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Early Images of Virginia Indians: The William W. Cole Collection
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Explore engravings and illustration of early Virginia Indians.
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Environmental History Resources Guide
From the period of its founding as an English settlement in North America, essentially a business venture from the start, Virginia has thrived on the...
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Eye of the Storm: The Civil War Drawings of Robert Knox Sneden
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Through his 5,000-page personal memoir, Robert Knox Sneden takes us to the front lines of the Civil War.
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F Company Association - Funsten, David
F Company Association, Minute Book, 1876–1895. 1 volume. Mss4F1a1.The minute book of the F Company Association, kept by Robert Alonzo Brock (1839–1914...
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Fairfax - Funsten
Fairfax, John Walter (1828–1908), papers, 1863–1937. 15 items. Mss1F1613a. Microfilm reel C596. Fairfax served as assistant adjutant and inspector...
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Fairfax County Court – Fry, Mary Ella Fourqurean
Fairfax County, Court, Papers, 1742–1793. 12 items. Mss4F1613d.Consist of miscellaneous legal papers. Of particular note is a summons, 1755...
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Finding the Familiar
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Finding the Familiar celebrates the uniqueness and relatability of everyday objects and allows visitors to appreciate...
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Founding Frenemies
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This exhibition explored Alexander Hamilton’s relationships with the founding generation of Virginians through rare...
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Fresh Paint
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This unprecedented exhibition explored the power of murals to encourage reflection on Virginia’s past by inviting...
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Gallagher, Charles H. - Gwathmey Family Papers
Gallagher, Charles Kewell, Letter, 1861. 1 item. Mss7:2H2884:1. A letter, 2 September 1861, from Charles Kewell Gallagher (1833–1893) of Washington, N...
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Galt-Gwin
Galt, James K. (1836–1913), diary, 1889–1892. 2 v. Mss5:1G1393:1-2.Galt, an itinerant Baptist minister from Reba, Bedford County, kept his diary in...
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Galt, Mary Jeffery – Gwathmey Family
Galt, Mary Jeffery, Memoir, ca. 1910. 11 pp. Typescript. Mss5:1G1394:1.This unfinished memoir by Mary Jeffery Galt (1844–1922) recalls her childhood...
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General Orders No. 61
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On May 2, 1863, during the battle of Chancellorsville, friendly fire struck Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson while he and others rode amid the chaos of the still-forming Confederate lines. Thus began the series of events that led eventually to Robert E. Lee composing General Orders No. 61, which announced to his army the death of Jackson.
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Getting the Message Out: Presidential Campaign Memorabilia from the Collection of Allen A. Frey
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Buttons and banners, ribbons and posters, coffee mugs and whiskey flasks, match books and mouse pads. For nearly 200 years, presidential candidates and their supporters have used almost every means available to attract votes.
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Give Me Liberty
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This exhibition will inspire a deep appreciation for the continental and global forces as well as the individual actions...
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Great things are expected from the Virginians
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Capt. John Chilton of the 3rd Virginia Infantry described his experiences in New York and New Jersey in 1776–77 in letters home to family and friends. Located in the society's manuscripts collection, Chilton's letters offer a fascinating glimpse of one Virginian's thoughts and experiences during a pivotal time in the Revolutionary War.
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Guide to African American Manuscripts
Introduction As Great Britain's largest and wealthiest North American colony, and later as the state with the largest enslaved and free black...
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H. A. White & Co. - Hutchison
H. A. White & Co., Warrenton, records, 1852–1867. 6 vols. Mss5:3W5868:4–9.Concern a major mercantile operation conducted by Hamden A. White in...
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Haile, Robert Gaines - Hutchison Family Papers
Haile, Robert Gaines, Diary, 1862. 1 item. Typescript copy. Mss5:1H1252:1. A photocopy of a typed transcript of a diary, 1–23 June 1862, kept by...
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Hall, Nancy Johns Turner – Huntington, William
[Hall, Nancy Johns Turner], The Imaginist, 1844. 4 volumes. Mss5:9H1405:1.Written under the pseudonym Ann Tracy, "The Imaginist or Recollections of an...