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A July 14, 1876\n letter from \n A. D. Pollock to Roberta discusses her\n visit to \n Scotland and his own trip there\n thirty-five years ago, and mentions the recovery of litle\n Charles Janney. In his letter of April 16, 1884, A. D. Pollock\n discusses visitor \n Fanny Briggs ' activities and his new\n hired man, \n George Washington , a brother-in-law of \n John Fry .","During August and September 1901, \n Charles Pollock Janney of \n Leesburg, Virginia , wrote several letters\n to his wife, \n Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney , while she was\n staying with her sister, \n Lily Pollock , in \n Virginia Beach . In his August 8 letter,\n he addresses her invitation to visit by writing that he may\n see her \"on the rising of the Convention about Thursday -15th\"\n but that his \"movements will be governed by developments in my\n Bath County Case, which is assuming interesting proportions.\"\n On August 19, he mentions their son John's trip to \n Washington, D. C. to see Dr. [ ] Patterson\n and some insurance prospects, their daughter \n Lilias , and Bell\n and Harry. His August 26 letter, written on the letterhead of \n Garfield Memorial Hospital , \n Washington, D. C. , discusses \n Ben Fling 's son \n Frank 's appendicitis\n and operation as well as John's interest in new insurance\n cases. On August 28, he writes to arrange accommodations for \n Townsend H. Van Devanter and his family in\n Virginia Beach . On August 29, he writes\n to Lily concerning her final payment to the \n Columbian Building and Loan\n Association for her property in \n Virginia Beach , and mentioning Van\n Devanter and his wife and her sister, Mrs. \n Charles C. Mercer (daughters of \n George W. Janney ). In his September 3\n letter, he reveals his decision to decline the candidacy for\n the State Senate, and mentions his having tea with \n John Staige Davis (1872-1946). On\n September 4, he mentions a visit to \n Virginia Beach by \n James I. Lippincott . On September 11, he\n writes an interesting letter on a train leaving \n Leesburg in which he describes a tour of \n Washington, D. C. ; discusses an explosion\n at the lime kiln that killed a white man and wounded two black\n men; being called to \n Richmond to meet the State Committee;\n states his reasons for declining the candidacy for the State\n Senate; and \n Theodore Roosevelt 's lessening prospects\n for becoming president, and \n William McKinley 's assassination.\n President McKinley's funeral procession is mentioned in his\n letter of September 17. In his second letter of September 29,\n he discusses a land transaction and its possible effect on\n their own family and \" \n Leeton Forest . \"","There are many letters, 1895-1914, to \n Lily Pollock from family and friends,\n chiefly concerning personal affairs but also the management of\n \" \n Leeton Forest . \" On October 11, 1895,\n \"Margaret\" mentions the death of \n Walter Harrison and the divorce of \n Amelie Rives\n Chaloner (1863-1945). \n Helen Schaw describes life in \n Atlantic City, New Jersey on January 10,\n 1901. \n J. Harvey Johnson writes from \n El Paso, Texas , on March 17, 1904,\n referring to his \"series of cross-country horseback rides\" out\n west. Lily owned and managed property at \n Virginia Beach , which was referred to in \n Thomas Smith 's letter of February 13,\n 1905; \n Lucy Pegraim Blow 's letter of April 20,\n 1906; and \n [Olin O.] Provosty 's letter of April 27,\n 1911. \n Ann Lee Peyton of \n Yelverton, Virginia , discourages\n improvements to \" \n Leeton Forest \" (December 8, 1906); and,\n sends news of securing a helper for Lily competent in sewing,\n cooking, and housekeeping, by the name of \n F. May Foote , along with the letter of\n acceptance from Miss Foote (February 27, 1913). \n Winfield Scott writes about the operation\n of a mine in \n Scottsdale, Arizona on November 24, 1907.\n There are several letters, April 28-May 15, concerning the\n death of Lily's sister, \n Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney . There are\n letters concerning the rental of \" \n Leeton Forest , \" from \n John Rutherford who agrees to list the\n farm, with attached broadside about the property in 1899\n (December 7, 1910); and, from \n F. Scott Carter inquiring about rental and\n necessary furnishings and repairs (April 25, 1912). A letter,\n July 11, 1911, from \n Georgie E. Preston , describes a trip up\n the \n Potomac River , to \n Mount Vernon and \n Washington, D. C. , and on to \n Terra Alta, West Virginia and \n Marietta, Ohio , specifically mentioning\n seeing \n [Albert Baird] Cummins (1850-1926) and \n [James Beauchamp]\n \"Champ\" Clark (1850-1921) in \n Washington, D. C. On January 13, 1913, \n Netta A. Goldsborough writes an\n interesting letter from \n Schatzalp, Switzerland , concerning the\n visit for her daughter's health and describing the village and\n the activities of \"the crowds of pleasure seekers, from all\n over \n Europe . ..\" On April 3, 1914, \n V. Peyton of \n Yelverton, Virginia , writes concerning\n Mr. Norwood's leaving the parish and his replacement, \n Edmund Lee Woodward (1873-1948),\n discussing both men and their characters. Woodward became the\n rector of \n Grace Church in \n The Plains, Virginia , from 1914-1921.\n Miss Peyton also sends her best to \n [Abraham David] Pollock Gilmour and his\n fiance, \n Lucy Evelyn . On November 21, 1914, \n Ida [Peyton] of \n Yelverton, Virginia , mentions the \n Belgium relief and the local activities of\n Edmund [Lee Woodward] ; and, on September\n 1, n.y., she discusses the accidental death of \n Taylor Scott . On June 23, n.y., Margaret\n M. writes a lengthy letter containing news of various persons,\n and claims \"What a weary, painful time these married women\n have\" in response to some of the occurrences about which she\n writes.","Letters, 1903-1913, from \n Charles Pollock Janney to \n Lily Pollock , chiefly concern the\n management of \" \n Leeton Forest \" and financial affairs.\n There is information on wheat and corn accounts (February 28,\n 1903 and August 19, 1912), apple orders (August 26 \u0026 29\n and September 9, 1912), cattle sales (August 19 and September\n 4, 1912). Charles gave her financial advice and assistance as\n evident in letters of July 3, 1907 and May 6, 1912, as well as\n others. On May 1, 1912, he writes concerning his election by\n the Presbytery as one of the Commissioners to attend the\n General Assemby meeting on May 16 in \n Bristol, Tennessee . In his August 19,\n 1912 letter, he also mentions his servants, Alice, Myrtle, and\n \"a colored youth named \n William McKinley . \" The deaths of \n William L. Royal and \n [William E.] Hatcher (1834-1912) are also\n mentioned in his letter of August 26, 1912. His June 2, 1913\n letter discusses a prosposed sale transaction for \" \n Leeton Forest . \"","There are letters, 1903-1913, to Lily from her sister \n Roberta (Pollock) Gilmour 's sons, \n Matthew , a\n tuberculosis patient, and \n Abraham David\n \"Pollock\" , a pastor. Letters from Matthew deal\n chiefly with his convalescence after contracting tuberculosis,\n arriving from \n Scottsdale, Arizona (April 14, 1903, \n Silver City, New Mexico (May 24 and July\n 6, 1903), and Denver, Colorado (August 17, 1903). He writes\n about his life in \n Arizona ; discusses his trip from \n Scottsdale , through \n Phoenix and \n Tucson , to \n Silver City ; compares \n Phoenix and \n Tucson as health resorts; expresses his\n pleasure with \n St. Joseph's Sanatorium but not with \n Silver City ; expresses his discouragement\n over worsening health and bad spells and hopes of improvement\n in \n Denver . Letters from Pollock begin after\n Matthew's death in 1904, and discuss family and religious\n matters. On September 12, 1904, he expresses his gratitude for\n her \"most loving and self-sacrificing treatment of dear Matt.\"\n On December 27, 1906, he discusses his work with the \n Union Seminary ; and, during\n September-December 1913, he writes while pastor of \n Purity Presbyterian Church in Chester, South\n Carolina . During these months, he keeps her\n apprised of the recovery of their child \n Monroe after being\n injured seriously by fire.","There are letters, 1905-1914, to Lily from her sister \n Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney 's sons, \n John and \n Thomas Gordon ,\n mining investors. On July 20, 1905, John writes from \n Darlington, Idaho , expressing his\n happiness at having the opportunity to take advantage of the\n growth of such a young city, and supporting her management of\n the \n Twin Falls building. As a mining investor\n in \n Salt Lake City, Utah in 1907, John was\n associated with the \n Nevada-Phoenix Mining Company and the \n Pioche--Last Chance Mining Company , and\n was involved in various business deals. During this period, he\n discusses possible solutions to her financial problems,\n opportunities for investing, and a financial proposition\n (April 27, 1907), and the setting aside of $50,000 worth of\n Pioche stock for her. A lengthy letter, April 27(-October 4),\n 1912, from John onboard ship enroute to \n Paris, France , describes the trip. By\n 1913, John's business investments failed. On January 12, 1913,\n he writes about the problems of business enterprise even\n without outside interference, and also wishes for a\n satisfactory settlement of our war with \n Turkey but anticipating a \"general\n European confligration [sic].\" On July 3, 1913, John writes a\n lengthy discussion on his opinion concerning how man is\n intended to live under God's ordained physical laws and the\n laws of health, and how he has learned to endure difficult\n situations and still keep reasonably well. On October 31,\n 1914, John writes from \n Twin Falls, Idaho , concerning his farm,\n stating that profits now go into improvements and that he has\n gradually built up one of the best ranches in that area. He\n refers to \n Twin Falls as the most prosperous city he\n has been in this year. Letters from Gordon are more concerned\n with thoughts of their mother (December 29, 1907) and her\n death (May 7 \u0026 23, 1908). On July 29, 1912, he writes an\n interesting letter from \n San Francisco, California , about his\n impending trip to \n Yokohama, Japan , \n Korea , and the \n Philippines to examine some mining\n properties. He mentions that he has a letter of introduction\n addressed to the Bishop of the Philippines, Rev. \n Charles Henry Brent (1862-1929).","Letters, 1913-1914, to Lily from \n Georgia L. Robertson of \n Warrenton, Virginia , concern the latter's\n management of \" \n Leeton Forest \" on behalf of Lily.\n Relevant topics discussed are the tenant Mr. Fielding, the\n sale of furniture and other household articles, packing Lily's\n books, and finances. Georgia also writes once from \" \n Kirkwood , \" \n Atlanta, Georgia , with mention of\n preacher \n Morgan Campbell .","There is miscellaneous correspondence, 1895-1908, of the \n Gilmour and \n Janney families,\n which includes additional letters of \n Matthew Gilmour and \n John Janney . On July 31, 1902, Matthew\n writes from \n Prescott, Arizona , to his father, \n Matthew Gilmour , concerning his failing\n health due to consumption and mentioning the various\n treatments of patients used by different physicians. On August\n 5, 1903, Matthew writes from \n Denver, Colorado , to his sister, \n Bertha , about the\n area, and mentioning that women are able to vote in \n Colorado . A letter, April 21, 1906, from \n John Janney in \n Twin Falls, Idaho , to his mother, \n Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney , mentions \"the\n horrible calamity that has befallen \n San Francisco . \"","Miscellaneous items include an unidentified photograph\n [probably \n Lily Pollock ], obituaries of \n Abraham David Pollock , receipts of \n Lily Pollock and \n Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney , and a poem\n and recipes.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Leeton Forest","Garfield Memorial Hospital","Columbian Building and Loan\n Association","Mount Vernon","Grace Church","St. Joseph's Sanatorium","Union Seminary","Purity Presbyterian Church in Chester, South\n Carolina","Nevada-Phoenix Mining Company","Pioche--Last Chance Mining Company","Kirkwood","Pollock","Janney","Gilmour","Elizabeth Gordon (Lee)","Abraham David Pollock","A. D. 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D. Pollock to his daughter, \n Roberta . The\n majority of correspondence, 1895-1914, is directed to another\n daughter, \n Lily , from family\n and friends. Correspondents include her brother-in-law, \n Charles Pollock Janney , married to her\n sister, \n Nancy Lee ;\n nephews \n Abraham David Pollock Janney and \n John Janney (issue of Charles and Nancy\n Janney); nephews \n Abraham David Pollock Gilmour and \n Matthew Gilmour (issue of \n \n Roberta and \n [Matthew] Gilmour ); \n Georgia L. Robertson ; \n Ann Lee Peyton ; and others. The letters\n cover personal affairs as well as the management of boarding\n houses in \n Virginia Beach ; and, apple growing,\n farming, and the management of \" \n Leeton Forest . \"","Letters, 1872-1884, from \n Abraham David Pollock are concerned with\n religious matters, his ill health, and personal and family\n affairs. In his letter of November 13, 1872, to his wife, he\n explains his medical condition as told by Dr. Foster of \n Clifton, Virginia , and discusses the\n remedy for curing the skin, \"electric bath\" and \"condensed air\n bath.