Bessie Rowland James Papers A&M 2347

Bessie Rowland James Papers A&M 2347


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West Virginia and Regional History Center

1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
Business Number: 304-293-3536
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URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu

Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center

Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 2347
Title
Bessie Rowland James Papers ca. 1800-1972
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/200683
Quantity
3.75 Linear Feet, 3 ft. 9 in. (9 document cases, 5 in. each)
Creator
James, Bessie Rowland, 1895-
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Bessie Rowland James Papers, A&M 2347, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.


Scope and Contents

Research notes, news clippings, photographs, and other materials gathered by James for her book, ANNE ROYALL'S USA, published by Rutgers University Press in 1972.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Authors -- Letters and papers
  • James, Bessie Rowland, 1895-
  • Royall, Anne Newport, 1769-1854
  • Women's history -- 1800-1849
  • Women's history -- 1850-1899
  • Women's history -- 1900-1929

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • James, Bessie Rowland, 1895-
  • Royall, Anne Newport, 1769-1854

Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Abolition -- Slavery
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Accident -- 1827 December 17
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Adams, John Quincy
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Ancestry -- Anne Newport
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Alabama -- Southern Tour
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Albany
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Alexandria, Virginia
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
American System
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Annapolis
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Anti-Masonic Party
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
Archers
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Army
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
Bailey, Ann
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
Baltimore (Lord)
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
Baltimore (Pre-Rev)
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
Baltimore (1824 and after)
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
Baltimore (Newspapers, Personages)
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18
Bank of the United States
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19
Barnum, P.T.
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Barry, William Taylor
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21
Beecher
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Beirne, Andrew
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Benefit (N.Y. February 1825)
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24
Bennett, James Gordon
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Beuton, Thomas
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Biddle, Nicholas
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Binns, John
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Black Book
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Blair, Francis P.
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Bloomers
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Book Sellers
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Book Reading
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Boston
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 34
Boston Newspapers
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Brents
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 36
Buchanan
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Butler, James
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 38
Butler, Mary
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Butler, Patrick
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Calhoun
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California
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Camden, South Carolina
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Capitol Building
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Carey and Lea
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Carlisle, Pennsylvania
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Carroll, Daniel
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Catholics
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Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 48
Charleston, South Carolina
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Charleston, West Virginia
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Charlottesville, Virginia
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Chesapeake Canal
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Children -- Anne Royall's Remarks Regarding
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Church
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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Clark, William
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Clay, Henry
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Clergymen
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Clinton, DeWitt
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Congress
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Conestoga Wagons
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13
Cook, Roy Bird
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14
Cooper, Thomas
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15
Cowan, A.R.M.
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16
Cowan -- Gardner Suit
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Crockett, Davy
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Daniels, C.F.
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Death
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Demopolis, Alabama
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Denniston
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Departments of Government
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Descriptions of Anne Royall
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Dickens, Charles
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Douglas, Stephen
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Duane, William
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Dunbar, Matt
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Duponceau [sic] [Du Ponceau]
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Dwight, Theodore
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 30
Earthquakes
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 31
Eaton, Peggy
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 32
Edwards
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 33
Election of 1824
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 34
Election of 1828
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 35
Election of 1832
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 36
Election of 1836
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 37
Election of 1844
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 38
Ely, Ezra Stiles
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 39
Epidemics
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 40
Erie Canal
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 41
Fillmore, Millard
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Fincancial
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Flint, Timothy
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Foreigners
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 45
Free Soil Party
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 46
Freedom of the Press
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 47
Gaines, General Edmund
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 48
Gales, Joseph (Jr.)
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Garrison, William Lloyd
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Gems
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Georgia
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Government Employees
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Government -- Graft, Extravance [sic] [Extravagance]
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 54
Great Revival
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Greely, Horace
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Green, Duff
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Grundy, Senator
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Hall, Basil
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Hannastown
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Harrison, William Henry
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Hartford, Connecticut
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Harvard College
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Health
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
Hill, Isaac
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Homes in Washington
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
Houston, Sam
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9
Hunters
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10
Huntsville, Alabama
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11
Illinois
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12
Illustrations
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 13
Indiana
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Indians
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 15
Innkeepers
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 16
Introductory Notes
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Jackson, Andrew
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 18
Jefferson, Thomas
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 19
Johnson, Chapman
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Johnson, Col. Richard M.
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Kendall, Amos
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 22
King, Charles
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 23
Know-Nothings
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 24
Kneeland, Abner
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Knoxville, Tennessee
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 26
Lafayette
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 28
Lewis Family
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 29
Lewisburg, Greenbrier
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Literary Stuff
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Livingston, E.
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Louisville, Kentucky
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 33
Madison, James
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 34
Maher, James
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 35
Maine -- Towns
