulk of the correspondence represents personal communications between members of the Haight family, both with each other and with family friends, including a number of letters sent by Helen Hill Haight during her time volunteering with the American Red Cross during World War I. Additional correspondence includes communications concerning business matters, such as correspondence to and from legal representatives, and a mix of original and reproduction copy letters sent by Union soldier John M. Young during the Civil War. This series is arranged alphabetically by non-Haight correspondent last name. In cases where a member of the Haight family sent a letter to another Haight, and both are already represented elsewhere in the series, letters are arranged alphabetically by the name of the recipient.

Series 2: Legal and financial documents (circa 1764-1948) includes personal and professional legal and financial records, most connected to members of the Haight family, including account ledgers, bank, registered letter, and tax receipts, formal and informal contracts and agreements, and other legal documents created by organizations within Fairfax County. Additional documents include Union Army passes issued to Alexander Haight during the Civil War, Alexander Levi Haight's Fairfax County draft classification card issued during World War I, a New York court summons for Stephen Sweet Haight, a California gold dig payment issued to George Sweet (brother of Phoebe Haight), currency notes, including Confederate paper money, and military orders issued during the Civil War. This series is arranged alphabetically either by last name of the subject or creator of the document or by title of the document.

Series 3: Photographs and ephemera (circa 1850s-1976) includes photographs, personal records, mementoes, and general ephemera created or collected by members of the Haight family. It is further divided into two subseries. Sub-series 1: Photographs (circa 1850s-1960s) includes original and reproduction photographic prints, including daguerreotypes and tintypes, with subjects including Sully Plantation, formal and informal portraits of members of the Haight family, Alexander Haight's prize horse, a portrait of a girl enslaved on Sully Plantation identified as Clio, and various locations and individuals in and around Fairfax County. Items are arranged chronologically by year of creation. Sub-series 2: Records and ephemera (circa 1862-1976) includes personal records and mementoes including programs, booklets, newspapers and clippings, poems, manuscripts, postcards, scrapbooks, and general ephemera items. Items are arranged chronologically by year of creation and grouped by material type or function.

 Related Materials

The Special Collections Research Center holds other collections related to the history of Fairfax County and Northern Virginia, such as the Randolph H. Lytton historical Virginia collection.

The Special Collections Research Center also holds other collections related to the Civil War, such as the William Darke Briscoe Civil War diaries collection, and World War I, including the Diary of World War I Red Cross Canteen worker Florence Bishop.

 Arrangement

The collection is arranged into three series.

Series Series 1: Correspondence Series 2: Legal and financial documents Series 3: Photographs and ephemera Alternate Form Available

Digitized selections from this collection appear in the Sesquicentennial Civil War Documents Project hosted on Mason Archival Repository Service (MARS).

 Bibliography

Fairfax County: Park Authority. n.d. "Sully Historic Site History." Accessed November 12, 2025. https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/sully-historic-site/site-history.

Find a Grave. n.d.-a. "Alexander Haight (1822-1880)." Accessed November 12, 2025. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29313800/alexander-haight.

Find a Grave. n.d.-b. "Alexander Levi Haight (1891-1981)." Accessed November 12, 2025. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29313806/alexander_levi-haight.

Find a Grave. n.d.-c. "Emma Jane Young Haight (1858-1939)." Accessed November 12, 2025. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29313803/emma_jane-haight.

Find a Grave. n.d.-d. "Henry Clement Haight (1859-1936)." Accessed November 12, 2025. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29313802/henry_clement-haight.

Wikipedia. 2025. "Sully Historic Site." July 20. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sully_Historic_Site&oldid=1301635745#Chain_of_ownership.