\" Another letter, September 13, n.y., concerning his\n health, discusses \n Rockbridge Alum as a health spa, and\n mentions an anticipated visit from General [ ] Lee and a visit\n by Mrs. \n [David Dixon] Porter , Jr. Letters of\n February 4, 1873 and March 12, 1874 reveal Pollock's preaching\n involvement, mention their baby's ill health, and discuss news\n of various persons. The latter discusses his son Charles being\n offered \n Jimmy Chilton 's place, and possibly the\n Assistant District Attorney position or Assistant in the\n Attorney General's Office. A January 10, 1876 letter from \n Charles Lee Pollock concerns personal and\n family matters, such as Roberta's engagement to [Matthew]\n Gilmour and a visit by \n [Charles Pollock] Janney . A July 14, 1876\n letter from \n A. D. Pollock to Roberta discusses her\n visit to \n Scotland and his own trip there\n thirty-five years ago, and mentions the recovery of litle\n Charles Janney. In his letter of April 16, 1884, A. D. Pollock\n discusses visitor \n Fanny Briggs ' activities and his new\n hired man, \n George Washington , a brother-in-law of \n John Fry .","During August and September 1901, \n Charles Pollock Janney of \n Leesburg, Virginia , wrote several letters\n to his wife, \n Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney , while she was\n staying with her sister, \n Lily Pollock , in \n Virginia Beach . In his August 8 letter,\n he addresses her invitation to visit by writing that he may\n see her \"on the rising of the Convention about Thursday -15th\"\n but that his \"movements will be governed by developments in my\n Bath County Case, which is assuming interesting proportions.\"\n On August 19, he mentions their son John's trip to \n Washington, D. C. to see Dr. [ ] Patterson\n and some insurance prospects, their daughter \n Lilias , and Bell\n and Harry. His August 26 letter, written on the letterhead of \n Garfield Memorial Hospital , \n Washington, D. C. , discusses \n Ben Fling 's son \n Frank 's appendicitis\n and operation as well as John's interest in new insurance\n cases. On August 28, he writes to arrange accommodations for \n Townsend H. Van Devanter and his family in\n Virginia Beach . On August 29, he writes\n to Lily concerning her final payment to the \n Columbian Building and Loan\n Association for her property in \n Virginia Beach , and mentioning Van\n Devanter and his wife and her sister, Mrs. \n Charles C. Mercer (daughters of \n George W. Janney ). In his September 3\n letter, he reveals his decision to decline the candidacy for\n the State Senate, and mentions his having tea with \n John Staige Davis (1872-1946). On\n September 4, he mentions a visit to \n Virginia Beach by \n James I. Lippincott . On September 11, he\n writes an interesting letter on a train leaving \n Leesburg in which he describes a tour of \n Washington, D. C. ; discusses an explosion\n at the lime kiln that killed a white man and wounded two black\n men; being called to \n Richmond to meet the State Committee;\n states his reasons for declining the candidacy for the State\n Senate; and \n Theodore Roosevelt 's lessening prospects\n for becoming president, and \n William McKinley 's assassination.\n President McKinley's funeral procession is mentioned in his\n letter of September 17. In his second letter of September 29,\n he discusses a land transaction and its possible effect on\n their own family and \" \n Leeton Forest . \"","There are many letters, 1895-1914, to \n Lily Pollock from family and friends,\n chiefly concerning personal affairs but also the management of\n \" \n Leeton Forest . \" On October 11, 1895,\n \"Margaret\" mentions the death of \n Walter Harrison and the divorce of \n Amelie Rives\n Chaloner (1863-1945). \n Helen Schaw describes life in \n Atlantic City, New Jersey on January 10,\n 1901. \n J. Harvey Johnson writes from \n El Paso, Texas , on March 17, 1904,\n referring to his \"series of cross-country horseback rides\" out\n west. Lily owned and managed property at \n Virginia Beach , which was referred to in \n Thomas Smith 's letter of February 13,\n 1905; \n Lucy Pegraim Blow 's letter of April 20,\n 1906; and \n [Olin O.] Provosty 's letter of April 27,\n 1911. \n Ann Lee Peyton of \n Yelverton, Virginia , discourages\n improvements to \" \n Leeton Forest \" (December 8, 1906); and,\n sends news of securing a helper for Lily competent in sewing,\n cooking, and housekeeping, by the name of \n F. May Foote , along with the letter of\n acceptance from Miss Foote (February 27, 1913). \n Winfield Scott writes about the operation\n of a mine in \n Scottsdale, Arizona on November 24, 1907.\n There are several letters, April 28-May 15, concerning the\n death of Lily's sister, \n Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney . There are\n letters concerning the rental of \" \n Leeton Forest , \" from \n John Rutherford who agrees to list the\n farm, with attached broadside about the property in 1899\n (December 7, 1910); and, from \n F. Scott Carter inquiring about rental and\n necessary furnishings and repairs (April 25, 1912). A letter,\n July 11, 1911, from \n Georgie E. Preston , describes a trip up\n the \n Potomac River , to \n Mount Vernon and \n Washington, D. C. , and on to \n Terra Alta, West Virginia and \n Marietta, Ohio , specifically mentioning\n seeing \n [Albert Baird] Cummins (1850-1926) and \n [James Beauchamp]\n \"Champ\" Clark (1850-1921) in \n Washington, D. C. On January 13, 1913, \n Netta A. Goldsborough writes an\n interesting letter from \n Schatzalp, Switzerland , concerning the\n visit for her daughter's health and describing the village and\n the activities of \"the crowds of pleasure seekers, from all\n over \n Europe . ..\" On April 3, 1914, \n V. Peyton of \n Yelverton, Virginia , writes concerning\n Mr. Norwood's leaving the parish and his replacement, \n Edmund Lee Woodward (1873-1948),\n discussing both men and their characters. Woodward became the\n rector of \n Grace Church in \n The Plains, Virginia , from 1914-1921.\n Miss Peyton also sends her best to \n [Abraham David] Pollock Gilmour and his\n fiance, \n Lucy Evelyn . On November 21, 1914, \n Ida [Peyton] of \n Yelverton, Virginia , mentions the \n Belgium relief and the local activities of\n Edmund [Lee Woodward] ; and, on September\n 1, n.y., she discusses the accidental death of \n Taylor Scott . On June 23, n.y., Margaret\n M. writes a lengthy letter containing news of various persons,\n and claims \"What a weary, painful time these married women\n have\" in response to some of the occurrences about which she\n writes.","Letters, 1903-1913, from \n Charles Pollock Janney to \n Lily Pollock , chiefly concern the\n management of \" \n Leeton Forest \" and financial affairs.\n There is information on wheat and corn accounts (February 28,\n 1903 and August 19, 1912), apple orders (August 26 \u0026 29\n and September 9, 1912), cattle sales (August 19 and September\n 4, 1912). Charles gave her financial advice and assistance as\n evident in letters of July 3, 1907 and May 6, 1912, as well as\n others. On May 1, 1912, he writes concerning his election by\n the Presbytery as one of the Commissioners to attend the\n General Assemby meeting on May 16 in \n Bristol, Tennessee . In his August 19,\n 1912 letter, he also mentions his servants, Alice, Myrtle, and\n \"a colored youth named \n William McKinley . \" The deaths of \n William L. Royal and \n [William E.] Hatcher (1834-1912) are also\n mentioned in his letter of August 26, 1912. His June 2, 1913\n letter discusses a prosposed sale transaction for \" \n Leeton Forest . \"","There are letters, 1903-1913, to Lily from her sister \n Roberta (Pollock) Gilmour 's sons, \n Matthew , a\n tuberculosis patient, and \n Abraham David\n \"Pollock\" , a pastor. Letters from Matthew deal\n chiefly with his convalescence after contracting tuberculosis,\n arriving from \n Scottsdale, Arizona (April 14, 1903, \n Silver City, New Mexico (May 24 and July\n 6, 1903), and Denver, Colorado (August 17, 1903). He writes\n about his life in \n Arizona ; discusses his trip from \n Scottsdale , through \n Phoenix and \n Tucson , to \n Silver City ; compares \n Phoenix and \n Tucson as health resorts; expresses his\n pleasure with \n St. Joseph's Sanatorium but not with \n Silver City ; expresses his discouragement\n over worsening health and bad spells and hopes of improvement\n in \n Denver . Letters from Pollock begin after\n Matthew's death in 1904, and discuss family and religious\n matters. On September 12, 1904, he expresses his gratitude for\n her \"most loving and self-sacrificing treatment of dear Matt.\"\n On December 27, 1906, he discusses his work with the \n Union Seminary ; and, during\n September-December 1913, he writes while pastor of \n Purity Presbyterian Church in Chester, South\n Carolina . During these months, he keeps her\n apprised of the recovery of their child \n Monroe after being\n injured seriously by fire.","There are letters, 1905-1914, to Lily from her sister \n Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney 's sons, \n John and \n Thomas Gordon ,\n mining investors. On July 20, 1905, John writes from \n Darlington, Idaho , expressing his\n happiness at having the opportunity to take advantage of the\n growth of such a young city, and supporting her management of\n the \n Twin Falls building. As a mining investor\n in \n Salt Lake City, Utah in 1907, John was\n associated with the \n Nevada-Phoenix Mining Company and the \n Pioche--Last Chance Mining Company , and\n was involved in various business deals. During this period, he\n discusses possible solutions to her financial problems,\n opportunities for investing, and a financial proposition\n (April 27, 1907), and the setting aside of $50,000 worth of\n Pioche stock for her. A lengthy letter, April 27(-October 4),\n 1912, from John onboard ship enroute to \n Paris, France , describes the trip. By\n 1913, John's business investments failed. On January 12, 1913,\n he writes about the problems of business enterprise even\n without outside interference, and also wishes for a\n satisfactory settlement of our war with \n Turkey but anticipating a \"general\n European confligration [sic].\" On July 3, 1913, John writes a\n lengthy discussion on his opinion concerning how man is\n intended to live under God's ordained physical laws and the\n laws of health, and how he has learned to endure difficult\n situations and still keep reasonably well. On October 31,\n 1914, John writes from \n Twin Falls, Idaho , concerning his farm,\n stating that profits now go into improvements and that he has\n gradually built up one of the best ranches in that area. He\n refers to \n Twin Falls as the most prosperous city he\n has been in this year. Letters from Gordon are more concerned\n with thoughts of their mother (December 29, 1907) and her\n death (May 7 \u0026 23, 1908). On July 29, 1912, he writes an\n interesting letter from \n San Francisco, California , about his\n impending trip to \n Yokohama, Japan , \n Korea , and the \n Philippines to examine some mining\n properties. He mentions that he has a letter of introduction\n addressed to the Bishop of the Philippines, Rev. \n Charles Henry Brent (1862-1929).","Letters, 1913-1914, to Lily from \n Georgia L. Robertson of \n Warrenton, Virginia , concern the latter's\n management of \" \n Leeton Forest \" on behalf of Lily.\n Relevant topics discussed are the tenant Mr. Fielding, the\n sale of furniture and other household articles, packing Lily's\n books, and finances. Georgia also writes once from \" \n Kirkwood , \" \n Atlanta, Georgia , with mention of\n preacher \n Morgan Campbell .","There is miscellaneous correspondence, 1895-1908, of the \n Gilmour and \n Janney families,\n which includes additional letters of \n Matthew Gilmour and \n John Janney . On July 31, 1902, Matthew\n writes from \n Prescott, Arizona , to his father, \n Matthew Gilmour , concerning his failing\n health due to consumption and mentioning the various\n treatments of patients used by different physicians. On August\n 5, 1903, Matthew writes from \n Denver, Colorado , to his sister, \n Bertha , about the\n area, and mentioning that women are able to vote in \n Colorado . 