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Jodi L. Bennett
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers without restrictions.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], James Washington Singleton Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Source of Acquisition
Mrs. Judith Ball Wysong Cofer
Method of Acquisition
Gift. Accession #A77-5
Biographical or Historical Information
Biography: James W. Singleton, 1811-1892 James Washington Singleton was born on November 23, 1811 at "Paxton" in Frederick County , Virginia, the estate of his father, General James Singleton. General Singleton (1762-1815) was a Captain in the Virginia troops in 1785. He rose to the rank of Major in 1804 and commanded the Second Battalion 10th, 16th and 18th Brigades of the Virginia Militia. He commanded the 16th Brigade in the War of 1812. He served as a Justice in Frederick County from 1795-1813 and as a member of the House of Delegates during 1806 and 1807. He married Judith Throckmorton Ball in 1797 and they had seven children: James Washington, Ann, Mary, Frances, Judith, Lucy and Elizabeth. Mrs. Singleton had ancestral ties with George Washington's mother, Mary Ball of "Epping Forest", Virginia. After attending the academy in Winchester, Virginia, James Washington Singleton moved to Kentucky in 1828. He married Mathilde Caves who died in 1832. Singleton pursued the study and practice of medicine in Kentucky. Later he married Ann Craig of Lexington, Kentucky. About 1834 he settled at Mount Sterling, Illinois. He commenced the study of law in Mount Sterling and was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1841. During these years the Singletons had a son, James Washington, Jr. but he died in infancy. Ann Craig Singleton also died about 1840. James Washington Singleton began to distinguish himself in public service during the 1840's. In the "war" against the Mormons he was in command of a military company and he was later commissioned a brigadier-general of militia by Governor Ford of Illinois for his services in the Mormon War. He married Parthenia McDonald on April 9, 1844. He had two children by his third wife: Louise(Lily) born in 1857 and James J. Singleton born in 1860. In 1847 he was elected to represent his county in a constitutional convention. He served in the Illinois legislature representing Schuyler(Brown) County from 1850 to 1854. The Singletons moved to Quincy where James Washington practiced law and became active in politics. He served in the state legislature from 1860 to 1862. He also represented Quincy in the state Constitutional convention of 1861. That same year he purchased the most famous country home in the area, Boscobel, a mansion set on an estate of 640 acres. Here he played the roles of gentleman farmer, lawyer, and politician. He also became deeply involved in railroad projects. He was president of two railroads: the Quincy, Alton and St. Louis and the Quincy and Toledo. He was responsible for the extension of the Wabash line through Quincy. In 1862 he served on an international commission that investigated water communication between the United States and Canada. During the Civil War Singleton may be most accurately characterized as a Peace Democrat who maintained close ties with President Lincoln. He had met Lincoln while he was in legal practice in Illinois in the 1840's. Their friendship lasted until Lincoln's death although they held different positions on the principal political issues of the time. At the beginning of the war Singleton was offered a colonelcy in the Illinois militia by Governor Richard Yates. Although he would have commanded ten companies of cavalry, Singleton refused the commission because he did not believe in the war. He opposed Lincoln's arbitrary measures and was prominent in peace conventions at Peoria and Springfield in 1864.In November 1864 he was in Canada conferring with Clay and Tucker, Confederate "commissioners". He made several trips to Richmond late in the war. He was associated with Senator O.H. Browning of Illinois and Judge James Hughes in a scheme to buy Southern products with greenbacks move them through Grant's lines with presidential permission and sell them for a considerable profit in the North. At first Lincoln apparently approved the scheme so that federal money could pass into Southern hands. He, however, gave General Grant complete discretion in the matter. Grant withheld his approval from the operations in early 1865. Singleton apparently held informal "negotiations" with several people in Richmond including President Jefferson Davis and General Robert E. Lee. Lincoln did not give official sanction to these talks but was ready to recognize them if satisfactory Confederate proposals should emerge from the negotiations. After the war Singleton remained active in politics and farming. Besides attending to the myriad affairs of Boscobel and raising prize stock, Singleton served two terms in the United States House of Representatives (1879-1883). In 1868 he was nominated by the Democratic convention at Monmouth, Illinois for Congress but he was defeated by Mr. John Hawley, the Republican candidate. The Democrats nominated him again in 1878, and this time he was successful. Singleton carried the city of Quincy by the unprecedented majority of 1,732 out of 3,000 votes, and received large majorities in every county in the district. He was reelected in 1880. Singleton spent most of his later years at Boscobel.He continued to entertain lavishly, manage the affairs of his large estate and give increasing attention to railroad promotion. Political animosities did not disturb his friendships, and he was often called upon to lead civic endeavors. He did not hold any other public office although he sought unsuccessfully the position of Commissioner of Agriculture in the administration of Grover Cleveland. He moved to Baltimore to be with his daughter, Louise (Mrs. Francis W. Thomas) in the fall of 1891 and died at her home on April 4, 1892.
Note written by Jodi L. Bennett
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of family papers spanning the lifetime of five generations of Singleton descendants. The collection includes papers of James Singleton, the father of James W. Singleton; James W. Singleton; Lily Singleton Thomas Osburn, the daughter of James W. Singleton; the Thomas children, the grandchildren of James W. Singleton; and Judith Ball Wysong Cofer, the great-granddaughter of James W. Singleton. The bulk of the collection concerns the lives of James Singleton, James W. Singleton and Lily Singleton Thomas Osburn.
Arrangement Note
The collection is organized into eleven series: Series I: Correspondence; Series II: Legal and Government Documents; Series III: Financial and Bookkeeping RecordsSeries IV: Business Papers; Series V: Miscellaneous Material; Series VI: Speeches; Series VII: Miscellany; Series VIII: Memorabilia; Series IX: Newspaper clippings; Series X: Publications; and Series XI: Photographs.
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Singleton, James Washington (1811-1892)
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Container List
This series is further divided into 13 subseries. Within each subseries, the correspondence is arranged chronologically.