 Daguerreotype Photography -- Negatives Photographic prints Reproductions Tintypes United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 World War, 1914-1918 Sully Plantation Northern Virginia Virginia, Northern -- History Fairfax County (Va.) Fairfax County (Va.) -- History Correspondence Photographs Confederate States of America Paper money Newspapers Account books Haight, Alexander, 1822-1880 Haight, Elizabeth Barlow, 1889-1974 Haight, Emma Jane, 1858-1939 Haight, George Alexander, 1867-1920 Haight, Helen Hill, 1887-1977 Haight, Henry Clement, 1859-1936 Haight, Phoebe, 1824-1898 Haight, Stephen Sweet Sweet, George, 1821-1898 Young, John M., 1832-1864 Series 1: Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/3937311838-19201-2, 7Scope and Content

Series 1: Correspondence (1838-1920) includes sent and received personal and professional correspondence, including letters, cards, and postcards. The bulk of the correspondence represents personal communications between members of the Haight family, both with each other and with family friends, including a number of letters sent by Helen Hill Haight during her time volunteering with the American Red Cross during World War I. Additional correspondence includes communications concerning business matters, including correspondence to and from legal representatives, and a mix of original and reproduction copy letters sent by Union soldier John M. Young during the Civil War. This series is arranged alphabetically by non-Haight correspondent last name. In cases where a member of the Haight family sent a letter to another Haight, and both are already represented elsewhere in the series, letters are arranged alphabetically by the name of the recipient.

Appezzito, Louis to Helen Hill Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393732circa August - October 191811Scope and Contents

All letters on YMCA or Knights of Columbus World War I stationary

Beckham, J.T. and J.G. to Phoebe Haight (formerly Sweet)/repositories/2/archival_objects/393733March 14, 188412Conklin, Ida Belle (formerly Young) to niece Helen Hill Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393734April 13, 191913Scope and Contents

Also known as Mrs. Asa Conklin

Curly, Mary C. Easter postcard to Helen Hill Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393735April 22, 191914Department of Personnel, The American Red Cross to Helen Hill Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393736February 26, 192015Farnham, Elisa (also spelled Eliza) from E.R. Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393737September 30, 183871Scope and Contents

Letter addressed to Mrs. T.J. Farnham in Illinois

Firebaugh, W.M. from P.S. Miller of Miller and Co. Wagons/repositories/2/archival_objects/393738October 18, 189316Frances, E.T. to cousin Phoebe Haight (formerly Sweet)/repositories/2/archival_objects/393739November 20, 185117Gardner, Cora Estelle (formerly Young) to niece Helen Hill Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393740circa April 191918Scope and Contents

Letter signed "Aunt Stell"

Gardner, Otis H. to cousin Helen Hill Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393741June 2, 191919Scope and Contents

Letter signed "Cousin Howard"

Ginnelley, Ida Jane to George Alexander Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393742April 29, June 16, 1889110Goodwin, Chas C. to Helen Hill Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393743May 20, 1919111Scope and Contents

Full name possibly Charles C. Goodwin, letter on YMCA World War I stationary

Greeley, Horace/repositories/2/archival_objects/393744May 7, 1858112Scope and Contents

Letter addressed "Dear Sir", possibly sent to George Sweet

Haight family general correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/393745circa 1850s-1910s113Scope and Contents

Mixed senders and recipients, some names missing or not legible, includes postmarked envelopes possibly not connected to existing correspondence. Includes partial letters.

Haight, Emma Jane (formerly Young) to mother-in-law Phoebe Haight (formerly Sweet)/repositories/2/archival_objects/393746July 10, 1886114Haight, George Alexander from "Sister" [Margaret Haight]/repositories/2/archival_objects/393747December 8, circa 1890s115Scope and Contents

Letter addressed to "Brother"

Haight, George Alexander from brother Henry Clement Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393748January 1889 - January 1890116Haight, George Alexander from mother Phoebe Haight (formerly Sweet)/repositories/2/archival_objects/393749circa 1888-1890117Scope and Contents

Includes six postmarked envelopes not connected to correspondence in folder

Haight, Helen Hill correspondence with family/repositories/2/archival_objects/393750November 5, 1918 - May 18, 1919118Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence sent and received with mother Emma Jane Haight (formerly Young), father Henry Clement Haight, sister Elizabeth Barlow Hamill (formerly Haight), and brother Alexander Levi Haight (also known as Aleck). One letter also signed by Rafka, no other identification.

Haight, Helen Hill general correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/393751circa 1918-1919119Scope and Contents

Mixed senders, some names not legible, includes empty envelope with postmark not connected to correspondence in folder.

