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Farm Book of Ackerly & J.W. Whitesell – beginning Feb. 1, 1899 and ending Feb. 1, 1912.

This folder contains:- "Love You. M." ribbon - Letters that appear to pertain to the Fieldmont farm of Mary Ackerly Field in Fauquier County including land deeds, surveys, etc. • Copy of William S. Pickett's will Jan. 10, 1798 [James Pickett and William Pickett appointed executors] 7 • Obligation of sale of land to James Pickett April 15, 1824 • Copy of deed/land survey April 8, 1826 given under hand & seal June 20, 1838 • Combs vs Pickett letter addressed to Major B Powell. Middleburg no date including letter from James Pickett 7 • James Pickett to Major B. Powell, Middleburg, December 26, 1826 [in re: claim on Sanford Pickett's land] - Letter Mar, 7, 1840 (Jackson [Mississippi?])to Mr. & Mrs. Pickett announcing the death of their daughter from "Sister in the Best of Bonds Sarah Holloway" - Letter Oct. 22, 1849 to John Pickett "Dear Brother Pickett" from Washington, DC chatting mostly about buildings in the city "Your sincere & affectionate friend Wm T Ince" - Letter Apr. 29, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - "Love You. M." ribbon - Letters that appear to pertain to the Fieldmont farm of Mary Ackerly Field in Fauquier County including land deeds, surveys, etc. • Copy of William S. Pickett's will Jan. 10, 1798 [James Pickett and William Pickett appointed executors] 7 • Obligation of sale of land to James Pickett April 15, 1824 • Copy of deed/land survey April 8, 1826 given under hand & seal June 20, 1838 • Combs vs Pickett letter addressed to Major B Powell. Middleburg no date including letter from James Pickett 7 • James Pickett to Major B. Powell, Middleburg, December 26, 1826 [in re: claim on Sanford Pickett's land] - Letter Mar, 7, 1840 (Jackson [Mississippi?])to Mr. & Mrs. Pickett announcing the death of their daughter from "Sister in the Best of Bonds Sarah Holloway" - Letter Oct. 22, 1849 to John Pickett "Dear Brother Pickett" from Washington, DC chatting mostly about buildings in the city "Your sincere & affectionate friend Wm T Ince" - Letter Apr. 29, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Dec, 7, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Apr. 19, 1848 from Saint Farm [?] "My dear brother" mostly discussion of a silk dress for sister Ann; signed "Your affectionate sister, Eloise" - Letter to John Pickett, - Sept. 24, 1848 Dudley Wayne Co., NC "Dear Friend" mostly about young ladies; B.A. Curtis - Letter Oct. 25, 1866 from Holly Springs, "My Dear John" re: John Pickett's departure from Fruit Farm; writer's departure from Holly Springs "my headquarters during the war" to Columbia [SC?] "Your brother Thomas" 7 - Letter Apr. 20, 1849 [?] Salem Station "Mr. Jno Pickett" re "Foster H. account" signed "Thos. R. Foster" - P.W. Dawe's Last Will and Testament Nov. 5, 1844 - Letter Mat 13, 1869 "My dear Bro. Pickett" concerning religious labors with numerous pious quotes "Yr. Brother H.W. Dodge" - Letter Dec. 25, 1866 Dear Mr. Pickett from Charlottesville – Christmas remembrances to "My dear Pastor" … from "Your fond and attached friend L. Octovia Harris" "PS – I am sorry I haven't a photograph ready to send you" - Letter Apr. 12, 1867 from Office of B&O Railroad Parkersburg "Dear John" chatty letter from A. G. Pickett including political comments re: franchise of negroes "in the hands of the madmen now ruling the country with despotic sway" "It is said 30,000 of the best citizens of West Virginia are disenfranchised" - Letter Sept. 9, 1883 from Memphis, TN "Dear Lee" lively letter from young man with little money and few 'cloths to ware' [sic] but who does have a job [Hampton Herron & Co. Cotton Factors] signed Jno. P. Pickett - Letter in faded ink and in poor shape Mar. 20, 1883 [?] Success P.O. "My Dear Nellie" apparently reporting in detail on death of sister Kate [incomplete] - "Love You. M." ribbon - Letters that appear to pertain to the Fieldmont farm of Mary Ackerly Field in Fauquier County including land deeds, surveys, etc. • Copy