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Short Family, Section 10
Short family. Papers, 1783-1977. Section 10.Call Number Mss1 Sh8185 a Sect. 10 Index to Correspondence, 1891-1931, of Robert Lee Jeffreys (1875-1932)...
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Short Family, Section 25
Short family. Papers, 1783-1977. Section 25.Mss1 Sh8185 a Sect. 25 Index to Correspondence, 1917-1974, of Shelton Hardaway Short (1898-1974) Abbitt...
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Short Family, Section 41
Short family. Papers, 1783-1977. Section 41.Call Number Mss1 Sh8185 a Sect. 41 Index to Correspondence, 1908-1977, of Bessie Morton Goode (Jeffreys)...
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Short Family, Section 64
Short family. Papers, 1783-1977. Section 64.Call Number Mss1 Sh8185 a Sect. 64 Index to Correspondence, 1927-1977, of Shelton Hardaway Short (1926...
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Short Family, Section 79
Short family. Papers, 1783-1977. Section 79.Call Number Mss1 Sh8185 a Sect. 79 Index to Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1853-1976 Abbitt, Watkins...
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Slavery
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Virginia’s 550,000 slaves constituted one third of the state’s population in 1860.
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Spragins Family
Spragins Family Papers, 1753-1881. Section 67.Correspondence, 1806-1857, of Thomas Lanier SpraginsCall Number Mss1 Sp716 a 1818-2314 Index to...
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Tayloe Family, Section 269
Tayloe family. Papers, 1650-1970Section 269. Correspondence, 1857-1907, of Henry Augustine TayloeCall Number Mss1 T2118 d 21200-23604 List of...
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Tayloe Family, Section 300
Tayloe Family Papers, 1650-1970Section 300. Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1756-1970Call Number Mss1 T2118 d 27406-27620 List of Correspondents...
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Tayloe Family, Section 81
Tayloe Family. Papers, 1650-1970Section 81. Correspondence, 1818-1871, of William Henry TayloeCall Number Mss1 T2118 d 2123-7922 List of...
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Taylor Family
Taylor family. Papers, 1844-1912. Section 8.Correspondence, 1874-1912, of Virginia (Bagby) Taylor (1864-1955)Call Number Mss1 T2197 b 282-1635 Index...
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The Battlefront in Virginia
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Home to the Confederate capital, Virginia became a battleground.
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The Commonwealth and the Great War
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The Virginia Museum of History & Culture’s exhibition, The Commonwealth and the Great War, presented the dramatic role of
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The French and Indian War
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To shield against Indian attacks and French expansion, and to deter runaway slaves from establishing colonies in the...
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The Growth of Industry
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New industries were emerging in Virginia’s cities. Richmond, Norfolk, Petersburg, Fredericksburg, Lynchburg, and...
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The Portent: John Brown's Raid in American Memory
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John Brown remains one of the most controversial figures in our history. To destroy the institution of slavery, he firmly believed there was only one possible course of action. He saw what he thought was the ultimate wrong and tried in the only way he could imagine to right it. Which John Brown should we remember? The crusader for abolition or the bloodthirsty terrorist? Is it possible to list him among the great pantheon of American heroes, or do we still recoil from the image of his attack on an American military installation, an action that can be described by no term other than treason?
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The Revolutionary Era in Virginia
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Virginia—the largest and most populous colony—played a major role in winning independence and determining the values and...
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The Struggle for Equality
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The American concept that all people are equal and all have unalienable rights was introduced by Virginians George Mason...
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Thomas Tyler Bouldin
Thomas Tyler Bouldin (1813-1891)of “Golden Hills,” Charlotte County, Va. List of CorrespondentsCall Number Mss1 B6638 a Section 11 Individuals...
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Virginia and the Planter Class
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Governor William Berkeley set out to imitate the society of inequality of wealth and education that he knew in England.