Haight, J.H. to Cousin/repositories/2/archival_objects/393752December 17, 1901120Scope and Contents

Likely James H. Haight (1851-1929)

Haight, Maria L. to nephew George Alexander Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393753July 24, December 30, 1889121Haight, Mary T. to cousin Phoebe Haight (formerly Sweet)/repositories/2/archival_objects/393754April 22, July 23, circa 1880s72Scope and Contents

One letter signed "MJH"

Haight, Phoebe (formerly Sweet) from cousin Molly T./repositories/2/archival_objects/393755April 5, circa 185573Scope and Contents

Letter damaged, parts illegible

Haight, Phoebe (formerly Sweet) from son Henry Clement Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393756November 1883 - February 1884, July 4, 1886122Scope and Contents

Includes five postmarked envelopes not connected to correspondence in folder

Ham, John W. to cousin Phoebe Haight (formerly Sweet)/repositories/2/archival_objects/393757May 11, June 16, 1898123Scope and Contents

Son of Phebe Ferris Ham

Ham, Phebe Ferris to cousin Phoebe Haight (formerly Sweet)/repositories/2/archival_objects/393758May 26, circa 1849124Scope and Contents

Phebe Ferris Ham is mother of John Ham

Harbour, Hower from Helen Hill Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393759February 15, 1920125Harnsberger, Reverend Alfred L. and Nell (also known as Eleanor)/repositories/2/archival_objects/3937601892-1893, 1915, February 17, 1919126Scope and Contents

Multiple senders, includes empty envelope dated October 20, 1893 not connected to correspondence in folder

Hart, Elsie to Helen Hill Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393761May 14, 1919127Scope and Contents

Letter return address reads "Mrs. W.A. Hart"

Hicks, Benny D. to George Sweet/repositories/2/archival_objects/393762June 23, 1894128Horley, Sue R. to Phoebe Haight (formerly Sweet)/repositories/2/archival_objects/393763March 2, 1884129J.L., Confederate officer, to "Father"/repositories/2/archival_objects/393764May 20, 1861130Scope and Contents

Letter addressed from Harper's Ferry

Johnstone, Robert re: affirmation of Alexander Haight's loyalty to the Union/repositories/2/archival_objects/393765March 7, 1863131Ketcharn, J.H. to George Sweet/repositories/2/archival_objects/393766March 27, 189121Leyburn, Nellie to Helen Hill Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393767April 22, 1919Scope and Contents

Easter card, likely grandaughter of Dr. Alfred Leyburn, Sr. Item digitized due to preservation issues, available upon request.

Leyburn, Sr., Dr. Alfred/repositories/2/archival_objects/393768183874Scope and Contents

Sender unknown

Lo Bianco, Domenico to Helen Hill Haight2/repositories/2/archival_objects/393769July 31 - October 5, 191822Scope and Contents

All letters on YMCA World War I stationary, includes Queensboro Bridge sourvenir postcard

Lossing, Benson J. to George Sweet/repositories/2/archival_objects/393770June 8, 1876, June 5, 187723Maggie from Laura/repositories/2/archival_objects/393771January 17, 185924Scope and Contents

Possibly Margaret Amy Haight, but unconfirmed

Marrits, Corporal Maurice J. to Helen Hill Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393772March 28, 191925Scope and Contents

Letter sent in YMCA World War I stationary envelope, header on letter reads "Officeof the Depot Quartermaster"

Morgan, Thomas P. of The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York to George Alexander Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393773November 3, 191026Moss, G.W. re: butter delivery damage claims by West & Sisson/repositories/2/archival_objects/393774March 188427Scope and Contents

Multiple senders and recipients, most agents of the Adams Express Company, includuing: C.R. Bitzer, E. Lucas, and John Clayton

Murray, Charles R. (also known as Chas) to George Alexander Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393775April 30, 188928Norfolk and Western Railway from George Alexander Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393776April 29, 189129Scope and Contents

Letter addressed "To the Sup. Of the N & W.R.R. machine shop"

Parsons, Warren to Helen Hill Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393777May 10-12, 1919210Scope and Contents

Clerk, Board of Health City of White Plains, New York, includes newspaper clipping from The New York Sun dates May 11, 1919

Patton, Joseph to Helen Hill Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393778June 27 - August 12, 1918211Scope and Contents

All letters on Knights of Columbus World War I stationary, includes three World War I themed postcards

Perry Mason and Company from Phoebe Haight (formerly Sweet)/repositories/2/archival_objects/393779December 15, 1881212Scope and Contents

Letter addressed to P. Mason and Co.

