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In April of 1861, in the days following the firing on Fort Sumter, the Virginia Convention debated and passed the Ordinance of Secession by an 85 to 55 vote. Loudoun County voted 1,626 to 726 for secession. Virginia's secession from the Union placed Loudoun not only on the border of two enemy nations, but also between two Union states, Maryland and West Virginia. \n","Loudoun County was a major crossroads for the Union and Confederacy with both armies traveling through the county at many points during the war. The county was the site for only one major battle, the Battle of Ball's Bluff. Many skirmishes, small actions, and raids took place in Loudoun, however. The county suffered the most devastation in late 1864 as a result of the \"Burning Raid\", when a division of Union soldiers were ordered to drive off livestock and burn barns and crops.","The Civil War ended on 6 April 1865 and Loudoun's civilian government was restored with their first post-war election on 1 June 1865. In 1872, Congress reimbursed many Union sympathizers in Loudoun County for property losses suffered during the war.","This collection consists of photocopies of letters and a diary relating to the Civil War and Loudoun County, Virginia. The letters from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) are mostly official correspondence, including letters from colonels, judge advocates, and the Secretary of War. The official correspondence includes requests of aid, complaints of threats, reports on rebel sympathizers, and more. The other Civil War letters are mostly letters of personal correspondence including letters from soldiers, friends, and family members. These letters include descriptions of Loudoun County, battles, and the \"Burning Raid.\"  A chronological list of items is included with both sets of letters. The diary of Charles E. 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In April of 1861, in the days following the firing on Fort Sumter, the Virginia Convention debated and passed the Ordinance of Secession by an 85 to 55 vote. Loudoun County voted 1,626 to 726 for secession. Virginia's secession from the Union placed Loudoun not only on the border of two enemy nations, but also between two Union states, Maryland and West Virginia. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoudoun County was a major crossroads for the Union and Confederacy with both armies traveling through the county at many points during the war. The county was the site for only one major battle, the Battle of Ball's Bluff. Many skirmishes, small actions, and raids took place in Loudoun, however. 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Loudoun County voted 1,626 to 726 for secession. Virginia's secession from the Union placed Loudoun not only on the border of two enemy nations, but also between two Union states, Maryland and West Virginia. \n","Loudoun County was a major crossroads for the Union and Confederacy with both armies traveling through the county at many points during the war. The county was the site for only one major battle, the Battle of Ball's Bluff. Many skirmishes, small actions, and raids took place in Loudoun, however. The county suffered the most devastation in late 1864 as a result of the \"Burning Raid\", when a division of Union soldiers were ordered to drive off livestock and burn barns and crops.","The Civil War ended on 6 April 1865 and Loudoun's civilian government was restored with their first post-war election on 1 June 1865. In 1872, Congress reimbursed many Union sympathizers in Loudoun County for property losses suffered during the war."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of photocopies of letters and a diary relating to the Civil War and Loudoun County, Virginia. The letters from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) are mostly official correspondence, including letters from colonels, judge advocates, and the Secretary of War. The official correspondence includes requests of aid, complaints of threats, reports on rebel sympathizers, and more. The other Civil War letters are mostly letters of personal correspondence including letters from soldiers, friends, and family members. These letters include descriptions of Loudoun County, battles, and the \"Burning Raid.\"  A chronological list of items is included with both sets of letters. The diary of Charles E. 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The southern and eastern portions of the county supported the South, while the northern and western portions of the county were sympathetic to the North. In April of 1861, in the days following the firing on Fort Sumter, the Virginia Convention debated and passed the Ordinance of Secession by an 85 to 55 vote. Loudoun County voted 1,626 to 726 for secession. Virginia's secession from the Union placed Loudoun not only on the border of two enemy nations, but also between two Union states, Maryland and West Virginia. \n","Loudoun County was a major crossroads for the Union and Confederacy with both armies traveling through the county at many points during the war. The county was the site for only one major battle, the Battle of Ball's Bluff. Many skirmishes, small actions, and raids took place in Loudoun, however. The county suffered the most devastation in late 1864 as a result of the \"Burning Raid\", when a division of Union soldiers were ordered to drive off livestock and burn barns and crops.","The Civil War ended on 6 April 1865 and Loudoun's civilian government was restored with their first post-war election on 1 June 1865. In 1872, Congress reimbursed many Union sympathizers in Loudoun County for property losses suffered during the war.","This collection consists of photocopies of letters and a diary relating to the Civil War and Loudoun County, Virginia. The letters from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) are mostly official correspondence, including letters from colonels, judge advocates, and the Secretary of War. The official correspondence includes requests of aid, complaints of threats, reports on rebel sympathizers, and more. The other Civil War letters are mostly letters of personal correspondence including letters from soldiers, friends, and family members. These letters include descriptions of Loudoun County, battles, and the \"Burning Raid.\"  A chronological list of items is included with both sets of letters. The diary of Charles E. Paxon (1818-1903) recorded events that took place in Loudoun including a list of deaths, battles, and other events.\n","This collection consists of photocopies of letters and a diary relating to the Civil War and Loudoun County, Virginia. The letters from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) are mostly official correspondence, including letters from colonels, judge advocates, and the Secretary of War. The official correspondence includes requests of aid, complaints of threats, reports on rebel sympathizers, and more. The other Civil War letters are mostly letters of personal correspondence including letters from soldiers, friends, and family members. These letters include descriptions of Loudoun County, battles, and the \"Burning Raid.\"  A chronological list of items is included with both sets of letters. The diary of Charles E. Paxon (1818-1903) recorded events that took place in Loudoun including a list of deaths, battles, and other events.\n","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0095\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Civil War Research Collection\n 1859-1865"],"collection_title_tesim":["Civil War Research Collection\n 1859-1865"],"collection_ssim":["Civil War Research Collection\n 1859-1865"],"repository_ssm":["Thomas Balch Library"],"repository_ssim":["Thomas Balch Library"],"creator_ssm":["Unknown\n"],"creator_ssim":["Unknown\n"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Unknown\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLoudoun County, Virginia was a divided county in 1861, even prior to the outbreak of the Civil War. 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","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viletbl_viletbl00013#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viletbl_viletbl00013","ead_ssi":"viletbl_viletbl00013","_root_":"viletbl_viletbl00013","_nest_parent_":"viletbl_viletbl00013","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/tbl/viletbl00013.xml","title_ssm":["Clinton Hatcher Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans Collection\n 1896-2006\n"],"title_tesim":["Clinton Hatcher Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans Collection\n 1896-2006\n"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["M 025\n"],"text":["M 025\n","Clinton Hatcher Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans Collection\n 1896-2006",".33 cu. ft.","Clinton Hatcher Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, was founded in 1896 in Loudoun County.  It was attached to Clinton Hatcher Camp #8, Confederate Veterans, organized in 1888.  Confederate Veterans (later United Confederate Veterans Association) was founded to provide aid to indigent Civil War soldiers and their families, and to serve as a memorial organization.  United Confederate Veterans was formally organized in June of1889 at a meeting in New Orleans.  Its organization was based on a military hierarchy, from a commander-in-chief down to local camps.  At its height, United Confederate Veterans' membership was nearly 160,000, about 25 percent of surviving southern soldiers.  The last reunion was held in 1951.","By 1896 sons of veterans were expressing interest in forming an organization to preserve and promote southern history.  United Confederate Veterans members urged them to do so, noting that the number of surviving veterans was steadily declining.  With this encouragement, they met in Richmond to found United Sons of Confederate Veterans, and 1 July 1896 adopted a constitution.  The organization's primary goals were to preserve and promote southern history and memorialize southern soldiers.  It was organized into three \"Armies,\" states grouped together regionally.  Individual states, called divisions, were divided into brigades, and the brigades into camps.   Like the United Confederate Veterans, Sons of Confederate Veterans' camps were named for Confederate soldiers.","Following the end of the Civil War, women's organizations formed throughout the south to provide aid to veterans, maintain cemeteries and create monuments.  One of the earliest was the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Confederate Soldiers Home in Tennessee, founded in 1890.  In 1892 the name was changed to Daughters of the Confederacy, and as time passed it became the custom to call all women's Confederate organizations by this name.  By 1894 it was decided that it would benefit the separate groups to come together as one organization.  First called National Daughters of the Confederacy, the name was changed to United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1895.  The organization was incorporated in 1919. ","Sgt. Thomas Clinton Lovett Hatcher, whose name was used by both the Loudoun County United Confederate Veterans and Sons of Confederate Veterans for their camps, was the flag-bearer for the 8th Virginia Infantry.  He was the son of Jonah (1810-1887) and Adeline Gregg (1811-1886) Hatcher of Loudoun County.  Born 20 December 1839, he was killed in the Battle of Ball's Bluff on 21 October 1861.  