- Sub-Series A
1787-1815
Scope and Contents
The correspondence of James Singleton (1762-1815). Most of the correspondence dates from the War of 1812 period and is concerned with Singleton's activities in that conflict.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Box 1
Box 1
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1787-1801
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1804-1810
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1811-1813
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1814 March-August
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1814 September
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1814 October-November
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1815
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 38 Oversize Box 38
Oversize Box 38
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 1 Folder 1 1811 March 5
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Box 1
- Sub-Series B
Sub-Series B: Joseph Holmes Sherrard (1802-1889)1826-1911Scope and Contents
The correspondence of Joseph Holmes Sherrard (1802-1889). This subseries also includes some correspondence of Sherrard's daughters, Virginia and Elizabeth Sherrard.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Box 1
Box 1
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1826-1827
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1830-1838
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1841-1850
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Correspondence1852-1911
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8 Folder 8
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Box 1
- Sub-Series C
1837-1892
Scope and Contents
The correspondence of James Washington Singleton(1811-1892). Most of the correspondence dates from the post 1860 period. There are five folders of letters from the 1860-1866 period which give a limited view of Singleton's Civil War activities. The subseries includes correspondence from the 1879 to 1883, the period when Singleton was serving in the House of Representatives. There is a good file of correspondence from the 1884-1885 period when Singleton was seeking a position in Cleveland's administration as Commissioner of Agriculture.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Box 1
Box 1
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Correspondence1837, 1839
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Correspondence1840-1849
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14 Folder 14
Folder 14: Correspondence1850-1859
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15 Folder 15
Folder 15: Correspondence1860-1861
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 16 Folder 16
Folder 16: Correspondence1862-1863Scope and Contents
Includes a letter from Ulysses S. Grant on March 24, 1862.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 17 Folder 17
Folder 17: Correspondence1864
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 18 Folder 18
Folder 18: Correspondence1865
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 19 Folder 19
Folder 19: Correspondence1866
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 20 Folder 20
Folder 20: Correspondence1867-1868
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 21 Folder 21
Folder 21: Correspondence1870-1872, 1874
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 22 Folder 22
Folder 22: Correspondence1875-1879
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12 Folder 12
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Box 2
Box 2
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1880-1881
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1882
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1883 January-December 24
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1883 December 25-31
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1884
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1885
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1886-1892
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Box 1
- Sub-Series D
Sub-Series D: Parthenia McDonald Singleton1858-1898Scope and Contents
The correspondence of Parthenia McDonald Singleton (1824-1902). The correspondence from 1864 to 1866 includes letters from her husband, James W. during his visits to Richmond.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Box 2
Box 2
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1858-1859
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1864-1866
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1880-1890
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Correspondence1891-1892
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Correspondence1893-1894
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Correspondence1895-1896
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 14 Folder 14
Folder 14: Correspondence1896-1898
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 8 Folder 8
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Box 2
- Sub-Series E
Sub-Series E: Anna Singleton McDonald1856-1923Scope and Contents
The correspondence of Anna Singleton McDonald (1836-1929).
- Mixed Materials box: 3 Box 3
Box 3
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1856-1866
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1871-1910
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1910-1923
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 3 Box 3
- Sub-Series F
Sub-Series F: Lily Singleton Thomas Osburn1875-1942Scope and Contents
The correspondence of Lily Singleton Thomas Osburn (1857-1943). The principal correspondents in this subseries are Lily's daughter Cora and historian Matthew Page Andrews. The Andrews' correspondence (1926-1942) contains biographical information about James W. Singleton. Lily corresponded with many relatives and these letters are a good source of genealogical information.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 Box 3
Box 3
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1875-1878
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1880-1881
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1882-1883 December 14
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1883 December 15-22
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1883 December 24-28
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1883 December 27-31
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1884 January-October
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Correspondence1884 November-December
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Correspondence1885-1886
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Correspondence1887
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 4 Folder 4
- Mixed Materials box: 4 Box 4
Box 4
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1888
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1889
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1890-1891
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1892 January-April 4
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1892 April 5
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1892 April 9-30
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1892 May-December
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1893
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1894 January-September
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1894 September-December
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Correspondence1895 January-June
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Correspondence1895 July-December
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Correspondence1896 January-May
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 14 Folder 14
Folder 14: Correspondence1896 June-December
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 15 Folder 15
Folder 15: Correspondence1897 January-February 24
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 16 Folder 16
Folder 16: Correspondence1897 February 25
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 5 Box 5
Box 5
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1897 February 26
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1897 February 27
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1897 February 28
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1897 March 1-3
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1897 March 4-5
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1897 March 6-7
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1897 March 8-13
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1897 March 14-20
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1897 March 21-31
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1897 April
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Correspondence1897 May-October
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Correspondence1897 November-December
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Correspondence1898 January-March
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 14 Folder 14
Folder 14: Correspondence1898 April-June
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 6 Box 6
Box 6
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1898 July-December
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1899 January-April
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1899 May-December
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1900 January-April
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1900 May-July
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1900 August-December
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1901 January-August
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1901 September-December
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1902 January-February
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1902 March 1-4
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Correspondence1902 March 5-6
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Correspondence1902 March 7-8
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 7 Box 7
Box 7
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1902 March 9-12
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1902 March 13-17
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1902 March 18-31
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1902 April-July
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1902 September-December
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1903 January-March
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1903 April-July
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1903 September-December
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1904
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1905 January-August
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Correspondence1905 September-December
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 8 Box 8
Box 8
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1906 January-February
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1906 March-May
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1906 June-July
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1906 August-October 15
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1906 October 17-November 19
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1906 November 11-21
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1906 November 23-December
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1907 January-June
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1907 August-October
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1907 November-December
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 9 Box 9
Box 9
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1908 January-May
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1908 June-October
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1908 November-December
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1909 January-July
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1909 August-December
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1910 January
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1910 February-March
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1910 April-August
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1910 October 1-22
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1910 October 23
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Correspondence1910 October 24
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 10 Box 10
Box 10
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1910 October 25
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1910 October 26
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1910 October 27
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1910 October 28-29
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1910 October 30-31
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1910 November 1-3
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1910 November 4-10
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1910 November 11-28
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1910 December
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1911 January
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Correspondence1911 February-July
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 11 Box 11
Box 11
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1911 August-September
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1911 November-December
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1912 January-February