Porter, Fitz John to Col. F.J. Parker/repositories/2/archival_objects/393780January 24, 1863, January 9, 187175Scope and Contents

January 1871 letter addressed to "Hon. Secretary of War" and copy sent to Col. Parker "Compliments of F.J. Porter"

Schubele, Harry W. to Helen Hill Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393781March 16, 1919213Searle, Cecilia D. to Phoebe Haight (formerly Sweet)/repositories/2/archival_objects/393782December 24, 1883, November 2, 1886214Stahel, Julius re: affirmation of Alexander Haight's loyalty to the Union/repositories/2/archival_objects/393783June 20, 1863215Scope and Contents

Includes original letter and typed transcription

Sweet, Elizabeth to sister Phoebe Haight (formerly Sweet)/repositories/2/archival_objects/393784March 10, 1850, March 2, August 11-14, circa 1880s76Scope and Contents

August 14th letter digitized due to preservation issues, available upon request.

Sweet, George to sister Phoebe Haight (formerly Sweet)/repositories/2/archival_objects/393785December 20, 1849, November 30, 187777Sweet, George to sister Phoebe Haight (formerly Sweet) partial handwritten transcript/repositories/2/archival_objects/393786circa 1849216Scope and Contents

Date based on content of letter, not date of transcription

Sweet, Margaret (formerly Titus) to daughter Phoebe Haight (formerly Sweet)/repositories/2/archival_objects/393787January 11, 1869217Scope and Contents

Letter addressed "Dear Children"

Taylor, M. Earnest to Helen Hill Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393788April 2 - June 16, 1919218Scope and Contents

One letter on YMCA World War I stationary, includes on empty envelope

Thompson, Jack to Helen Hill Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393789March 23 - May 16, 1919219Scope and Contents

All letters on YMCA and Knights of Columbus World War I stationary, includes empty envelope dated March 26, 1919 not connected to correspondence in folder.

Titus, Alfred H. to cousin Phoebe Haight (formerly Sweet)/repositories/2/archival_objects/393790April 10, circa 1860s220Titus, Elias to sister Margaret Sweet (formerly Titus)/repositories/2/archival_objects/393791September 13, 1871221Underwood, John C. to Col. Devereux re: Alexander Haight property confiscation trial/repositories/2/archival_objects/393792February 13, 1865222Scope and Contents

Virginia District Judge John C. Underwood, folder includes both original and typed transcription.

Walker, Mollie V. to Helen Hill Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393793May 4, 1919223Welton, G.L. to Helen Hill Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393794April 14, 1919 - February 29, 1920224Whaley, Everett B. to George Alexander Haight/repositories/2/archival_objects/393795May 2, 1889Item has significant insect damage.225Whaley, Everett B. to Phoebe Haight (formerly Sweet)/repositories/2/archival_objects/393796October 10, 1888226Young, John M. to wife Rosetta Roe Young (formerly Terwilliger)/repositories/2/archival_objects/393797May 12 - December 10, circa 1862227Scope and Contents

One letter on Union Civil War stationary

Young, John M. to wife Rosetta Roe Young (formerly Terwilliger)/repositories/2/archival_objects/393798December 19, 186278Scope and Contents

Includes original letter and typed transcription

Young, John M. to wife Rosetta Roe Young (formerly Terwilliger) typed transcriptions/repositories/2/archival_objects/393799April 30, 1862 - September 9, 1863228Scope and Contents

Includes cover letter to Otis Howard Gardner [F]. C. Ainsworth, The Military Secretary re: request for John M. Young's service record dated October 23, 1906 and brief family history.

