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Advice and Etiquette Books

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A Book Every Body Should Possess. This simple statement highlights the importance placed on advice and etiquette books...

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Children's Manuscripts

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Prominent Virginians are well represented in the many manuscripts housed at the VMHC. However, documents by individuals...

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Colonial Cookbooks

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Colonial cookbooks contained more than just food recipes. They included home remedies for medical problems, as well as...

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Diaries

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Do you remember the first time you swam in the ocean? What about the first movie you watched? Moments like those and...

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Fore-edge Painting

Rarely are books prized as objects of art; often the content of the text, or the plates accompanying the text, are...

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House Tour

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Learn more about Great Hall, Sulgrave Bedroom, Withdrawing Room, Dining Room, and Library at Virginia House.

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James Jones Archive (1870s-1960s)

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Murals Inspired by the Story of Virginia

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On Dueling

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Opiate Addiction in the Civil War's Aftermath

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Robert E. Lee after the War

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After the Civil War, Robert E. Lee left his life in the military and accepted the position of president of Washington...

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Scandal in Virginia

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The Brook Hill Collection

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The Darling of Miller & Rhoads

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The Richmond Home for Ladies

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Victory Gardens

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First promoted during World War I, war gardening, or victory gardens, provided American citizens an opportunity to...

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Virginia Home for Boys

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Virginia’s Sweet History – Chocolate-Making in the Commonwealth

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Virginia’s Sweet History – Chocolate-Making in the Commonwealth

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War Stories: Commemorating the Centennial of World War I

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World War II Stamp Corsage (c. 1942)

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