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Abingdon (Va.)

 Subject

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Abingdon Quadrangle

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0816

Thomas W. Colley Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-017
Abstract

The Thomas W. Colley Collection contains correspondence, financial documents, such as ledgers, receipts, and deeds, temperance society sermons, electoral cards, a Veteran's Meeting minute book, Civil War reminiscences, and a roll for the First Virginia Company D Volunteer Cavalry's wounded and dead for 1861. The majority of the collection dates from 1860 to 1920.

Dates: 1845-1947, 1986; Majority of material found within 1845 - 1947

Confederate Military Telegrapher's Log

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2026-080
Abstract

This collection includes a telegraph log documenting telegraphs sent from Confederate soldiers ca. 1864, and the cost of such telegraphs. The log is signed by George Sandoe, operator, and is marked as being received in Abingdon, Virginia, by Capt Issac Shelby Jr.

Dates: ca. 1864

Madison T. Lawson Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-057
Abstract

The collection contains a letter from Madison T. Lawson to his family, written in Lee County, Virginia, on March 28, 1864.

Dates: 1864

Valley Street Baptist Church Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-069
Abstract

Collection contains correspondence, minute books, and financial records for organizations within the Valley Street Baptist Church in Abingdon, Virginia.

Dates: 1931 - 1937