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1912 March-May
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1912 June-December
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1913
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1914
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1915 January-June
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1915 August-December
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1916
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Correspondence1917 January-August
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Correspondence1917 September
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 12 Box 12
Box 12
- Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1918
- Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1919 May-October
- Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1919 November 1-22
- Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1919 November 23-25
- Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1919 November 26-30
- Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1919 December
- Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1920 January-February
- Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1920 March-April
- Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1920 May-July
- Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1920 August-September
- Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Correspondence1920 October-December
- Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 13 Box 13
Box 13
- Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1921 January-February
- Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1921 March-June
- Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1921 July-September
- Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1921 October-November
- Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1921 December
- Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1922 January-April
- Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1922 May-August
- Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1922 October-November
- Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1922 December
- Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1923 January-April
- Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Correspondence1923 May
- Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Correspondence1923 June-July
- Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 14 Box 14
Box 14
- Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1923 August-September
- Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1923 October-November
- Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1923 December
- Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1924 January
- Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1924 February-March
- Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1924 May-June
- Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1924 July-September
- Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1924 October-December
- Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1925 January
- Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1925 February
- Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Correspondence1925 March
- Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Correspondence1925 April-May
- Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Correspondence1925 June-July
- Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 15 Box 15
Box 15
- Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1925 August-December
- Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1926 January
- Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1926 February-April
- Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1926 May-June
- Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1926 July-August
- Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1926 September
- Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1926 October-November
- Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1926 December
- Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1927 January
- Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1927 February-March
- Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Correspondence1927 April-June
- Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 16 Box 16
Box 16
- Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1927 July-October
- Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1927 November-December
- Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1928 January-February
- Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1928 March
- Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1928 April-May
- Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1928 June-August
- Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1928 September-October
- Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1928 November-December
- Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1929 January-May
- Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1929 June-September
- Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Correspondence1929 October-December
- Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 17 Box 17
Box 17
- Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1930 March-June
- Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1930 July-September
- Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1930 October-November
- Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1930 December
- Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1931 January-February
- Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1931 March-April
- Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1931 May-December
- Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1932 January-April
- Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1932 May-December
- Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1933 February-May
- Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Correspondence1933 June-October
- Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Correspondence1934 January-June
- Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Correspondence1934 September-December
- Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 18 Box 18
Box 18
- Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1935 January-August
- Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1935 September-November
- Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1935 December
- Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1936 January
- Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1936 February
- Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1936 March-June
- Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1936 September-December
- Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1937
- Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1938
- Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1939
- Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Correspondence1940
- Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Correspondence1941
- Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Correspondence1942
- Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 3 Box 3
- Sub-Series G
1891-1906
Scope and Contents
The correspondence of James Jones Singleton (1860-1948). The correspondence for the most part pertains to the death of his father in 1892 and the death of his mother in 1902.
- Mixed Materials box: 18 Box 18
Box 18
- Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 14 Folder 14
Folder 14: Correspondence1891
- Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 15 Folder 15
Folder 15: Correspondence1892
- Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 16 Folder 16
Folder 16: Correspondence1894-1906
- Mixed Materials box: 18 folder: 14 Folder 14
- Mixed Materials box: 18 Box 18
- Sub-Series H
Sub-Series H: Louise Singleton Thomas Kemp1890-1911Scope and Contents
The correspondence of Louise Singleton Thomas Kemp (1884-1969). The subseries is composed of the childhood correspondence of Lily's eldest daughter, Louise.
- Mixed Materials box: 19 Box 19
Box 19
- Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1890-1896, 1905-1909
- Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1910-1911
- Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 19 Box 19
- Sub-Series I
Sub-Series I: Judith Ball Thomas Wysong1894-1923Scope and Contents
The correspondence of Judith Ball Thomas Wysong (1887-1976) is the childhood correspondence of Lily's daughter Judith.
- Mixed Materials box: 19 Box 19
Box 19
- Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1894, 1896
- Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Correspondence1910 October
- Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Correspondence1910 November-December
- Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Correspondence1911-1912
- Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Correspondence1915-1919 November 24
- Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Correspondence1919 November 25-1923
- Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 3 Folder 3
- Mixed Materials box: 19 Box 19
- Sub-Series J
Sub-Series J: Francis Worthington Thomas, Jr.1908-1910Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Francis Worthington Thomas, Jr. (1889-1910) contain the letters of Lily's only son Francis.
- Mixed Materials box: 19 Box 19
Box 19
- Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Correspondence1908-1909
- Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Correspondence1910
- Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 9 Folder 9
- Mixed Materials box: 19 Box 19
- Sub-Series K
Sub-Series K: Cora Eller Thomas1906-1918Scope and Contents
The correspondence of Cora Elder Thomas consists of a few letters of Lily's youngest daughter Cora.
- Mixed Materials box: 19 Box 19
Box 19
- Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Correspondence1906-1918
- Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 11 Folder 11
- Mixed Materials box: 19 Box 19
- Sub-Series L
Sub-Series L: Judith Ball Wysong Cofer1959-1975Scope and Contents
The correspondence of Judith Ball Wysong Cofer (1924- ) includes one folder of letters from researchers requesting access to the Singleton papers or information on James W. Singleton.
- Mixed Materials box: 19 Box 19
Box 19
- Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Correspondence1959-1975
- Mixed Materials box: 19 folder: 12 Folder 12
- Mixed Materials box: 19 Box 19
- Sub-Series M
Sub-Series M: Parthenia Marie Thomas de Loach (PMTD)1908-1936Scope and Contents
The correspondence of Parthenia Marie Thomas de Loach (1892- ).
- Mixed Materials box: 20 Box 20
Box 20
- Mixed Materials box: 20 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Correspondence1908-1909
- Mixed Materials box: 20 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Correspondence1910
- Mixed Materials box: 20 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Correspondence1911-1919
- Mixed Materials box: 20 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Letters from PMTD1898-1921
- Mixed Materials box: 20 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Letters from PMTD1922
- Mixed Materials box: 20 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Letters from PMTD1923 January-March
- Mixed Materials box: 20 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Letters from PMTD1923 April-July
- Mixed Materials box: 20 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Letters from PMTD1923 August-December
- Mixed Materials box: 20 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Letters from PMTD1924 January-April
- Mixed Materials box: 20 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Letters from PMTD1924 May-December
- Mixed Materials box: 20 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Letters from PMTD1925 January-April
- Mixed Materials box: 20 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Letters from PMTD1925 May-December
- Mixed Materials box: 20 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 21 Box 21
Box 21
- Mixed Materials box: 21 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Letters from PMTD1926 January-July
- Mixed Materials box: 21 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Letters from PMTD1926 August-December
- Mixed Materials box: 21 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Letters from PMTD1927 February-July
- Mixed Materials box: 21 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Letters from PMTD1927 September-December
- Mixed Materials box: 21 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Letters from PMTD1928 January-July
- Mixed Materials box: 21 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Letters from PMTD1928 September-December
- Mixed Materials box: 21 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Letters from PMTD1929
- Mixed Materials box: 21 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Letters from PMTD1930
- Mixed Materials box: 21 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Letters from PMTD1931
- Mixed Materials box: 21 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Letters from PMTD1932-1933
- Mixed Materials box: 21 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Letters from PMTD1934
- Mixed Materials box: 21 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Letters from PMTD1935
- Mixed Materials box: 21 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Letters from PMTD1936
- Mixed Materials box: 21 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 20 Box 20
- Sub-Series N
Sub-Series N: Thomas Ball1815Scope and Contents
The correspondence of Thomas Ball.
