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Mary Louisa Slacum Benham Papers (MS062)
Collection — Assorted Box: 02
Identifier: MS062
Content Description
Notes and reminiscences of Mrs. Benham's life from her childhood and youth in Alexandria to her adult travels along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Also covers the settlement of Oregon (through her brother William's experiences there), the careers of her siblings and her elderly musings.
Alexandria sections include materials on Mrs. Benham's family life, the Potomac River, Monsieur Generis' dancing school, the Woods and Warren Play Actors (the summer theater), Parson Muir, Bishop Meade,...
Dates:
1802-1884
John Toole Collection (MS067)
Collection — Assorted Box: 02
Identifier: MS067
Content Description
The collection contains handwritten abstracts/summaries of letters dated 1838-1857 held in the University of Virginia. These are mainly written by John Toole to his wife, Mary Jane Suddarth Toole, but also other including his children, George and Jennie Toole, and a friend, Tom Moore. The letters concern Toole's experiences and accomplishments as a traveling portraitist, his children's education, John and Jennie's letters to their mother from the Virginia Military Institute and Petersburg...
Dates:
1838-1959
Mt. Vernon Cotton Factory Collection (MS097)
Collection — Assorted Box: 02
Identifier: MS097
Content Description
The collection consists of a deed, purchase proposals, business agreements, foreclosure notices, and fire insurance policies for the Mt. Vernon Cotton Factory.
Dates:
1866-1875