Series 2: Legal and financial documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/393800circa 1764-19482-3, 5, 7Scope and Content

Series 2: Legal and financial documents (circa 1764-1948) includes personal and professional legal and financial records, most connected to members of the Haight family, including account ledgers, bank, registered letter, and tax receipts, formal and informal contracts and agreements, and other legal documents created by organizations within Fairfax County. Additional documents include Union Army passes issued to Alexander Haight during the Civil War, Alexander Levi Haight's Fairfax County draft classification card issued during World War I, a New York court summons for Stephen Sweet Haight, a California gold dig payment issued to George Sweet, currency notes, including Confederate paper money, and military orders issued during the Civil War. This series is arranged alphabetically either by last name of the subject or creator of the document or by title of the document.

The Bank of the Valley of Virginia two uncut 1 and 2 dollar bank note sheets/repositories/2/archival_objects/393801circa 1840s-1870s229Beauregard, General P.G.T. order for troops not to take forage from Sully Farm/repositories/2/archival_objects/393802November 25, 1861230Scope and Contents

Folder includes original handwritten order, photocopy, and typed information card.

Board of Supervisors of Washington County and County School Board of Washington County joint meeting notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/393803June 1948231Scope and Contents

Typed signature: C.N. Booth, Clerk

Cadet Haight Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/393804October 4, 1890, January 3, 1891232Confederate States of America 10, 50 and 100 dollar notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/393805February 1864233Scope and Contents

Folders includes original paper currency, photocopy of 50 dollar note, and photocopy of typed information card.

Confederate States of America 100 and 500 dollar bonds/repositories/2/archival_objects/3938061863-186479Scope and Contents

Includes typed information card

"Day.Book. Sully, Va" produce sales/repositories/2/archival_objects/393807circa 1880-1884234Scope and Contents

Handmade booklet, with text only on interior two pages.

General receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/393808April 1881, 1886, December 1915235Haight family payment plan agreement statements/repositories/2/archival_objects/393809February, March 1881, November 1, 1892236Haight, Alexander Dranesville District, Fairfax County tax receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/3938101881-1887237Scope and Contents

Includes one handwritten receipt

Haight, Alexander Fairfax County claim for damages caused by Southern Army/repositories/2/archival_objects/393811September 17, 1862238Scope and Contents

Includes original document and typed information card

Haight, Alexander Fairfax County Court surveyor of County Road appointments/repositories/2/archival_objects/393812August 1852, October 1853239Scope and Contents

Appointed "surveyor of the County Road from Frying Pan to Little River Turnpike road"

Haight, Alexander general receipts and notes payable/repositories/2/archival_objects/393813circa 1850s-1876240Scope and Contents

Includes original and annotated photocopy of receipt dated September 1862

Haight, Alexander horse ownership document/repositories/2/archival_objects/393814July 4, 1862241Scope and Contents

Photograph of horse found in Series 3.1

Haight, Alexander Union and Confederate Army supplies receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/3938151861242Scope and Contents

Folder includes three original handwritten documents, photocopy reproductions, and typed information card.

Haight, Alexander Union Army passes/repositories/2/archival_objects/3938161862-1864243Scope and Contents

Folder includes originals, some reproduction photocopys, and a typed information card.

Haight, Alexander Levi Fairfax County draft classification card/repositories/2/archival_objects/393817October 31, 1918244Haight, Alexander Levi The National Bank of Fairfax payment receipt/repositories/2/archival_objects/393818January 10, 1925245Haight, Elizabeth Barlow (later Hamill) The National Bank of Fairfax ledger/repositories/2/archival_objects/393819September 5, 1919246Scope and Contents

Ledger covers November 1914 - September 1919

Haight, Elizabeth Barlow (later Hamill) The National Bank of Fairfax payment receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/3938201914-1916247Scope and Contents

Includes notes with names and addresses, possibly used for payments

Haight, Elizabeth Barlow (later Hamill) The National Bank of Fairfax payment receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/3938211917-1919248Haight, Emma Jane (formerly Young) receipt/repositories/2/archival_objects/393822May 11, 191831Scope and Contents

Receipt also includes partial letter signed "Mother" possibly from Phoebe Haight (formerly Sweet)

