History of Slavery in Virginia.
Seldom seen, first edition of this classic study in the history of slavery as a legal institution. With the signature of Elbert Jay Benton; author..... Read More about History of Slavery in Virginia
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A Journey from Pennsylvania to Onondaga in 1743.
“Bartram and Lewis Evans accompanied Conrad Weiser on a mission from the government of Pennsylvania to the Iroquois, to settle a quarrel between the Indians..... Read More about A Journey from Pennsylvania to Onondaga in 1743
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Martha Washington [Presentation and Association Copy]
Inscribed and signed by famed American historian Benson J. Lossing to Annette C. McAllister and dated 1863, Poughkeepsie, New York. Likely “Annette C. McAllister” is..... Read More about Martha Washington [Presentation and Association Copy
![Four Richmond, Virginia Stereoview Photographs]. Anderson Gallery Cook, 1827–1905, David H....](/pictures/thumb/3727777_1.jpg?v=1539214280)
[Four Richmond, Virginia Stereoview Photographs].
Four stereoview photographs of scenes in Richmond, Virginia photographed and published by Cook, Anderson Gallery of Richmond. The images, likely from the 1870s, are from..... Read More about Four Richmond, Virginia Stereoview Photographs
[1867 Autograph Letter Signed by a Virginia-native and Iowa Minister Renouncing his Baptist Faith].
“The doctrine of an eternal Hell of fire & brimstone is all bosh…” Intimate letter by Iowa physician E.T. Manning, writing to a woman friend..... Read More about 1867 Autograph Letter Signed by a Virginia-native and Iowa Minister Renouncing his Baptist Faith
Education for Life. The Story of Hampton Institute Told in Connection with the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Foundation of the School.
Peabody notes in his introduction that “Hampton Institute may be studied as a well organized school for industrial training, or as an evidence of the..... Read More about Education for Life. The Story of Hampton Institute Told in Connection with the Fiftieth...
Education for Life: The Story of Hampton Institute. Told in Connection with the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Foundation of the School.
First Edition of this thorough history of Hampton Institute in Virginia up until the year 1918. The author, Francis Greenwood Peabody was a Hampton Institute..... Read More about Education for Life: The Story of Hampton Institute. Told in Connection with the Fiftieth...
Flight and Rebellion. Slave Resistance in Eighteenth-Century Virginia.
Mullin examines resistance by African Americans in Virginia during the 18th-century as the predecessor to the extraordinary slave revolt in 1800, the insurrection led by..... Read More about Flight and Rebellion. Slave Resistance in Eighteenth-Century Virginia
The Southampton Slave Revolt of 1831. A Compilation of Source Material.
One of the most significant and mysterious revolts in American history, “Nat Turner’s Revolt” is understood through a voluminous collection of documentary material; accounts, transcripts..... Read More about The Southampton Slave Revolt of 1831. A Compilation of Source Material
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The Tragedy of the Crater. [Inscribed by Author]
This particular copy inscribed “...with deep appreciation and still deeper envious admiration” to one Harry Wildes. A tale of the Battle of Petersburg, Virginia by..... Read More about The Tragedy of the Crater. [Inscribed by Author
![Washington Family Estate Settlement: Armistead v. Armistead and Armistead v. Dandrige]. Jno. M....](/pictures/thumb/3726263_1.jpg?v=1550610381)
[Washington Family Estate Settlement: Armistead v. Armistead and Armistead v. Dandrige].
Manuscript group primarily concerned with the case of Armistead v. Dandridge, a drawn out Virginia lawsuit with roots in the eighteenth century. Much information on..... Read More about Washington Family Estate Settlement: Armistead v. Armistead and Armistead v. Dandrige
C.1902 ALS by Virginian John Paul Bocock, Attorney, Poet, and Journalist.
Interesting letter on the publication of magazine articles by attorney-turned-journalist and popular writer, John Paul Bocock (1856–1903). A Virginian from a leading family, Bocock earned..... Read More about C.1902 ALS by Virginian John Paul Bocock, Attorney, Poet, and Journalist
Hampton and Its Students. By Two of Its Teachers. Mrs. M.F. Armstrong and Helen Ludlow. With Fifty Cabin and Plantation Songs Arranged by Thomas P. Fenner.
Story, mission, progress, and multiple descriptions and viewpoints of life at Virginia’s Hampton Institute for African Americans and native Americans; this title published almost a...... Read More about Hampton and Its Students. By Two of Its Teachers. Mrs. M.F. Armstrong and Helen Ludlow. With...
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[1898, Spanish-American War broadside:] (No. 6243.) Postal Money Orders Drawn in favor or purchased by Soldiers and Sailors.
U.S. Post Office announcement by First Assistant Postmaster General Preston S. Sanford concerning the transmission of funds via postal money orders to American soldiers and..... Read More about 1898, Spanish-American War broadside:] (No. 6243.) Postal Money Orders Drawn in favor or...
Slavery and Jeffersonian Virginia.
“Slavery was a social and an economic institution of such power that it sustained and extended an economic system whose demands went far to determine..... Read More about Slavery and Jeffersonian Virginia
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[Confederate Virginia Imprint] Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, Richmond, December 13, 1862. General Orders, No. 104 [caption title].
Illustrated in Parrish & Willingham (2429), this Confederate General Order was issued during the Battle of Fredericksburg. The battle was fought in and around Fredericksburg..... Read More about Confederate Virginia Imprint] Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, Richmond, December 13,...
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[Confederate Virginia Imprint] Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, Richmond, August 1, 1863. General Orders, No. 107 [caption title].
Confederate General Order issued in Gettysburg’s aftermath. In their retreat South, across the Potomac, Confederate force suffered 5,000 casualties, including 3500 captured troops. The Order..... Read More about Confederate Virginia Imprint] Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, Richmond, August 1,...
1801 Autograph Letter Signed from Samuel Coleman, Virginia clerk, to Georgia Governor David Emanuel, Transmitting a Copy of Recently-Passed Laws by the Legislature of Virginia.
Here, Coleman presents Governor David Emanuel with Virginia’s most recently-enacted laws. The letter is docketed, in part, “Exchange of Laws” and reads, in full: Richmond..... Read More about 1801 Autograph Letter Signed from Samuel Coleman, Virginia clerk, to Georgia Governor David...
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Man From Deep Creek. [Inscribed and Signed by Author]
“The story of a man from Deep Creek, Virginia and how he became a man of New York City, and a father to be adored..... Read More about Man From Deep Creek. [Inscribed and Signed by Author
Slavery Agitation in Virginia, 1829-1832.
Study of Virginia’s retreat from rising anti-slavery and abolitionist sentiments of the late 18th and early 19th centuries to a defense of slavery in the..... Read More about Slavery Agitation in Virginia, 1829-1832
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The Confessions of Nat Turner. [Signed by the Author]
Styron’s Pulitzer Prize-winning treatment of the story of the Virginia insurrection led by Nat Turner, the massacre that ensued, his capture and subsequent trial and..... Read More about The Confessions of Nat Turner. [Signed by the Author
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