{"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=72","prev":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=71","next":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=73","last":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=794"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":72,"next_page":73,"prev_page":71,"total_pages":794,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":710,"total_count":7932,"first_page?":false,"last_page?":false}},"data":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8478","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Booton-Modesitt Family Papers, 1809/1880, bulk 1820/1850","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8478#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Booton, Lucy Mary Modesitt","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8478#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003ePapers of the Modesitt-Booton families of Luray, Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to Lucy Marye of Luray, Virginia who married James Modesitt in 1815. She was widowed in 1827 and remarried James Booton in 1830. Lucy was born to Peter and Eleanor Marye and was sister to William Staige Marye, who is considered one of the founders of Luray, Virginia Also included are letters by John Booton and others relating to slavery and politics, children's copy books, account books, a broadside, invoices, legal contracts and documents.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8478#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8478","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8478","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8478","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8478","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8478.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Booton-Modesitt Family Papers","title_ssm":["Booton-Modesitt Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Booton-Modesitt Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["circa 1809-1880","1820-1850"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["circa 1809-1880"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1820-1850"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1809/1880, bulk 1820/1850"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Booton-Modesitt Family Papers, 1809/1880, bulk 1820/1850"],"text":["Booton-Modesitt Family Papers, 1809/1880, bulk 1820/1850","Mss. Acc. 2009.570","/repositories/2/resources/8478","Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century","Luray (Va.)--History--19th century","Presidents--United States--Election--1848","Slavery--Virginia--19th century","United States--History--Mexican War, 1845-1848","Account books","Broadsides","Exercise books","Financial records","Invitations","Invoices","Letters (correspondence)","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Papers of the Modesitt-Booton families of Luray, Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to Lucy Marye of Luray, Virginia who married James Modesitt in 1815. She was widowed in 1827 and remarried James Booton in 1830. Lucy was born to Peter and Eleanor Marye and was sister to William Staige Marye, who is considered one of the founders of Luray, Virginia Also included are letters by John Booton and others relating to slavery and politics, children's copy books, account books, a broadside, invoices, legal contracts and documents.","All of the following, description and excerpts, was provided by the seller and has not been verified: \"The archive of Lucy Marye of Luray, Virginia who married James Modesitt in 1815, who died in 1827, Lucy then married James Booton in 1830. (1809-1880 with the large majority of items being from the 1820s-1850s). Lucy was born to Peter and Eleanor Marye and was sister to William Staige Marye, who is considered one of the founders of Luray, Virginia.","Included are copy books by the children, Sarah, Wyatt Stage and others, from the 1840s and 1850s. They range from a few pages to several with around 70 pages. They are all handwritten and have areas for copying the same line over and over again along with other areas for class notes and exercises.","Confederate Bond Coupon from 1864","Small Broadside for selling the business of Robert Modisett, selling the entire stock 1850s","18 page account book for items including Hog Skins, Squirrel Skins, Sheep Skins and other items from 1834","Small Account Book/Ledger including clothing items from 1835","2 Page Handwritten Poem written by John Booton 1844 at Luray Academy Diary of Charles Modisett as a Teacher of the Public White School in the Springfield District from 1880, including enrollment, attendance, ages of kids, along with a selection of his notes as teacher.","Invoices many several pages long some for medical items from Jonas Crane, a doctor in the area, some for blacksmith work, several for work on shoes and clothes Receipts including slave tax receipts Indentures and Deeds for land and property","Several Large Fold Lists of Land Grants","Some Books and Journals including New England Primer from the 1830s and 1840s Prayer book and hymnal","Group of 15 Circulars for the Commissioner of Revenue for Virginia from the 1840s and 1850s, they belonged to Charles Modesitt who was the Commissioner in Page County","4 page Policy of Insurance from the Insurance Company of the Valley of Virginia at Winchester from 1853","Virginia Confederate Bond Coupon","1864 Several Engraved Rewards of Merit for the Children from the 1840s-1860s","Nice License for Private Entertainment by Charles B Modesitt","1860 Handwritten note for the Election of 1853, listing all the votes from Congress, Senate and House from Price's Mill, Brintz's Mill, Mohler's Mille, Honeyville, Springfield, Rileysville, Oakham and Luray with Armstrong, Butler, Faulkner, Buswell, Keyser and Spitter all running for office","Small Printed Broadside of the Faculty of Jefferson College from 1849","Documents dealing with the death and estate of James Modesitt from 1827","Handwritten Invitation to John and Robert to attend a social party at the Washington House in Luray, signed by all the managers","1845 Letters The majority are 3-4 pages long. Interesting group of letters from G Gordon, who was a cousin. They were from Honeyville, Virginia to Luray from the 1830s","Letters from Hawksbill, Virginia from William R Almond, a well known businessman in Page County from the 1820s","Letters from her son while he was at school at Jefferson Medical College from 1849-1853","Letters from her son, Robert Modesitt, as he traveled and started his business in Pennsylvania 1840s.","Letters from Lucy Gordon from 1840 from Slate Mills, Virginia","A few letters from James Modesitt to Lucy 1810s","A few letters from Lucy to her children\" \"There are two literary societies composed of the students of the college. They meet once a week and in rotation have lectures, compositions, and a debate. I am a member of the largest one, the Adelphian, and last night I spoke two rounds on the debate. The first time I ever made a speech. The question for debate was this. Can a government be perpetuated which is not founded on a religion?\" \"I have one important matter to communicate and that is that I am going to be married in May unless something strange, very strange, turns up. I hope you are willing to trust my judgment in the selection of a companion for life. I think my choice is a prudent and happy one and one that cannot fail to please you. I am sure if you love me or any child you have, you will love her. I wish you could see her.\" \"I saw this morning an account of another battle fought between the Americans and the Mexicans which lasted sometime. During the action, lieut. Thomas Jordan and many other gallant officers were wounded. I reckon Mr. Jordan will be much grieved to hear that his son has happened to such a sad accident but it will be of some consolation to him to think that it was done in defense of his country. Brid. Gen. Joshua Howe of this place received orders from the president this morning to call together the militia of this country and march to the field of battle on the 22nd of June. I would like to know if there is any likelihood of many being taken away from Luray.\" \"We have had a warm political contest here but all is lost. JK Polk will certainly be president of the US. I am disappointed beyond measure. I could not have believed he could have beaten our gallant old Harry, but it is all over, and we must make the best of it.\" \"I was a little surprised last Thursday morning when I got up to discover an attempt to break in the store during the night. They bored holes with an anger through the door next to the street with the intention to get out the key, I suppose, but they did not succeed. They were scared off by the watchmen. If they had gotten in, I think they would have met with rather a warm reception. I did not hear them as I sleep upstairs, but if they had come up there, I had the thing that would have made them get out a little quicker than they got in. There seems to be a gang of villains about here for awhile. They have attempted to fire buildings and do other mischief. One rouge has been safely lodged in jail for breaking in a store in Parkersburg, Virginia and robbed it of $200.\" \"The honorable James Buchanan passed through here last Monday and made a short speech to the students. I was very well pleased both with the speech and the man. One does not see any of the outward peculiarities which are sometimes taken for characteristics of greatness, except indeed the deep cunning expressed by his eyes or the sharpness and prominence of the chin.\" \"I hope Daniel Kibler's letter has not put Charlie in the notion of going to the West. I suppose from what he says that his father has taken up some government or vacant land, as it is called.\" \"The University of Virginia receives an annuity of $15,000 from the state and one of the conditions on which is receives it is that there shall be one student from every congressional district from the state educated free of charge for tuition and boarding. I could perhaps get in there from the Paige District, but it would make me feel a little too degraded to be educated at the expense of the state. Besides, the Virginia University is one of the best, if not the very best, college in the United States.\" Letter from Port Gibson, Mississippi from Mary Marye describing her life from 1848. \"We stayed in Washington city until 5:00 Saturday evening. We went to the president's house, the public grounds, the Washington Monument, the Equestrian Statue of Jackson, the Capitol, the Patent Office. I enclose a five dollar note which I got from Mr. Grove. It turns out to be counterfeit.\" \"I received a letter from Dr. Rust some weeks ago. He offers me two fifths of his practice if I will go in to co-partnership with him in the spring. I answered it not accepting positively his offer, though I think it is not unlikely that I will.\" \"Did you see Belle Austin's husband while you were in Uniontown? He is a whopper. Considerably over six feet. I saw a catalog of the Steubenville Seminary a few days ago which had the name of Margret Thompson from Luray, Virginia in it. Pray, who is she? Is she Dr. Thompson's daughter? The seminary is only a days ride from this place.\" \"I have heard alarms of fire every night since I have been here. The first night I got here there was a fire very near in sight of my window besides three others. The town seemed to be in commotion all night. I have gotten along from the time I left home. I will give you first and account from the day I left. The first day I went to Shenandoah Furnace. The next day I went to Harrisonburg and the next day to New Market where I remained until Wednesday. I walked from New Market to Mount Jackson, seven miles. It was not the day for the stage when I left New Market.\" \"I suppose you will wonder what brought me here. I will answer that. It was through the improper intimacy of the young man that was here with a very respectable young lady. In order to keep out of trouble, he left this place last Sunday for parts unknown. He did not go without the knowledge of brother Robert. He has always acted highly honorable with him.\" Letters from Lucy Booton to her children from Slatevilles, Virginia. Letter to Dr F.W.G. Thomas, who became a well known physician in Missouri looking for employment from 1852 Nice letter from Rockingham with a nice folk art drawing of a bird with a branch at the top of the letter Great letter from James to Lucy a few months before they were married in 1815, \"I have purchased my Brother's blacksmith's and expect to start out to fetch them in on Wednesday next. I am making preparation to settle in Luray. I find that I shall get sufficient employ in my line of business and a great supply of work for my smiths. I believe it will be far more advantageous to me to live in town than out in the neighborhood as I cannot do anything at farming with my present force.my desire for your precious company is great tho I cannot see you now, only in mind, as soon after I return from the Allegany if possible I shall visit you, you may look for me on the Saturday before the fourth Sunday in the present month.\" Letter from James to Lucy from 1820, \"Business goes on well, Rose is very attentive doing her best to please her mistress, when she comes home. She is very attentive to the children. I think my dear it will be very convenient after I come from the Ohio State for you to visit our mother again before Christmas..truly, truly your till death Jas Modesitt\" \"I have sent a vial of spirits of Mendereri, you will please give cousin Lucy a teaspoon full every hour, when she seems feverish, until her skin becomes moist, I have also sent some creamer tartar she can use to make the magueria operate should it not operate without\" \"She seems to decline fast but she does not appear to suffer much severe paint often. Dr Henkel's medicine weakened her very fast while taking to Dr Kim came in to see her and advised her together with Dr Crane to discontinue the use of it\" \"Cousin Jno Booton wrote to me a few weeks ago saying that Dr Rust was desirous that I should return in the spring to practice with him.I don't know what to say about it. I shall write to John asking what share Dr Rust is willing to give and how long he proposes the partnership should last. This will give me time to hear from you on the subject.\" \"I sent by him one dozen bottles of McMunn's Elixir of opium for Lucy. It will help to control her cough and whenever she requires an opiate whether in the shape of Laudaman Panegone, Black Drop, Morphia, or Solid Opium\" \"On Friday last Samuel S Austin brother of Mary, was killed on the hill this side of Brownsville, by the bursting of a wall swivel, that is a Mexican gun made of brass and weighing between 100 and 125 pounds. A piece of it about 10 inches long and 1 inch thick struck him in the abdoment or rather his thigh and mashed the hip bone, throwing clear out a part of the joint nearly as large as the half of a hen's egg and tearing out his entrails.He had gone down the Ohio river to Wheeling to meet the volunteers from this county just returning from Mexico\" \"The other accident resulted in the death of a little boy a few days previous to that. He was the son of Mr Peter Kremer of this place and was hanging with his hands to the coupling pole of a wagon and the driver not knowing he was there stopped and commenced backing the wagon, when the little boy fell and the wheel passed right over his neck, breaking it and causing instant death,\" \"I was going to write to you last Sunday but as Gen Taylor was expected to pass through here this week. I put it off in order to give you an account of his reception and description of his person. He arrived here yesterday evening at 7 precisely and remained over night. A large concourse of citizens met him about a mile from town and escorted him to the Clinton House in an open carriage. He was welcomed to the town in a short speech by E.P. Oliphant, to which he replied in a speech of about three to five minutes..It seems that everybody had got it into their noggins that he was a large man, consequently they were disappointed to find him a small one\" Letter from Madison County from 1833 to James Booton, \"Dear Sir I am informed by Mr Thomas Clore that you wish to purchase a farm on this side of the mountain. I have a small one. I will sell on accommodating terms the tract contains 137 acres, it is on the south side of the Robison River\" \"I was very busy for a while after Mr Fetzer left here for Wheeling. You said in your letter that Doctor Robertson has sold his farm to David Kibler for $900 and has moved to the West. I don't recollect any David Kibler unless he is a son of old Philip Kibler.\" \"Emily is to be married next month, Mrs Ruby has left him, he has treated her very badly. Mr D brought her home to live, She is going to apply for a divorce, be kind enough to burn this letter.\" \"I thought I would wait until we heard from our election. We gave a small vote to what it should have been, about 750 majority where it out the have been 1150 Scott Vote in page\" \"You said in your letter that Uncle James Marye had just gone home from Mothers, he must be getting younger instead of older if he can stand so many fatiguing journeys across the ridge.\" \"We have a had a great deal of wet, The National road has been in a horrid condition, all winter, it is getting a little better now. You have a nice set of candidates for the Senate, I must confess. The county candidates will do a little better.\" \"There is an old colonel by the name of Semaroski lecturing on Napoleon Bonaparte he served under Napoleon in the French war, 23 years. He has been in 202 battles he has a very large scar from his mouth to his ear and a very large lump on his side where he was wounded with a cannonball. He is also a minister of the Gospel a Lutheran by profession.He was born in Poland and educated in France and moved to Indiana after the French Revolution\" \"We had a grand illumination of the town about a week ago in celebration of the surrender of the city of Vera Cruz.Capt S.S. Austin has just ? From Mexico, he went about 3 months ago by himself but afterwards joined the 3rd artillery and served as 1st Lieutenant in the attack on Vera Cruz.\" \"He has a prospect of selling out here too and if he does I think he will go to Missouri probably after that concern is closed in Baltimore. His business calls him to Missouri now for two or three weeks.Say nothing about this out of the Family for he does not wish it mentioned to any person I know.\" \"Since the treaty with Mexico has been concluded a great number of soldiers going home passed through this place. The most of them looked the worse for the war, there were several distinguished officers of high rank among them, that that I saw were, General Pillow, Quitman, Cadwalder and last but not least Major General William Butler of Kentucky, the Democratic Candidate for Vice President.\" \"General Patterson and Shields also went through here but I did not see them..The Whigs and Democrats both have polls up. The Whig pole is 210 feet high...There was a discussion at the Whig Pole on Friday night between AJ Ogle and J.S. Dawson, the former the Whig Candidate for Congress and the latter the Democratic one for the same office\" \"I see by the newspapers that the Democrats have done the thing up brown at the election in the Old Dominion. As far as heard from they have already a majority of seven over what they had in the last legislature. How is it in Page, is Boswell or Keyser elected?\" \"I start for the West in the morning but not very far, yet my trip will be longer, I fear than will be entirely pleasant to me. I have hope of getting back before 1st April, will be much pleased to be disappointed to the contrary. My trip west from which I have just returned, was a pleasant one with the exception of cold weather. I experienced a river severe time crossing the Alleghany Mountains\" Nice letter from L.C. Marye from Fredericksburg, 1845, \"Aunt Lucy, You will please inform me what were the movements of your father during the Revolution of our country, if you have any information on this please inform me.\" \"The expectation of a war with Mexico has caused great excitement and go where you will almost you will find that the subject of their discussion, in fact the surgeon of the Union Town Companies have had a great many applicants under pretence of different diseases to try to get off from going to war\" \"I am going to school at Madison College, do not let the word College deceive you any person would naturally suppose that it was a large flourishing institution but they would be wonderfully mistaken. For it is nothing to be compared with the Luray Academy when it was under the admirable superintendence of G.W. Grayson or Bandylegs as we used to call him.\" \"We were detained at Harpers Ferry nearly two days and saw a great many curiosities there, one of which was the U States armory, a great curiosity indeed\" \"I saw your cousin, J.K. Booton last Tuesday, I believe he was in usual health. He is now captain of the company that your father had the command of before his decease\" \"much more tedious journey than we anticipated I saw a great many strange things at least strange to me. Among them was the railroad and steam cars in operation by being thrown off the road from the fact of the North River being past fording we were compelled to go ten miles out of our way or lay by at Frankfort until the next day, that was a dreadful days travel, a most wretched road from Frankfort to Cumberland\" \"Rob's little boy, Austin got kicked by a horse about ten days ago and had his collar bone broken. It still had to be fastened to its place but he does not complain of it hurting him any and is running about as if nothing unusual had happened to him. He is one of the boldest and most reckless boys I ever saw.\" \"I would recommend this plan to him, to leave Luray Friday morning on horseback in time to get to New Market for the stages going from Winchester to Staunton in the day time..stay all night and leave at day light for the Rockbridge Alum Springs and get here Saturday evening, I suppose if he were to come by Lexington he would possibly find the connection between the stages a little better.\" \"Robert and all his family are well. He had Lucy's and Austin's Daguerreotypes taken a few days ago\" \"Several families from Dage County have passed through here going West, within the last week or two among them were William Wood, Washington Ruffner, and old Mr Varner going home from Ohio. Has the company that started from Luray a few days before I did, get back yet?.The widow and children of Sam Austin came back here last night from Philadelphia where she went after his death to see her mother\" \"There has been a good deal of excitement here since the election and it seems that the Whigs have beat the Democrats in this state and the Democrats had beat the Whigs in Ohio.Great efforts will be made by each party to carry this state in November for President\" \"There was arrested yesterday and taken to jail a man by the name of Thomas Evans for the murder of Hayden Bliss on 19th of November 1845. After this fatal affray Evans says he went to Ohio but feeling uneasy and uncomfortable there he thought it would be better for him to return home. We are told he made no resistance to the officer who arrested him but quietly and peaceably submitted to his control and direction. Evans says he did it in self defense. He murdered him by chopping Blisses head in a horrid manner with a corn cutter. The murdered man was a brother in law of the murderer.\" \"I left your overshoes at the Post Office at New Market to be returned to you, I will send those Saddlebags and Overcoat in Roberts Trunk\" \"We arrived here on the 4th of the month being detained by the snow two days at Harpers Ferry. I was in the United States Armory at the Ferry it was a great curiosity to me indeed to see more than three hundred person employed in making guns.\" \"I felt like jumping up and cracking my heels together when I heard that Colb of Georgia was elected speaker of the house and then the Chairmen of all the important committees in the senate are pro-slavery men. Such a triumph of the south puts the abolitionist about here considerably down in the mouth. What do you think of the President's Message, I think it small potatoes\" \"I wish he had been here last Sunday Morning to witness the departure of the Fayette County Volunteers for Mexico, it was an imposing sight.\" \"Your Turnpike affair seems to be looking up. Perhaps when I visit Page again I shall have the pleasure of crossing the Massanutten Mountains in the stage. I suppose Stage will have an opportunity for making some money by it and there is no doubt but that he will improve it\" \"The people here are very apprehensive of the cholera, none has occurred in town yet, but there have been several cases at the poor house, a good many deaths by cholera have taken place in Brownsville.\" \"I suppose you have heard of the steam boat explosion here last week. It was a melancholy thing indeed, there was at the time and since died from injuries, twenty-six or seven persons. The boat was entirely new and was about to make a short trip for trial and had not left shore fifty yards when the boiler burst and made the dreadful destruction of life, there was eighty-two persons on board and only fifteen escaped unhurt\" \"I suppose you are now acting sheriff and a laborious job you have of it no doubt. The duties of the officer in Virginia are much greater than they are here. The Sheriffs in Penn have no taxes to collect\" \"I was on a tour in the West. I wrote him from Wheeling, I left Wheeling on Sunday in the Steam Boat Messenger and arrived here about 12 yesterday. I leave here this evening for Nashville, Tennessee on the steam boat, Martha.\" Nice letter from Louisville, Kentucky while traveling \"The woman arrested sometime ago for killing the Watchman, has been tried and acquitted on the ground that she committed the murder in Self-Defense. Charles Austin, Marye's Brother, was to be tried for seduction and breach of promise of marriage but the case was compromised before it came into court by his Father paying the girl's father five hundred and fifty dollars. Another girl sued Skiles Austin for a case of the same nature.The male portion of that family have turned out badly\" \"This is a day of sad gloom in our town. The Cholera in its most malignant form commenced its savages here yesterday. I think the first occurred about 8 AM and died about noon. Since that time 7 have died and there are others that are sick that may terminate fatally. It is so far confined to one street principally non having occurred but in the vicinity of that street.The gloom and alarm here you can hardly conceive, many have left town and many more I think will leave.\" \"I have got about 5 or 6 hundred silk worms which keep me very busy of mornings and evenings feeding them and shifting them on fresh leaves. I feed them on the natural mulberry and James William on the Morus Multicaulis. My worms appear to grow faster than his.\" Nice letter from James to Lucy from 1825 \"Peter set of for Columbia, 6th of this month he went from here to Culpeper intending to take the stage and go on immediately but when he got there it was gone.He then took the stage and went to Orange CH where he intended to take the Fredericksburg and Charlottesville Stage but when it arrived it was so crowded that he could not get a seat.he therefore directed his trunk to be sent on to Charlottesville and set off on foot he walked to Gordonsville 10 miles to breakfast.Mechanicsville 6 miles to dinner then to MacCauley's tavern\" \"He hired 2 horses and a boy to carry him to Silmington 12 miles then to Columbia which waqs 9 miles, he walked, he got there Sunday evening.He got on board a boat loaded with tobacco bound to Richmond and went 12 miles by way of the river to Cartersville\" \"1824 Slave Document being an appraisal and dividing up of 21 Slaves, they are all named in the document.\" \"Interesting document from 1824 being a 3 page complaint about a slave that was hired for a year threatening to run away with her husband. Her husband actually comes and demands that he sell her back to the previous owner or she will runaway, it's really interesting. Letter from John Booton while at college from 1850 \"The Niggers are very numerous here and very important. A few evenings since a big black fellow who thought himself as good as anybody undertook to make some students here from Kentucky and some of the other slave states, get out of his road. The even convinced him he had waked up the wrong passengers. They gave the negro a little the soundest cudgeling he ever had. The whole body of the negroes became outraged at this and armed themselves with guns, pistols, bowie knives, axes, and clubs swearing vengeance on the white fellows that whipped their colored brother and if the rest of the students came to their assistance, prepared for a general battle.they did not proceed to violence but contented themselves by getting out warrants for the arrest of the students concerned in the affray.Some think the disturbance will not end here but that during the coming vacation while a good many of the students are at home the negroes will attempt to overpower those that remain here. All I can say is that if they do there will be blood spilled. The blacks are nearly all armed. To make the matter worse a good many of the inhabitants take sides with the niggers. How I despise such people. I have hardly benevolence enough to wish them a happy hereafter.I have never had any difficulty with the blacks or their white allies and hope I shall not have.\" Letter from John Booton from 1851 about runaway Virginia slaves and the battle that ensued over them being arrested and the free blacks and abolitionists that get involved and ready to fight for them, really fantastic: \"We had a great excitement here last Monday on account of the arrest of some runaway negroes from Virginia. There were warrants issued for the arrest of five fugitives. Two of them were taken at Robstown on the Loughegheny River, but the free blacks and abolitionists raised a mob, rescued the slaves and cut some of the officers. Two others were arrested in Brownsville and after creating a good deal of excitement were brought to Uniontown for trial. After they had been lodged in jail news came that there was a considerable body of armed negroes headed by one or two abolitionists coming from Brownsville to attempt a rescue. In hearing this the sheriff ordered out the military to maintain the laws. A part of the darkies reported to be coming, come in town one at a time. Finding the soldiers ready and anxious for a fight they left town without ceremony. Money was raised to indemnify the owners and the slaves set at liberty.\" 1855 Letter from Criglersville to Luray \"Mr Lindsay has two negroes with the fever, bad cases, I attend to them and go there every other day. It is seven miles from here. He is the first man in the county that gave me substantial encouragement. He says he has more confidence in the over the ridge doctors than he has in those about here. They are dangerously ill but if I can cure them and I think I can it will be a strong spoke in my wheel\" Letter from Charles Modisett from Page County 1860 \"James W Modesitt Sheriff of page County on the 6th day of July last and enclosed a copy of each together with a list of Free Negroes and transmitted them by mail to your office\" A document from Charles Modesitt from Page County from 1857 that includes listing the number of Free Negroes in the town at 3 cents each, there were 48 at the time Letter from William Almond from Hawksbill to Luray 1825 \"There will be more done to them by Mr Modesitt's estate than my utmost fears anticipate so much that it will absolutely necessary for me to sell all the black people, and I very much question whether they together with all the rest of the personal estate will be sufficient to pay all the bonded and guardian debts.\" Letter from John Booton from 1846 about Albino Black Children There was a great animal show here yesterday and wax works and four white negro boys their father and mother are said to be black and these naturally white, their noses are flat and their hair white and curly and have every resemblance of a negro except their eyes and feet. I saw a man after the show was over and said he pulled out a bunch of his hair to ascertain whether he had on a wig or not and found that he had not.\" Letter from John Booton from 1846 \"There was a murder committed but a short distance from there. The murder was a negro supposed to be a runaway and stabbed up a white man for trying to arrest him and made his escape. William says he has volunteered for Texas, tell him if he is very eager to get there an opportunity now offers for staying five years so if he wants to go bad he had better come on here immediately as there are now officers here from the army recruiting\" Letter from John Booton Christmas Eve 1845 about a sermon by the well known Indian Missionary, John Douglas Bemo from the Seminole Tribe \"I heard a Seminole Indian preach last Sunday a week in the Presbyterian Church at this place I also heard him give a description of himself, his tribe the same night. It was very interesting indeed there was a collection made for him to distribubte amongst his tribe, he got $100 at this place, $19 of which he got out of James Peach's Family, the Indian's name was John Bemo of the seminoe tribe, a nephew of the celebrated Chief Osceola.\" Letter from John Booton from 1847 \"A great number of volunteer soldiers passed through here within the past week for Mexico. I also saw two Indians pass through yesterday on the stages going home from Washington City. They belong to the Caw tribes in a remote part of Missouri. They were bare headed and nothing to cover their body but a blanket thrown carelessly over their shoulders and a pair of shoes. It would be impossible for me to describe the beads and jewelry of various kinds about their persons. They could speak English Tolerably well.\" 1861 Confederate Document for taxes including sections about slaves by Charles Modesitt 1862 Confederate Circular from the Auditor's Office in Richmond on licenses to run distilleries.\"","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Booton, Lucy Mary Modesitt","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Booton-Modesitt Family Papers, 1809/1880, bulk 1820/1850"],"collection_ssim":["Booton-Modesitt Family Papers, 1809/1880, bulk 1820/1850"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. Acc. 2009.570","/repositories/2/resources/8478"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. Acc. 2009.570","/repositories/2/resources/8478"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century"],"geogname_ssim":["Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century"],"places_ssim":["Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century"],"creator_ssm":["Booton, Lucy Mary Modesitt"],"creator_ssim":["Booton, Lucy Mary Modesitt"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Booton, Lucy Mary Modesitt"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"creators_ssim":["Booton, Lucy Mary Modesitt","Special Collections Research Center"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchase."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Luray (Va.)--History--19th century","Presidents--United States--Election--1848","Slavery--Virginia--19th century","United States--History--Mexican War, 1845-1848","Account books","Broadsides","Exercise books","Financial records","Invitations","Invoices","Letters (correspondence)"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Luray (Va.)--History--19th century","Presidents--United States--Election--1848","Slavery--Virginia--19th century","United States--History--Mexican War, 1845-1848","Account books","Broadsides","Exercise books","Financial records","Invitations","Invoices","Letters (correspondence)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["1.00 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["1.00 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Account books","Broadsides","Exercise books","Financial records","Invitations","Invoices","Letters (correspondence)"],"date_range_isim":[1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBooton-Modesitt Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Booton-Modesitt Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information:"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Information from seller"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of the Modesitt-Booton families of Luray, Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to Lucy Marye of Luray, Virginia who married James Modesitt in 1815. She was widowed in 1827 and remarried James Booton in 1830. Lucy was born to Peter and Eleanor Marye and was sister to William Staige Marye, who is considered one of the founders of Luray, Virginia Also included are letters by John Booton and others relating to slavery and politics, children's copy books, account books, a broadside, invoices, legal contracts and documents.","All of the following, description and excerpts, was provided by the seller and has not been verified: \"The archive of Lucy Marye of Luray, Virginia who married James Modesitt in 1815, who died in 1827, Lucy then married James Booton in 1830. (1809-1880 with the large majority of items being from the 1820s-1850s). Lucy was born to Peter and Eleanor Marye and was sister to William Staige Marye, who is considered one of the founders of Luray, Virginia.","Included are copy books by the children, Sarah, Wyatt Stage and others, from the 1840s and 1850s. They range from a few pages to several with around 70 pages. They are all handwritten and have areas for copying the same line over and over again along with other areas for class notes and exercises.","Confederate Bond Coupon from 1864","Small Broadside for selling the business of Robert Modisett, selling the entire stock 1850s","18 page account book for items including Hog Skins, Squirrel Skins, Sheep Skins and other items from 1834","Small Account Book/Ledger including clothing items from 1835","2 Page Handwritten Poem written by John Booton 1844 at Luray Academy Diary of Charles Modisett as a Teacher of the Public White School in the Springfield District from 1880, including enrollment, attendance, ages of kids, along with a selection of his notes as teacher.","Invoices many several pages long some for medical items from Jonas Crane, a doctor in the area, some for blacksmith work, several for work on shoes and clothes Receipts including slave tax receipts Indentures and Deeds for land and property","Several Large Fold Lists of Land Grants","Some Books and Journals including New England Primer from the 1830s and 1840s Prayer book and hymnal","Group of 15 Circulars for the Commissioner of Revenue for Virginia from the 1840s and 1850s, they belonged to Charles Modesitt who was the Commissioner in Page County","4 page Policy of Insurance from the Insurance Company of the Valley of Virginia at Winchester from 1853","Virginia Confederate Bond Coupon","1864 Several Engraved Rewards of Merit for the Children from the 1840s-1860s","Nice License for Private Entertainment by Charles B Modesitt","1860 Handwritten note for the Election of 1853, listing all the votes from Congress, Senate and House from Price's Mill, Brintz's Mill, Mohler's Mille, Honeyville, Springfield, Rileysville, Oakham and Luray with Armstrong, Butler, Faulkner, Buswell, Keyser and Spitter all running for office","Small Printed Broadside of the Faculty of Jefferson College from 1849","Documents dealing with the death and estate of James Modesitt from 1827","Handwritten Invitation to John and Robert to attend a social party at the Washington House in Luray, signed by all the managers","1845 Letters The majority are 3-4 pages long. Interesting group of letters from G Gordon, who was a cousin. They were from Honeyville, Virginia to Luray from the 1830s","Letters from Hawksbill, Virginia from William R Almond, a well known businessman in Page County from the 1820s","Letters from her son while he was at school at Jefferson Medical College from 1849-1853","Letters from her son, Robert Modesitt, as he traveled and started his business in Pennsylvania 1840s.","Letters from Lucy Gordon from 1840 from Slate Mills, Virginia","A few letters from James Modesitt to Lucy 1810s","A few letters from Lucy to her children\" \"There are two literary societies composed of the students of the college. They meet once a week and in rotation have lectures, compositions, and a debate. I am a member of the largest one, the Adelphian, and last night I spoke two rounds on the debate. The first time I ever made a speech. The question for debate was this. Can a government be perpetuated which is not founded on a religion?\" \"I have one important matter to communicate and that is that I am going to be married in May unless something strange, very strange, turns up. I hope you are willing to trust my judgment in the selection of a companion for life. I think my choice is a prudent and happy one and one that cannot fail to please you. I am sure if you love me or any child you have, you will love her. I wish you could see her.\" \"I saw this morning an account of another battle fought between the Americans and the Mexicans which lasted sometime. During the action, lieut. Thomas Jordan and many other gallant officers were wounded. I reckon Mr. Jordan will be much grieved to hear that his son has happened to such a sad accident but it will be of some consolation to him to think that it was done in defense of his country. Brid. Gen. Joshua Howe of this place received orders from the president this morning to call together the militia of this country and march to the field of battle on the 22nd of June. I would like to know if there is any likelihood of many being taken away from Luray.\" \"We have had a warm political contest here but all is lost. JK Polk will certainly be president of the US. I am disappointed beyond measure. I could not have believed he could have beaten our gallant old Harry, but it is all over, and we must make the best of it.\" \"I was a little surprised last Thursday morning when I got up to discover an attempt to break in the store during the night. They bored holes with an anger through the door next to the street with the intention to get out the key, I suppose, but they did not succeed. They were scared off by the watchmen. If they had gotten in, I think they would have met with rather a warm reception. I did not hear them as I sleep upstairs, but if they had come up there, I had the thing that would have made them get out a little quicker than they got in. There seems to be a gang of villains about here for awhile. They have attempted to fire buildings and do other mischief. One rouge has been safely lodged in jail for breaking in a store in Parkersburg, Virginia and robbed it of $200.\" \"The honorable James Buchanan passed through here last Monday and made a short speech to the students. I was very well pleased both with the speech and the man. One does not see any of the outward peculiarities which are sometimes taken for characteristics of greatness, except indeed the deep cunning expressed by his eyes or the sharpness and prominence of the chin.\" \"I hope Daniel Kibler's letter has not put Charlie in the notion of going to the West. I suppose from what he says that his father has taken up some government or vacant land, as it is called.\" \"The University of Virginia receives an annuity of $15,000 from the state and one of the conditions on which is receives it is that there shall be one student from every congressional district from the state educated free of charge for tuition and boarding. I could perhaps get in there from the Paige District, but it would make me feel a little too degraded to be educated at the expense of the state. Besides, the Virginia University is one of the best, if not the very best, college in the United States.\" Letter from Port Gibson, Mississippi from Mary Marye describing her life from 1848. \"We stayed in Washington city until 5:00 Saturday evening. We went to the president's house, the public grounds, the Washington Monument, the Equestrian Statue of Jackson, the Capitol, the Patent Office. I enclose a five dollar note which I got from Mr. Grove. It turns out to be counterfeit.\" \"I received a letter from Dr. Rust some weeks ago. He offers me two fifths of his practice if I will go in to co-partnership with him in the spring. I answered it not accepting positively his offer, though I think it is not unlikely that I will.\" \"Did you see Belle Austin's husband while you were in Uniontown? He is a whopper. Considerably over six feet. I saw a catalog of the Steubenville Seminary a few days ago which had the name of Margret Thompson from Luray, Virginia in it. Pray, who is she? Is she Dr. Thompson's daughter? The seminary is only a days ride from this place.\" \"I have heard alarms of fire every night since I have been here. The first night I got here there was a fire very near in sight of my window besides three others. The town seemed to be in commotion all night. I have gotten along from the time I left home. I will give you first and account from the day I left. The first day I went to Shenandoah Furnace. The next day I went to Harrisonburg and the next day to New Market where I remained until Wednesday. I walked from New Market to Mount Jackson, seven miles. It was not the day for the stage when I left New Market.\" \"I suppose you will wonder what brought me here. I will answer that. It was through the improper intimacy of the young man that was here with a very respectable young lady. In order to keep out of trouble, he left this place last Sunday for parts unknown. He did not go without the knowledge of brother Robert. He has always acted highly honorable with him.