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Charles L. Brown Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-031
Abstract
A single letter and envelope written by Charles L. Brown to his mother, Lydia Brown, in Waltham, Mass., dated 4 January 1862 and sent from Hampton, Va. Brown enlisted with the 16th Massachusetts Infantry on 29 June 1861, Company H, as a corporal. At the time of his death at Gettysburg on July 1863, he held the rank of Sergeant.
Dates:
1862-01-04
Brown Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-011
Abstract
The collection consists of receipts, bills, Promissory notes, tax notes, letters, and other various papers created between 1825 and 1912 by members of the Brown, and other related families.
Dates:
1825-1912, 1965 ; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1894
George Brown Account Book
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-002
Abstract
The collection contains a ledger containing list of delinquent Wythe County, Virginia taxpayers and details of church fund accounts and maintained by George Brown, a Wythe County assistant county clerk and also apparently a church clerk or treasurer.
Dates:
1906 - 1922
J. A. Brown Account Book
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-072
Abstract
This collection contains an Internal Revenue collections account book kept by J. A. Brown of Martinsville, Virginia, from 1889-1892.
Dates:
1889 - 1892
John Brown Ledger
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-113
Abstract
Ledger maintained by John Brown, a resident of Camden, Maine, providing a record of payments for hauling lime and charcoal, carpentry and farmwork, and goods purchased.
Dates:
1853 - 1860
Letter to Kate Brown
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-003
Abstract
The Letter to Kate Brown is written by "Samantha" in Forestville, Virginia, on August 24, 1847 to Kate Brown in New Thorpe, Augusta County, Virginia, which acknowledges that Brown does not write back and details the recent events in her life and the lives of family and friends. The letter is postmarked from New Market, Virginia.
Dates:
1847
Mima Brown Letter,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-025
Abstract
The collection consists of a letter written by "Mima Brown" from Pulaski, Virginia to her brother Pvt. James H. Farmer on November 8, 1863.
Dates:
1863
R. Baxter Brown Diary
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-043
Abstract
The collection contains the American Civil War diary of R. Baxter Brown, a Union lieutenant in Company I, 11th New Hampshire Infantry.
Dates:
1864
Ralph Minthorne Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1970-002
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Ralph Minthorne Brown, Virginia Tech head librarian (1926-1947), amateur historian, and naturalist. It includes materials on Virginia Tech and local history, including typed transcripts of sources gathered for an intended history of Virginia Tech. Also included are Brown's Blacksburg ornithological and weather observations, a bibliography of Matthew Fontaine Maury, and other writings.
Dates:
1872 - 1947
Washington Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-011
Abstract
The Washington Brown Papers contains letters and other papers associated with Washington Brown, captain in the 145th Pennsylvania Infantry who died of wounds received at the Battle of Fredericksburg during the American Civil War. Includes manuscript copy of a memoir of Brown and correspondence between Brown and his family in Erie, Pennsylvania. Also includes letters between Brown's father, Conrad Brown, and members of the 145th Pennsylvania following Washington Brown's death, and a...
Dates:
1861 - 1869
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