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Graham, Tate and related families Papers, Accession 9232-s, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
This collection was donated to the Library by Mrs. Agnes Graham Sanders Riley, of Lexington, Kentucky, on January 4, 1993.
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
These seven items, 1863 (1992), pertain to the Tate Family and churches and homes in Wythe County, Virginia . Included is a letter, December 28, 1863, from James Graham Tate , Camp near Pisgah Church, Orange County, Virginia , to his father, Charles Campbell Tate , concerning the conditions of the Confederate army, especially his camp, during the winter of 1863, and mentioning several Wythe County soldiers. Along with this letter is a published version annotated by Agnes Graham Sanders Riley ( Wythe County Historical Review , No. 42, July 1992 ). Additional material include a program for and a historical sketch of Anchor of Hope Presbyterian Church , Max Meadows, Virginia ; a newspaper clipping about Crockett's Cove Presbyterian Church , Wythe County, Virginia ; and, two stationery cards depicting drawings of Graham's Forge Mill and the Old Crockett Home, Cove Section, in Wythe County, Virginia .