\" Letters from Lucy Booton to her children from Slatevilles, Virginia. Letter to Dr F.W.G. Thomas, who became a well known physician in Missouri looking for employment from 1852 Nice letter from Rockingham with a nice folk art drawing of a bird with a branch at the top of the letter Great letter from James to Lucy a few months before they were married in 1815, \"I have purchased my Brother's blacksmith's and expect to start out to fetch them in on Wednesday next. I am making preparation to settle in Luray. I find that I shall get sufficient employ in my line of business and a great supply of work for my smiths. I believe it will be far more advantageous to me to live in town than out in the neighborhood as I cannot do anything at farming with my present force.my desire for your precious company is great tho I cannot see you now, only in mind, as soon after I return from the Allegany if possible I shall visit you, you may look for me on the Saturday before the fourth Sunday in the present month.\" Letter from James to Lucy from 1820, \"Business goes on well, Rose is very attentive doing her best to please her mistress, when she comes home. She is very attentive to the children. I think my dear it will be very convenient after I come from the Ohio State for you to visit our mother again before Christmas..truly, truly your till death Jas Modesitt\" \"I have sent a vial of spirits of Mendereri, you will please give cousin Lucy a teaspoon full every hour, when she seems feverish, until her skin becomes moist, I have also sent some creamer tartar she can use to make the magueria operate should it not operate without\" \"She seems to decline fast but she does not appear to suffer much severe paint often. Dr Henkel's medicine weakened her very fast while taking to Dr Kim came in to see her and advised her together with Dr Crane to discontinue the use of it\" \"Cousin Jno Booton wrote to me a few weeks ago saying that Dr Rust was desirous that I should return in the spring to practice with him.I don't know what to say about it. I shall write to John asking what share Dr Rust is willing to give and how long he proposes the partnership should last. This will give me time to hear from you on the subject.\" \"I sent by him one dozen bottles of McMunn's Elixir of opium for Lucy. It will help to control her cough and whenever she requires an opiate whether in the shape of Laudaman Panegone, Black Drop, Morphia, or Solid Opium\" \"On Friday last Samuel S Austin brother of Mary, was killed on the hill this side of Brownsville, by the bursting of a wall swivel, that is a Mexican gun made of brass and weighing between 100 and 125 pounds. A piece of it about 10 inches long and 1 inch thick struck him in the abdoment or rather his thigh and mashed the hip bone, throwing clear out a part of the joint nearly as large as the half of a hen's egg and tearing out his entrails.He had gone down the Ohio river to Wheeling to meet the volunteers from this county just returning from Mexico\" \"The other accident resulted in the death of a little boy a few days previous to that. He was the son of Mr Peter Kremer of this place and was hanging with his hands to the coupling pole of a wagon and the driver not knowing he was there stopped and commenced backing the wagon, when the little boy fell and the wheel passed right over his neck, breaking it and causing instant death,\" \"I was going to write to you last Sunday but as Gen Taylor was expected to pass through here this week. I put it off in order to give you an account of his reception and description of his person. He arrived here yesterday evening at 7 precisely and remained over night. A large concourse of citizens met him about a mile from town and escorted him to the Clinton House in an open carriage. He was welcomed to the town in a short speech by E.P. Oliphant, to which he replied in a speech of about three to five minutes..It seems that everybody had got it into their noggins that he was a large man, consequently they were disappointed to find him a small one\" Letter from Madison County from 1833 to James Booton, \"Dear Sir I am informed by Mr Thomas Clore that you wish to purchase a farm on this side of the mountain. I have a small one. I will sell on accommodating terms the tract contains 137 acres, it is on the south side of the Robison River\" \"I was very busy for a while after Mr Fetzer left here for Wheeling. You said in your letter that Doctor Robertson has sold his farm to David Kibler for $900 and has moved to the West. I don't recollect any David Kibler unless he is a son of old Philip Kibler.\" \"Emily is to be married next month, Mrs Ruby has left him, he has treated her very badly. Mr D brought her home to live, She is going to apply for a divorce, be kind enough to burn this letter.\" \"I thought I would wait until we heard from our election. We gave a small vote to what it should have been, about 750 majority where it out the have been 1150 Scott Vote in page\" \"You said in your letter that Uncle James Marye had just gone home from Mothers, he must be getting younger instead of older if he can stand so many fatiguing journeys across the ridge.\" \"We have a had a great deal of wet, The National road has been in a horrid condition, all winter, it is getting a little better now. You have a nice set of candidates for the Senate, I must confess. The county candidates will do a little better.\" \"There is an old colonel by the name of Semaroski lecturing on Napoleon Bonaparte he served under Napoleon in the French war, 23 years. He has been in 202 battles he has a very large scar from his mouth to his ear and a very large lump on his side where he was wounded with a cannonball. He is also a minister of the Gospel a Lutheran by profession.He was born in Poland and educated in France and moved to Indiana after the French Revolution\" \"We had a grand illumination of the town about a week ago in celebration of the surrender of the city of Vera Cruz.Capt S.S. Austin has just ? From Mexico, he went about 3 months ago by himself but afterwards joined the 3rd artillery and served as 1st Lieutenant in the attack on Vera Cruz.\" \"He has a prospect of selling out here too and if he does I think he will go to Missouri probably after that concern is closed in Baltimore. His business calls him to Missouri now for two or three weeks.Say nothing about this out of the Family for he does not wish it mentioned to any person I know.\" \"Since the treaty with Mexico has been concluded a great number of soldiers going home passed through this place. The most of them looked the worse for the war, there were several distinguished officers of high rank among them, that that I saw were, General Pillow, Quitman, Cadwalder and last but not least Major General William Butler of Kentucky, the Democratic Candidate for Vice President.\" \"General Patterson and Shields also went through here but I did not see them..The Whigs and Democrats both have polls up. The Whig pole is 210 feet high...There was a discussion at the Whig Pole on Friday night between AJ Ogle and J.S. Dawson, the former the Whig Candidate for Congress and the latter the Democratic one for the same office\" \"I see by the newspapers that the Democrats have done the thing up brown at the election in the Old Dominion. As far as heard from they have already a majority of seven over what they had in the last legislature. How is it in Page, is Boswell or Keyser elected?\" \"I start for the West in the morning but not very far, yet my trip will be longer, I fear than will be entirely pleasant to me. I have hope of getting back before 1st April, will be much pleased to be disappointed to the contrary. My trip west from which I have just returned, was a pleasant one with the exception of cold weather. I experienced a river severe time crossing the Alleghany Mountains\" Nice letter from L.C. Marye from Fredericksburg, 1845, \"Aunt Lucy, You will please inform me what were the movements of your father during the Revolution of our country, if you have any information on this please inform me.\" \"The expectation of a war with Mexico has caused great excitement and go where you will almost you will find that the subject of their discussion, in fact the surgeon of the Union Town Companies have had a great many applicants under pretence of different diseases to try to get off from going to war\" \"I am going to school at Madison College, do not let the word College deceive you any person would naturally suppose that it was a large flourishing institution but they would be wonderfully mistaken. For it is nothing to be compared with the Luray Academy when it was under the admirable superintendence of G.W. Grayson or Bandylegs as we used to call him.\" \"We were detained at Harpers Ferry nearly two days and saw a great many curiosities there, one of which was the U States armory, a great curiosity indeed\" \"I saw your cousin, J.K. Booton last Tuesday, I believe he was in usual health. He is now captain of the company that your father had the command of before his decease\" \"much more tedious journey than we anticipated I saw a great many strange things at least strange to me. Among them was the railroad and steam cars in operation by being thrown off the road from the fact of the North River being past fording we were compelled to go ten miles out of our way or lay by at Frankfort until the next day, that was a dreadful days travel, a most wretched road from Frankfort to Cumberland\" \"Rob's little boy, Austin got kicked by a horse about ten days ago and had his collar bone broken. It still had to be fastened to its place but he does not complain of it hurting him any and is running about as if nothing unusual had happened to him. He is one of the boldest and most reckless boys I ever saw.\" \"I would recommend this plan to him, to leave Luray Friday morning on horseback in time to get to New Market for the stages going from Winchester to Staunton in the day time..stay all night and leave at day light for the Rockbridge Alum Springs and get here Saturday evening, I suppose if he were to come by Lexington he would possibly find the connection between the stages a little better.\" \"Robert and all his family are well. He had Lucy's and Austin's Daguerreotypes taken a few days ago\" \"Several families from Dage County have passed through here going West, within the last week or two among them were William Wood, Washington Ruffner, and old Mr Varner going home from Ohio. Has the company that started from Luray a few days before I did, get back yet?.The widow and children of Sam Austin came back here last night from Philadelphia where she went after his death to see her mother\" \"There has been a good deal of excitement here since the election and it seems that the Whigs have beat the Democrats in this state and the Democrats had beat the Whigs in Ohio.Great efforts will be made by each party to carry this state in November for President\" \"There was arrested yesterday and taken to jail a man by the name of Thomas Evans for the murder of Hayden Bliss on 19th of November 1845. After this fatal affray Evans says he went to Ohio but feeling uneasy and uncomfortable there he thought it would be better for him to return home. We are told he made no resistance to the officer who arrested him but quietly and peaceably submitted to his control and direction. Evans says he did it in self defense. He murdered him by chopping Blisses head in a horrid manner with a corn cutter. The murdered man was a brother in law of the murderer.\" \"I left your overshoes at the Post Office at New Market to be returned to you, I will send those Saddlebags and Overcoat in Roberts Trunk\" \"We arrived here on the 4th of the month being detained by the snow two days at Harpers Ferry. I was in the United States Armory at the Ferry it was a great curiosity to me indeed to see more than three hundred person employed in making guns.\" \"I felt like jumping up and cracking my heels together when I heard that Colb of Georgia was elected speaker of the house and then the Chairmen of all the important committees in the senate are pro-slavery men. Such a triumph of the south puts the abolitionist about here considerably down in the mouth. What do you think of the President's Message, I think it small potatoes\" \"I wish he had been here last Sunday Morning to witness the departure of the Fayette County Volunteers for Mexico, it was an imposing sight.\" \"Your Turnpike affair seems to be looking up. Perhaps when I visit Page again I shall have the pleasure of crossing the Massanutten Mountains in the stage. I suppose Stage will have an opportunity for making some money by it and there is no doubt but that he will improve it\" \"The people here are very apprehensive of the cholera, none has occurred in town yet, but there have been several cases at the poor house, a good many deaths by cholera have taken place in Brownsville.\" \"I suppose you have heard of the steam boat explosion here last week. It was a melancholy thing indeed, there was at the time and since died from injuries, twenty-six or seven persons. The boat was entirely new and was about to make a short trip for trial and had not left shore fifty yards when the boiler burst and made the dreadful destruction of life, there was eighty-two persons on board and only fifteen escaped unhurt\" \"I suppose you are now acting sheriff and a laborious job you have of it no doubt. The duties of the officer in Virginia are much greater than they are here. The Sheriffs in Penn have no taxes to collect\" \"I was on a tour in the West. I wrote him from Wheeling, I left Wheeling on Sunday in the Steam Boat Messenger and arrived here about 12 yesterday. I leave here this evening for Nashville, Tennessee on the steam boat, Martha.\" Nice letter from Louisville, Kentucky while traveling \"The woman arrested sometime ago for killing the Watchman, has been tried and acquitted on the ground that she committed the murder in Self-Defense. Charles Austin, Marye's Brother, was to be tried for seduction and breach of promise of marriage but the case was compromised before it came into court by his Father paying the girl's father five hundred and fifty dollars. Another girl sued Skiles Austin for a case of the same nature.The male portion of that family have turned out badly\" \"This is a day of sad gloom in our town. The Cholera in its most malignant form commenced its savages here yesterday. I think the first occurred about 8 AM and died about noon. Since that time 7 have died and there are others that are sick that may terminate fatally. It is so far confined to one street principally non having occurred but in the vicinity of that street.The gloom and alarm here you can hardly conceive, many have left town and many more I think will leave.\" \"I have got about 5 or 6 hundred silk worms which keep me very busy of mornings and evenings feeding them and shifting them on fresh leaves. I feed them on the natural mulberry and James William on the Morus Multicaulis. My worms appear to grow faster than his.\" Nice letter from James to Lucy from 1825 \"Peter set of for Columbia, 6th of this month he went from here to Culpeper intending to take the stage and go on immediately but when he got there it was gone.He then took the stage and went to Orange CH where he intended to take the Fredericksburg and Charlottesville Stage but when it arrived it was so crowded that he could not get a seat.he therefore directed his trunk to be sent on to Charlottesville and set off on foot he walked to Gordonsville 10 miles to breakfast.Mechanicsville 6 miles to dinner then to MacCauley's tavern\" \"He hired 2 horses and a boy to carry him to Silmington 12 miles then to Columbia which waqs 9 miles, he walked, he got there Sunday evening.He got on board a boat loaded with tobacco bound to Richmond and went 12 miles by way of the river to Cartersville\" \"1824 Slave Document being an appraisal and dividing up of 21 Slaves, they are all named in the document.\" \"Interesting document from 1824 being a 3 page complaint about a slave that was hired for a year threatening to run away with her husband. Her husband actually comes and demands that he sell her back to the previous owner or she will runaway, it's really interesting. Letter from John Booton while at college from 1850 \"The Niggers are very numerous here and very important. A few evenings since a big black fellow who thought himself as good as anybody undertook to make some students here from Kentucky and some of the other slave states, get out of his road. The even convinced him he had waked up the wrong passengers. They gave the negro a little the soundest cudgeling he ever had. The whole body of the negroes became outraged at this and armed themselves with guns, pistols, bowie knives, axes, and clubs swearing vengeance on the white fellows that whipped their colored brother and if the rest of the students came to their assistance, prepared for a general battle.they did not proceed to violence but contented themselves by getting out warrants for the arrest of the students concerned in the affray.Some think the disturbance will not end here but that during the coming vacation while a good many of the students are at home the negroes will attempt to overpower those that remain here. All I can say is that if they do there will be blood spilled. The blacks are nearly all armed. To make the matter worse a good many of the inhabitants take sides with the niggers. How I despise such people. I have hardly benevolence enough to wish them a happy hereafter.I have never had any difficulty with the blacks or their white allies and hope I shall not have.\" Letter from John Booton from 1851 about runaway Virginia slaves and the battle that ensued over them being arrested and the free blacks and abolitionists that get involved and ready to fight for them, really fantastic: \"We had a great excitement here last Monday on account of the arrest of some runaway negroes from Virginia. There were warrants issued for the arrest of five fugitives. Two of them were taken at Robstown on the Loughegheny River, but the free blacks and abolitionists raised a mob, rescued the slaves and cut some of the officers. Two others were arrested in Brownsville and after creating a good deal of excitement were brought to Uniontown for trial. After they had been lodged in jail news came that there was a considerable body of armed negroes headed by one or two abolitionists coming from Brownsville to attempt a rescue. In hearing this the sheriff ordered out the military to maintain the laws. A part of the darkies reported to be coming, come in town one at a time. Finding the soldiers ready and anxious for a fight they left town without ceremony. Money was raised to indemnify the owners and the slaves set at liberty.\" 1855 Letter from Criglersville to Luray \"Mr Lindsay has two negroes with the fever, bad cases, I attend to them and go there every other day. It is seven miles from here. He is the first man in the county that gave me substantial encouragement. He says he has more confidence in the over the ridge doctors than he has in those about here. They are dangerously ill but if I can cure them and I think I can it will be a strong spoke in my wheel\" Letter from Charles Modisett from Page County 1860 \"James W Modesitt Sheriff of page County on the 6th day of July last and enclosed a copy of each together with a list of Free Negroes and transmitted them by mail to your office\" A document from Charles Modesitt from Page County from 1857 that includes listing the number of Free Negroes in the town at 3 cents each, there were 48 at the time Letter from William Almond from Hawksbill to Luray 1825 \"There will be more done to them by Mr Modesitt's estate than my utmost fears anticipate so much that it will absolutely necessary for me to sell all the black people, and I very much question whether they together with all the rest of the personal estate will be sufficient to pay all the bonded and guardian debts.\" Letter from John Booton from 1846 about Albino Black Children There was a great animal show here yesterday and wax works and four white negro boys their father and mother are said to be black and these naturally white, their noses are flat and their hair white and curly and have every resemblance of a negro except their eyes and feet. I saw a man after the show was over and said he pulled out a bunch of his hair to ascertain whether he had on a wig or not and found that he had not.\" Letter from John Booton from 1846 \"There was a murder committed but a short distance from there. The murder was a negro supposed to be a runaway and stabbed up a white man for trying to arrest him and made his escape. William says he has volunteered for Texas, tell him if he is very eager to get there an opportunity now offers for staying five years so if he wants to go bad he had better come on here immediately as there are now officers here from the army recruiting\" Letter from John Booton Christmas Eve 1845 about a sermon by the well known Indian Missionary, John Douglas Bemo from the Seminole Tribe \"I heard a Seminole Indian preach last Sunday a week in the Presbyterian Church at this place I also heard him give a description of himself, his tribe the same night. It was very interesting indeed there was a collection made for him to distribubte amongst his tribe, he got $100 at this place, $19 of which he got out of James Peach's Family, the Indian's name was John Bemo of the seminoe tribe, a nephew of the celebrated Chief Osceola.\" Letter from John Booton from 1847 \"A great number of volunteer soldiers passed through here within the past week for Mexico. I also saw two Indians pass through yesterday on the stages going home from Washington City. They belong to the Caw tribes in a remote part of Missouri. They were bare headed and nothing to cover their body but a blanket thrown carelessly over their shoulders and a pair of shoes. It would be impossible for me to describe the beads and jewelry of various kinds about their persons. They could speak English Tolerably well.\" 1861 Confederate Document for taxes including sections about slaves by Charles Modesitt 1862 Confederate Circular from the Auditor's Office in Richmond on licenses to run distilleries.\""],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"persname_ssim":["Booton, Lucy Mary Modesitt"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Booton, Lucy Mary Modesitt"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":110,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:03:58.803Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of the Modesitt-Booton families of Luray, Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to Lucy Marye of Luray, Virginia who married James Modesitt in 1815. She was widowed in 1827 and remarried James Booton in 1830. Lucy was born to Peter and Eleanor Marye and was sister to William Staige Marye, who is considered one of the founders of Luray, Virginia Also included are letters by John Booton and others relating to slavery and politics, children's copy books, account books, a broadside, invoices, legal contracts and documents.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eAll of the following, description and excerpts, was provided by the seller and has not been verified: \"The archive of Lucy Marye of Luray, Virginia who married James Modesitt in 1815, who died in 1827, Lucy then married James Booton in 1830. (1809-1880 with the large majority of items being from the 1820s-1850s). Lucy was born to Peter and Eleanor Marye and was sister to William Staige Marye, who is considered one of the founders of Luray, Virginia.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are copy books by the children, Sarah, Wyatt Stage and others, from the 1840s and 1850s. They range from a few pages to several with around 70 pages. They are all handwritten and have areas for copying the same line over and over again along with other areas for class notes and exercises. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConfederate Bond Coupon from 1864 \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall Broadside for selling the business of Robert Modisett, selling the entire stock 1850s \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 page account book for items including Hog Skins, Squirrel Skins, Sheep Skins and other items from 1834 \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall Account Book/Ledger including clothing items from 1835 \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 Page Handwritten Poem written by John Booton 1844 at Luray Academy Diary of Charles Modisett as a Teacher of the Public White School in the Springfield District from 1880, including enrollment, attendance, ages of kids, along with a selection of his notes as teacher. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices many several pages long some for medical items from Jonas Crane, a doctor in the area, some for blacksmith work, several for work on shoes and clothes Receipts including slave tax receipts Indentures and Deeds for land and property \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral Large Fold Lists of Land Grants \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome Books and Journals including New England Primer from the 1830s and 1840s Prayer book and hymnal \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGroup of 15 Circulars for the Commissioner of Revenue for Virginia from the 1840s and 1850s, they belonged to Charles Modesitt who was the Commissioner in Page County \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 page Policy of Insurance from the Insurance Company of the Valley of Virginia at Winchester from 1853 \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Confederate Bond Coupon \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1864 Several Engraved Rewards of Merit for the Children from the 1840s-1860s \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNice License for Private Entertainment by Charles B Modesitt \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1860 Handwritten note for the Election of 1853, listing all the votes from Congress, Senate and House from Price's Mill, Brintz's Mill, Mohler's Mille, Honeyville, Springfield, Rileysville, Oakham and Luray with Armstrong, Butler, Faulkner, Buswell, Keyser and Spitter all running for office \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall Printed Broadside of the Faculty of Jefferson College from 1849 \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments dealing with the death and estate of James Modesitt from 1827\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten Invitation to John and Robert to attend a social party at the Washington House in Luray, signed by all the managers \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1845 Letters The majority are 3-4 pages long. Interesting group of letters from G Gordon, who was a cousin. They were from Honeyville, Virginia to Luray from the 1830s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Hawksbill, Virginia from William R Almond, a well known businessman in Page County from the 1820s \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from her son while he was at school at Jefferson Medical College from 1849-1853 \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from her son, Robert Modesitt, as he traveled and started his business in Pennsylvania 1840s. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Lucy Gordon from 1840 from Slate Mills, Virginia \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA few letters from James Modesitt to Lucy 1810s \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA few letters from Lucy to her children\" \"There are two literary societies composed of the students of the college. They meet once a week and in rotation have lectures, compositions, and a debate. I am a member of the largest one, the Adelphian, and last night I spoke two rounds on the debate. The first time I ever made a speech. The question for debate was this. Can a government be perpetuated which is not founded on a religion?\" \"I have one important matter to communicate and that is that I am going to be married in May unless something strange, very strange, turns up. I hope you are willing to trust my judgment in the selection of a companion for life. I think my choice is a prudent and happy one and one that cannot fail to please you. I am sure if you love me or any child you have, you will love her. I wish you could see her.\" \"I saw this morning an account of another battle fought between the Americans and the Mexicans which lasted sometime. During the action, lieut. Thomas Jordan and many other gallant officers were wounded. I reckon Mr. Jordan will be much grieved to hear that his son has happened to such a sad accident but it will be of some consolation to him to think that it was done in defense of his country. Brid. Gen. Joshua Howe of this place received orders from the president this morning to call together the militia of this country and march to the field of battle on the 22nd of June. I would like to know if there is any likelihood of many being taken away from Luray.\" \"We have had a warm political contest here but all is lost. JK Polk will certainly be president of the US. I am disappointed beyond measure. I could not have believed he could have beaten our gallant old Harry, but it is all over, and we must make the best of it.\" \"I was a little surprised last Thursday morning when I got up to discover an attempt to break in the store during the night. They bored holes with an anger through the door next to the street with the intention to get out the key, I suppose, but they did not succeed. They were scared off by the watchmen. If they had gotten in, I think they would have met with rather a warm reception. I did not hear them as I sleep upstairs, but if they had come up there, I had the thing that would have made them get out a little quicker than they got in. There seems to be a gang of villains about here for awhile. They have attempted to fire buildings and do other mischief. One rouge has been safely lodged in jail for breaking in a store in Parkersburg, Virginia and robbed it of $200.\" \"The honorable James Buchanan passed through here last Monday and made a short speech to the students. I was very well pleased both with the speech and the man. One does not see any of the outward peculiarities which are sometimes taken for characteristics of greatness, except indeed the deep cunning expressed by his eyes or the sharpness and prominence of the chin.\" \"I hope Daniel Kibler's letter has not put Charlie in the notion of going to the West. I suppose from what he says that his father has taken up some government or vacant land, as it is called.\" \"The University of Virginia receives an annuity of $15,000 from the state and one of the conditions on which is receives it is that there shall be one student from every congressional district from the state educated free of charge for tuition and boarding. I could perhaps get in there from the Paige District, but it would make me feel a little too degraded to be educated at the expense of the state. Besides, the Virginia University is one of the best, if not the very best, college in the United States.\" Letter from Port Gibson, Mississippi from Mary Marye describing her life from 1848. \"We stayed in Washington city until 5:00 Saturday evening. We went to the president's house, the public grounds, the Washington Monument, the Equestrian Statue of Jackson, the Capitol, the Patent Office. I enclose a five dollar note which I got from Mr. Grove. It turns out to be counterfeit.\" \"I received a letter from Dr. Rust some weeks ago. He offers me two fifths of his practice if I will go in to co-partnership with him in the spring. I answered it not accepting positively his offer, though I think it is not unlikely that I will.\" \"Did you see Belle Austin's husband while you were in Uniontown? He is a whopper. Considerably over six feet. I saw a catalog of the Steubenville Seminary a few days ago which had the name of Margret Thompson from Luray, Virginia in it. Pray, who is she? Is she Dr. Thompson's daughter? The seminary is only a days ride from this place.\" \"I have heard alarms of fire every night since I have been here. The first night I got here there was a fire very near in sight of my window besides three others. The town seemed to be in commotion all night. I have gotten along from the time I left home. I will give you first and account from the day I left. The first day I went to Shenandoah Furnace. The next day I went to Harrisonburg and the next day to New Market where I remained until Wednesday. I walked from New Market to Mount Jackson, seven miles. It was not the day for the stage when I left New Market.\" \"I suppose you will wonder what brought me here. I will answer that. It was through the improper intimacy of the young man that was here with a very respectable young lady. In order to keep out of trouble, he left this place last Sunday for parts unknown. He did not go without the knowledge of brother Robert. He has always acted highly honorable with him.\" Letters from Lucy Booton to her children from Slatevilles, Virginia. Letter to Dr F.W.G. Thomas, who became a well known physician in Missouri looking for employment from 1852 Nice letter from Rockingham with a nice folk art drawing of a bird with a branch at the top of the letter Great letter from James to Lucy a few months before they were married in 1815, \"I have purchased my Brother's blacksmith's and expect to start out to fetch them in on Wednesday next. I am making preparation to settle in Luray. I find that I shall get sufficient employ in my line of business and a great supply of work for my smiths. I believe it will be far more advantageous to me to live in town than out in the neighborhood as I cannot do anything at farming with my present force.my desire for your precious company is great tho I cannot see you now, only in mind, as soon after I return from the Allegany if possible I shall visit you, you may look for me on the Saturday before the fourth Sunday in the present month.\" Letter from James to Lucy from 1820, \"Business goes on well, Rose is very attentive doing her best to please her mistress, when she comes home. She is very attentive to the children. I think my dear it will be very convenient after I come from the Ohio State for you to visit our mother again before Christmas..truly, truly your till death Jas Modesitt\" \"I have sent a vial of spirits of Mendereri, you will please give cousin Lucy a teaspoon full every hour, when she seems feverish, until her skin becomes moist, I have also sent some creamer tartar she can use to make the magueria operate should it not operate without\" \"She seems to decline fast but she does not appear to suffer much severe paint often. Dr Henkel's medicine weakened her very fast while taking to Dr Kim came in to see her and advised her together with Dr Crane to discontinue the use of it\" \"Cousin Jno Booton wrote to me a few weeks ago saying that Dr Rust was desirous that I should return in the spring to practice with him.I don't know what to say about it. I shall write to John asking what share Dr Rust is willing to give and how long he proposes the partnership should last. This will give me time to hear from you on the subject.\" \"I sent by him one dozen bottles of McMunn's Elixir of opium for Lucy. It will help to control her cough and whenever she requires an opiate whether in the shape of Laudaman Panegone, Black Drop, Morphia, or Solid Opium\" \"On Friday last Samuel S Austin brother of Mary, was killed on the hill this side of Brownsville, by the bursting of a wall swivel, that is a Mexican gun made of brass and weighing between 100 and 125 pounds. A piece of it about 10 inches long and 1 inch thick struck him in the abdoment or rather his thigh and mashed the hip bone, throwing clear out a part of the joint nearly as large as the half of a hen's egg and tearing out his entrails.He had gone down the Ohio river to Wheeling to meet the volunteers from this county just returning from Mexico\" \"The other accident resulted in the death of a little boy a few days previous to that. He was the son of Mr Peter Kremer of this place and was hanging with his hands to the coupling pole of a wagon and the driver not knowing he was there stopped and commenced backing the wagon, when the little boy fell and the wheel passed right over his neck, breaking it and causing instant death,\" \"I was going to write to you last Sunday but as Gen Taylor was expected to pass through here this week. I put it off in order to give you an account of his reception and description of his person. He arrived here yesterday evening at 7 precisely and remained over night. A large concourse of citizens met him about a mile from town and escorted him to the Clinton House in an open carriage. He was welcomed to the town in a short speech by E.P. Oliphant, to which he replied in a speech of about three to five minutes..It seems that everybody had got it into their noggins that he was a large man, consequently they were disappointed to find him a small one\" Letter from Madison County from 1833 to James Booton, \"Dear Sir I am informed by Mr Thomas Clore that you wish to purchase a farm on this side of the mountain. I have a small one. I will sell on accommodating terms the tract contains 137 acres, it is on the south side of the Robison River\" \"I was very busy for a while after Mr Fetzer left here for Wheeling. You said in your letter that Doctor Robertson has sold his farm to David Kibler for $900 and has moved to the West. I don't recollect any David Kibler unless he is a son of old Philip Kibler.\" \"Emily is to be married next month, Mrs Ruby has left him, he has treated her very badly. Mr D brought her home to live, She is going to apply for a divorce, be kind enough to burn this letter.\" \"I thought I would wait until we heard from our election. We gave a small vote to what it should have been, about 750 majority where it out the have been 1150 Scott Vote in page\" \"You said in your letter that Uncle James Marye had just gone home from Mothers, he must be getting younger instead of older if he can stand so many fatiguing journeys across the ridge.\" \"We have a had a great deal of wet, The National road has been in a horrid condition, all winter, it is getting a little better now. You have a nice set of candidates for the Senate, I must confess. The county candidates will do a little better.\" \"There is an old colonel by the name of Semaroski lecturing on Napoleon Bonaparte he served under Napoleon in the French war, 23 years. He has been in 202 battles he has a very large scar from his mouth to his ear and a very large lump on his side where he was wounded with a cannonball. He is also a minister of the Gospel a Lutheran by profession.He was born in Poland and educated in France and moved to Indiana after the French Revolution\" \"We had a grand illumination of the town about a week ago in celebration of the surrender of the city of Vera Cruz.Capt S.S. Austin has just ? From Mexico, he went about 3 months ago by himself but afterwards joined the 3rd artillery and served as 1st Lieutenant in the attack on Vera Cruz.\" \"He has a prospect of selling out here too and if he does I think he will go to Missouri probably after that concern is closed in Baltimore. His business calls him to Missouri now for two or three weeks.Say nothing about this out of the Family for he does not wish it mentioned to any person I know.\" \"Since the treaty with Mexico has been concluded a great number of soldiers going home passed through this place. The most of them looked the worse for the war, there were several distinguished officers of high rank among them, that that I saw were, General Pillow, Quitman, Cadwalder and last but not least Major General William Butler of Kentucky, the Democratic Candidate for Vice President.\" \"General Patterson and Shields also went through here but I did not see them..The Whigs and Democrats both have polls up. The Whig pole is 210 feet high...There was a discussion at the Whig Pole on Friday night between AJ Ogle and J.S. Dawson, the former the Whig Candidate for Congress and the latter the Democratic one for the same office\" \"I see by the newspapers that the Democrats have done the thing up brown at the election in the Old Dominion. As far as heard from they have already a majority of seven over what they had in the last legislature. How is it in Page, is Boswell or Keyser elected?\" \"I start for the West in the morning but not very far, yet my trip will be longer, I fear than will be entirely pleasant to me. I have hope of getting back before 1st April, will be much pleased to be disappointed to the contrary. My trip west from which I have just returned, was a pleasant one with the exception of cold weather. I experienced a river severe time crossing the Alleghany Mountains\" Nice letter from L.C. Marye from Fredericksburg, 1845, \"Aunt Lucy, You will please inform me what were the movements of your father during the Revolution of our country, if you have any information on this please inform me.\" \"The expectation of a war with Mexico has caused great excitement and go where you will almost you will find that the subject of their discussion, in fact the surgeon of the Union Town Companies have had a great many applicants under pretence of different diseases to try to get off from going to war\" \"I am going to school at Madison College, do not let the word College deceive you any person would naturally suppose that it was a large flourishing institution but they would be wonderfully mistaken. For it is nothing to be compared with the Luray Academy when it was under the admirable superintendence of G.W. Grayson or Bandylegs as we used to call him.\" \"We were detained at Harpers Ferry nearly two days and saw a great many curiosities there, one of which was the U States armory, a great curiosity indeed\" \"I saw your cousin, J.K. Booton last Tuesday, I believe he was in usual health. He is now captain of the company that your father had the command of before his decease\" \"much more tedious journey than we anticipated I saw a great many strange things at least strange to me. Among them was the railroad and steam cars in operation by being thrown off the road from the fact of the North River being past fording we were compelled to go ten miles out of our way or lay by at Frankfort until the next day, that was a dreadful days travel, a most wretched road from Frankfort to Cumberland\" \"Rob's little boy, Austin got kicked by a horse about ten days ago and had his collar bone broken. It still had to be fastened to its place but he does not complain of it hurting him any and is running about as if nothing unusual had happened to him. He is one of the boldest and most reckless boys I ever saw.\" \"I would recommend this plan to him, to leave Luray Friday morning on horseback in time to get to New Market for the stages going from Winchester to Staunton in the day time..stay all night and leave at day light for the Rockbridge Alum Springs and get here Saturday evening, I suppose if he were to come by Lexington he would possibly find the connection between the stages a little better.\" \"Robert and all his family are well. He had Lucy's and Austin's Daguerreotypes taken a few days ago\" \"Several families from Dage County have passed through here going West, within the last week or two among them were William Wood, Washington Ruffner, and old Mr Varner going home from Ohio. Has the company that started from Luray a few days before I did, get back yet?.The widow and children of Sam Austin came back here last night from Philadelphia where she went after his death to see her mother\" \"There has been a good deal of excitement here since the election and it seems that the Whigs have beat the Democrats in this state and the Democrats had beat the Whigs in Ohio.Great efforts will be made by each party to carry this state in November for President\" \"There was arrested yesterday and taken to jail a man by the name of Thomas Evans for the murder of Hayden Bliss on 19th of November 1845. After this fatal affray Evans says he went to Ohio but feeling uneasy and uncomfortable there he thought it would be better for him to return home. We are told he made no resistance to the officer who arrested him but quietly and peaceably submitted to his control and direction. Evans says he did it in self defense. He murdered him by chopping Blisses head in a horrid manner with a corn cutter. The murdered man was a brother in law of the murderer.\" \"I left your overshoes at the Post Office at New Market to be returned to you, I will send those Saddlebags and Overcoat in Roberts Trunk\" \"We arrived here on the 4th of the month being detained by the snow two days at Harpers Ferry. I was in the United States Armory at the Ferry it was a great curiosity to me indeed to see more than three hundred person employed in making guns.\" \"I felt like jumping up and cracking my heels together when I heard that Colb of Georgia was elected speaker of the house and then the Chairmen of all the important committees in the senate are pro-slavery men. Such a triumph of the south puts the abolitionist about here considerably down in the mouth. What do you think of the President's Message, I think it small potatoes\" \"I wish he had been here last Sunday Morning to witness the departure of the Fayette County Volunteers for Mexico, it was an imposing sight.\" \"Your Turnpike affair seems to be looking up. Perhaps when I visit Page again I shall have the pleasure of crossing the Massanutten Mountains in the stage. I suppose Stage will have an opportunity for making some money by it and there is no doubt but that he will improve it\" \"The people here are very apprehensive of the cholera, none has occurred in town yet, but there have been several cases at the poor house, a good many deaths by cholera have taken place in Brownsville.\" \"I suppose you have heard of the steam boat explosion here last week. It was a melancholy thing indeed, there was at the time and since died from injuries, twenty-six or seven persons. The boat was entirely new and was about to make a short trip for trial and had not left shore fifty yards when the boiler burst and made the dreadful destruction of life, there was eighty-two persons on board and only fifteen escaped unhurt\" \"I suppose you are now acting sheriff and a laborious job you have of it no doubt. The duties of the officer in Virginia are much greater than they are here. The Sheriffs in Penn have no taxes to collect\" \"I was on a tour in the West. I wrote him from Wheeling, I left Wheeling on Sunday in the Steam Boat Messenger and arrived here about 12 yesterday. I leave here this evening for Nashville, Tennessee on the steam boat, Martha.