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   Letter about a lace shawl worn by Elizabeth Taylor Minor at a party given in the honor of General Lafayette in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1825. The letter was written by Jane Minor to Mrs William Henry Dunn of Rapidan, Virginia in Culpeper county on July 25,1912. The letter reads as follows: Lace Shawl-In 1825, Elizabeth Taylor, wife of Col. Thomas Minor, jr. were the chief hostess & host at a Fete given in honor of "General Lafayette" in the...

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2. Ancestors of Walter Darnall Vinyard Jr. - June 14, 2007

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3. Letter from Peachy Gilmer, postmarked University of Virginia, to his daughter, Mrs. Emma Breckinridge, at Grove Hill, near Fincastle. - October 25, 1833

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