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john Rutherfoord Papers and Letter Books, 1810-1930. 1934 items, 81 clippings,
and 31 vols. Goochland Co., Va. (See Entry 1472.)
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David Dunlop Records, 1846-1918. 330 vols. Petersburg, Va.
Durham Cotton Manufacturing C0. Papers, 1910-34. 34,161 items and 66 vols.
Durham, N. C. .
Frederick E. Harris Letters and Papers, 1817-44. 126 items. New London
(Campbell C0.), Va.
Sylvanus and Carry Keith Letters and Papers, 1801-80. 220 items. Charleston, ’
S. C.
William Thomas Leavell Letters and Papers, 1829-1923. 4,984 items. Charles-
ton, \V. Va.
Thomas A. Nich0ls011 Letters and Papers, 1836-1905. 112 items and 1 vol.
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1. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT (S. C.) LAND INDENTURES, 1769-1856. 50 items.
Abbeville, S. C.
Land grants with accompanying surveys from King George III, \Villiam Bull,
a11d various deeds given by private citizens and the state of South Carolina for land
in Abbeville District.
2. DANIEL ABERNETHY PAPERS, 1862—65. 19 items. (Dinwiddie County?) Va.
Letters of Daniel Abernethy, a Confederate soldier of limited education, to his
wife and father, containing gossip and comments 011 desertion and scarcity of food,
and references, in 1864, to tl1e probability of overtures of peace to the North by
North Carolina.
3. M. A. ABERNETHY LEDGER, 1886—19o3. 1 vol. Statesville, N. C.
General mercantile accounts.
4. ABERNETHY LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE PAPERS, 1836-98.
63 items. Various places.
· Typed copies of letters of Thomas \Villis \Vl1ite, Patil Hamilton Hayne,
Lafcadio Hearn, D11Bose Heyward, Richard Malcolm Johnston, John Pendleton
Kennedy, \Villiam Gilmore Simms, and Alice French (pseud. Octave Thanet) . The
originals are the property of the Abernethy Library of Middlebury College, Middle-
bury, Vermont. The \’Vhite letters contain occasional references to Edgar Allan
Poe [partially published: Arthur Hobson Quinn, Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical
I Biography (New York, 1941)]. The Hayne letters are addressed to Julia Caroline
j (Ripley) Dorr and contain comments on her poetry and on contemporary writers.
~ Hearn’s letters were written from Japan to his p11blishers. The letters of Simms
a11d Alice French contain literary comment, but those of Heyward, Johnston, and
Kennedy are largely notes of thanks or requests for addresses.
5. JAMES ABSTON DAYBOOK, 1823. 1 vol. \Vaterloo Mills, Va.
Fragmentary mercantile accounts; only a few of the entries contain detailed
statements.
6. HERBERT BAXTER ADAMS PAPERS, (1891-1902) 1913. 52 items. Baltimore,
Md.
Photostatic copies of letters of Herbert B. Adams (1850-1901) , historian and
one of the organizers of tl1e American Historical Association in 1884, consisting
M chiefly of communications fI`0Ill Stephen Beauregard IVeeks and John Spencer
yg Bassett concerning tl1e organization of the History Department at Trinity Col-
yl lege, Durham, North Carolina. the quarrel between \Veeks and Joh11 Franklin
  Crowell, president of Trinity College, the 'Trinity College Historical Society, the
  advanced study of William Ke11neth Boyd, and CllI`l`Cl][ political problems in North
  Carolina. Included also are a few letters from W. T. Laprade to Professor John
il Marti11 \llIICC1l[ concerning a graduate thesis in history.
7. HENRY D. ADAMS NOTES, 1870. 1 vol. Trinity College, Randolph County,
N. C.
"Notes on International Law" by Henry D. Adams, a member of the senior
class of Trinity College.
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8. THOMAS ADAMS ACCOUNT BOOKS, 1768-1808. 2 vols. Augusta County, Va.
Accounts, chiefly of tobacco to be sold for Virginia planters and goods to be
purchased in London, of Thomas Adams, a member of the Virginia House of
Burgesses and of the Continental Congress and a tobacco factor and merchant,
showing prices, shipping charges, and a record of the sale of Adams’s estate. One
item among a number of commissions to be executed in London was for Thomas
jefferson.
g. W. G. ADAMS ACCOUNT BOOK, 1851-63. 1 vol. (Va.?)