\" Nice letter from Louisville, Kentucky while traveling \"The woman arrested sometime ago for killing the Watchman, has been tried and acquitted on the ground that she committed the murder in Self-Defense. Charles Austin, Marye's Brother, was to be tried for seduction and breach of promise of marriage but the case was compromised before it came into court by his Father paying the girl's father five hundred and fifty dollars. Another girl sued Skiles Austin for a case of the same nature.The male portion of that family have turned out badly\" \"This is a day of sad gloom in our town. The Cholera in its most malignant form commenced its savages here yesterday. I think the first occurred about 8 AM and died about noon. Since that time 7 have died and there are others that are sick that may terminate fatally. It is so far confined to one street principally non having occurred but in the vicinity of that street.The gloom and alarm here you can hardly conceive, many have left town and many more I think will leave.\" \"I have got about 5 or 6 hundred silk worms which keep me very busy of mornings and evenings feeding them and shifting them on fresh leaves. I feed them on the natural mulberry and James William on the Morus Multicaulis. My worms appear to grow faster than his.\" Nice letter from James to Lucy from 1825 \"Peter set of for Columbia, 6th of this month he went from here to Culpeper intending to take the stage and go on immediately but when he got there it was gone.He then took the stage and went to Orange CH where he intended to take the Fredericksburg and Charlottesville Stage but when it arrived it was so crowded that he could not get a seat.he therefore directed his trunk to be sent on to Charlottesville and set off on foot he walked to Gordonsville 10 miles to breakfast.Mechanicsville 6 miles to dinner then to MacCauley's tavern\" \"He hired 2 horses and a boy to carry him to Silmington 12 miles then to Columbia which waqs 9 miles, he walked, he got there Sunday evening.He got on board a boat loaded with tobacco bound to Richmond and went 12 miles by way of the river to Cartersville\" \"1824 Slave Document being an appraisal and dividing up of 21 Slaves, they are all named in the document.\" \"Interesting document from 1824 being a 3 page complaint about a slave that was hired for a year threatening to run away with her husband. Her husband actually comes and demands that he sell her back to the previous owner or she will runaway, it's really interesting. Letter from John Booton while at college from 1850 \"The Niggers are very numerous here and very important. A few evenings since a big black fellow who thought himself as good as anybody undertook to make some students here from Kentucky and some of the other slave states, get out of his road. The even convinced him he had waked up the wrong passengers. They gave the negro a little the soundest cudgeling he ever had. The whole body of the negroes became outraged at this and armed themselves with guns, pistols, bowie knives, axes, and clubs swearing vengeance on the white fellows that whipped their colored brother and if the rest of the students came to their assistance, prepared for a general battle.they did not proceed to violence but contented themselves by getting out warrants for the arrest of the students concerned in the affray.Some think the disturbance will not end here but that during the coming vacation while a good many of the students are at home the negroes will attempt to overpower those that remain here. All I can say is that if they do there will be blood spilled. The blacks are nearly all armed. To make the matter worse a good many of the inhabitants take sides with the niggers. How I despise such people. I have hardly benevolence enough to wish them a happy hereafter.I have never had any difficulty with the blacks or their white allies and hope I shall not have.\" Letter from John Booton from 1851 about runaway Virginia slaves and the battle that ensued over them being arrested and the free blacks and abolitionists that get involved and ready to fight for them, really fantastic: \"We had a great excitement here last Monday on account of the arrest of some runaway negroes from Virginia. There were warrants issued for the arrest of five fugitives. Two of them were taken at Robstown on the Loughegheny River, but the free blacks and abolitionists raised a mob, rescued the slaves and cut some of the officers. Two others were arrested in Brownsville and after creating a good deal of excitement were brought to Uniontown for trial. After they had been lodged in jail news came that there was a considerable body of armed negroes headed by one or two abolitionists coming from Brownsville to attempt a rescue. In hearing this the sheriff ordered out the military to maintain the laws. A part of the darkies reported to be coming, come in town one at a time. Finding the soldiers ready and anxious for a fight they left town without ceremony. Money was raised to indemnify the owners and the slaves set at liberty.\" 1855 Letter from Criglersville to Luray \"Mr Lindsay has two negroes with the fever, bad cases, I attend to them and go there every other day. It is seven miles from here. He is the first man in the county that gave me substantial encouragement. He says he has more confidence in the over the ridge doctors than he has in those about here. They are dangerously ill but if I can cure them and I think I can it will be a strong spoke in my wheel\" Letter from Charles Modisett from Page County 1860 \"James W Modesitt Sheriff of page County on the 6th day of July last and enclosed a copy of each together with a list of Free Negroes and transmitted them by mail to your office\" A document from Charles Modesitt from Page County from 1857 that includes listing the number of Free Negroes in the town at 3 cents each, there were 48 at the time Letter from William Almond from Hawksbill to Luray 1825 \"There will be more done to them by Mr Modesitt's estate than my utmost fears anticipate so much that it will absolutely necessary for me to sell all the black people, and I very much question whether they together with all the rest of the personal estate will be sufficient to pay all the bonded and guardian debts.\" Letter from John Booton from 1846 about Albino Black Children There was a great animal show here yesterday and wax works and four white negro boys their father and mother are said to be black and these naturally white, their noses are flat and their hair white and curly and have every resemblance of a negro except their eyes and feet. I saw a man after the show was over and said he pulled out a bunch of his hair to ascertain whether he had on a wig or not and found that he had not.\" Letter from John Booton from 1846 \"There was a murder committed but a short distance from there. The murder was a negro supposed to be a runaway and stabbed up a white man for trying to arrest him and made his escape. William says he has volunteered for Texas, tell him if he is very eager to get there an opportunity now offers for staying five years so if he wants to go bad he had better come on here immediately as there are now officers here from the army recruiting\" Letter from John Booton Christmas Eve 1845 about a sermon by the well known Indian Missionary, John Douglas Bemo from the Seminole Tribe \"I heard a Seminole Indian preach last Sunday a week in the Presbyterian Church at this place I also heard him give a description of himself, his tribe the same night. It was very interesting indeed there was a collection made for him to distribubte amongst his tribe, he got $100 at this place, $19 of which he got out of James Peach's Family, the Indian's name was John Bemo of the seminoe tribe, a nephew of the celebrated Chief Osceola.\" Letter from John Booton from 1847 \"A great number of volunteer soldiers passed through here within the past week for Mexico. I also saw two Indians pass through yesterday on the stages going home from Washington City. They belong to the Caw tribes in a remote part of Missouri. They were bare headed and nothing to cover their body but a blanket thrown carelessly over their shoulders and a pair of shoes. It would be impossible for me to describe the beads and jewelry of various kinds about their persons. They could speak English Tolerably well.\" 1861 Confederate Document for taxes including sections about slaves by Charles Modesitt 1862 Confederate Circular from the Auditor's Office in Richmond on licenses to run distilleries.\"\u003c/p\u003e  "],"collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8478","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8478","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8478","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8478","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8478.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Booton-Modesitt Family Papers","title_ssm":["Booton-Modesitt Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Booton-Modesitt Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["circa 1809-1880","1820-1850"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["circa 1809-1880"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1820-1850"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1809/1880, bulk 1820/1850"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Booton-Modesitt Family Papers, 1809/1880, bulk 1820/1850"],"text":["Booton-Modesitt Family Papers, 1809/1880, bulk 1820/1850","Mss. Acc. 2009.570","/repositories/2/resources/8478","Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century","Luray (Va.)--History--19th century","Presidents--United States--Election--1848","Slavery--Virginia--19th century","United States--History--Mexican War, 1845-1848","Account books","Broadsides","Exercise books","Financial records","Invitations","Invoices","Letters (correspondence)","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Papers of the Modesitt-Booton families of Luray, Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to Lucy Marye of Luray, Virginia who married James Modesitt in 1815. She was widowed in 1827 and remarried James Booton in 1830. Lucy was born to Peter and Eleanor Marye and was sister to William Staige Marye, who is considered one of the founders of Luray, Virginia Also included are letters by John Booton and others relating to slavery and politics, children's copy books, account books, a broadside, invoices, legal contracts and documents.","All of the following, description and excerpts, was provided by the seller and has not been verified: \"The archive of Lucy Marye of Luray, Virginia who married James Modesitt in 1815, who died in 1827, Lucy then married James Booton in 1830. (1809-1880 with the large majority of items being from the 1820s-1850s). Lucy was born to Peter and Eleanor Marye and was sister to William Staige Marye, who is considered one of the founders of Luray, Virginia.","Included are copy books by the children, Sarah, Wyatt Stage and others, from the 1840s and 1850s. They range from a few pages to several with around 70 pages. They are all handwritten and have areas for copying the same line over and over again along with other areas for class notes and exercises.","Confederate Bond Coupon from 1864","Small Broadside for selling the business of Robert Modisett, selling the entire stock 1850s","18 page account book for items including Hog Skins, Squirrel Skins, Sheep Skins and other items from 1834","Small Account Book/Ledger including clothing items from 1835","2 Page Handwritten Poem written by John Booton 1844 at Luray Academy Diary of Charles Modisett as a Teacher of the Public White School in the Springfield District from 1880, including enrollment, attendance, ages of kids, along with a selection of his notes as teacher.","Invoices many several pages long some for medical items from Jonas Crane, a doctor in the area, some for blacksmith work, several for work on shoes and clothes Receipts including slave tax receipts Indentures and Deeds for land and property","Several Large Fold Lists of Land Grants","Some Books and Journals including New England Primer from the 1830s and 1840s Prayer book and hymnal","Group of 15 Circulars for the Commissioner of Revenue for Virginia from the 1840s and 1850s, they belonged to Charles Modesitt who was the Commissioner in Page County","4 page Policy of Insurance from the Insurance Company of the Valley of Virginia at Winchester from 1853","Virginia Confederate Bond Coupon","1864 Several Engraved Rewards of Merit for the Children from the 1840s-1860s","Nice License for Private Entertainment by Charles B Modesitt","1860 Handwritten note for the Election of 1853, listing all the votes from Congress, Senate and House from Price's Mill, Brintz's Mill, Mohler's Mille, Honeyville, Springfield, Rileysville, Oakham and Luray with Armstrong, Butler, Faulkner, Buswell, Keyser and Spitter all running for office","Small Printed Broadside of the Faculty of Jefferson College from 1849","Documents dealing with the death and estate of James Modesitt from 1827","Handwritten Invitation to John and Robert to attend a social party at the Washington House in Luray, signed by all the managers","1845 Letters The majority are 3-4 pages long. Interesting group of letters from G Gordon, who was a cousin. They were from Honeyville, Virginia to Luray from the 1830s","Letters from Hawksbill, Virginia from William R Almond, a well known businessman in Page County from the 1820s","Letters from her son while he was at school at Jefferson Medical College from 1849-1853","Letters from her son, Robert Modesitt, as he traveled and started his business in Pennsylvania 1840s.","Letters from Lucy Gordon from 1840 from Slate Mills, Virginia","A few letters from James Modesitt to Lucy 1810s","A few letters from Lucy to her children\" \"There are two literary societies composed of the students of the college. They meet once a week and in rotation have lectures, compositions, and a debate. I am a member of the largest one, the Adelphian, and last night I spoke two rounds on the debate. The first time I ever made a speech. The question for debate was this. Can a government be perpetuated which is not founded on a religion?\" \"I have one important matter to communicate and that is that I am going to be married in May unless something strange, very strange, turns up. I hope you are willing to trust my judgment in the selection of a companion for life. I think my choice is a prudent and happy one and one that cannot fail to please you. I am sure if you love me or any child you have, you will love her. I wish you could see her.\" \"I saw this morning an account of another battle fought between the Americans and the Mexicans which lasted sometime. During the action, lieut. Thomas Jordan and many other gallant officers were wounded. I reckon Mr. Jordan will be much grieved to hear that his son has happened to such a sad accident but it will be of some consolation to him to think that it was done in defense of his country. Brid. Gen. Joshua Howe of this place received orders from the president this morning to call together the militia of this country and march to the field of battle on the 22nd of June. I would like to know if there is any likelihood of many being taken away from Luray.\" \"We have had a warm political contest here but all is lost. JK Polk will certainly be president of the US. I am disappointed beyond measure. I could not have believed he could have beaten our gallant old Harry, but it is all over, and we must make the best of it.\" \"I was a little surprised last Thursday morning when I got up to discover an attempt to break in the store during the night. They bored holes with an anger through the door next to the street with the intention to get out the key, I suppose, but they did not succeed. They were scared off by the watchmen. If they had gotten in, I think they would have met with rather a warm reception. I did not hear them as I sleep upstairs, but if they had come up there, I had the thing that would have made them get out a little quicker than they got in. There seems to be a gang of villains about here for awhile. They have attempted to fire buildings and do other mischief. One rouge has been safely lodged in jail for breaking in a store in Parkersburg, Virginia and robbed it of $200.\" \"The honorable James Buchanan passed through here last Monday and made a short speech to the students. I was very well pleased both with the speech and the man. One does not see any of the outward peculiarities which are sometimes taken for characteristics of greatness, except indeed the deep cunning expressed by his eyes or the sharpness and prominence of the chin.\" \"I hope Daniel Kibler's letter has not put Charlie in the notion of going to the West. I suppose from what he says that his father has taken up some government or vacant land, as it is called.\" \"The University of Virginia receives an annuity of $15,000 from the state and one of the conditions on which is receives it is that there shall be one student from every congressional district from the state educated free of charge for tuition and boarding. I could perhaps get in there from the Paige District, but it would make me feel a little too degraded to be educated at the expense of the state. Besides, the Virginia University is one of the best, if not the very best, college in the United States.\" Letter from Port Gibson, Mississippi from Mary Marye describing her life from 1848. \"We stayed in Washington city until 5:00 Saturday evening. We went to the president's house, the public grounds, the Washington Monument, the Equestrian Statue of Jackson, the Capitol, the Patent Office. I enclose a five dollar note which I got from Mr. Grove. It turns out to be counterfeit.\" \"I received a letter from Dr. Rust some weeks ago. He offers me two fifths of his practice if I will go in to co-partnership with him in the spring. I answered it not accepting positively his offer, though I think it is not unlikely that I will.\" \"Did you see Belle Austin's husband while you were in Uniontown? He is a whopper. Considerably over six feet. I saw a catalog of the Steubenville Seminary a few days ago which had the name of Margret Thompson from Luray, Virginia in it. Pray, who is she? Is she Dr. Thompson's daughter? The seminary is only a days ride from this place.\" \"I have heard alarms of fire every night since I have been here. The first night I got here there was a fire very near in sight of my window besides three others. The town seemed to be in commotion all night. I have gotten along from the time I left home. I will give you first and account from the day I left. The first day I went to Shenandoah Furnace. The next day I went to Harrisonburg and the next day to New Market where I remained until Wednesday. I walked from New Market to Mount Jackson, seven miles. It was not the day for the stage when I left New Market.\" \"I suppose you will wonder what brought me here. I will answer that. It was through the improper intimacy of the young man that was here with a very respectable young lady. In order to keep out of trouble, he left this place last Sunday for parts unknown. He did not go without the knowledge of brother Robert. He has always acted highly honorable with him.\" Letters from Lucy Booton to her children from Slatevilles, Virginia. Letter to Dr F.W.G. Thomas, who became a well known physician in Missouri looking for employment from 1852 Nice letter from Rockingham with a nice folk art drawing of a bird with a branch at the top of the letter Great letter from James to Lucy a few months before they were married in 1815, \"I have purchased my Brother's blacksmith's and expect to start out to fetch them in on Wednesday next. I am making preparation to settle in Luray. I find that I shall get sufficient employ in my line of business and a great supply of work for my smiths. I believe it will be far more advantageous to me to live in town than out in the neighborhood as I cannot do anything at farming with my present force.my desire for your precious company is great tho I cannot see you now, only in mind, as soon after I return from the Allegany if possible I shall visit you, you may look for me on the Saturday before the fourth Sunday in the present month.\" Letter from James to Lucy from 1820, \"Business goes on well, Rose is very attentive doing her best to please her mistress, when she comes home. She is very attentive to the children. I think my dear it will be very convenient after I come from the Ohio State for you to visit our mother again before Christmas..truly, truly your till death Jas Modesitt\" \"I have sent a vial of spirits of Mendereri, you will please give cousin Lucy a teaspoon full every hour, when she seems feverish, until her skin becomes moist, I have also sent some creamer tartar she can use to make the magueria operate should it not operate without\" \"She seems to decline fast but she does not appear to suffer much severe paint often. Dr Henkel's medicine weakened her very fast while taking to Dr Kim came in to see her and advised her together with Dr Crane to discontinue the use of it\" \"Cousin Jno Booton wrote to me a few weeks ago saying that Dr Rust was desirous that I should return in the spring to practice with him.I don't know what to say about it. I shall write to John asking what share Dr Rust is willing to give and how long he proposes the partnership should last. This will give me time to hear from you on the subject.\" \"I sent by him one dozen bottles of McMunn's Elixir of opium for Lucy. It will help to control her cough and whenever she requires an opiate whether in the shape of Laudaman Panegone, Black Drop, Morphia, or Solid Opium\" \"On Friday last Samuel S Austin brother of Mary, was killed on the hill this side of Brownsville, by the bursting of a wall swivel, that is a Mexican gun made of brass and weighing between 100 and 125 pounds. A piece of it about 10 inches long and 1 inch thick struck him in the abdoment or rather his thigh and mashed the hip bone, throwing clear out a part of the joint nearly as large as the half of a hen's egg and tearing out his entrails.He had gone down the Ohio river to Wheeling to meet the volunteers from this county just returning from Mexico\" \"The other accident resulted in the death of a little boy a few days previous to that. He was the son of Mr Peter Kremer of this place and was hanging with his hands to the coupling pole of a wagon and the driver not knowing he was there stopped and commenced backing the wagon, when the little boy fell and the wheel passed right over his neck, breaking it and causing instant death,\" \"I was going to write to you last Sunday but as Gen Taylor was expected to pass through here this week. I put it off in order to give you an account of his reception and description of his person. He arrived here yesterday evening at 7 precisely and remained over night. A large concourse of citizens met him about a mile from town and escorted him to the Clinton House in an open carriage. He was welcomed to the town in a short speech by E.P. Oliphant, to which he replied in a speech of about three to five minutes..It seems that everybody had got it into their noggins that he was a large man, consequently they were disappointed to find him a small one\" Letter from Madison County from 1833 to James Booton, \"Dear Sir I am informed by Mr Thomas Clore that you wish to purchase a farm on this side of the mountain. I have a small one. I will sell on accommodating terms the tract contains 137 acres, it is on the south side of the Robison River\" \"I was very busy for a while after Mr Fetzer left here for Wheeling. You said in your letter that Doctor Robertson has sold his farm to David Kibler for $900 and has moved to the West. I don't recollect any David Kibler unless he is a son of old Philip Kibler.\" \"Emily is to be married next month, Mrs Ruby has left him, he has treated her very badly. Mr D brought her home to live, She is going to apply for a divorce, be kind enough to burn this letter.\" \"I thought I would wait until we heard from our election. We gave a small vote to what it should have been, about 750 majority where it out the have been 1150 Scott Vote in page\" \"You said in your letter that Uncle James Marye had just gone home from Mothers, he must be getting younger instead of older if he can stand so many fatiguing journeys across the ridge.\" \"We have a had a great deal of wet, The National road has been in a horrid condition, all winter, it is getting a little better now. You have a nice set of candidates for the Senate, I must confess. The county candidates will do a little better.\" \"There is an old colonel by the name of Semaroski lecturing on Napoleon Bonaparte he served under Napoleon in the French war, 23 years. He has been in 202 battles he has a very large scar from his mouth to his ear and a very large lump on his side where he was wounded with a cannonball. He is also a minister of the Gospel a Lutheran by profession.He was born in Poland and educated in France and moved to Indiana after the French Revolution\" \"We had a grand illumination of the town about a week ago in celebration of the surrender of the city of Vera Cruz.Capt S.S. Austin has just ? From Mexico, he went about 3 months ago by himself but afterwards joined the 3rd artillery and served as 1st Lieutenant in the attack on Vera Cruz.\" \"He has a prospect of selling out here too and if he does I think he will go to Missouri probably after that concern is closed in Baltimore. His business calls him to Missouri now for two or three weeks.Say nothing about this out of the Family for he does not wish it mentioned to any person I know.\" \"Since the treaty with Mexico has been concluded a great number of soldiers going home passed through this place. The most of them looked the worse for the war, there were several distinguished officers of high rank among them, that that I saw were, General Pillow, Quitman, Cadwalder and last but not least Major General William Butler of Kentucky, the Democratic Candidate for Vice President.\" \"General Patterson and Shields also went through here but I did not see them..The Whigs and Democrats both have polls up. The Whig pole is 210 feet high...There was a discussion at the Whig Pole on Friday night between AJ Ogle and J.S. Dawson, the former the Whig Candidate for Congress and the latter the Democratic one for the same office\" \"I see by the newspapers that the Democrats have done the thing up brown at the election in the Old Dominion. As far as heard from they have already a majority of seven over what they had in the last legislature. How is it in Page, is Boswell or Keyser elected?\" \"I start for the West in the morning but not very far, yet my trip will be longer, I fear than will be entirely pleasant to me. I have hope of getting back before 1st April, will be much pleased to be disappointed to the contrary. My trip west from which I have just returned, was a pleasant one with the exception of cold weather. I experienced a river severe time crossing the Alleghany Mountains\" Nice letter from L.C. Marye from Fredericksburg, 1845, \"Aunt Lucy, You will please inform me what were the movements of your father during the Revolution of our country, if you have any information on this please inform me.\" \"The expectation of a war with Mexico has caused great excitement and go where you will almost you will find that the subject of their discussion, in fact the surgeon of the Union Town Companies have had a great many applicants under pretence of different diseases to try to get off from going to war\" \"I am going to school at Madison College, do not let the word College deceive you any person would naturally suppose that it was a large flourishing institution but they would be wonderfully mistaken. For it is nothing to be compared with the Luray Academy when it was under the admirable superintendence of G.W. Grayson or Bandylegs as we used to call him.\" \"We were detained at Harpers Ferry nearly two days and saw a great many curiosities there, one of which was the U States armory, a great curiosity indeed\" \"I saw your cousin, J.K. Booton last Tuesday, I believe he was in usual health. He is now captain of the company that your father had the command of before his decease\" \"much more tedious journey than we anticipated I saw a great many strange things at least strange to me. Among them was the railroad and steam cars in operation by being thrown off the road from the fact of the North River being past fording we were compelled to go ten miles out of our way or lay by at Frankfort until the next day, that was a dreadful days travel, a most wretched road from Frankfort to Cumberland\" \"Rob's little boy, Austin got kicked by a horse about ten days ago and had his collar bone broken. It still had to be fastened to its place but he does not complain of it hurting him any and is running about as if nothing unusual had happened to him. He is one of the boldest and most reckless boys I ever saw.\" \"I would recommend this plan to him, to leave Luray Friday morning on horseback in time to get to New Market for the stages going from Winchester to Staunton in the day time..stay all night and leave at day light for the Rockbridge Alum Springs and get here Saturday evening, I suppose if he were to come by Lexington he would possibly find the connection between the stages a little better.\" \"Robert and all his family are well. He had Lucy's and Austin's Daguerreotypes taken a few days ago\" \"Several families from Dage County have passed through here going West, within the last week or two among them were William Wood, Washington Ruffner, and old Mr Varner going home from Ohio. Has the company that started from Luray a few days before I did, get back yet?.The widow and children of Sam Austin came back here last night from Philadelphia where she went after his death to see her mother\" \"There has been a good deal of excitement here since the election and it seems that the Whigs have beat the Democrats in this state and the Democrats had beat the Whigs in Ohio.Great efforts will be made by each party to carry this state in November for President\" \"There was arrested yesterday and taken to jail a man by the name of Thomas Evans for the murder of Hayden Bliss on 19th of November 1845. After this fatal affray Evans says he went to Ohio but feeling uneasy and uncomfortable there he thought it would be better for him to return home. We are told he made no resistance to the officer who arrested him but quietly and peaceably submitted to his control and direction. Evans says he did it in self defense. He murdered him by chopping Blisses head in a horrid manner with a corn cutter. The murdered man was a brother in law of the murderer.\" \"I left your overshoes at the Post Office at New Market to be returned to you, I will send those Saddlebags and Overcoat in Roberts Trunk\" \"We arrived here on the 4th of the month being detained by the snow two days at Harpers Ferry. I was in the United States Armory at the Ferry it was a great curiosity to me indeed to see more than three hundred person employed in making guns.\" \"I felt like jumping up and cracking my heels together when I heard that Colb of Georgia was elected speaker of the house and then the Chairmen of all the important committees in the senate are pro-slavery men. Such a triumph of the south puts the abolitionist about here considerably down in the mouth. What do you think of the President's Message, I think it small potatoes\" \"I wish he had been here last Sunday Morning to witness the departure of the Fayette County Volunteers for Mexico, it was an imposing sight.\" \"Your Turnpike affair seems to be looking up. Perhaps when I visit Page again I shall have the pleasure of crossing the Massanutten Mountains in the stage. I suppose Stage will have an opportunity for making some money by it and there is no doubt but that he will improve it\" \"The people here are very apprehensive of the cholera, none has occurred in town yet, but there have been several cases at the poor house, a good many deaths by cholera have taken place in Brownsville.\" \"I suppose you have heard of the steam boat explosion here last week. It was a melancholy thing indeed, there was at the time and since died from injuries, twenty-six or seven persons. The boat was entirely new and was about to make a short trip for trial and had not left shore fifty yards when the boiler burst and made the dreadful destruction of life, there was eighty-two persons on board and only fifteen escaped unhurt\" \"I suppose you are now acting sheriff and a laborious job you have of it no doubt. The duties of the officer in Virginia are much greater than they are here. The Sheriffs in Penn have no taxes to collect\" \"I was on a tour in the West. I wrote him from Wheeling, I left Wheeling on Sunday in the Steam Boat Messenger and arrived here about 12 yesterday. I leave here this evening for Nashville, Tennessee on the steam boat, Martha.\" Nice letter from Louisville, Kentucky while traveling \"The woman arrested sometime ago for killing the Watchman, has been tried and acquitted on the ground that she committed the murder in Self-Defense. Charles Austin, Marye's Brother, was to be tried for seduction and breach of promise of marriage but the case was compromised before it came into court by his Father paying the girl's father five hundred and fifty dollars. Another girl sued Skiles Austin for a case of the same nature.The male portion of that family have turned out badly\" \"This is a day of sad gloom in our town. The Cholera in its most malignant form commenced its savages here yesterday. I think the first occurred about 8 AM and died about noon. Since that time 7 have died and there are others that are sick that may terminate fatally. It is so far confined to one street principally non having occurred but in the vicinity of that street.The gloom and alarm here you can hardly conceive, many have left town and many more I think will leave.\" \"I have got about 5 or 6 hundred silk worms which keep me very busy of mornings and evenings feeding them and shifting them on fresh leaves. I feed them on the natural mulberry and James William on the Morus Multicaulis. My worms appear to grow faster than his.\" Nice letter from James to Lucy from 1825 \"Peter set of for Columbia, 6th of this month he went from here to Culpeper intending to take the stage and go on immediately but when he got there it was gone.He then took the stage and went to Orange CH where he intended to take the Fredericksburg and Charlottesville Stage but when it arrived it was so crowded that he could not get a seat.he therefore directed his trunk to be sent on to Charlottesville and set off on foot he walked to Gordonsville 10 miles to breakfast.Mechanicsville 6 miles to dinner then to MacCauley's tavern\" \"He hired 2 horses and a boy to carry him to Silmington 12 miles then to Columbia which waqs 9 miles, he walked, he got there Sunday evening.He got on board a boat loaded with tobacco bound to Richmond and went 12 miles by way of the river to Cartersville\" \"1824 Slave Document being an appraisal and dividing up of 21 Slaves, they are all named in the document.\" \"Interesting document from 1824 being a 3 page complaint about a slave that was hired for a year threatening to run away with her husband. Her husband actually comes and demands that he sell her back to the previous owner or she will runaway, it's really interesting. Letter from John Booton while at college from 1850 \"The Niggers are very numerous here and very important. A few evenings since a big black fellow who thought himself as good as anybody undertook to make some students here from Kentucky and some of the other slave states, get out of his road. The even convinced him he had waked up the wrong passengers. They gave the negro a little the soundest cudgeling he ever had. The whole body of the negroes became outraged at this and armed themselves with guns, pistols, bowie knives, axes, and clubs swearing vengeance on the white fellows that whipped their colored brother and if the rest of the students came to their assistance, prepared for a general battle.they did not proceed to violence but contented themselves by getting out warrants for the arrest of the students concerned in the affray.Some think the disturbance will not end here but that during the coming vacation while a good many of the students are at home the negroes will attempt to overpower those that remain here. All I can say is that if they do there will be blood spilled. The blacks are nearly all armed. To make the matter worse a good many of the inhabitants take sides with the niggers. How I despise such people. I have hardly benevolence enough to wish them a happy hereafter.I have never had any difficulty with the blacks or their white allies and hope I shall not have.\" Letter from John Booton from 1851 about runaway Virginia slaves and the battle that ensued over them being arrested and the free blacks and abolitionists that get involved and ready to fight for them, really fantastic: \"We had a great excitement here last Monday on account of the arrest of some runaway negroes from Virginia. There were warrants issued for the arrest of five fugitives. Two of them were taken at Robstown on the Loughegheny River, but the free blacks and abolitionists raised a mob, rescued the slaves and cut some of the officers. Two others were arrested in Brownsville and after creating a good deal of excitement were brought to Uniontown for trial. After they had been lodged in jail news came that there was a considerable body of armed negroes headed by one or two abolitionists coming from Brownsville to attempt a rescue. In hearing this the sheriff ordered out the military to maintain the laws. A part of the darkies reported to be coming, come in town one at a time. Finding the soldiers ready and anxious for a fight they left town without ceremony. Money was raised to indemnify the owners and the slaves set at liberty.\" 1855 Letter from Criglersville to Luray \"Mr Lindsay has two negroes with the fever, bad cases, I attend to them and go there every other day. It is seven miles from here. He is the first man in the county that gave me substantial encouragement. He says he has more confidence in the over the ridge doctors than he has in those about here. They are dangerously ill but if I can cure them and I think I can it will be a strong spoke in my wheel\" Letter from Charles Modisett from Page County 1860 \"James W Modesitt Sheriff of page County on the 6th day of July last and enclosed a copy of each together with a list of Free Negroes and transmitted them by mail to your office\" A document from Charles Modesitt from Page County from 1857 that includes listing the number of Free Negroes in the town at 3 cents each, there were 48 at the time Letter from William Almond from Hawksbill to Luray 1825 \"There will be more done to them by Mr Modesitt's estate than my utmost fears anticipate so much that it will absolutely necessary for me to sell all the black people, and I very much question whether they together with all the rest of the personal estate will be sufficient to pay all the bonded and guardian debts.\" Letter from John Booton from 1846 about Albino Black Children There was a great animal show here yesterday and wax works and four white negro boys their father and mother are said to be black and these naturally white, their noses are flat and their hair white and curly and have every resemblance of a negro except their eyes and feet. I saw a man after the show was over and said he pulled out a bunch of his hair to ascertain whether he had on a wig or not and found that he had not.\" Letter from John Booton from 1846 \"There was a murder committed but a short distance from there. The murder was a negro supposed to be a runaway and stabbed up a white man for trying to arrest him and made his escape. William says he has volunteered for Texas, tell him if he is very eager to get there an opportunity now offers for staying five years so if he wants to go bad he had better come on here immediately as there are now officers here from the army recruiting\" Letter from John Booton Christmas Eve 1845 about a sermon by the well known Indian Missionary, John Douglas Bemo from the Seminole Tribe \"I heard a Seminole Indian preach last Sunday a week in the Presbyterian Church at this place I also heard him give a description of himself, his tribe the same night. It was very interesting indeed there was a collection made for him to distribubte amongst his tribe, he got $100 at this place, $19 of which he got out of James Peach's Family, the Indian's name was John Bemo of the seminoe tribe, a nephew of the celebrated Chief Osceola.\" Letter from John Booton from 1847 \"A great number of volunteer soldiers passed through here within the past week for Mexico. I also saw two Indians pass through yesterday on the stages going home from Washington City. They belong to the Caw tribes in a remote part of Missouri. They were bare headed and nothing to cover their body but a blanket thrown carelessly over their shoulders and a pair of shoes. It would be impossible for me to describe the beads and jewelry of various kinds about their persons. They could speak English Tolerably well.\" 1861 Confederate Document for taxes including sections about slaves by Charles Modesitt 1862 Confederate Circular from the Auditor's Office in Richmond on licenses to run distilleries.\"","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Booton, Lucy Mary Modesitt","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Booton-Modesitt Family Papers, 1809/1880, bulk 1820/1850"],"collection_ssim":["Booton-Modesitt Family Papers, 1809/1880, bulk 1820/1850"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. Acc. 2009.570","/repositories/2/resources/8478"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. Acc. 2009.570","/repositories/2/resources/8478"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century"],"geogname_ssim":["Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century"],"places_ssim":["Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century"],"creator_ssm":["Booton, Lucy Mary Modesitt"],"creator_ssim":["Booton, Lucy Mary Modesitt"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Booton, Lucy Mary Modesitt"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"creators_ssim":["Booton, Lucy Mary Modesitt","Special Collections Research Center"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchase."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Luray (Va.)--History--19th century","Presidents--United States--Election--1848","Slavery--Virginia--19th century","United States--History--Mexican War, 1845-1848","Account books","Broadsides","Exercise books","Financial records","Invitations","Invoices","Letters (correspondence)"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Luray (Va.)--History--19th century","Presidents--United States--Election--1848","Slavery--Virginia--19th century","United States--History--Mexican War, 1845-1848","Account books","Broadsides","Exercise books","Financial records","Invitations","Invoices","Letters (correspondence)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["1.00 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["1.00 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Account books","Broadsides","Exercise books","Financial records","Invitations","Invoices","Letters (correspondence)"],"date_range_isim":[1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBooton-Modesitt Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Booton-Modesitt Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information:"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Information from seller"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of the Modesitt-Booton families of Luray, Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to Lucy Marye of Luray, Virginia who married James Modesitt in 1815. She was widowed in 1827 and remarried James Booton in 1830. Lucy was born to Peter and Eleanor Marye and was sister to William Staige Marye, who is considered one of the founders of Luray, Virginia Also included are letters by John Booton and others relating to slavery and politics, children's copy books, account books, a broadside, invoices, legal contracts and documents.","All of the following, description and excerpts, was provided by the seller and has not been verified: \"The archive of Lucy Marye of Luray, Virginia who married James Modesitt in 1815, who died in 1827, Lucy then married James Booton in 1830. (1809-1880 with the large majority of items being from the 1820s-1850s). Lucy was born to Peter and Eleanor Marye and was sister to William Staige Marye, who is considered one of the founders of Luray, Virginia.","Included are copy books by the children, Sarah, Wyatt Stage and others, from the 1840s and 1850s. They range from a few pages to several with around 70 pages. They are all handwritten and have areas for copying the same line over and over again along with other areas for class notes and exercises.","Confederate Bond Coupon from 1864","Small Broadside for selling the business of Robert Modisett, selling the entire stock 1850s","18 page account book for items including Hog Skins, Squirrel Skins, Sheep Skins and other items from 1834","Small Account Book/Ledger including clothing items from 1835","2 Page Handwritten Poem written by John Booton 1844 at Luray Academy Diary of Charles Modisett as a Teacher of the Public White School in the Springfield District from 1880, including enrollment, attendance, ages of kids, along with a selection of his notes as teacher.","Invoices many several pages long some for medical items from Jonas Crane, a doctor in the area, some for blacksmith work, several for work on shoes and clothes Receipts including slave tax receipts Indentures and Deeds for land and property","Several Large Fold Lists of Land Grants","Some Books and Journals including New England Primer from the 1830s and 1840s Prayer book and hymnal","Group of 15 Circulars for the Commissioner of Revenue for Virginia from the 1840s and 1850s, they belonged to Charles Modesitt who was the Commissioner in Page County","4 page Policy of Insurance from the Insurance Company of the Valley of Virginia at Winchester from 1853","Virginia Confederate Bond Coupon","1864 Several Engraved Rewards of Merit for the Children from the 1840s-1860s","Nice License for Private Entertainment by Charles B Modesitt","1860 Handwritten note for the Election of 1853, listing all the votes from Congress, Senate and House from Price's Mill, Brintz's Mill, Mohler's Mille, Honeyville, Springfield, Rileysville, Oakham and Luray with Armstrong, Butler, Faulkner, Buswell, Keyser and Spitter all running for office","Small Printed Broadside of the Faculty of Jefferson College from 1849","Documents dealing with the death and estate of James Modesitt from 1827","Handwritten Invitation to John and Robert to attend a social party at the Washington House in Luray, signed by all the managers","1845 Letters The majority are 3-4 pages long. Interesting group of letters from G Gordon, who was a cousin. They were from Honeyville, Virginia to Luray from the 1830s","Letters from Hawksbill, Virginia from William R Almond, a well known businessman in Page County from the 1820s","Letters from her son while he was at school at Jefferson Medical College from 1849-1853","Letters from her son, Robert Modesitt, as he traveled and started his business in Pennsylvania 1840s.","Letters from Lucy Gordon from 1840 from Slate Mills, Virginia","A few letters from James Modesitt to Lucy 1810s","A few letters from Lucy to her children\" \"There are two literary societies composed of the students of the college. They meet once a week and in rotation have lectures, compositions, and a debate. I am a member of the largest one, the Adelphian, and last night I spoke two rounds on the debate. The first time I ever made a speech. The question for debate was this. Can a government be perpetuated which is not founded on a religion?