Ball's Bluff National Cemetery was established in 1865, and a commemorative marker to Hatcher stands outside of the wall surrounding the cemetery.","The collection is comprised of the records of Clinton Hatcher Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, with a few items from Clinton Hatcher Camp, United Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy, Chapter #29.  Inclusive dates for the collection are 1888-2006, with most items dating from 1896-1939.","The Sons of Confederate Veterans material includes correspondence, membership application forms, rolls of officers and members, minutes, financial records, and resolutions.  There is also a collection of documents with information about Loudoun County Civil War veterans and their descendants.  Materials from the ceremony held 28 October 2006 to commemorate the 145th anniversary of the death of Clinton Hatcher include photographs and memorial ribbons.  Of additional interest is the Hatcher family Bible, 1811-1887.","A minute book and two publications from United Confederate Veterans are in the collection, along with several receipts and affidavits from United Daughters of the Confederacy.  It is unclear how these items came to be included in the Sons of Confederate Veteran's records.","Records of Clinton Hatcher Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, with a few items from Clinton Hatcher Camp, United Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy, Chapter #29.  \n","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["M 025\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Clinton Hatcher Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans Collection\n 1896-2006"],"collection_title_tesim":["Clinton Hatcher Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans Collection\n 1896-2006"],"collection_ssim":["Clinton Hatcher Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans Collection\n 1896-2006"],"repository_ssm":["Thomas Balch Library"],"repository_ssim":["Thomas Balch Library"],"creator_ssm":["Clinton Hatcher Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans\n"],"creator_ssim":["Clinton Hatcher Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans\n"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Bruce McIntosh II, Waterford, VA and unknown\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":[".33 cu. ft."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eClinton Hatcher Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, was founded in 1896 in Loudoun County.  It was attached to Clinton Hatcher Camp #8, Confederate Veterans, organized in 1888.  Confederate Veterans (later United Confederate Veterans Association) was founded to provide aid to indigent Civil War soldiers and their families, and to serve as a memorial organization.  United Confederate Veterans was formally organized in June of1889 at a meeting in New Orleans.  Its organization was based on a military hierarchy, from a commander-in-chief down to local camps.  At its height, United Confederate Veterans' membership was nearly 160,000, about 25 percent of surviving southern soldiers.  The last reunion was held in 1951.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy 1896 sons of veterans were expressing interest in forming an organization to preserve and promote southern history.  United Confederate Veterans members urged them to do so, noting that the number of surviving veterans was steadily declining.  With this encouragement, they met in Richmond to found United Sons of Confederate Veterans, and 1 July 1896 adopted a constitution.  The organization's primary goals were to preserve and promote southern history and memorialize southern soldiers.  It was organized into three \"Armies,\" states grouped together regionally.  Individual states, called divisions, were divided into brigades, and the brigades into camps.   Like the United Confederate Veterans, Sons of Confederate Veterans' camps were named for Confederate soldiers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing the end of the Civil War, women's organizations formed throughout the south to provide aid to veterans, maintain cemeteries and create monuments.  One of the earliest was the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Confederate Soldiers Home in Tennessee, founded in 1890.  In 1892 the name was changed to Daughters of the Confederacy, and as time passed it became the custom to call all women's Confederate organizations by this name.  By 1894 it was decided that it would benefit the separate groups to come together as one organization.  First called National Daughters of the Confederacy, the name was changed to United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1895.  The organization was incorporated in 1919. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSgt. Thomas Clinton Lovett Hatcher, whose name was used by both the Loudoun County United Confederate Veterans and Sons of Confederate Veterans for their camps, was the flag-bearer for the 8th Virginia Infantry.  He was the son of Jonah (1810-1887) and Adeline Gregg (1811-1886) Hatcher of Loudoun County.  Born 20 December 1839, he was killed in the Battle of Ball's Bluff on 21 October 1861.  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The last reunion was held in 1951.","By 1896 sons of veterans were expressing interest in forming an organization to preserve and promote southern history.  United Confederate Veterans members urged them to do so, noting that the number of surviving veterans was steadily declining.  With this encouragement, they met in Richmond to found United Sons of Confederate Veterans, and 1 July 1896 adopted a constitution.  The organization's primary goals were to preserve and promote southern history and memorialize southern soldiers.  It was organized into three \"Armies,\" states grouped together regionally.  Individual states, called divisions, were divided into brigades, and the brigades into camps.   Like the United Confederate Veterans, Sons of Confederate Veterans' camps were named for Confederate soldiers.","Following the end of the Civil War, women's organizations formed throughout the south to provide aid to veterans, maintain cemeteries and create monuments.  One of the earliest was the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Confederate Soldiers Home in Tennessee, founded in 1890.  In 1892 the name was changed to Daughters of the Confederacy, and as time passed it became the custom to call all women's Confederate organizations by this name.  By 1894 it was decided that it would benefit the separate groups to come together as one organization.  First called National Daughters of the Confederacy, the name was changed to United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1895.  The organization was incorporated in 1919. ","Sgt. Thomas Clinton Lovett Hatcher, whose name was used by both the Loudoun County United Confederate Veterans and Sons of Confederate Veterans for their camps, was the flag-bearer for the 8th Virginia Infantry.  He was the son of Jonah (1810-1887) and Adeline Gregg (1811-1886) Hatcher of Loudoun County.  Born 20 December 1839, he was killed in the Battle of Ball's Bluff on 21 October 1861.  Ball's Bluff National Cemetery was established in 1865, and a commemorative marker to Hatcher stands outside of the wall surrounding the cemetery."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is comprised of the records of Clinton Hatcher Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, with a few items from Clinton Hatcher Camp, United Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy, Chapter #29.  Inclusive dates for the collection are 1888-2006, with most items dating from 1896-1939.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Sons of Confederate Veterans material includes correspondence, membership application forms, rolls of officers and members, minutes, financial records, and resolutions.  There is also a collection of documents with information about Loudoun County Civil War veterans and their descendants.  Materials from the ceremony held 28 October 2006 to commemorate the 145th anniversary of the death of Clinton Hatcher include photographs and memorial ribbons.  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There is also a collection of documents with information about Loudoun County Civil War veterans and their descendants.  Materials from the ceremony held 28 October 2006 to commemorate the 145th anniversary of the death of Clinton Hatcher include photographs and memorial ribbons.  Of additional interest is the Hatcher family Bible, 1811-1887.","A minute book and two publications from United Confederate Veterans are in the collection, along with several receipts and affidavits from United Daughters of the Confederacy.  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It was attached to Clinton Hatcher Camp #8, Confederate Veterans, organized in 1888.  Confederate Veterans (later United Confederate Veterans Association) was founded to provide aid to indigent Civil War soldiers and their families, and to serve as a memorial organization.  United Confederate Veterans was formally organized in June of1889 at a meeting in New Orleans.  Its organization was based on a military hierarchy, from a commander-in-chief down to local camps.  At its height, United Confederate Veterans' membership was nearly 160,000, about 25 percent of surviving southern soldiers.  The last reunion was held in 1951.","By 1896 sons of veterans were expressing interest in forming an organization to preserve and promote southern history.  United Confederate Veterans members urged them to do so, noting that the number of surviving veterans was steadily declining.  With this encouragement, they met in Richmond to found United Sons of Confederate Veterans, and 1 July 1896 adopted a constitution.  The organization's primary goals were to preserve and promote southern history and memorialize southern soldiers.  It was organized into three \"Armies,\" states grouped together regionally.  Individual states, called divisions, were divided into brigades, and the brigades into camps.   Like the United Confederate Veterans, Sons of Confederate Veterans' camps were named for Confederate soldiers.","Following the end of the Civil War, women's organizations formed throughout the south to provide aid to veterans, maintain cemeteries and create monuments.  One of the earliest was the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Confederate Soldiers Home in Tennessee, founded in 1890.  In 1892 the name was changed to Daughters of the Confederacy, and as time passed it became the custom to call all women's Confederate organizations by this name.  By 1894 it was decided that it would benefit the separate groups to come together as one organization.  First called National Daughters of the Confederacy, the name was changed to United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1895.  The organization was incorporated in 1919. ","Sgt. Thomas Clinton Lovett Hatcher, whose name was used by both the Loudoun County United Confederate Veterans and Sons of Confederate Veterans for their camps, was the flag-bearer for the 8th Virginia Infantry.  He was the son of Jonah (1810-1887) and Adeline Gregg (1811-1886) Hatcher of Loudoun County.  Born 20 December 1839, he was killed in the Battle of Ball's Bluff on 21 October 1861.  Ball's Bluff National Cemetery was established in 1865, and a commemorative marker to Hatcher stands outside of the wall surrounding the cemetery.","The collection is comprised of the records of Clinton Hatcher Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, with a few items from Clinton Hatcher Camp, United Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy, Chapter #29.  