of William S. Pickett's will Jan. 10, 1798 [James Pickett and William Pickett appointed executors] 7 • Obligation of sale of land to James Pickett April 1824 • Copy of deed/land survey April 8, 1826 given under hand & seal June 20, 1838 • Combs vs Pickett letter addressed to Major B Powell. Middleburg no date including letter from James Pickett • James Pickett to Major B. Powell, Middleburg, December 26, 1826 [in re: claim on Sanford Pickett's land] - Letter Mar, 7, 1840 (Jackson [Mississippi?])to Mr. & Mrs. Pickett announcing the death of their daughter from "Sister in the Best of Bonds Sarah Holloway" - Letter Oct. 22, 1849 to John Pickett "Dear Brother Pickett" from Washington, DC chatting mostly about buildings in the city "Your sincere & affectionate friend Wm T Ince" - Letter Apr. 29, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Dec, 7, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Apr. 19, 1848 from Saint Farm [?] "My dear brother" mostly discussion of a silk dress for sister Ann; signed "Your affectionate sister, Eloise" - Letter to John Pickett, - Sept. 24, 1848 Dudley Wayne Co., NC "Dear Friend" mostly about young ladies; B.A. Curtis - Letter Oct. 25, 1866 from Holly Springs, "My Dear John" re: John Pickett's departure from Fruit Farm; writer's departure from Holly Springs "my headquarters during the war" to Columbia [SC?] "Your brother Thomas" 7 - Letter Apr. 20, 1849 [?] Salem Station "Mr. Jno Pickett" re "Foster H. account" signed "Thos. R. Foster" - P.W. Dawe's Last Will and Testament Nov. 5, 1844 - Letter Mat 13, 1869 "My dear Bro. Pickett" concerning religious labors with numerous pious quotes "Yr. Brother H.W. Dodge" - Letter Dec. 25, 1866 Dear Mr. Pickett from Charlottesville – Christmas remembrances to "My dear Pastor" … from "Your fond and attached friend L. Octovia Harris" "PS – I am sorry I haven't a photograph ready to send you" - Letter Apr. 12, 1867 from Office of B&O Railroad Parkersburg "Dear John" chatty letter from A. G. Pickett including political comments re: franchise of negroes "in the hands of the madmen now ruling the country with despotic sway" "It is said 30,000 of the best citizens of West Virginia are disenfranchised" - Letter Sept. 9, 1883 from Memphis, TN "Dear Lee" lively letter from young man with little money and few 'cloths to ware' [sic] but who does have a job [Hampton Herron & Co. Cotton Factors] signed Jno. P. Pickett - Letter in faded ink and in poor shape Mar. 20, 1883 [?] Success P.O. "My Dear Nellie" apparently reporting in detail on death of sister Kate [incomplete] - Letter June 8, 1850 to Mr. William Ackerly Lexington, VA from George W. Bowsman re: unanswered letter to "Mr. Letcher, an attorney in Lexington" concerning some of Bowsman's wife's property. Attached note by Lucy Ackerly reads "Wm. Ackerly was the father of my grandfather Jno. Paul Ackerly. Wm. Ackerly died Aug. 4, 1853, my great grandfather" - Letter July 15, 1932 from Conna White Ackerly (Mrs. William) to her daughter, Lucy, at University of Virginia sent from Big Island, GA where her mother was visiting - Letter Jan. 16, 1878 (?) to Lucy Ackerly at Summer, VA from her cousin N. E. White written from Lone Pine mainly about how dull Christmas was - Letter Nov. 12, 1867 Cleveland to John [Pickett] considerably damaged and written cross-over… "Cousin John… I could not believe that you were less my sincere friend or felt less interested in me because you were no longer my pastor" signature illegible - Letter Sept. 9, 1878 to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Mary Denham Talcott, Pasadena, CA for whom Mary was named - Letter Sept. 9, 1878 to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Mary Denham Talcott, Pasadena, CA for whom Mary was named - Letter Feb. 26, 1895 Lone Pine VA "Grandmama" (mother of Mrs. W.P. Ackerly to Mary Ackerly… full of news of sicknesses and deaths - Series of Letters from John Milton White to his daughter Lonna B. White Ackerly (Mrs. John Ackerly) Oct. 22, 1890; May 16, 1892; Aug. 2, 1892; Apr. 16, 1893; June 3, 1894; Mar. 4, 1897; Dec. 22, 1916.