\" \"I have one important matter to communicate and that is that I am going to be married in May unless something strange, very strange, turns up. I hope you are willing to trust my judgment in the selection of a companion for life. I think my choice is a prudent and happy one and one that cannot fail to please you. I am sure if you love me or any child you have, you will love her. I wish you could see her.\" \"I saw this morning an account of another battle fought between the Americans and the Mexicans which lasted sometime. During the action, lieut. Thomas Jordan and many other gallant officers were wounded. I reckon Mr. Jordan will be much grieved to hear that his son has happened to such a sad accident but it will be of some consolation to him to think that it was done in defense of his country. Brid. Gen. Joshua Howe of this place received orders from the president this morning to call together the militia of this country and march to the field of battle on the 22nd of June. I would like to know if there is any likelihood of many being taken away from Luray.\" \"We have had a warm political contest here but all is lost. JK Polk will certainly be president of the US. I am disappointed beyond measure. I could not have believed he could have beaten our gallant old Harry, but it is all over, and we must make the best of it.\" \"I was a little surprised last Thursday morning when I got up to discover an attempt to break in the store during the night. They bored holes with an anger through the door next to the street with the intention to get out the key, I suppose, but they did not succeed. They were scared off by the watchmen. If they had gotten in, I think they would have met with rather a warm reception. I did not hear them as I sleep upstairs, but if they had come up there, I had the thing that would have made them get out a little quicker than they got in. There seems to be a gang of villains about here for awhile. They have attempted to fire buildings and do other mischief. One rouge has been safely lodged in jail for breaking in a store in Parkersburg, Virginia and robbed it of $200.\" \"The honorable James Buchanan passed through here last Monday and made a short speech to the students. I was very well pleased both with the speech and the man. One does not see any of the outward peculiarities which are sometimes taken for characteristics of greatness, except indeed the deep cunning expressed by his eyes or the sharpness and prominence of the chin.\" \"I hope Daniel Kibler's letter has not put Charlie in the notion of going to the West. I suppose from what he says that his father has taken up some government or vacant land, as it is called.\" \"The University of Virginia receives an annuity of $15,000 from the state and one of the conditions on which is receives it is that there shall be one student from every congressional district from the state educated free of charge for tuition and boarding. I could perhaps get in there from the Paige District, but it would make me feel a little too degraded to be educated at the expense of the state. Besides, the Virginia University is one of the best, if not the very best, college in the United States.\" Letter from Port Gibson, Mississippi from Mary Marye describing her life from 1848. \"We stayed in Washington city until 5:00 Saturday evening. We went to the president's house, the public grounds, the Washington Monument, the Equestrian Statue of Jackson, the Capitol, the Patent Office. I enclose a five dollar note which I got from Mr. Grove. It turns out to be counterfeit.\" \"I received a letter from Dr. Rust some weeks ago. He offers me two fifths of his practice if I will go in to co-partnership with him in the spring. I answered it not accepting positively his offer, though I think it is not unlikely that I will.\" \"Did you see Belle Austin's husband while you were in Uniontown? He is a whopper. Considerably over six feet. I saw a catalog of the Steubenville Seminary a few days ago which had the name of Margret Thompson from Luray, Virginia in it. Pray, who is she? Is she Dr. Thompson's daughter? The seminary is only a days ride from this place.\" \"I have heard alarms of fire every night since I have been here. The first night I got here there was a fire very near in sight of my window besides three others. The town seemed to be in commotion all night. I have gotten along from the time I left home. I will give you first and account from the day I left. The first day I went to Shenandoah Furnace. The next day I went to Harrisonburg and the next day to New Market where I remained until Wednesday. I walked from New Market to Mount Jackson, seven miles. It was not the day for the stage when I left New Market.\" \"I suppose you will wonder what brought me here. I will answer that. It was through the improper intimacy of the young man that was here with a very respectable young lady. In order to keep out of trouble, he left this place last Sunday for parts unknown. He did not go without the knowledge of brother Robert. He has always acted highly honorable with him.\" Letters from Lucy Booton to her children from Slatevilles, Virginia. Letter to Dr F.W.G. Thomas, who became a well known physician in Missouri looking for employment from 1852 Nice letter from Rockingham with a nice folk art drawing of a bird with a branch at the top of the letter Great letter from James to Lucy a few months before they were married in 1815, \"I have purchased my Brother's blacksmith's and expect to start out to fetch them in on Wednesday next. I am making preparation to settle in Luray. I find that I shall get sufficient employ in my line of business and a great supply of work for my smiths. I believe it will be far more advantageous to me to live in town than out in the neighborhood as I cannot do anything at farming with my present force.my desire for your precious company is great tho I cannot see you now, only in mind, as soon after I return from the Allegany if possible I shall visit you, you may look for me on the Saturday before the fourth Sunday in the present month.\" Letter from James to Lucy from 1820, \"Business goes on well, Rose is very attentive doing her best to please her mistress, when she comes home. She is very attentive to the children. I think my dear it will be very convenient after I come from the Ohio State for you to visit our mother again before Christmas..truly, truly your till death Jas Modesitt\" \"I have sent a vial of spirits of Mendereri, you will please give cousin Lucy a teaspoon full every hour, when she seems feverish, until her skin becomes moist, I have also sent some creamer tartar she can use to make the magueria operate should it not operate without\" \"She seems to decline fast but she does not appear to suffer much severe paint often. Dr Henkel's medicine weakened her very fast while taking to Dr Kim came in to see her and advised her together with Dr Crane to discontinue the use of it\" \"Cousin Jno Booton wrote to me a few weeks ago saying that Dr Rust was desirous that I should return in the spring to practice with him.I don't know what to say about it. I shall write to John asking what share Dr Rust is willing to give and how long he proposes the partnership should last. This will give me time to hear from you on the subject.\" \"I sent by him one dozen bottles of McMunn's Elixir of opium for Lucy. It will help to control her cough and whenever she requires an opiate whether in the shape of Laudaman Panegone, Black Drop, Morphia, or Solid Opium\" \"On Friday last Samuel S Austin brother of Mary, was killed on the hill this side of Brownsville, by the bursting of a wall swivel, that is a Mexican gun made of brass and weighing between 100 and 125 pounds. A piece of it about 10 inches long and 1 inch thick struck him in the abdoment or rather his thigh and mashed the hip bone, throwing clear out a part of the joint nearly as large as the half of a hen's egg and tearing out his entrails.He had gone down the Ohio river to Wheeling to meet the volunteers from this county just returning from Mexico\" \"The other accident resulted in the death of a little boy a few days previous to that. He was the son of Mr Peter Kremer of this place and was hanging with his hands to the coupling pole of a wagon and the driver not knowing he was there stopped and commenced backing the wagon, when the little boy fell and the wheel passed right over his neck, breaking it and causing instant death,\" \"I was going to write to you last Sunday but as Gen Taylor was expected to pass through here this week. I put it off in order to give you an account of his reception and description of his person. He arrived here yesterday evening at 7 precisely and remained over night. A large concourse of citizens met him about a mile from town and escorted him to the Clinton House in an open carriage. He was welcomed to the town in a short speech by E.P. Oliphant, to which he replied in a speech of about three to five minutes..It seems that everybody had got it into their noggins that he was a large man, consequently they were disappointed to find him a small one\" Letter from Madison County from 1833 to James Booton, \"Dear Sir I am informed by Mr Thomas Clore that you wish to purchase a farm on this side of the mountain. I have a small one. I will sell on accommodating terms the tract contains 137 acres, it is on the south side of the Robison River\" \"I was very busy for a while after Mr Fetzer left here for Wheeling. You said in your letter that Doctor Robertson has sold his farm to David Kibler for $900 and has moved to the West. I don't recollect any David Kibler unless he is a son of old Philip Kibler.\" \"Emily is to be married next month, Mrs Ruby has left him, he has treated her very badly. Mr D brought her home to live, She is going to apply for a divorce, be kind enough to burn this letter.\" \"I thought I would wait until we heard from our election. We gave a small vote to what it should have been, about 750 majority where it out the have been 1150 Scott Vote in page\" \"You said in your letter that Uncle James Marye had just gone home from Mothers, he must be getting younger instead of older if he can stand so many fatiguing journeys across the ridge.\" \"We have a had a great deal of wet, The National road has been in a horrid condition, all winter, it is getting a little better now. You have a nice set of candidates for the Senate, I must confess. The county candidates will do a little better.\" \"There is an old colonel by the name of Semaroski lecturing on Napoleon Bonaparte he served under Napoleon in the French war, 23 years. He has been in 202 battles he has a very large scar from his mouth to his ear and a very large lump on his side where he was wounded with a cannonball. He is also a minister of the Gospel a Lutheran by profession.He was born in Poland and educated in France and moved to Indiana after the French Revolution\" \"We had a grand illumination of the town about a week ago in celebration of the surrender of the city of Vera Cruz.Capt S.S. Austin has just ? From Mexico, he went about 3 months ago by himself but afterwards joined the 3rd artillery and served as 1st Lieutenant in the attack on Vera Cruz.\" \"He has a prospect of selling out here too and if he does I think he will go to Missouri probably after that concern is closed in Baltimore. His business calls him to Missouri now for two or three weeks.Say nothing about this out of the Family for he does not wish it mentioned to any person I know.\" \"Since the treaty with Mexico has been concluded a great number of soldiers going home passed through this place. The most of them looked the worse for the war, there were several distinguished officers of high rank among them, that that I saw were, General Pillow, Quitman, Cadwalder and last but not least Major General William Butler of Kentucky, the Democratic Candidate for Vice President.\" \"General Patterson and Shields also went through here but I did not see them..The Whigs and Democrats both have polls up. The Whig pole is 210 feet high...There was a discussion at the Whig Pole on Friday night between AJ Ogle and J.S. Dawson, the former the Whig Candidate for Congress and the latter the Democratic one for the same office\" \"I see by the newspapers that the Democrats have done the thing up brown at the election in the Old Dominion. As far as heard from they have already a majority of seven over what they had in the last legislature. How is it in Page, is Boswell or Keyser elected?\" \"I start for the West in the morning but not very far, yet my trip will be longer, I fear than will be entirely pleasant to me. I have hope of getting back before 1st April, will be much pleased to be disappointed to the contrary. My trip west from which I have just returned, was a pleasant one with the exception of cold weather. I experienced a river severe time crossing the Alleghany Mountains\" Nice letter from L.C. Marye from Fredericksburg, 1845, \"Aunt Lucy, You will please inform me what were the movements of your father during the Revolution of our country, if you have any information on this please inform me.\" \"The expectation of a war with Mexico has caused great excitement and go where you will almost you will find that the subject of their discussion, in fact the surgeon of the Union Town Companies have had a great many applicants under pretence of different diseases to try to get off from going to war\" \"I am going to school at Madison College, do not let the word College deceive you any person would naturally suppose that it was a large flourishing institution but they would be wonderfully mistaken. For it is nothing to be compared with the Luray Academy when it was under the admirable superintendence of G.W. Grayson or Bandylegs as we used to call him.\" \"We were detained at Harpers Ferry nearly two days and saw a great many curiosities there, one of which was the U States armory, a great curiosity indeed\" \"I saw your cousin, J.K. Booton last Tuesday, I believe he was in usual health. He is now captain of the company that your father had the command of before his decease\" \"much more tedious journey than we anticipated I saw a great many strange things at least strange to me. Among them was the railroad and steam cars in operation by being thrown off the road from the fact of the North River being past fording we were compelled to go ten miles out of our way or lay by at Frankfort until the next day, that was a dreadful days travel, a most wretched road from Frankfort to Cumberland\" \"Rob's little boy, Austin got kicked by a horse about ten days ago and had his collar bone broken. It still had to be fastened to its place but he does not complain of it hurting him any and is running about as if nothing unusual had happened to him. He is one of the boldest and most reckless boys I ever saw.\" \"I would recommend this plan to him, to leave Luray Friday morning on horseback in time to get to New Market for the stages going from Winchester to Staunton in the day time..stay all night and leave at day light for the Rockbridge Alum Springs and get here Saturday evening, I suppose if he were to come by Lexington he would possibly find the connection between the stages a little better.\" \"Robert and all his family are well. He had Lucy's and Austin's Daguerreotypes taken a few days ago\" \"Several families from Dage County have passed through here going West, within the last week or two among them were William Wood, Washington Ruffner, and old Mr Varner going home from Ohio. Has the company that started from Luray a few days before I did, get back yet?.The widow and children of Sam Austin came back here last night from Philadelphia where she went after his death to see her mother\" \"There has been a good deal of excitement here since the election and it seems that the Whigs have beat the Democrats in this state and the Democrats had beat the Whigs in Ohio.Great efforts will be made by each party to carry this state in November for President\" \"There was arrested yesterday and taken to jail a man by the name of Thomas Evans for the murder of Hayden Bliss on 19th of November 1845. After this fatal affray Evans says he went to Ohio but feeling uneasy and uncomfortable there he thought it would be better for him to return home. We are told he made no resistance to the officer who arrested him but quietly and peaceably submitted to his control and direction. Evans says he did it in self defense. He murdered him by chopping Blisses head in a horrid manner with a corn cutter. The murdered man was a brother in law of the murderer.\" \"I left your overshoes at the Post Office at New Market to be returned to you, I will send those Saddlebags and Overcoat in Roberts Trunk\" \"We arrived here on the 4th of the month being detained by the snow two days at Harpers Ferry. I was in the United States Armory at the Ferry it was a great curiosity to me indeed to see more than three hundred person employed in making guns.\" \"I felt like jumping up and cracking my heels together when I heard that Colb of Georgia was elected speaker of the house and then the Chairmen of all the important committees in the senate are pro-slavery men. Such a triumph of the south puts the abolitionist about here considerably down in the mouth. What do you think of the President's Message, I think it small potatoes\" \"I wish he had been here last Sunday Morning to witness the departure of the Fayette County Volunteers for Mexico, it was an imposing sight.\" \"Your Turnpike affair seems to be looking up. Perhaps when I visit Page again I shall have the pleasure of crossing the Massanutten Mountains in the stage. I suppose Stage will have an opportunity for making some money by it and there is no doubt but that he will improve it\" \"The people here are very apprehensive of the cholera, none has occurred in town yet, but there have been several cases at the poor house, a good many deaths by cholera have taken place in Brownsville.\" \"I suppose you have heard of the steam boat explosion here last week. It was a melancholy thing indeed, there was at the time and since died from injuries, twenty-six or seven persons. The boat was entirely new and was about to make a short trip for trial and had not left shore fifty yards when the boiler burst and made the dreadful destruction of life, there was eighty-two persons on board and only fifteen escaped unhurt\" \"I suppose you are now acting sheriff and a laborious job you have of it no doubt. The duties of the officer in Virginia are much greater than they are here. The Sheriffs in Penn have no taxes to collect\" \"I was on a tour in the West. I wrote him from Wheeling, I left Wheeling on Sunday in the Steam Boat Messenger and arrived here about 12 yesterday. I leave here this evening for Nashville, Tennessee on the steam boat, Martha.\" Nice letter from Louisville, Kentucky while traveling \"The woman arrested sometime ago for killing the Watchman, has been tried and acquitted on the ground that she committed the murder in Self-Defense. Charles Austin, Marye's Brother, was to be tried for seduction and breach of promise of marriage but the case was compromised before it came into court by his Father paying the girl's father five hundred and fifty dollars. Another girl sued Skiles Austin for a case of the same nature.The male portion of that family have turned out badly\" \"This is a day of sad gloom in our town. The Cholera in its most malignant form commenced its savages here yesterday. I think the first occurred about 8 AM and died about noon. Since that time 7 have died and there are others that are sick that may terminate fatally. It is so far confined to one street principally non having occurred but in the vicinity of that street.The gloom and alarm here you can hardly conceive, many have left town and many more I think will leave.\" \"I have got about 5 or 6 hundred silk worms which keep me very busy of mornings and evenings feeding them and shifting them on fresh leaves. I feed them on the natural mulberry and James William on the Morus Multicaulis. My worms appear to grow faster than his.\" Nice letter from James to Lucy from 1825 \"Peter set of for Columbia, 6th of this month he went from here to Culpeper intending to take the stage and go on immediately but when he got there it was gone.He then took the stage and went to Orange CH where he intended to take the Fredericksburg and Charlottesville Stage but when it arrived it was so crowded that he could not get a seat.he therefore directed his trunk to be sent on to Charlottesville and set off on foot he walked to Gordonsville 10 miles to breakfast.Mechanicsville 6 miles to dinner then to MacCauley's tavern\" \"He hired 2 horses and a boy to carry him to Silmington 12 miles then to Columbia which waqs 9 miles, he walked, he got there Sunday evening.He got on board a boat loaded with tobacco bound to Richmond and went 12 miles by way of the river to Cartersville\" \"1824 Slave Document being an appraisal and dividing up of 21 Slaves, they are all named in the document.\" \"Interesting document from 1824 being a 3 page complaint about a slave that was hired for a year threatening to run away with her husband. Her husband actually comes and demands that he sell her back to the previous owner or she will runaway, it's really interesting. Letter from John Booton while at college from 1850 \"The Niggers are very numerous here and very important. A few evenings since a big black fellow who thought himself as good as anybody undertook to make some students here from Kentucky and some of the other slave states, get out of his road. The even convinced him he had waked up the wrong passengers. They gave the negro a little the soundest cudgeling he ever had. The whole body of the negroes became outraged at this and armed themselves with guns, pistols, bowie knives, axes, and clubs swearing vengeance on the white fellows that whipped their colored brother and if the rest of the students came to their assistance, prepared for a general battle.they did not proceed to violence but contented themselves by getting out warrants for the arrest of the students concerned in the affray.Some think the disturbance will not end here but that during the coming vacation while a good many of the students are at home the negroes will attempt to overpower those that remain here. All I can say is that if they do there will be blood spilled. The blacks are nearly all armed. To make the matter worse a good many of the inhabitants take sides with the niggers. How I despise such people. I have hardly benevolence enough to wish them a happy hereafter.I have never had any difficulty with the blacks or their white allies and hope I shall not have.\" Letter from John Booton from 1851 about runaway Virginia slaves and the battle that ensued over them being arrested and the free blacks and abolitionists that get involved and ready to fight for them, really fantastic: \"We had a great excitement here last Monday on account of the arrest of some runaway negroes from Virginia. There were warrants issued for the arrest of five fugitives. Two of them were taken at Robstown on the Loughegheny River, but the free blacks and abolitionists raised a mob, rescued the slaves and cut some of the officers. Two others were arrested in Brownsville and after creating a good deal of excitement were brought to Uniontown for trial. After they had been lodged in jail news came that there was a considerable body of armed negroes headed by one or two abolitionists coming from Brownsville to attempt a rescue. In hearing this the sheriff ordered out the military to maintain the laws. A part of the darkies reported to be coming, come in town one at a time. Finding the soldiers ready and anxious for a fight they left town without ceremony. Money was raised to indemnify the owners and the slaves set at liberty.\" 1855 Letter from Criglersville to Luray \"Mr Lindsay has two negroes with the fever, bad cases, I attend to them and go there every other day. It is seven miles from here. He is the first man in the county that gave me substantial encouragement. He says he has more confidence in the over the ridge doctors than he has in those about here. They are dangerously ill but if I can cure them and I think I can it will be a strong spoke in my wheel\" Letter from Charles Modisett from Page County 1860 \"James W Modesitt Sheriff of page County on the 6th day of July last and enclosed a copy of each together with a list of Free Negroes and transmitted them by mail to your office\" A document from Charles Modesitt from Page County from 1857 that includes listing the number of Free Negroes in the town at 3 cents each, there were 48 at the time Letter from William Almond from Hawksbill to Luray 1825 \"There will be more done to them by Mr Modesitt's estate than my utmost fears anticipate so much that it will absolutely necessary for me to sell all the black people, and I very much question whether they together with all the rest of the personal estate will be sufficient to pay all the bonded and guardian debts.\" Letter from John Booton from 1846 about Albino Black Children There was a great animal show here yesterday and wax works and four white negro boys their father and mother are said to be black and these naturally white, their noses are flat and their hair white and curly and have every resemblance of a negro except their eyes and feet. I saw a man after the show was over and said he pulled out a bunch of his hair to ascertain whether he had on a wig or not and found that he had not.\" Letter from John Booton from 1846 \"There was a murder committed but a short distance from there. The murder was a negro supposed to be a runaway and stabbed up a white man for trying to arrest him and made his escape. William says he has volunteered for Texas, tell him if he is very eager to get there an opportunity now offers for staying five years so if he wants to go bad he had better come on here immediately as there are now officers here from the army recruiting\" Letter from John Booton Christmas Eve 1845 about a sermon by the well known Indian Missionary, John Douglas Bemo from the Seminole Tribe \"I heard a Seminole Indian preach last Sunday a week in the Presbyterian Church at this place I also heard him give a description of himself, his tribe the same night. It was very interesting indeed there was a collection made for him to distribubte amongst his tribe, he got $100 at this place, $19 of which he got out of James Peach's Family, the Indian's name was John Bemo of the seminoe tribe, a nephew of the celebrated Chief Osceola.\" Letter from John Booton from 1847 \"A great number of volunteer soldiers passed through here within the past week for Mexico. I also saw two Indians pass through yesterday on the stages going home from Washington City. They belong to the Caw tribes in a remote part of Missouri. They were bare headed and nothing to cover their body but a blanket thrown carelessly over their shoulders and a pair of shoes. It would be impossible for me to describe the beads and jewelry of various kinds about their persons. They could speak English Tolerably well.\" 1861 Confederate Document for taxes including sections about slaves by Charles Modesitt 1862 Confederate Circular from the Auditor's Office in Richmond on licenses to run distilleries.\""],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"persname_ssim":["Booton, Lucy Mary Modesitt"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Booton, Lucy Mary Modesitt"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":110,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:03:58.803Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of the Modesitt-Booton families of Luray, Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to Lucy Marye of Luray, Virginia who married James Modesitt in 1815. She was widowed in 1827 and remarried James Booton in 1830. Lucy was born to Peter and Eleanor Marye and was sister to William Staige Marye, who is considered one of the founders of Luray, Virginia Also included are letters by John Booton and others relating to slavery and politics, children's copy books, account books, a broadside, invoices, legal contracts and documents.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eAll of the following, description and excerpts, was provided by the seller and has not been verified: \"The archive of Lucy Marye of Luray, Virginia who married James Modesitt in 1815, who died in 1827, Lucy then married James Booton in 1830. (1809-1880 with the large majority of items being from the 1820s-1850s). Lucy was born to Peter and Eleanor Marye and was sister to William Staige Marye, who is considered one of the founders of Luray, Virginia.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are copy books by the children, Sarah, Wyatt Stage and others, from the 1840s and 1850s. They range from a few pages to several with around 70 pages. They are all handwritten and have areas for copying the same line over and over again along with other areas for class notes and exercises. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConfederate Bond Coupon from 1864 \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall Broadside for selling the business of Robert Modisett, selling the entire stock 1850s \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 page account book for items including Hog Skins, Squirrel Skins, Sheep Skins and other items from 1834 \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall Account Book/Ledger including clothing items from 1835 \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 Page Handwritten Poem written by John Booton 1844 at Luray Academy Diary of Charles Modisett as a Teacher of the Public White School in the Springfield District from 1880, including enrollment, attendance, ages of kids, along with a selection of his notes as teacher. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices many several pages long some for medical items from Jonas Crane, a doctor in the area, some for blacksmith work, several for work on shoes and clothes Receipts including slave tax receipts Indentures and Deeds for land and property \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral Large Fold Lists of Land Grants \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome Books and Journals including New England Primer from the 1830s and 1840s Prayer book and hymnal \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGroup of 15 Circulars for the Commissioner of Revenue for Virginia from the 1840s and 1850s, they belonged to Charles Modesitt who was the Commissioner in Page County \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 page Policy of Insurance from the Insurance Company of the Valley of Virginia at Winchester from 1853 \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Confederate Bond Coupon \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1864 Several Engraved Rewards of Merit for the Children from the 1840s-1860s \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNice License for Private Entertainment by Charles B Modesitt \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1860 Handwritten note for the Election of 1853, listing all the votes from Congress, Senate and House from Price's Mill, Brintz's Mill, Mohler's Mille, Honeyville, Springfield, Rileysville, Oakham and Luray with Armstrong, Butler, Faulkner, Buswell, Keyser and Spitter all running for office \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall Printed Broadside of the Faculty of Jefferson College from 1849 \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments dealing with the death and estate of James Modesitt from 1827\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten Invitation to John and Robert to attend a social party at the Washington House in Luray, signed by all the managers \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1845 Letters The majority are 3-4 pages long. Interesting group of letters from G Gordon, who was a cousin. They were from Honeyville, Virginia to Luray from the 1830s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Hawksbill, Virginia from William R Almond, a well known businessman in Page County from the 1820s \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from her son while he was at school at Jefferson Medical College from 1849-1853 \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from her son, Robert Modesitt, as he traveled and started his business in Pennsylvania 1840s. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Lucy Gordon from 1840 from Slate Mills, Virginia \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA few letters from James Modesitt to Lucy 1810s \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA few letters from Lucy to her children\" \"There are two literary societies composed of the students of the college. They meet once a week and in rotation have lectures, compositions, and a debate. I am a member of the largest one, the Adelphian, and last night I spoke two rounds on the debate. The first time I ever made a speech. The question for debate was this. Can a government be perpetuated which is not founded on a religion?\" \"I have one important matter to communicate and that is that I am going to be married in May unless something strange, very strange, turns up. I hope you are willing to trust my judgment in the selection of a companion for life. I think my choice is a prudent and happy one and one that cannot fail to please you. I am sure if you love me or any child you have, you will love her. I wish you could see her.\" \"I saw this morning an account of another battle fought between the Americans and the Mexicans which lasted sometime. During the action, lieut. Thomas Jordan and many other gallant officers were wounded. I reckon Mr. Jordan will be much grieved to hear that his son has happened to such a sad accident but it will be of some consolation to him to think that it was done in defense of his country. Brid. Gen. Joshua Howe of this place received orders from the president this morning to call together the militia of this country and march to the field of battle on the 22nd of June. I would like to know if there is any likelihood of many being taken away from Luray.\" \"We have had a warm political contest here but all is lost. JK Polk will certainly be president of the US. I am disappointed beyond measure. I could not have believed he could have beaten our gallant old Harry, but it is all over, and we must make the best of it.\" \"I was a little surprised last Thursday morning when I got up to discover an attempt to break in the store during the night. They bored holes with an anger through the door next to the street with the intention to get out the key, I suppose, but they did not succeed. They were scared off by the watchmen. If they had gotten in, I think they would have met with rather a warm reception. I did not hear them as I sleep upstairs, but if they had come up there, I had the thing that would have made them get out a little quicker than they got in. There seems to be a gang of villains about here for awhile. They have attempted to fire buildings and do other mischief. One rouge has been safely lodged in jail for breaking in a store in Parkersburg, Virginia and robbed it of $200.\" \"The honorable James Buchanan passed through here last Monday and made a short speech to the students. I was very well pleased both with the speech and the man. One does not see any of the outward peculiarities which are sometimes taken for characteristics of greatness, except indeed the deep cunning expressed by his eyes or the sharpness and prominence of the chin.\" \"I hope Daniel Kibler's letter has not put Charlie in the notion of going to the West. I suppose from what he says that his father has taken up some government or vacant land, as it is called.\" \"The University of Virginia receives an annuity of $15,000 from the state and one of the conditions on which is receives it is that there shall be one student from every congressional district from the state educated free of charge for tuition and boarding. I could perhaps get in there from the Paige District, but it would make me feel a little too degraded to be educated at the expense of the state. Besides, the Virginia University is one of the best, if not the very best, college in the United States.\" Letter from Port Gibson, Mississippi from Mary Marye describing her life from 1848. \"We stayed in Washington city until 5:00 Saturday evening. We went to the president's house, the public grounds, the Washington Monument, the Equestrian Statue of Jackson, the Capitol, the Patent Office. I enclose a five dollar note which I got from Mr. Grove. It turns out to be counterfeit.\" \"I received a letter from Dr. Rust some weeks ago. He offers me two fifths of his practice if I will go in to co-partnership with him in the spring. I answered it not accepting positively his offer, though I think it is not unlikely that I will.\" \"Did you see Belle Austin's husband while you were in Uniontown? He is a whopper. Considerably over six feet. I saw a catalog of the Steubenville Seminary a few days ago which had the name of Margret Thompson from Luray, Virginia in it. Pray, who is she? Is she Dr. Thompson's daughter? The seminary is only a days ride from this place.\" \"I have heard alarms of fire every night since I have been here. The first night I got here there was a fire very near in sight of my window besides three others. The town seemed to be in commotion all night. I have gotten along from the time I left home. I will give you first and account from the day I left. The first day I went to Shenandoah Furnace. The next day I went to Harrisonburg and the next day to New Market where I remained until Wednesday. I walked from New Market to Mount Jackson, seven miles. It was not the day for the stage when I left New Market.\" \"I suppose you will wonder what brought me here. I will answer that. It was through the improper intimacy of the young man that was here with a very respectable young lady. In order to keep out of trouble, he left this place last Sunday for parts unknown. He did not go without the knowledge of brother Robert. He has always acted highly honorable with him.\" Letters from Lucy Booton to her children from Slatevilles, Virginia. Letter to Dr F.W.G. Thomas, who became a well known physician in Missouri looking for employment from 1852 Nice letter from Rockingham with a nice folk art drawing of a bird with a branch at the top of the letter Great letter from James to Lucy a few months before they were married in 1815, \"I have purchased my Brother's blacksmith's and expect to start out to fetch them in on Wednesday next. I am making preparation to settle in Luray. I find that I shall get sufficient employ in my line of business and a great supply of work for my smiths. I believe it will be far more advantageous to me to live in town than out in the neighborhood as I cannot do anything at farming with my present force.my desire for your precious company is great tho I cannot see you now, only in mind, as soon after I return from the Allegany if possible I shall visit you, you may look for me on the Saturday before the fourth Sunday in the present month.\" Letter from James to Lucy from 1820, \"Business goes on well, Rose is very attentive doing her best to please her mistress, when she comes home. She is very attentive to the children. I think my dear it will be very convenient after I come from the Ohio State for you to visit our mother again before Christmas..truly, truly your till death Jas Modesitt\" \"I have sent a vial of spirits of Mendereri, you will please give cousin Lucy a teaspoon full every hour, when she seems feverish, until her skin becomes moist, I have also sent some creamer tartar she can use to make the magueria operate should it not operate without\" \"She seems to decline fast but she does not appear to suffer much severe paint often. Dr Henkel's medicine weakened her very fast while taking to Dr Kim came in to see her and advised her together with Dr Crane to discontinue the use of it\" \"Cousin Jno Booton wrote to me a few weeks ago saying that Dr Rust was desirous that I should return in the spring to practice with him.I don't know what to say about it. I shall write to John asking what share Dr Rust is willing to give and how long he proposes the partnership should last. This will give me time to hear from you on the subject.\" \"I sent by him one dozen bottles of McMunn's Elixir of opium for Lucy. It will help to control her cough and whenever she requires an opiate whether in the shape of Laudaman Panegone, Black Drop, Morphia, or Solid Opium\" \"On Friday last Samuel S Austin brother of Mary, was killed on the hill this side of Brownsville, by the bursting of a wall swivel, that is a Mexican gun made of brass and weighing between 100 and 125 pounds. A piece of it about 10 inches long and 1 inch thick struck him in the abdoment or rather his thigh and mashed the hip bone, throwing clear out a part of the joint nearly as large as the half of a hen's egg and tearing out his entrails.He had gone down the Ohio river to Wheeling to meet the volunteers from this county just returning from Mexico\" \"The other accident resulted in the death of a little boy a few days previous to that. He was the son of Mr Peter Kremer of this place and was hanging with his hands to the coupling pole of a wagon and the driver not knowing he was there stopped and commenced backing the wagon, when the little boy fell and the wheel passed right over his neck, breaking it and causing instant death,\" \"I was going to write to you last Sunday but as Gen Taylor was expected to pass through here this week. I put it off in order to give you an account of his reception and description of his person. He arrived here yesterday evening at 7 precisely and remained over night. A large concourse of citizens met him about a mile from town and escorted him to the Clinton House in an open carriage. He was welcomed to the town in a short speech by E.P. Oliphant, to which he replied in a speech of about three to five minutes..It seems that everybody had got it into their noggins that he was a large man, consequently they were disappointed to find him a small one\" Letter from Madison County from 1833 to James Booton, \"Dear Sir I am informed by Mr Thomas Clore that you wish to purchase a farm on this side of the mountain. I have a small one. I will sell on accommodating terms the tract contains 137 acres, it is on the south side of the Robison River\" \"I was very busy for a while after Mr Fetzer left here for Wheeling. You said in your letter that Doctor Robertson has sold his farm to David Kibler for $900 and has moved to the West. I don't recollect any David Kibler unless he is a son of old Philip Kibler.\" \"Emily is to be married next month, Mrs Ruby has left him, he has treated her very badly. Mr D brought her home to live, She is going to apply for a divorce, be kind enough to burn this letter.\" \"I thought I would wait until we heard from our election. We gave a small vote to what it should have been, about 750 majority where it out the have been 1150 Scott Vote in page\" \"You said in your letter that Uncle James Marye had just gone home from Mothers, he must be getting younger instead of older if he can stand so many fatiguing journeys across the ridge.\" \"We have a had a great deal of wet, The National road has been in a horrid condition, all winter, it is getting a little better now. You have a nice set of candidates for the Senate, I must confess. The county candidates will do a little better.\" \"There is an old colonel by the name of Semaroski lecturing on Napoleon Bonaparte he served under Napoleon in the French war, 23 years. He has been in 202 battles he has a very large scar from his mouth to his ear and a very large lump on his side where he was wounded with a cannonball. He is also a minister of the Gospel a Lutheran by profession.He was born in Poland and educated in France and moved to Indiana after the French Revolution\" \"We had a grand illumination of the town about a week ago in celebration of the surrender of the city of Vera Cruz.Capt S.S. Austin has just ? From Mexico, he went about 3 months ago by himself but afterwards joined the 3rd artillery and served as 1st Lieutenant in the attack on Vera Cruz.\" \"He has a prospect of selling out here too and if he does I think he will go to Missouri probably after that concern is closed in Baltimore. His business calls him to Missouri now for two or three weeks.Say nothing about this out of the Family for he does not wish it mentioned to any person I know.