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1. letter - 1861 9/22/1859

   Letter headed Cabin P[oin]t: Surry co, Va Jany 16th 1861 to P. G. [Gilmer] Breckinridge from John B. Davis, father of Samuel D. Davis, sending apologies for opening Gilmer's letter sent to Samuel who is out of the county courting a lady friend in Montross, Westmoreland county, John replies with some strong statements regarding his sons rash interest in secession, stating: "Sam has imbibed deeply the droughts of that political heresy 'secession an...

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2. My Recollections - circa 1875

   Typescript titled "My Recollections", by Mrs. Jane C. Boyd, of her memories of the Civil War from her home, "Oak Hill", near the town of Buchanan. Her husband was William W. Boyd, who was a member of the convention which decided the question of Virginia's secession from the Union. This was reprinted in the Roanoke Historical Society Journal, Winter 1964-65.

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