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Peyton","Edmund Lee Woodward","[Abraham David] Pollock Gilmour","Lucy Evelyn","Ida [Peyton]","Edmund [Lee Woodward]","Taylor Scott","William L. Royal","[William E.] Hatcher","Roberta (Pollock) Gilmour","Matthew","Abraham David\n \"Pollock\"","Monroe","John","Thomas Gordon","Charles Henry Brent","Morgan Campbell","Bertha"],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Leeton Forest","Garfield Memorial Hospital","Columbian Building and Loan\n Association","Mount Vernon","Grace Church","St. Joseph's Sanatorium","Union Seminary","Purity Presbyterian Church in Chester, South\n Carolina","Nevada-Phoenix Mining Company","Pioche--Last Chance Mining Company","Kirkwood"],"famname_ssim":["Pollock","Janney","Gilmour"],"persname_ssim":["Elizabeth Gordon (Lee)","Abraham David Pollock","A. D. Pollock","Roberta","Lily","Charles Pollock Janney","Nancy Lee","Abraham David Pollock Janney","John Janney","Abraham David Pollock Gilmour","Matthew Gilmour","\n Roberta","[Matthew] Gilmour","Georgia L. Robertson","Ann Lee Peyton","[David Dixon] Porter","Jimmy Chilton","Charles Lee Pollock","[Charles Pollock] Janney","Fanny Briggs","George Washington","John Fry","Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney","Lily Pollock","Lilias","Ben Fling","Frank","Townsend H. Van Devanter","Charles C. Mercer","George W. Janney","John Staige Davis","James I. Lippincott","Theodore Roosevelt","William McKinley","Walter Harrison","Amelie Rives\n Chaloner","Helen Schaw","J. Harvey Johnson","Thomas Smith","Lucy Pegraim Blow","[Olin O.] Provosty","F. May Foote","Winfield Scott","John Rutherford","F. Scott Carter","Georgie E. Preston","[Albert Baird] Cummins","[James Beauchamp]\n \"Champ\" Clark","Netta A. Goldsborough","V. Peyton","Edmund Lee Woodward","[Abraham David] Pollock Gilmour","Lucy Evelyn","Ida [Peyton]","Edmund [Lee Woodward]","Taylor Scott","William L. Royal","[William E.] Hatcher","Roberta (Pollock) Gilmour","Matthew","Abraham David\n \"Pollock\"","Monroe","John","Thomas Gordon","Charles Henry Brent","Morgan Campbell","Bertha"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":10,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:40:24.564Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of 213 items, 1872-1914,\n pertaining to the \n \u003cfamname normal=\"Pollock family\"\u003ePollock\u003c/famname\u003eand \n \u003cfamname normal=\"Janney family\"\u003eJanney\u003c/famname\u003efamilies\n descended from \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Gordon (Lee)\u003c/persname\u003e(1813-? ) and \n \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham David Pollock\u003c/persname\u003e(1807-1890) of \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLeeton Forest\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFauquier County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarly letters, 1872-1884, are chiefly from \n \u003cpersname\u003eA. D. Pollock\u003c/persname\u003eto his daughter, \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Roberta Pollock\"\u003eRoberta\u003c/persname\u003e. The\n majority of correspondence, 1895-1914, is directed to another\n daughter, \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Lily Pollock\"\u003eLily\u003c/persname\u003e, from family\n and friends. Correspondents include her brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Pollock Janney\u003c/persname\u003e, married to her\n sister, \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Nancy Pollock Janney\"\u003eNancy Lee\u003c/persname\u003e;\n nephews \n \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham David Pollock Janney\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Janney\u003c/persname\u003e(issue of Charles and Nancy\n Janney); nephews \n \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham David Pollock Gilmour\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eMatthew Gilmour\u003c/persname\u003e(issue of \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Roberta Pollock Gilmour\"\u003e\n Roberta\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Matthew] Gilmour\u003c/persname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorgia L. Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eAnn Lee Peyton\u003c/persname\u003e; and others. The letters\n cover personal affairs as well as the management of boarding\n houses in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia Beach\u003c/geogname\u003e; and, apple growing,\n farming, and the management of \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLeeton Forest\u003c/corpname\u003e. \"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1872-1884, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham David Pollock\u003c/persname\u003eare concerned with\n religious matters, his ill health, and personal and family\n affairs. In his letter of November 13, 1872, to his wife, he\n explains his medical condition as told by Dr. Foster of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eClifton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and discusses the\n remedy for curing the skin, \"electric bath\" and \"condensed air\n bath.\" Another letter, September 13, n.y., concerning his\n health, discusses \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRockbridge Alum\u003c/geogname\u003eas a health spa, and\n mentions an anticipated visit from General [ ] Lee and a visit\n by Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003e[David Dixon] Porter\u003c/persname\u003e, Jr. Letters of\n February 4, 1873 and March 12, 1874 reveal Pollock's preaching\n involvement, mention their baby's ill health, and discuss news\n of various persons. The latter discusses his son Charles being\n offered \n \u003cpersname\u003eJimmy Chilton\u003c/persname\u003e's place, and possibly the\n Assistant District Attorney position or Assistant in the\n Attorney General's Office. A January 10, 1876 letter from \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Lee Pollock\u003c/persname\u003econcerns personal and\n family matters, such as Roberta's engagement to [Matthew]\n Gilmour and a visit by \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Charles Pollock] Janney\u003c/persname\u003e. A July 14, 1876\n letter from \n \u003cpersname\u003eA. D. Pollock\u003c/persname\u003eto Roberta discusses her\n visit to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScotland\u003c/geogname\u003eand his own trip there\n thirty-five years ago, and mentions the recovery of litle\n Charles Janney. In his letter of April 16, 1884, A. D. Pollock\n discusses visitor \n \u003cpersname\u003eFanny Briggs\u003c/persname\u003e' activities and his new\n hired man, \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Washington\u003c/persname\u003e, a brother-in-law of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fry\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring August and September 1901, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Pollock Janney\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLeesburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, wrote several letters\n to his wife, \n \u003cpersname\u003eNancy Lee (Pollock) Janney\u003c/persname\u003e, while she was\n staying with her sister, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLily Pollock\u003c/persname\u003e, in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia Beach\u003c/geogname\u003e. In his August 8 letter,\n he addresses her invitation to visit by writing that he may\n see her \"on the rising of the Convention about Thursday -15th\"\n but that his \"movements will be governed by developments in my\n Bath County Case, which is assuming interesting proportions.\"\n On August 19, he mentions their son John's trip to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D. C.\u003c/geogname\u003eto see Dr. [ ] Patterson\n and some insurance prospects, their daughter \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Lilias Janney\"\u003eLilias\u003c/persname\u003e, and Bell\n and Harry. His August 26 letter, written on the letterhead of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGarfield Memorial Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D. C.\u003c/geogname\u003e, discusses \n \u003cpersname\u003eBen Fling\u003c/persname\u003e's son \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Frank Fling\"\u003eFrank\u003c/persname\u003e's appendicitis\n and operation as well as John's interest in new insurance\n cases. On August 28, he writes to arrange accommodations for \n \u003cpersname\u003eTownsend H. Van Devanter\u003c/persname\u003eand his family in\n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia Beach\u003c/geogname\u003e. On August 29, he writes\n to Lily concerning her final payment to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eColumbian Building and Loan\n Association\u003c/corpname\u003efor her property in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia Beach\u003c/geogname\u003e, and mentioning Van\n Devanter and his wife and her sister, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles C. Mercer\u003c/persname\u003e(daughters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge W. Janney\u003c/persname\u003e). In his September 3\n letter, he reveals his decision to decline the candidacy for\n the State Senate, and mentions his having tea with \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Staige Davis\u003c/persname\u003e(1872-1946). On\n September 4, he mentions a visit to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia Beach\u003c/geogname\u003eby \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames I. Lippincott\u003c/persname\u003e. On September 11, he\n writes an interesting letter on a train leaving \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLeesburg\u003c/geogname\u003ein which he describes a tour of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D. C.\u003c/geogname\u003e; discusses an explosion\n at the lime kiln that killed a white man and wounded two black\n men; being called to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eto meet the State Committee;\n states his reasons for declining the candidacy for the State\n Senate; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e's lessening prospects\n for becoming president, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McKinley\u003c/persname\u003e's assassination.\n President McKinley's funeral procession is mentioned in his\n letter of September 17. In his second letter of September 29,\n he discusses a land transaction and its possible effect on\n their own family and \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLeeton Forest\u003c/corpname\u003e. \"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are many letters, 1895-1914, to \n \u003cpersname\u003eLily Pollock\u003c/persname\u003efrom family and friends,\n chiefly concerning personal affairs but also the management of\n \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLeeton Forest\u003c/corpname\u003e. \" On October 11, 1895,\n \"Margaret\" mentions the death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Harrison\u003c/persname\u003eand the divorce of \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy\"\u003eAmelie Rives\n Chaloner\u003c/persname\u003e(1863-1945). \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Schaw\u003c/persname\u003edescribes life in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic City, New Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003eon January 10,\n 1901. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Harvey Johnson\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEl Paso, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e, on March 17, 1904,\n referring to his \"series of cross-country horseback rides\" out\n west. Lily owned and managed property at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia Beach\u003c/geogname\u003e, which was referred to in \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Smith\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of February 13,\n 1905; \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Pegraim Blow\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of April 20,\n 1906; and \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Olin O.] Provosty\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of April 27,\n 1911. \n \u003cpersname\u003eAnn Lee Peyton\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eYelverton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, discourages\n improvements to \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLeeton Forest\u003c/corpname\u003e\" (December 8, 1906); and,\n sends news of securing a helper for Lily competent in sewing,\n cooking, and housekeeping, by the name of \n \u003cpersname\u003eF. May Foote\u003c/persname\u003e, along with the letter of\n acceptance from Miss Foote (February 27, 1913). \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinfield Scott\u003c/persname\u003ewrites about the operation\n of a mine in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScottsdale, Arizona\u003c/geogname\u003eon November 24, 1907.\n There are several letters, April 28-May 15, concerning the\n death of Lily's sister, \n \u003cpersname\u003eNancy Lee (Pollock) Janney\u003c/persname\u003e. There are\n letters concerning the rental of \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLeeton Forest\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" from \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Rutherford\u003c/persname\u003ewho agrees to list the\n farm, with attached broadside about the property in 1899\n (December 7, 1910); and, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eF. Scott Carter\u003c/persname\u003einquiring about rental and\n necessary furnishings and repairs (April 25, 1912). A letter,\n July 11, 1911, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorgie E. Preston\u003c/persname\u003e, describes a trip up\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePotomac River\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMount Vernon\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D. C.\u003c/geogname\u003e, and on to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTerra Alta, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMarietta, Ohio\u003c/geogname\u003e, specifically mentioning\n seeing \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Albert Baird] Cummins\u003c/persname\u003e(1850-1926) and \n \u003cpersname normal=\"James Beauchamp Clark\"\u003e[James Beauchamp]\n \"Champ\" Clark\u003c/persname\u003e(1850-1921) in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D. C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOn January 13, 1913, \n \u003cpersname\u003eNetta A. Goldsborough\u003c/persname\u003ewrites an\n interesting letter from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSchatzalp, Switzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e, concerning the\n visit for her daughter's health and describing the village and\n the activities of \"the crowds of pleasure seekers, from all\n over \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e. ..\" On April 3, 1914, \n \u003cpersname\u003eV. Peyton\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eYelverton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, writes concerning\n Mr. Norwood's leaving the parish and his replacement, \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Lee Woodward\u003c/persname\u003e(1873-1948),\n discussing both men and their characters. Woodward became the\n rector of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrace Church\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eThe Plains, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, from 1914-1921.