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| Summary |
Letter from author Virginia Woolf to her brother-in-law Clive Bell. |
| Date created |
09-13-1921 |
| Subject |
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 |
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| Summary |
This scrapbook, assembled during the war by Jerome Epstein's mother Rosella, includes souvenirs he collected during his wartime service both in the United States and in Italy. The scrapbook also includes some additional letters from Jerome to his family as well as various newsclippings related to World War II and especially the Italian Theater. |
| Date created |
1945 |
| Subject |
[Military, Italy] |
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| Summary |
Letter from Joseph Janney of Leesburg, Virginia concerning the shipment of goods. |
| Date created |
1773 |
| Subject |
[Leesburg (Va.), Virginia, Northern--History.] |
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| Summary |
A single signed letter from an unknown Confederate soldier. The location is listed as "Camp Burton's Farm," which probably refers to an area controlled by the Confederates during the U.S. Civil War. The author also mentions being formerly stationed at Camp Lee. In the letter, the soldier tells his "ma" about camp life, the poor winter weather, and sends birthday wishes home to his "pa," which he had forgotten to send in his last letter. |
| Date created |
1863-01-29 |
| Subject |
[United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives., Confederate States of America--History, Military] |
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| Summary |
A single signed letter from an unknown Confederate soldier. The location is listed as "Camp Burton's Farm," which probably refers to an area controlled by the Confederates during the U.S. Civil War. The author also mentions being formerly stationed at Camp Lee. In the letter, the soldier tells his "ma" about camp life, the poor winter weather, and sends birthday wishes home to his "pa," which he had forgotten to send in his last letter. |
| Date created |
1863-01-29 |
| Subject |
[United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives., Confederate States of America--History, Military] |
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| Date created |
1815-03-17 |
| Summary |
Indenture for a miller apprenticeship for Hugh Ogden in Loudoun County, Virginia. The indenture states that Hugh Ogden, an orphan born circa 1800 in England, will be apprenticed to Peter Bernenderfer, a Loudoun County miller, for seven years. |
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| Date created |
1815-03-17 |
| Summary |
Indenture for a miller apprenticeship for Hugh Ogden in Loudoun County, Virginia. The indenture states that Hugh Ogden, an orphan born circa 1800 in England, will be apprenticed to Peter Bernenderfer, a Loudoun County miller, for seven years. |
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| Summary |
Fairfax County court demand to apprehend Joseph Stephens on behalf of David Hughes. |
| Date created |
1763-03-23 |
| Subject |
[Fairfax (Va.)--Politics and government, Virginia, Northern--History] |
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| Summary |
Fairfax County court demand to apprehend Joseph Stephens on behalf of David Hughes. |
| Date created |
1763-03-23 |
| Subject |
[Fairfax (Va.)--Politics and government, Virginia, Northern--History] |
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| Date created |
1841-12-29 |
| Summary |
New Year's resolutions written by Calvin Jewett. Jewett's resolutions mainly deal with his religious faith and furthering his devotion to God.� |
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| Date created |
1841-12-29 |
| Summary |
New Year's resolutions written by Calvin Jewett. Jewett's resolutions mainly deal with his religious faith and furthering his devotion to God.� |
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| Date created |
1841-12-29 |
| Summary |
New Year's resolutions written by Calvin Jewett. Jewett's resolutions mainly deal with his religious faith and furthering his devotion to God.� |
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| Summary |
Rent of land document from William T. Alexander to George A. Washington |
| Date created |
1790-12-21 |
| Subject |
[Fairfax County (Va.), Fairfax County (Va.)--History] |
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| Summary |
Rent of land document from William T. Alexander to George A. Washington |
| Date created |
1790-12-21 |
| Subject |
[Fairfax County (Va.), Fairfax County (Va.)--History] |
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| Summary |
Rent of land document from William T. Alexander to George A. Washington |
| Date created |
1790-12-21 |
| Subject |
[Fairfax County (Va.), Fairfax County (Va.)--History] |
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| Summary |
Letter, probably from Mary Elizabeth Fendall (according to dealer notes) regarding Washington, DC's Snow Riot. |
| Date created |
08-1835 |
| Subject |
Race riots--Washington (D.C.) |
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| Summary |
Letter, probably from Mary Elizabeth Fendall (according to dealer notes) regarding Washington, DC's Snow Riot. |
| Date created |
08-1835 |
| Subject |
Race riots--Washington (D.C.) |
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| Summary |
Letter, probably from Mary Elizabeth Fendall (according to dealer notes) regarding Washington, DC's Snow Riot. |
| Date created |
08-1835 |
| Subject |
Race riots--Washington (D.C.) |
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| Summary |
Letter, probably from Mary Elizabeth Fendall (according to dealer notes) regarding Washington, DC's Snow Riot. |
| Date created |
08-1835 |
| Subject |
Race riots--Washington (D.C.) |
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| Summary |
Envelope to letter from Harry F. Byrd to Samuel Tuzzo regarding Presidential inauguration materials. |
| Date created |
1944-12-18 |
| Subject |
[Presidents--United States--Inauguration, United States. Congress. Senate] |
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| Summary |
Letter from Harry F. Byrd to Samuel Tuzzo regarding Presidential inauguration materials. |
| Date created |
1944-12-18 |
| Subject |
[Presidents--United States--Inauguration, United States. Congress. Senate] |
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| Summary |
Postcard featuring an aerial view of Jamestown, Virginia, sent during the Jamestown Exhibition of 1907. |
| Date created |
1907-09-11 |
| Subject |
[Jamestown (Va.), Virginia--History--20th century] |
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| Summary |
Postcard featuring illustrations of Pocahontas, John Smith, and other imagery of the founding of Jamestown, VA, sent during the Jamestown Exhibition of 1907. |
| Date created |
1907-04-28 |
| Subject |
[Jamestown (Va.), Virginia--History--20th century] |
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| Summary |
Postcard featuring illustrations of Pocahontas, John Smith, and other imagery of the founding of Jamestown, VA, sent during the Jamestown Exhibition of 1907. |
| Date created |
1907-04-28 |
| Subject |
[Jamestown (Va.), Virginia--History--20th century] |
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| Summary |
Postcard featuring an aerial view of Jamestown, Virginia, sent during the Jamestown Exhibition of 1907. |
| Date created |
1907-09-11 |
| Subject |
[Jamestown (Va.), Virginia--History--20th century] |
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| Summary |
Small, handwritten note from George Wyley to Daniel Clarke of Fairfax County, VA. |
| Date created |
circa 1700s |
| Subject |
[Fairfax County (Va.), Virginia--History--18th century] |
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| Summary |
Reward notice for escaped enslaved man named Perry. In the notice, Adam Bell details a ten dollar reward for Perry, who had attempted to escape at least once previous to this notice. |
| Date created |
1821-02-17 |
| Subject |
[Slave trade., Virginia--History--19th century.] |
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| Summary |
Letter to James H. Reid regarding the enslavement of a group of African Americans. The letter's writer is concerned with the transportation of the group from one location to another at the hand of Reid. |
| Date created |
1850-05-22 |
| Subject |
[Slave trade, Slavery--United States] |
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| Summary |
Letter to James H. Reid regarding the enslavement of a group of African Americans. The letter's writer is concerned with the transportation of the group from one location to another at the hand of Reid. |
| Date created |
1850-05-22 |
| Subject |
[Slave trade, Slavery--United States] |
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| Summary |
Letter from Senator James M. Mason to U.S. President James Buchanan recommending an individual for service as a Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. |
| Date created |
1860-06-22 |
| Subject |
[James Buchanan, 1791-1868, Presidents--United States., United States. Congress. Senate] |
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| Summary |
Letter from Senator James M. Mason to U.S. President James Buchanan recommending an individual for service as a Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. |
| Date created |
1860-06-22 |
| Subject |
[James Buchanan, 1791-1868, Presidents--United States., United States. Congress. Senate] |
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| Date created |
1969 - 1971 |
| Subject |
George Mason University |
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| Date created |
1965 - 1969 |
| Subject |
George Mason University |
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| Date created |
1792-1820 |
| Creator |
[Mason, Armistead Thompson, 1787-1819, Mason, Stevens Thomson, 1760-1803] |
| Summary |
Manuscript account book documenting the business, professional, family, and personal accounts of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803) and Armistead Thompson Mason (1787-1819), father and son of one of Virginia's most illustrious families. Included in the accounting are extensive records for the operation of the family plantation Raspberry Plain Farm, near Leesburg (Loudoun County), with many entries relating to the working slaves, with records of legal practice and fees appearing intermittently. |
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| Date created |
1694/1795 |
| Creator |