A physician’s record of services rendered and fees received.
10. JOHN ADGER PAPERS, 1839; 1852. 2 items. Charleston, S. C.
Letters concerning renewals of subscriptions to the Presbyterian of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
11. G. H. ADSHEAD PAPERS, 1880-98. 10 items. London, England.
Personal letters to G. H. Adshead from friends visiting in England, France,
Russia, and Turkey.
12. ALABAMA STATE SALT WORKS LETTERPRESS COPYBOOK, 1863-64.
1 vol. Clarke County, Ala.
Business letters of the Alabama State Salt I/Vorks, usually written by N. S.
Brooks, superintendent, and Benjamin Woolsey, salt commissioner of Alabama.
13. ADAM LEOPOLD ALEXANDER PAPERS, 1785 (1803-8g)1gog. 361 items.
Washington, Ga.
Family correspondence of Adam Leopold Alexander (1803-82), planter and
businessman with interests in banking, railroads, and mercantile firms. Included
are letters from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; the University of Vir-
ginia, Charlottesville; schools of Washington, Georgia; New England secondary 7
schools, 1830-40, 1850; letters concerning Civil War and Reconstruction; and mis-
cellaneous deeds and other papers.
14. BETTIE ALEXANDER PAPERS, 1860-63. g items. Monroe County, Va.  
(now W. Va.) I
Personal letters from Bettie Alexander, apparently a schoolgirl, to her sister in =
Fincastle, Virginia. Frequent mention is made of sick, wounded, or killed Con-
federate soldiers, runaway Negroes, and Federal troops.
15. JAMES H. ALEXANDER DIARY, 1862. 1 vol. Centreville, Va. I
Diary kept while James H. Alexander was in a Confederate camp near Centre-
ville. It contains intimate details of life in the Confederate Army, including a ~_
description of the company dispute with Colonel \Villiam Nelson Pendleton about M
building a church and attending services, and references to Northern newspapers  
that came by the Underground Railroad.
16. ROBERT P. ALEXANDER NOTES, 1856-57. 1 vol. Charlottesville, Va.
Robert P. Alexandcr`s notes on physiology and surgery taken from lectures .
delivered by Dr. James Lawrence Cabell at the University of Virginia.  
17. [A. T. ALLEN] DIARY, 1843-44. 1 vol. Accomac County, Va.  
Diary of a young Northern schoolmaster with comments on Henry A. WVise.  
18. ETHAN ALPHONSO ALLEN LETTER BOOK, 1818-35. 1 vol. Accomac if'
County, Va.  
Copies of letters of Ethan A. Allen (1789-1855), son of Ethan Allen of Revolu- ~$
tionary \Var fame, graduate of the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, New i
York, and captain in the U. S. Army. Generally routine in nature, the letters
are largely concerned with recruiting service for the 2d Battalion of Artillery in  
Virginia and Maryland, reports to auditors and other oflicials of the U. S. Treasury J
Department, and efforts to obtain his portion of military bounty land due his E
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james Monroe protesting the omission of his name from the rolls of the U. S.
Army; a draft, evidently first hand, of Allen’s will; and business correspondence
with the firm of Aldis and Davis. '
19. ]AMES WALKINSHAW ALLEN NOTEBOOK, 1848-64. 1 vol. Mt. Prospect
(Bedford County), Va.
Notebook of james W. Allen (d. 1862), a student at Virginia Military Institute,
Lexington, and later colonel in the 2d Virginia Infantry, C. S. A., containing
collections of poems and quotations. Included also is a comment on the life
and death of ]. W. Allen, signed by   N. Allen.
20. ]OHN ALLEN PAPERS, 1864 (1870-79) 1885. 39 items. Franklin C0unty,N.C.
Personal and business letters of john Allen, Confederate soldier, teacher, and
civil engineer. The collection relates chiefly to the Civil \Var, teaching, college
life, and financial difficulties during Reconstruction. Included also are a report
card of james Parker, of the Oxford (N. C.) High School, giving a description of
the courses offered; and four letters from relatives and friends in Texas and
Missouri.
21. RICHARD ALLEN DAYBOOK AND ACCOUNT BOOK, 1839-74. 2 vols.
Keysville, Va.