Haight, George Alexander deeds/repositories/2/archival_objects/3938231895-190332Haight, George Alexander Dranesville District, Fairfax County tax receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/3938241888-1905, 191333Haight, George Alexander general receipts and notes payable/repositories/2/archival_objects/393825circa 1888-192134Scope and Contents

Some receipts addressed to and co-signed by others

Haight, George Alexander registered letter receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/393826January 3, 1894, January 12, 189535Scope and Contents

Receipts for letters sent to Elizabeth and George Sweet respectively

Haight, Helen Hill The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company "Designation of Beneficiary" form and receipt of change/repositories/2/archival_objects/393827January 192936Haight, Henry Clement and Stephen Sweet Dranesville District, Fairfax County tax receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/3938281885-188737Haight, Henry Clement general receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/393829February - March 1883, June 10-11, 188638Haight, Henry Clement note payable and deed/repositories/2/archival_objects/393830December 1881, circa Feburary 188439Haight, Henry Clement registered letter receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/393831November 2, 1885, June 14, 1886310Haight, Phoebe (formerly Sweet) account notebook/repositories/2/archival_objects/393832circa 1875-1884311Haight, Phoebe (formerly Sweet) Dranesville District, Fairfax County tax receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/3938331881-1893312Haight, Phoebe (formerly Sweet) general receipts and notes payable/repositories/2/archival_objects/393834circa 1881-1898313Scope and Contents

Includes photocopy of November 1885 receipt

Haight, Phoebe (formerly Sweet) registered letter receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/393835February 20, 1888, June 27, 1893314Scope and Contents

Receipt for 1893 letter addressed to Elizabeth Sweet

Haight, Stephen Sweet general receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/393836circa 1884-1887315Haight, Stephen Sweet State of New York court summons/repositories/2/archival_objects/393837May 1813316Scope and Contents

Others names listed include Samuel Dickinson and Andrew Winslow Samson

Harnsberger, Rev. A.L. general receipts and bank deposits/repositories/2/archival_objects/393838April 15, 1892, 1904317Scope and Contents

Name spelled Harrisberger in some documents

Officers of General "Stonewall" Jackson's army order prohibiting theft of private property without approval of commanding officer/repositories/2/archival_objects/393839September 1, 1862318Scope and Contents

Folder includes original handwritten order and typed information card.

Produce ledger book/repositories/2/archival_objects/393840September 18, 1897 - September 26, 1898319Produce ledger book/repositories/2/archival_objects/393841October 3, 1898 - April 2, 1900320Sweet family farm mortgage and interest record/repositories/2/archival_objects/393842January 1843321Sweet, George receipt for California gold dig payment/repositories/2/archival_objects/393843February 21, 1851322Sweet, George registered letter receipt/repositories/2/archival_objects/393844July 31, 1889323Scope and Contents

Receipt for letter sent to "Mrs. Alexander Haight" also known as Phoebe Haight (formerly Sweet)

Trading Post, Lake George ledger book/repositories/2/archival_objects/3938451764-18085Scope and Contents

Includes typed information card inserted into front cover

United States currency notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/393846circa 1860s-1870s324Scope and Contents

Folder includes two 1 dollar notes from The City Bank, Augusta, Georgia, one 50 cents note, and one 3 dollar note from Frontier Bank in Potsdam, New York

Series 3: Photographs and ephemera/repositories/2/archival_objects/393847circa 1850s-19763-4, 6-7, map-case 27.2Scope and Content

Series 3: Photographs and ephemera (circa 1850s-1976) includes photographs, personal records, mementoes, and general ephemera created or collected by members of the Haight family. It is further divided into two subseries. Sub-series 1: Photographs (circa 1850s-1960s) includes original and reproduction photographic prints, including daguerreotypes and tintypes, with subjects including Sully Plantation, formal and informal portraits of members of the Haight family, Alexander Haight's prize horse, a portrait of a girl enslaved on Sully Plantation identified as Clio, and various locations and individuals in and around Fairfax County. Items are arranged chronologically by year of creation. Sub-series 2: Records and ephemera (circa 1862-1976) includes personal records and mementoes including programs, booklets, newspapers and clippings, poems, manuscripts, postcards, scrapbooks, and general ephemera items. Items are arranged chronologically by year of creation and grouped by material type or function.

