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Contains 35 Results:

History, 1758

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents

Includes photocopy of a 1758 schedule titled "To the Militia of the Coutny of Augusta, and for Provisions furnished by sundry inhabitants of the said county, viz."

Dates: 1758
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Washington and Lee University and Regional Virginia History Research Collection / Augusta County, Virginia

Academics: Economics, 1994-04-25

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Published lecture by retired professor John McKenzie Gunn, dated April 25, 1994; "Can Economics be Both Relevant and 'good'?"

Dates: 1994-04-25
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Washington and Lee University and Regional Virginia History Research Collection

African Americans

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Folder includes four items: "A Community's Stories" article from The News Gazzette concerning an exhibit by the Rockbridge Historical Society; a list of 'Old Lexington Colored People,' from the early 1900's from Leslie Lyle Campbell's notes; information on a group of slaves from Caroline County (a page copied from Colonial Caroline: a History of Caroline County, Virginia); and a letter to Special Collections concerning information on the holdings of records concerning black history in...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1609 - 2016
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Washington and Lee University and Regional Virginia History Research Collection / African Americans

African Americans

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

143 pages printed from the 1810 Virginia Census, listing "Other Free" Heads of Household, by family name.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1609 - 2016
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Washington and Lee University and Regional Virginia History Research Collection / African Americans

Slavery, 1850 - 1991

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Copy of Washington Post article, "The Captive Nations of Slaves," covering an exhibit at the Museum of the Confederacy named "Before Freedom Came," 1991. Receipt for purchase of slave, John. January 26, 1850.

Dates: 1850 - 1991
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Washington and Lee University and Regional Virginia History Research Collection / African Americans

Livestock, 1892 - 1903

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of ledger, 1892-1903.

Dates: 1892 - 1903
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Washington and Lee University and Regional Virginia History Research Collection / Agriculture

Almanacs, 1874

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Folder includes "Pierce's Memorandum and Account Book: Designed for Farmers, Mechanics, and all People," 1872.

Dates: 1874
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Washington and Lee University and Regional Virginia History Research Collection / Agriculture

Register of Marriages, 1822 - 1866

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Register of Marriages, Colored Persons in Rockbridge County under act of Virginia Assembly Passed February 27, 1866

Dates: Event: 1822 - 1866
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Washington and Lee University and Regional Virginia History Research Collection / African Americans

Freed Slaves in Rockbridge Co. , 1805-02-05 - 1860-05-07

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Register of Free Negroes of Rockbridge County, Virginia, with index. According to the Act of the General Assembly of Virginia. Passed January 25, 1803

Dates: Event: 1805-02-05 - 1860-05-07
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Washington and Lee University and Regional Virginia History Research Collection / African Americans

Associations

 Series — Box: 1, Folder: 15-20
Dates: Majority of material found within 1609 - 2016
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Washington and Lee University and Regional Virginia History Research Collection

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