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The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.  Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.  Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.","Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives","English \n.    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Barclay Capt., treasurer's report Rockbridge Union Volunteers Company March 1837, roll of members of Rockbridge Union Volunteers Company January 6, 1838, members of Rockbridge Union Volunteers Company absent from muster on August 4, 1838, members of Rockbridge Union Volunteers Company absent from muster in September 1838 (?), treasurer's report Rockbridge Union Volunteers Company February 17, 1840\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest to exempt enslaved person named Jacob from taxation, request to exempt enslaved people from taxation, \"List of Free Negroes\" found within the SW revenue district of Rockbridge August 5, 1844, 12 pages of written receipts for paid Rockbridge County Court debts 1844 (numbered 2 to 13, but missing page 1), 3 miscellaneous receipts for payments January 1, 1844; March 11, 1844; August 7, 1844\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of Rockbridge County records, including tax lists, ordinary licenses, muster rolls, lists of enslaved people, court cases, and election polls.","Will of Patrick Campbell (July 15, 1777), Bond for Ordinary License, Rockbridge County, John Moore, William Alexander, John Paxton (November 4, 1778), Bond for Ordinary License, Rockbridge County, Alexander Stuart, Joseph McCray (December 1778)","Andrew Scotts, Mary Groves, Robert Shaw, Andrew Moore, James Patterson, David Moore, Robert McCormick, George Campbell, Samuel WC [?], John Pamler, William Moore, John Parks, David Moore, James Patton, John A. of William Moore Township, James Paxton, John Pur[?], William McClung, Alexander Moore, Hugh Beard, Anne Caruthers, Thomas Steele, James McClung, James Parker, James Statton, John Kerr, Jonathan Williams, David Moore, Joseph Seat, Abraham Wein, Alexander Green, Joseph [?], James McGowry, Samuel Eakin, Archibald Henderson, William Alexander, Jeane Weir, Nathaniel Wilson, David Williamson, Samuel Wilson, David Chambers, John Craig, James Bell, Samuel Eakin","William Alexander and William Moore bond for ordinary license, list of revenue taxes collected by Rockbridge County Deputy Sheriff, agreement between Michael Goore \u0026 James Seers concerning \"a Negro man named Adam\" and the care of Seers during his lifetime, conveyance of land by Hugh McDowell and his wife Sarah to William Hayes, Josias Anderson and John Galbraith bond for ordinary license, certificate of ownership John Templeton 3-year-old bay mare colt appraised at 4 pounds 5 shillings, bond for ordinary license Josias Anderson and John Galbraith, bond for ordina, list of conveyances of land recorded in the office of the Rockbridge County Court","List of Land Grants issued, election poll 1813 (Breckenridge vs. McFerrin), typed letter from Virginia State Library dated May 20. 1913 attaching Pay Roll of Captain James Paxton's Company of the Second Corps D'Elite \"in the service of the United States, commanded by Col. 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Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry \"Lighthorse Harry\" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a letter from Cyrus Hall McCormick. 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Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry \"Lighthorse Harry\" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a letter from Cyrus Hall McCormick. The material was found in upstate New York in the mid 20th century and given to Washington and Lee University Archives in 2013.","William Ambers writes a 3.5 page response to Ms. Davidson's (likely Mary Davidson of Lexington, Va.)  request for information on the early life of Edgar Allan Poe. Ambers shares reminiscences gathered from  James A. Clarke, of Manchester Va., who was a childhood friend of Poe. The contests of the letter were published November 19, 1885 in an article in the State, a Richmond, Virginia newspaper.","Ambers writes a second letter offering a few more names of those who were childhood friends of Edgar Allan Poe. He wishes Ms. Davidson success on her Poe research project.","A five page letter, dated December 2, 1859,  written by Virginia Military institute cadet Charles A. Davidson, of Lexington, Va. to his mother Hannah. The letter documents the events leading up to and the execution of abolitionist John Brown at Charles Town. Davidson vividly describes the V.M.I. cadets' journey from Lexington to Charles Town including noteworthy events that transpired along the way, and offers a detailed account of the actual execution. Eighty-five V.M.I. cadets along with V.M.I. faculty attended the execution, by order of the governor of Virginia,to deter any potential protests or uprisings by Brown's supporters.","Item is likely a copy of a paycheck from the State of Virginia for his service.","Mary G. Markoe of Baltimore, Maryland writes