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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word, created by Laura Christiansen, 10 July 2020 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Andrew Monroe Cridler Papers, 1871-1913, n.d. A Collection in theThomas Balch Library SC 0126 Gabrielle Sanchez

Thomas Balch Library 2016 Gabrielle Sanchez Thomas Balch Library Descriptive Summary Thomas Balch Library Andrew Monroe Cridler Papers, 1871-1913, n.d. SC 0126 Less than .33 cubic ft., 2 folders. English The collection consists primarily of receipts issued to Andrew Monroe Cridler, including Loudoun County tax receipts, Mercer Township/Mercer District tax receipts, Mutual Fire Insurance Company receipts, and others. In addition, the collection contains two copies of a family tree of the descendants of Andrew Monroe (1760-1847), each with handwritten additions and notes. Photographs are included. Mildred Palmer, Scottsdale, AZ Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Andrew Monroe Cridler Papers, 1871-1913, n.d. (SC 0126), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

Mildred Palmer, Scottsdale, AZ

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Accruals

2005.0139; 2015.0199; 2016.0038

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Gabrielle Sanchez, 25 August 2016

Historical Information

Andrew Monroe Cridler (1820-1895) was the son of George Jacob Cridler (fl. 1783-1820) and Isabella Monroe (1785-1866), and the grandson of Andrew Monroe (1760-1847), younger brother of President James Monroe. Cridler, a shoemaker by trade, lived in Aldie, Virginia. In 1840, he married Rachel Jane Smallwood. They had three daughters. Roberta Virginia Cridler (1851-1939) married Burr W. Hough (1847-1926); Jane Isabella Cridler (1855-1934) married Edgar McFarland (1856-before 1934), and Mary Frances Cridler (1857-1917) who married Webster C. Palmer (1852-1891). Andrew Cridler died in 1895 and is buried in Union Cemetery in Leesburg.

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The collection consists primarily of receipts issued to Andrew Monroe Cridler, including Loudoun County tax receipts, Mercer Township/Mercer District tax receipts, Mutual Fire Insurance Company receipts, and others. In addition, the collection contains two copies of a family tree of the descendants of Andrew Monroe (1760-1847), each with handwritten additions and notes. Photographs included in the collection are a postcard of Main Street in Aldie, a group photo of children and women with farm tools, a tintype of an unidentified woman, and four photographs of Mary Frances Cridler Palmer's home in Aldie, VA.

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Ancestry Library Edition , http://www.ancestrylibrary.com (accessed 25 August 2016).

Andrew Monroe Cridler Papers (SC 0124), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA

Loudoun County Cemetery Database, http://www.leesburgva.gov/index.aspx?page=940 (accessed 25 August 2016)

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Contents List Receipts, 1871-1903, n.d. Andrew Monroe Family Tree [2] vc_0083_0001 "Mary Frances Cridler Palmer's house in Aldie, VA. She had the post office in the front room", 10 September 1913 vc_0083_0002[Unidentified woman], n.d. vc_0083_0003 "Side view of Mt Beulah", n.d. vc_0083_0004 "Main St., Aldie, VA. Pub. By Aldie Drug Store", [postcard], n.d. vc_0083_0005 "[Palmer House], postcard, n.d. vc_0083_0006 "Mary Frances Cridler Palmer in Aldie, VA. She kept the post office in a front room", n.d. vc_0083_0007[Group of children and women with farm tools], n.d.