American Revolution (1775-1783)
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Parke Rouse Typescript
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0018
Scope and Contents
This collection is a typescript of Rouse's book 'The great wagon road from Philadelphia to the south,' which contains editorial notes.
Dates:
1973
Reid Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0027
Scope and Contents
Series 1 of this collection primarily covers the period from 1763 through Samuel McDowell Reid's death in 1869. There are also a few later items dealing chiefly with his estate. The bulk of the papers deals with business matters. Documents concern such matters as the James River and Kanawha Company, the North River Navigation Company, Washington College's relationship with the Society of the Cincinnati, slavery, and the financial dealings of John Robinson and the Hare family. ...
Dates:
1760 - 1896
U. S. Navy Ephemera Collection
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0348
Scope and Contents
Printed pamphlets about the U. S. Navy in the American Revolution, the American Civil War, and in modern times; also includes pamphlets on shipbuilding.
Dates:
Other: Date Not Yet Determined
Valley of Virginia- manuscripts
Item — Box 3: [0000006031], Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts of The Valley of Virginia in the American Revolution
Dates:
1910 - 1965
Valley of Virginia- misc.
Item — Box 3: [0000006033], Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
Material related to The Valley of Virginia in the American Revolution, including book reviews, a piece about Zachariah Johnston, notes, a map, and publishing materials.
Dates:
1910 - 1965
Valley of Virginia- UNC Press
Item — Box 3: [0000006034], Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
Material relating to the publishing of The Valley of Virginia in the American Revolution.
Dates:
1910 - 1965
William Fleming Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0009
Scope and Contents
Contains miscellaneous papers, 23 documents, photocopies from microfilm, a medical journal dated 1765, and an account book. Includes items of Col. William Fleming and the Fleming family, including the diaries of Col. Fleming, 1782-1790, with accounts of his trips to Kentucky; Fleming's journal of the first Kentucky convention, 1784-1785, of which he was chairman; c.250 letters to and from Fleming and his family about business, Kentucky land claims, and family affairs; commissions, wills, land...
Dates:
Inclusive 1755-1833
William Poindexter Moore, Jr. Collection
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0026
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 20 letters dated 1791-1913. A letter by John Bowyer Brockenbrough written during the American Civil War details living conditions, foraging expeditions, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. A later letter discuss activities held at Washington and Lee University honoring his father John Brockenbrough. Other highlights include letters to and from Andrew Moore, a typescript of a personal reminiscence on the American Civil War General Samuel McDowell Moore, a copy of the...
Dates:
Inclusive 1791-1913
William Preston Military Commission
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0458
Scope and Contents
This document commissioned Preston to serve as a major under the command of Francis Fauquier, then Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Colony. It is signed by Fauquier.
Dates:
1758-09-30
Washington and Lee Special Collections and Archives
204 West Washington Street
Leyburn Library
Lexington, VA 24450
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