\" \"Since the treaty with Mexico has been concluded a great number of soldiers going home passed through this place. The most of them looked the worse for the war, there were several distinguished officers of high rank among them, that that I saw were, General Pillow, Quitman, Cadwalder and last but not least Major General William Butler of Kentucky, the Democratic Candidate for Vice President.\" \"General Patterson and Shields also went through here but I did not see them..The Whigs and Democrats both have polls up. The Whig pole is 210 feet high...There was a discussion at the Whig Pole on Friday night between AJ Ogle and J.S. Dawson, the former the Whig Candidate for Congress and the latter the Democratic one for the same office\" \"I see by the newspapers that the Democrats have done the thing up brown at the election in the Old Dominion. As far as heard from they have already a majority of seven over what they had in the last legislature. How is it in Page, is Boswell or Keyser elected?\" \"I start for the West in the morning but not very far, yet my trip will be longer, I fear than will be entirely pleasant to me. I have hope of getting back before 1st April, will be much pleased to be disappointed to the contrary. My trip west from which I have just returned, was a pleasant one with the exception of cold weather. I experienced a river severe time crossing the Alleghany Mountains\" Nice letter from L.C. Marye from Fredericksburg, 1845, \"Aunt Lucy, You will please inform me what were the movements of your father during the Revolution of our country, if you have any information on this please inform me.\" \"The expectation of a war with Mexico has caused great excitement and go where you will almost you will find that the subject of their discussion, in fact the surgeon of the Union Town Companies have had a great many applicants under pretence of different diseases to try to get off from going to war\" \"I am going to school at Madison College, do not let the word College deceive you any person would naturally suppose that it was a large flourishing institution but they would be wonderfully mistaken. For it is nothing to be compared with the Luray Academy when it was under the admirable superintendence of G.W. Grayson or Bandylegs as we used to call him.\" \"We were detained at Harpers Ferry nearly two days and saw a great many curiosities there, one of which was the U States armory, a great curiosity indeed\" \"I saw your cousin, J.K. Booton last Tuesday, I believe he was in usual health. He is now captain of the company that your father had the command of before his decease\" \"much more tedious journey than we anticipated I saw a great many strange things at least strange to me. Among them was the railroad and steam cars in operation by being thrown off the road from the fact of the North River being past fording we were compelled to go ten miles out of our way or lay by at Frankfort until the next day, that was a dreadful days travel, a most wretched road from Frankfort to Cumberland\" \"Rob's little boy, Austin got kicked by a horse about ten days ago and had his collar bone broken. It still had to be fastened to its place but he does not complain of it hurting him any and is running about as if nothing unusual had happened to him. He is one of the boldest and most reckless boys I ever saw.\" \"I would recommend this plan to him, to leave Luray Friday morning on horseback in time to get to New Market for the stages going from Winchester to Staunton in the day time..stay all night and leave at day light for the Rockbridge Alum Springs and get here Saturday evening, I suppose if he were to come by Lexington he would possibly find the connection between the stages a little better.\" \"Robert and all his family are well. He had Lucy's and Austin's Daguerreotypes taken a few days ago\" \"Several families from Dage County have passed through here going West, within the last week or two among them were William Wood, Washington Ruffner, and old Mr Varner going home from Ohio. Has the company that started from Luray a few days before I did, get back yet?.The widow and children of Sam Austin came back here last night from Philadelphia where she went after his death to see her mother\" \"There has been a good deal of excitement here since the election and it seems that the Whigs have beat the Democrats in this state and the Democrats had beat the Whigs in Ohio.Great efforts will be made by each party to carry this state in November for President\" \"There was arrested yesterday and taken to jail a man by the name of Thomas Evans for the murder of Hayden Bliss on 19th of November 1845. After this fatal affray Evans says he went to Ohio but feeling uneasy and uncomfortable there he thought it would be better for him to return home. We are told he made no resistance to the officer who arrested him but quietly and peaceably submitted to his control and direction. Evans says he did it in self defense. He murdered him by chopping Blisses head in a horrid manner with a corn cutter. The murdered man was a brother in law of the murderer.\" \"I left your overshoes at the Post Office at New Market to be returned to you, I will send those Saddlebags and Overcoat in Roberts Trunk\" \"We arrived here on the 4th of the month being detained by the snow two days at Harpers Ferry. I was in the United States Armory at the Ferry it was a great curiosity to me indeed to see more than three hundred person employed in making guns.\" \"I felt like jumping up and cracking my heels together when I heard that Colb of Georgia was elected speaker of the house and then the Chairmen of all the important committees in the senate are pro-slavery men. Such a triumph of the south puts the abolitionist about here considerably down in the mouth. What do you think of the President's Message, I think it small potatoes\" \"I wish he had been here last Sunday Morning to witness the departure of the Fayette County Volunteers for Mexico, it was an imposing sight.\" \"Your Turnpike affair seems to be looking up. Perhaps when I visit Page again I shall have the pleasure of crossing the Massanutten Mountains in the stage. I suppose Stage will have an opportunity for making some money by it and there is no doubt but that he will improve it\" \"The people here are very apprehensive of the cholera, none has occurred in town yet, but there have been several cases at the poor house, a good many deaths by cholera have taken place in Brownsville.\" \"I suppose you have heard of the steam boat explosion here last week. It was a melancholy thing indeed, there was at the time and since died from injuries, twenty-six or seven persons. The boat was entirely new and was about to make a short trip for trial and had not left shore fifty yards when the boiler burst and made the dreadful destruction of life, there was eighty-two persons on board and only fifteen escaped unhurt\" \"I suppose you are now acting sheriff and a laborious job you have of it no doubt. The duties of the officer in Virginia are much greater than they are here. The Sheriffs in Penn have no taxes to collect\" \"I was on a tour in the West. I wrote him from Wheeling, I left Wheeling on Sunday in the Steam Boat Messenger and arrived here about 12 yesterday. I leave here this evening for Nashville, Tennessee on the steam boat, Martha.\" Nice letter from Louisville, Kentucky while traveling \"The woman arrested sometime ago for killing the Watchman, has been tried and acquitted on the ground that she committed the murder in Self-Defense. Charles Austin, Marye's Brother, was to be tried for seduction and breach of promise of marriage but the case was compromised before it came into court by his Father paying the girl's father five hundred and fifty dollars. Another girl sued Skiles Austin for a case of the same nature.The male portion of that family have turned out badly\" \"This is a day of sad gloom in our town. The Cholera in its most malignant form commenced its savages here yesterday. I think the first occurred about 8 AM and died about noon. Since that time 7 have died and there are others that are sick that may terminate fatally. It is so far confined to one street principally non having occurred but in the vicinity of that street.The gloom and alarm here you can hardly conceive, many have left town and many more I think will leave.\" \"I have got about 5 or 6 hundred silk worms which keep me very busy of mornings and evenings feeding them and shifting them on fresh leaves. I feed them on the natural mulberry and James William on the Morus Multicaulis. My worms appear to grow faster than his.\" Nice letter from James to Lucy from 1825 \"Peter set of for Columbia, 6th of this month he went from here to Culpeper intending to take the stage and go on immediately but when he got there it was gone.He then took the stage and went to Orange CH where he intended to take the Fredericksburg and Charlottesville Stage but when it arrived it was so crowded that he could not get a seat.he therefore directed his trunk to be sent on to Charlottesville and set off on foot he walked to Gordonsville 10 miles to breakfast.Mechanicsville 6 miles to dinner then to MacCauley's tavern\" \"He hired 2 horses and a boy to carry him to Silmington 12 miles then to Columbia which waqs 9 miles, he walked, he got there Sunday evening.He got on board a boat loaded with tobacco bound to Richmond and went 12 miles by way of the river to Cartersville\" \"1824 Slave Document being an appraisal and dividing up of 21 Slaves, they are all named in the document.\" \"Interesting document from 1824 being a 3 page complaint about a slave that was hired for a year threatening to run away with her husband. Her husband actually comes and demands that he sell her back to the previous owner or she will runaway, it's really interesting. Letter from John Booton while at college from 1850 \"The Niggers are very numerous here and very important. A few evenings since a big black fellow who thought himself as good as anybody undertook to make some students here from Kentucky and some of the other slave states, get out of his road. The even convinced him he had waked up the wrong passengers. They gave the negro a little the soundest cudgeling he ever had. The whole body of the negroes became outraged at this and armed themselves with guns, pistols, bowie knives, axes, and clubs swearing vengeance on the white fellows that whipped their colored brother and if the rest of the students came to their assistance, prepared for a general battle.they did not proceed to violence but contented themselves by getting out warrants for the arrest of the students concerned in the affray.Some think the disturbance will not end here but that during the coming vacation while a good many of the students are at home the negroes will attempt to overpower those that remain here. All I can say is that if they do there will be blood spilled. The blacks are nearly all armed. To make the matter worse a good many of the inhabitants take sides with the niggers. How I despise such people. I have hardly benevolence enough to wish them a happy hereafter.I have never had any difficulty with the blacks or their white allies and hope I shall not have.\" Letter from John Booton from 1851 about runaway Virginia slaves and the battle that ensued over them being arrested and the free blacks and abolitionists that get involved and ready to fight for them, really fantastic: \"We had a great excitement here last Monday on account of the arrest of some runaway negroes from Virginia. There were warrants issued for the arrest of five fugitives. Two of them were taken at Robstown on the Loughegheny River, but the free blacks and abolitionists raised a mob, rescued the slaves and cut some of the officers. Two others were arrested in Brownsville and after creating a good deal of excitement were brought to Uniontown for trial. After they had been lodged in jail news came that there was a considerable body of armed negroes headed by one or two abolitionists coming from Brownsville to attempt a rescue. In hearing this the sheriff ordered out the military to maintain the laws. A part of the darkies reported to be coming, come in town one at a time. Finding the soldiers ready and anxious for a fight they left town without ceremony. Money was raised to indemnify the owners and the slaves set at liberty.\" 1855 Letter from Criglersville to Luray \"Mr Lindsay has two negroes with the fever, bad cases, I attend to them and go there every other day. It is seven miles from here. He is the first man in the county that gave me substantial encouragement. He says he has more confidence in the over the ridge doctors than he has in those about here. They are dangerously ill but if I can cure them and I think I can it will be a strong spoke in my wheel\" Letter from Charles Modisett from Page County 1860 \"James W Modesitt Sheriff of page County on the 6th day of July last and enclosed a copy of each together with a list of Free Negroes and transmitted them by mail to your office\" A document from Charles Modesitt from Page County from 1857 that includes listing the number of Free Negroes in the town at 3 cents each, there were 48 at the time Letter from William Almond from Hawksbill to Luray 1825 \"There will be more done to them by Mr Modesitt's estate than my utmost fears anticipate so much that it will absolutely necessary for me to sell all the black people, and I very much question whether they together with all the rest of the personal estate will be sufficient to pay all the bonded and guardian debts.\" Letter from John Booton from 1846 about Albino Black Children There was a great animal show here yesterday and wax works and four white negro boys their father and mother are said to be black and these naturally white, their noses are flat and their hair white and curly and have every resemblance of a negro except their eyes and feet. I saw a man after the show was over and said he pulled out a bunch of his hair to ascertain whether he had on a wig or not and found that he had not.\" Letter from John Booton from 1846 \"There was a murder committed but a short distance from there. The murder was a negro supposed to be a runaway and stabbed up a white man for trying to arrest him and made his escape. William says he has volunteered for Texas, tell him if he is very eager to get there an opportunity now offers for staying five years so if he wants to go bad he had better come on here immediately as there are now officers here from the army recruiting\" Letter from John Booton Christmas Eve 1845 about a sermon by the well known Indian Missionary, John Douglas Bemo from the Seminole Tribe \"I heard a Seminole Indian preach last Sunday a week in the Presbyterian Church at this place I also heard him give a description of himself, his tribe the same night. It was very interesting indeed there was a collection made for him to distribubte amongst his tribe, he got $100 at this place, $19 of which he got out of James Peach's Family, the Indian's name was John Bemo of the seminoe tribe, a nephew of the celebrated Chief Osceola.\" Letter from John Booton from 1847 \"A great number of volunteer soldiers passed through here within the past week for Mexico. I also saw two Indians pass through yesterday on the stages going home from Washington City. They belong to the Caw tribes in a remote part of Missouri. They were bare headed and nothing to cover their body but a blanket thrown carelessly over their shoulders and a pair of shoes. It would be impossible for me to describe the beads and jewelry of various kinds about their persons. They could speak English Tolerably well.\" 1861 Confederate Document for taxes including sections about slaves by Charles Modesitt 1862 Confederate Circular from the Auditor's Office in Richmond on licenses to run distilleries.\"\u003c/p\u003e  "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8478"}},{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_930","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Boots (Steiffel) and Peterson (Biedert) Families Genealogies, 1771/1985","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_930#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Family genealogies in this collection include: Biedert, Boots, Peterson, and Steiffel.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_930#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_930","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_930","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_930","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_930","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_930.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/195375","title_ssm":["Boots (Steiffel) and Peterson (Biedert) Families Genealogies"],"title_tesim":["Boots (Steiffel) and Peterson (Biedert) Families Genealogies"],"unitdate_ssm":["1771-1985"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1771-1985"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1771/1985"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Boots (Steiffel) and Peterson (Biedert) Families Genealogies, 1771/1985"],"text":["Boots (Steiffel) and Peterson (Biedert) Families Genealogies, 1771/1985","A\u0026M 2824","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/930","No special access restriction applies.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Family genealogies in this collection include: Biedert, Boots, Peterson, and Steiffel.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Bieder family","Boots family","Peterson family","Steiffel family","English\n."],"collection_title_tesim":["Boots (Steiffel) and Peterson (Biedert) Families Genealogies, 1771/1985"],"collection_ssim":["Boots (Steiffel) and Peterson (Biedert) Families Genealogies, 1771/1985"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 2824","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/930"],"unitid_tesim":["A\u0026M 2824","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/930"],"repository_ssm":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Bieder family","Boots family","Peterson family","Steiffel family"],"creators_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Bieder family","Boots family","Peterson family","Steiffel family"],"access_terms_ssm":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.29 Linear Feet Summary: 3 1/2 in. (2 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)"],"extent_tesim":["0.29 Linear Feet Summary: 3 1/2 in. (2 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)"],"date_range_isim":[1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo special access restriction applies.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["No special access restriction applies."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Boots (Steiffel) and Peterson (Biedert) Families Genealogies, A\u0026amp;M 2824, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Boots (Steiffel) and Peterson (Biedert) Families Genealogies, A\u0026M 2824, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_625d124066180fab3c2e8c23a38854b1\"\u003eFamily genealogies in this collection include: Biedert, Boots, Peterson, and Steiffel.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Family genealogies in this collection include: Biedert, Boots, Peterson, and Steiffel."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_1f88d27b6ad229cc56ca10a742a3ad89\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\"\u003eWest Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center"],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"famname_ssim":["Bieder family","Boots family","Peterson family","Steiffel family"],"names_coll_ssim":["Bieder family","Boots family","Peterson family","Steiffel family"],"names_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Bieder family","Boots family","Peterson family","Steiffel family"],"language_ssim":["English\n."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:11:50.562Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_930","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_930","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_930","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_930","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_930.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/195375","title_ssm":["Boots (Steiffel) and Peterson (Biedert) Families Genealogies"],"title_tesim":["Boots (Steiffel) and Peterson (Biedert) Families Genealogies"],"unitdate_ssm":["1771-1985"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1771-1985"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1771/1985"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Boots (Steiffel) and Peterson (Biedert) Families Genealogies, 1771/1985"],"text":["Boots (Steiffel) and Peterson (Biedert) Families Genealogies, 1771/1985","A\u0026M 2824","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/930","No special access restriction applies.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Family genealogies in this collection include: Biedert, Boots, Peterson, and Steiffel.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Bieder family","Boots family","Peterson family","Steiffel family","English\n."],"collection_title_tesim":["Boots (Steiffel) and Peterson (Biedert) Families Genealogies, 1771/1985"],"collection_ssim":["Boots (Steiffel) and Peterson (Biedert) Families Genealogies, 1771/1985"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 2824","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/930"],"unitid_tesim":["A\u0026M 2824","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/930"],"repository_ssm":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Bieder family","Boots family","Peterson family","Steiffel family"],"creators_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Bieder family","Boots family","Peterson family","Steiffel family"],"access_terms_ssm":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.29 Linear Feet Summary: 3 1/2 in. (2 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)"],"extent_tesim":["0.29 Linear Feet Summary: 3 1/2 in. (2 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)"],"date_range_isim":[1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo special access restriction applies.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["No special access restriction applies."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Boots (Steiffel) and Peterson (Biedert) Families Genealogies, A\u0026amp;M 2824, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Boots (Steiffel) and Peterson (Biedert) Families Genealogies, A\u0026M 2824, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_625d124066180fab3c2e8c23a38854b1\"\u003eFamily genealogies in this collection include: Biedert, Boots, Peterson, and Steiffel.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Family genealogies in this collection include: Biedert, Boots, Peterson, and Steiffel."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_1f88d27b6ad229cc56ca10a742a3ad89\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\"\u003eWest Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center"],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"famname_ssim":["Bieder family","Boots family","Peterson family","Steiffel family"],"names_coll_ssim":["Bieder family","Boots family","Peterson family","Steiffel family"],"names_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Bieder family","Boots family","Peterson family","Steiffel family"],"language_ssim":["English\n."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:11:50.562Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_930"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8503","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Borland Family Papers, 1771/1940","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8503#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Borland, Green, and Godwin families are related in the following manner. George Godwin, son of Jeremiah Godwin, married Fanny Green (whose mother was Mary (Giles) Green) in 1805. Dr. Thomas Wood Borland (d. 1830 or 1831), father of Roscius Cicero Borland, married Harriott Godwin, daughter of Jeremiah Godwin and Sarah (Wilkinson) Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8503#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8503","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8503","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8503","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8503","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8503.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Borland Family Papers","title_ssm":["Borland Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Borland Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1771-1940"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1771-1940"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1771/1940"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Borland Family Papers, 1771/1940"],"text":["Borland Family Papers, 1771/1940","Mss. 65 B66","/repositories/2/resources/8503","College of William and Mary--History--19th century","United States--Economic history","United States--Politics and Government","Correspondence","Financial records","Receipts (financial records)","Typescripts","521 items","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Organization: This collection is organized into 3 Series. Series 1 contains personal papers and correspondence, Series 2 contains tax statements and receipts, and Series 3 contains typed material. Arrangement: The collection is arranged chronologically by date with those items lacking dates found at the end of each series.","Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .","Other Information:","Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00044.frame","The Borland, Green, and Godwin families are related in the following manner. George Godwin, son of Jeremiah Godwin, married Fanny Green (whose mother was Mary (Giles) Green) in 1805. Dr. Thomas Wood Borland (d. 1830 or 1831), father of Roscius Cicero Borland, married Harriott Godwin, daughter of Jeremiah Godwin and Sarah (Wilkinson) Godwin.","Family correspondence, chiefly 1830-1854, of Mary (Giles) Green and George Godwin of Nansemond County, Virginia; Roscius C. Borland of Murfreesboro, North Carolina; Thomas Roscius Borland of Norfolk, Virginia; and of other family members in Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. This collection includes business correspondence and receipts, 1788-1867; a manuscript by Armistead Borland about his father Thomas R. Borland (who was involved with William Mahone and the Readjuster Party) which contains a genealogy of the Borland and Godwin families; and family photographs. And it also contains a letter, 1828 April 18, from Euclid Borland to George Godwin giving impressions of life at College of William and Mary.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Readjuster Party of Virginia","Goodwin family","Borland, Roscius Cicero, d. 1847","Borland, Thomas Roscius, 1844-1900","Green, Mary Giles, 1762-1819","Mahone, William, 1826-1895","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Borland Family Papers, 1771/1940"],"collection_ssim":["Borland Family Papers, 1771/1940"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 65 B66","/repositories/2/resources/8503"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 65 B66","/repositories/2/resources/8503"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Borland, Roscius Cicero, d. 1847","Borland, Thomas Roscius, 1844-1900","Green, Mary Giles, 1762-1819","Mahone, William, 1826-1895"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Readjuster Party of Virginia"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Goodwin family"],"creators_ssim":["Borland, Roscius Cicero, d. 1847","Borland, Thomas Roscius, 1844-1900","Green, Mary Giles, 1762-1819","Mahone, William, 1826-1895","Special Collections Research Center","Readjuster Party of Virginia","Goodwin family"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift: 521 items, 1944."],"access_subjects_ssim":["College of William and Mary--History--19th century","United States--Economic history","United States--Politics and Government","Correspondence","Financial records","Receipts (financial records)","Typescripts"],"access_subjects_ssm":["College of William and Mary--History--19th century","United States--Economic history","United States--Politics and Government","Correspondence","Financial records","Receipts (financial records)","Typescripts"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["521 items"],"extent_ssm":["1.50 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["1.50 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Correspondence","Financial records","Receipts (financial records)","Typescripts"],"date_range_isim":[1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOrganization: This collection is organized into 3 Series. Series 1 contains personal papers and correspondence, Series 2 contains tax statements and receipts, and Series 3 contains typed material. Arrangement: The collection is arranged chronologically by date with those items lacking dates found at the end of each series.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organization: This collection is organized into 3 Series. Series 1 contains personal papers and correspondence, Series 2 contains tax statements and receipts, and Series 3 contains typed material. Arrangement: The collection is arranged chronologically by date with those items lacking dates found at the end of each series."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eInformation about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: \u003cextref href=\"http://scdbwiki.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Borland_family\" title=\"Borland family\"\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Family History:"],"bioghist_tesim":["Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: ."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOther Information:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00044.frame\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["General"],"odd_tesim":["Other Information:","Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00044.frame"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBorland Family Papers, Robert Blackwell Papers\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Borland Family Papers, Robert Blackwell Papers"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Borland, Green, and Godwin families are related in the following manner. George Godwin, son of Jeremiah Godwin, married Fanny Green (whose mother was Mary (Giles) Green) in 1805. Dr. Thomas Wood Borland (d. 1830 or 1831), father of Roscius Cicero Borland, married Harriott Godwin, daughter of Jeremiah Godwin and Sarah (Wilkinson) Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily correspondence, chiefly 1830-1854, of Mary (Giles) Green and George Godwin of Nansemond County, Virginia; Roscius C. Borland of Murfreesboro, North Carolina; Thomas Roscius Borland of Norfolk, Virginia; and of other family members in Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. This collection includes business correspondence and receipts, 1788-1867; a manuscript by Armistead Borland about his father Thomas R. Borland (who was involved with William Mahone and the Readjuster Party) which contains a genealogy of the Borland and Godwin families; and family photographs. And it also contains a letter, 1828 April 18, from Euclid Borland to George Godwin giving impressions of life at College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Borland, Green, and Godwin families are related in the following manner. George Godwin, son of Jeremiah Godwin, married Fanny Green (whose mother was Mary (Giles) Green) in 1805. Dr. Thomas Wood Borland (d. 1830 or 1831), father of Roscius Cicero Borland, married Harriott Godwin, daughter of Jeremiah Godwin and Sarah (Wilkinson) Godwin.","Family correspondence, chiefly 1830-1854, of Mary (Giles) Green and George Godwin of Nansemond County, Virginia; Roscius C. Borland of Murfreesboro, North Carolina; Thomas Roscius Borland of Norfolk, Virginia; and of other family members in Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. This collection includes business correspondence and receipts, 1788-1867; a manuscript by Armistead Borland about his father Thomas R. Borland (who was involved with William Mahone and the Readjuster Party) which contains a genealogy of the Borland and Godwin families; and family photographs. And it also contains a letter, 1828 April 18, from Euclid Borland to George Godwin giving impressions of life at College of William and Mary."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Readjuster Party of Virginia"],"names_coll_ssim":["Readjuster Party of Virginia","Goodwin family","Borland, Roscius Cicero, d. 1847","Borland, Thomas Roscius, 1844-1900","Green, Mary Giles, 1762-1819","Mahone, William, 1826-1895"],"famname_ssim":["Goodwin family"],"persname_ssim":["Borland, Roscius Cicero, d. 1847","Borland, Thomas Roscius, 1844-1900","Green, Mary Giles, 1762-1819","Mahone, William, 1826-1895"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Readjuster Party of Virginia","Goodwin family","Borland, Roscius Cicero, d. 1847","Borland, Thomas Roscius, 1844-1900","Green, Mary Giles, 1762-1819","Mahone, William, 1826-1895"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":143,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:04:03.181Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8503","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8503","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8503","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8503","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8503.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Borland Family Papers","title_ssm":["Borland Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Borland Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1771-1940"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1771-1940"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1771/1940"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Borland Family Papers, 1771/1940"],"text":["Borland Family Papers, 1771/1940","Mss. 65 B66","/repositories/2/resources/8503","College of William and Mary--History--19th century","United States--Economic history","United States--Politics and Government","Correspondence","Financial records","Receipts (financial records)","Typescripts","521 items","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Organization: This collection is organized into 3 Series. Series 1 contains personal papers and correspondence, Series 2 contains tax statements and receipts, and Series 3 contains typed material. Arrangement: The collection is arranged chronologically by date with those items lacking dates found at the end of each series.","Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .","Other Information:","Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00044.frame","The Borland, Green, and Godwin families are related in the following manner. George Godwin, son of Jeremiah Godwin, married Fanny Green (whose mother was Mary (Giles) Green) in 1805. Dr. Thomas Wood Borland (d. 1830 or 1831), father of Roscius Cicero Borland, married Harriott Godwin, daughter of Jeremiah Godwin and Sarah (Wilkinson) Godwin.","Family correspondence, chiefly 1830-1854, of Mary (Giles) Green and George Godwin of Nansemond County, Virginia; Roscius C. Borland of Murfreesboro, North Carolina; Thomas Roscius Borland of Norfolk, Virginia; and of other family members in Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. This collection includes business correspondence and receipts, 1788-1867; a manuscript by Armistead Borland about his father Thomas R. Borland (who was involved with William Mahone and the Readjuster Party) which contains a genealogy of the Borland and Godwin families; and family photographs. And it also contains a letter, 1828 April 18, from Euclid Borland to George Godwin giving impressions of life at College of William and Mary.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Readjuster Party of Virginia","Goodwin family","Borland, Roscius Cicero, d. 1847","Borland, Thomas Roscius, 1844-1900","Green, Mary Giles, 1762-1819","Mahone, William, 1826-1895","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Borland Family Papers, 1771/1940"],"collection_ssim":["Borland Family Papers, 1771/1940"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 65 B66","/repositories/2/resources/8503"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 65 B66","/repositories/2/resources/8503"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Borland, Roscius Cicero, d. 1847","Borland, Thomas Roscius, 1844-1900","Green, Mary Giles, 1762-1819","Mahone, William, 1826-1895"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Readjuster Party of Virginia"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Goodwin family"],"creators_ssim":["Borland, Roscius Cicero, d. 1847","Borland, Thomas Roscius, 1844-1900","Green, Mary Giles, 1762-1819","Mahone, William, 1826-1895","Special Collections Research Center","Readjuster Party of Virginia","Goodwin family"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift: 521 items, 1944."],"access_subjects_ssim":["College of William and Mary--History--19th century","United States--Economic history","United States--Politics and Government","Correspondence","Financial records","Receipts (financial records)","Typescripts"],"access_subjects_ssm":["College of William and Mary--History--19th century","United States--Economic history","United States--Politics and Government","Correspondence","Financial records","Receipts (financial records)","Typescripts"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["521 items"],"extent_ssm":["1.50 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["1.50 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Correspondence","Financial records","Receipts (financial records)","Typescripts"],"date_range_isim":[1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOrganization: This collection is organized into 3 Series. Series 1 contains personal papers and correspondence, Series 2 contains tax statements and receipts, and Series 3 contains typed material. Arrangement: The collection is arranged chronologically by date with those items lacking dates found at the end of each series.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organization: This collection is organized into 3 Series. Series 1 contains personal papers and correspondence, Series 2 contains tax statements and receipts, and Series 3 contains typed material. Arrangement: The collection is arranged chronologically by date with those items lacking dates found at the end of each series."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eInformation about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: \u003cextref href=\"http://scdbwiki.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Borland_family\" title=\"Borland family\"\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Family History:"],"bioghist_tesim":["Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: ."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOther Information:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00044.frame\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["General"],"odd_tesim":["Other Information:","Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00044.frame"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBorland Family Papers, Robert Blackwell Papers\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Borland Family Papers, Robert Blackwell Papers"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Borland, Green, and Godwin families are related in the following manner. George Godwin, son of Jeremiah Godwin, married Fanny Green (whose mother was Mary (Giles) Green) in 1805. Dr. Thomas Wood Borland (d. 1830 or 1831), father of Roscius Cicero Borland, married Harriott Godwin, daughter of Jeremiah Godwin and Sarah (Wilkinson) Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily correspondence, chiefly 1830-1854, of Mary (Giles) Green and George Godwin of Nansemond County, Virginia; Roscius C. Borland of Murfreesboro, North Carolina; Thomas Roscius Borland of Norfolk, Virginia; and of other family members in Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. This collection includes business correspondence and receipts, 1788-1867; a manuscript by Armistead Borland about his father Thomas R. Borland (who was involved with William Mahone and the Readjuster Party) which contains a genealogy of the Borland and Godwin families; and family photographs. And it also contains a letter, 1828 April 18, from Euclid Borland to George Godwin giving impressions of life at College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Borland, Green, and Godwin families are related in the following manner. George Godwin, son of Jeremiah Godwin, married Fanny Green (whose mother was Mary (Giles) Green) in 1805. Dr. Thomas Wood Borland (d. 1830 or 1831), father of Roscius Cicero Borland, married Harriott Godwin, daughter of Jeremiah Godwin and Sarah (Wilkinson) Godwin.","Family correspondence, chiefly 1830-1854, of Mary (Giles) Green and George Godwin of Nansemond County, Virginia; Roscius C. Borland of Murfreesboro, North Carolina; Thomas Roscius Borland of Norfolk, Virginia; and of other family members in Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. This collection includes business correspondence and receipts, 1788-1867; a manuscript by Armistead Borland about his father Thomas R. Borland (who was involved with William Mahone and the Readjuster Party) which contains a genealogy of the Borland and Godwin families; and family photographs. And it also contains a letter, 1828 April 18, from Euclid Borland to George Godwin giving impressions of life at College of William and Mary."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Readjuster Party of Virginia"],"names_coll_ssim":["Readjuster Party of Virginia","Goodwin family","Borland, Roscius Cicero, d. 1847","Borland, Thomas Roscius, 1844-1900","Green, Mary Giles, 1762-1819","Mahone, William, 1826-1895"],"famname_ssim":["Goodwin family"],"persname_ssim":["Borland, Roscius Cicero, d. 1847","Borland, Thomas Roscius, 1844-1900","Green, Mary Giles, 1762-1819","Mahone, William, 1826-1895"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Readjuster Party of Virginia","Goodwin family","Borland, Roscius Cicero, d. 1847","Borland, Thomas Roscius, 1844-1900","Green, Mary Giles, 1762-1819","Mahone, William, 1826-1895"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":143,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:04:03.181Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8503"}},{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_153_c02_c25","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"Boston Workers: The Boston Irish Political Machines (Worcester Files), 1830/1973","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_153_c02_c25#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_153_c02_c25","ref_ssm":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_153_c02_c25"],"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_153_c02_c25","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_153","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_153","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_153_c02","parent_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_153_c02","parent_ssim":["Roy Rosenzweig papers, 1934/2007","Series 2: Labor History, 1960"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_153","vifgm_repositories_2_resources_153_c02"],"title_filing_ssi":"Boston Workers: The Boston Irish Political Machines (Worcester Files)","title_ssm":["Boston Workers: The Boston Irish Political Machines (Worcester Files)"],"title_tesim":["Boston Workers: The Boston Irish Political Machines (Worcester Files)"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Boston Workers: The Boston Irish Political Machines (Worcester Files), 1830/1973"],"text":["Boston Workers: The Boston Irish Political Machines (Worcester Files), 1830/1973","Roy Rosenzweig papers, 1934/2007","Series 2: Labor History, 1960","box 12","folder 5"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Roy Rosenzweig papers, 1934/2007","Series 2: Labor History, 1960"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Roy Rosenzweig papers, 1934/2007","Series 2: Labor History, 1960"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1830/1973"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1830-1973"],"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":111,"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"collection_ssim":["Roy Rosenzweig papers, 1934/2007"],"containers_ssim":["box 12","folder 5"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no access restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"date_range_isim":[1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents note"],"_nest_path_":"/components#1/components#24","timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:34:21.201Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_153","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_153","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_153","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_153","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/GMU/repositories_2_resources_153.xml","title_ssm":["Roy Rosenzweig papers"],"title_tesim":["Roy Rosenzweig papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1934-2007"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1934-2007"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1934/2007"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Roy Rosenzweig papers, 1934/2007"],"text":["Roy Rosenzweig papers, 1934/2007","C0038","/repositories/2/resources/153","Central Park (New York, N.Y.)","Worcester (Mass.)","Digital humanities centers","Oral history","Labor -- History","History -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States","Newsletters","Correspondence","There are no access restrictions.","Arranged into eight series.","Series\n      Series 1: Correspondence, 1969-2007\n      Series 2: Labor History, 1960-1990\n      Series 3: The Park and the People, 1980s-1990s\n      Series 4: The Presence of the Past, 1990-1999\n      Series 5: Oral History, 1970-2007\n      Series 6: Digital History, 1988-2007\n      Series 7: Media, 1980s-2007\n      Series 8: Oversize, 1934-1972\n      Series 9: Electronic Files, 1995-2007","Roy Alan Rosenzweig received his Ph.D. in history from Harvard University in 1978. In 1981, Rosenzweig accepted a position in the George Mason University History Department and became one of the most popular professors at the university until his death in 2007. He was a prolific writer, not only in print but also in many other forms of media, such as CD-ROMs, documentary film, and the Internet. In 1994, his strong interest in technology led to his founding of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, widely recognized in the history and humanities fields for producing ground-breaking educational and research communication technologies.","Processed by Kate Grauvogel in 2010-2011. EAD markup completed by Kate Grauvogel and Jordan Patty in 2011. This collection was processed in 2010-2011 using funds from a Research Library Program Grant provided by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in February 2024.","This collection has additional unprocessed accessions 2013-011, 2018.020, 2020.047, and 2021.174, and therefore this finding aid may not be fully up to date. Please contact SCRC for more information.","The Special Collections Research Center also holds oral history collections as well as the George Mason University Archives.","There are several runs of rare history and humanities periodicals from the Rosenzweig collection that can be found through the GMU Libraries online catalog.","The collection largely documents his research and writing through articles, notes, and correspondence on New York Central Park, Worcester (Massachusetts), labor, and digital humanities work. In addition, the collection contains almost complete runs of rare history and humanities periodicals such as Radical History Review Newsletter, Historical Methods Newsletter, History Microcomputer Review, Radical Teacher, Cultural Correspondence, and Radical America. His interest and work with oral history is reflected in the Northern Virginia Oral History Project files. Although the collection dates from 1934, there are many facsimiles of documents, particularly on Central Park, that contain information prior to 1934.","Series 1 contains Roy Rosenzweig's academic correspondence from 1969-2007. Much of the series consists of correspondence regarding collaboration, panels, papers, letters of recommendation, awards, research permissions and conferences. