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College of William and Mary

Barry S. Martin collection of historical manuscripts and documents, 1771/1830

.1 Linear Feet 1 legal size folder

Collection contains various papers from the late 18th to early 19th century. Documents include a warrant, two checks, a U.S. Loan Office certificate, and two colonial notes.

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Alexandria Library

Alexandria History Collection (MS240), 1767/2008

8.75 Cubic Feet 14.5 legal size, 2 oversize

The manuscripts vertical file is an artificial collection containing a wide variety of unique manuscript items relating to Alexandria, Virginia residents, businesses, organizations, and history.

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African-American History, 1767/1948 Box 1, Box 5, Box 8, Os_box 16

This subject concerns African American history in Alexandria including records relating to slavery and Black political and religious rights as well as a flyer from the Robert Robinson Branch Library. Most records documenting the activities of free blacks in Alexandria in the antebellum period fall into this category as do modern records that are notable due to an association with African Americans or their communities.

Personal, 1764/1984 Box 10, Box 11, Os_box 17

This subject includes personal letters, diaries, and memoirs as well as personal certificates.

Politics, 1752/1957 Box 5, Box 12, Os_box 17

This subject contains political speeches and tracts, as well as records concerning election campaigns and advocacy on political issues. It also includes appointments to public offices in Alexandria, for other offices see: personal. For actual government administrative records and records about the legal status of Alexandria see: government.

College of William and Mary

Virginia Counties Collection, 1600/2000, bulk 1730/1890

30.00 Linear Feet

Artificial collection of papers relating to various counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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James Madison University

Margaret Grattan Weaver collection, 1707/1992, bulk 1857/1910

0.41 cubic feet 1 box and 1 folder
The Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1707-1992 (bulk 1857-1910), consists of one box and one oversize folder of materials pertaining to Weaver and her ancestors, specifically John E. Roller, Weaver's grandfather. Also included are biographical and genealogical information of county residents and historic locations and Civil War Documents with notable signatures. The collection is arranged in three series: John E. Roller Papers, Biographical/Genealogical Information, and Civil War Documents.
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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Washington and Lee University and Regional Virginia History Research Collection, 1609/2016

12 Linear Feet

Published lecture by retired professor John McKenzie Gunn, dated April 25, 1994; "Can Economics be Both Relevant and 'good'?"

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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Ollinger Crenshaw Papers, 1770/1970

2 Linear Feet

Articles; correspondence 1946-1969; selected notes Gen. Lee's College; misc. papers; photos

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Box 2, 1749/1954 Box 2, Folder 62-95

Selected notes Gen. Lee's College; Glawgow papers 1870's and 1880's and other manuscript collections; correspondence re Lee Chapel; controversy

College of William and Mary

Mosby-Russell family papers, 1746/1929

0.3 Linear Feet Four legal sized folders

Collection contains family letters and other family accounts from Leila James Mosby and her husband Charles W. Russell. Russell was an officer during the American Civil War for the Confederate Army and an author as well as diplomat to Persia (modern day Iran). Mosby was the sister of Confederate officer John S. Mosby.

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James Madison University

Rockingham Public Library Collection of Rockingham County Legal Documents, 1767/1873

0.4 cubic feet 1 box
The Rockingham Public Library Collection of Rockingham County Legal Documents, 1767-1873, consists of one box chiefly comprised of legal documents from Rockingham County and Harrisonburg.
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George Mason University

Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, 1694/1795

1 volume
Owned by Elizabeth Fairfax, the cookbook contains numerous cooking and medicinal recipes popular in 17th and 18th century England.
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Elizabeth Fairfax Cookbook, 1694/1795

This cookbook, compiled over a one hundred year period, contains common recipes for cooking and medicinal remedies found in England during the 17th and 18th centuries. The book contains numerous recipes for food, from drinks to deserts, and medicinal remedies for a variety of aliments.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

University of Virginia Medical Illustrations collection, 1720/1969, bulk 0

7 boxes (7 containers)

The collection comprises mostly of anatomical illustrations of humans and animals by professional medical illustrators and medical practioners, but there is a good number of caricatures. Many of the images depict 20th century surgical prodedures; there are also physiological illustrations included in the collection. Most items are drawn in pencil on illustration paper with cardboard backing. In addition, there are some drawings in notepads and on tracing paper.

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English and French Medical Caricatures, 1760/1835 Box 7, MS-67, Item 9, 21-49

Caricature by definition is a representation in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect. Nineteenth-century medicine provided caricaturists with a wealth of material. Artists humorously exaggerated medical conditions and physical characteristics. Bulbous noses, protruding stomachs, and hunched backs were some of the more common features drawn to extraordinary proportions. Bizarre treatments, massive doses of pills, and excessive bloodletting, prescribed by trained physicians and quack doctors alike, were all lampooned. Suffering and discomfort from disease and the patient's reaction to medical treatment were also fodder for the satirist's pen.

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