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A Guide to the Howard Family Papers ca. 1818-1957 Howard Family Papers ca. 1818-1957 11329

A Guide to the Howard Family Papers ca. 1818-1957

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Accession number 11329


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Collection number
11329
Title
Howard Family Papers ca. 1818-1957
Physical Characteristics
ca. 100 items
Language
English
Abstract
This collection consists of ca. 100 items, ca. 1818-1957, the papers of the Howard family of Rockingham County and Augusta County, Virginia, including correspondence, and financial and legal documents, such as accounts, receipts, promissory notes, a deed, and bonds. The dated correspondence is all post Civil War and continues until 1918.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

The collection is without restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Howard Family Papers, 1804-1933, Accession #11329, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased by the University of Virginia Library from Jerry N. Showalter on September 22, 1997.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of ca. 100 items, ca. 1818-1957, the papers of the Howard family of Rockingham County and Augusta County, Virginia, including correspondence, and financial and legal documents, such as accounts, receipts, promissory notes, a deed, and bonds. The dated correspondence is all post Civil War and continues until 1918.

Topics in the correspondence include: the Presidential race between U.S. Grant and Horatio Seymour (1868 Oct 11); local murder trial (1877 July 12); marriage of Peter Whitesel and Miss Jordan of Augusta (1878 Jan 4); reference to the assassination of President James A. Garfield (1881 Jul 7); neighbor's impressions of life in Indiana, many letters allude to Indiana briefly (1882 Oct 5); invitation to join the mass immigration to Kansas (1884 Jan 21); and a large destructive storm which killed seven people and injured eighteen (1884 Apr 15).

Correspondents include: Lizzie Allebaugh; J.A. Andes; Phebe Andes; Bettie L. Brown; Mrs. Lizzie Davis; Jacob & Maggie Heaton; Adam Howard; John Howard; W.S.H. Howard; Fannie E. Neff; Emma Stover; Fannie E. Stover; John W. Stover; and Mattie Stover.