Inclusive dates for the collection are 1888-2006, with most items dating from 1896-1939.","The Sons of Confederate Veterans material includes correspondence, membership application forms, rolls of officers and members, minutes, financial records, and resolutions.  There is also a collection of documents with information about Loudoun County Civil War veterans and their descendants.  Materials from the ceremony held 28 October 2006 to commemorate the 145th anniversary of the death of Clinton Hatcher include photographs and memorial ribbons.  Of additional interest is the Hatcher family Bible, 1811-1887.","A minute book and two publications from United Confederate Veterans are in the collection, along with several receipts and affidavits from United Daughters of the Confederacy.  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The last reunion was held in 1951.","By 1896 sons of veterans were expressing interest in forming an organization to preserve and promote southern history.  United Confederate Veterans members urged them to do so, noting that the number of surviving veterans was steadily declining.  With this encouragement, they met in Richmond to found United Sons of Confederate Veterans, and 1 July 1896 adopted a constitution.  The organization's primary goals were to preserve and promote southern history and memorialize southern soldiers.  It was organized into three \"Armies,\" states grouped together regionally.  Individual states, called divisions, were divided into brigades, and the brigades into camps.   Like the United Confederate Veterans, Sons of Confederate Veterans' camps were named for Confederate soldiers.","Following the end of the Civil War, women's organizations formed throughout the south to provide aid to veterans, maintain cemeteries and create monuments.  One of the earliest was the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Confederate Soldiers Home in Tennessee, founded in 1890.  In 1892 the name was changed to Daughters of the Confederacy, and as time passed it became the custom to call all women's Confederate organizations by this name.  By 1894 it was decided that it would benefit the separate groups to come together as one organization.  First called National Daughters of the Confederacy, the name was changed to United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1895.  The organization was incorporated in 1919. ","Sgt. Thomas Clinton Lovett Hatcher, whose name was used by both the Loudoun County United Confederate Veterans and Sons of Confederate Veterans for their camps, was the flag-bearer for the 8th Virginia Infantry.  He was the son of Jonah (1810-1887) and Adeline Gregg (1811-1886) Hatcher of Loudoun County.  Born 20 December 1839, he was killed in the Battle of Ball's Bluff on 21 October 1861.  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The property extended south to the Leesburg and Snicker's Gap Turnpike (now Route 7) and north to the Washington and Ohio Railroad (later Washington and Old Dominion). In the mid-1880s the brothers constructed a two and a half story house with Italianate details. The farm was sold in 1889 and passed through several hands before the Cole family obtained it.\n","William Samson Cole (6 November 1867-3 August 1952) and his wife Katherine Virginia Cole (27 September 1874-27 June 1951) acquired the property and named it Shadowlawn Farm in 1917. They constructed and renovated specialized buildings for a modern and hygienic dairy operation. A milk parlor and roof ventilation cupolas were added to the large barn. The Coles also added a concrete stove silo and a dairy for storing milk at controlled temperatures. After Katherine died, William gave the farm to his son William Curtis Cole (15 March 1912-29 March 1989) and his wife Maxine (17 June 1917-2 June 2002). 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The property extended south to the Leesburg and Snicker's Gap Turnpike (now Route 7) and north to the Washington and Ohio Railroad (later Washington and Old Dominion). In the mid-1880s the brothers constructed a two and a half story house with Italianate details. The farm was sold in 1889 and passed through several hands before the Cole family obtained it.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Samson Cole (6 November 1867-3 August 1952) and his wife Katherine Virginia Cole (27 September 1874-27 June 1951) acquired the property and named it Shadowlawn Farm in 1917. They constructed and renovated specialized buildings for a modern and hygienic dairy operation. A milk parlor and roof ventilation cupolas were added to the large barn. The Coles also added a concrete stove silo and a dairy for storing milk at controlled temperatures. After Katherine died, William gave the farm to his son William Curtis Cole (15 March 1912-29 March 1989) and his wife Maxine (17 June 1917-2 June 2002). William Curtis Cole focused on the development of Holstein herds and the improvement of dairy animals and products in Loudoun County. In the 1970s, the Coles dispersed their registered herd and by 1986, sold all their land for residential development except for fifteen acres which is rented to a landscaping company.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Cole Farm was first owned by brothers Jonah Nichols Hampton (7 November 1858-10 September 1907) and James Frank Hampton (5 January 1861-20 January 1935), who purchased eighty-eight acres of land near Purcellville, Virginia in 1882. The property extended south to the Leesburg and Snicker's Gap Turnpike (now Route 7) and north to the Washington and Ohio Railroad (later Washington and Old Dominion). In the mid-1880s the brothers constructed a two and a half story house with Italianate details. The farm was sold in 1889 and passed through several hands before the Cole family obtained it.\n","William Samson Cole (6 November 1867-3 August 1952) and his wife Katherine Virginia Cole (27 September 1874-27 June 1951) acquired the property and named it Shadowlawn Farm in 1917. They constructed and renovated specialized buildings for a modern and hygienic dairy operation. A milk parlor and roof ventilation cupolas were added to the large barn. The Coles also added a concrete stove silo and a dairy for storing milk at controlled temperatures. After Katherine died, William gave the farm to his son William Curtis Cole (15 March 1912-29 March 1989) and his wife Maxine (17 June 1917-2 June 2002). William Curtis Cole focused on the development of Holstein herds and the improvement of dairy animals and products in Loudoun County. 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Powell Harrison, Jr. (25 Aug 1911-1 Nov 2000) to preserve \"early American\" architecture in businesses in downtown Leesburg.  Colonial Leesburg held numerous open houses and gatherings to encourage appreciation of Leesburg's historical landmarks.  Much of modern Leesburg, including its brick sidewalks and colonial-style buildings, is a product of this nonprofit corporation's efforts.\n","The Colonial Leesburg, Inc. Collection documents the establishment and accomplishments of Colonial Leesburg, Inc., a nonprofit organization founded to preserve Leesburg's colonial-style buildings.  Elements of the collection (pamphlets, blueprints, press releases, and newspaper clippings) are in overall good condition but should be handled carefully.  ","The first item in the collection is a pamphlet entitled \"Opportunity Leesburg and You.\"  It emphasizes Leesburg's major sites, including Washington's Headquarters and the Janney House, and states that Colonial Leesburg seeks to \"encourage and facilitate\" building restoration, and to generate information about Leesburg's history and heritage throughout the community.  The collection contains an annual report from November 1950, describing the first fiscal year as \"successful\" and listing architectural plans, consultations, and projects.  Architectural notes and sketches for downtown Leesburg's renovation are also included.  \"Suggested Outline: Leesburg Open House\" proposes plans for an organizational event that hopes to draw at least a thousand guests.  Reports from various meetings, newspaper clippings discussing the organization's goals, and a press release documenting the success of the Open House are among the succeeding items.  A transcript of the \"Leesburg\" pamphlet, written and distributed by the organization, notes Leesburg landmarks such as the Rust House, the Welbourn House and Garden, the Clerk's Office, and the Tally-Ho Theater.  There are also reports from the organization's Sidewalk Committee, which worked with the town to promote the use of brick for sidewalks in the historic parts of Leesburg.","Colonial Leesburg, Inc. Collection documents the establishment and accomplishments of Colonial Leesburg, Inc., a nonprofit organization founded to preserve Leesburg's colonial-style buildings. \n","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0029\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Colonial Leesburg, Inc. Collection\n ca. 1949-1954"],"collection_title_tesim":["Colonial Leesburg, Inc. Collection\n ca. 1949-1954"],"collection_ssim":["Colonial Leesburg, Inc. Collection\n ca. 1949-1954"],"repository_ssm":["Thomas Balch Library"],"repository_ssim":["Thomas Balch Library"],"creator_ssm":["Unknown, B. 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Reports from various meetings, newspaper clippings discussing the organization's goals, and a press release documenting the success of the Open House are among the succeeding items.  A transcript of the \"Leesburg\" pamphlet, written and distributed by the organization, notes Leesburg landmarks such as the Rust House, the Welbourn House and Garden, the Clerk's Office, and the Tally-Ho Theater.  There are also reports from the organization's Sidewalk Committee, which worked with the town to promote the use of brick for sidewalks in the historic parts of Leesburg."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eColonial Leesburg, Inc. Collection documents the establishment and accomplishments of Colonial Leesburg, Inc., a nonprofit organization founded to preserve Leesburg's colonial-style buildings. \n\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Colonial Leesburg, Inc. 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Connie graduated from Lincoln High School; she then attended a business college in Washington, D.C. and worked for the Treasury Department for several years. After working in Washington, she attended Harrisonburg State Teacher's College and the University of Virginia. Connie taught school in Loudoun County for eight years, and then worked as a secretary.\n","She lived with her parents in Purcellville until her father died in 1943, after which Connie and her mother moved to Leesburg. Her mother died 1948. Connie remained in Leesburg until her own death in 1990. Though she joined the United Methodist Church as an adult, she is buried with her parents in Goose Creek Burial Grounds in Lincoln.","This collection consists primarily of three scrapbooks maintained by Connie Welsh in 1938-1940. The scrapbooks contain clippings from Loudoun County newspapers about births, deaths, marriages, dances, parties, local interest stories, and property transfers. 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Connie taught school in Loudoun County for eight years, and then worked as a secretary.