PUBLIC "-//Fairfax County Public Library//TEXT (US::ViF::vif00100::A Guide to the 1807 Fee Book Scrapbook)//EN" "vif00100.xml" A Guide to the 1807 Fee Book Scrapbook, 1807, 1872-1882 1807 Fee Book Scrapbook MSS 06-79 © 2024 Fairfax County Public Library. All rights reserved. Machine-readable finding aid created by Ross Landis, January 14, 2024 Description is in English A Guide to the 1807 Fee Book Scrapbook, 1807, 1872-1882 A Collection in The Fairfax County Public Library MSS 06-79

Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library Descriptive Summary Fairfax County Public Library The 1807 Fee Book Scrapbook, 1807, 1872-1882 MSS 06-79 0.75 linear feet English The 1807 Fee Book Scrapbook is a reused fee book from 1807 that contains newspaper clippings from 1872-1882 pasted over the original account writings. The newspaper clippings included are mostly poems but also obituaries and marriage announcements from the Fairfax Herald and other Northern Virginia area newspapers. Unknown Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

1807 Fee Book Scrapbook, MSS 06-79, Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library

 Acquisition Information

Donated by William Page Johnson, II, January 31, 1996

 Processing Information

Chris Barbuschak, May 2018EAD generated by Ross Landis, 2024

 Historical and Biographical Information

It is unclear who the creator of this scrapbook is. The book was given to William Page Johnson II, a cousin of Virginia Laughlin in 1994. Virginia (Whalen) Laughlin was the daughter of John McGill Whalen and Florence Sisson, granddaughter of John William Whalen. John McGill Whalen (1896-1945) was Clerk of the Fairfax County Circuit Court from 1936-1945. His father, John William Whalen (1862-1924), was the janitor for the Fairfax County Courthouse for many years.

 Scope and Content

The 1807 Fee Book Scrapbook is a reused fee book from 1807 that contains newspaper clippings from 1872-1882 pasted over the original account writings. The newspaper clippings included are mostly poems but also obituaries and marriage announcements from the Fairfax Herald and other Northern Virginia area newspapers.

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 Index Terms Fairfax County (Va.) - History Container List 1807 Fee Book Scrapbook, 1807, 1872-1882