Sub-series 1: Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/393848circa 1850s-1960s3-4Scope and Content

Sub-series 1: Photographs (circa 1850s-1960s) includes original and reproduction photographic prints, including daguerreotypes and tintypes, with subjects including Sully Plantation, formal and informal portraits of members of the Haight family, Alexander Haight's prize horse, a portrait of a girl enslaved on Sully Plantation identified as Clio, and various locations and individuals in and around Fairfax County. Items are arranged chronologically by year of creation.

"Little Sully" home of Alexander and Phoebe (formerly Sweet) Haight mounted photograph/repositories/2/archival_objects/393849circa 1850s-1860s325Scope and Contents

Includes original mounted photograph and reproduction copy with typed information. Typed information identifies original photograph as tintype, possibly in error.

Alexander Haight prize horse tintype photograph taken after the Civil War/repositories/2/archival_objects/393850circa 1860s326Scope and Contents

Folder includes original tintype, housed in envelope, reproduction copy, typed information card, and photocopy newspaper clipping. Ownership document in Series 2.

Two daguerrotpye portraits in cases of unidentified subject/repositories/2/archival_objects/393851circa 1860s4Scope and Contents

Subject is wearing a Union Army uniform in one of the portraits.

"Prof. Lowe reconnoitering at Battle of Fair Oaks" photograph by Matthew Brady/repositories/2/archival_objects/3938521862327Scope and Contents

Albumen print, Brady's Album Gallery No. 427

Clio, a girl enslaved on Sully Plantation, tintype photograph/repositories/2/archival_objects/393853circa 1865328Scope and Contents

Folder includes original tintype, housed in envelope, reproduction copy, and typed information card.

Mounted photograph of three seated individuals/repositories/2/archival_objects/393854circa 1889329Scope and Contents

Folder includes handwritten note from previous processor that identifies the subjects as likely to be Phoebe (formerly Sweet) Haight and her siblings George Sweet and Elizabeth Sweet. Note identifies George incorrectly as Elizabeth's husband.

United States Capitol building mounted photograph/repositories/2/archival_objects/393855circa 1900s330Fairfax Courthouse mounted photograph/repositories/2/archival_objects/3938561900331Scope and Contents

Inscription on back reads: "Photo in 1900 A.L. Haight"

George Curry posing outside with horse snapshop photograph and enlargement/repositories/2/archival_objects/393857circa 1905332Scope and Contents

Folders includes snapshot photograph with inscription written in pen on bottom front of image and back of print and 8x10 reproduction of photograph with front inscription included.

Estes Mill, Sperryville mounted photograph/repositories/2/archival_objects/393858September 16, 190541Two photographs of unidentified subjects/repositories/2/archival_objects/393859circa 1900s-1920s42Scope and Contents

Folder includes one snapshopt photograph of an unidentified subject posing outside in a ruffled dress, holding a hat and one 8x10 (possibly enlargement) photograph of an unidentified subject posing in a dark dress seated at a desk.

Two portraits of Helen Hill Haight, one in Red Cross uniform/repositories/2/archival_objects/393860circa 1910s-1920s43Scope and Contents

One portrait in cardboard holder

Alexander and Phoebe (formerly Sweet) Haight daguerrotype reproduction photographic prints/repositories/2/archival_objects/393861circa 1960s44Scope and Contents

Folder includes 8 x10 reproduction photographic prints, photocopies of reproductions, typed information card, and envelope address to H.C. Haight. Original daugerrotypes circa 1850s-1860s.

Fairfax Courthouse reproduction photographic print/repositories/2/archival_objects/393862circa 1960s45Scope and Contents

Original photograph taken in 1905

Two reproduction photographic prints and negatives of John S. Mosby and three others at the Manassas Battle Field reunion/repositories/2/archival_objects/393863circa 1960s46Scope and Contents

Folder includes 8x10 reproduction photographic prints, a single strip with three negatives of the same image, and typed information card. Inscription written at the bottom of the original image identifies the four seated individuals as: Fountain Beattie, Lycurgus Hutchison, John S. Mosby ("The Gray Ghost"), and George Turbeville V. Original photograph taken July 20, 1914.