\n Miss Peyton also sends her best to \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Abraham David] Pollock Gilmour\u003c/persname\u003eand his\n fiance, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Evelyn\u003c/persname\u003e. On November 21, 1914, \n \u003cpersname\u003eIda [Peyton]\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eYelverton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentions the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003erelief and the local activities of\n \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund [Lee Woodward]\u003c/persname\u003e; and, on September\n 1, n.y., she discusses the accidental death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eTaylor Scott\u003c/persname\u003e. On June 23, n.y., Margaret\n M. writes a lengthy letter containing news of various persons,\n and claims \"What a weary, painful time these married women\n have\" in response to some of the occurrences about which she\n writes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1903-1913, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Pollock Janney\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLily Pollock\u003c/persname\u003e, chiefly concern the\n management of \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLeeton Forest\u003c/corpname\u003e\" and financial affairs.\n There is information on wheat and corn accounts (February 28,\n 1903 and August 19, 1912), apple orders (August 26 \u0026amp; 29\n and September 9, 1912), cattle sales (August 19 and September\n 4, 1912). Charles gave her financial advice and assistance as\n evident in letters of July 3, 1907 and May 6, 1912, as well as\n others. On May 1, 1912, he writes concerning his election by\n the Presbytery as one of the Commissioners to attend the\n General Assemby meeting on May 16 in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBristol, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e. In his August 19,\n 1912 letter, he also mentions his servants, Alice, Myrtle, and\n \"a colored youth named \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McKinley\u003c/persname\u003e. \" The deaths of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam L. Royal\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[William E.] Hatcher\u003c/persname\u003e(1834-1912) are also\n mentioned in his letter of August 26, 1912. His June 2, 1913\n letter discusses a prosposed sale transaction for \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLeeton Forest\u003c/corpname\u003e. \"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are letters, 1903-1913, to Lily from her sister \n \u003cpersname\u003eRoberta (Pollock) Gilmour\u003c/persname\u003e's sons, \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Matthew Gilmour\"\u003eMatthew\u003c/persname\u003e, a\n tuberculosis patient, and \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Abraham David Gilmour\"\u003eAbraham David\n \"Pollock\"\u003c/persname\u003e, a pastor. Letters from Matthew deal\n chiefly with his convalescence after contracting tuberculosis,\n arriving from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScottsdale, Arizona\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 14, 1903, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSilver City, New Mexico\u003c/geogname\u003e(May 24 and July\n 6, 1903), and Denver, Colorado (August 17, 1903). He writes\n about his life in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eArizona\u003c/geogname\u003e; discusses his trip from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScottsdale\u003c/geogname\u003e, through \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePhoenix\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTucson\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSilver City\u003c/geogname\u003e; compares \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePhoenix\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTucson\u003c/geogname\u003eas health resorts; expresses his\n pleasure with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Joseph's Sanatorium\u003c/corpname\u003ebut not with \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSilver City\u003c/geogname\u003e; expresses his discouragement\n over worsening health and bad spells and hopes of improvement\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDenver\u003c/geogname\u003e. Letters from Pollock begin after\n Matthew's death in 1904, and discuss family and religious\n matters. On September 12, 1904, he expresses his gratitude for\n her \"most loving and self-sacrificing treatment of dear Matt.\"\n On December 27, 1906, he discusses his work with the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUnion Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, during\n September-December 1913, he writes while pastor of \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePurity Presbyterian Church in Chester, South\n Carolina\u003c/corpname\u003e. During these months, he keeps her\n apprised of the recovery of their child \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Monroe Gilmour\"\u003eMonroe\u003c/persname\u003eafter being\n injured seriously by fire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are letters, 1905-1914, to Lily from her sister \n \u003cpersname\u003eNancy Lee (Pollock) Janney\u003c/persname\u003e's sons, \n \u003cpersname normal=\"John Janney\"\u003eJohn\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Thomas Gordon\"\u003eThomas Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e,\n mining investors. On July 20, 1905, John writes from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDarlington, Idaho\u003c/geogname\u003e, expressing his\n happiness at having the opportunity to take advantage of the\n growth of such a young city, and supporting her management of\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTwin Falls\u003c/geogname\u003ebuilding. As a mining investor\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSalt Lake City, Utah\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1907, John was\n associated with the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNevada-Phoenix Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePioche--Last Chance Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and\n was involved in various business deals. During this period, he\n discusses possible solutions to her financial problems,\n opportunities for investing, and a financial proposition\n (April 27, 1907), and the setting aside of $50,000 worth of\n Pioche stock for her. A lengthy letter, April 27(-October 4),\n 1912, from John onboard ship enroute to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, describes the trip. By\n 1913, John's business investments failed. On January 12, 1913,\n he writes about the problems of business enterprise even\n without outside interference, and also wishes for a\n satisfactory settlement of our war with \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003ebut anticipating a \"general\n European confligration [sic].\" On July 3, 1913, John writes a\n lengthy discussion on his opinion concerning how man is\n intended to live under God's ordained physical laws and the\n laws of health, and how he has learned to endure difficult\n situations and still keep reasonably well. On October 31,\n 1914, John writes from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTwin Falls, Idaho\u003c/geogname\u003e, concerning his farm,\n stating that profits now go into improvements and that he has\n gradually built up one of the best ranches in that area. He\n refers to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTwin Falls\u003c/geogname\u003eas the most prosperous city he\n has been in this year. Letters from Gordon are more concerned\n with thoughts of their mother (December 29, 1907) and her\n death (May 7 \u0026amp; 23, 1908). On July 29, 1912, he writes an\n interesting letter from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSan Francisco, California\u003c/geogname\u003e, about his\n impending trip to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKorea\u003c/geogname\u003e, and the \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePhilippines\u003c/geogname\u003eto examine some mining\n properties. He mentions that he has a letter of introduction\n addressed to the Bishop of the Philippines, Rev. \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Henry Brent\u003c/persname\u003e(1862-1929).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1913-1914, to Lily from \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorgia L. Robertson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWarrenton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern the latter's\n management of \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLeeton Forest\u003c/corpname\u003e\" on behalf of Lily.\n Relevant topics discussed are the tenant Mr. Fielding, the\n sale of furniture and other household articles, packing Lily's\n books, and finances. Georgia also writes once from \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eKirkwood\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta, Georgia\u003c/geogname\u003e, with mention of\n preacher \n \u003cpersname\u003eMorgan Campbell\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere is miscellaneous correspondence, 1895-1908, of the \n \u003cfamname normal=\"Gilmour Family\"\u003eGilmour\u003c/famname\u003eand \n \u003cfamname normal=\"Janney Family\"\u003eJanney\u003c/famname\u003efamilies,\n which includes additional letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eMatthew Gilmour\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Janney\u003c/persname\u003e. On July 31, 1902, Matthew\n writes from \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePrescott, Arizona\u003c/geogname\u003e, to his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMatthew Gilmour\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning his failing\n health due to consumption and mentioning the various\n treatments of patients used by different physicians. On August\n 5, 1903, Matthew writes from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDenver, Colorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, to his sister, \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Bertha Gilmour\"\u003eBertha\u003c/persname\u003e, about the\n area, and mentioning that women are able to vote in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e. A letter, April 21, 1906, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Janney\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTwin Falls, Idaho\u003c/geogname\u003e, to his mother, \n \u003cpersname\u003eNancy Lee (Pollock) Janney\u003c/persname\u003e, mentions \"the\n horrible calamity that has befallen \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSan Francisco\u003c/geogname\u003e. \"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous items include an unidentified photograph\n [probably \n \u003cpersname\u003eLily Pollock\u003c/persname\u003e], obituaries of \n \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham David Pollock\u003c/persname\u003e, receipts of \n \u003cpersname\u003eLily Pollock\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eNancy Lee (Pollock) Janney\u003c/persname\u003e, and a poem\n and recipes.\u003c/p\u003e"],"collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00952","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00952","_root_":"viu_viu00952","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00952","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00952.xml","title_ssm":["Pollock and Janney Families Papers \n 1872-1914"],"title_tesim":["Pollock and Janney Families Papers \n 1872-1914"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["8409"],"text":["8409","Pollock and Janney Families Papers \n 1872-1914","213 items","This collection consists of 213 items, 1872-1914,\n pertaining to the \n Pollock and \n Janney families\n descended from \n Elizabeth Gordon (Lee) (1813-? ) and \n Abraham David Pollock (1807-1890) of \" \n Leeton Forest , \" \n Fauquier County, Virginia .","Early letters, 1872-1884, are chiefly from \n A. D. Pollock to his daughter, \n Roberta . The\n majority of correspondence, 1895-1914, is directed to another\n daughter, \n Lily , from family\n and friends. Correspondents include her brother-in-law, \n Charles Pollock Janney , married to her\n sister, \n Nancy Lee ;\n nephews \n Abraham David Pollock Janney and \n John Janney (issue of Charles and Nancy\n Janney); nephews \n Abraham David Pollock Gilmour and \n Matthew Gilmour (issue of \n \n Roberta and \n [Matthew] Gilmour ); \n Georgia L. Robertson ; \n Ann Lee Peyton ; and others. The letters\n cover personal affairs as well as the management of boarding\n houses in \n Virginia Beach ; and, apple growing,\n farming, and the management of \" \n Leeton Forest . \"","Letters, 1872-1884, from \n Abraham David Pollock are concerned with\n religious matters, his ill health, and personal and family\n affairs. In his letter of November 13, 1872, to his wife, he\n explains his medical condition as told by Dr. Foster of \n Clifton, Virginia , and discusses the\n remedy for curing the skin, \"electric bath\" and \"condensed air\n bath.