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 38 Oversize Box 38
Oversize Box 38
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Copy of Letter to Captain Thomas Ball From D. Carr1815 February 14
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 2 Folder 2
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 38 Oversize Box 38
- Sub-Series O
Sub-Series O: J.H. Singleton1880Scope and Contents
The correspondence of J.H. Singleton.
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 38 Oversize Box 38
Oversize Box 38
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Letter to J.H. Singleton from Benjamin Lawthon (?)1880
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 3 Folder 3
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 38 Oversize Box 38
This series includes agreements, appointments, deeds, indentures, inventories, estate appraisals, licenses, summons, wills, and miscellaneous government documents.
- Mixed Materials box: 22 Box 22
Box 22
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Agreementsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Appointments1893, 1901
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Bills--U.S. House and Senateundated
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Court Ordersundated
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Deedsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 6 Folder 6 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Indenturesundated
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Inventories and Estate Appraisalsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Legal Briefs1834-1908
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Letters Patentundated
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Licensesundated
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Presidential Message1838
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Report of the Committee of Twenty-Four1833
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 14 Folder 14
Folder 14: Summonsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 15 Folder 15
Folder 15: Willsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 38 Oversize Box 38
Oversize Box 38
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 4 Folder 4 1791 September 7
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 7 Folder 7 1867 January 1
This series includes agreements, appointments, deeds, indentures, inventories, estate appraisals, licenses, summons, wills, and miscellaneous government documents.
- Mixed Materials box: 22 Box 22
Box 22
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 16 Folder 16
Folder 16: Daybookcirca 1812
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 17 Folder 17
Folder 17: Daybookcirca 1832
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 18 Folder 18
Folder 18: Daybook1847
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 19 Folder 19
Folder 19: Receipts and Invoices1770-1810
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 20 Folder 20
Folder 20: Receipts and Invoices1811-1815
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 21 Folder 21
Folder 21: Receipts and Invoices1816-1838
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 22 Folder 22
Folder 22: Receipts and Invoices1840-1855
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 23 Folder 23
Folder 23: Receipts and Invoices1860-1869
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 24 Folder 24
Folder 24: Receipts and Invoices1870-1889
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 25 Folder 25
Folder 25: Receipts and Invoices1890-1909
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 26 Folder 26
Folder 26: Receipts and Invoices1910-1941
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 27 Folder 27
Folder 27: Receipts and Invoices, Revenue Tax1804
- Mixed Materials box: 22 folder: 16 Folder 16
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 38 Oversize Box 38
Oversize Box 38
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Deed to 40 Acres of Land in Kentucky1833 December 13
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Inventory of Goods for the Estate of Thomas Kemp1777 September 4
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Inventory of Goodscirca 1798
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Inventory of Goods for an Account in Winchester, Virginia1798 March 26
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Revenue Tax by Locality in Virginia1804Preferred Citation
Revenue Tax by Locality in Virginia, 1804, Oversize Box 38, Folder 10, James Washington Singleton Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Scope and ContentsIncludes taxes for enslaved people
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 11 Folder 11 1804
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Report of Unpaid Debts: Farmer's Bank of Virginia, Winchester, Virginia1819-1833
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 14 Folder 14
Folder 14: List of Clothing Ordered1795 May 18
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 5 Folder 5
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 39 Oversize Box 39
Oversize Box 39
- Text Oversize Box: 39 Item 2
Item 2: List of Land Mortgage Bond Numbers Outstanding1844 June 1
- Text Oversize Box: 39 Item 4
Item 4: Land Mortgage Bond for 500 Dollars in the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad Company1856 April 11
- Text Oversize Box: 39 Item 5
Item 5: Land Mortgage Bond for 100 Dollars in the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad Company1856 April 11
- Text Oversize Box: 39 Item 6
Item 6: Phoenix Assurance Company Insurance on Household Goods for Mrs. L.S. Thomas1905
- Text Oversize Box: 39 Item 7
Item 7: German American Insurance Company Insurance on Household Goods for Mrs. Parthenia Singleton1902
- Text Oversize Box: 39 Item 8
Item 8: Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool Insurance on Household Goods for Mrs. Parthenia Singleton1902
- Text Oversize Box: 39 Item 9
Item 9: Home Insurance Company Insurance on Household Goods for Mrs. Parthenia Singleton1899
- Text Oversize Box: 39 Item 2
This series includes miscellaneous papers concerning the Farmer's Bank of Virginia at Winchester. In addition there are several documents relating to Singleton's railroad interests with the Great Western, the Hannibal and St. Joseph, the Quincy Alton and St. Louis, the Quincy and Toledo Railroad, and the Quincy and Palmyra Railroad Companies.
- Mixed Materials box: 23 Box 23
Box 23
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Farmer's Bank of Virginia at Winchesterundated
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Great Western Railroad Companyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Companyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Quincy, Alton and St. Louis Railroad Companyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Quincy and Palmyra Railroad Companyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Horse Breedingundated
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 39 Oversize Box 39
Oversize Box 39
- Text Oversize Box: 39 Item 3
Item 3: Public Notice: Plea to Stop Violence Against Quincy and Toledo Railroad1859 SeptemberScope and Contents
Two copies
- Text Oversize Box: 39 Item 12 1879 June 18
- Text Oversize Box: 39 Item 3
Included in this series are commissions, orders and reports. In addition there is a 1794 Proclamation pardoning participants in the Whiskey Rebellion.