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.","Series 2 contains books, pamphlets, newsclippings, papers, xeroxes, magazines and other research materials on labor history. This series contains the book Eight Hours for What We Will: Workers and Leisure in an Industrial City, 1870-1921. In addition to research about labor and leisure, this series contains research about the 1930s such as unemployment and The New Deal and Works Progress Administration (WPA). Topics such as unions, general worker's rights and radicalism also appear in this series. The series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.","The largest series in the collection, Series 3 contains magazines, pamphlets, government documents, books, newsclippings, papers, xeroxes and note cards about New York City and Central Park. A large portion of this research focuses on entertainment, public works, budgets, planning, landscape architecture, jobs, crime and events in Central Park and surrounding areas. This research culminated in Rosenzweig's acclaimed 1992 book (with co-author Elizabeth Blackmar) The Park and the People: A History of Central Park. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.","Series 4 contains research that culminated in Rosenzweig's 1998 book (with co-author David Thelen) The Presence of the Past: Popular Uses of History in American Life. Survey data regarding demographics, papers, reports, variables, public history, and information and research regarding the ways in which Americans interpret and apply the past is found in this series. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.","Series 5 contains pamphlets, guides, papers, articles, xeroxes and magazines about oral history such as oral history interviewing guides, recording guides, plans for oral history courses and the Northern Virginia Oral History Project. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.","Series 6 contains information about the Center for History and New Media as well as an array of research which culminated in Rosenzweig's 2006 book (with co-author Daniel Cohen) Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web. In addition to research used for the book, the series contains both guides and ideas for using technology in the classroom and to enhance academic and popular research. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.","Series 7 contains CDs, DVDs, cassettes and computer disks used by Rosenzweig both to save writing and for instructional purposes. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.","Series 8 contains oversized materials such as photographs, prints, posters and an atlas. Of note in this series is a 1934 photograph of Franklin Roosevelt in leg braces. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.","Series 9 consists of three folders of electronic files that date from 1995-2007.  The first folder \"files archived 2003-2006\" contains files on his work at the Center for History and New Media, including digital history projects, grant proposals, and materials for Clio Wired, the digital history course he taught.  There is also a folder of attachments that appears to be documents that were attached to email messages.  The second folder consists of research and drafts for a book project \"The Future of the Past\" that was published posthumously.  The third file contains \"writings,\" and the files mostly consist of research for publications, both digital and hardcopy,  There are also a number of documents on the functioning of the CHNM, including meetings, budgets, and presentations.  These files are restricted.","The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)","The collection largely documents his research and writing through articles, notes, and correspondence on New York Central Park, Worcester (Massachusetts), labor, and digital humanities work. Although the collection dates from 1934, there are many facsimiles of documents, particularly on Central Park, that contain information prior to 1934.","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","George Mason University. Center for History and New Media","Northern Virginia Oral History Project","Rosenzweig, Roy","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Roy Rosenzweig papers, 1934/2007"],"collection_ssim":["Roy Rosenzweig papers, 1934/2007"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["C0038","/repositories/2/resources/153"],"unitid_tesim":["C0038","/repositories/2/resources/153"],"repository_ssm":["George Mason University"],"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"geogname_ssm":["Central Park (New York, N.Y.)","Worcester (Mass.)"],"geogname_ssim":["Central Park (New York, N.Y.)","Worcester (Mass.)"],"places_ssim":["Central Park (New York, N.Y.)","Worcester (Mass.)"],"creator_ssm":["Rosenzweig, Roy"],"creator_ssim":["Rosenzweig, Roy"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Rosenzweig, Roy"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","George Mason University. Center for History and New Media","Northern Virginia Oral History Project"],"creators_ssim":["Rosenzweig, Roy","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","George Mason University. Center for History and New Media","Northern Virginia Oral History Project"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Donated by Deborah Kaplan in 2008-2009."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Digital humanities centers","Oral history","Labor -- History","History -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States","Newsletters","Correspondence"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Digital humanities centers","Oral history","Labor -- History","History -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States","Newsletters","Correspondence"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["49.5 Linear Feet 98 boxes;  9,776 electronic files"],"extent_tesim":["49.5 Linear Feet 98 boxes;  9,776 electronic files"],"genreform_ssim":["Correspondence"],"date_range_isim":[1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no access restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no access restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged into eight series.\u003c/p\u003e    ","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003chead\u003eSeries\u003c/head\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eSeries 1: Correspondence, 1969-2007\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eSeries 2: Labor History, 1960-1990\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eSeries 3: The Park and the People, 1980s-1990s\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eSeries 4: The Presence of the Past, 1990-1999\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eSeries 5: Oral History, 1970-2007\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eSeries 6: Digital History, 1988-2007\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eSeries 7: Media, 1980s-2007\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eSeries 8: Oversize, 1934-1972\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eSeries 9: Electronic Files, 1995-2007\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged into eight series.","Series\n      Series 1: Correspondence, 1969-2007\n      Series 2: Labor History, 1960-1990\n      Series 3: The Park and the People, 1980s-1990s\n      Series 4: The Presence of the Past, 1990-1999\n      Series 5: Oral History, 1970-2007\n      Series 6: Digital History, 1988-2007\n      Series 7: Media, 1980s-2007\n      Series 8: Oversize, 1934-1972\n      Series 9: Electronic Files, 1995-2007"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRoy Alan Rosenzweig received his Ph.D. in history from Harvard University in 1978. In 1981, Rosenzweig accepted a position in the George Mason University History Department and became one of the most popular professors at the university until his death in 2007. He was a prolific writer, not only in print but also in many other forms of media, such as CD-ROMs, documentary film, and the Internet. In 1994, his strong interest in technology led to his founding of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, widely recognized in the history and humanities fields for producing ground-breaking educational and research communication technologies.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Roy Alan Rosenzweig received his Ph.D. in history from Harvard University in 1978. In 1981, Rosenzweig accepted a position in the George Mason University History Department and became one of the most popular professors at the university until his death in 2007. He was a prolific writer, not only in print but also in many other forms of media, such as CD-ROMs, documentary film, and the Internet. In 1994, his strong interest in technology led to his founding of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, widely recognized in the history and humanities fields for producing ground-breaking educational and research communication technologies."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRoy Rosenzweig papers, C0038, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Roy Rosenzweig papers, C0038, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Kate Grauvogel in 2010-2011. EAD markup completed by Kate Grauvogel and Jordan Patty in 2011. This collection was processed in 2010-2011 using funds from a Research Library Program Grant provided by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in February 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection has additional unprocessed accessions 2013-011, 2018.020, 2020.047, and 2021.174, and therefore this finding aid may not be fully up to date. Please contact SCRC for more information.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Kate Grauvogel in 2010-2011. EAD markup completed by Kate Grauvogel and Jordan Patty in 2011. This collection was processed in 2010-2011 using funds from a Research Library Program Grant provided by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in February 2024.","This collection has additional unprocessed accessions 2013-011, 2018.020, 2020.047, and 2021.174, and therefore this finding aid may not be fully up to date. Please contact SCRC for more information."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Special Collections Research Center also holds oral history collections as well as the George Mason University Archives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are several runs of rare history and humanities periodicals from the Rosenzweig collection that can be found through the GMU Libraries online catalog. \u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["The Special Collections Research Center also holds oral history collections as well as the George Mason University Archives.","There are several runs of rare history and humanities periodicals from the Rosenzweig collection that can be found through the GMU Libraries online catalog."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection largely documents his research and writing through articles, notes, and correspondence on New York Central Park, Worcester (Massachusetts), labor, and digital humanities work. In addition, the collection contains almost complete runs of rare history and humanities periodicals such as Radical History Review Newsletter, Historical Methods Newsletter, History Microcomputer Review, Radical Teacher, Cultural Correspondence, and Radical America. His interest and work with oral history is reflected in the Northern Virginia Oral History Project files. Although the collection dates from 1934, there are many facsimiles of documents, particularly on Central Park, that contain information prior to 1934.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1 contains Roy Rosenzweig's academic correspondence from 1969-2007. Much of the series consists of correspondence regarding collaboration, panels, papers, letters of recommendation, awards, research permissions and conferences. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2 contains books, pamphlets, newsclippings, papers, xeroxes, magazines and other research materials on labor history. This series contains the book Eight Hours for What We Will: Workers and Leisure in an Industrial City, 1870-1921. In addition to research about labor and leisure, this series contains research about the 1930s such as unemployment and The New Deal and Works Progress Administration (WPA). Topics such as unions, general worker's rights and radicalism also appear in this series. The series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe largest series in the collection, Series 3 contains magazines, pamphlets, government documents, books, newsclippings, papers, xeroxes and note cards about New York City and Central Park. A large portion of this research focuses on entertainment, public works, budgets, planning, landscape architecture, jobs, crime and events in Central Park and surrounding areas. This research culminated in Rosenzweig's acclaimed 1992 book (with co-author Elizabeth Blackmar) The Park and the People: A History of Central Park. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4 contains research that culminated in Rosenzweig's 1998 book (with co-author David Thelen) The Presence of the Past: Popular Uses of History in American Life. Survey data regarding demographics, papers, reports, variables, public history, and information and research regarding the ways in which Americans interpret and apply the past is found in this series. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5 contains pamphlets, guides, papers, articles, xeroxes and magazines about oral history such as oral history interviewing guides, recording guides, plans for oral history courses and the Northern Virginia Oral History Project. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 6 contains information about the Center for History and New Media as well as an array of research which culminated in Rosenzweig's 2006 book (with co-author Daniel Cohen) Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web. In addition to research used for the book, the series contains both guides and ideas for using technology in the classroom and to enhance academic and popular research. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 7 contains CDs, DVDs, cassettes and computer disks used by Rosenzweig both to save writing and for instructional purposes. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 8 contains oversized materials such as photographs, prints, posters and an atlas. Of note in this series is a 1934 photograph of Franklin Roosevelt in leg braces. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 9 consists of three folders of electronic files that date from 1995-2007.  The first folder \"files archived 2003-2006\" contains files on his work at the Center for History and New Media, including digital history projects, grant proposals, and materials for Clio Wired, the digital history course he taught.  There is also a folder of attachments that appears to be documents that were attached to email messages.  The second folder consists of research and drafts for a book project \"The Future of the Past\" that was published posthumously.  The third file contains \"writings,\" and the files mostly consist of research for publications, both digital and hardcopy,  There are also a number of documents on the functioning of the CHNM, including meetings, budgets, and presentations.  These files are restricted.  \u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection largely documents his research and writing through articles, notes, and correspondence on New York Central Park, Worcester (Massachusetts), labor, and digital humanities work. In addition, the collection contains almost complete runs of rare history and humanities periodicals such as Radical History Review Newsletter, Historical Methods Newsletter, History Microcomputer Review, Radical Teacher, Cultural Correspondence, and Radical America. His interest and work with oral history is reflected in the Northern Virginia Oral History Project files. Although the collection dates from 1934, there are many facsimiles of documents, particularly on Central Park, that contain information prior to 1934.","Series 1 contains Roy Rosenzweig's academic correspondence from 1969-2007. Much of the series consists of correspondence regarding collaboration, panels, papers, letters of recommendation, awards, research permissions and conferences. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.","Series 2 contains books, pamphlets, newsclippings, papers, xeroxes, magazines and other research materials on labor history. This series contains the book Eight Hours for What We Will: Workers and Leisure in an Industrial City, 1870-1921. In addition to research about labor and leisure, this series contains research about the 1930s such as unemployment and The New Deal and Works Progress Administration (WPA). Topics such as unions, general worker's rights and radicalism also appear in this series. The series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.","The largest series in the collection, Series 3 contains magazines, pamphlets, government documents, books, newsclippings, papers, xeroxes and note cards about New York City and Central Park. A large portion of this research focuses on entertainment, public works, budgets, planning, landscape architecture, jobs, crime and events in Central Park and surrounding areas. This research culminated in Rosenzweig's acclaimed 1992 book (with co-author Elizabeth Blackmar) The Park and the People: A History of Central Park. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.","Series 4 contains research that culminated in Rosenzweig's 1998 book (with co-author David Thelen) The Presence of the Past: Popular Uses of History in American Life. Survey data regarding demographics, papers, reports, variables, public history, and information and research regarding the ways in which Americans interpret and apply the past is found in this series. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.","Series 5 contains pamphlets, guides, papers, articles, xeroxes and magazines about oral history such as oral history interviewing guides, recording guides, plans for oral history courses and the Northern Virginia Oral History Project. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.","Series 6 contains information about the Center for History and New Media as well as an array of research which culminated in Rosenzweig's 2006 book (with co-author Daniel Cohen) Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web. In addition to research used for the book, the series contains both guides and ideas for using technology in the classroom and to enhance academic and popular research. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.","Series 7 contains CDs, DVDs, cassettes and computer disks used by Rosenzweig both to save writing and for instructional purposes. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.","Series 8 contains oversized materials such as photographs, prints, posters and an atlas. Of note in this series is a 1934 photograph of Franklin Roosevelt in leg braces. This series is arranged alphabetically and then by date.","Series 9 consists of three folders of electronic files that date from 1995-2007.  The first folder \"files archived 2003-2006\" contains files on his work at the Center for History and New Media, including digital history projects, grant proposals, and materials for Clio Wired, the digital history course he taught.  There is also a folder of attachments that appears to be documents that were attached to email messages.  The second folder consists of research and drafts for a book project \"The Future of the Past\" that was published posthumously.  The third file contains \"writings,\" and the files mostly consist of research for publications, both digital and hardcopy,  There are also a number of documents on the functioning of the CHNM, including meetings, budgets, and presentations.  These files are restricted."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_9130371c4317e5403958317abe596843\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe collection largely documents his research and writing through articles, notes, and correspondence on New York Central Park, Worcester (Massachusetts), labor, and digital humanities work. Although the collection dates from 1934, there are many facsimiles of documents, particularly on Central Park, that contain information prior to 1934.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The collection largely documents his research and writing through articles, notes, and correspondence on New York Central Park, Worcester (Massachusetts), labor, and digital humanities work. Although the collection dates from 1934, there are many facsimiles of documents, particularly on Central Park, that contain information prior to 1934."],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","George Mason University. Center for History and New Media","Northern Virginia Oral History Project"],"names_coll_ssim":["George Mason University. Center for History and New Media","Northern Virginia Oral History Project"],"persname_ssim":["Rosenzweig, Roy"],"names_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","George Mason University. Center for History and New Media","Northern Virginia Oral History Project","Rosenzweig, Roy"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":949,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:34:21.201Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_153_c02_c25"}},{"id":"viu_repositories_3_resources_1396_c03_c02","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"Botetourt County Sheriff receipt to Edward Watts for 61 enslaved people, 1833","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_repositories_3_resources_1396_c03_c02#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_repositories_3_resources_1396_c03_c02","ref_ssm":["viu_repositories_3_resources_1396_c03_c02"],"id":"viu_repositories_3_resources_1396_c03_c02","ead_ssi":"viu_repositories_3_resources_1396","_root_":"viu_repositories_3_resources_1396","_nest_parent_":"viu_repositories_3_resources_1396_c03","parent_ssi":"viu_repositories_3_resources_1396_c03","parent_ssim":["Watts family papers-addition, 1786/1950","Series 3. Documents related to Enslavement, 1819/1865"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_repositories_3_resources_1396","viu_repositories_3_resources_1396_c03"],"title_filing_ssi":"Botetourt County Sheriff receipt to Edward Watts for 61 enslaved people","title_ssm":["Botetourt County Sheriff receipt to Edward Watts for 61 enslaved people"],"title_tesim":["Botetourt County Sheriff receipt to Edward Watts for 61 enslaved people"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Botetourt County Sheriff receipt to Edward Watts for 61 enslaved people, 1833"],"text":["Botetourt County Sheriff receipt to Edward Watts for 61 enslaved people, 1833","Watts family papers-addition, 1786/1950","Series 3. Documents related to Enslavement, 1819/1865","box 5","folder 2","English"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Watts family papers-addition, 1786/1950","Series 3. Documents related to Enslavement, 1819/1865"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Watts family papers-addition, 1786/1950","Series 3. Documents related to Enslavement, 1819/1865"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1833"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1833"],"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":69,"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Watts family papers-addition, 1786/1950"],"containers_ssim":["box 5","folder 2"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["The collection is open for research use."],"language_ssim":["English"],"date_range_isim":[1833],"_nest_path_":"/components#2/components#1","timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:53:38.700Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_repositories_3_resources_1396","ead_ssi":"viu_repositories_3_resources_1396","_root_":"viu_repositories_3_resources_1396","_nest_parent_":"viu_repositories_3_resources_1396","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/UVA/repositories_3_resources_1396.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/151360","title_filing_ssi":"Watts family papers","title_ssm":["Watts family papers-addition"],"title_tesim":["Watts family papers-addition"],"unitdate_ssm":["1786-1950"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1786-1950"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1786/1950"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Watts family papers-addition, 1786/1950"],"text":["Watts family papers-addition, 1786/1950","MSS 12170","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/3/resources/1396","United States --  History  -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Slavery--United States -- Virginia","lawyers -- Virginia","The collection is open for research use.","The Watts family papers are arranged into 9 series. Series 1. Family Correspondence, Series 2. Genealogy, History and letters of James and Dolley Madison, Series 3. Documents related to enslavement, Series 4. Legal and Financial papers, Subseries A. Indentures, Subseries B. Marriage agreements, petitions, statements, and wills, Subseries C. Letters about collecting debts, Subseries D. Receipts for goods and services of the Watts family, Series 5. Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous family papers and oversize photographs, Series 6. Family Bibles, Series 7. Roanoke Gun Club Inc. land, Series 8. Showalter transcriptions on digital materials and a flash drive. Box 1 contains folders with some transcription of the letters in the collection and a folder with biographical information. Box 12 contains folders with an index and a folder of miscellaneous information about the collection.","Added existing collection MSS 12170 (3 folders) of Breckinridge, Gamble and Watts families into this addition of Watts family papers MSS 12170.","The Watts family has been part of the Roanoke Valley (also called \"Big Lick\") in Virginia for six generations. General Edward Watts was born on 7 April 1779, in Prince Edward, Virginia. He was the son of William Watts (1742-1797), and Mary Scott (1758-1836). He married Elizabeth Breckinridge, the daughter of James Breckinridge on 6 May 1811 and they had 10 children, including William Watts (1817-1877), Mary Scott Gamble (1814-1840), Ann Selden Watts Holcombe (1820-1888), Alice Watts Robertson (1832-1914), Emma Gilmer Watts Carr (1834-1872) and Letitia Watts Sorrell (1829-1900). Edward Watts purchased 400 acres of land from his father-in-law, James Breckinridge (called The Barrens) where he built his home \"Oaklands\" in 1817. General Edward Watts died in 1859 at age 59. The Watts and Breckinridge families were well-known families in southwest Virginia who enslaved people during the American Revolution and the American Civil War. They were admired by their peers as influential attorneys, politicians, and land owners who often opened their house to the community.","General Edward Watts was educated at Liberty Hall Academy (Washington \u0026 Lee), and Princeton. He was an officer in the War of 1812 and was the Commonwealth attorney for Roanoke County from 1839 to 1845. His son, William Watts (1817-1877) was a Colonel in the 28th Infantry of the Confederate Army (Roanoke Greys). He was educated in medicine and law at the University of Virginia.","After the war, he followed in his father's path as the Commonwealth attorney from 1845 to 1854. He was in the State Constitutional Convention (1850-1851), and was president of the Exchange Bank of Virginia. He also ran for governor in 1834 and 1842. He served in the legislature for one term in 1875. He married Mary Allen in 1850 and they had one living son, John Allen Watts (1855-1904). Mary Allen died following his birth in 1855. Colonel William Watts was also a farmer who enslaved over 100 people. He was said to have one enslaved person as his \"body servant\" through the war and gave him a home for life. Research of the collection has not yet provided his name.","John Allen Watts (1855-1904) nicknamed \"Squat\" was also a student at the University of Virginia and became an attorney. He married Gertrude Lee and they had a son named William. John Allen Watts sold Oaklands to a develpment company and it burned down in 1897. Descendants Jean Staples Showalter, English Showalter, and Katherine Watts donated this collection of their family's papers.","Sources:\n\"Roanoke and Western Virginia: Glimpses of the Pst: Oaklands\" http://showalter.blogspot.com/2010/12/oaklands.html","Barnes, Raymond. \"Confederates of Roanoke-V: General Edward Watts and Colonel William Watts Founded Clan\" Roanoke World News. 5 April 1961. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/94647C8F-8806-4D18-8A04-445143233613#gallery","Barnes, Raymond. 'Oaklands' Was Hospitable Seat of Watts Family for Generations: Needed Big Staff\" Roanoke World News. 21 May 1958. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/53DC8EB0-DBE3-4B95-B4AF-027946626463#gallery","Watts, Katherine. \"The Roanoke Valley and the Watts Family\" June 1984.","There is a website at the O. Winston Link Museum (History Museum of West Virginia) that has many of the Watts family letters online","https://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?page=3\u0026keyword=Watts%2C%20William\u0026searchType=person\u0026showsearch=True","Related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 8914, and MSS 653.","MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples.","The Watts family papers of Roanoke County, Virginia at \"Oaklands\" in Flat Creek, Campbell County) consist of correspondence and documents related to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the United States Civil War, war with Osceola and Seminole tribes in Florida, Virginia politics, economic and social history (including enslavement),land ownership, farming, court cases and debt from 1786 to 1950 in southwest Virginia. The Watts are related to many other Virginia families including James and Dolley Madison. This collection represents a great view into historical and social events of the eighteenth and nineteenth century in Virginia.","The papers of this family of landowners, farmers, politicians, and attorneys portray the rich southern antebellum life on the Oaklands plantation. Despite the told and true characteristics of the kindness of the Watts family, they were nineteenth century southern plantation owners who owned hundreds of enslaved persons. The letters and receipts in the collection include many first names and some last names. One enslaved person, Henry Langhorne, a lifetime attendant of Colonel William Watts was bequeathed $1,000 and a home for life.","Some letters mention the Watt's efforts to keep enslaved families from being separated by intervening in the sales of enslaved persons. There are many references to enslaved people among their households and farm, including descriptions of providing their clothing, housing, and nurturing them when they were sick, like family members. It is important to note that the collection also contains receipts for their purchase and loan.","The issue of enslavement is discussed in local meetings that Watts attended. There are also letters from former enslaved persons such as [Malinda] Langhorne and William Langhorne to Watts family members and photographs of enslaved persons, Aunt Sally and Aunt Phoebe standing together, and a photograph of Uncle Lou with the Watts children.","There is also correspondence about financial and legal matters as Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his father, General Edward Watts (1779-1859), were attorneys. Much of their correspondence relates to collecting debts, indentures, land surveys, receipts, and politics (Whig party, Commonwealth Attorney, Constitutional Convention, Virginia Delegates, and candidacy for Governor), and religion. The papers contain discussions about the popular faith of Presbyterians and Episcopalians). The University of Virginia, Washington \u0026 Lee, and William \u0026 Mary College are also mentioned.","The collection spans six generations of the Watts family including General Edward Watts and his wife Elizabeth Breckinridge (1794-1862), their son Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his wife Mary Jane Allen (1825-1855). Also included is their son, John Allen Watts and his wife Gertrude Lee.","Other related families include Madison, Breckenridge, Allen, Jackson, Watson, Morris, Gamble, Payne, Washington, Meigs, and Saunders. (MSS 653) Other related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples..(see related materials note)","The papers of Mary Scott Watts Gamble have been combined into this collection. These letters contain her accounts of attacks by Osceola and Seminole people in Florida. She mentions that Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835)","Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Watts family papers-addition, 1786/1950"],"collection_ssim":["Watts family papers-addition, 1786/1950"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MSS 12170","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/3/resources/1396"],"unitid_tesim":["MSS 12170","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/3/resources/1396"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"geogname_ssm":["United States --  History  -- Civil War, 1861-1865"],"geogname_ssim":["United States --  History  -- Civil War, 1861-1865"],"places_ssim":["United States --  History  -- Civil War, 1861-1865"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library"],"creators_ssim":["Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library"],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was a gift from Katherine Watts to the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 9 April 2022."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Slavery--United States -- Virginia","lawyers -- Virginia"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Slavery--United States -- Virginia","lawyers -- Virginia"],"has_online_content_ssim":["true"],"extent_ssm":["9 Cubic Feet 12 legal size document boxes, 1 half-size legal document box, 2 cubics of bibles, and 2 oversize boxes",".107 Gigabytes","0.25 Cubic Feet"],"extent_tesim":["9 Cubic Feet 12 legal size document boxes, 1 half-size legal document box, 2 cubics of bibles, and 2 oversize boxes",".107 Gigabytes","0.25 Cubic Feet"],"physfacet_tesim":["2,588 files, 2, 371 MS Word files, 176 Open office documents, 23 jpegs, 13 Apple/Double files, 3 tiffs, 1 pdf.","Oversize box: Photographs and certificates of Watts family members (deframed)"],"date_range_isim":[1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open for research use.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open for research use."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Watts family papers are arranged into 9 series. Series 1. Family Correspondence, Series 2. Genealogy, History and letters of James and Dolley Madison, Series 3. Documents related to enslavement, Series 4. Legal and Financial papers, Subseries A. Indentures, Subseries B. Marriage agreements, petitions, statements, and wills, Subseries C. Letters about collecting debts, Subseries D. Receipts for goods and services of the Watts family, Series 5. Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous family papers and oversize photographs, Series 6. Family Bibles, Series 7. Roanoke Gun Club Inc. land, Series 8. Showalter transcriptions on digital materials and a flash drive. Box 1 contains folders with some transcription of the letters in the collection and a folder with biographical information. Box 12 contains folders with an index and a folder of miscellaneous information about the collection. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdded existing collection MSS 12170 (3 folders) of Breckinridge, Gamble and Watts families into this addition of Watts family papers MSS 12170. \u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The Watts family papers are arranged into 9 series. Series 1. Family Correspondence, Series 2. Genealogy, History and letters of James and Dolley Madison, Series 3. Documents related to enslavement, Series 4. Legal and Financial papers, Subseries A. Indentures, Subseries B. Marriage agreements, petitions, statements, and wills, Subseries C. Letters about collecting debts, Subseries D. Receipts for goods and services of the Watts family, Series 5. Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous family papers and oversize photographs, Series 6. Family Bibles, Series 7. Roanoke Gun Club Inc. land, Series 8. Showalter transcriptions on digital materials and a flash drive. Box 1 contains folders with some transcription of the letters in the collection and a folder with biographical information. Box 12 contains folders with an index and a folder of miscellaneous information about the collection.","Added existing collection MSS 12170 (3 folders) of Breckinridge, Gamble and Watts families into this addition of Watts family papers MSS 12170."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Watts family has been part of the Roanoke Valley (also called \"Big Lick\") in Virginia for six generations. General Edward Watts was born on 7 April 1779, in Prince Edward, Virginia. He was the son of William Watts (1742-1797), and Mary Scott (1758-1836). He married Elizabeth Breckinridge, the daughter of James Breckinridge on 6 May 1811 and they had 10 children, including William Watts (1817-1877), Mary Scott Gamble (1814-1840), Ann Selden Watts Holcombe (1820-1888), Alice Watts Robertson (1832-1914), Emma Gilmer Watts Carr (1834-1872) and Letitia Watts Sorrell (1829-1900). Edward Watts purchased 400 acres of land from his father-in-law, James Breckinridge (called The Barrens) where he built his home \"Oaklands\" in 1817. General Edward Watts died in 1859 at age 59. The Watts and Breckinridge families were well-known families in southwest Virginia who enslaved people during the American Revolution and the American Civil War. They were admired by their peers as influential attorneys, politicians, and land owners who often opened their house to the community.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Edward Watts was educated at Liberty Hall Academy (Washington \u0026amp; Lee), and Princeton. He was an officer in the War of 1812 and was the Commonwealth attorney for Roanoke County from 1839 to 1845. His son, William Watts (1817-1877) was a Colonel in the 28th Infantry of the Confederate Army (Roanoke Greys). He was educated in medicine and law at the University of Virginia. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, he followed in his father's path as the Commonwealth attorney from 1845 to 1854. He was in the State Constitutional Convention (1850-1851), and was president of the Exchange Bank of Virginia. He also ran for governor in 1834 and 1842. He served in the legislature for one term in 1875. He married Mary Allen in 1850 and they had one living son, John Allen Watts (1855-1904). Mary Allen died following his birth in 1855. Colonel William Watts was also a farmer who enslaved over 100 people. He was said to have one enslaved person as his \"body servant\" through the war and gave him a home for life. Research of the collection has not yet provided his name.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Allen Watts (1855-1904) nicknamed \"Squat\" was also a student at the University of Virginia and became an attorney. He married Gertrude Lee and they had a son named William. John Allen Watts sold Oaklands to a develpment company and it burned down in 1897. Descendants Jean Staples Showalter, English Showalter, and Katherine Watts donated this collection of their family's papers. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources:\n\"Roanoke and Western Virginia: Glimpses of the Pst: Oaklands\" http://showalter.blogspot.com/2010/12/oaklands.html\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarnes, Raymond. \"Confederates of Roanoke-V: General Edward Watts and Colonel William Watts Founded Clan\" Roanoke World News. 5 April 1961. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/94647C8F-8806-4D18-8A04-445143233613#gallery\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nBarnes, Raymond. 'Oaklands' Was Hospitable Seat of Watts Family for Generations: Needed Big Staff\" Roanoke World News. 21 May 1958. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/53DC8EB0-DBE3-4B95-B4AF-027946626463#gallery\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nWatts, Katherine. \"The Roanoke Valley and the Watts Family\" June 1984.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Watts family has been part of the Roanoke Valley (also called \"Big Lick\") in Virginia for six generations. General Edward Watts was born on 7 April 1779, in Prince Edward, Virginia. He was the son of William Watts (1742-1797), and Mary Scott (1758-1836). He married Elizabeth Breckinridge, the daughter of James Breckinridge on 6 May 1811 and they had 10 children, including William Watts (1817-1877), Mary Scott Gamble (1814-1840), Ann Selden Watts Holcombe (1820-1888), Alice Watts Robertson (1832-1914), Emma Gilmer Watts Carr (1834-1872) and Letitia Watts Sorrell (1829-1900). Edward Watts purchased 400 acres of land from his father-in-law, James Breckinridge (called The Barrens) where he built his home \"Oaklands\" in 1817. General Edward Watts died in 1859 at age 59. The Watts and Breckinridge families were well-known families in southwest Virginia who enslaved people during the American Revolution and the American Civil War. They were admired by their peers as influential attorneys, politicians, and land owners who often opened their house to the community.","General Edward Watts was educated at Liberty Hall Academy (Washington \u0026 Lee), and Princeton. He was an officer in the War of 1812 and was the Commonwealth attorney for Roanoke County from 1839 to 1845. His son, William Watts (1817-1877) was a Colonel in the 28th Infantry of the Confederate Army (Roanoke Greys). He was educated in medicine and law at the University of Virginia.","After the war, he followed in his father's path as the Commonwealth attorney from 1845 to 1854. He was in the State Constitutional Convention (1850-1851), and was president of the Exchange Bank of Virginia. He also ran for governor in 1834 and 1842. He served in the legislature for one term in 1875. He married Mary Allen in 1850 and they had one living son, John Allen Watts (1855-1904). Mary Allen died following his birth in 1855. Colonel William Watts was also a farmer who enslaved over 100 people. He was said to have one enslaved person as his \"body servant\" through the war and gave him a home for life. Research of the collection has not yet provided his name.","John Allen Watts (1855-1904) nicknamed \"Squat\" was also a student at the University of Virginia and became an attorney. He married Gertrude Lee and they had a son named William. John Allen Watts sold Oaklands to a develpment company and it burned down in 1897. Descendants Jean Staples Showalter, English Showalter, and Katherine Watts donated this collection of their family's papers.","Sources:\n\"Roanoke and Western Virginia: Glimpses of the Pst: Oaklands\" http://showalter.blogspot.com/2010/12/oaklands.html","Barnes, Raymond. \"Confederates of Roanoke-V: General Edward Watts and Colonel William Watts Founded Clan\" Roanoke World News. 5 April 1961. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/94647C8F-8806-4D18-8A04-445143233613#gallery","Barnes, Raymond. 