Typescripts

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A typescript of newspaper articles from the Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger, published from June 9-13, 1808. Barron made an appeal to the publisher of the paper, John Cowper, to publish his defense before the court martial regarding the 1807 Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, which took place off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia.

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One 132-page typescript copy of The Diary of John Walters, Private, Norfolk Light Artillery Blues. The diary was originally written during the Civil War from May 8, 1862 to April 20, 1865.

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One typescript translated from French: letters written to Henry, Louis, and Emily, describing travel through various eastern cities in Virginia.

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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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.

Scope and Contents Poems by Mary Eldredge Howell from approximately 1907 to 1946. The collection contains both handwritten and typescript copies of her poems, with typescript materials frequently cross-referenced to the four handwritten composition books. Also, one September 1936 - May 1941 minute book from the Writers' Club of Norfolk and one 1899-1907 photograph album. The album contains photographs of Margery Eldredge Howell, family and friends, and various scenes in Norfolk, Virginia; Virginia Beach,...

Scope and Contents Eighteenth-century through 20th-century documents relating to the Parker family of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. The collection includes original indentures, wills, bills of sale, correspondence, and other legal documents, particularly relating to Copeland Parker and Nicholas Wilson Parker. Other content includes genealogical information on the Parker family and related families, including Sinclair, Boush, and Nash. Folder 2 includes documents that were compiled into a three-ring binder by...

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Two typescript documents recalling people and places in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1820.

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One typescript copy of Westwood A. Todd's 1882 memoir of the Civil War, covering the time period from April 1861 through July 1865.

Scope and Contents Minutes of St. Paul's Church, Berkley in Norfolk, Virginia from January 18, 1910 to January 2, 1923. The handwritten minute book includes 30 pages of minutes dating between January 18, 1910 and March 19, 1912. The loose typewritten meeting minutes date from April 11, 1912 to January 2, 1923. The collection also includes one January 1921 issue of The Saint Paul Times and two copies of a document of resolutions to the congregation of St. Paul's, proposing the...