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Bacon, John Lyddall - Byrd, Samuel Master Hankins
Bacon, John Lyddall, Letter, 1865. 1 item. Photocopy. Mss2B1346a1. A letter, 4 April 1865, from John Lyddall Bacon (1812–1887) of Richmond, describing...
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Bacon's Castle
Address: 465 Bacon’s Castle Trail, Surry, VA 23883 Phone: 757-357-5976 Email: baconscastle@preservationvirginia.org...
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Bacon's Epitaph
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Learn about the first American poem.
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Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia in the years 1675 & 1676
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Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia was the first popular uprising in the American colonies. It was long viewed as an early...
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Bagby Family 1
Bagby Family Papers, 1824-1960 Mss1 B1463 b Index to Correspondence Part 2, Section 4. Correspondence of George William Bagby Part 5, Section 46...
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Bagby Family 2
Bagby Family Papers, 1824-1960Call Number Mss1 B1463 bIndex to Correspondence Part 9, Section 154. Correspondence of John Hampden Chamberlayne Bagby...
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Bagby Family 3
Bagby Family Papers, 1824-1960Call Number Mss1 B1463 bIndex to Correspondence Part 16, Section 244. Correspondence of Robert Coleman Bagby Part 18...
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Basic Virginia business and economic history bibliography and online resources
The VMHC's Reynolds Business History Center staff has compiled a list of online resources and a basic bibliography for...
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Battle of the Ironclads
This video describes the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack. On March 8, 1862, the world's first ironclad ship, CSS Virginia, destroyed two...
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Become a VHD Judge
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Before It Was Virginia: Setting the Stage
On March 16, 2012, Helen C. Rountree delivered a lecture entitled "Before It Was Virginia: Setting the Stage."
When English settlers arrived here 400...
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Before the War
Born into a Virginia family whose members had for generations assumed public leadership roles, Robert E. Lee followed the
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Beginnings of Black Education
Few black Virginians received a formal education until public schools were widely established during Reconstruction. Public