'Oaklands' Was Hospitable Seat of Watts Family for Generations: Needed Big Staff\" Roanoke World News. 21 May 1958. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/53DC8EB0-DBE3-4B95-B4AF-027946626463#gallery","Watts, Katherine. \"The Roanoke Valley and the Watts Family\" June 1984."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMSS 12170, Watts family papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["MSS 12170, Watts family papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere is a website at the O. Winston Link Museum (History Museum of West Virginia) that has many of the Watts family letters online \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ehttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?page=3\u0026amp;keyword=Watts%2C%20William\u0026amp;searchType=person\u0026amp;showsearch=True\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelated collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 8914, and MSS 653.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eMSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials","Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["There is a website at the O. Winston Link Museum (History Museum of West Virginia) that has many of the Watts family letters online","https://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?page=3\u0026keyword=Watts%2C%20William\u0026searchType=person\u0026showsearch=True","Related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 8914, and MSS 653.","MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Watts family papers of Roanoke County, Virginia at \"Oaklands\" in Flat Creek, Campbell County) consist of correspondence and documents related to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the United States Civil War, war with Osceola and Seminole tribes in Florida, Virginia politics, economic and social history (including enslavement),land ownership, farming, court cases and debt from 1786 to 1950 in southwest Virginia. The Watts are related to many other Virginia families including James and Dolley Madison. This collection represents a great view into historical and social events of the eighteenth and nineteenth century in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of this family of landowners, farmers, politicians, and attorneys portray the rich southern antebellum life on the Oaklands plantation. Despite the told and true characteristics of the kindness of the Watts family, they were nineteenth century southern plantation owners who owned hundreds of enslaved persons. The letters and receipts in the collection include many first names and some last names. One enslaved person, Henry Langhorne, a lifetime attendant of Colonel William Watts was bequeathed $1,000 and a home for life. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome letters mention the Watt's efforts to keep enslaved families from being separated by intervening in the sales of enslaved persons. There are many references to enslaved people among their households and farm, including descriptions of providing their clothing, housing, and nurturing them when they were sick, like family members. It is important to note that the collection also contains receipts for their purchase and loan. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe issue of enslavement is discussed in local meetings that Watts attended. There are also letters from former enslaved persons such as [Malinda] Langhorne and William Langhorne to Watts family members and photographs of enslaved persons, Aunt Sally and Aunt Phoebe standing together, and a photograph of Uncle Lou with the Watts children. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere is also correspondence about financial and legal matters as Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his father, General Edward Watts (1779-1859), were attorneys. Much of their correspondence relates to collecting debts, indentures, land surveys, receipts, and politics (Whig party, Commonwealth Attorney, Constitutional Convention, Virginia Delegates, and candidacy for Governor), and religion. The papers contain discussions about the popular faith of Presbyterians and Episcopalians). The University of Virginia, Washington \u0026amp; Lee, and William \u0026amp; Mary College are also mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection spans six generations of the Watts family including General Edward Watts and his wife Elizabeth Breckinridge (1794-1862), their son Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his wife Mary Jane Allen (1825-1855). Also included is their son, John Allen Watts and his wife Gertrude Lee. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther related families include Madison, Breckenridge, Allen, Jackson, Watson, Morris, Gamble, Payne, Washington, Meigs, and Saunders. (MSS 653) Other related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples..(see related materials note)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of Mary Scott Watts Gamble have been combined into this collection. These letters contain her accounts of attacks by Osceola and Seminole people in Florida. She mentions that Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835) \u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Content Description"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Watts family papers of Roanoke County, Virginia at \"Oaklands\" in Flat Creek, Campbell County) consist of correspondence and documents related to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the United States Civil War, war with Osceola and Seminole tribes in Florida, Virginia politics, economic and social history (including enslavement),land ownership, farming, court cases and debt from 1786 to 1950 in southwest Virginia. The Watts are related to many other Virginia families including James and Dolley Madison. This collection represents a great view into historical and social events of the eighteenth and nineteenth century in Virginia.","The papers of this family of landowners, farmers, politicians, and attorneys portray the rich southern antebellum life on the Oaklands plantation. Despite the told and true characteristics of the kindness of the Watts family, they were nineteenth century southern plantation owners who owned hundreds of enslaved persons. The letters and receipts in the collection include many first names and some last names. One enslaved person, Henry Langhorne, a lifetime attendant of Colonel William Watts was bequeathed $1,000 and a home for life.","Some letters mention the Watt's efforts to keep enslaved families from being separated by intervening in the sales of enslaved persons. There are many references to enslaved people among their households and farm, including descriptions of providing their clothing, housing, and nurturing them when they were sick, like family members. It is important to note that the collection also contains receipts for their purchase and loan.","The issue of enslavement is discussed in local meetings that Watts attended. There are also letters from former enslaved persons such as [Malinda] Langhorne and William Langhorne to Watts family members and photographs of enslaved persons, Aunt Sally and Aunt Phoebe standing together, and a photograph of Uncle Lou with the Watts children.","There is also correspondence about financial and legal matters as Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his father, General Edward Watts (1779-1859), were attorneys. Much of their correspondence relates to collecting debts, indentures, land surveys, receipts, and politics (Whig party, Commonwealth Attorney, Constitutional Convention, Virginia Delegates, and candidacy for Governor), and religion. The papers contain discussions about the popular faith of Presbyterians and Episcopalians). The University of Virginia, Washington \u0026 Lee, and William \u0026 Mary College are also mentioned.","The collection spans six generations of the Watts family including General Edward Watts and his wife Elizabeth Breckinridge (1794-1862), their son Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his wife Mary Jane Allen (1825-1855). Also included is their son, John Allen Watts and his wife Gertrude Lee.","Other related families include Madison, Breckenridge, Allen, Jackson, Watson, Morris, Gamble, Payne, Washington, Meigs, and Saunders. (MSS 653) Other related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples..(see related materials note)","The papers of Mary Scott Watts Gamble have been combined into this collection. These letters contain her accounts of attacks by Osceola and Seminole people in Florida. She mentions that Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835)"],"corpname_ssim":["Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library"],"names_ssim":["Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":281,"online_item_count_is":1,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:53:38.700Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_repositories_3_resources_1396_c03_c02"}},{"id":"viu_viu00666_c03_c06","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Bound and Miscellaneous\n Volumes, 1786/1840","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00666_c03_c06#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00666_c03_c06","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00666_c03_c06"],"id":"viu_viu00666_c03_c06","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00666","_root_":"viu_viu00666","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00666_c03","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00666_c03","parent_ssim":["Papers of General Joel Leftwich \n 1780-1890","Series III: Correspondence and Miscellaneous\n Papers"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00666","viu_viu00666_c03"],"title_filing_ssi":"Bound and Miscellaneous\n                  Volumes","title_ssm":["Bound and Miscellaneous\n Volumes"],"title_tesim":["Bound and Miscellaneous\n Volumes"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Bound and Miscellaneous\n Volumes, 1786/1840"],"text":["Bound and Miscellaneous\n Volumes, 1786/1840","Papers of General Joel Leftwich \n 1780-1890","Series III: Correspondence and Miscellaneous\n Papers","box Box 4"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Papers of General Joel Leftwich \n 1780-1890","Series III: Correspondence and Miscellaneous\n Papers"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Papers of General Joel Leftwich \n 1780-1890","Series III: Correspondence and Miscellaneous\n Papers"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1786/1840"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1786-1840"],"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":21,"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Papers of General Joel Leftwich \n 1780-1890"],"containers_ssim":["box Box 4"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["There are no restrictions"],"date_range_isim":[1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840],"_nest_path_":"/components#2/components#5","timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:56:08.243Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00666","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00666","_root_":"viu_viu00666","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00666","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00666.xml","title_ssm":["Papers of General Joel Leftwich \n 1780-1890"],"title_tesim":["Papers of General Joel Leftwich \n 1780-1890"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Papers of General Joel Leftwich \n 1780-1890"],"text":["Papers of General Joel Leftwich \n 1780-1890","38-32","ca. 2500","There are no restrictions.","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","The Leftwich Papers consist of ca. 2500 items (4 Hollinger\n         boxes, ca. 1.3 linear shelf feet), 1780-1890, and reflect the\n         military, business and personal activities of Joel Leftwich\n         (1759-1846). The collection contains correspondence, financial\n         and legal papers, printed material, and miscellaneous related\n         papers. Correspondence and business papers comprise the bulk\n         of the collection but there is a significant amount of\n         material relating to the operations of the Twelfth Virginia Militia Brigade from 1790\n         to 1842. A genealogy of the Leftwich family may be found in Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches: Embracing the History of Campbell County, Virginia 1782-1926 by Ruth H. Early.","Leftwich was the son of \n          Augustine Leftwich (?-1795) and was born\n         in Bedford County, Virginia. His brothers included \n          James Leftwich,  \n          Jesse Leftwich,  \n          Augustine Leftwich Jr.,  and \n          Jabez Leftwich . His own son, \n          Jack Leftwich,  and five grandchildren are\n         mentioned in the family correspondence: \n          Joel B. Leftwich,  \n          Sarah A. Leftwich,  \n          Mary L. Leftwich (Fuqua),  \n          Ann Leftwich (Goode) and \n          Ethelinda Leftwich . Most of the\n         correspondence concerns local and family events. There is an\n         interesting group of letters between Joel B. Leftwich and his\n         friends concerning college life at Randolph-Macon College during the 1840's\n         and their perceptions of the women they were courting.","Correspondence concerning Virginia politics during the early\n         nineteenth century in Richmond (principally letters from Jabez\n         to Joel Leftwich) begins in the year 1806. One letter of\n         interest concerns the itinerary for the visit by the Marquis\n         de Lafayette in 1824. Leftwich, as were many of his Bedford neighbors, was a supporter of the old Whig Party; his correspondents include House of Delegates\n         member \n          William Campbell,  Senator \n          Isaac Otey,  \n          P. M. Goggin,  \n          Walter Taylor,  and General \n          Joseph Martin who discusses President \n          Thomas Jefferson 's opinion concerning the\n         maintaining of a standing army (April 17, 1803). Leftwich\n         himself served as a member of the Virginia General Assembly\n         and a few of his letters pertain to his legislative career as\n         represented by an April 4, 1841 letter to President \n          John Tyler recommending the appointment of\n          William Norvell as U.S. consul at Rio de Janeiro.","Also present are several writings and speeches by Leftwich\n         on a variety of subjects including the Revolutionary War, and\n         the need for religious conversion of Indians. Joel B. Leftwich\n         was a member of a debating society and his speeches on\n         temperance, good memory, and other topics are present in these\n         papers. Leftwich himself subscribed to Niles Weekly Register\n         and several issues from 1815 to 1839 are present in this\n         collection. Of special interest are manuscript notes on the\n         Virginia Convention called for the purpose of ratifying the\n         Federal Constitution in June 1788; these notes consist of\n         remarks made by such participants as Patrick Henry and James\n         Madison.","The financial and legal aspects of Leftwich's life had two\n         major components: as a gentleman farmer and horse breeder and\n         as a justice of the peace for Bedford County. Bills and receipts from\n         1789 to 1843 are in the collection along with tax statements\n         for several members of his family regarding horses and slaves.\n         Horses were of great concern to the family and there are\n         numerous mentions in the correspondence on their trade,\n         breeding, and racing. There are several items pertaining to a\n         stud horse named \"Pilgrim\" which had been purchased in 1795\n         from \n          Daniel Nance of Lincoln County, North Carolina for the sum\n         of five hundred dollars. Other papers include a bill of sale\n         as to the horse's pedigree and a broadside attesting to his\n         value and price.","Tax statements for the year 1802 depict Joel Leftwich as\n         the owner of seven slaves for which he paid a tax of $13.90\n         (the tax for \"Pilgrim\" was ten dollars). Other documents\n         pertain to the hiring of his slaves, and legal dispensations\n         of them for the payment of debts, 1796-1826. Among these is a\n         complaint against a slave named \n          Bill who was owned by Jesse Leftwich. The\n         slave had shot a dog belonging to his owner's brother\n         Augustine and Joel Leftwich, as justice of the peace, issued a\n         warrant for his arrest. Legal documents including wills,\n         indentures, subpoenas, arrest warrants and other related\n         materials are in this group of papers. One group of letters\n         described the apprehension of a man believed to have been be\n         insane and of his transfer to a lunatic asylum. The remaining\n         items are primarily concerned with Leftwich's routine duties\n         as a justice of the peace.","Leftwich's military service is represented by militia\n         returns, muster rolls, general and brigade orders, drill\n         parade memorandum, and courts-martial papers. His brother,\n         Jabez, who later became a member of Congress, served with him\n         as a brigade inspector. Notable correspondents include \n          William Henry Harrison,  \n          William Barbour,  \n          Claiborne W. Gooch,  and \n          Richard Crooks . Leftwich began his\n         military career during the Revolutionary War when he enlisted\n         as an ensign and fought at the battles of Germantown, Camden, and Guilford Court House where he was wounded.\n         During the War of 1812 the Virginia militia was called to the\n         defense of Richmond following the burning of Washington, D.C.\n         on August 24, 1814. Upon the death of General Joseph Martin,\n         Leftwich was elected by the Virginia General Assembly as a\n         brigadier general of the Twelfth Brigade of militia which\n         consisted of the 4th, 10th, 18th, 43rd, 53rd, 64th, 91st, and\n         110th regiments. He commanded a force of militia under William\n         Henry Harrison, commander of the Army of the Northwest during\n         the war. A group of letters between the two men provides\n         information on a little-known event. Harrison apparently\n         ordered Leftwich to continue the building of an eight-acre\n         stockade on the Maumee River at Fort Meigs, Ohio. He disobeyed orders by\n         departing for home before Harrison's arrival and the fort's\n         completion. As a result, American forces were defeated near\n         the area but Leftwich's military career was undamaged.","In the correspondence for the 1820's and 1830's are\n         numerous invitations to Leftwich requesting his presence at\n         military dinners, barbecues, and honorary functions. In later\n         years Leftwich, a major general of militia, sought to have his\n         federal military pension increased and \n          William Leftwich Goggin,  a Whig who\n         represented a district in Bedford County in Congress,\n         presented a petition on his behalf to that body. General\n         Leftwich died on April 20, 1846, in Bedford County.","The collection is arranged chronologically in three series:\n         I. Military Papers, II. Legal and Business, and, III.\n         Correspondence and Miscellaneous.","There are no restrictions","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers of General Joel Leftwich \n 1780-1890"],"collection_ssim":["Papers of General Joel Leftwich \n 1780-1890"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["38-32"],"unitid_tesim":["38-32"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"access_terms_ssm":["There are no restrictions"],"acqinfo_ssim":["The Leftwich Papers were placed on loan in the Library\n            by Mr. William A. Irvine of Evington, Virginia, through W.\n            E. Leftwich on March 29, 1934."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["ca. 2500"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of General Joel Leftwich, #38-32, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of General Joel Leftwich, #38-32, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Leftwich Papers consist of ca. 2500 items (4 Hollinger\n         boxes, ca. 1.3 linear shelf feet), 1780-1890, and reflect the\n         military, business and personal activities of Joel Leftwich\n         (1759-1846). The collection contains correspondence, financial\n         and legal papers, printed material, and miscellaneous related\n         papers. Correspondence and business papers comprise the bulk\n         of the collection but there is a significant amount of\n         material relating to the operations of the Twelfth Virginia Militia Brigade from 1790\n         to 1842. A genealogy of the Leftwich family may be found in \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCampbell Chronicles and Family Sketches: Embracing the History of Campbell County, Virginia 1782-1926\u003c/title\u003e by Ruth H. Early.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLeftwich was the son of \n          Augustine Leftwich (?-1795) and was born\n         in Bedford County, Virginia. His brothers included \n          James Leftwich,  \n          Jesse Leftwich,  \n          Augustine Leftwich Jr.,  and \n          Jabez Leftwich . His own son, \n          Jack Leftwich,  and five grandchildren are\n         mentioned in the family correspondence: \n          Joel B. Leftwich,  \n          Sarah A. Leftwich,  \n          Mary L. Leftwich (Fuqua),  \n          Ann Leftwich (Goode) and \n          Ethelinda Leftwich . Most of the\n         correspondence concerns local and family events. There is an\n         interesting group of letters between Joel B. Leftwich and his\n         friends concerning college life at Randolph-Macon College during the 1840's\n         and their perceptions of the women they were courting.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence concerning Virginia politics during the early\n         nineteenth century in Richmond (principally letters from Jabez\n         to Joel Leftwich) begins in the year 1806. One letter of\n         interest concerns the itinerary for the visit by the Marquis\n         de Lafayette in 1824. Leftwich, as were many of his Bedford neighbors, was a supporter of the old Whig Party; his correspondents include House of Delegates\n         member \n          William Campbell,  Senator \n          Isaac Otey,  \n          P. M. Goggin,  \n          Walter Taylor,  and General \n          Joseph Martin who discusses President \n          Thomas Jefferson 's opinion concerning the\n         maintaining of a standing army (April 17, 1803). Leftwich\n         himself served as a member of the Virginia General Assembly\n         and a few of his letters pertain to his legislative career as\n         represented by an April 4, 1841 letter to President \n          John Tyler recommending the appointment of\n          William Norvell as U.S. consul at Rio de Janeiro.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAlso present are several writings and speeches by Leftwich\n         on a variety of subjects including the Revolutionary War, and\n         the need for religious conversion of Indians. Joel B. Leftwich\n         was a member of a debating society and his speeches on\n         temperance, good memory, and other topics are present in these\n         papers. Leftwich himself subscribed to Niles Weekly Register\n         and several issues from 1815 to 1839 are present in this\n         collection. Of special interest are manuscript notes on the\n         Virginia Convention called for the purpose of ratifying the\n         Federal Constitution in June 1788; these notes consist of\n         remarks made by such participants as Patrick Henry and James\n         Madison.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe financial and legal aspects of Leftwich's life had two\n         major components: as a gentleman farmer and horse breeder and\n         as a justice of the peace for Bedford County. Bills and receipts from\n         1789 to 1843 are in the collection along with tax statements\n         for several members of his family regarding horses and slaves.\n         Horses were of great concern to the family and there are\n         numerous mentions in the correspondence on their trade,\n         breeding, and racing. There are several items pertaining to a\n         stud horse named \"Pilgrim\" which had been purchased in 1795\n         from \n          Daniel Nance of Lincoln County, North Carolina for the sum\n         of five hundred dollars. Other papers include a bill of sale\n         as to the horse's pedigree and a broadside attesting to his\n         value and price.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eTax statements for the year 1802 depict Joel Leftwich as\n         the owner of seven slaves for which he paid a tax of $13.90\n         (the tax for \"Pilgrim\" was ten dollars). Other documents\n         pertain to the hiring of his slaves, and legal dispensations\n         of them for the payment of debts, 1796-1826. Among these is a\n         complaint against a slave named \n          Bill who was owned by Jesse Leftwich. The\n         slave had shot a dog belonging to his owner's brother\n         Augustine and Joel Leftwich, as justice of the peace, issued a\n         warrant for his arrest. Legal documents including wills,\n         indentures, subpoenas, arrest warrants and other related\n         materials are in this group of papers. One group of letters\n         described the apprehension of a man believed to have been be\n         insane and of his transfer to a lunatic asylum. The remaining\n         items are primarily concerned with Leftwich's routine duties\n         as a justice of the peace.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLeftwich's military service is represented by militia\n         returns, muster rolls, general and brigade orders, drill\n         parade memorandum, and courts-martial papers. His brother,\n         Jabez, who later became a member of Congress, served with him\n         as a brigade inspector. Notable correspondents include \n          William Henry Harrison,  \n          William Barbour,  \n          Claiborne W. Gooch,  and \n          Richard Crooks . Leftwich began his\n         military career during the Revolutionary War when he enlisted\n         as an ensign and fought at the battles of Germantown, Camden, and Guilford Court House where he was wounded.\n         During the War of 1812 the Virginia militia was called to the\n         defense of Richmond following the burning of Washington, D.C.\n         on August 24, 1814. Upon the death of General Joseph Martin,\n         Leftwich was elected by the Virginia General Assembly as a\n         brigadier general of the Twelfth Brigade of militia which\n         consisted of the 4th, 10th, 18th, 43rd, 53rd, 64th, 91st, and\n         110th regiments. He commanded a force of militia under William\n         Henry Harrison, commander of the Army of the Northwest during\n         the war. A group of letters between the two men provides\n         information on a little-known event. Harrison apparently\n         ordered Leftwich to continue the building of an eight-acre\n         stockade on the Maumee River at Fort Meigs, Ohio. He disobeyed orders by\n         departing for home before Harrison's arrival and the fort's\n         completion. As a result, American forces were defeated near\n         the area but Leftwich's military career was undamaged.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIn the correspondence for the 1820's and 1830's are\n         numerous invitations to Leftwich requesting his presence at\n         military dinners, barbecues, and honorary functions. In later\n         years Leftwich, a major general of militia, sought to have his\n         federal military pension increased and \n          William Leftwich Goggin,  a Whig who\n         represented a district in Bedford County in Congress,\n         presented a petition on his behalf to that body. General\n         Leftwich died on April 20, 1846, in Bedford County.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged chronologically in three series:\n         I. Military Papers, II. Legal and Business, and, III.\n         Correspondence and Miscellaneous.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Leftwich Papers consist of ca. 2500 items (4 Hollinger\n         boxes, ca. 1.3 linear shelf feet), 1780-1890, and reflect the\n         military, business and personal activities of Joel Leftwich\n         (1759-1846). The collection contains correspondence, financial\n         and legal papers, printed material, and miscellaneous related\n         papers. Correspondence and business papers comprise the bulk\n         of the collection but there is a significant amount of\n         material relating to the operations of the Twelfth Virginia Militia Brigade from 1790\n         to 1842. A genealogy of the Leftwich family may be found in Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches: Embracing the History of Campbell County, Virginia 1782-1926 by Ruth H. Early.","Leftwich was the son of \n          Augustine Leftwich (?-1795) and was born\n         in Bedford County, Virginia. His brothers included \n          James Leftwich,  \n          Jesse Leftwich,  \n          Augustine Leftwich Jr.,  and \n          Jabez Leftwich . His own son, \n          Jack Leftwich,  and five grandchildren are\n         mentioned in the family correspondence: \n          Joel B. Leftwich,  \n          Sarah A. Leftwich,  \n          Mary L. Leftwich (Fuqua),  \n          Ann Leftwich (Goode) and \n          Ethelinda Leftwich . Most of the\n         correspondence concerns local and family events. There is an\n         interesting group of letters between Joel B. Leftwich and his\n         friends concerning college life at Randolph-Macon College during the 1840's\n         and their perceptions of the women they were courting.","Correspondence concerning Virginia politics during the early\n         nineteenth century in Richmond (principally letters from Jabez\n         to Joel Leftwich) begins in the year 1806. One letter of\n         interest concerns the itinerary for the visit by the Marquis\n         de Lafayette in 1824. Leftwich, as were many of his Bedford neighbors, was a supporter of the old Whig Party; his correspondents include House of Delegates\n         member \n          William Campbell,  Senator \n          Isaac Otey,  \n          P. M. Goggin,  \n          Walter Taylor,  and General \n          Joseph Martin who discusses President \n          Thomas Jefferson 's opinion concerning the\n         maintaining of a standing army (April 17, 1803). Leftwich\n         himself served as a member of the Virginia General Assembly\n         and a few of his letters pertain to his legislative career as\n         represented by an April 4, 1841 letter to President \n          John Tyler recommending the appointment of\n          William Norvell as U.S. consul at Rio de Janeiro.","Also present are several writings and speeches by Leftwich\n         on a variety of subjects including the Revolutionary War, and\n         the need for religious conversion of Indians. Joel B. Leftwich\n         was a member of a debating society and his speeches on\n         temperance, good memory, and other topics are present in these\n         papers. Leftwich himself subscribed to Niles Weekly Register\n         and several issues from 1815 to 1839 are present in this\n         collection. Of special interest are manuscript notes on the\n         Virginia Convention called for the purpose of ratifying the\n         Federal Constitution in June 1788; these notes consist of\n         remarks made by such participants as Patrick Henry and James\n         Madison.","The financial and legal aspects of Leftwich's life had two\n         major components: as a gentleman farmer and horse breeder and\n         as a justice of the peace for Bedford County. Bills and receipts from\n         1789 to 1843 are in the collection along with tax statements\n         for several members of his family regarding horses and slaves.\n         Horses were of great concern to the family and there are\n         numerous mentions in the correspondence on their trade,\n         breeding, and racing. There are several items pertaining to a\n         stud horse named \"Pilgrim\" which had been purchased in 1795\n         from \n          Daniel Nance of Lincoln County, North Carolina for the sum\n         of five hundred dollars. Other papers include a bill of sale\n         as to the horse's pedigree and a broadside attesting to his\n         value and price.","Tax statements for the year 1802 depict Joel Leftwich as\n         the owner of seven slaves for which he paid a tax of $13.90\n         (the tax for \"Pilgrim\" was ten dollars). Other documents\n         pertain to the hiring of his slaves, and legal dispensations\n         of them for the payment of debts, 1796-1826. Among these is a\n         complaint against a slave named \n          Bill who was owned by Jesse Leftwich. The\n         slave had shot a dog belonging to his owner's brother\n         Augustine and Joel Leftwich, as justice of the peace, issued a\n         warrant for his arrest. Legal documents including wills,\n         indentures, subpoenas, arrest warrants and other related\n         materials are in this group of papers. One group of letters\n         described the apprehension of a man believed to have been be\n         insane and of his transfer to a lunatic asylum. The remaining\n         items are primarily concerned with Leftwich's routine duties\n         as a justice of the peace.","Leftwich's military service is represented by militia\n         returns, muster rolls, general and brigade orders, drill\n         parade memorandum, and courts-martial papers. His brother,\n         Jabez, who later became a member of Congress, served with him\n         as a brigade inspector. Notable correspondents include \n          William Henry Harrison,  \n          William Barbour,  \n          Claiborne W. Gooch,  and \n          Richard Crooks . Leftwich began his\n         military career during the Revolutionary War when he enlisted\n         as an ensign and fought at the battles of Germantown, Camden, and Guilford Court House where he was wounded.\n         During the War of 1812 the Virginia militia was called to the\n         defense of Richmond following the burning of Washington, D.C.\n         on August 24, 1814. Upon the death of General Joseph Martin,\n         Leftwich was elected by the Virginia General Assembly as a\n         brigadier general of the Twelfth Brigade of militia which\n         consisted of the 4th, 10th, 18th, 43rd, 53rd, 64th, 91st, and\n         110th regiments. He commanded a force of militia under William\n         Henry Harrison, commander of the Army of the Northwest during\n         the war. A group of letters between the two men provides\n         information on a little-known event. Harrison apparently\n         ordered Leftwich to continue the building of an eight-acre\n         stockade on the Maumee River at Fort Meigs, Ohio. He disobeyed orders by\n         departing for home before Harrison's arrival and the fort's\n         completion. As a result, American forces were defeated near\n         the area but Leftwich's military career was undamaged.","In the correspondence for the 1820's and 1830's are\n         numerous invitations to Leftwich requesting his presence at\n         military dinners, barbecues, and honorary functions. In later\n         years Leftwich, a major general of militia, sought to have his\n         federal military pension increased and \n          William Leftwich Goggin,  a Whig who\n         represented a district in Bedford County in Congress,\n         presented a petition on his behalf to that body. General\n         Leftwich died on April 20, 1846, in Bedford County.","The collection is arranged chronologically in three series:\n         I. Military Papers, II. Legal and Business, and, III.\n         Correspondence and Miscellaneous."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions"],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":25,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:56:08.243Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00666_c03_c06"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_162","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Bound Music Collection, 1800/1970","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_162#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains a large variety of bound volumes of sheet music, spanning the 18th to the 20th century.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_162#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_162","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_162","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_162","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_162","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_162.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Bound Music Collection","title_ssm":["Bound Music Collection"],"title_tesim":["Bound Music Collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["circa 1800-1970"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["circa 1800-1970"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1800/1970"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Bound Music Collection, 1800/1970"],"text":["Bound Music Collection, 1800/1970","01/Mss. 1.12","/repositories/2/resources/162","Music","Sheet music","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Additions are being made to this collection on an ongoing basis.","This collection contains a large variety of bound volumes of sheet music, spanning the 18th to the 20th century.","The PDF versions of the inventory for volumes 1-83b must be viewed in sections. For description of volumes 84 onward see finding aid link further below.","Music Volume Index A:","Music Volume Index B:","Music Volume Index C:","Music Volume Index D:","Music Volume Index E:","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","English German French"],"collection_title_tesim":["Bound Music Collection, 1800/1970"],"collection_ssim":["Bound Music Collection, 1800/1970"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["01/Mss. 1.12","/repositories/2/resources/162"],"unitid_tesim":["01/Mss. 1.12","/repositories/2/resources/162"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"creators_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["For acquisition information on volumes 1-83b, please consult a staff member. Acc. 2007.48-49 were purchased in 2007 from Jack Hamilton."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Music","Sheet music"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Music","Sheet music"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["20.00 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["20.00 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Sheet music"],"date_range_isim":[1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"accruals_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditions are being made to this collection on an ongoing basis.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accruals_heading_ssm":["Accruals:"],"accruals_tesim":["Additions are being made to this collection on an ongoing basis."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBound Music Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William \u0026amp; Mary.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Bound Music Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William \u0026 Mary."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains a large variety of bound volumes of sheet music, spanning the 18th to the 20th century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The PDF versions of the inventory for volumes 1-83b must be viewed in sections. For description of volumes 84 onward see finding aid link further below.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Music Volume Index A: \u003cextref actuate=\"onrequest\" audience=\"external\" linktype=\"simple\" show=\"embed\" href=\"http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/Music_Volume_Index_a.pdf\" title=\"Music_Volume_Index_a.pdf\"\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Music Volume Index B: \u003cextref actuate=\"onrequest\" audience=\"external\" linktype=\"simple\" show=\"embed\" href=\"http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/Music_Volume_Index_b.pdf\" title=\"Music_Volume_Index_b.pdf\"\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Music Volume Index C: \u003cextref actuate=\"onrequest\" audience=\"external\" linktype=\"simple\" show=\"embed\" href=\"http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/Music_Volume_Index_c.pdf\" title=\"Music_Volume_Index_c.pdf\"\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Music Volume Index D: \u003cextref actuate=\"onrequest\" audience=\"external\" linktype=\"simple\" show=\"embed\" href=\"http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/Music_Volume_Index_d.pdf\" title=\"Music_Volume_Index_d.pdf\"\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Music Volume Index E: \u003cextref actuate=\"onrequest\" audience=\"external\" linktype=\"simple\" show=\"embed\" href=\"http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/Music_Volume_Index_e.pdf\" title=\"Music_Volume_Index_e.pdf\"\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains a large variety of bound volumes of sheet music, spanning the 18th to the 20th century.","The PDF versions of the inventory for volumes 1-83b must be viewed in sections. For description of volumes 84 onward see finding aid link further below.","Music Volume Index A:","Music Volume Index B:","Music Volume Index C:","Music Volume Index D:","Music Volume Index E:"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"language_ssim":["English German French"],"total_component_count_is":137,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-29T00:04:12.677Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_162","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_162","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_162","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_162","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_162.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Bound Music Collection","title_ssm":["Bound Music Collection"],"title_tesim":["Bound Music Collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["circa 1800-1970"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["circa 1800-1970"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1800/1970"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Bound Music Collection, 1800/1970"],"text":["Bound Music Collection, 1800/1970","01/Mss. 1.12","/repositories/2/resources/162","Music","Sheet music","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Additions are being made to this collection on an ongoing basis.","This collection contains a large variety of bound volumes of sheet music, spanning the 18th to the 20th century.","The PDF versions of the inventory for volumes 1-83b must be viewed in sections. For description of volumes 84 onward see finding aid link further below.","Music Volume Index A:","Music Volume Index B:","Music Volume Index C:","Music Volume Index D:","Music Volume Index E:","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","English German French"],"collection_title_tesim":["Bound Music Collection, 1800/1970"],"collection_ssim":["Bound Music Collection, 1800/1970"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["01/Mss. 1.12","/repositories/2/resources/162"],"unitid_tesim":["01/Mss. 1.12","/repositories/2/resources/162"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"creators_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["For acquisition information on volumes 1-83b, please consult a staff member. Acc. 2007.48-49 were purchased in 2007 from Jack Hamilton."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Music","Sheet music"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Music","Sheet music"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["20.00 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["20.00 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Sheet music"],"date_range_isim":[1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"accruals_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditions are being made to this collection on an ongoing basis.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accruals_heading_ssm":["Accruals:"],"accruals_tesim":["Additions are being made to this collection on an ongoing basis."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBound Music Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William \u0026amp; Mary.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Bound Music Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William \u0026 Mary."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains a large variety of bound volumes of sheet music, spanning the 18th to the 20th century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The PDF versions of the inventory for volumes 1-83b must be viewed in sections. For description of volumes 84 onward see finding aid link further below.