This folder contains:- Carbon copy of unsigned letter "To the President" recommending John P. Ackerly for re-appointment as Postmaster of Lexington Apr. 30, 1902 -4 thank-you-notes from Mary Denham Talcott of Pasadena, California to Mary Ackerly dated Jan. 4, 1904; Dec. 29, 1904; Jan. 9, 1909; and Jan. 8, 1912 - "Dear Papa" letter from Mary to John P. Ackerly in Washington, D.C. dated June 25, 1906 concerning a Mr. Frazier "simply disgusted with the whole affair" - Letter Apr. 13, 1909 to William Ackerly re: Mary's operation addressed c/o Dr. Liles, Lynchburg "hope…return to your college duties in which you have done so well" [at W&L] - Letter July 3, 1910 to Mary Ackerly from her "G Pa – William" about loss of loved ones (and the purchase of some pigs) sent from Montgomery, W.Va. with the W crossed out - Letter Oct. 18, 1912 to Mary Ackerly from her brother W. W. Ackerly in law school at Rochester, NY – not too happy, hard work, homesick - Letter June 17, 1913 to Mary Ackerly from G.W. Effinger, County Superintendent of Schools, Rockbridge County certifying her fine performance as a teacher for 3 years (crossed out in red ink to read "2" years) and her teacher training certificate of May 20, 1910 [her race is prominently listed as "White"] - Request for clarification of beneficiary information Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company Sept. 30, 1914 and Receipt for insurance premium payment Aug. 11, 1915 William Ackerly - Letter to Mary Ackerly from R.D. Buford says "old John P. Ackerly married (I think in Campbell County) a Miss Cobbs, daughter of a Widow" - Letter May 3, 1916 from Union Central Life Insurance Co. Lynchburg re: insurance policy of Clifton E. White, Dec'd to brother E. G. White - Letter from Graham, VA dated May 6, 1916 to "Dear Pa" signed "Your Son, Eugene" mentioning "a letter from Mr. Ackerly" - Letter dated June 4, 1916 referencing photographs sent to Mrs. James Ackerly "Cousin Connie" signed "Sammie" in Bedford, VA - Letter June 20, 1916 2:30am Rochester, NY from William Ackerly to his parents about being called up to service in World War I – long, hand-written, two pages both sides - Statement by John M. White (Mrs. John Ackerly's father) in reference to his brother Clifton E. White's estate Aug. 8, 1916 with attachments… - Letter June 17, 1917 to William White Ackerly in Rochester, NY from Mary Ackerly about his illness and military service - Letter Nov. 14, 1917 to Mr. Earl Reynolds, Chicago, Ill. Introducing Mr. William Ackerly, 1st Lieutenant Field Artillery - Letter May 2, 1918 to William Ackerly from Sadie, Rochester, NY social goings on in Rochester - Letter May 4, 1918 from Mary D. Ackerly to Captain William Ackerly, Co. "B" 102nd Military Police "Camp Wadsworth" Spartanburg, South Carolina… - Letter May 5, 1918 to William Ackerly from "Harriet" in Rochester, NY saying that she will be "terribly lonesome" as he ships out overseas - Letter May 6, 1918 to William Ackerly at Camp Stuart, Newport News, VA, from Lucy Ackerly - Western Union telegram May 9, 1918 to William Ackerly from his father about coming for a visit to Camp Hill LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 10 - Note from R.D. Buford to "Miss Mary" Ackerly about old times Sept. 2, 1916.

This folder contains:- Two page historical sketch of Hollins College 1923, 1924, 1925 - Letters among W. W. Ackerly's wartime buddies concerning wartime news 1942 + With the Colors publication of Mar. 17, 1942 with picture of FDR on the cover referencing his 60th birthday - Letter Sept. 4, 1939 from William W. Ackerly, Esq. to Circuit Court Loudoun County asking for date of deed of trust from Mary D.A. Field (widow) to L. R. Bartenstein and "myself" covering sale of farm

This folder contains: - Broadside of Republican Convention to be held at Lexington Courthouse Mar. 30, 1895 - Receipt Mrs. C.B. Ackerly bought of E.A. Moore & Co. Studebaker wagon gear Aug. 25, 1899 - Note from Col R.A. Marr of VMI to "Appointing Power of the Postmaster of Lexington, VA" Apr. 8, 1902 recommending that John P. Ackerly be re-appointed as postmaster - Letter to the Lexington Postmaster from The McKinley Monumental Tree Committee in Oakland, CA Apr 8, 1902 stating that it planned to plant a special tree in Oak View Cemetery in Oakland in honor of the late President William McKinley and asking for soil from the Valley of Virginia to use in the planting: "On June 10 & 11, 1864, a battle was fought near your place in which young McKinley took part as a soldier. The Committee desires to obtain about one pound of earth or soil from that battlefield to be used in the ceremony of planting." - Memorandum of an agreement Apr 1, 1904 between C. B. Ackerly and Abraham Lavell concerning land taxes and the growing and harvesting of wheat - Flyer from Jno. P. Ackerly called "A Card" To the Republicans and Voters of Rockbridge County Oct. 20, 1908 urging support for Republican candidates - Republican National Committee Certificate of John Ackerly and receipt 1916 pers - Letter to mother (Mrs. John P. Ackerly) from Will Ackerly May 27, 1916 discussing life insurance and requesting that proceeds go to "Sis" and Lucy if she doesn't use them "because I know it is easier for boys than girls to make their way in the world." - Letter to John P. Ackerly from Congressman C. B. Slemp thanking him for his congratulatory message Nov. 11, 1916 - Mr. J.P. Ackerly in account with W. J. Thomas, Fresh & Cured Meats Dec. 1, 1926 - Letter to Mrs. David Strain, President of Mary Custis Lee UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter from Elizabeth Beverly White, Jackson Memorial Hospital Jan. 20, 1928 wishing to resign - Resolution of Hospital Board of Jackson Memorial Hospital on the resignation of Mrs. Reid White Jan. 31, 1928 LOCATION: AC 109 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 6) Folder #5 - Resolution by the Republicans of Rockbridge County upon the death of President McKinley and condolences to Mrs. McKinley - Rolled photo Fort Meade, MD May 1942 "Capt W. W. Ackerly Commanding".