\" Another letter, September 13, n.y., concerning his\n health, discusses \n Rockbridge Alum as a health spa, and\n mentions an anticipated visit from General [ ] Lee and a visit\n by Mrs. \n [David Dixon] Porter , Jr. Letters of\n February 4, 1873 and March 12, 1874 reveal Pollock's preaching\n involvement, mention their baby's ill health, and discuss news\n of various persons. The latter discusses his son Charles being\n offered \n Jimmy Chilton 's place, and possibly the\n Assistant District Attorney position or Assistant in the\n Attorney General's Office. A January 10, 1876 letter from \n Charles Lee Pollock concerns personal and\n family matters, such as Roberta's engagement to [Matthew]\n Gilmour and a visit by \n [Charles Pollock] Janney . A July 14, 1876\n letter from \n A. D. Pollock to Roberta discusses her\n visit to \n Scotland and his own trip there\n thirty-five years ago, and mentions the recovery of litle\n Charles Janney. In his letter of April 16, 1884, A. D. Pollock\n discusses visitor \n Fanny Briggs ' activities and his new\n hired man, \n George Washington , a brother-in-law of \n John Fry .","During August and September 1901, \n Charles Pollock Janney of \n Leesburg, Virginia , wrote several letters\n to his wife, \n Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney , while she was\n staying with her sister, \n Lily Pollock , in \n Virginia Beach . In his August 8 letter,\n he addresses her invitation to visit by writing that he may\n see her \"on the rising of the Convention about Thursday -15th\"\n but that his \"movements will be governed by developments in my\n Bath County Case, which is assuming interesting proportions.\"\n On August 19, he mentions their son John's trip to \n Washington, D. C. to see Dr. [ ] Patterson\n and some insurance prospects, their daughter \n Lilias , and Bell\n and Harry. His August 26 letter, written on the letterhead of \n Garfield Memorial Hospital , \n Washington, D. C. , discusses \n Ben Fling 's son \n Frank 's appendicitis\n and operation as well as John's interest in new insurance\n cases. On August 28, he writes to arrange accommodations for \n Townsend H. Van Devanter and his family in\n Virginia Beach . On August 29, he writes\n to Lily concerning her final payment to the \n Columbian Building and Loan\n Association for her property in \n Virginia Beach , and mentioning Van\n Devanter and his wife and her sister, Mrs. \n Charles C. Mercer (daughters of \n George W. Janney ). In his September 3\n letter, he reveals his decision to decline the candidacy for\n the State Senate, and mentions his having tea with \n John Staige Davis (1872-1946). On\n September 4, he mentions a visit to \n Virginia Beach by \n James I. Lippincott . On September 11, he\n writes an interesting letter on a train leaving \n Leesburg in which he describes a tour of \n Washington, D. C. ; discusses an explosion\n at the lime kiln that killed a white man and wounded two black\n men; being called to \n Richmond to meet the State Committee;\n states his reasons for declining the candidacy for the State\n Senate; and \n Theodore Roosevelt 's lessening prospects\n for becoming president, and \n William McKinley 's assassination.\n President McKinley's funeral procession is mentioned in his\n letter of September 17. In his second letter of September 29,\n he discusses a land transaction and its possible effect on\n their own family and \" \n Leeton Forest . \"","There are many letters, 1895-1914, to \n Lily Pollock from family and friends,\n chiefly concerning personal affairs but also the management of\n \" \n Leeton Forest . \" On October 11, 1895,\n \"Margaret\" mentions the death of \n Walter Harrison and the divorce of \n Amelie Rives\n Chaloner (1863-1945). \n Helen Schaw describes life in \n Atlantic City, New Jersey on January 10,\n 1901. \n J. Harvey Johnson writes from \n El Paso, Texas , on March 17, 1904,\n referring to his \"series of cross-country horseback rides\" out\n west. Lily owned and managed property at \n Virginia Beach , which was referred to in \n Thomas Smith 's letter of February 13,\n 1905; \n Lucy Pegraim Blow 's letter of April 20,\n 1906; and \n [Olin O.] Provosty 's letter of April 27,\n 1911. \n Ann Lee Peyton of \n Yelverton, Virginia , discourages\n improvements to \" \n Leeton Forest \" (December 8, 1906); and,\n sends news of securing a helper for Lily competent in sewing,\n cooking, and housekeeping, by the name of \n F. May Foote , along with the letter of\n acceptance from Miss Foote (February 27, 1913). \n Winfield Scott writes about the operation\n of a mine in \n Scottsdale, Arizona on November 24, 1907.\n There are several letters, April 28-May 15, concerning the\n death of Lily's sister, \n Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney . There are\n letters concerning the rental of \" \n Leeton Forest , \" from \n John Rutherford who agrees to list the\n farm, with attached broadside about the property in 1899\n (December 7, 1910); and, from \n F. Scott Carter inquiring about rental and\n necessary furnishings and repairs (April 25, 1912). A letter,\n July 11, 1911, from \n Georgie E. Preston , describes a trip up\n the \n Potomac River , to \n Mount Vernon and \n Washington, D. C. , and on to \n Terra Alta, West Virginia and \n Marietta, Ohio , specifically mentioning\n seeing \n [Albert Baird] Cummins (1850-1926) and \n [James Beauchamp]\n \"Champ\" Clark (1850-1921) in \n Washington, D. C. On January 13, 1913, \n Netta A. Goldsborough writes an\n interesting letter from \n Schatzalp, Switzerland , concerning the\n visit for her daughter's health and describing the village and\n the activities of \"the crowds of pleasure seekers, from all\n over \n Europe . ..\" On April 3, 1914, \n V. Peyton of \n Yelverton, Virginia , writes concerning\n Mr. Norwood's leaving the parish and his replacement, \n Edmund Lee Woodward (1873-1948),\n discussing both men and their characters. Woodward became the\n rector of \n Grace Church in \n The Plains, Virginia , from 1914-1921.\n Miss Peyton also sends her best to \n [Abraham David] Pollock Gilmour and his\n fiance, \n Lucy Evelyn . On November 21, 1914, \n Ida [Peyton] of \n Yelverton, Virginia , mentions the \n Belgium relief and the local activities of\n Edmund [Lee Woodward] ; and, on September\n 1, n.y., she discusses the accidental death of \n Taylor Scott . On June 23, n.y., Margaret\n M. writes a lengthy letter containing news of various persons,\n and claims \"What a weary, painful time these married women\n have\" in response to some of the occurrences about which she\n writes.","Letters, 1903-1913, from \n Charles Pollock Janney to \n Lily Pollock , chiefly concern the\n management of \" \n Leeton Forest \" and financial affairs.\n There is information on wheat and corn accounts (February 28,\n 1903 and August 19, 1912), apple orders (August 26 \u0026 29\n and September 9, 1912), cattle sales (August 19 and September\n 4, 1912). Charles gave her financial advice and assistance as\n evident in letters of July 3, 1907 and May 6, 1912, as well as\n others. On May 1, 1912, he writes concerning his election by\n the Presbytery as one of the Commissioners to attend the\n General Assemby meeting on May 16 in \n Bristol, Tennessee . In his August 19,\n 1912 letter, he also mentions his servants, Alice, Myrtle, and\n \"a colored youth named \n William McKinley . \" The deaths of \n William L. Royal and \n [William E.] Hatcher (1834-1912) are also\n mentioned in his letter of August 26, 1912. His June 2, 1913\n letter discusses a prosposed sale transaction for \" \n Leeton Forest . \"","There are letters, 1903-1913, to Lily from her sister \n Roberta (Pollock) Gilmour 's sons, \n Matthew , a\n tuberculosis patient, and \n Abraham David\n \"Pollock\" , a pastor. Letters from Matthew deal\n chiefly with his convalescence after contracting tuberculosis,\n arriving from \n Scottsdale, Arizona (April 14, 1903, \n Silver City, New Mexico (May 24 and July\n 6, 1903), and Denver, Colorado (August 17, 1903). He writes\n about his life in \n Arizona ; discusses his trip from \n Scottsdale , through \n Phoenix and \n Tucson , to \n Silver City ; compares \n Phoenix and \n Tucson as health resorts; expresses his\n pleasure with \n St. Joseph's Sanatorium but not with \n Silver City ; expresses his discouragement\n over worsening health and bad spells and hopes of improvement\n in \n Denver . Letters from Pollock begin after\n Matthew's death in 1904, and discuss family and religious\n matters. On September 12, 1904, he expresses his gratitude for\n her \"most loving and self-sacrificing treatment of dear Matt.\"\n On December 27, 1906, he discusses his work with the \n Union Seminary ; and, during\n September-December 1913, he writes while pastor of \n Purity Presbyterian Church in Chester, South\n Carolina . During these months, he keeps her\n apprised of the recovery of their child \n Monroe after being\n injured seriously by fire.","There are letters, 1905-1914, to Lily from her sister \n Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney 's sons, \n John and \n Thomas Gordon ,\n mining investors. On July 20, 1905, John writes from \n Darlington, Idaho , expressing his\n happiness at having the opportunity to take advantage of the\n growth of such a young city, and supporting her management of\n the \n Twin Falls building. As a mining investor\n in \n Salt Lake City, Utah in 1907, John was\n associated with the \n Nevada-Phoenix Mining Company and the \n Pioche--Last Chance Mining Company , and\n was involved in various business deals. During this period, he\n discusses possible solutions to her financial problems,\n opportunities for investing, and a financial proposition\n (April 27, 1907), and the setting aside of $50,000 worth of\n Pioche stock for her. A lengthy letter, April 27(-October 4),\n 1912, from John onboard ship enroute to \n Paris, France , describes the trip. By\n 1913, John's business investments failed. On January 12, 1913,\n he writes about the problems of business enterprise even\n without outside interference, and also wishes for a\n satisfactory settlement of our war with \n Turkey but anticipating a \"general\n European confligration [sic].\" On July 3, 1913, John writes a\n lengthy discussion on his opinion concerning how man is\n intended to live under God's ordained physical laws and the\n laws of health, and how he has learned to endure difficult\n situations and still keep reasonably well. On October 31,\n 1914, John writes from \n Twin Falls, Idaho , concerning his farm,\n stating that profits now go into improvements and that he has\n gradually built up one of the best ranches in that area. He\n refers to \n Twin Falls as the most prosperous city he\n has been in this year. Letters from Gordon are more concerned\n with thoughts of their mother (December 29, 1907) and her\n death (May 7 \u0026 23, 1908). On July 29, 1912, he writes an\n interesting letter from \n San Francisco, California , about his\n impending trip to \n Yokohama, Japan , \n Korea , and the \n Philippines to examine some mining\n properties. He mentions that he has a letter of introduction\n addressed to the Bishop of the Philippines, Rev. \n Charles Henry Brent (1862-1929).","Letters, 1913-1914, to Lily from \n Georgia L. Robertson of \n Warrenton, Virginia , concern the latter's\n management of \" \n Leeton Forest \" on behalf of Lily.\n Relevant topics discussed are the tenant Mr. Fielding, the\n sale of furniture and other household articles, packing Lily's\n books, and finances. Georgia also writes once from \" \n Kirkwood , \" \n Atlanta, Georgia , with mention of\n preacher \n Morgan Campbell .","There is miscellaneous correspondence, 1895-1908, of the \n Gilmour and \n Janney families,\n which includes additional letters of \n Matthew Gilmour and \n John Janney . On July 31, 1902, Matthew\n writes from \n Prescott, Arizona , to his father, \n Matthew Gilmour , concerning his failing\n health due to consumption and mentioning the various\n treatments of patients used by different physicians. On August\n 5, 1903, Matthew writes from \n Denver, Colorado , to his sister, \n Bertha , about the\n area, and mentioning that women are able to vote in \n Colorado . A letter, April 21, 1906, from \n John Janney in \n Twin Falls, Idaho , to his mother, \n Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney , mentions \"the\n horrible calamity that has befallen \n San Francisco . \"","Miscellaneous items include an unidentified photograph\n [probably \n Lily Pollock ], obituaries of \n Abraham David Pollock , receipts of \n Lily Pollock and \n Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney , and a poem\n and recipes.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Leeton Forest","Garfield Memorial Hospital","Columbian Building and Loan\n Association","Mount Vernon","Grace Church","St. Joseph's Sanatorium","Union Seminary","Purity Presbyterian Church in Chester, South\n Carolina","Nevada-Phoenix Mining Company","Pioche--Last Chance Mining Company","Kirkwood","Pollock","Janney","Gilmour","Elizabeth Gordon (Lee)","Abraham David Pollock","A. D. Pollock","Roberta","Lily","Charles Pollock Janney","Nancy Lee","Abraham David Pollock Janney","John Janney","Abraham David Pollock Gilmour","Matthew Gilmour","\n Roberta","[Matthew] Gilmour","Georgia L. Robertson","Ann Lee Peyton","[David Dixon] Porter","Jimmy Chilton","Charles Lee Pollock","[Charles Pollock] Janney","Fanny Briggs","George Washington","John Fry","Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney","Lily Pollock","Lilias","Ben Fling","Frank","Townsend H. Van Devanter","Charles C. Mercer","George W. Janney","John Staige Davis","James I. Lippincott","Theodore Roosevelt","William McKinley","Walter Harrison","Amelie Rives\n Chaloner","Helen Schaw","J. Harvey Johnson","Thomas Smith","Lucy Pegraim Blow","[Olin O.] Provosty","F. May Foote","Winfield Scott","John Rutherford","F. Scott Carter","Georgie E. Preston","[Albert Baird] Cummins","[James Beauchamp]\n \"Champ\" Clark","Netta A. Goldsborough","V. Peyton","Edmund Lee Woodward","[Abraham David] Pollock Gilmour","Lucy Evelyn","Ida [Peyton]","Edmund [Lee Woodward]","Taylor Scott","William L. Royal","[William E.] Hatcher","Roberta (Pollock) Gilmour","Matthew","Abraham David\n \"Pollock\"","Monroe","John","Thomas Gordon","Charles Henry Brent","Morgan Campbell","Bertha","English"],"unitid_tesim":["8409"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Pollock and Janney Families Papers \n 1872-1914"],"collection_title_tesim":["Pollock and Janney Families Papers \n 1872-1914"],"collection_ssim":["Pollock and Janney Families Papers \n 1872-1914"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Mrs. Frank Nalle"],"creator_ssim":["Mrs. Frank Nalle"],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was given to the Library by Mrs. Frank\n Nalle of Leesburg, Virginia, on October 18, 1966."