\n","She lived with her parents in Purcellville until her father died in 1943, after which Connie and her mother moved to Leesburg. Her mother died 1948. Connie remained in Leesburg until her own death in 1990. Though she joined the United Methodist Church as an adult, she is buried with her parents in Goose Creek Burial Grounds in Lincoln."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists primarily of three scrapbooks maintained by Connie Welsh in 1938-1940. The scrapbooks contain clippings from Loudoun County newspapers about births, deaths, marriages, dances, parties, local interest stories, and property transfers. The first scrapbook was probably created in 1938 and 1939, but contains material from much earlier, such as an invitation to her parents' wedding in 1890 and the published wedding announcement. Inserted material from Scrapbook 2 includes a small photograph of Connie and a cutting of her hair. There is a notebook filled with anecdotes and jokes, some of which are suggestive. Also included is a detailed account of the sale of Susan Welch's personal property in 1946 with the names of those who bought items and the prices they paid.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists primarily of three scrapbooks maintained by Connie Welsh in 1938-1940. The scrapbooks contain clippings from Loudoun County newspapers about births, deaths, marriages, dances, parties, local interest stories, and property transfers. The first scrapbook was probably created in 1938 and 1939, but contains material from much earlier, such as an invitation to her parents' wedding in 1890 and the published wedding announcement. Inserted material from Scrapbook 2 includes a small photograph of Connie and a cutting of her hair. 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Constance Williams deBordenave is the granddaughter of Harrison Williams and Pauline Marechal Winslow Williams, and the great-granddaughter of Griffin Stedman Williams, Mary Pearce Harrison, and William Grandy Winslow, and the great-great-granddaughter of William Williams and Lovisa Kirkland Stedman Williams.\n","William Williams (6 September 1815-10 September 1876) was born in Bolton, Connecticut to Samuel (8 February 1785-5 July1876) and Sarah White Williams (1787-22 August 1849).  He married Lovisa Kirkland Stedman (11 September 1815-27 September 1895) on 9 October 1838.  Lovisa Kirkland Stedman was the daughter of Griffin (27 September 1770-?) and Elizabeth Gordon (?-1822) Stedman.  The Williams had three children: Catherine Stedman (4 August 1839-17 January 1841), Griffin Stedman (11 September 1841-7 March 1911), and Charles Gordon (23 December 1847-6 September 1897).","After marrying Williams took a cashier job at Bank of Sandusky in Sandusky, Ohio.  Deciding Sandusky did not offer the opportunities he desired, he and his wife settled in Buffalo in 1839.  He and his uncle George C. White (28 November 1804-30 May 1869) opened a bank branch in Buffalo called White and Williams.  The bank prospered, and reorganized in 1844 as White's Bank of Buffalo.  Williams continued to clerk there for 12 years.  In 1856 Williams and some friends founded Clinton Bank of Buffalo.  It survived the panic of 1857, but closed four years later as the financial markets faced continued uncertainty.  ","Williams, by then a prominent financier, served as one of the original directors and later as president of a company formed to construct a railroad from Buffalo to Erie.  He Williams helped orchestrate its consolidation with other railroads to form Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Company in 1869.  He was elected first vice president of the new corporation.  He served as a director of Michigan Southern Railroad Company and in 1873 was elected a director of Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad Co.  In addition to his involvement with the railroads, Williams financed a number of other industrial concerns such as mining and canals.","Williams also played a role in Buffalo's social and cultural affairs.  He was one of the incorporators of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy in 1862.  He also helped establish the Buffalo Club, an exclusive men's club, which organized in 1867.","Williams started his political career in 1841, when he was elected City Treasurer of Buffalo.  In 1845 he was elected to the city's Common Council.  In 1866 Williams was elected to the New York Assembly on the Democratic ticket; he was re-elected the following year.  In 1870 Williams accepted the 30th New York District Democratic nomination for the Forty-second Congress on the condition that Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), a young lawyer in his personal attorney's office, would be nominated for sheriff of Erie County.  Williams helped finance both campaigns, and both men were elected.  He served from 1871-1873, but was unsuccessful in his attempt to be re-elected to the Forty-third Congress in 1872. ","Williams withdrew from politics and business as his health deteriorated in 1874.  He suffered severe financial losses during the panic of 1873, which his family believed hastened his decline.  He died at home 10 September 1876.  Lovisa returned to Connecticut where she lived with their son, Charles.  She died in Windsor, Connecticut 27 September 1895.  ","Griffin Stedman Williams, attended schools in Buffalo and Ohio, and completed his education at Rev. Dr. Thomas C. Reed's (ca. 1810-?) Walnut Hill School in Geneva, New York in 1859.  In 1859 he took a clerkship in Clinton Bank of Buffalo, and later went to work for James C. Harrison.  His early business career was disrupted with the outbreak of the Civil War.  He served as a first lieutenant in the 132nd New York Volunteers.   Williams contracted a severe case of camp fever while in the field that disabled him, and he received an honorable discharge 10 February 1864.  Williams returned to Buffalo to recuperate in his parents' home.  His father arranged for a year of travel and Williams set sail in May 1864 for the British Isles, Europe, and Middle East.  He spent another year travelling in 1869, sailing from San Francisco for Japan and Europe.  ","He married Mary Pearce Harrison (12 November 1849-April 25, 1909) on 20 December 1871 in Buffalo.  Mary Pearce Harrison was born in Erie, Pennsylvania to James Cooke Harrison and Mary Wilson Pearce on 12 November 1849.   She attended private schools in Buffalo and a select girls' school in New York City, Mrs. Ogden Hoffman's French and English Boarding and Day School, from 1864-1868.  The Williams had three children: Harrison (28 February 1873-9 June 1946), Mary Stedman (5 February 1875- ?), and Gordon (1 September 1876-4 October 1925).  ","On 9 September 1885 Griffin Stedman Williams was appointed Consul of the United States at Nottingham, England by President Grover Cleveland.  He held the consulate post until 1890.  He died 8 March 1911 after a long illness.","Harrison Williams (28 February 1873-9 June 1946) attended University School in Nottingham, and from 1890-1891 he attended Chateau de Lancy School near Geneva, Switzerland.   He attended law school at University of Buffalo, graduating in 1893, and was admitted to the bar the following year.  Williams practiced law until 1897, when he accepted a job as tax agent for the Erie Railroad Company in New York City.  In 1902 he became head of the tax department, and in 1907 was named head of the General Land and Tax Department of the Erie Railroad System, specializing in tax law. ","On 8 May 1901, he married Jane Kirby Abbott (4 March 1875-22 May 1909) in Marshalltown, Iowa.  They had one child, Harrison Jr., born in New York City on 6 February 1904.  By 1907 Jane had become seriously ill and moved back to Marshalltown to stay with her mother.  She died in 1909.  Harrison Williams married a second time in 1910.  He and Pauline Marechal Winslow (1 July 1872-29 November 1933) wed December 29.  Pauline, daughter of William Grandy (14 April 1845-17 September 1910) and Ida Stone (14 May 1847-16 June 1896) Winslow, was born and educated in Buffalo.  ","When Williams retired from practicing law in 1913, the family moved to Williamsted, a farm Williams had purchased several years before located outside of Leesburg, Virginia.  He had built a large residence on the property which he used as a vacation home.  Williams sold the farm in 1920, and in 1923 he bought another piece of Loudoun County property on which he built a house he called Roxbury Hall, named for an ancestral home in Massachusetts.  ","The Constance Williams deBordenave Collection contains correspondence, documents, diaries, photographs created by members of the Williams, Harrison, and Winslow families.  The collection contains the diaries of William G. Winslow for the year 1860, a “line a day” diary of Pauline Marechal Winslow Williams from 1911-1933, and a few pages of an undated diary kept by an unknown family member recording the details of a trip to Europe.  The collection contains correspondence of Mary Pearce Harrison and her parents during her time in boarding school in New York City, letters from William Williams to his son Griffin Stedman Williams, and a letter from Harrison Williams to his father Griffin Stedman Williams, an invitation to the wedding of Griffin Stedman Williams and Mary Pearce Harrison, and several calling cards. Correspondence to and from Pauline Marechal Winslow Williams dating between 1896 and 1931 is also included.   In addition, the collection contains documents including a stock certificate belonging to William Williams, customs and shipping forms from Calcutta and Japan belonging to Griffin Stedman Williams, an information sheet for Miss Ogden’s Boarding School, a complimentary pass for a sleeping car on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad for “G.S. Williams and wife,” and a bill of sale for the estate of William Williams to Lovisa K. Williams.  The collection also contains a copy of  The redeemed captive returning to Zion: or, A faithful history of remarkable occurrences in the captivity and deliverance of Mr. John Williams, Minister of the Gospel in Deerfield ; who, in the desolation which befel that plantation, by an incursion of French and Indians, was by them carried away, with his family and his neighbourhood, into Canada , written by the Reverend John Williams of Deerfield, Massachusetts as well as a letter from the author presenting the book to his son, and information about the purchase of the book and letter by Harrison Williams in 1935.\n","The visual collection contains a small album of tintype portraits of unidentified young women, as well as several loose photographs of family members, landscapes, and other subjects. Of particular note are photographs of Williamsted that include family members, tenants, and workers at the farm.   There is also a postcard of the wedding dress worn by from the Loudoun museum, and a photograph of the home of the Reverend John Williams in Massachusetts.  Constance Williams deBordenave compiled a photograph album with many digital copies of family photographs and detailed information about family history.  This album has been disassembled for preservation purposes.","The Constance Williams deBordenave Collection contains correspondence, documents, diaries, photographs created by members of the Williams, Harrison, and Winslow families.  \n","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["M 102, ART 006, VC 064\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Constance Williams deBordenave Collection, \n 1795-1935"],"collection_title_tesim":["Constance Williams deBordenave Collection, \n 1795-1935"],"collection_ssim":["Constance Williams deBordenave Collection, \n 1795-1935"],"repository_ssm":["Thomas Balch Library"],"repository_ssim":["Thomas Balch Library"],"creator_ssm":["Constance Williams deBordenave\n"],"creator_ssim":["Constance Williams deBordenave\n"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Constance Williams deBordenave, Heathsville, VA\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["."],"extent_ssm":[".43"],"extent_tesim":[".43"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Constance Williams deBordenave Collection contain materials created by members of the Williams Family.  Constance Williams deBordenave is the granddaughter of Harrison Williams and Pauline Marechal Winslow Williams, and the great-granddaughter of Griffin Stedman Williams, Mary Pearce Harrison, and William Grandy Winslow, and the great-great-granddaughter of William Williams and Lovisa Kirkland Stedman Williams.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Williams (6 September 1815-10 September 1876) was born in Bolton, Connecticut to Samuel (8 February 1785-5 July1876) and Sarah White Williams (1787-22 August 1849).  He married Lovisa Kirkland Stedman (11 September 1815-27 September 1895) on 9 October 1838.  Lovisa Kirkland Stedman was the daughter of Griffin (27 September 1770-?) and Elizabeth Gordon (?-1822) Stedman.  The Williams had three children: Catherine Stedman (4 August 1839-17 January 1841), Griffin Stedman (11 September 1841-7 March 1911), and Charles Gordon (23 December 1847-6 September 1897).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter marrying Williams took a cashier job at Bank of Sandusky in Sandusky, Ohio.  Deciding Sandusky did not offer the opportunities he desired, he and his wife settled in Buffalo in 1839.  He and his uncle George C. White (28 November 1804-30 May 1869) opened a bank branch in Buffalo called White and Williams.  The bank prospered, and reorganized in 1844 as White's Bank of Buffalo.  Williams continued to clerk there for 12 years.  In 1856 Williams and some friends founded Clinton Bank of Buffalo.  It survived the panic of 1857, but closed four years later as the financial markets faced continued uncertainty.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliams, by then a prominent financier, served as one of the original directors and later as president of a company formed to construct a railroad from Buffalo to Erie.  He Williams helped orchestrate its consolidation with other railroads to form Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Company in 1869.  He was elected first vice president of the new corporation.  He served as a director of Michigan Southern Railroad Company and in 1873 was elected a director of Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad Co.  In addition to his involvement with the railroads, Williams financed a number of other industrial concerns such as mining and canals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliams also played a role in Buffalo's social and cultural affairs.  He was one of the incorporators of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy in 1862.  He also helped establish the Buffalo Club, an exclusive men's club, which organized in 1867.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliams started his political career in 1841, when he was elected City Treasurer of Buffalo.  In 1845 he was elected to the city's Common Council.  In 1866 Williams was elected to the New York Assembly on the Democratic ticket; he was re-elected the following year.  In 1870 Williams accepted the 30th New York District Democratic nomination for the Forty-second Congress on the condition that Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), a young lawyer in his personal attorney's office, would be nominated for sheriff of Erie County.  Williams helped finance both campaigns, and both men were elected.  He served from 1871-1873, but was unsuccessful in his attempt to be re-elected to the Forty-third Congress in 1872. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliams withdrew from politics and business as his health deteriorated in 1874.  He suffered severe financial losses during the panic of 1873, which his family believed hastened his decline.  He died at home 10 September 1876.  Lovisa returned to Connecticut where she lived with their son, Charles.  She died in Windsor, Connecticut 27 September 1895.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGriffin Stedman Williams, attended schools in Buffalo and Ohio, and completed his education at Rev. Dr. Thomas C. Reed's (ca. 1810-?) Walnut Hill School in Geneva, New York in 1859.  In 1859 he took a clerkship in Clinton Bank of Buffalo, and later went to work for James C. Harrison.  His early business career was disrupted with the outbreak of the Civil War.  He served as a first lieutenant in the 132nd New York Volunteers.   Williams contracted a severe case of camp fever while in the field that disabled him, and he received an honorable discharge 10 February 1864.  Williams returned to Buffalo to recuperate in his parents' home.  His father arranged for a year of travel and Williams set sail in May 1864 for the British Isles, Europe, and Middle East.  He spent another year travelling in 1869, sailing from San Francisco for Japan and Europe.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe married Mary Pearce Harrison (12 November 1849-April 25, 1909) on 20 December 1871 in Buffalo.  Mary Pearce Harrison was born in Erie, Pennsylvania to James Cooke Harrison and Mary Wilson Pearce on 12 November 1849.   She attended private schools in Buffalo and a select girls' school in New York City, Mrs. Ogden Hoffman's French and English Boarding and Day School, from 1864-1868.  The Williams had three children: Harrison (28 February 1873-9 June 1946), Mary Stedman (5 February 1875- ?), and Gordon (1 September 1876-4 October 1925).  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn 9 September 1885 Griffin Stedman Williams was appointed Consul of the United States at Nottingham, England by President Grover Cleveland.  He held the consulate post until 1890.  He died 8 March 1911 after a long illness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarrison Williams (28 February 1873-9 June 1946) attended University School in Nottingham, and from 1890-1891 he attended Chateau de Lancy School near Geneva, Switzerland.   He attended law school at University of Buffalo, graduating in 1893, and was admitted to the bar the following year.  Williams practiced law until 1897, when he accepted a job as tax agent for the Erie Railroad Company in New York City.  In 1902 he became head of the tax department, and in 1907 was named head of the General Land and Tax Department of the Erie Railroad System, specializing in tax law. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn 8 May 1901, he married Jane Kirby Abbott (4 March 1875-22 May 1909) in Marshalltown, Iowa.  They had one child, Harrison Jr., born in New York City on 6 February 1904.  By 1907 Jane had become seriously ill and moved back to Marshalltown to stay with her mother.  She died in 1909.  Harrison Williams married a second time in 1910.  He and Pauline Marechal Winslow (1 July 1872-29 November 1933) wed December 29.  Pauline, daughter of William Grandy (14 April 1845-17 September 1910) and Ida Stone (14 May 1847-16 June 1896) Winslow, was born and educated in Buffalo.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhen Williams retired from practicing law in 1913, the family moved to Williamsted, a farm Williams had purchased several years before located outside of Leesburg, Virginia.  He had built a large residence on the property which he used as a vacation home.  Williams sold the farm in 1920, and in 1923 he bought another piece of Loudoun County property on which he built a house he called Roxbury Hall, named for an ancestral home in Massachusetts.  \u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Constance Williams deBordenave Collection contain materials created by members of the Williams Family.  Constance Williams deBordenave is the granddaughter of Harrison Williams and Pauline Marechal Winslow Williams, and the great-granddaughter of Griffin Stedman Williams, Mary Pearce Harrison, and William Grandy Winslow, and the great-great-granddaughter of William Williams and Lovisa Kirkland Stedman Williams.\n","William Williams (6 September 1815-10 September 1876) was born in Bolton, Connecticut to Samuel (8 February 1785-5 July1876) and Sarah White Williams (1787-22 August 1849).  He married Lovisa Kirkland Stedman (11 September 1815-27 September 1895) on 9 October 1838.  Lovisa Kirkland Stedman was the daughter of Griffin (27 September 1770-?) and Elizabeth Gordon (?-1822) Stedman.  The Williams had three children: Catherine Stedman (4 August 1839-17 January 1841), Griffin Stedman (11 September 1841-7 March 1911), and Charles Gordon (23 December 1847-6 September 1897).","After marrying Williams took a cashier job at Bank of Sandusky in Sandusky, Ohio.  Deciding Sandusky did not offer the opportunities he desired, he and his wife settled in Buffalo in 1839.  He and his uncle George C. White (28 November 1804-30 May 1869) opened a bank branch in Buffalo called White and Williams.  The bank prospered, and reorganized in 1844 as White's Bank of Buffalo.  Williams continued to clerk there for 12 years.  In 1856 Williams and some friends founded Clinton Bank of Buffalo.  It survived the panic of 1857, but closed four years later as the financial markets faced continued uncertainty.  ","Williams, by then a prominent financier, served as one of the original directors and later as president of a company formed to construct a railroad from Buffalo to Erie.  He Williams helped orchestrate its consolidation with other railroads to form Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Company in 1869.  He was elected first vice president of the new corporation.  He served as a director of Michigan Southern Railroad Company and in 1873 was elected a director of Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad Co.  In addition to his involvement with the railroads, Williams financed a number of other industrial concerns such as mining and canals.","Williams also played a role in Buffalo's social and cultural affairs.  He was one of the incorporators of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy in 1862.  He also helped establish the Buffalo Club, an exclusive men's club, which organized in 1867.","Williams started his political career in 1841, when he was elected City Treasurer of Buffalo.  In 1845 he was elected to the city's Common Council.  In 1866 Williams was elected to the New York Assembly on the Democratic ticket; he was re-elected the following year.  In 1870 Williams accepted the 30th New York District Democratic nomination for the Forty-second Congress on the condition that Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), a young lawyer in his personal attorney's office, would be nominated for sheriff of Erie County.  Williams helped finance both campaigns, and both men were elected.  He served from 1871-1873, but was unsuccessful in his attempt to be re-elected to the Forty-third Congress in 1872. ","Williams withdrew from politics and business as his health deteriorated in 1874.  He suffered severe financial losses during the panic of 1873, which his family believed hastened his decline.  He died at home 10 September 1876.  Lovisa returned to Connecticut where she lived with their son, Charles.  She died in Windsor, Connecticut 27 September 1895.  ","Griffin Stedman Williams, attended schools in Buffalo and Ohio, and completed his education at Rev. Dr. Thomas C. Reed's (ca. 1810-?) Walnut Hill School in Geneva, New York in 1859.  In 1859 he took a clerkship in Clinton Bank of Buffalo, and later went to work for James C. Harrison.  His early business career was disrupted with the outbreak of the Civil War.  He served as a first lieutenant in the 132nd New York Volunteers.   Williams contracted a severe case of camp fever while in the field that disabled him, and he received an honorable discharge 10 February 1864.  Williams returned to Buffalo to recuperate in his parents' home.  His father arranged for a year of travel and Williams set sail in May 1864 for the British Isles, Europe, and Middle East.  He spent another year travelling in 1869, sailing from San Francisco for Japan and Europe.  ","He married Mary Pearce Harrison (12 November 1849-April 25, 1909) on 20 December 1871 in Buffalo.  Mary Pearce Harrison was born in Erie, Pennsylvania to James Cooke Harrison and Mary Wilson Pearce on 12 November 1849.   She attended private schools in Buffalo and a select girls' school in New York City, Mrs. Ogden Hoffman's French and English Boarding and Day School, from 1864-1868.  The Williams had three children: Harrison (28 February 1873-9 June 1946), Mary Stedman (5 February 1875- ?), and Gordon (1 September 1876-4 October 1925).  ","On 9 September 1885 Griffin Stedman Williams was appointed Consul of the United States at Nottingham, England by President Grover Cleveland.  He held the consulate post until 1890.  He died 8 March 1911 after a long illness.","Harrison Williams (28 February 1873-9 June 1946) attended University School in Nottingham, and from 1890-1891 he attended Chateau de Lancy School near Geneva, Switzerland.   He attended law school at University of Buffalo, graduating in 1893, and was admitted to the bar the following year.  Williams practiced law until 1897, when he accepted a job as tax agent for the Erie Railroad Company in New York City.  In 1902 he became head of the tax department, and in 1907 was named head of the General Land and Tax Department of the Erie Railroad System, specializing in tax law. ","On 8 May 1901, he married Jane Kirby Abbott (4 March 1875-22 May 1909) in Marshalltown, Iowa.  They had one child, Harrison Jr., born in New York City on 6 February 1904.  By 1907 Jane had become seriously ill and moved back to Marshalltown to stay with her mother.  She died in 1909.  Harrison Williams married a second time in 1910.  He and Pauline Marechal Winslow (1 July 1872-29 November 1933) wed December 29.  Pauline, daughter of William Grandy (14 April 1845-17 September 1910) and Ida Stone (14 May 1847-16 June 1896) Winslow, was born and educated in Buffalo.  ","When Williams retired from practicing law in 1913, the family moved to Williamsted, a farm Williams had purchased several years before located outside of Leesburg, Virginia.  He had built a large residence on the property which he used as a vacation home.  Williams sold the farm in 1920, and in 1923 he bought another piece of Loudoun County property on which he built a house he called Roxbury Hall, named for an ancestral home in Massachusetts.  "],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Constance Williams deBordenave Collection contains correspondence, documents, diaries, photographs created by members of the Williams, Harrison, and Winslow families.  The collection contains the diaries of William G. Winslow for the year 1860, a “line a day” diary of Pauline Marechal Winslow Williams from 1911-1933, and a few pages of an undated diary kept by an unknown family member recording the details of a trip to Europe.  The collection contains correspondence of Mary Pearce Harrison and her parents during her time in boarding school in New York City, letters from William Williams to his son Griffin Stedman Williams, and a letter from Harrison Williams to his father Griffin Stedman Williams, an invitation to the wedding of Griffin Stedman Williams and Mary Pearce Harrison, and several calling cards. Correspondence to and from Pauline Marechal Winslow Williams dating between 1896 and 1931 is also included.   In addition, the collection contains documents including a stock certificate belonging to William Williams, customs and shipping forms from Calcutta and Japan belonging to Griffin Stedman Williams, an information sheet for Miss Ogden’s Boarding School, a complimentary pass for a sleeping car on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad for “G.S. Williams and wife,” and a bill of sale for the estate of William Williams to Lovisa K. Williams.  The collection also contains a copy of \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe redeemed captive returning to Zion: or, A faithful history of remarkable occurrences in the captivity and deliverance of Mr. John Williams, Minister of the Gospel in Deerfield ; who, in the desolation which befel that plantation, by an incursion of French and Indians, was by them carried away, with his family and his neighbourhood, into Canada\u003c/title\u003e, written by the Reverend John Williams of Deerfield, Massachusetts as well as a letter from the author presenting the book to his son, and information about the purchase of the book and letter by Harrison Williams in 1935.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe visual collection contains a small album of tintype portraits of unidentified young women, as well as several loose photographs of family members, landscapes, and other subjects. Of particular note are photographs of Williamsted that include family members, tenants, and workers at the farm.   There is also a postcard of the wedding dress worn by from the Loudoun museum, and a photograph of the home of the Reverend John Williams in Massachusetts.  Constance Williams deBordenave compiled a photograph album with many digital copies of family photographs and detailed information about family history.  This album has been disassembled for preservation purposes.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Constance Williams deBordenave Collection contains correspondence, documents, diaries, photographs created by members of the Williams, Harrison, and Winslow families.  The collection contains the diaries of William G. Winslow for the year 1860, a “line a day” diary of Pauline Marechal Winslow Williams from 1911-1933, and a few pages of an undated diary kept by an unknown family member recording the details of a trip to Europe.  The collection contains correspondence of Mary Pearce Harrison and her parents during her time in boarding school in New York City, letters from William Williams to his son Griffin Stedman Williams, and a letter from Harrison Williams to his father Griffin Stedman Williams, an invitation to the wedding of Griffin Stedman Williams and Mary Pearce Harrison, and several calling cards. Correspondence to and from Pauline Marechal Winslow Williams dating between 1896 and 1931 is also included.   In addition, the collection contains documents including a stock certificate belonging to William Williams, customs and shipping forms from Calcutta and Japan belonging to Griffin Stedman Williams, an information sheet for Miss Ogden’s Boarding School, a complimentary pass for a sleeping car on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad for “G.S. Williams and wife,” and a bill of sale for the estate of William Williams to Lovisa K. Williams.  The collection also contains a copy of  The redeemed captive returning to Zion: or, A faithful history of remarkable occurrences in the captivity and deliverance of Mr. John Williams, Minister of the Gospel in Deerfield ; who, in the desolation which befel that plantation, by an incursion of French and Indians, was by them carried away, with his family and his neighbourhood, into Canada , written by the Reverend John Williams of Deerfield, Massachusetts as well as a letter from the author presenting the book to his son, and information about the purchase of the book and letter by Harrison Williams in 1935.\n","The visual collection contains a small album of tintype portraits of unidentified young women, as well as several loose photographs of family members, landscapes, and other subjects. Of particular note are photographs of Williamsted that include family members, tenants, and workers at the farm.   There is also a postcard of the wedding dress worn by from the Loudoun museum, and a photograph of the home of the Reverend John Williams in Massachusetts.  Constance Williams deBordenave compiled a photograph album with many digital copies of family photographs and detailed information about family history.  This album has been disassembled for preservation purposes."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Constance Williams deBordenave Collection contains correspondence, documents, diaries, photographs created by members of the Williams, Harrison, and Winslow families.  \n\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The Constance Williams deBordenave Collection contains correspondence, documents, diaries, photographs created by members of the Williams, Harrison, and Winslow families.  \n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":75,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-04-30T21:29:12.546Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viletbl_viletbl00262","ead_ssi":"viletbl_viletbl00262","_root_":"viletbl_viletbl00262","_nest_parent_":"viletbl_viletbl00262","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/tbl/viletbl00262.xml","title_ssm":["Constance Williams deBordenave Collection, \n 1795-1935\n"],"title_tesim":["Constance Williams deBordenave Collection, \n 1795-1935\n"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["M 102, ART 006, VC 064\n"],"text":["M 102, ART 006, VC 064\n","Constance Williams deBordenave Collection, \n 1795-1935",".","The Constance Williams deBordenave Collection contain materials created by members of the Williams Family.  Constance Williams deBordenave is the granddaughter of Harrison Williams and Pauline Marechal Winslow Williams, and the great-granddaughter of Griffin Stedman Williams, Mary Pearce Harrison, and William Grandy Winslow, and the great-great-granddaughter of William Williams and Lovisa Kirkland Stedman Williams.\n","William Williams (6 September 1815-10 September 1876) was born in Bolton, Connecticut to Samuel (8 February 1785-5 July1876) and Sarah White Williams (1787-22 August 1849).  He married Lovisa Kirkland Stedman (11 September 1815-27 September 1895) on 9 October 1838.  Lovisa Kirkland Stedman was the daughter of Griffin (27 September 1770-?) and Elizabeth Gordon (?-1822) Stedman.  The Williams had three children: Catherine Stedman (4 August 1839-17 January 1841), Griffin Stedman (11 September 1841-7 March 1911), and Charles Gordon (23 December 1847-6 September 1897).","After marrying Williams took a cashier job at Bank of Sandusky in Sandusky, Ohio.  Deciding Sandusky did not offer the opportunities he desired, he and his wife settled in Buffalo in 1839.  He and his uncle George C. White (28 November 1804-30 May 1869) opened a bank branch in Buffalo called White and Williams.  The bank prospered, and reorganized in 1844 as White's Bank of Buffalo.  Williams continued to clerk there for 12 years.  In 1856 Williams and some friends founded Clinton Bank of Buffalo.  It survived the panic of 1857, but closed four years later as the financial markets faced continued uncertainty.  ","Williams, by then a prominent financier, served as one of the original directors and later as president of a company formed to construct a railroad from Buffalo to Erie.  He Williams helped orchestrate its consolidation with other railroads to form Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Company in 1869.  He was elected first vice president of the new corporation.  He served as a director of Michigan Southern Railroad Company and in 1873 was elected a director of Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad Co.  In addition to his involvement with the railroads, Williams financed a number of other industrial concerns such as mining and canals.","Williams also played a role in Buffalo's social and cultural affairs.  He was one of the incorporators of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy in 1862.  He also helped establish the Buffalo Club, an exclusive men's club, which organized in 1867.","Williams started his political career in 1841, when he was elected City Treasurer of Buffalo.  In 1845 he was elected to the city's Common Council.  In 1866 Williams was elected to the New York Assembly on the Democratic ticket; he was re-elected the following year.  In 1870 Williams accepted the 30th New York District Democratic nomination for the Forty-second Congress on the condition that Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), a young lawyer in his personal attorney's office, would be nominated for sheriff of Erie County.  Williams helped finance both campaigns, and both men were elected.  He served from 1871-1873, but was unsuccessful in his attempt to be re-elected to the Forty-third Congress in 1872. ","Williams withdrew from politics and business as his health deteriorated in 1874.  He suffered severe financial losses during the panic of 1873, which his family believed hastened his decline.  He died at home 10 September 1876.  Lovisa returned to Connecticut where she lived with their son, Charles.  She died in Windsor, Connecticut 27 September 1895.  ","Griffin Stedman Williams, attended schools in Buffalo and Ohio, and completed his education at Rev. Dr. Thomas C. Reed's (ca. 1810-?) Walnut Hill School in Geneva, New York in 1859.  In 1859 he took a clerkship in Clinton Bank of Buffalo, and later went to work for James C. Harrison.  His early business career was disrupted with the outbreak of the Civil War.  He served as a first lieutenant in the 132nd New York Volunteers.   Williams contracted a severe case of camp fever while in the field that disabled him, and he received an honorable discharge 10 February 1864.  Williams returned to Buffalo to recuperate in his parents' home.  His father arranged for a year of travel and Williams set sail in May 1864 for the British Isles, Europe, and Middle East.  He spent another year travelling in 1869, sailing from San Francisco for Japan and Europe.  ","He married Mary Pearce Harrison (12 November 1849-April 25, 1909) on 20 December 1871 in Buffalo.  Mary Pearce Harrison was born in Erie, Pennsylvania to James Cooke Harrison and Mary Wilson Pearce on 12 November 1849.   She attended private schools in Buffalo and a select girls' school in New York City, Mrs. Ogden Hoffman's French and English Boarding and Day School, from 1864-1868.  The Williams had three children: Harrison (28 February 1873-9 June 1946), Mary Stedman (5 February 1875- ?), and Gordon (1 September 1876-4 October 1925).  ","On 9 September 1885 Griffin Stedman Williams was appointed Consul of the United States at Nottingham, England by President Grover Cleveland.  He held the consulate post until 1890.  He died 8 March 1911 after a long illness.","Harrison Williams (28 February 1873-9 June 1946) attended University School in Nottingham, and from 1890-1891 he attended Chateau de Lancy School near Geneva, Switzerland.   He attended law school at University of Buffalo, graduating in 1893, and was admitted to the bar the following year.  Williams practiced law until 1897, when he accepted a job as tax agent for the Erie Railroad Company in New York City.  In 1902 he became head of the tax department, and in 1907 was named head of the General Land and Tax Department of the Erie Railroad System, specializing in tax law. ","On 8 May 1901, he married Jane Kirby Abbott (4 March 1875-22 May 1909) in Marshalltown, Iowa.  They had one child, Harrison Jr., born in New York City on 6 February 1904.  By 1907 Jane had become seriously ill and moved back to Marshalltown to stay with her mother.  She died in 1909.  Harrison Williams married a second time in 1910.  He and Pauline Marechal Winslow (1 July 1872-29 November 1933) wed December 29.  Pauline, daughter of William Grandy (14 April 1845-17 September 1910) and Ida Stone (14 May 1847-16 June 1896) Winslow, was born and educated in Buffalo.  ","When Williams retired from practicing law in 1913, the family moved to Williamsted, a farm Williams had purchased several years before located outside of Leesburg, Virginia.  He had built a large residence on the property which he used as a vacation home.  Williams sold the farm in 1920, and in 1923 he bought another piece of Loudoun County property on which he built a house he called Roxbury Hall, named for an ancestral home in Massachusetts.  ","The Constance Williams deBordenave Collection contains correspondence, documents, diaries, photographs created by members of the Williams, Harrison, and Winslow families.  The collection contains the diaries of William G. Winslow for the year 1860, a “line a day” diary of Pauline Marechal Winslow Williams from 1911-1933, and a few pages of an undated diary kept by an unknown family member recording the details of a trip to Europe.  The collection contains correspondence of Mary Pearce Harrison and her parents during her time in boarding school in New York City, letters from William Williams to his son Griffin Stedman Williams, and a letter from Harrison Williams to his father Griffin Stedman Williams, an invitation to the wedding of Griffin Stedman Williams and Mary Pearce Harrison, and several calling cards. Correspondence to and from Pauline Marechal Winslow Williams dating between 1896 and 1931 is also included.   In addition, the collection contains documents including a stock certificate belonging to William Williams, customs and shipping forms from Calcutta and Japan belonging to Griffin Stedman Williams, an information sheet for Miss Ogden’s Boarding School, a complimentary pass for a sleeping car on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad for “G.S. Williams and wife,” and a bill of sale for the estate of William Williams to Lovisa K. Williams.  The collection also contains a copy of  The redeemed captive returning to Zion: or, A faithful history of remarkable occurrences in the captivity and deliverance of Mr. John Williams, Minister of the Gospel in Deerfield ; who, in the desolation which befel that plantation, by an incursion of French and Indians, was by them carried away, with his family and his neighbourhood, into Canada , written by the Reverend John Williams of Deerfield, Massachusetts as well as a letter from the author presenting the book to his son, and information about the purchase of the book and letter by Harrison Williams in 1935.\n","The visual collection contains a small album of tintype portraits of unidentified young women, as well as several loose photographs of family members, landscapes, and other subjects. Of particular note are photographs of Williamsted that include family members, tenants, and workers at the farm.   There is also a postcard of the wedding dress worn by from the Loudoun museum, and a photograph of the home of the Reverend John Williams in Massachusetts.  Constance Williams deBordenave compiled a photograph album with many digital copies of family photographs and detailed information about family history.  This album has been disassembled for preservation purposes.","The Constance Williams deBordenave Collection contains correspondence, documents, diaries, photographs created by members of the Williams, Harrison, and Winslow families.  \n","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["M 102, ART 006, VC 064\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Constance Williams deBordenave Collection, \n 1795-1935"],"collection_title_tesim":["Constance Williams deBordenave Collection, \n 1795-1935"],"collection_ssim":["Constance Williams deBordenave Collection, \n 1795-1935"],"repository_ssm":["Thomas Balch Library"],"repository_ssim":["Thomas Balch Library"],"creator_ssm":["Constance Williams deBordenave\n"],"creator_ssim":["Constance Williams deBordenave\n"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Constance Williams deBordenave, Heathsville, VA\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["."],"extent_ssm":[".43"],"extent_tesim":[".43"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Constance Williams deBordenave Collection contain materials created by members of the Williams Family.  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The Williams had three children: Catherine Stedman (4 August 1839-17 January 1841), Griffin Stedman (11 September 1841-7 March 1911), and Charles Gordon (23 December 1847-6 September 1897).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter marrying Williams took a cashier job at Bank of Sandusky in Sandusky, Ohio.  Deciding Sandusky did not offer the opportunities he desired, he and his wife settled in Buffalo in 1839.  He and his uncle George C. White (28 November 1804-30 May 1869) opened a bank branch in Buffalo called White and Williams.  The bank prospered, and reorganized in 1844 as White's Bank of Buffalo.  Williams continued to clerk there for 12 years.  In 1856 Williams and some friends founded Clinton Bank of Buffalo.  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He suffered severe financial losses during the panic of 1873, which his family believed hastened his decline.  He died at home 10 September 1876.  Lovisa returned to Connecticut where she lived with their son, Charles.  She died in Windsor, Connecticut 27 September 1895.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGriffin Stedman Williams, attended schools in Buffalo and Ohio, and completed his education at Rev. Dr. Thomas C. Reed's (ca. 1810-?) Walnut Hill School in Geneva, New York in 1859.  In 1859 he took a clerkship in Clinton Bank of Buffalo, and later went to work for James C. Harrison.  His early business career was disrupted with the outbreak of the Civil War.  He served as a first lieutenant in the 132nd New York Volunteers.   Williams contracted a severe case of camp fever while in the field that disabled him, and he received an honorable discharge 10 February 1864.  Williams returned to Buffalo to recuperate in his parents' home.  His father arranged for a year of travel and Williams set sail in May 1864 for the British Isles, Europe, and Middle East.  He spent another year travelling in 1869, sailing from San Francisco for Japan and Europe.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe married Mary Pearce Harrison (12 November 1849-April 25, 1909) on 20 December 1871 in Buffalo.  Mary Pearce Harrison was born in Erie, Pennsylvania to James Cooke Harrison and Mary Wilson Pearce on 12 November 1849.   She attended private schools in Buffalo and a select girls' school in New York City, Mrs. Ogden Hoffman's French and English Boarding and Day School, from 1864-1868.  The Williams had three children: Harrison (28 February 1873-9 June 1946), Mary Stedman (5 February 1875- ?), and Gordon (1 September 1876-4 October 1925).  