Alexandria (Va.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Gaines-Hodge Family Bible (MS414)
Collection — Box 01
Identifier: MS414
Content Description
Family history records and vital statistics documented within a 19th century illustrated Bible, published in 1884 by A.J. Holman and Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Four pages of genealogical family records are included in the volume, located in between the text of the Old and New Testaments. These pages include a marriage certificate as well as records of births, marriages, and deaths in the Gaines-Hodge family. This volume includes several introductory texts preceding the text...
Dates:
c.1884
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