This box contains assorted booklets and one folder of miscellaneous items. The booklets are as follows: - Minutes of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Wilmington, N.C. Nov 13-16, 1901 - Minutes of the Seventeenth Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters held in Harrisonburg, VA October 8th-11th, 1912 - Minutes of the Eighteenth Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Richmond, VA Sept 30-Oct 3, 1913 - Minutes of the Twentieth Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy assembled in Danville, VA Sept. 21, 22, 23, 24 1915 - Minutes of the Twenty-Second Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Roanoke, Virginia Oct 9-12, 1917 - Minutes of the Twenty-fifth Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Petersburg, VA Sept 29-Oct. 1, 1920 - Minutes of the Forty-second Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Danville, VA Oct 5-8, 1937 – two copies - Minutes of the Forty-third Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Alexandria, VA Oct 4-7, 1938 - Minutes of the Sixtieth Annual Convention United Daughters of the Confederacy Virginia Division held at Roanoke, VA Oct 4-6, 1955 - Report of the President General United Daughters of the Confederacy 1912 - Minutes of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Wilmington, N.C. Nov 13-16, 1901 - Minutes of the Seventeenth Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters held in Harrisonburg, VA October 8th-11th, 1912 - Minutes of the Eighteenth Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Richmond, VA Sept 30-Oct 3, 1913 - Minutes of the Twentieth Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy assembled in Danville, VA Sept. 21, 22, 23, 24 1915 - Minutes of the Twenty-Second Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Roanoke, Virginia Oct 9-12, 1917 - Minutes of the Twenty-fifth Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Petersburg, VA Sept 29-Oct. 1, 1920 - Minutes of the Forty-second Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Danville, VA Oct 5-8, 1937 – two copies - Minutes of the Forty-third Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Alexandria, VA Oct 4-7, 1938 - Minutes of the Sixtieth Annual Convention United Daughters of the Confederacy Virginia Division held at Roanoke, VA Oct 4-6, 1955 - Report of the President General United Daughters of the Confederacy 1912 - Bulletin Medical College of Virginia Dedication Issue Jefferson Davis Memorial Chapel Richmond Virginia (Presented to the Medical College of Virginia by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (1960) Volume LVIII Winter 1961 Number 2 - General Convention Call United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC 69th Annual General Convention, Richmond, VA Nov. 10-15, 1962 including Proposed Amendment to Bylaws and discussion of amendments - United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC Program 69th General Convention Hotel John Marshall Richmond, VA Nov. 10-16, 1962 two copies - United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC Historian General's Yearbook 1962 - Forty Years with the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy by Mrs. Cabell Smith [Essie Wade Butler Smith] UDC undated but pages 14-19 mention Lee Chapel custodian, battle flags, and plaque to Traveler on side of Lee's House - 67th Annual Convention Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Chamberlin Hotel Fort Monroe, Virginia Oct. 2,3,4, 1962 - "Stonewall" Jackson Memorial 63rd Annual Convention Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Natural Bridge Hotel Oct. 7,8,9, 1958 - United Daughters of the Confederacy Monticello Hotel Norfolk, VA [Confederate Monument, Norfolk erected 1898] 64th Annual Convention Virginia Division Pickett-Buchanan / Hope-Maury Hostess Chapters Oct. 6,7,8, 1959 - 66th Annual Convention Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Hotel Jefferson, Richmond, Virginia Lee Chapter No. 123 Hostess Oct. 3,4,5 1961 two copies with memorabilia; one has notes for a speech on Lee-Jackson Day in Lexington - Program United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC 45th Annual Convention Tulsa, OK Nov. 15-18, 1938 Mayo Hotel - Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC Second District Conference Robert E. Lee Hotel, Lexington, VA Apr. 10, 1962 - Children of the Confederacy Virginia Division Year Book 1937-1938.