to General R.E. Lee describing the final days, death, and burial of her friend Anne Kinloch Lee Marshall, Lee's sister, in 1864. Anne Lee married Revered William Louis Marshall also of Baltimore, Md. In the final section of the letter, the author asks that General Lee provide her son, Francis \"Frank\" Markoe, a former Confederate officer, advice regarding taking the oath of allegiance to the United States. She includes the compelling three page letter from her son, Frank, dated May 25, 1865, written to her from Canada where he had travelled just after Lee's surrender at Appommattox. In it he clarifies his circumstances and his wishes to come home to Baltimore, but is unwilling to take the oath and return without Lee's blessing.","Letter explaining why Mr. Wyvill's son is not returning to Washington College for the 1867 session.","Dr. Charles H. Smith, Medical Examiner for the Arlington Mutual Life Insurance Company writes to Robert E. Lee to ask if he is interested in being the president of company. Lettter is two pages and describes the company. Also included is a published prospectus of the company, a published chart of insurance price tables, the company's charter and bylaws, and two published lists of all who are insured by the company and and the envelope addressed to Lee in which these items were delivered. Eight items total including the letter and its enclosure.","Lexington, Virginia lawyer James D. Davidson writes a one page note to Robert E. Lee asking him to explain his family relationship to Arthur Lee, signer of the Virginia's Deed of Cession in 1784. Lee responds initially on the same page. The note was then delivered back to Davidson who corrected his initial question and asks for an updated response which Lee provides on the reverse of the page.","Henry Jewett Fuber, Sr., the Vice President of Universal Life Insurance Company basedin New York, writes to Robert E. Lee to once again offer him an opportunity to join the company as its Southern officer or agent. According to the letter, Lee had turned down a previous offer from Furber and his company. The letter is ten pages.","The publication was signed by Robert E. Lee's daughter Mildred Childe Lee and dated 1871.","This is a photographic copy of a document generated by the Commonwealth of Virginia's Second Auditor's Office.  The document notes Washington and Lee University's official surrender of Virginia bonds and certificates which included George Washington's gift of James River Company stock.","Hannah Turner writes from \"Rutland\" (perhaps Rutland, Vermont)to her son Thomas Hale, Esq. about day to day business, family matters, and Hannah (perhaps her daughter?)planning for travel to a school called Windsor. The letter is addressed to Thomas E. Hale, Esq. \"at the Legislature, Boston.\"","This item has been removed and cataloged to Rare Books.","The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law.  The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.  Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.  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Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Correspondence","Legal documents","John Brown's Raid (Harpers Ferry, West Virginia : 1859)","College Students","Slavery"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Correspondence","Legal documents","John Brown's Raid (Harpers Ferry, West Virginia : 1859)","College Students","Slavery"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["1 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["1 Linear Feet"],"date_range_isim":[1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is available for research use.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["This collection is available for research use."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://repository.wlu.edu/handle/11021/30934\"\u003eView materials from this collection online via W\u0026amp;L's Digital Archive\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Online Access"],"altformavail_tesim":["View materials from this collection online via W\u0026L's Digital Archive"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePreferred citation: [Identification of item], Schoenbrun Collection, WLU Coll. 0394, Special Collections and Archives, James G. 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The contests of the letter were published November 19, 1885 in an article in the State, a Richmond, Virginia newspaper.","Ambers writes a second letter offering a few more names of those who were childhood friends of Edgar Allan Poe. He wishes Ms. Davidson success on her Poe research project.","A five page letter, dated December 2, 1859,  written by Virginia Military institute cadet Charles A. Davidson, of Lexington, Va. to his mother Hannah. The letter documents the events leading up to and the execution of abolitionist John Brown at Charles Town. Davidson vividly describes the V.M.I. cadets' journey from Lexington to Charles Town including noteworthy events that transpired along the way, and offers a detailed account of the actual execution. 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