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1. 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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2. Letter - September 5, 1772

   Letter from Edward Johnson to Col. William. Preston, dated September 5, 1772. Reports sending various items ordered by Preston, gives news of Captain Smith and his family and comments on the purchase of tobacco contracted for at excessive price, mentions visiting other markets in Page, Caroline, and New Kent counties, where he discovered the actual value of tobacco.

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