- Mixed Materials box: 23 Box 23
Box 23
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Abstract, Provisions Paid1813
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Commission1846
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 9 Folder 9 circa 1812-1815
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Memorandum of General Washington (Copy)undated
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Orders1807
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Orders1814
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Orders1844
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 14 Folder 14
Folder 14: Organization of the Virginia Militia1804
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 15 Folder 15
Folder 15: Payroll1795 April 12
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 16 Folder 16
Folder 16: Proclamation (Pardoning Participants in Whiskey Rebellion)1794
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 17 Folder 17
Folder 17: Reports1795-1814
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 7 Folder 7
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 38 Oversize Box 38
Oversize Box 38
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: James Washington Singleton: Military Order to be Selected Brigadier General, First Brigade, Fifth Division of the Illinois Militia1847 January 21Preferred Citation
James Washington Singleton: Military Order to be Selected Brigadier General, First Brigade, Fifth Division of the Illinois Militia, 1847 January 21, Oversize Box 38, Folder 13, James Washington Singleton Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Scope and ContentsSigned by Augustus French, Governor of Illinois
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 15 Folder 15
Folder 15: Memorandum of General George Washington Concerning the Siege of Bostoncirca 1775-1776
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 16 Folder 16 1814 August 29
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 13 Folder 13
- Oversize Box 39
Oversize Box 39
- Text Oversize Box: 39 Item 13 1795 April 14
- Mixed Materials box: 23 Box 23
Box 23
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 18 Folder 18
Folder 18: Speeches1812
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 19 Folder 19
Folder 19: Speeches1838
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 20 Folder 20
Folder 20: Speeches1871-1872
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 21 Folder 21
Folder 21: Speeches1874-1881
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 18 Folder 18
This series consits of miscellaneous material collected by the Singleton family including aricles on Abraham Lincoln, genealogical material, and writings.
- Sub-Series A
Sub-Series A: Materials of Matthew Page Andrews1928, undatedScope and Contents
This sub-series consists of articles on Lincoln and Singleton, book reviews, and notes.
- Mixed Materials box: 23 Box 23
Box 23
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 22 Folder 22
Folder 22: Article--"Abraham Lincoln's Envoy of Peach"
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 23 Folder 23
Folder 23: Article--"Abraham Lincoln's Envoy of Peach"
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 24 Folder 24
Folder 24: Article--"Lincoln's Lost Friend"
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 25 Folder 25
Folder 25: Biographical Information: Abraham Lincoln
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 26 Folder 26
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 27 Folder 27
Folder 27: Book Reviews in the Confederate Veteran
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 28 Folder 28
Scope and Contents
(Supplied by Mrs. Lily Singleton Thomas Osburn)
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 29 Folder 29
Folder 29: Interview with Anna Singleton McDonaldDecember 6, 1928
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 30 Folder 30
Folder 30: Miscellaneous Papers
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 31 Folder 31
Folder 31: Notes, Singleton Paper
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 32 Folder 32
Folder 32: Questions for Mrs. Osburn
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 33 Folder 33
Folder 33: Source Materials
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 34 Folder 34
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 22 Folder 22
- Mixed Materials box: 23 Box 23
- Sub-Series B
Sub-Series B: Genealogical and Historical Notes Collected by Lily Singleton Thomas OsburnundatedScope and Contents
This series contains genealogical and historical notes collected by Lily Singleton Thomas Osburn. Includes notes on the Ball, Fauntleroy, McCarthy, McDonald, Singleton, Thomas, Throckmorton and other families.
- Mixed Materials box: 23 Box 23
Box 23
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 35 Folder 35
Folder 35: Ball Familyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 36 Folder 36
Folder 36: Fauntleroy Familyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 37 Folder 37
Folder 37: McCarthy Familyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 38-39 Folder 38-39
Folder 38-39: McDonald Familyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 40-42 Folder 40-42
Folder 40-42: Singleton Family I-IIIundated
- Mixed Materials box: 23 folder: 35 Folder 35
- Mixed Materials box: 24 Box 24
Box 24
- Mixed Materials box: 24 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Thomas Familyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 24 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Throckmorton Familyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 24 folder: 3-6 Folder 3-6
Folder 3-6: Other Families I-IVundated
- Mixed Materials box: 24 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Printed Genealogical Materialsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 24 folder: 8 Folder 8 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 24 folder: 9 Folder 9 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 24 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 23 Box 23
- Sub-Series C
Sub-Series C: Other Subjects Arranged Alphabetically1785-1944, undatedScope and Contents
This sub-series contains poetry, creative writing, insurance policies, political papers, church papers, report cards, tributes, memorials, and James W. Singleton's diary for 1870. Of note in Box 25 is a recipe for beer from an enslaved person in 1785.
- Mixed Materials box: 24 Box 24
Box 24
- Mixed Materials box: 24 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Advertisementsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 24 folder: 11 Folder 11 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 24 folder: 12 Folder 12 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 24 folder: 13 Folder 13 1885 December 26
- Mixed Materials box: 24 folder: 14 Folder 14 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 24 folder: 15 Folder 15
Folder 15: Creative Writingsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 24 folder: 16 Folder 16
Folder 16: Creative Writings: Anna Singleton McDonaldundated
- Mixed Materials box: 24 folder: 17 Folder 17 1870
- Mixed Materials box: 24 folder: 18 Folder 18
Folder 18: Letter to the Editor, Richmond Enquirercirca 1840
- Mixed Materials box: 24 folder: 19 Folder 19
Folder 19: Insurance Policies1899-1944
- Mixed Materials box: 24 folder: 10 Folder 10
- Mixed Materials box: 25 Box 25
Box 25
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Inventoriesundated
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Poetryundated
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Poetry: Printedundated
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Poetry: St. John's Woodundated
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Poetry: Anna Singleton McDonaldundated
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 6 Folder 6 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 7 Folder 7 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 8-9 Folder 8-9 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Reception (Lists of Food and Guests)1880 February 26
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Report Cards: Lily Singletonundated
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Report Cards: Louise Singleton Thomasundated
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Report Cards: Francis W. Thomas, Jr.1900
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 14 Folder 14
Folder 14: Report Cards: Francis W. Thomas, Jr., Clay Hill Academy1905-1906
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 15 Folder 15
Folder 15: Report Cards: Francis W. Thomas, Jr., Hampden-Sydney College1906-1910
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 16 Folder 16
Folder 16: Report Cards: Parthenia M. Thomas, Stephenson Seminary1907-1910
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 17 Folder 17
Folder 17: Report Cards: Cora E. Thomas, Stephenson Seminaryundated
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 18 Folder 18
Folder 18: Report Cards: Elinor and Willard Osburnundated
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 19 Folder 19
Folder 19: Restoration of Battle Flagsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 20 Folder 20
Folder 20: Schoolwork: Italian Exercise Book, Lily Singletonundated
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 21 Folder 21
Folder 21: Schoolwork: The Thomas Childrenundated
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 22 Folder 22
Folder 22: Slave Recipe for Beer1785
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 23 Folder 23
Folder 23: Societies: National Society, United States Daughters of 1812, Pocahontas Memorial Association, Society of the Cincinnati, Washington ClubundatedPreferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 25, Folder 23, Societies: National Society, United States Daughters of 1812, Pocahontas Memorial Association, Society of the Cincinnati, Washington Club, undated, James Washington Singleton Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 24 Folder 24
Folder 24: Travel Itineraryundated
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 25 Folder 25
Folder 25: Tributes and Memorialsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 26 Folder 26
Folder 26: Miscellaneous Fragmentsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 25 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 24 Box 24
This series contains various memorabilia collected by the Singleton family over the years. Included in the series are opera programs, calling cards, recipes, and wedding invitations.