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Music Volume Index A: \u003cextref actuate=\"onrequest\" audience=\"external\" linktype=\"simple\" show=\"embed\" href=\"http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/Music_Volume_Index_a.pdf\" title=\"Music_Volume_Index_a.pdf\"\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Music Volume Index B: \u003cextref actuate=\"onrequest\" audience=\"external\" linktype=\"simple\" show=\"embed\" href=\"http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/Music_Volume_Index_b.pdf\" title=\"Music_Volume_Index_b.pdf\"\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Music Volume Index C: \u003cextref actuate=\"onrequest\" audience=\"external\" linktype=\"simple\" show=\"embed\" href=\"http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/Music_Volume_Index_c.pdf\" title=\"Music_Volume_Index_c.pdf\"\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Music Volume Index D: \u003cextref actuate=\"onrequest\" audience=\"external\" linktype=\"simple\" show=\"embed\" href=\"http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/Music_Volume_Index_d.pdf\" title=\"Music_Volume_Index_d.pdf\"\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Music Volume Index E: \u003cextref actuate=\"onrequest\" audience=\"external\" linktype=\"simple\" show=\"embed\" href=\"http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/Music_Volume_Index_e.pdf\" title=\"Music_Volume_Index_e.pdf\"\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains a large variety of bound volumes of sheet music, spanning the 18th to the 20th century.","The PDF versions of the inventory for volumes 1-83b must be viewed in sections. For description of volumes 84 onward see finding aid link further below.","Music Volume Index A:","Music Volume Index B:","Music Volume Index C:","Music Volume Index D:","Music Volume Index E:"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"language_ssim":["English German French"],"total_component_count_is":137,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-29T00:04:12.677Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_162"}},{"id":"viw_viw00143_c04_c03","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Bound Volumes, 1829/1881","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00143_c04_c03#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viw_viw00143_c04_c03","ref_ssm":["viw_viw00143_c04_c03"],"id":"viw_viw00143_c04_c03","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00143","_root_":"viw_viw00143","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00143_c04","parent_ssi":"viw_viw00143_c04","parent_ssim":["Title:: Richard H. Patchin Papers\n\t 1829-19021860-1890","Box 4"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viw_viw00143","viw_viw00143_c04"],"title_filing_ssi":"Bound Volumes,","title_ssm":["Bound Volumes"],"title_tesim":["Bound Volumes"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Bound Volumes, 1829/1881"],"text":["Bound Volumes, 1829/1881","Title:: Richard H. Patchin Papers\n\t 1829-19021860-1890","Box 4"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Title:: Richard H. Patchin Papers\n\t 1829-19021860-1890","Box 4"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Title:: Richard H. Patchin Papers\n\t 1829-19021860-1890","Box 4"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1829/1881"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1829-1881 and undated"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":60,"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"collection_ssim":["Title:: Richard H. Patchin Papers\n\t 1829-19021860-1890"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":3,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["Collection is open to all researchers."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"date_range_isim":[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],"_nest_path_":"/components#3/components#2","timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:06:19.115Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_viw00143","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00143","_root_":"viw_viw00143","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00143","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00143.xml","title_ssm":["Title:: Richard H. Patchin Papers\n\t 1829-19021860-1890"],"title_tesim":["Title:: Richard H. Patchin Papers\n\t 1829-19021860-1890"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Title:: Richard H. Patchin Papers\n\t 1829-19021860-1890"],"text":["Title:: Richard H. Patchin Papers\n\t 1829-19021860-1890","Mss. Acc. 2008.57","Mental illness--United States.","New York (N.Y.)--History--19th century.","Farmer","Lecturer","Teacher","Account books","Certificates","Clippings","Diaries","Invoices","Collection is open to all researchers.","The materials are arranged in nine series: Personal Writings, Correspondence, Teaching, Business, Poetry and Lyrics, Public Lectures, Miscellaneous Materials, Bound Volumes, and Photographs.  Within each series folders are arranged chronologically with undated and miscellaneous material placed last.  The Public Lectures series has two subseries: Lectures and Notes and Ephemera.","Richard H. Patchin worked as a teacher, farmer, clothing sales clerk, and lecturer in New York during the 1870s.","Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word, created by Sarah M. Dorpinghaus.","The Richard H. Patchin papers largely includes accounts of Patchin’s daily activities and personal reflections.  Correspondence and professional documents also make up a portion of the collection.  The materials document Patchin’s work as a teacher, farmer, clothing sales clerk, and lecturer in and around Marlborough, New York during the mid and late 19th century.  The documents also address religion, relationships, business activities, and personal aspirations.  Some of Patchin's writings suggest that he had periods of mental instability that appear to have increased with age.","Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","The Richard H. Patchin papers largely includes accounts of Patchin’s daily activities and personal reflections.  Correspondence and professional documents also make up a portion of the collection.  The materials document Patchin’s work as a teacher, farmer, clothing sales clerk, and lecturer in and around Marlborough, New York during the mid and late 19th century.  The documents also address religion, relationships, business activities, and personal aspirations.  Some of Patchin's writings suggest that he had periods of mental instability that appear to have increased with age.","Special Collections Research Center","Richard H. Patchin;","Patchin, John;","Patchin, Leah;","Stevens, Sarah.","The papers are in:\n\t        English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Title:: Richard H. Patchin Papers\n\t 1829-19021860-1890"],"collection_ssim":["Title:: Richard H. Patchin Papers\n\t 1829-19021860-1890"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. Acc. 2008.57"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. Acc. 2008.57"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Richard H. Patchin;\n        Patchin, John;\n        Patchin, Leah;\n        Stevens, Sarah."],"creator_ssim":["Richard H. Patchin;\n        Patchin, John;\n        Patchin, Leah;\n        Stevens, Sarah."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Richard H. Patchin;","Patchin, John;","Patchin, Leah;","Stevens, Sarah."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"creators_ssim":["Richard H. Patchin;","Patchin, John;","Patchin, Leah;","Stevens, Sarah.","Special Collections Research Center"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Mental illness--United States.","New York (N.Y.)--History--19th century.","Farmer","Lecturer","Teacher","Account books","Certificates","Clippings","Diaries","Invoices"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Mental illness--United States.","New York (N.Y.)--History--19th century.","Farmer","Lecturer","Teacher","Account books","Certificates","Clippings","Diaries","Invoices"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["4.00 Boxes"],"extent_tesim":["4.00 Boxes"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe materials are arranged in nine series: Personal Writings, Correspondence, Teaching, Business, Poetry and Lyrics, Public Lectures, Miscellaneous Materials, Bound Volumes, and Photographs.  Within each series folders are arranged chronologically with undated and miscellaneous material placed last.  The Public Lectures series has two subseries: Lectures and Notes and Ephemera. \u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials"],"arrangement_tesim":["The materials are arranged in nine series: Personal Writings, Correspondence, Teaching, Business, Poetry and Lyrics, Public Lectures, Miscellaneous Materials, Bound Volumes, and Photographs.  Within each series folders are arranged chronologically with undated and miscellaneous material placed last.  The Public Lectures series has two subseries: Lectures and Notes and Ephemera."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRichard H. Patchin worked as a teacher, farmer, clothing sales clerk, and lecturer in New York during the 1870s. \u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Richard H. Patchin worked as a teacher, farmer, clothing sales clerk, and lecturer in New York during the 1870s."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRichard H. Patchin Papers, Accession # Mss. 2008.57, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Richard H. Patchin Papers, Accession # Mss. 2008.57, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMachine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word, created by Sarah M. Dorpinghaus.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word, created by Sarah M. Dorpinghaus."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Richard H. Patchin papers largely includes accounts of Patchin’s daily activities and personal reflections.  Correspondence and professional documents also make up a portion of the collection.  The materials document Patchin’s work as a teacher, farmer, clothing sales clerk, and lecturer in and around Marlborough, New York during the mid and late 19th century.  The documents also address religion, relationships, business activities, and personal aspirations.  Some of Patchin's writings suggest that he had periods of mental instability that appear to have increased with age. \u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Richard H. Patchin papers largely includes accounts of Patchin’s daily activities and personal reflections.  Correspondence and professional documents also make up a portion of the collection.  The materials document Patchin’s work as a teacher, farmer, clothing sales clerk, and lecturer in and around Marlborough, New York during the mid and late 19th century.  The documents also address religion, relationships, business activities, and personal aspirations.  Some of Patchin's writings suggest that he had periods of mental instability that appear to have increased with age."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract encodinganalog=\"520$a\" label=\"Abstract:\"\u003eThe Richard H. Patchin papers largely includes accounts of Patchin’s daily activities and personal reflections.  Correspondence and professional documents also make up a portion of the collection.  The materials document Patchin’s work as a teacher, farmer, clothing sales clerk, and lecturer in and around Marlborough, New York during the mid and late 19th century.  The documents also address religion, relationships, business activities, and personal aspirations.  Some of Patchin's writings suggest that he had periods of mental instability that appear to have increased with age. \u003c/abstract\u003e\n      "],"abstract_tesim":["The Richard H. Patchin papers largely includes accounts of Patchin’s daily activities and personal reflections.  Correspondence and professional documents also make up a portion of the collection.  The materials document Patchin’s work as a teacher, farmer, clothing sales clerk, and lecturer in and around Marlborough, New York during the mid and late 19th century.  The documents also address religion, relationships, business activities, and personal aspirations.  Some of Patchin's writings suggest that he had periods of mental instability that appear to have increased with age."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"persname_ssim":["Richard H. Patchin;","Patchin, John;","Patchin, Leah;","Stevens, Sarah."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Richard H. Patchin;","Patchin, John;","Patchin, Leah;","Stevens, Sarah."],"language_ssim":["The papers are in:\n\t        English"],"total_component_count_is":65,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:06:19.115Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00143_c04_c03"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_3132_c01_c01","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"Bound Volumes of Sheet Music, 1828/1860","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_3132_c01_c01#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003e2 bound volumes of sheet music. Currently inaccessible due to mold. Ask staff for assistance.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_3132_c01_c01#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_3132_c01_c01","ref_ssm":["viw_repositories_2_resources_3132_c01_c01"],"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_3132_c01_c01","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_3132","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_3132","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_3132_c01","parent_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_3132_c01","parent_ssim":["Addie Rogers Bound Sheet Music Collection, 1827/1860","Box 1, [title not supplied], 1828/1860"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viw_repositories_2_resources_3132","viw_repositories_2_resources_3132_c01"],"title_filing_ssi":"Bound Volumes of Sheet Music","title_ssm":["Bound Volumes of Sheet Music"],"title_tesim":["Bound Volumes of Sheet Music"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Bound Volumes of Sheet Music, 1828/1860"],"text":["Bound Volumes of Sheet Music, 1828/1860","Addie Rogers Bound Sheet Music Collection, 1827/1860","Box 1, [title not supplied], 1828/1860","Box 1","Folder 1","2 bound volumes of sheet music. Currently inaccessible due to mold. Ask staff for assistance."],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Addie Rogers Bound Sheet Music Collection, 1827/1860","Box 1, [title not supplied], 1828/1860"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Addie Rogers Bound Sheet Music Collection, 1827/1860","Box 1, [title not supplied], 1828/1860"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1828/1860"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1828-1860"],"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":2,"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"collection_ssim":["Addie Rogers Bound Sheet Music Collection, 1827/1860"],"containers_ssim":["Box 1","Folder 1"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"date_range_isim":[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],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e2 bound volumes of sheet music. Currently inaccessible due to mold. Ask staff for assistance.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["2 bound volumes of sheet music. Currently inaccessible due to mold. Ask staff for assistance."],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#0","timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:01:31.393Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_3132","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_3132","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_3132","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_3132","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_3132.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Rogers, Addie, Bound Sheet Music","title_ssm":["Addie Rogers Bound Sheet Music Collection"],"title_tesim":["Addie Rogers Bound Sheet Music Collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1827-1860"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1827-1860"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1827/1860"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Addie Rogers Bound Sheet Music Collection, 1827/1860"],"text":["Addie Rogers Bound Sheet Music Collection, 1827/1860","Mss. Acc. 2007.48","/repositories/2/resources/3132","Music","Music--19th century.","Music--Instruction and study--United States","United States--Georgia--History","Women--Education--Georgia","Scores","Sheet music","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Addie Rogers was a student at the Atlanta Female College in Atlanta, Georgia during the late 1850's.","Two bound volumes of sheet music, 1828-1860, which belonged to Addie Rogers, Atlanta Female College. Volumes have contemporary tooled leather patch on front cover, \"Addie M. Rogers/Atlantic Female College\" \"Vol. I and II\" \"1860.\"\nInaccessible due to mold.  Please see staff member for assistance.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Atlanta Female College (Ga.)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Addie Rogers Bound Sheet Music Collection, 1827/1860"],"collection_ssim":["Addie Rogers Bound Sheet Music Collection, 1827/1860"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. Acc. 2007.48","/repositories/2/resources/3132"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. Acc. 2007.48","/repositories/2/resources/3132"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Atlanta Female College (Ga.)"],"creators_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Atlanta Female College (Ga.)"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchase."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Music","Music--19th century.","Music--Instruction and study--United States","United States--Georgia--History","Women--Education--Georgia","Scores","Sheet music"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Music","Music--19th century.","Music--Instruction and study--United States","United States--Georgia--History","Women--Education--Georgia","Scores","Sheet music"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.20 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["0.20 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Scores","Sheet music"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAddie Rogers was a student at the Atlanta Female College in Atlanta, Georgia during the late 1850's.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information:"],"bioghist_tesim":["Addie Rogers was a student at the Atlanta Female College in Atlanta, Georgia during the late 1850's."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAddie Rogers Bound Sheet Music Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Addie Rogers Bound Sheet Music Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eTwo bound volumes of sheet music, 1828-1860, which belonged to Addie Rogers, Atlanta Female College. Volumes have contemporary tooled leather patch on front cover, \"Addie M. Rogers/Atlantic Female College\" \"Vol. I and II\" \"1860.\"\nInaccessible due to mold.  Please see staff member for assistance.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Two bound volumes of sheet music, 1828-1860, which belonged to Addie Rogers, Atlanta Female College. Volumes have contemporary tooled leather patch on front cover, \"Addie M. Rogers/Atlantic Female College\" \"Vol. I and II\" \"1860.\"\nInaccessible due to mold.  Please see staff member for assistance."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Atlanta Female College (Ga.)"],"names_coll_ssim":["Atlanta Female College (Ga.)"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Atlanta Female College (Ga.)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":2,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:01:31.393Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_3132_c01_c01"}},{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_6114","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Bowers Family Genealogy, 1823/1957","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_6114#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Bowers family","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_6114#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Pages from a family bible showing the descendants of George Bowers, 1823-1957.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_6114#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_6114","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_6114","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_6114","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_6114","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_6114.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/199083","title_ssm":["Bowers Family Genealogy"],"title_tesim":["Bowers Family Genealogy"],"unitdate_ssm":["1823-1957"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1823-1957"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1823/1957"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Bowers Family Genealogy, 1823/1957"],"text":["Bowers Family Genealogy, 1823/1957","A\u0026M 2240","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/6114","No special access restriction applies.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Pages from a family bible showing the descendants of George Bowers, 1823-1957.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Bowers family","Bowers family - Genealogy","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Bowers Family Genealogy, 1823/1957"],"collection_ssim":["Bowers Family Genealogy, 1823/1957"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 2240","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/6114"],"unitid_tesim":["A\u0026M 2240","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/6114"],"repository_ssm":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"creator_ssm":["Bowers family"],"creator_ssim":["Bowers family"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Bowers family","Bowers family - Genealogy"],"creators_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Bowers family","Bowers family - Genealogy"],"access_terms_ssm":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0 Linear Feet Summary: 4 pages"],"extent_tesim":["0 Linear Feet Summary: 4 pages"],"date_range_isim":[1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo special access restriction applies.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["No special access restriction applies."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Bowers Family Genealogy, A\u0026amp;M 2240, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Bowers Family Genealogy, A\u0026M 2240, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_ce0ded91341e0b7737e0d24a48aa3b4a\"\u003ePages from a family bible showing the descendants of George Bowers, 1823-1957.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Pages from a family bible showing the descendants of George Bowers, 1823-1957."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_62abe28c1e22c109db358efb3a19b7ef\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\"\u003eWest Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center"],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"famname_ssim":["Bowers family","Bowers family - Genealogy"],"names_coll_ssim":["Bowers family - Genealogy"],"names_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Bowers family","Bowers family - Genealogy"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:10:52.729Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_6114","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_6114","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_6114","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_6114","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_6114.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/199083","title_ssm":["Bowers Family Genealogy"],"title_tesim":["Bowers Family Genealogy"],"unitdate_ssm":["1823-1957"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1823-1957"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1823/1957"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Bowers Family Genealogy, 1823/1957"],"text":["Bowers Family Genealogy, 1823/1957","A\u0026M 2240","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/6114","No special access restriction applies.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Pages from a family bible showing the descendants of George Bowers, 1823-1957.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Bowers family","Bowers family - Genealogy","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Bowers Family Genealogy, 1823/1957"],"collection_ssim":["Bowers Family Genealogy, 1823/1957"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 2240","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/6114"],"unitid_tesim":["A\u0026M 2240","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/6114"],"repository_ssm":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"creator_ssm":["Bowers family"],"creator_ssim":["Bowers family"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Bowers family","Bowers family - Genealogy"],"creators_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Bowers family","Bowers family - Genealogy"],"access_terms_ssm":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0 Linear Feet Summary: 4 pages"],"extent_tesim":["0 Linear Feet Summary: 4 pages"],"date_range_isim":[1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo special access restriction applies.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["No special access restriction applies."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Bowers Family Genealogy, A\u0026amp;M 2240, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Bowers Family Genealogy, A\u0026M 2240, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_ce0ded91341e0b7737e0d24a48aa3b4a\"\u003ePages from a family bible showing the descendants of George Bowers, 1823-1957.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Pages from a family bible showing the descendants of George Bowers, 1823-1957."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_62abe28c1e22c109db358efb3a19b7ef\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\"\u003eWest Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center"],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"famname_ssim":["Bowers family","Bowers family - Genealogy"],"names_coll_ssim":["Bowers family - Genealogy"],"names_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Bowers family","Bowers family - Genealogy"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:10:52.729Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_6114"}}],"included":[{"type":"facet","id":"repository_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Repository","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Alexandria Library","value":"Alexandria Library","hits":137},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Alexandria+Library"}},{"attributes":{"label":"College of William and Mary","value":"College of William and Mary","hits":3125},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=College+of+William+and+Mary"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Colonial Williamsburg","value":"Colonial Williamsburg","hits":3},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Colonial+Williamsburg"}},{"attributes":{"label":"George Mason University","value":"George Mason University","hits":91},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=George+Mason+University"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Hampden-Sydney College","value":"Hampden-Sydney College","hits":50},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Hampden-Sydney+College"}},{"attributes":{"label":"James Madison University","value":"James Madison University","hits":202},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=James+Madison+University"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Library of Virginia","value":"Library of Virginia","hits":4},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Library+of+Virginia"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Longwood University","value":"Longwood University","hits":8},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Longwood+University"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Old Dominion University","value":"Old Dominion University","hits":116},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Old+Dominion+University"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Randolph-Macon College","value":"Randolph-Macon College","hits":5},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Randolph-Macon+College"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Shenandoah County Library","value":"Shenandoah County Library","hits":67},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Shenandoah+County+Library"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/repository_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3"}},{"type":"facet","id":"collection_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Collection","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"A Calendar of The Jefferson Papers of the University of Virginia","value":"A Calendar of The Jefferson Papers of the University of Virginia","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=A+Calendar+of+The+Jefferson+Papers+of+the+University+of+Virginia\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"A. E. Dick Howard papers, 1928/2017","value":"A. E. Dick Howard papers, 1928/2017","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=A.+E.+Dick+Howard+papers%2C+1928%2F2017\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"A. Willis Robertson Papers, 1921/1988, bulk 1946/1966","value":"A. Willis Robertson Papers, 1921/1988, bulk 1946/1966","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=A.+Willis+Robertson+Papers%2C+1921%2F1988%2C+bulk+1946%2F1966\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"A.C.L. Gatewood Papers, 1801/1919","value":"A.C.L. Gatewood Papers, 1801/1919","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=A.C.L.+Gatewood+Papers%2C+1801%2F1919\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"A.J. Morrison Collection, 1754/1975","value":"A.J. Morrison Collection, 1754/1975","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=A.J.+Morrison+Collection%2C+1754%2F1975\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"AEOC Society Minute Book, 1832/1837","value":"AEOC Society Minute Book, 1832/1837","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=AEOC+Society+Minute+Book%2C+1832%2F1837\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Aaron Harmon Collection (MS249), 1815/1836","value":"Aaron Harmon Collection (MS249), 1815/1836","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Aaron+Harmon+Collection+%28MS249%29%2C+1815%2F1836\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Abner Johnson Leavenworth Papers, 1825/1861","value":"Abner Johnson Leavenworth Papers, 1825/1861","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Abner+Johnson+Leavenworth+Papers%2C+1825%2F1861\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Abraham Davenport Ledger, 1804/1833","value":"Abraham Davenport Ledger, 1804/1833","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Abraham+Davenport+Ledger%2C+1804%2F1833\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Abraham Grove Account Book, 1815/1850","value":"Abraham Grove Account Book, 1815/1850","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Abraham+Grove+Account+Book%2C+1815%2F1850\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Account Book, Richmond, Virginia, 1824/1836","value":"Account Book, Richmond, Virginia, 1824/1836","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Account+Book%2C+Richmond%2C+Virginia%2C+1824%2F1836\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/collection_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3"}},{"type":"facet","id":"date_range_isim","attributes":{"label":"Date range","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"0","value":"0","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=0"}},{"attributes":{"label":"909","value":"909","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=909"}},{"attributes":{"label":"910","value":"910","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=910"}},{"attributes":{"label":"911","value":"911","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=911"}},{"attributes":{"label":"912","value":"912","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=912"}},{"attributes":{"label":"913","value":"913","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=913"}},{"attributes":{"label":"914","value":"914","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=914"}},{"attributes":{"label":"915","value":"915","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=915"}},{"attributes":{"label":"916","value":"916","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=916"}},{"attributes":{"label":"917","value":"917","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=917"}},{"attributes":{"label":"918","value":"918","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=918"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/date_range_isim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3"}},{"type":"facet","id":"creator_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Creator","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Ackerson, John Thaddeus, 1898-1975","value":"Ackerson, John Thaddeus, 1898-1975","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Ackerson%2C+John+Thaddeus%2C+1898-1975\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Adams family","value":"Adams family","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Adams+family\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Adams, Herbert Baxter, 1850-1901","value":"Adams, Herbert Baxter, 1850-1901","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Adams%2C+Herbert+Baxter%2C+1850-1901\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848","value":"Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Adams%2C+John+Quincy%2C+1767-1848\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Adams, John, 1735-1826","value":"Adams, John, 1735-1826","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Adams%2C+John%2C+1735-1826\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Adams, Louisa Catherine, 1775-1852","value":"Adams, Louisa Catherine, 1775-1852","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Adams%2C+Louisa+Catherine%2C+1775-1852\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Adams, Richard","value":"Adams, Richard","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Adams%2C+Richard\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Akers, Lilly \u0026 Ellison Families","value":"Akers, Lilly \u0026 Ellison Families","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Akers%2C+Lilly+%26+Ellison+Families\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alan Wofsy Fine Arts","value":"Alan Wofsy Fine Arts","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Alan+Wofsy+Fine+Arts\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alexander, Andrew","value":"Alexander, Andrew","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Alexander%2C+Andrew\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alexander, Hannah Lee Washington, 1811-1881","value":"Alexander, Hannah Lee Washington, 1811-1881","hits":3},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Alexander%2C+Hannah+Lee+Washington%2C+1811-1881\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/creator_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3"}},{"type":"facet","id":"names_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Names","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"A. K. Johnston","value":"A. K. Johnston","hits":3},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=A.+K.+Johnston"}},{"attributes":{"label":"A. W. Luster","value":"A. W. Luster","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=A.+W.+Luster"}},{"attributes":{"label":"A.E. McEwen","value":"A.E. McEwen","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=A.E.+McEwen"}},{"attributes":{"label":"A.G. Lichtenstein and Associates","value":"A.G. Lichtenstein and Associates","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=A.G.+Lichtenstein+and+Associates"}},{"attributes":{"label":"A.G. Spalding \u0026 Bros","value":"A.G. Spalding \u0026 Bros","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=A.G.+Spalding+%26+Bros"}},{"attributes":{"label":"ANTA (Organization)","value":"ANTA (Organization)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=ANTA+%28Organization%29"}},{"attributes":{"label":"ANTA West (Organization)","value":"ANTA West (Organization)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=ANTA+West+%28Organization%29"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Aaron Quinby","value":"Aaron Quinby","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Aaron+Quinby"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Abbott, W. R.","value":"Abbott, W. R.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Abbott%2C+W.+R."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Abercrombie \u0026 Fitch","value":"Abercrombie \u0026 Fitch","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Abercrombie+%26+Fitch"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Abraham Ortelius","value":"Abraham Ortelius","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Abraham+Ortelius"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/names_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3"}},{"type":"facet","id":"geogname_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Places","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Abb's Valley (Va. and W. Va.)","value":"Abb's Valley (Va. and W. Va.)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Abb%27s+Valley+%28Va.+and+W.+Va.%29"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Accomack County (Va.)--History","value":"Accomack County (Va.)--History","hits":4},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Accomack+County+%28Va.%29--History"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Accomack County, V.A.","value":"Accomack County, V.A.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Accomack+County%2C+V.A."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Acton (Eng. : Estate)","value":"Acton (Eng. : Estate)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Acton+%28Eng.+%3A+Estate%29"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Africa","value":"Africa","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Africa"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Africa, East--Maps","value":"Africa, East--Maps","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Africa%2C+East--Maps"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alabama","value":"Alabama","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Alabama"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alabama--History","value":"Alabama--History","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Alabama--History"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alabama--History--19th century","value":"Alabama--History--19th century","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Alabama--History--19th+century"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Albemarle County (Va.)","value":"Albemarle County (Va.)","hits":3},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Albemarle+County+%28Va.%29"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Albemarle County (Va.) -- Photographs.","value":"Albemarle County (Va.) -- Photographs.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Albemarle+County+%28Va.%29+--+Photographs."}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/geogname_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3"}},{"type":"facet","id":"access_subjects_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Subjects","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"19th century","value":"19th century","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=19th+century\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Abolition of slavery","value":"Abolition of slavery","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Abolition+of+slavery\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Abolitionists","value":"Abolitionists","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Abolitionists\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Academies","value":"Academies","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Academies\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Academies (Private schools)","value":"Academies (Private schools)","hits":10},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Academies+%28Private+schools%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Academies and Institutes.","value":"Academies and Institutes.","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Academies+and+Institutes.\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Account Books","value":"Account Books","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Account+Books\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Account books","value":"Account books","hits":206},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Account+books\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Account books -- Sources","value":"Account books -- Sources","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Account+books+--+Sources\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Account books -- Virginia -- Page County","value":"Account books -- Virginia -- Page County","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Account+books+--+Virginia+--+Page+County\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Account books -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","value":"Account books -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Account+books+--+Virginia+--+Rockingham+County\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/access_subjects_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3"}},{"type":"facet","id":"level_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Level","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Box","value":"Box","hits":369},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Box"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Collection","value":"Collection","hits":1467},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Collection"}},{"attributes":{"label":"File","value":"File","hits":3034},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=File"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Item","value":"Item","hits":2179},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Record Group","value":"Record Group","hits":6},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Record+Group"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Record group","value":"Record group","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Record+group"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Series","value":"Series","hits":643},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Series"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Sub-fonds","value":"Sub-fonds","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Sub-fonds"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Sub-group","value":"Sub-group","hits":3},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Sub-group"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Sub-series","value":"Sub-series","hits":232},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Sub-series"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/level_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3"}},{"type":"facet","id":"access","attributes":{"label":"Access","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Online access","value":"online","hits":60},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess%5D%5B%5D=online\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/access.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"all_fields","attributes":{"label":"All Fields"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=72\u0026search_field=all_fields"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"keyword","attributes":{"label":"Keyword"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=72\u0026search_field=keyword"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"name","attributes":{"label":"Name"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=72\u0026search_field=name"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"place","attributes":{"label":"Place"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=72\u0026search_field=place"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"subject","attributes":{"label":"Subject"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=72\u0026search_field=subject"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"title","attributes":{"label":"Title"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=72\u0026search_field=title"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"container","attributes":{"label":"Container"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=72\u0026search_field=container"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"identifier","attributes":{"label":"Identifier"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=72\u0026search_field=identifier"}},{"type":"sort","id":"score desc, title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"relevance"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=72\u0026sort=score+desc%2C+title_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"date (ascending)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=72\u0026sort=date_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"date (descending)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=72\u0026sort=date_sort+desc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"creator (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=72\u0026sort=creator_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"creator (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=72\u0026sort=creator_sort+desc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"title (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=72\u0026sort=title_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"title (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1833\u0026facet.page=3\u0026page=72\u0026sort=title_sort+desc"}}]}