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McDermed Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Chiefly letters, 1851-1882, to Edward McDermed, Gish's Mill, constable of Roanoke County, Va., concerning his mercantile business and his application for the railroad mail service. Also includes correspondence, 1861- 1865, of Confederate soldiers, including R. F. Kefauver (of the 42nd Regiment), Oliver H. P. McDermed, Charles Lewis Anthony stationed at Jamestown Island, and an unidentified soldier. Subjects of the Civil War letters include the Peninsular Campaign and operations under Jubal A. Early in the Shenandoah Valley.
Item 1: An account for produce sold by Ed[ward] McDermed. DS. 1 p., 1842
Item 2: Colin Bass, Big Lick, [Roanoke County, Va.], to Edward McDermed, Fluke's, Bot[etourt Co.], Va. ALS. 1p., 9 April 1851
Item 3: C.R. Abshire, Marion, Va., to [Edward McDermed], n.p. ALS. 2 pp., 18 April 1852
Item 4: F. McMullin, Washington City, [D.C.], to [Edward McDermed], n.p. ALS. 2 pp., 4 January 1855
Item 5: F. McMullin, Washington City, [D.C.], to [Edward McDermed], n.p. ALS. 2 pp., 3 May 1856
Item 6: James Boyd and Co., Lynchburg, [Va.], to Ed[ward] McDermed, n.p. ALS. 1p., 7 Sept. 1860
Item 7: R.P. Kefauver, Huntersville, [Pocahohtas County], Va., to [Edward McDermed], n.p. ALS. 2pp., 20 Aug. 1861
Item 8: R.P. Kefauver, in Camp on Big Sewell Mountain, Fayette Co., Va., to [Edward McDermed], n.p. ALS. 2pp., 17 Oct. 1861
Item 9: Ja[mes] Boyd, Bro[ther] and Co., Lynchburg, [Va.], to [?]. ALS. 1 p., 9 Dec. 1861
Item 10: McDaniel and Irby, Lynchburg, [Va.], to Edward McDermed, Gish's Mill, [Roanoke County, Va.]. ALS. 1 p., 12 Dec. 1861
Item 11: Ja[me]s Boyd, Bro[ther] and Co., Lynchburg, [Va.], to [?]. ALS. 1 p., 7 January 1862
Item 12: C.S. Bliss, Lynchburg, [Va.], to [Edward] McDermead [sic]. ALS. 1 p. Also including a PD, 21 January 1862. An invoice for a store order. 1p., 21 Jan. 1862
Item 13: A letter written in camp by an unidentified Confederate soldier to Edward [McDermed?], n.p. Incomplete. AL. 2 pp., 2 July 1862
Item 14: Oliver [McDermed], n.p., to Edward [McDermed], n.p. ALS. 2pp., 20 October 1862
Item 15: Colin Bass, Salem, [Roanoke Co., Va.], to Edward McDermed, n.p. ALS. 1 p., 18 June 1866
Item 16: Ruebush and Kieffer, Singer's Glen, Rockingham Co., Va., to Ed[ward] McDermed, n.p. ALS. 1 p., 1 Oct. 1868
Item 17: John P. Gwaltney, n.p., to Edward Macdrmant [sic], n.p. ALS. 2pp., 4 April 1869
Item 18: Edward McDermed, Gish's Mill, Roanoke Co., Va., to Edward Cowen, n.p. ALS. 3 pp., 3 Oct. 1869
Item 19: W[illia]m Mahone, Washinton, [D.C.], to Edw[ar]d McDermed, Roanoke, Va., n.p. ALS. 1 p., 14 June 1882
Item 20: Bettie B. McDermed, Mountain View, to her husband [?] [McDermed], n.p. ALS. 2 pp., 16 Sept. 1882
Item 21: Bettie [B. McDermed], n.p., to her son Charles Lewis Anthony, Jamestown Island, [Va.] ALS. 4 pp. Including 2 ALSS from Betty [B. McDermed], to her brother [?]., Undated
Item 22: Lizzie [McDermed], n.p., to her brother [Edward McDermed], n.p. ALS. 2 pp., Undated
Item 23: B[ettie] B. McDermed, n.p., to her husband [?] McDermed, n.p. ALS. 2 pp., Undated
Item 24: Edward McDermed, Gish's Mill, Roanoke Co., Va., to [N.A.] Hamilton, n.p. ALS. 2 pp. Including an ANS from N.A. Hamilton, Richmond, [Va.], to E[dward] McDermed, np. 30 April n.y., Undated
Item 25: Lizzie McD[ermed], n.p., to [Edward McDermed], n.p. Incomplete. ALS. 2 pp., Undated
Item 26: Lizzie [McDermed], n.p., to her brother, [Edward McDermed], n.p. ALS. 3 pp., Undated