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Box 1

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Contains 52 Results:

Letter from Marcus Wright, War of Records Office, War Department of Washington, to Lucas, 1893

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 42
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Daniel Bedinger Lucas papers consist of scrapbooks, correspondence, poems and essays, newspapers, and other materials collected and created by Lucas, including several items created by his sister, Virginia Lucas, also a poet. Topics include Lucas's defense of John Yates Beall, the exploits of adventurer William Walker, the origin of General Robert E. Lee's horse Traveler; and West Virginia politics. There are examples of Lucas's poetry scattered throughout the papers. The 1860 scrapbook...
Dates: 1893

Notebook of household accounts and poetry in manuscript by Lena Lucas from Rion Hall, 1894

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 43
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Daniel Bedinger Lucas papers consist of scrapbooks, correspondence, poems and essays, newspapers, and other materials collected and created by Lucas, including several items created by his sister, Virginia Lucas, also a poet. Topics include Lucas's defense of John Yates Beall, the exploits of adventurer William Walker, the origin of General Robert E. Lee's horse Traveler; and West Virginia politics. There are examples of Lucas's poetry scattered throughout the papers. The 1860 scrapbook...
Dates: 1894