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1. Black Horse Tavern Notebook - 1935

   Notes, copies of correspondence, and plans assembled by P.H. Trout in 1935 regarding Black Horse Tavern. President Andrew Jackson purportedly overnighted at the Black Horse on his journeys between Nashville, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C. Included correspondence to Trout from Ben P. Ainsworth of Lexington, Virginia, places Jackson at the Blackhorse through statements made to Ainsworth by Hezekiah Kyle of Amsterdam, Virginia, who recalled seeing ...

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2. Flowers for Dead Heroes by Rev. William H. Platt - June 10, 1894

   The twenty-eighth observance of Memorial Day is the basis of this newspaper article. The paper is badly damaged and split at the folds where it was folded and stored. The first part of the article pertains to the ceremony itself and is followed by the oration of the Reverend Platt. Petersburg was attacked thirty years ago by the Union cavalry of General Kautz, held at bay by 125 citizen soldiers under the command of Colonel Archer until reinfo...

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3. Letter - 05/12/1841

   Letter headed "Leigh May 12th 1841" from Peachy Gilmer and Mary Gilmer to John Gilmer, in Howard, near Alexandria, D. C. and carried by Mrs. Meriweather. They tell of Peachy's activities (several words misspelled), John about his birthday, describing the tea roses and how beautiful they are this year, mentions that the servants are sending their best to Marse John. Mary Gilmer writes about expecting Lucy to return home soon from Nelson, deaths in...

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4. Letter from W. W. Preston to Mrs. Emma Breckinridge - 1851 (from context)

   This letter with no date [1851 from context] and headed "Solitude" was written by W. W. Preston to Mrs. Emma Breckinridge at Fincastle, Virginia, inquiring about letting Cary Breckinridge, Jr. come to Blacksburg to a school recently opened by a Methodist minister "Mr. White who is from the District of Columbia and is a graduate of one of the Northern Colleges.". He also asks that Emma visit him and tells of some other members of the family and th...

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