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Marriage Certificate
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 37
Masons
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Massachusetts
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 39
Martineau, Harriet
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Matthews, Father William
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 41
McDuffie, George -- Senator from South Carolina
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 42
Mexico -- War with
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 43
Missionaries
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 44
Mississippi
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 45
Mobile, Alabama
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 46
Monroe County, Virginia
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 47
Morgan, William
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Monroe, James
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Morse, Samuel
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Mitchel, Harvey
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Murrell, John
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Nashville, Tennessee
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Natchez, Mississippi
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 54
Native American Association
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Neighbors and Friends
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 56
Navy, United States
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New Haven
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
New Jersey
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
Newport
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
New York, 1824-1825
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4
New York, Later Trips
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5
New York, Newspapers
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6
Newspapers
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Noah, Major Mordecai
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8
North Carolina
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9
New Orleans
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 10
New York Tours
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 11
Niagra Falls [sic]
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 12
Nullification
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 13
Ohio Towns, 1828
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Oregon
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Orphans
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 16
Owen, Robert Dale
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Panic of 1837
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Patronage, Jackson
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The Peales
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Paul Pry
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 21
Pension
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 22
Pennsylvania Towns
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 23
Pennsylvania II
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 24
Personages -- Congress
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 25
Personages, Miscellaneous
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 26
Personages, Philadelphia
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 27
Personages, New York
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 28
Personages, Washington
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 29
Philadelphia -- 1824
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 30
Philadelphia -- Later
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 31
Philadelphia -- Newspapers
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 32
Pierce, Franklin
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 33
Pittsburgh -- 1828 and Later
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 34
Pittsfield, Mass.
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 35
Play
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 36
Polk, James K.
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 37
Political Views of Anne Royall
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 38
Post Office Department
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 39
Poverty
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 40
Presbyterians
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 41
Printers, Booksellers, Publishers
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 42
Providence, Rhode Island
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Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 43
Publicity for Anne Royall Book
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Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
Railroads
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Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
Randolph, John
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Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
Reeside, Col. John
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Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
Religion, Anne Royall's Opinion of
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Religious Publications
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Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
Reviews and Sketches
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Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7
Richmond
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Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8
Ripley, Gen. E.W.
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Ritchie, Thomas
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Roads
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Roanes
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Royall, Anne
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Royall, Richard and Family
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Royall, William
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Scott, Winfield
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Saratoga Springs
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Section One
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Simmes, John Henry
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Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 19
Sketches
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Sketches of History, Life, and Manners in the U.S.
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Slavery
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South Carolina -- Towns
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Southwick, Solomon
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Stack, Sally
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Stagecoaches
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Steamboats
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St. Louis
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Staunton, Virginia
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Stone, William Steele
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Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 30
[Southworth], S.S.
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Sparks, Jared
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Sponging
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Springfield
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Richmond Star
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Subscription List
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Sunday Mails
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Sunday School Union
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Sweet Springs
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Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
Taylor, Zachary
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Tariff
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Temperance
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Tennessean
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Texas
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Theater
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Tidewater, Virginia
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Tracts
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Trade Unions
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Trial (1829)
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Trollope
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Tyler
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Unfinished Business
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Van Buren, Martin
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Van Ness, Gen.
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Vicksburg, Mississippi
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Virginias and Towns Visited
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Virginia Convention, 1829-1830
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Virginia Towns
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Walsh, Robert
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Washington -- Anne Royall's First Trip
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Washington -- Growing
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Washington -- Newspapers
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Watterson, George
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Webster, Daniel
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West Point
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White, Richard
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Will Contest
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Wirt, William
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Women -- What Anne Royall Said
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Workingman's Party
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Wright Family
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Mixed Materials Box: 7
Dated Folders, Miscellaneous Notes on Anne Royall, and Photcopies of Newspapers
1819–1854, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 8
Chronology of Important Events [notebook]
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Sketches of Anne Royall [notebook]
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Black Book I [notebook]
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Mixed Materials Box: 8
Black Book II [notebook]
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Mixed Materials Box: 8
Black Book III [notebook]
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Mixed Materials Box: 8
Southern Tour I and II [notebook]
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Mixed Materials Box: 8
Pennsylvania, Vol. I [notebook]
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Pennsylvania, Vol. II [notebook]
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Miscellaneous Typed Notes
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