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Ephemera from the 350th Anniversary of Jamestown. Includes the Virginia Department of Highways report on "Traffic and the Jamestown Festival," "Jamestown Festival Official Program," programs for the musical program at PBK in Williamsburg and the christening of the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, brochure entitled "Souvenir of the Jamestown Festival 1957, Old World Heritage,"Jamestown Festival brochure, brochure for "The Founders," ticket stub for the festivities, and a Jamestown Anniversary Issue of the magazine "Forth".

Numerical list of blanks and prizes in the Fredericksburg Female Charity School Lottery. 1805. 48 pages. 15 1/2 x 10 inches.

Scope and Contents S.W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that "its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp. ALS. Including typescript. 1 p.

General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking certain people and businesses for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly. February 29, 1924.

Scope and Contents Oversized items removed from Mss. 39.4 V82ci Williamsburg Papers. Organized by the folder from which they were removed. Folder 3: Williamsburg Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Folder 13: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster "Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Folder 14: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster for "Lecture Recital at Bruton Parish Church...Dr. David McK. Williams." 1943. Folder 15a: Churches - Christian Science Monitor, 1951 poster for a lecture by Claire Rauthe and 1944-45 free lecture announcements. Folder 17: Clubs and Organizations - The Exchange Club flyers, 1949-1954. Folder 19: Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to "Berry" and "Monie", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. Folder 29: Moving Pictures - Large poster for "The Baker's Wife" to be held at the Williamsburg Theater. undated. Folder 32: Schools - Private Schools - Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia, to Carter Berkeley pertaining to schools in Williamsburg. 1811

One page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of March 10, 1887, entitled "Virginia a day in a historic town--views of old Williamsburg."

Scope and Contents Photostat copies of newspaper articles about the Battle of Williamsburg from the New York Daily Tribune, May 10, 12 and 13, 1862, photostat copies of a map of the "Lower Peninsula," and "Battle of Williamsburg" and both a negative and a positive photocopies entitled "Charge of Hancock's Brigade at Williamsburgh," "Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-works in front of Williamsburg from sketches made May 6, 1862," "Williamsburg, Va." These prints have notes on them and might be partial proofs for a publication.

Two aerial photographs of South Henry Street area of Williamsburg, Virginia. Undated.

Material relating to the annual celebrations of Yorktown Day, sometimes called Yorktown Fete.

Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece.