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    Charles Kline papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence including originals and transcripts of letters, envelopes, newspaper clippings, pension documents, a copy of a photograph, and a drawing relating mainly to Kline's Civil War service with the 115th New York Infantry Regiment, Company D. Subjects include Kline's capture at Harpers Ferry, W. Va., and time in a prison camp in Chicago, Ill.; daily camp life; his service near Alexandria, Va., and Hilton...
    • Contributor: Kline, Charles
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    Rufus D. Pettit papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, military orders, and map pertaining chiefly to Pettit's participation in the manhunt for President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, and to Pettit's actions and observations in the days following the assassination. Includes his hand-drawn map of the area near Bryantown and Port Tobacco, Maryland, where he conducted the search for the assassin; copies of letters (1865 April 15-29) written by Pettit to...
    • Contributor: Pettit, Rufus D.
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    Charles M. Goodman papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, writings, project files, office files, financial records, publications, and other papers related to Goodman's career as a commercial and residential architect and the work of his firm Charles M. Goodman Associates primarily in the Washington, D.C., area in the mid-twentieth century. Includes a small number of blueprints and illustrated designs. Projects represented in the collection include the Hollin Hills neighborhood, Alexandria, Va.; the...
    • Contributor: Goodman, Charles M.
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    Winthrop Henry Phelps papers, Catalog Record Only Diary (1864 May 15-1865 December 31) entitled A Chaplain's Life in the Civil War, describing Phelps' tours of duty with the 19th Connecticut Infantry (later 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery) at forts in Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C., and nine Civil War engagements, including battles at Spottsylvania (1864 May) and Petersburg, Va. (1865 March-April). The diary, compiled and edited (1945) by Ethel L. Phelps, is...
    • Contributor: Phelps, Winthrop Henry
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    Philip Richard Fendall papers, Catalog Record Only Professional and family correspondence, receipts, lists, and other papers relating chiefly to Fendall's career as an editor and lawyer and to his political activities. Documents his work as an editor, under the auspices of the Library of Congress, of the Letters and Other Writings of James Madison (4 volumes; 1865); his law practice in Alexandria, Va.; and his service as U.S. district attorney for...
    • Contributor: Fendall, Philip Richard
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    John C. Babcock papers, Catalog Record Only Letters with drawings (1861-1864) from Babcock to relatives in Illinois concerning his work as an architect in Chicago, Ill.; service as a confidential agent in the Provost Marshal General's Bureau in Washington, D.C.; the incarceration of female prisoners at "Prison Greenhough," Confederate spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow's house in Washington; reaction to the Trent Affair, 1861; secessionist sentiment in Alexandria, Va.; the gathering of intelligence...
    • Contributor: Babcock, John C.
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    A.P. Cutts correspondence,
    A. P. Cutts papers Catalog Record Only
    ALS, undated, from Cutts addressed to a Mrs. Lee relating to personal matters. Makes reference to travel to Fredericksburg and Alexandria, Va., and to the purchase or hire of a girl. Includes typewritten transcript.
    • Contributor: Cutts, A. P.
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    Sarah Ridg Schuyler diary :
    Sarah Ridg Schuyler papers | Sarah Ridg diary : typescript transcription
    Annotated typescript transcription of a diary (1809 January 3-November 2) kept by Sarah Ridg, later Sarah Ridg Schuyler, as a young woman on an extended visit to Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. She documents the social life of the two cities and describes the U.S. Capitol building (February 10th entry, page 3); preparations for attending the inaugural ball (February 28th through March 3rd entries,...
    • Contributor: Schuyler, Sarah Ridg

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    David Henley papers, Catalog Record Only Letter (1788 April 20; New York) from Henley to his father Samuel Henley (1718-1795) pertaining to the upcoming Virginia Ratifying Convention along with enclosure, a list of convention delegates with note of their political leanings; and letter (1800 August 22; Philadelphia) from Samuel Henley (1759- ) to his brother David Henley pertaining to his travels with a description of Alexandria, Va., and to other...
    • Contributor: Henley, David
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    Martin Thomas McMahon military pass,
    Martin Thomas McMahon papers Catalog Record Only
    Military pass (January 6) issued to Mrs. Spalding, Mrs. Parker, and Mr. Davis for travel to Alexandria, Va., signed by Captain McMahon, aide to Gen. George B. McClellan, Army of the Potomac.
    • Contributor: McMahon, Martin Thomas
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    Richard Harrison & Company account book,
    Richard Harrison & Company records Catalog Record Only
    Accounts of Richard Harrison & Company at the firm's office in and warehouse and wharf on Point Lumley in Alexandria, Virginia; and its store in Port Tobacco, Maryland. Subjects include owner Richard Harrison's business dealings with the governments of Virginia and Maryland, the U.S. Continental Congress, and various individuals. Reflects fluctuations in the economy and the depreciation of Virginia currency during the years 1780...
    • Contributor: Richard Harrison & Company (Alexandria, Va.)
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    Jacob Gerhard Koch papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, letterbooks, diary, account books, ledgers, inventories, indexes, receipts, and estate and other papers documenting Koch's activities as a merchant and marine insurance broker in Amsterdam (1787-1790), Alexandria, Va. (1790-1792), and Philadelphia, Pa. (1792-1817), and reflecting his business dealings in Europe, Latin America, and North America. His diary (1817-1818) describes a trip to Paris, France. Also includes a 1941 published version of the memoirs...
    • Contributor: Koch, Jacob Gerhard
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    Theophilus Harris papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, account books, commonplace books, and library catalogs. Account books contain business entries for Harris's mercantile establishment in Alexandria, Va.; an itinerary of the voyage of Harris and his wife from Wales to Virginia; and a list of the things they brought with them. Includes catalogs of books at Gwynfryn, Wales, and at Alexandria, Va.; Harris's Thoughts on Emigration; a volume of poems; and...
    • Contributor: Harris, Theophilus
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    John Thompson Ford papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, play scripts and other writings, subject files, playbooks, playbills, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Ford's life and work as a theater manager in the last half of the nineteenth century. Documents his interaction with major theatrical figures of the period; the productions featured at his theaters in Baltimore, Md., Philadelphia, Pa.; Charleston, S.C., Alexandria, Va., Richmond, Va., and Washington, D.C.; the assassination...
    • Contributor: Ford, Lizzie - Ford, Annie - Ford, John Thompson
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    Daniel Roberdeau papers, Catalog Record Only Letterbook (560 pages) of outgoing correspondence pertaining chiefly to Roberdeau's commercial activities including his distillery in Alexandria, Va., and to the West Indies trade. Letters include comments on contemporary political and military events. Recipients include John Adams, William Ellery, John Hancock, David Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Laurens, Richard Henry Lee, James Lovell, Alexander McDougall, James Milligan, Charles Pearce, and Bushrod Washington.
    • Contributor: Roberdeau, Daniel
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    Sarah Rosetta Wakeman correspondence,
    Sarah Rosetta Wakeman papers Catalog Record Only
    Photocopies of Wakeman's letters to her family while serving with the 153rd New York Infamtry Regiment as Private Lyons Wakeman. Letters written primarily from Washington, D.C., and Alexandria, Va., with several later letters from Louisiana.
    • Contributor: Wakeman, Sarah Rosetta