Norfolk (Va.)--Social life and customs--19th century

Scope and Contents One 192-page typescript of the Tazewell family of Virginia (compiled between 1894 and 1901), one photocopied document from 1826 belonging to Littleton Waller Tazewell, and one original document of field notes dated circa 1828 for the old plantation belonging to Littleton Waller Tazewell of Norfolk, Virginia. The typescript includes typed notes in the margins from Littleton Waller Tazewell (1848-1918), whose grandfather Littleton Waller Tazewell (1774-1860) originally wrote a majority of the...

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Four documents from 1871-1891 relating to Mr. and Mrs. Littleton Waller Tazewell of Norfolk, Virginia. Also include an 1843 oversized document of assurance.

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One 1880 typescript letter from father to daughter concerning a successful trip from Raleigh and a leisurely family visit to Ocean View in Norfolk, Virginia.

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One 1863-1897 scrapbook of newspaper clippings containing obituaries, poetry, and prose. There is an index titled "Walters' Scrapbook Index to Marriage Notices and Obituaries" included with the scrapbook.

Scope and Contents One circa 1807-1847 scrapbook belonging to Mrs. Mary W. Warren of Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbook contains clippings from The American Beacon, The Herald, The Times, The Sun, Museum, and Norfolk. Subject matter includes marriages, deaths, news, economics, politics, poetry, anecdotes, jokes,...

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One 1883 receipt to Miss L. Walke of Norfolk, Virginia with a list of prices for dresses and other apparel ordered from Marie Favre of New York.

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One 1815-1842 volume containing minutes of the Norfolk Athenaeum in Norfolk, Virginia. The book also includes a typescript copy of the act passed by the General Assembly that chartered the organization, an original listing of books of the Norfolk Athenaeum (divided by books which could be circulated among the subscribers and those which should remain in the Room), and several pages from the auctioning of books when the group formally disbanded in 1842.

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Seventeen receipts belonging to Robert B. Taylor, dating from 1820 to 1830. Receipts are for a wide variety of items including food, revenue taxes, boot repairs, postage, shoes, schooner transport of a barouche, repair of riding equipment, debts owed, small home-related repairs, an assurance policy, and sale of stock in the Dismal Swamp Land Company. Also includes two oversized receipts from the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia.

Scope and Contents Includes 246 card photographs, mostly portraits, and also some topical subjects (such as building interiors). About 50 of the cards in this collection are annotated. Also includes cartes de visite, or visiting cards, that visitors would leave at a host's home or business. Each card photograph in this collection is available digitally at: ...

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One 1855-1859 ledger comprised of judges' names, lists of individuals raising certain crops or livestock, and inventories of crops and equipment. Geographical locations listed in the volume include areas around Tidewater Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, including Suffolk, Nansemond, Chuckatuck, and Mathews in Virginia and Gates, North Carolina.