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1. Captain John Griffin in Dinwiddie County - 1894

   This letter by Capt. John C. Griffin is about life in Dinwiddie County in the vicinity of the opposing armies during the last years of the war. The 37 pages are typewritten and on the first two pages are glued a brief biography of Griffin. The line stating his date and place of birth are unreadable, but the next line refers to Virginia. The family moved to North Carolina where Griffin was educated. He attended Hampden Sydney College in Virginia, ...

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2. Recollections of Walter N. Jones - 1894

   The 14 typed pages comprise the address delivered to the A. P. Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans of Petersburg, on April 5, 1894, by Walter N. Jones, who claimed to be the youngest Confederate to surrender at Appomattox Court House, There is a page 3 1/2 inserted. On the reverse of the last page is a handwritten note by Jones and a written notation by George S. Bernard. Jones, in 1864, was a 13 year-old boy who lived in Dinwiddie County, Virginia...

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3. Typical Roanoke House - White brick and wood siding house, with a serpentine brick wall surrounding yard, located on a tree lined avenue in Roanoke. The house has dormer windows, and a slate roof. The yard is filled with shrubbery. The trees between the sidewall and the street have gum balls that have not fallen. The wall has a column with a circular cap on top. The shrubs are boxwoods. The address is 3206 White Oak Road, SW. At one time, David Trinkle M.D. lived in the house.

   1998.24.373

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