Government records

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One 1863 Confederate imprint relating to the House of Representatives with regard to a resolution on finance.

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One December 14, 1918 honorable discharge for John Bonnard March.

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One ferry bond of Joseph Calvert and Richard Scott, bound unto John Hutchings for 20 pounds on January 19, 1765 in Norfolk County, Virginia.

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One bound volume consisting of 30 official Norfolk-related court documents issued by either the Commonwealth of Virginia or King George III. Most of the documents included in this collection date from 1780-1782, although the records range between 1771 and 1782. A majority of the records were signed by Alexander Moseley, Clerk of the Court.

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Collection of 1823 to 1827 records relating to Mary Ann Nabon, including receipts, transactions, and a record giving Joseph Magagnos power of attorney during Nabon's absence from the borough of Norfolk in Virginia.

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The collection includes 290 fingerprint cards, most with photographs attached, dating from 1917 to 1958.

Scope and Contents This collection includes approximately 14,000 aperture cards (a computer data card with a 35mm microfilm window) that cover major development projects and related activities in the City of Norfolk, Virginia from the 1940s through the 1970s. The cards are organized by neighborhood area or project, and in some cases, sub-organized by category of activity and information (site diagrams, architectural plans, roads and utilities, etc.). Aperture cards are an obsolete data storage and retrieval...

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Four scrapbooks relating to the Norfolk United War Fund from 1941-1945 and the USS Hotel Fairfax Residential Club, circa 1944 in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes a volume titled Record of Publicity, Office of Civilian Defense that largely includes clippings of civil defense activities in Norfolk. Also in the collection is correspondence relating to air wardens and Smith Street U. S. O., along with negatives of local civil defense personnel and facilities.

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Drawings and plans for various commericial and commercial buildings as well as private residences in and around Norfolk, Virginia.

Scope and Contents The Virginia Ephemera Collection includes a broad range of informational publications, media reports, government documents, maps, and historical records, all relating to Virginia topics and localities outside the City of Norfolk. There are three major sections: general subjects (such as the arts, education, and transportation); counties (including economic and demographic data, places of interest, histories, and other information); and cities, towns and places (including histories,...