View of Fairfax Station during the Civil War reproduction photographic print/repositories/2/archival_objects/393864circa 1960s47Scope and Contents

Folder includes 8x10 reproduction of photograph taken circa 1861-1865 and typed information card.

Fairfax Courthouse taken by Timothy O'Sullivan reproduction photographic prints/repositories/2/archival_objects/393865circa 196648Scope and Contents

Folder includes two 8x10 reproductions of photographs taken in June 1863 and typed information card.

Sub-series 2: Records and ephemera/repositories/2/archival_objects/393866circa 1862-19764, 6-7, map-case 27.2Scope and Content

Sub-series 2: Records and ephemera (circa 1862-1976) includes personal records and mementoes including programs, booklets, newspapers and clippings, poems, manuscripts, postcards, scrapbooks, and general ephemera items. Items are arranged chronologically by year of creation and grouped by material type or function.

Atkins, Charles L. Confederate soldier printed memorial statement/repositories/2/archival_objects/393867circa 186249Scope and Contents

Folder includes printed memorial statement and typed information card.

Two 2nd Manassas map sketches with annotations/repositories/2/archival_objects/393868August 29-30, 1862410Centennial Memorial U.S. Declaration of Independence reproduction/repositories/2/archival_objects/3938691876710Brief Notes of the Sermon Preached at the Funeral of Mrs. Susie Barnes Allen, Saturday, December 22, 1883, by Rev. Augustus Prichard"/repositories/2/archival_objects/3938701884411Ledger and scrapbook/repositories/2/archival_objects/393871circa 1838-19006"Views" photograph booklet, State Normal School, Farmville, Virginia/repositories/2/archival_objects/393872circa 1900s-1910s412"The principal Cities of the United States" photograph booklet/repositories/2/archival_objects/393873circa 1900s-1910s413Scope and Contents

All images have become detached from binding, includes illustrations of events and locations that are possibly from another booklet.

"The Civil War Experiences of a Northern Family Settled in Virginia: Taken Mainly From the Diaries of Charles and Phebe Sutton" typed manuscript/repositories/2/archival_objects/393874circa 1910s414Scope and Contents

Edited by their daughter Alice M. Coates

Haight, George Alexander "Past Chancellor's Certificate", Herndon Lodge, No. 84/repositories/2/archival_objects/393875July 13, 1911415"Dedication of Twin Markers: In Memorium of Major Generals Philip Kearny and Isaac Ingalls Stevens" program/repositories/2/archival_objects/393876October 2, 1915416Scope and Contents

Folder includes original program and typed information card

Gold miner's map/repositories/2/archival_objects/393877circa 1850s-1920s711Poems, typed and handwritten/repositories/2/archival_objects/393878circa 1880s-1920s417Alex. L. Haight for Sheriff election poster/repositories/2/archival_objects/3938791939712Scope and Contents

For General Election November 7, 1939

Greeting cards, mementoes, and general ephemera/repositories/2/archival_objects/393880circa 1860s-1960s418Oversized newspapers and clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/393881circa 1900s-1960sNewspapers are extremely brittle and require extra support when handling.27.2Souvenier postcards/repositories/2/archival_objects/393882circa 1930s-1960s419"Sketch of The Country occupied by the Federal & Confederate Armies on the 18th & 21st July 1861" reproduction map/repositories/2/archival_objects/393883circa 1960s713Scope and Contents

Map mounted on heavy backing with name "Alex Haight" written along left edge. Full map title reads: "Sketch of The Country occupied by the Federal & Confederate Armies on the 18th & 21st July 1861. Taken by Capt. Saml. P. Mitchell, of 1st Virginia Regiment. Published by W. Hargrave White. Richmond Va."

Programs and pamphlets/repositories/2/archival_objects/393884circa 1882-1967420"Echoes of History", The Pioneer America Society newsletters/repositories/2/archival_objects/3938851971421Scope and Contents

Includes Volume 1, No. 3, March 1971 and Index, November 1970-November 1971

Newspaper clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/393886circa 1928, 1976422