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1. Bachelor of Law diploma from Washington College - June 20, 1867

   Photograph of a June 20, 1867 Bachelor of Laws diploma issued to James L. White of Abingdon Virginia. This Washington College diploma is signed by R. E. Lee, President, John W. Brockenbrough, Professor of Law and Equity, and a Mr. Massie, Clerk of Faculty.

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2. George Jefferson Hundley recollections - April 29, 1895

   George Jefferson Hundley was born near Mobile, Alabama in 1838. On his mother's side he was the great-great-grandson of Peter Field Jefferson, who was an uncle of President Thomas Jefferson. Orphaned at an early age he was reared by relatives in Amelia County, Virginia. He studied law in Lexington, Virginia, and was licensed to practice in 1860. Hundley enlisted as a private in the 19th Virginia Infantry, where he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant....

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3. Honorable Charles F. Collier - Reminisces of the evacuation of Petersburg - May 24, 1894

   George S. Bernard received from Charles F. Collier of Petersburg, Virginia, the latter's reminiscences concerning the evacuation of the Confederate Forces from Petersburg, Virginia, and the entry of the Union army into the city. He recorded his recollection of the selected burning of property within the city, by Confederate authorities, beginning April 1, 1865. He told about meeting with Gen. Robert E. Lee and being part of the Committee to surre...

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4. Newspaper article - June 7, 1933

   A newspaper article dated June 7 1933 and titled "Lost Leader," by Gerald W. Johnson, which concerns an address by Francis P. Gaines, President of Washington and Lee University on the subject of Robert E. Lee.

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