- Mixed Materials box: 26 Box 26
Box 26
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Baptismal Certificate: Singleton Van Scharch (Copy)undated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Address Book: Lily E. Singleton Thomasundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Calling Book: Lily Singleton Thomasundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Booklets, Souvenirundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 5 Folder 5 1801-1851
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Calling Cardsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 7 Folder 7 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Greeting Cardsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 9 Folder 9 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Confederate Bondsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Diplomaundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Flowers and Plantsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Locks of Hairundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 14 Folder 14
Folder 14: Invitations, Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 15 Folder 15
Folder 15: Momentoes, Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 16 Folder 16
Folder 16: Momentoes from Boscobel, Boscobel Stock Farm and Singleton Parkundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 17 Folder 17
Folder 17: Money and Bank Notesundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 18 Folder 18
Folder 18: Music: Columbia's Callundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 19 Folder 19
Folder 19: Passesundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 20 Folder 20
Folder 20: Pedigree of Airedale Terrierundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 21 Folder 21
Folder 21: Postcardsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 22 Folder 22
Folder 22: Posters Advertising Sale of Landundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 23 Folder 23
Folder 23: Pot Luck Clubundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 24 Folder 24
Folder 24: Programsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 25 Folder 25
Folder 25: Programs: George Washington Bicentennial Ballundated
- Mixed Materials box: 26 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Box 27
Box 27
- Mixed Materials box: 27 folder: 1 Folder 1 1907
- Mixed Materials box: 27 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Programs: National Music Week1929
- Mixed Materials box: 27 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Programs: Operaundated
- Mixed Materials box: 27 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Programs: Operaundated
- Mixed Materials box: 27 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Programs: Operaundated
- Mixed Materials box: 27 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Programs: Operaundated
- Mixed Materials box: 27 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Programs: Operaundated
- Mixed Materials box: 27 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Programs: Operaundated
- Mixed Materials box: 27 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Programs: Operaundated
- Mixed Materials box: 27 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Programs: Operaundated
- Mixed Materials box: 27 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Programs: Operaundated
- Mixed Materials box: 27 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Programs: Operaundated
- Mixed Materials box: 27 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Programs: Playsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 27 folder: 14 Folder 14
Folder 14: Programs: Playsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Box 28
Box 28
- Mixed Materials box: 28 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Recipesundated
- Mixed Materials box: 28 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Recipesundated
- Mixed Materials box: 28 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Recipesundated
- Mixed Materials box: 28 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Recipesundated
- Mixed Materials box: 28 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Recipesundated
- Mixed Materials box: 28 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Scrapbook: 19th Century Clippingsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 28 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Scrapbook: Clippings1830-1850
- Mixed Materials box: 28 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Scrapbook: Civil War Momentoesundated
- Mixed Materials box: 28 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Sealsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 28 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: ValentinesundatedScope and Contents
These are in fragile condition. Handle with care
- Mixed Materials box: 28 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 29 Box 29
Box 29
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Wedding Book: Lily Singleton Thomas Howard Osburnundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Wedding Invitations: Louise, Judith and Parthenia Thomasundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Wedding Invitations1881-1903
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Wedding Invitations1917
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Wedding Invitations1919, 1921
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Wedding Invitations1922
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Wedding Invitations1924-1926
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Wedding Invitationsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Wedding Invitation List: Lily E. Singletonundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Wedding Invitation Lists: Louise, Judith and Parthenia Thomasundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 38 Oversize Box 38
Oversize Box 38
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 17 Folder 17
Folder 17: Homespun Dress Sample and Attached "A Dixie Girl's Song" Lyrics1863 July
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 19 Folder 19
Folder 19: Sheet Music for "Columbia's Ball"undated
- Text Oversize Box: 38 folder: 17 Folder 17
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 39 Oversize Box 39
Oversize Box 39
- Text Oversize Box: 39 Item 1 undated
- Text Oversize Box: 39 Item 10
Item 10: Singleton Family Treeundated
- Text Oversize Box: 39 Item 11 circa 1846-1850
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Item 13: Bricks from Boscobel Estateundated
This series is arranged by subject or name. There are many contemporary clippings concerning James W. Singleton. Some clippings are arranged separately in this series in chronological order.
- Mixed Materials box: 29 Box 29
Box 29
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Ball Familyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Breeden Familyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Civil War Clippings (Contemporary)undated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 14 Folder 14
Folder 14: Corbyn Familyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 15 Folder 15
Folder 15: Jefferson Davisundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 16 Folder 16
Folder 16: Parthenia Marie Thomas deLoachundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 17 Folder 17
Folder 17: Genealogyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 18 Folder 18
Folder 18: Genealogyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 19 Folder 19
Folder 19: Ulysses S. Grantundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 20 Folder 20
Folder 20: Wade Hamptonundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 21 Folder 21
Folder 21: Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jacksonundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 22 Folder 22
Folder 22: Louise Singleton Thomas Kempundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 23 Folder 23
Folder 23: Kircheval Familyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 24 Folder 24
Folder 24: Robert E. Leeundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 25 Folder 25
Folder 25: Abraham Lincolnundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 26 Folder 26
Folder 26: Abraham Lincolnundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 27 Folder 27
Folder 27: Abraham Lincolnundated
- Mixed Materials box: 29 folder: 11 Folder 11
- Mixed Materials box: 30 Box 30
Box 30
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: McDannold Familyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: McDonald Familyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Marshall Familyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: George C. Marshallundated
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 14 Folder 14
Folder 14: Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 15 Folder 15
Folder 15: Lily Singleton Thomas Osburnundated
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 16 Folder 16
Folder 16: Quincy, Illinois and Winchester, Virginaundated
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 17 Folder 17
Folder 17: Quincy, Illinois and Winchester, Virginaundated
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 18 Folder 18
Folder 18: Sherrard Familyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 30 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 31 Box 31
Box 31
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Singleton Familyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 2 Folder 2 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 3 Folder 3 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 4 Folder 4 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 5 Folder 5 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 6 Folder 6 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 7 Folder 7 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 8 Folder 8 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 9 Folder 9 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 10 Folder 10 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Parthenia Singletonundated
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Francis Worthington Thomasundated
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Washington Familyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 14 Folder 14
Folder 14: Daniel Websterundated
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 15 Folder 15
Folder 15: Woodrow Wilsonundated
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 16 Folder 16
Folder 16: Judith Ball Thomas Wysongundated
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 17 Folder 17
Folder 17: Miscellaneous Clippings1851
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 18 Folder 18
Folder 18: Miscellaneous Clippings1855
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 19 Folder 19
Folder 19: Miscellaneous Clippings1856
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 20 Folder 20
Folder 20: Miscellaneous Clippings1859
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 21 Folder 21
Folder 21: Miscellaneous Clippings1860
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 22 Folder 22
Folder 22: Miscellaneous Clippings1861
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 23 Folder 23
Folder 23: Miscellaneous Clippings1861
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 24 Folder 24
Folder 24: Miscellaneous Clippings1862
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 25 Folder 25
Folder 25: Miscellaneous Clippings1864
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 26 Folder 26
Folder 26: Miscellaneous Clippings1865
- Mixed Materials box: 31 folder: 1 Folder 1
This series contains books, pamphlets, and other publications collected by the Singleton family. Most of the titles are related to history, languages, and writing but there are also issues of Harper's Monthly in 1856 and 1883. Within each sub-series the titles are arranged alphabetically.