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn 9 September 1885 Griffin Stedman Williams was appointed Consul of the United States at Nottingham, England by President Grover Cleveland.  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She died in 1909.  Harrison Williams married a second time in 1910.  He and Pauline Marechal Winslow (1 July 1872-29 November 1933) wed December 29.  Pauline, daughter of William Grandy (14 April 1845-17 September 1910) and Ida Stone (14 May 1847-16 June 1896) Winslow, was born and educated in Buffalo.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhen Williams retired from practicing law in 1913, the family moved to Williamsted, a farm Williams had purchased several years before located outside of Leesburg, Virginia.  He had built a large residence on the property which he used as a vacation home.  Williams sold the farm in 1920, and in 1923 he bought another piece of Loudoun County property on which he built a house he called Roxbury Hall, named for an ancestral home in Massachusetts.  \u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Constance Williams deBordenave Collection contain materials created by members of the Williams Family.  Constance Williams deBordenave is the granddaughter of Harrison Williams and Pauline Marechal Winslow Williams, and the great-granddaughter of Griffin Stedman Williams, Mary Pearce Harrison, and William Grandy Winslow, and the great-great-granddaughter of William Williams and Lovisa Kirkland Stedman Williams.\n","William Williams (6 September 1815-10 September 1876) was born in Bolton, Connecticut to Samuel (8 February 1785-5 July1876) and Sarah White Williams (1787-22 August 1849).  He married Lovisa Kirkland Stedman (11 September 1815-27 September 1895) on 9 October 1838.  Lovisa Kirkland Stedman was the daughter of Griffin (27 September 1770-?) and Elizabeth Gordon (?-1822) Stedman.  The Williams had three children: Catherine Stedman (4 August 1839-17 January 1841), Griffin Stedman (11 September 1841-7 March 1911), and Charles Gordon (23 December 1847-6 September 1897).","After marrying Williams took a cashier job at Bank of Sandusky in Sandusky, Ohio.  Deciding Sandusky did not offer the opportunities he desired, he and his wife settled in Buffalo in 1839.  He and his uncle George C. White (28 November 1804-30 May 1869) opened a bank branch in Buffalo called White and Williams.  The bank prospered, and reorganized in 1844 as White's Bank of Buffalo.  Williams continued to clerk there for 12 years.  In 1856 Williams and some friends founded Clinton Bank of Buffalo.  It survived the panic of 1857, but closed four years later as the financial markets faced continued uncertainty.  ","Williams, by then a prominent financier, served as one of the original directors and later as president of a company formed to construct a railroad from Buffalo to Erie.  He Williams helped orchestrate its consolidation with other railroads to form Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Company in 1869.  He was elected first vice president of the new corporation.  He served as a director of Michigan Southern Railroad Company and in 1873 was elected a director of Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad Co.  In addition to his involvement with the railroads, Williams financed a number of other industrial concerns such as mining and canals.","Williams also played a role in Buffalo's social and cultural affairs.  He was one of the incorporators of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy in 1862.  He also helped establish the Buffalo Club, an exclusive men's club, which organized in 1867.","Williams started his political career in 1841, when he was elected City Treasurer of Buffalo.  In 1845 he was elected to the city's Common Council.  In 1866 Williams was elected to the New York Assembly on the Democratic ticket; he was re-elected the following year.  In 1870 Williams accepted the 30th New York District Democratic nomination for the Forty-second Congress on the condition that Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), a young lawyer in his personal attorney's office, would be nominated for sheriff of Erie County.  Williams helped finance both campaigns, and both men were elected.  He served from 1871-1873, but was unsuccessful in his attempt to be re-elected to the Forty-third Congress in 1872. ","Williams withdrew from politics and business as his health deteriorated in 1874.  He suffered severe financial losses during the panic of 1873, which his family believed hastened his decline.  He died at home 10 September 1876.  Lovisa returned to Connecticut where she lived with their son, Charles.  She died in Windsor, Connecticut 27 September 1895.  ","Griffin Stedman Williams, attended schools in Buffalo and Ohio, and completed his education at Rev. Dr. Thomas C. Reed's (ca. 1810-?) Walnut Hill School in Geneva, New York in 1859.  In 1859 he took a clerkship in Clinton Bank of Buffalo, and later went to work for James C. Harrison.  His early business career was disrupted with the outbreak of the Civil War.  He served as a first lieutenant in the 132nd New York Volunteers.   Williams contracted a severe case of camp fever while in the field that disabled him, and he received an honorable discharge 10 February 1864.  Williams returned to Buffalo to recuperate in his parents' home.  His father arranged for a year of travel and Williams set sail in May 1864 for the British Isles, Europe, and Middle East.  He spent another year travelling in 1869, sailing from San Francisco for Japan and Europe.  ","He married Mary Pearce Harrison (12 November 1849-April 25, 1909) on 20 December 1871 in Buffalo.  Mary Pearce Harrison was born in Erie, Pennsylvania to James Cooke Harrison and Mary Wilson Pearce on 12 November 1849.   She attended private schools in Buffalo and a select girls' school in New York City, Mrs. Ogden Hoffman's French and English Boarding and Day School, from 1864-1868.  The Williams had three children: Harrison (28 February 1873-9 June 1946), Mary Stedman (5 February 1875- ?), and Gordon (1 September 1876-4 October 1925).  ","On 9 September 1885 Griffin Stedman Williams was appointed Consul of the United States at Nottingham, England by President Grover Cleveland.  He held the consulate post until 1890.  He died 8 March 1911 after a long illness.","Harrison Williams (28 February 1873-9 June 1946) attended University School in Nottingham, and from 1890-1891 he attended Chateau de Lancy School near Geneva, Switzerland.   He attended law school at University of Buffalo, graduating in 1893, and was admitted to the bar the following year.  Williams practiced law until 1897, when he accepted a job as tax agent for the Erie Railroad Company in New York City.  In 1902 he became head of the tax department, and in 1907 was named head of the General Land and Tax Department of the Erie Railroad System, specializing in tax law. ","On 8 May 1901, he married Jane Kirby Abbott (4 March 1875-22 May 1909) in Marshalltown, Iowa.  They had one child, Harrison Jr., born in New York City on 6 February 1904.  By 1907 Jane had become seriously ill and moved back to Marshalltown to stay with her mother.  She died in 1909.  Harrison Williams married a second time in 1910.  He and Pauline Marechal Winslow (1 July 1872-29 November 1933) wed December 29.  Pauline, daughter of William Grandy (14 April 1845-17 September 1910) and Ida Stone (14 May 1847-16 June 1896) Winslow, was born and educated in Buffalo.  ","When Williams retired from practicing law in 1913, the family moved to Williamsted, a farm Williams had purchased several years before located outside of Leesburg, Virginia.  He had built a large residence on the property which he used as a vacation home.  Williams sold the farm in 1920, and in 1923 he bought another piece of Loudoun County property on which he built a house he called Roxbury Hall, named for an ancestral home in Massachusetts.  "],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Constance Williams deBordenave Collection contains correspondence, documents, diaries, photographs created by members of the Williams, Harrison, and Winslow families.  The collection contains the diaries of William G. Winslow for the year 1860, a “line a day” diary of Pauline Marechal Winslow Williams from 1911-1933, and a few pages of an undated diary kept by an unknown family member recording the details of a trip to Europe.  The collection contains correspondence of Mary Pearce Harrison and her parents during her time in boarding school in New York City, letters from William Williams to his son Griffin Stedman Williams, and a letter from Harrison Williams to his father Griffin Stedman Williams, an invitation to the wedding of Griffin Stedman Williams and Mary Pearce Harrison, and several calling cards. Correspondence to and from Pauline Marechal Winslow Williams dating between 1896 and 1931 is also included.   In addition, the collection contains documents including a stock certificate belonging to William Williams, customs and shipping forms from Calcutta and Japan belonging to Griffin Stedman Williams, an information sheet for Miss Ogden’s Boarding School, a complimentary pass for a sleeping car on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad for “G.S. Williams and wife,” and a bill of sale for the estate of William Williams to Lovisa K. Williams.  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The collection contains correspondence of Mary Pearce Harrison and her parents during her time in boarding school in New York City, letters from William Williams to his son Griffin Stedman Williams, and a letter from Harrison Williams to his father Griffin Stedman Williams, an invitation to the wedding of Griffin Stedman Williams and Mary Pearce Harrison, and several calling cards. Correspondence to and from Pauline Marechal Winslow Williams dating between 1896 and 1931 is also included.   In addition, the collection contains documents including a stock certificate belonging to William Williams, customs and shipping forms from Calcutta and Japan belonging to Griffin Stedman Williams, an information sheet for Miss Ogden’s Boarding School, a complimentary pass for a sleeping car on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad for “G.S. Williams and wife,” and a bill of sale for the estate of William Williams to Lovisa K. Williams.  The collection also contains a copy of  The redeemed captive returning to Zion: or, A faithful history of remarkable occurrences in the captivity and deliverance of Mr. John Williams, Minister of the Gospel in Deerfield ; who, in the desolation which befel that plantation, by an incursion of French and Indians, was by them carried away, with his family and his neighbourhood, into Canada , written by the Reverend John Williams of Deerfield, Massachusetts as well as a letter from the author presenting the book to his son, and information about the purchase of the book and letter by Harrison Williams in 1935.\n","The visual collection contains a small album of tintype portraits of unidentified young women, as well as several loose photographs of family members, landscapes, and other subjects. Of particular note are photographs of Williamsted that include family members, tenants, and workers at the farm.   There is also a postcard of the wedding dress worn by from the Loudoun museum, and a photograph of the home of the Reverend John Williams in Massachusetts.  Constance Williams deBordenave compiled a photograph album with many digital copies of family photographs and detailed information about family history.  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