Fairfax, Elizabeth |
| Summary |
Fairfax Family of Steeton Yorkshire: 17th century manuscript cookery receipts |
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| Date created |
1794 |
| Creator |
Dahmen, Johan Arnold, 1766-1812 |
| Summary |
Oblong folio; early leather-backed flexible marbled boards with titling "Solos Violoncello" gilt; [2]-[24] pp. autograph musical manuscript; notated in ink on 12 leaves with 8 hand-ruled staves. Paper with watermark of a fleur-de-lis within a crowned shield with the letters "G.R." below; countermark dated 1794. Early fingering added in both ink and pencil. Binding slightly worn and rubbed; head and tail of spine slightly chipped. Dampstaining to lower portion of each leaf with no loss of music and little paper damage; upper margin of first leaf trimmed by binder just affecting upper edge of the words "Violoncello & Basso"; several marginal tears, one with slight loss of paper; one leaf torn with loss of approximately 30% of music. |
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| Summary |
Letter from George Mason to John Augustine Washington III, suggesting the formation of a volunteer militia after John Brown's Raid. |
| Date created |
11-2-1859 |
| Subject |
Harper's Ferry (W. Va)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859. |
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| Summary |
Letter from George Mason to John Augustine Washington III, suggesting the formation of a volunteer militia after John Brown's Raid. |
| Date created |
11-2-1859 |
| Subject |
Harper's Ferry (W. Va)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859. |
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| Summary |
Letter from George Mason to John Augustine Washington III, expressing concern about enslaved and free African-Americans with guns after John Brown's Raid. |
| Date created |
10-25-1859 |
| Subject |
Harper's Ferry (W. Va)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859. |
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| Summary |
Letter from George Mason to John Augustine Washington III, expressing concern about enslaved and free African-Americans with guns after John Brown's Raid. |
| Date created |
10-25-1859 |
| Subject |
Harper's Ferry (W. Va)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859. |
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| Summary |
Letter from George Mason to John Augustine Washington III, expressing concern about enslaved and free African-Americans with guns after John Brown's Raid. |
| Date created |
10-25-1859 |
| Subject |
Harper's Ferry (W. Va)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859. |
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| Summary |
Letter from George Mason to John Augustine Washington III, expressing concern about enslaved and free African-Americans with guns after John Brown's Raid. |
| Date created |
10-25-1859 |
| Subject |
Harper's Ferry (W. Va)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859. |
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| Summary |
Letter from George Mason to John Augustine Washington III, suggesting the formation of a volunteer militia after John Brown's Raid. |
| Date created |
11-2-1859 |
| Subject |
Harper's Ferry (W. Va)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859. |
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| Summary |
Letter from George Mason to John Augustine Washington III, suggesting the formation of a volunteer militia after John Brown's Raid. |
| Date created |
11-2-1859 |
| Subject |
Harper's Ferry (W. Va)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859. |
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| Summary |
Illustrations of the Union Army at the Second Battle of Bull Run and of Richmond, VA. |
| Date created |
11-15-1862 |
| Subject |
[Illustrated periodicals., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.] |
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| Summary |
United States and International news stories on the back of "Map of Part of Virginia and Maryland." |
| Date created |
05-04-1861 |
| Subject |
[Illustrated periodicals., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.] |
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| Summary |
Map of Eastern Virginia and Maryland surrounding the Chesapeake Bay. |
| Date created |
05-04-1861 |
| Subject |
[Illustrated periodicals., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.] |
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| Summary |
Civil war-related news stories and illustrations on the back of "Pictoral Map of the Seat of War." |
| Date created |
06-08-1861 |
| Subject |
[Illustrated periodicals., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.] |
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| Summary |
Map of the United States from Maryland looking south to Florida. |
| Date created |
06-08-1861 |
| Subject |
[Illustrated periodicals., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.] |
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| Summary |
Cartoons on the reverse of "On the Road Between Washington and Alexandria." |
| Date created |
06-22-1861 |
| Subject |
[Illustrated periodicals., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.] |
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