- Sub-Series A
Sub-Series A: General1802-1945, undated
- Mixed Materials box: 32 Box 32
Box 32
- Mixed Materials box: 32 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Almanac1802
- Mixed Materials box: 32 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Art Club of Philadelphia1891
- Mixed Materials box: 32 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Burnett's Floral Handbookundated
- Mixed Materials box: 32 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Cord Stunts for Kiddies1921
- Mixed Materials box: 32 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Columbia: The Land of the Free (Anna Singleton McDonald)undated
- Mixed Materials box: 32 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: The Complaint, or Night Thoughts (Edward Young)1840
- Mixed Materials box: 32 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: The Constant Christmas (Phillips Brooks)undated
- Mixed Materials box: 32 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Early History of the Daughters of the American Revolutionundated
- Mixed Materials box: 32 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Eulenspiegl Und Munchhausen (Peter Hagboldt)1933
- Mixed Materials box: 32 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Ford's History of Illinois (Governor Thomas Ford)1854
- Mixed Materials box: 32 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: French Language Guide1943
- Mixed Materials box: 32 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Greek and Roman Mythology (Lloyd E. Smith)undated
- Mixed Materials box: 32 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 33 Box 33
Box 33
- Mixed Materials box: 33 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: History of Indian Potteryundated
- Mixed Materials box: 33 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Hand Book of Washington Cathedral1911
- Mixed Materials box: 33 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Holy Thoughts and Prayers (Dr. Hook)1849
- Mixed Materials box: 33 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Luther Martin: The "Federal Bull Dog" and a Sketch of the Life and Character of Nathaniel Ramsay1887
- Mixed Materials box: 33 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Maryland Life Insurance Almanac1899
- Mixed Materials box: 33 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: My Mother-in-Law, Bricktopcirca 1875
- Mixed Materials box: 33 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: A Neglected Phase of Revolutionary History1945
- Mixed Materials box: 33 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: New York As It Is, In 1833undated
- Mixed Materials box: 33 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Popular Synonymsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 33 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 34 Box 34
Box 34
- Mixed Materials box: 34 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: The Privateeisman: Captain Manvot (Charles J. Finger)undated
- Mixed Materials box: 34 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: The Relations of the United States to Each Other as Modified by the War and the Constitutional Amendments (John Randolph Tucker)undatedPreferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 34, Folder 2, The Relations of the United States to Each Other as Modified by the War and the Constitutional Amendments (John Randolph Tucker), undated, James Washington Singleton Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 34 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Some Emigrants to Virginia (W. G. Standard)undated
- Mixed Materials box: 34 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: To Cuba and Back: A Variation Voyage (Richard H. Dana)undated
- Mixed Materials box: 34 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Wanderer in Washington1827
- Mixed Materials box: 34 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: A Young Veteran of the War (Anna Morgan Getyendanner)undated
- Mixed Materials box: 34 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 32 Box 32
- Sub-Series B
Sub-Series B: Serials1856-1924
- Mixed Materials box: 34 Box 34
Box 34
- Mixed Materials box: 34 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 691856 February
- Mixed Materials box: 34 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 3921883 January
- Mixed Materials box: 34 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 3941883 March
- Mixed Materials box: 34 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 3951883 April
- Mixed Materials box: 34 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: The Prophetic Times, Vol. VI, Nos. 8-91868
- Mixed Materials box: 34 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Quarterly Journal1863
- Mixed Materials box: 34 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Quincy Motor Club Exhaust, Vol. II, Nos. 1-21924
- Mixed Materials box: 34 folder: 7 Folder 7
- Mixed Materials box: 34 Box 34
This series contains ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, prints, and other photographic media. The photographs identified with names or titles have been arranged alphabetically. While none of the photographs have dates, they are most likely from around 1865 to 1930.
