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College of William and Mary

Barry S. Martin collection of historical manuscripts and documents

.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)

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 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.

Government Box 6, Box 7, Box 8

This subject contains records concerning the government of Alexandria, official notices and other government interactions, bonds from the Alexandria Corporation, as well as some records from Potomac and Fairfax.

College of William and Mary

Virginia Counties Collection

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

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

12 Linear Feet
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College of William and Mary

James Barron Papers (I)

7.52 Linear Feet

Correspondence and papers of Commodore James Barron relating to his career in the United States Navy, and especially relating to The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair in 1807 and to his duel with Stephen Decatur. Collection includes photocopies of patents issued to Barron for his inventions and a typescript of William Oliver Stevens' An Affair of Honor, a biography of Barron. Correspondents include John Adams, Jesse Duncan Elliott, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Amos Kendall, Duff Green and Abel P. Upshur. 753 items.

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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Ollinger Crenshaw Papers

2 Linear Feet
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Box 2 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

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

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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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Jacob Fuller scrapbook

1.5 Linear Feet 1 box

This scrapbook was compiled by Jacob Fuller while serving as Secretary to the Washington and Lee University Board of Trustees. He chose original university records, such as evidence of early fundraising and the university's relationship with the Society of the Cincinnati, and other items he felt belonged together in this scrapbook. Most of the items were removed from the Board of Trustees records by Fuller.

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