Records of a country merchant whose operations were on a small scale.
22. WILLIAM C. ALLEN PAPERS, 1857-66. 7 items. Haywood County, Tenn.
Letters of William C. Allen, a plantation owner. The collection deals with
a typhoid epidemic in 1865 and with the high prices and scarcity of various
articles in 1863. The letter for 1866 was written by H. Allen, a share-cropper
tenant in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
` 23. WILLIAM H. ALLISON PAPERS, 1851-60. 8 items. Richmond, Va.
Chiefly letters to William H. Allison from his mother, written while he was
a student at Richmond.
1 24. BEN]AMIN ALLSTON PAPERS, 1856-78. 13 items. Charleston, S. C.
Military and personal correspondence of Benjamin Allston (1833-1900), Con-
federate oflicer and Protestant Episcopal minister, and some executive correspond-
ence of R. F. W. Allston (1801-64), including three letters relative to an engineer-
ing project in progress on the Savannah River in 1858. Included also are several
letters to "Ben" Allston from another minister, W. B. VV. Howe, all mentioning
the desirability of reserving a portion of church a11ditori11ms for Negro wor-
shipers, and personal letters from feminine correspondents.
7 25. LEONARD ALMAN PAPERS, 1862-64. 10 items. N. C.
Letters to Leonard Alman’s wife, written for Alman by comrades, while he
was in the Confederate Army.
26. WILLIAM ALSTON PAPERS, 1861-85. 3 items. Henderson, N. C.
jj One letter describing a Civil War camp, and two accounts from William Alston's
.v store.
  27. JOHN AMBLER PAPERS, 1788 (1810-26) 1864. 14 items. Richmond, Va.
lj Personal and business correspondence of ]0hn Ambler (1762-1836) , plantation
  owner, miller, and ofiicer in the \Var of 1812. Included are two letters from Wil-
  liam Tucker of Amherst County, Virginia, concerning agriculture; a letter of
  condolence on the death of Ambler`s wife; and one letter, 1864, from Robert
Ambler to Beverly Ambler concerning army life during the Civil War.
28. RICHARD AMOS PAPERS, 1850 (1858-69) 1893. 108 items. Ayresville (Stokes
Q County), N. C.
Family letters, most of which were written before the Civil War from Shelbv
County, Indiana, where one of the Amos brothers 11ad settled.
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2g. FRANCIS THOMAS ANDERSON PAPERS, 1828 (1850-58) 1915. 443 items.
Fincastle (Botetourt County), Va.
This collection concerns also the activities of joseph Reid Anderson (1813-92).
Included are business papers pertaining to mining operations and Francis Thomas
Anderson`s Cloverdale Furnace, a part of the Tredegar Iron \Vorks; miscellaneous
letters and papers concerning tl1e sale of slaves, collection of debts, rental of
property, teaching, and school tuition. Included also are a charge for the ministry
of A. B. McCorkle; two suirnnonscs; and :1 printed plea, March 4, 1846, addressed
to Anderson, seeking funds to help the widow and children of john Hampden
Pleasants, "recently killed in a duel."
30. RICHARD HERON ANDERSON PAPERS, 1864; 1880. 2 items. Savannah, Ga.
Papers of Richard H. Anderson (1821-79), lieutenant i11 the Mexican War and
colonel of ISI South Carolina Regiment, C. S. A. Included is an extract from
Anderso11’s account of the operations of the ISI Corps, Army of Northern Virginia,
after General james Longstreet was disabled; and a committee report on tactics.
31. Z. W. ANDERSON BAND BOOK, 1865. 1 vol. Wilkes County, Ga.
Band book of Z. WV. AII(l€I`SOII, 37th Georgia Regiment, Hardee Corps, C. S. A.,
used during four years of service u11der General joseph E. johnston.
32. BENjAMIN ANDREW PAPERS, 1783; 1786. 2 items. Liberty County, Ga.
Promissory 11ote to james Dunwody, and a petition from john McLean to the
Chief justice of Georgia for the collection of a debt.
33. CHARLES S. ANDREWS AND LEWIS SCHELPERT NOTEBOOK, 1861-65.
1 vol. Madison, Ga.
Notebook on heavy infantry tactics.