- Sub-Series A
Sub-Series A: Ambrotypes and Daguerreotypesundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 Box 35
Box 35
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Edward C. McDonaldundatedScope and Contents
This image is located in Box 36
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Joseph H. Sherrard and Ann with Daughter LizzieundatedScope and Contents
This image is located in Box 36
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Virginia SherrardundatedScope and Contents
This image is located in Box 36
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: UnidentifiedundatedScope and Contents
This image is located in Box 36
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 36 Box 36
Box 36
- Graphic Materials box: 36 Item 1
Edward McDonald Ambrotypeundated
- Graphic Materials box: 36 Item 2
Edward McDonald With Frances Elizabeth Singleton McDonald Ambrotypeundated
- Graphic Materials box: 36 Item 3
Edward McDonald Ambrotypeundated
- Graphic Materials box: 36 Item 4
Virginia Ball Sherrard Ambrotypeundated
- Graphic Materials box: 36 Item 5
Joseph Holmes Sherrard, Ann McCarty Sington Sherrard, Elizabeth Kemper Sherrard (Daughter) AmbrotypeundatedScope and Contents
Damaged
- Graphic Materials box: 36 Item 6
Unidentified Damaged Imageundated
- Graphic Materials box: 36 Item 7
Female Portrait Ambrotypeundated
- Graphic Materials box: 36 Item 8
Male Portrait Ambrotypeundated
- Graphic Materials box: 36 Item 1
- Mixed Materials box: 35 Box 35
- Sub-Series B
Sub-Series B: Photographic Printsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 Box 35
Box 35
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Reid Bakerundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Ball Coat of Armsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Boscobelundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Jamie Stinson Breedinundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Louise Breedinundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: Celeste Bufordundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: Chapel Greenundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 12 Folder 12
Folder 12: Joseph Sherrard Colemanundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 13 Folder 13
Folder 13: Lucy Singleton Colemanundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 14 Folder 14
Folder 14: William Corbynundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 15 Folder 15
Folder 15: Francis Bratten deLoachundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 16 Folder 16
Folder 16: Home of General Daniel Morganundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 17 Folder 17 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 18 Folder 18
Folder 18: Louise Singleton Thomas Kempundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 19 Folder 19
Folder 19: Millicent McDonaldundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 20 Folder 20
Folder 20: Florence McElroyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 21 Folder 21
Folder 21: Frances Buford McElroyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 22 Folder 22
Folder 22: Mary Frances Buford McElroyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 23 Folder 23
Folder 23: Buford Mottundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 24 Folder 24
Folder 24: Old Chapelundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 25 Folder 25
Folder 25: Lily Singleton Thomas Osburnundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 26 Folder 26
Folder 26: Nelson and Barbara Osburnundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 27 Folder 27
Folder 27: Clara Singleton Pattyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 28 Folder 28
Folder 28: Paxtonundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 29 Folder 29
Folder 29: Cabel St. Clairundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 30 Folder 30
Folder 30: Singleton Coat of Armsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 31 Folder 31
Folder 31: Ed Singletonundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 32 Folder 32 undated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 33 Folder 33
Folder 33: Jonett P. Singletonundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 34 Folder 34
Folder 34: Cora Elder Thomasundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 35 Folder 35
Folder 35: Francis W. Thomas, Jr.undated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 36 Folder 36
Folder 36: Parthenia M. Thomas (deLoach)undated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 37 Folder 37
Folder 37: W. F. Thortonundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 38 Folder 38
Folder 38: Mrs. Humphrey Wardundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 39 Folder 39
Folder 39: Judith Ball Thomas Wysongundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 40 Folder 40
Folder 40: Unidentifiedundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 5 Folder 5
- Mixed Materials box: 35 Box 35
- Sub-Series C
Sub-Series C: Prints, Sketches and Lithographsundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 Box 35
Box 35
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 41 Folder 41
Folder 41: Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials box: 35 folder: 41 Folder 41
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 38 Oversize Box 38
Oversize Box 38
- Graphic Materials Oversize Box: 38 folder: 18 Folder 18
Folder 18: Sketches and Lithographscirca 1860-1920
- Graphic Materials Oversize Box: 38 folder: 18 Folder 18
- Mixed Materials box: 35 Box 35
This series includes copies of old newspapers. These have been arranged by state and then alphabetically by place of publication. Newspapers of particular interest include three issues of the Daily Quincy Herald (1878, 1882 and 1919) and three issues of the Quincy Daily Whig (1882).
- Sub-Series A
Sub-Series A: District of Columbia1827-1928
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
Oversize Box 37
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 1
National Intelligencer1827 April 26, 1828 December 18
- Realia Oversize Box: 37 Item 2
The Washington Post1928 October 10, 1936 January 21, 1936 December 13
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 3
The Washington Star1923 October 21, 1926 February 21, 1928 October 14
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 1
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
- Sub-Series B
Sub-Series B: Georgia1932
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
Oversize Box 37
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 4
Atlanta American1932 October 23
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 4
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
- Sub-Series C
Sub-Series C: Illinois1876-1923
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
Oversize Box 37
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 5 1882 October 28
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 6
The Chicago Times1876 September 28; 1885 December 26
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 7
The Highland Park Press1923 March 1
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 8
Daily Quincy Herald1878 November 5-1919 May 30
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 9
Quincy Daily Whig1882 August 10-18
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
- Sub-Series D
Sub-Series D: Baltimore, Maryland1822-1930
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
Oversize Box 37
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 10
American Farmer1822-1830Scope and Contents
Issues: April 12, 1822, April 26,1822; November 15, 1822, August 1, 1828 May 7, 1830, July 16, 1830
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 11
The Baltimore Sun1889-1930Scope and Contents
Issues: April 30, 1889; May 1, 1891; January 9, 1891; July 20, 1891; July 21, 1891; July 22, 1891; December 7, 1892; May 11, 1894; January 17,1895; February 9, 1930; April 6, 1930
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 10
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
- Sub-Series E
Sub-Series E: New York1864-1932
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
Oversize Box 37
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 12
New York American and Journal1902 June 29
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 13
New York Daily News1864-1932Scope and Contents
Issues: 1864 July 27; 1864 December 8; 1932 November 20
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 14
New York Times1922 August 6, 1928 February 12
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 12
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
- Sub-Series F
Sub-Series F: Ohio1892-1932
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
Oversize Box 37
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 15
Cleveland Plain Dealer1892 November 9, 1932 November 9
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 16
Columbus Dispatch1923 December 30
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 15
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
- Sub-Series G
Sub-Series G: Pennsylvania1864, 1924
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
Oversize Box 37
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 17
Gettysburg Compiler1868 March 27
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 18
Saturday Evening Post (Philadelphia)1924 November 29
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 17
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
- Sub-Series H
Sub-Series H: Tennessee1868
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
Oversize Box 37
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 19
Daily Memphis Avalanche1868 May 3
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 19
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
- Sub-Series I
Sub-Series I: Virginia1817-1900
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
Oversize Box 37
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 20
Virginia Free Press (Charlestown)1845 March 13, 1900 September 15
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 21
Virginian Herald (Fredericksburg)1875 December 13
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 22
The Genius of Liberty (Leesburg)1817 March 4
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 23
Lynchburg News1892 January 5-14
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 24
Richmond Whig1861 March 26. 1865 March 14
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 25
Winchester Virginia1861 January 2
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 20
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
- Sub-Series J
Sub-Series J: West Virginia1910-1929, undated
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37
Oversize Box 37
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 26
Farmers Advocate1910 October 29
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 27
Martinsburg Evening Journal1929 March 2
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 28
Miscellaneous Central Presbyterianundated
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Item 26
- Mixed Materials Oversize Box: 37 Oversize Box 37