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Tadini, Elizabeth Oldopedi – Tyler, Julia Gardiner
[Tadini, Elizabeth Oldopedi], Commonplace Book, [1859–1864]. 1 volume. Mss5:5T1213:1.This volume, kept in English and attributed to "Comtessee...
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Talbott - Tyree
Talbott & Brother, Richmond, papers, 1831–1880. 86 items. Mss3T1425a. Microfilm reel C530.Records of a Richmond iron manufacturing firm, specializing...
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Talbott & Brother, Richmond - Tyler, Julia (Gardiner)
Talbott & Brother, Richmond, Papers, 1831–1880. 86 items. Mss3T1425a. Microfilm reel C530.This collection contains papers concerning the operations of...
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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 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 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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Unidentified - Virginia
Unidentified author, "Journal of Tens Days Travel on Board [the] Steamer Frances," 1875. 120 pp. Mss5:1Un3:15.Concerns a voyage from Bridgeport, Conn...
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Unidentified Author – Virginia Woman's Forum
Unidentified Author, Letters, 1883. 3 items. Mss2Un3f.Consists of letters, 1883 August 9, 25, and 29, written by "Aunt Emma" (otherwise unidentified)...
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Unidentified Authors - Ussery, Mary Livinia (Robertson)
Unidentified Author, Account Book, 1813–1814. 1 volume. Mss5:3UN3:37.Kept by an unidentified author, this account book contains accounts and numerous...
Portrait Index - Groups
Vaiden - YMCA: photographs and portraits of groups
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, prints and
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Valentine, Jackson L. - Voris, Alvin Coe
Valentine, Jackson L., Petition, 1863. 1 item. Mss2D8854a1.A petition, 8 October 1863, signed by Jackson L. Valentine (b. 1825?) and fifty-one other...
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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.
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Virginia and Women’s Suffrage
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Despite the socio-political changes that occurred during Reconstruction, women at the dawn of the twentieth century...