34. ANONYMOUS ACCOUNT BOOKS, 1793-1910. 20 vols. Various places.
Account books of general merchants in Abernethy, North Carolina, 1881-88;
Campbell County, Virginia, 1773-74; Davidson County, North Carolina, 1835-39;
Lincoln County, Georgia, 1831-39; New Market, Virginia, 1823; Newton, North
Carolina, 1866-80; Panola, Mississippi, 1883-84; Virginia, 1857; and no locality
indicated, 1793-1860.
35. ANONYMOUS DAYBOOKS, 1796-1924. 5 vols. Various places.
Daybooks of general lIl€1`ClI2lll[S i11 Abemethy, North Carolina, 1898-99 and
1920-24; Buena Vista (Va.P), 1851; A11g11sta, Georgia, 1796-1872; Margaretsville,
Northampton COIIIIIY, North Carolina, 1840-41; and no locality indicated, 1839-43.
36. ANONYMOUS DIARIES, 1813-68. 2 vols. Baltimore, Md., and Charleston,
S. C.
The Baltimore diary, 1865-68, concerns family matters, p11blic celebrations, a11d
a storm i11 August, 1867, which is fll1`[l1CI` described by a clipping from the Sun
(Baltimore); the ClI2l1`lCS[Oll diary, 1813-14, is almost illegible.
37. ANONYMOUS jOURNALS, 1886-1901. 4 vols. Abernetl1y, N. C.
Records of a general merchant.
38. ANONYMOUS LEDGERS, 1822-55. 3 vols. Va.
Ledgers of general merchants in Baskerville, Virginia, 1822-2.4, and Buena
~ Vista (Va.?), 18.19-51} Zlllfl of a postmaster in Lawre11ceville, Virginia, 1853-55. -
39. ANONYMOUS NOVEL: "A LITTLE PICTURE," n.d. 6 vols. n.p. r
A sentimental novel \\ll[lI the scene in France and Germany during and after A
the Franco-Prussian \Var. Tl1e plot follows the traditional patter11 of a romance
between individuals of CIICIIIV nations. Despite. tl1e amateurish plot, the anony-
mo11s autl1or wrote with a surprising command of tl1e E11glish language. A
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40. ANONYMOUS POEM: "EDWIN AND LAURA," n.d. 4 vols. (Va.?)
Rough draft and revised copy of a long narrative poem entitled "Edwin and
Laura," CViCl€II¥.l)’ by a Virginian, probably some time after 1825. The hero, Edwin,
is made to wander over Virginia, thus giving the author opportunity to express
unfavorable opinions of the practice of going to the springs of western Virginia
for therapeutic purposes; of popular writers and magazines, especially "C ............. - .... ....."
in "W ........................ ’s weekly paper"; and of the University of Virginia, with references
to various early members of the faculty by initial, to the importation of foreigners
for its faculty, and to tl1e great expense of operating the University. A sup-
plement to the poem, near the end of one volume, takes the hero to Richmond,
describing merchants peering over their profits and losses, and lazy members of
the legislature. Included also, 11ear the end of one canto, is a poem on drinking.
41. ANONYMOUS SCRAPBOOK [ca. 1869]. n.p.
Scrapbook of sentimental poems and humorous articles.
42. ANTISLAVERY PAPERS, 1832; 1837. 2 items. Charleston, S. C., and Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Letters referring to various phases of the abolition movement by Thomas
Smith Grimké and \Villiam Henry Burleigh.
43. RICHARD APPERSON PAPERS [ca. 1800]. 2 items. Petersburg, Va.
Papers of Richard Apperson, Revolutionary soldier, concerning a duel with a
Dr. Holmes.
44. DILMUS APPLEBERRY PAPERS, 1810 (1850-96) 1901. 1,750 items. Fluvanna
County, Va.
Busi11ess, family, and legal correspondence of a plantation owner, largely
composed of accounts, bills, invoices, indentures, and land surveys. Letters, some
of a business nature, comprise about 5 per cent of the collection. Correspondents
whose names appear most often are Pettit and Leake, a legal firm of Goochland
Court House, Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizing Company of Richmond, Virginia,
a11d Dilmus Appleberry`s 11epl1ew, Thomas A. Bledsoe.
45. FLETCHER HARRIS ARCHER PAPERS AND NOTEBOOKS, 1804 (1847-85)
1900.