Letter, Lilla M. Boyden to John A. Washington III

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 4
Abstract:
Lilla requests early termination of her contract for teaching Washington's children. Northern Virginia at this time was increasingly unstable, as the Union army had invaded the state, and the teacher wanted to leave the area ASAP. Just two days before this letter (on July 16, 2018) John A. Washington had written to bis friend & Waveland neighbor Ned Turner about getting General Beauregard to send troops to calm down restive negro "servants" who unsettled local citizens in Fauquier County (q.v., 0670-Folder 4- Letter 86 from John A. Washington III at Richmond, VA to Edward Ned Turner Waveland dated July 16, 1861 (item #3e056ff88f8da230c0a0532ae30d351c0). Lilla did in fact, leave Waveland; joining her minister father and mother in Albemarle County, VA
Language:
English .

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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
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