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["213 items"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of 213 items, 1872-1914,\n pertaining to the \n Pollock and \n Janney families\n descended from \n Elizabeth Gordon (Lee) (1813-? ) and \n Abraham David Pollock (1807-1890) of \" \n Leeton Forest , \" \n Fauquier County, Virginia .","Early letters, 1872-1884, are chiefly from \n A. D. Pollock to his daughter, \n Roberta . The\n majority of correspondence, 1895-1914, is directed to another\n daughter, \n Lily , from family\n and friends. Correspondents include her brother-in-law, \n Charles Pollock Janney , married to her\n sister, \n Nancy Lee ;\n nephews \n Abraham David Pollock Janney and \n John Janney (issue of Charles and Nancy\n Janney); nephews \n Abraham David Pollock Gilmour and \n Matthew Gilmour (issue of \n \n Roberta and \n [Matthew] Gilmour ); \n Georgia L. Robertson ; \n Ann Lee Peyton ; and others. The letters\n cover personal affairs as well as the management of boarding\n houses in \n Virginia Beach ; and, apple growing,\n farming, and the management of \" \n Leeton Forest . \"","Letters, 1872-1884, from \n Abraham David Pollock are concerned with\n religious matters, his ill health, and personal and family\n affairs. In his letter of November 13, 1872, to his wife, he\n explains his medical condition as told by Dr. Foster of \n Clifton, Virginia , and discusses the\n remedy for curing the skin, \"electric bath\" and \"condensed air\n bath.\" Another letter, September 13, n.y., concerning his\n health, discusses \n Rockbridge Alum as a health spa, and\n mentions an anticipated visit from General [ ] Lee and a visit\n by Mrs. \n [David Dixon] Porter , Jr. Letters of\n February 4, 1873 and March 12, 1874 reveal Pollock's preaching\n involvement, mention their baby's ill health, and discuss news\n of various persons. The latter discusses his son Charles being\n offered \n Jimmy Chilton 's place, and possibly the\n Assistant District Attorney position or Assistant in the\n Attorney General's Office. A January 10, 1876 letter from \n Charles Lee Pollock concerns personal and\n family matters, such as Roberta's engagement to [Matthew]\n Gilmour and a visit by \n [Charles Pollock] Janney . A July 14, 1876\n letter from \n A. D. Pollock to Roberta discusses her\n visit to \n Scotland and his own trip there\n thirty-five years ago, and mentions the recovery of litle\n Charles Janney. In his letter of April 16, 1884, A. D. Pollock\n discusses visitor \n Fanny Briggs ' activities and his new\n hired man, \n George Washington , a brother-in-law of \n John Fry .","During August and September 1901, \n Charles Pollock Janney of \n Leesburg, Virginia , wrote several letters\n to his wife, \n Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney , while she was\n staying with her sister, \n Lily Pollock , in \n Virginia Beach . In his August 8 letter,\n he addresses her invitation to visit by writing that he may\n see her \"on the rising of the Convention about Thursday -15th\"\n but that his \"movements will be governed by developments in my\n Bath County Case, which is assuming interesting proportions.\"\n On August 19, he mentions their son John's trip to \n Washington, D. C. to see Dr. [ ] Patterson\n and some insurance prospects, their daughter \n Lilias , and Bell\n and Harry. His August 26 letter, written on the letterhead of \n Garfield Memorial Hospital , \n Washington, D. C. , discusses \n Ben Fling 's son \n Frank 's appendicitis\n and operation as well as John's interest in new insurance\n cases. On August 28, he writes to arrange accommodations for \n Townsend H. Van Devanter and his family in\n Virginia Beach . On August 29, he writes\n to Lily concerning her final payment to the \n Columbian Building and Loan\n Association for her property in \n Virginia Beach , and mentioning Van\n Devanter and his wife and her sister, Mrs. \n Charles C. Mercer (daughters of \n George W. Janney ). In his September 3\n letter, he reveals his decision to decline the candidacy for\n the State Senate, and mentions his having tea with \n John Staige Davis (1872-1946). On\n September 4, he mentions a visit to \n Virginia Beach by \n James I. Lippincott . On September 11, he\n writes an interesting letter on a train leaving \n Leesburg in which he describes a tour of \n Washington, D. C. ; discusses an explosion\n at the lime kiln that killed a white man and wounded two black\n men; being called to \n Richmond to meet the State Committee;\n states his reasons for declining the candidacy for the State\n Senate; and \n Theodore Roosevelt 's lessening prospects\n for becoming president, and \n William McKinley 's assassination.\n President McKinley's funeral procession is mentioned in his\n letter of September 17. In his second letter of September 29,\n he discusses a land transaction and its possible effect on\n their own family and \" \n Leeton Forest . \"","There are many letters, 1895-1914, to \n Lily Pollock from family and friends,\n chiefly concerning personal affairs but also the management of\n \" \n Leeton Forest . \" On October 11, 1895,\n \"Margaret\" mentions the death of \n Walter Harrison and the divorce of \n Amelie Rives\n Chaloner (1863-1945). \n Helen Schaw describes life in \n Atlantic City, New Jersey on January 10,\n 1901. \n J. Harvey Johnson writes from \n El Paso, Texas , on March 17, 1904,\n referring to his \"series of cross-country horseback rides\" out\n west. Lily owned and managed property at \n Virginia Beach , which was referred to in \n Thomas Smith 's letter of February 13,\n 1905; \n Lucy Pegraim Blow 's letter of April 20,\n 1906; and \n [Olin O.] Provosty 's letter of April 27,\n 1911. \n Ann Lee Peyton of \n Yelverton, Virginia , discourages\n improvements to \" \n Leeton Forest \" (December 8, 1906); and,\n sends news of securing a helper for Lily competent in sewing,\n cooking, and housekeeping, by the name of \n F. May Foote , along with the letter of\n acceptance from Miss Foote (February 27, 1913). \n Winfield Scott writes about the operation\n of a mine in \n Scottsdale, Arizona on November 24, 1907.\n There are several letters, April 28-May 15, concerning the\n death of Lily's sister, \n Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney . There are\n letters concerning the rental of \" \n Leeton Forest , \" from \n John Rutherford who agrees to list the\n farm, with attached broadside about the property in 1899\n (December 7, 1910); and, from \n F. Scott Carter inquiring about rental and\n necessary furnishings and repairs (April 25, 1912). A letter,\n July 11, 1911, from \n Georgie E. Preston , describes a trip up\n the \n Potomac River , to \n Mount Vernon and \n Washington, D. C. , and on to \n Terra Alta, West Virginia and \n Marietta, Ohio , specifically mentioning\n seeing \n [Albert Baird] Cummins (1850-1926) and \n [James Beauchamp]\n \"Champ\" Clark (1850-1921) in \n Washington, D. C. On January 13, 1913, \n Netta A. Goldsborough writes an\n interesting letter from \n Schatzalp, Switzerland , concerning the\n visit for her daughter's health and describing the village and\n the activities of \"the crowds of pleasure seekers, from all\n over \n Europe . ..\" On April 3, 1914, \n V. Peyton of \n Yelverton, Virginia , writes concerning\n Mr. Norwood's leaving the parish and his replacement, \n Edmund Lee Woodward (1873-1948),\n discussing both men and their characters. Woodward became the\n rector of \n Grace Church in \n The Plains, Virginia , from 1914-1921.\n Miss Peyton also sends her best to \n [Abraham David] Pollock Gilmour and his\n fiance, \n Lucy Evelyn . On November 21, 1914, \n Ida [Peyton] of \n Yelverton, Virginia , mentions the \n Belgium relief and the local activities of\n Edmund [Lee Woodward] ; and, on September\n 1, n.y., she discusses the accidental death of \n Taylor Scott . On June 23, n.y., Margaret\n M. writes a lengthy letter containing news of various persons,\n and claims \"What a weary, painful time these married women\n have\" in response to some of the occurrences about which she\n writes.","Letters, 1903-1913, from \n Charles Pollock Janney to \n Lily Pollock , chiefly concern the\n management of \" \n Leeton Forest \" and financial affairs.\n There is information on wheat and corn accounts (February 28,\n 1903 and August 19, 1912), apple orders (August 26 \u0026 29\n and September 9, 1912), cattle sales (August 19 and September\n 4, 1912). Charles gave her financial advice and assistance as\n evident in letters of July 3, 1907 and May 6, 1912, as well as\n others. On May 1, 1912, he writes concerning his election by\n the Presbytery as one of the Commissioners to attend the\n General Assemby meeting on May 16 in \n Bristol, Tennessee . In his August 19,\n 1912 letter, he also mentions his servants, Alice, Myrtle, and\n \"a colored youth named \n William McKinley . \" The deaths of \n William L. Royal and \n [William E.] Hatcher (1834-1912) are also\n mentioned in his letter of August 26, 1912. His June 2, 1913\n letter discusses a prosposed sale transaction for \" \n Leeton Forest . \"","There are letters, 1903-1913, to Lily from her sister \n Roberta (Pollock) Gilmour 's sons, \n Matthew , a\n tuberculosis patient, and \n Abraham David\n \"Pollock\" , a pastor. Letters from Matthew deal\n chiefly with his convalescence after contracting tuberculosis,\n arriving from \n Scottsdale, Arizona (April 14, 1903, \n Silver City, New Mexico (May 24 and July\n 6, 1903), and Denver, Colorado (August 17, 1903). He writes\n about his life in \n Arizona ; discusses his trip from \n Scottsdale , through \n Phoenix and \n Tucson , to \n Silver City ; compares \n Phoenix and \n Tucson as health resorts; expresses his\n pleasure with \n St. Joseph's Sanatorium but not with \n Silver City ; expresses his discouragement\n over worsening health and bad spells and hopes of improvement\n in \n Denver . Letters from Pollock begin after\n Matthew's death in 1904, and discuss family and religious\n matters. On September 12, 1904, he expresses his gratitude for\n her \"most loving and self-sacrificing treatment of dear Matt.\"\n On December 27, 1906, he discusses his work with the \n Union Seminary ; and, during\n September-December 1913, he writes while pastor of \n Purity Presbyterian Church in Chester, South\n Carolina . During these months, he keeps her\n apprised of the recovery of their child \n Monroe after being\n injured seriously by fire.","There are letters, 1905-1914, to Lily from her sister \n Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney 's sons, \n John and \n Thomas Gordon ,\n mining investors. On July 20, 1905, John writes from \n Darlington, Idaho , expressing his\n happiness at having the opportunity to take advantage of the\n growth of such a young city, and supporting her management of\n the \n Twin Falls building. As a mining investor\n in \n Salt Lake City, Utah in 1907, John was\n associated with the \n Nevada-Phoenix Mining Company and the \n Pioche--Last Chance Mining Company , and\n was involved in various business deals. During this period, he\n discusses possible solutions to her financial problems,\n opportunities for investing, and a financial proposition\n (April 27, 1907), and the setting aside of $50,000 worth of\n Pioche stock for her. A lengthy letter, April 27(-October 4),\n 1912, from John onboard ship enroute to \n Paris, France , describes the trip. By\n 1913, John's business investments failed. On January 12, 1913,\n he writes about the problems of business enterprise even\n without outside interference, and also wishes for a\n satisfactory settlement of our war with \n Turkey but anticipating a \"general\n European confligration [sic].\" On July 3, 1913, John writes a\n lengthy discussion on his opinion concerning how man is\n intended to live under God's ordained physical laws and the\n laws of health, and how he has learned to endure difficult\n situations and still keep reasonably well. On October 31,\n 1914, John writes from \n Twin Falls, Idaho , concerning his farm,\n stating that profits now go into improvements and that he has\n gradually built up one of the best ranches in that area. He\n refers to \n Twin Falls as the most prosperous city he\n has been in this year. Letters from Gordon are more concerned\n with thoughts of their mother (December 29, 1907) and her\n death (May 7 \u0026 23, 1908). On July 29, 1912, he writes an\n interesting letter from \n San Francisco, California , about his\n impending trip to \n Yokohama, Japan , \n Korea , and the \n Philippines to examine some mining\n properties. He mentions that he has a letter of introduction\n addressed to the Bishop of the Philippines, Rev. \n Charles Henry Brent (1862-1929).","Letters, 1913-1914, to Lily from \n Georgia L. Robertson of \n Warrenton, Virginia , concern the latter's\n management of \" \n Leeton Forest \" on behalf of Lily.