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Contains 37 Results:

Alexandria business book, with a summary of its history and a directory of its businesses, by Wm. F. Carne, 1897

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This subject contains tourism related material as well as restaurant menus.

Dates: Publication: 1897

African-American History, 1767 - 1948

 Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

This subject concerns African American history in Alexandria including records relating to slavery and Black political and religious rights as well as a flyer from the Robert Robinson Branch Library. Most records documenting the activities of free blacks in Alexandria in the antebellum period fall into this category as do modern records that are notable due to an association with African Americans or their communities.

Dates: 1767 - 1948

Alexandria-Juvenile, Undated

 Series — Box: 1
Scope and Contents

This subject covers Alexandria-related juvenilia with no known association with any particular individual, business, government, or organization with which it might be grouped by purpose or provenance and currently includes a juvenile work on the history of Virginia.

Dates: Undated

Businesses, 1800 - 2008

 Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

This subject consists of records from Alexandria businesses from banks and industrial enterprises to small businesses like wholesalers. They include financial records, receipts and billheads, but also catalogs, advertisements and account books. Also listed here are some promotional materials about the Alexandria business community in general.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1800 - 2008

Tourism and Foodways, 1893 - 1973

 Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

This subject contains tourism related material as well as restaurant menus.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1893 - 1973

Custis, George Washington Parke, letter identifying bearers as free born, 1853

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This subject concerns African American history in Alexandria including records relating to slavery and Black political and religious rights as well as a flyer from the Robert Robinson Branch Library. Most records documenting the activities of free blacks in Alexandria in the antebellum period fall into this category as do modern records that are notable due to an association with African Americans or their communities.

Dates: 1853

Hiring of "Negro Jerry" , 1833

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This subject concerns African American history in Alexandria including records relating to slavery and Black political and religious rights as well as a flyer from the Robert Robinson Branch Library. Most records documenting the activities of free blacks in Alexandria in the antebellum period fall into this category as do modern records that are notable due to an association with African Americans or their communities.

Dates: 1833

Report Opposing a Petition to Remove Restrictions on Black Religious Freedom, by Benoni Wheat, William Morrill, and James Entwisle, 1841-02-25

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This subject concerns African American history in Alexandria including records relating to slavery and Black political and religious rights as well as a flyer from the Robert Robinson Branch Library. Most records documenting the activities of free blacks in Alexandria in the antebellum period fall into this category as do modern records that are notable due to an association with African Americans or their communities.

Dates: 1841-02-25

Slave bond for William Fox and Henry Marvel, 1822

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This subject concerns African American history in Alexandria including records relating to slavery and Black political and religious rights as well as a flyer from the Robert Robinson Branch Library. Most records documenting the activities of free blacks in Alexandria in the antebellum period fall into this category as do modern records that are notable due to an association with African Americans or their communities.

Dates: 1822

Virginia history, juvenile author, Undated

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This subject covers Alexandria-related juvenilia with no known association with any particular individual, business, government, or organization with which it might be grouped by purpose or provenance and currently includes a juvenile work on the history of Virginia.

Dates: Undated