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Miscellaneous items, 1930

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents

This folder contains:- Letter from Mrs. H.A. Emma Ramsey Wilson of Rockbridge Baths July 23, 1930 to Mrs. Cook regarding a grave marker for a Captain Whitmore who apparently died at the Battle of McDowell… - Letter from M. Daisy Anderson Schaadt (Mrs. C. W.) Jan. 7, 1930 Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy (State Chairman Confederate Marker Committee) to Mrs. J. A. Cook of Lexington regarding forms - Letter from Commonwealth of Virginia Comptroller regarding State appropriation 1928 and 1929 for the Confederate Memorial Association of Lexington for care of graves of Confederate soldiers and sailors Feb. 28, 1930 to Mrs. J. S. Moffatt, Jr., President of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Letter from Commonwealth of Virginia Comptroller regarding form to be filed to obtain 1930 State appropriation for the Confederate Memorial Association of Lexington to care for graves of Confederate soldiers and sailors Mar 18, 1930 to Mrs. J. A. Cook, Treasurer of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Application for headstone for Benjamin S. Falls, Private Co. L 11th VA CSA who died on Apr 18, 1915 – Ackerly Graveyard, Lexington, VA - Letter from Commonwealth of Virginia Comptroller concerning forms for disbursement of 1930 appropriation to Mrs. Mary Ackerly as new chairman of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Letter from Mrs. H.A. Wilson to Mrs. Cook regarding marker for Capt. Whitmore who is buried in the Bethesda cemetery - Receipt for $1.58 for Confederate Grave Marker forms Nov. 21, 1930 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Chas Schaadt regarding the need to spend funds or they will revert to the State and discussing grave markers - Letter from Mary Adams Gibson to Mary Ackerly Nov. 17, 1930 requesting an appropriate form for a marker for Hugh Adams; also notes that her son-in-law (Wm. R. Sterrett) would like a form for “his great uncle William Madison Sterrett.” - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. David J. Whipple of Brownsburg, VA Nov. 20, 1930 requesting form for marker for her father’s grave - Formation of new UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter by former members of Mary Custis Lee Chapter (comment states that “Mrs. Jackson joined Turner Ashby Chapter of Harrisonburg, VA) - Notice from Confederate Grave Marker Virginia Division of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy regarding adoption of standard form for grave markers Mar. 6, 1930 with form attached - Request for report about number of grave markers installed in Lexington in 1930 dated August 1930 - Request for information about Confederate Grave Markers installed pursuant to Virginia General Assembly enactment Dec. 2, 1930.

Dates

  • Creation: 1930

Extent

From the Collection: 10 Box

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Repository

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