\n Relevant topics discussed are the tenant Mr. Fielding, the\n sale of furniture and other household articles, packing Lily's\n books, and finances. Georgia also writes once from \" \n Kirkwood , \" \n Atlanta, Georgia , with mention of\n preacher \n Morgan Campbell .","There is miscellaneous correspondence, 1895-1908, of the \n Gilmour and \n Janney families,\n which includes additional letters of \n Matthew Gilmour and \n John Janney . On July 31, 1902, Matthew\n writes from \n Prescott, Arizona , to his father, \n Matthew Gilmour , concerning his failing\n health due to consumption and mentioning the various\n treatments of patients used by different physicians. On August\n 5, 1903, Matthew writes from \n Denver, Colorado , to his sister, \n Bertha , about the\n area, and mentioning that women are able to vote in \n Colorado . A letter, April 21, 1906, from \n John Janney in \n Twin Falls, Idaho , to his mother, \n Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney , mentions \"the\n horrible calamity that has befallen \n San Francisco . \"","Miscellaneous items include an unidentified photograph\n [probably \n Lily Pollock ], obituaries of \n Abraham David Pollock , receipts of \n Lily Pollock and \n Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney , and a poem\n and recipes."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Leeton Forest","Garfield Memorial Hospital","Columbian Building and Loan\n Association","Mount Vernon","Grace Church","St. Joseph's Sanatorium","Union Seminary","Purity Presbyterian Church in Chester, South\n Carolina","Nevada-Phoenix Mining Company","Pioche--Last Chance Mining Company","Kirkwood","Pollock","Janney","Gilmour","Elizabeth Gordon (Lee)","Abraham David Pollock","A. D. Pollock","Roberta","Lily","Charles Pollock Janney","Nancy Lee","Abraham David Pollock Janney","John Janney","Abraham David Pollock Gilmour","Matthew Gilmour","\n Roberta","[Matthew] Gilmour","Georgia L. Robertson","Ann Lee Peyton","[David Dixon] Porter","Jimmy Chilton","Charles Lee Pollock","[Charles Pollock] Janney","Fanny Briggs","George Washington","John Fry","Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney","Lily Pollock","Lilias","Ben Fling","Frank","Townsend H. Van Devanter","Charles C. Mercer","George W. Janney","John Staige Davis","James I. Lippincott","Theodore Roosevelt","William McKinley","Walter Harrison","Amelie Rives\n Chaloner","Helen Schaw","J. Harvey Johnson","Thomas Smith","Lucy Pegraim Blow","[Olin O.] Provosty","F. May Foote","Winfield Scott","John Rutherford","F. Scott Carter","Georgie E. Preston","[Albert Baird] Cummins","[James Beauchamp]\n \"Champ\" Clark","Netta A. Goldsborough","V. Peyton","Edmund Lee Woodward","[Abraham David] Pollock Gilmour","Lucy Evelyn","Ida [Peyton]","Edmund [Lee Woodward]","Taylor Scott","William L. Royal","[William E.] Hatcher","Roberta (Pollock) Gilmour","Matthew","Abraham David\n \"Pollock\"","Monroe","John","Thomas Gordon","Charles Henry Brent","Morgan Campbell","Bertha"],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Leeton Forest","Garfield Memorial Hospital","Columbian Building and Loan\n Association","Mount Vernon","Grace Church","St. Joseph's Sanatorium","Union Seminary","Purity Presbyterian Church in Chester, South\n Carolina","Nevada-Phoenix Mining Company","Pioche--Last Chance Mining Company","Kirkwood"],"famname_ssim":["Pollock","Janney","Gilmour"],"persname_ssim":["Elizabeth Gordon (Lee)","Abraham David Pollock","A. D. Pollock","Roberta","Lily","Charles Pollock Janney","Nancy Lee","Abraham David Pollock Janney","John Janney","Abraham David Pollock Gilmour","Matthew Gilmour","\n Roberta","[Matthew] Gilmour","Georgia L. Robertson","Ann Lee Peyton","[David Dixon] Porter","Jimmy Chilton","Charles Lee Pollock","[Charles Pollock] Janney","Fanny Briggs","George Washington","John Fry","Nancy Lee (Pollock) Janney","Lily Pollock","Lilias","Ben Fling","Frank","Townsend H. Van Devanter","Charles C. Mercer","George W. Janney","John Staige Davis","James I. Lippincott","Theodore Roosevelt","William McKinley","Walter Harrison","Amelie Rives\n Chaloner","Helen Schaw","J. Harvey Johnson","Thomas Smith","Lucy Pegraim Blow","[Olin O.] Provosty","F. May Foote","Winfield Scott","John Rutherford","F. Scott Carter","Georgie E. Preston","[Albert Baird] Cummins","[James Beauchamp]\n \"Champ\" Clark","Netta A. Goldsborough","V. Peyton","Edmund Lee Woodward","[Abraham David] Pollock Gilmour","Lucy Evelyn","Ida [Peyton]","Edmund [Lee Woodward]","Taylor Scott","William L. Royal","[William E.] Hatcher","Roberta (Pollock) Gilmour","Matthew","Abraham David\n \"Pollock\"","Monroe","John","Thomas Gordon","Charles Henry Brent","Morgan Campbell","Bertha"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":10,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:40:24.564Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of 213 items, 1872-1914,\n pertaining to the \n \u003cfamname normal=\"Pollock family\"\u003ePollock\u003c/famname\u003eand \n \u003cfamname normal=\"Janney family\"\u003eJanney\u003c/famname\u003efamilies\n descended from \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Gordon (Lee)\u003c/persname\u003e(1813-? ) and \n \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham David Pollock\u003c/persname\u003e(1807-1890) of \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLeeton Forest\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFauquier County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarly letters, 1872-1884, are chiefly from \n \u003cpersname\u003eA. D. Pollock\u003c/persname\u003eto his daughter, \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Roberta Pollock\"\u003eRoberta\u003c/persname\u003e. The\n majority of correspondence, 1895-1914, is directed to another\n daughter, \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Lily Pollock\"\u003eLily\u003c/persname\u003e, from family\n and friends. Correspondents include her brother-in-law, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Pollock Janney\u003c/persname\u003e, married to her\n sister, \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Nancy Pollock Janney\"\u003eNancy Lee\u003c/persname\u003e;\n nephews \n \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham David Pollock Janney\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Janney\u003c/persname\u003e(issue of Charles and Nancy\n Janney); nephews \n \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham David Pollock Gilmour\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eMatthew Gilmour\u003c/persname\u003e(issue of \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Roberta Pollock Gilmour\"\u003e\n Roberta\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Matthew] Gilmour\u003c/persname\u003e); \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorgia L. Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eAnn Lee Peyton\u003c/persname\u003e; and others. The letters\n cover personal affairs as well as the management of boarding\n houses in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia Beach\u003c/geogname\u003e; and, apple growing,\n farming, and the management of \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLeeton Forest\u003c/corpname\u003e. \"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1872-1884, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham David Pollock\u003c/persname\u003eare concerned with\n religious matters, his ill health, and personal and family\n affairs. In his letter of November 13, 1872, to his wife, he\n explains his medical condition as told by Dr. Foster of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eClifton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and discusses the\n remedy for curing the skin, \"electric bath\" and \"condensed air\n bath.\" Another letter, September 13, n.y., concerning his\n health, discusses \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRockbridge Alum\u003c/geogname\u003eas a health spa, and\n mentions an anticipated visit from General [ ] Lee and a visit\n by Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003e[David Dixon] Porter\u003c/persname\u003e, Jr. Letters of\n February 4, 1873 and March 12, 1874 reveal Pollock's preaching\n involvement, mention their baby's ill health, and discuss news\n of various persons. The latter discusses his son Charles being\n offered \n \u003cpersname\u003eJimmy Chilton\u003c/persname\u003e's place, and possibly the\n Assistant District Attorney position or Assistant in the\n Attorney General's Office. A January 10, 1876 letter from \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Lee Pollock\u003c/persname\u003econcerns personal and\n family matters, such as Roberta's engagement to [Matthew]\n Gilmour and a visit by \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Charles Pollock] Janney\u003c/persname\u003e. A July 14, 1876\n letter from \n \u003cpersname\u003eA. D. Pollock\u003c/persname\u003eto Roberta discusses her\n visit to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScotland\u003c/geogname\u003eand his own trip there\n thirty-five years ago, and mentions the recovery of litle\n Charles Janney. In his letter of April 16, 1884, A. D. Pollock\n discusses visitor \n \u003cpersname\u003eFanny Briggs\u003c/persname\u003e' activities and his new\n hired man, \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Washington\u003c/persname\u003e, a brother-in-law of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fry\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring August and September 1901, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Pollock Janney\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLeesburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, wrote several letters\n to his wife, \n \u003cpersname\u003eNancy Lee (Pollock) Janney\u003c/persname\u003e, while she was\n staying with her sister, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLily Pollock\u003c/persname\u003e, in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia Beach\u003c/geogname\u003e. In his August 8 letter,\n he addresses her invitation to visit by writing that he may\n see her \"on the rising of the Convention about Thursday -15th\"\n but that his \"movements will be governed by developments in my\n Bath County Case, which is assuming interesting proportions.\"\n On August 19, he mentions their son John's trip to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D. C.\u003c/geogname\u003eto see Dr. [ ] Patterson\n and some insurance prospects, their daughter \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Lilias Janney\"\u003eLilias\u003c/persname\u003e, and Bell\n and Harry. His August 26 letter, written on the letterhead of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGarfield Memorial Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D. C.\u003c/geogname\u003e, discusses \n \u003cpersname\u003eBen Fling\u003c/persname\u003e's son \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Frank Fling\"\u003eFrank\u003c/persname\u003e's appendicitis\n and operation as well as John's interest in new insurance\n cases. On August 28, he writes to arrange accommodations for \n \u003cpersname\u003eTownsend H. Van Devanter\u003c/persname\u003eand his family in\n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia Beach\u003c/geogname\u003e. On August 29, he writes\n to Lily concerning her final payment to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eColumbian Building and Loan\n Association\u003c/corpname\u003efor her property in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia Beach\u003c/geogname\u003e, and mentioning Van\n Devanter and his wife and her sister, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles C. Mercer\u003c/persname\u003e(daughters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge W. Janney\u003c/persname\u003e). In his September 3\n letter, he reveals his decision to decline the candidacy for\n the State Senate, and mentions his having tea with \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Staige Davis\u003c/persname\u003e(1872-1946). On\n September 4, he mentions a visit to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia Beach\u003c/geogname\u003eby \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames I. Lippincott\u003c/persname\u003e. On September 11, he\n writes an interesting letter on a train leaving \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLeesburg\u003c/geogname\u003ein which he describes a tour of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D. C.\u003c/geogname\u003e; discusses an explosion\n at the lime kiln that killed a white man and wounded two black\n men; being called to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eto meet the State Committee;\n states his reasons for declining the candidacy for the State\n Senate; and \n \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e's lessening prospects\n for becoming president, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McKinley\u003c/persname\u003e's assassination.\n President McKinley's funeral procession is mentioned in his\n letter of September 17. In his second letter of September 29,\n he discusses a land transaction and its possible effect on\n their own family and \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLeeton Forest\u003c/corpname\u003e. \"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are many letters, 1895-1914, to \n \u003cpersname\u003eLily Pollock\u003c/persname\u003efrom family and friends,\n chiefly concerning personal affairs but also the management of\n \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLeeton Forest\u003c/corpname\u003e. \" On October 11, 1895,\n \"Margaret\" mentions the death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Harrison\u003c/persname\u003eand the divorce of \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy\"\u003eAmelie Rives\n Chaloner\u003c/persname\u003e(1863-1945). \n \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Schaw\u003c/persname\u003edescribes life in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic City, New Jersey\u003c/geogname\u003eon January 10,\n 1901. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Harvey Johnson\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEl Paso, Texas\u003c/geogname\u003e, on March 17, 1904,\n referring to his \"series of cross-country horseback rides\" out\n west. Lily owned and managed property at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia Beach\u003c/geogname\u003e, which was referred to in \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Smith\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of February 13,\n 1905; \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Pegraim Blow\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of April 20,\n 1906; and \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Olin O.] Provosty\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of April 27,\n 1911. \n \u003cpersname\u003eAnn Lee Peyton\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eYelverton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, discourages\n improvements to \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLeeton Forest\u003c/corpname\u003e\" (December 8, 1906); and,\n sends news of securing a helper for Lily competent in sewing,\n cooking, and housekeeping, by the name of \n \u003cpersname\u003eF. May Foote\u003c/persname\u003e, along with the letter of\n acceptance from Miss Foote (February 27, 1913). \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinfield Scott\u003c/persname\u003ewrites about the operation\n of a mine in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScottsdale, Arizona\u003c/geogname\u003eon November 24, 1907.\n There are several letters, April 28-May 15, concerning the\n death of Lily's sister, \n \u003cpersname\u003eNancy Lee (Pollock) Janney\u003c/persname\u003e. There are\n letters concerning the rental of \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLeeton Forest\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" from \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Rutherford\u003c/persname\u003ewho agrees to list the\n farm, with attached broadside about the property in 1899\n (December 7, 1910); and, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eF. Scott Carter\u003c/persname\u003einquiring about rental and\n necessary furnishings and repairs (April 25, 1912). A letter,\n July 11, 1911, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorgie E. Preston\u003c/persname\u003e, describes a trip up\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePotomac River\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMount Vernon\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D. C.\u003c/geogname\u003e, and on to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTerra Alta, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMarietta, Ohio\u003c/geogname\u003e, specifically mentioning\n seeing \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Albert Baird] Cummins\u003c/persname\u003e(1850-1926) and \n \u003cpersname normal=\"James Beauchamp Clark\"\u003e[James Beauchamp]\n \"Champ\" Clark\u003c/persname\u003e(1850-1921) in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D. C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOn January 13, 1913, \n \u003cpersname\u003eNetta A. Goldsborough\u003c/persname\u003ewrites an\n interesting letter from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSchatzalp, Switzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e, concerning the\n visit for her daughter's health and describing the village and\n the activities of \"the crowds of pleasure seekers, from all\n over \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e. ..\" On April 3, 1914, \n \u003cpersname\u003eV. Peyton\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eYelverton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, writes concerning\n Mr. Norwood's leaving the parish and his replacement, \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Lee Woodward\u003c/persname\u003e(1873-1948),\n discussing both men and their characters. Woodward became the\n rector of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrace Church\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eThe Plains, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, from 1914-1921.\n Miss Peyton also sends her best to \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Abraham David] Pollock Gilmour\u003c/persname\u003eand his\n fiance, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Evelyn\u003c/persname\u003e. On November 21, 1914, \n \u003cpersname\u003eIda [Peyton]\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eYelverton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentions the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003erelief and the local activities of\n \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund [Lee Woodward]\u003c/persname\u003e; and, on September\n 1, n.y., she discusses the accidental death of \n \u003cpersname\u003eTaylor Scott\u003c/persname\u003e. On June 23, n.y., Margaret\n M. writes a lengthy letter containing news of various persons,\n and claims \"What a weary, painful time these married women\n have\" in response to some of the occurrences about which she\n writes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1903-1913, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Pollock Janney\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eLily Pollock\u003c/persname\u003e, chiefly concern the\n management of \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLeeton Forest\u003c/corpname\u003e\" and financial affairs.\n There is information on wheat and corn accounts (February 28,\n 1903 and August 19, 1912), apple orders (August 26 \u0026amp; 29\n and September 9, 1912), cattle sales (August 19 and September\n 4, 1912). Charles gave her financial advice and assistance as\n evident in letters of July 3, 1907 and May 6, 1912, as well as\n others. On May 1, 1912, he writes concerning his election by\n the Presbytery as one of the Commissioners to attend the\n General Assemby meeting on May 16 in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBristol, Tennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e. In his August 19,\n 1912 letter, he also mentions his servants, Alice, Myrtle, and\n \"a colored youth named \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McKinley\u003c/persname\u003e. \" The deaths of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam L. Royal\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[William E.] Hatcher\u003c/persname\u003e(1834-1912) are also\n mentioned in his letter of August 26, 1912. His June 2, 1913\n letter discusses a prosposed sale transaction for \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLeeton Forest\u003c/corpname\u003e. \"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are letters, 1903-1913, to Lily from her sister \n \u003cpersname\u003eRoberta (Pollock) Gilmour\u003c/persname\u003e's sons, \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Matthew Gilmour\"\u003eMatthew\u003c/persname\u003e, a\n tuberculosis patient, and \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Abraham David Gilmour\"\u003eAbraham David\n \"Pollock\"\u003c/persname\u003e, a pastor. Letters from Matthew deal\n chiefly with his convalescence after contracting tuberculosis,\n arriving from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eScottsdale, Arizona\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 14, 1903, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSilver City, New Mexico\u003c/geogname\u003e(May 24 and July\n 6, 1903), and Denver, Colorado (August 17, 1903). 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On September 12, 1904, he expresses his gratitude for\n her \"most loving and self-sacrificing treatment of dear Matt.\"\n On December 27, 1906, he discusses his work with the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUnion Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, during\n September-December 1913, he writes while pastor of \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePurity Presbyterian Church in Chester, South\n Carolina\u003c/corpname\u003e. During these months, he keeps her\n apprised of the recovery of their child \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Monroe Gilmour\"\u003eMonroe\u003c/persname\u003eafter being\n injured seriously by fire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are letters, 1905-1914, to Lily from her sister \n \u003cpersname\u003eNancy Lee (Pollock) Janney\u003c/persname\u003e's sons, \n \u003cpersname normal=\"John Janney\"\u003eJohn\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Thomas Gordon\"\u003eThomas Gordon\u003c/persname\u003e,\n mining investors. On July 20, 1905, John writes from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDarlington, Idaho\u003c/geogname\u003e, expressing his\n happiness at having the opportunity to take advantage of the\n growth of such a young city, and supporting her management of\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTwin Falls\u003c/geogname\u003ebuilding. As a mining investor\n in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSalt Lake City, Utah\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1907, John was\n associated with the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNevada-Phoenix Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePioche--Last Chance Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and\n was involved in various business deals. During this period, he\n discusses possible solutions to her financial problems,\n opportunities for investing, and a financial proposition\n (April 27, 1907), and the setting aside of $50,000 worth of\n Pioche stock for her. A lengthy letter, April 27(-October 4),\n 1912, from John onboard ship enroute to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, describes the trip. By\n 1913, John's business investments failed. On January 12, 1913,\n he writes about the problems of business enterprise even\n without outside interference, and also wishes for a\n satisfactory settlement of our war with \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003ebut anticipating a \"general\n European confligration [sic].\" On July 3, 1913, John writes a\n lengthy discussion on his opinion concerning how man is\n intended to live under God's ordained physical laws and the\n laws of health, and how he has learned to endure difficult\n situations and still keep reasonably well. On October 31,\n 1914, John writes from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTwin Falls, Idaho\u003c/geogname\u003e, concerning his farm,\n stating that profits now go into improvements and that he has\n gradually built up one of the best ranches in that area. He\n refers to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTwin Falls\u003c/geogname\u003eas the most prosperous city he\n has been in this year. Letters from Gordon are more concerned\n with thoughts of their mother (December 29, 1907) and her\n death (May 7 \u0026amp; 23, 1908). On July 29, 1912, he writes an\n interesting letter from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSan Francisco, California\u003c/geogname\u003e, about his\n impending trip to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKorea\u003c/geogname\u003e, and the \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePhilippines\u003c/geogname\u003eto examine some mining\n properties. He mentions that he has a letter of introduction\n addressed to the Bishop of the Philippines, Rev. \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Henry Brent\u003c/persname\u003e(1862-1929).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1913-1914, to Lily from \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorgia L. Robertson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWarrenton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern the latter's\n management of \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLeeton Forest\u003c/corpname\u003e\" on behalf of Lily.\n Relevant topics discussed are the tenant Mr. Fielding, the\n sale of furniture and other household articles, packing Lily's\n books, and finances. Georgia also writes once from \" \n \u003ccorpname\u003eKirkwood\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlanta, Georgia\u003c/geogname\u003e, with mention of\n preacher \n \u003cpersname\u003eMorgan Campbell\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere is miscellaneous correspondence, 1895-1908, of the \n \u003cfamname normal=\"Gilmour Family\"\u003eGilmour\u003c/famname\u003eand \n \u003cfamname normal=\"Janney Family\"\u003eJanney\u003c/famname\u003efamilies,\n which includes additional letters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eMatthew Gilmour\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Janney\u003c/persname\u003e. On July 31, 1902, Matthew\n writes from \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePrescott, Arizona\u003c/geogname\u003e, to his father, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMatthew Gilmour\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning his failing\n health due to consumption and mentioning the various\n treatments of patients used by different physicians. 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