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1. Company A, 37th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A.; a history - 1910

   Company A, 37th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A.; a history of its organization and service in the War Between the States 1861-1865, by Captain George T. Williams. This typescript includes 13 pages of history followed by an Addenda, dated September 15, 1910. The addenda includes a complete roster of Company A,; a "list of those living of Company A, Dunn's Battalion, January 5, 1910", compiled by R.H. Fishburne; "those that are dead or whereabo...

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2. Document (typescript) - circa 1955

   A typed five-page summary of the history of the City of Roanoke, titled "Roanoke - 1740 to 1800," with the notation "this will be (in part) in the seventy-fifth year celebration brochure." It pertains to the area's history prior to the formation of either Roanoke County (1838) or Roanoke City (1882).

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3. Homeseekers: Farms. - 1911

   Homeseekers: Farms. A 30-page Real Estate catalog advertising farms for sale. Published by the Virginia Land Immigration Bureau, this catalog covers Albemarle County, Appomattox County, Bedford County, Botetourt County, Campbell County, Dinwiddie County, Franklin County, Giles County, Grayson County, Henry County, Montgomery County, Pulaski County, Roanoke County, Valley of Virginia, and Mercer County, West Virginia.

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4. Letter from George N. Bliss to George S. Bernard pasted onto page [566] intended for book. - January 28, 1895 (letter) , 1895-1912 (page for book)

   George S. Bernard, a lawyer from Petersburg, Virginia, who had served in the Civil War, collected reminiscences of veterans after the war. Some were published in the book "War Talks of Confederate Veterans." Other material was collected for a planned second volume that was not published at the time. However, some of the material intended for Volume Two was published in newspaper articles and used for speeches. The extant document appears to be i...

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5. Table of Contents - 1895

   These pages appear to be George Bernard's various attempts to create a rough draft of the table of contents for the second volume of War Talks of Confederate Veterans. Typed and handwritten pages, front and back, with cross-outs and other revisions, appear first, followed by a later draft typed on the front only.

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