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The collection contains two handwritten recipe books from the Thomas Family of Baltimore, Maryland. These cookbooks highlight Maryland specialities (oysters, clams, crabs, and terrapins), as well as preserves, cakes, puddings, and other dishes. The majority of the recipes range from the 1870s to the 1910s, but at least one dates back to 1831.

Abstract Henry Goddard Thomas was born in Maine and entered the American Civil War as a private yet rose to the rank of brigadier general by the war's end. After 1862 he was involved with the recruitment and organization of Black troops in the Union Army. He commissioned several troops, in particular the 79th and 19th U.S. Colored Infantries. He remained in the U. S. Army after the war and retired in 1891. His collection consists of twenty-two letters to Thomas from friends and relatives. Many of the...

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The W. C. Thomas Papers were created by Thomas on his trip to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, in July 1940.

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This collection conains an account book of William Thomas, a merchant in Blacksburg, Virginia, during the mid-19th century.

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The collection includes bills for freight shipped on the Norfolk & Western Railroad and received by Thomas Wood and Company, a general mercantile business.

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Nine wartime letters written by Alfred Thompson, a soldier in Company H (and later Company A), 49th Pennsylvania Infantry during the American Civil War, from various camps in Virginia, addressed to David May of Spruce Creek, Pennsylvania.

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Papers of Edward Everett Thompson (1911-1989), veterinarian of Salem, Virginia, and World War II veteran of U. S. Army Veterinary Corps, including a veterinary clinic daybook, personal financial records and several scrapbooks and photo albums, focusing on Thompson's career and activities, his military service, and Republican Party politics.

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This collection consists of papers from the Thompson family, largely S.A. Thompson, who was a lawyer, U.S. Commissioner, and Virginia Delegate. He resided in Stuart, Virginia. These papers include financial and legal documents as well as correspondence, dating from 1899-1930.

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Letter from W. W. Thompson, a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War, written to his wife from Yorktown, Virginia on August 23, 1862.

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This collection is a ledger or day book used by enslaver and farmer William Q. Thomson of Happy Valley, Louisa County, Virginia, dated 1845-1854, 1882-1891. The book includes debts to associates, purchases, and bills paid, including for family members. Some of the early entries are for hiring the labor of enslaved people. Thomson (ca. 1825-1891) enslaved at least 22 people, inlcuding Georgeanna and her baby Peter Dudley.