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JMLMS2080.1.pdf
Digital scans of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 2080, the United Cigarette Machine Company Papers. This collection includes correspondence, financial reports, and articles about the company, located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The company…

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Digital image of map from Jones Memorial Library Manuscript 2074, the Calista Rosser Cralle Long Journal.

The journal is a typescript entitled Journal of a Journey from Virginia to Kentucky, which is transcribed and prepared by Anne Lilliott…

JMLMS2060.1.jpg
Digital reproduction of the Petition for Edmund & Dorothea Winston held as Manuscript 2060 at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

The handwritten document is a portion of a petition filed in 1817 by attorneys Leigh & Anthony on behalf…

JMLMS1267.BushrodWashington18270120.1.jpg
Digital image of a handwritten letter from Bushrod Washington to an unknown addressee in Albemarle County. This letter is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1267: Autograph Collection.

The letter is handwritten in black ink on…

JMLMS2049.2.jpg
Digital images of ration books from Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 2049, the Brightwell Family Ration Books.

The collection includes ration books issued from 1942-1945 during World War II in Lynchburg, Virginia to members of the…

Postcard James River Passing Through the Blue Ridge Mountains.jpg
Digital reproductions of four postcards from Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 2038, the Virginia Williamson Magruder Gilliam Papers.

The postcards of attractions near Lynchburg, Virginia are from a larger collection of postcards from…

JMLMS1972.1.19730815Objectives1-4.pdf
Selected digital reproductions of documents held in Jones Memorial Library Manuscript 1972, the Lynchburg Taxpayers' League Papers.

Included in the digital collection are a list of the League's objectives, a document describing the League's…

JMLMS1944.1.jpg
Digital images of three receipts from Jones Memorial Library Manuscript collection 1944. The receipts are for auto repairs done at the N.P. Washington Auto Repair Shop in Lexington, Virginia in the 1920s.

Manuscript collection 1944 is held in…

JMLMS1937.1-5.pdf
Digital reproduction of a typewritten manuscript entitled "Lynchburg Men of the Confederacy" by Arthur H. Jennings.

This manuscript is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1397, Folder 1-5.

JMLMS1937.1-4.pdf
Digital reproduction of a manuscript entitled "Lynchburg Eighty Years Ago" written by John Meem Payne in 1931. The manuscript describes life in Lynchburg, Virginia in the 1850s.

The memoir is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection…

JMLMS1839.1.jpg
Digital reproduction of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1839 - the Nowlin Family Notes.

This collection is held in physical format at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

The collection includes genealogy notes regarding…

JMLMS1793.1-22.1.jpg
Digitized scan of a Bill of Sale recording the sale of transfer of enslaved person Peggy Dean to Charles Minor Blackford in March 1846.

The original document, which has been partially laminated, is held as part of manuscript 1793, the Blackford…

JMLMS1793.1-2.1.jpg
Digital scan of document entitled "Registry of Negroes, Ages-Births-Sales as December 12th, 1858". The two-page typewritten document is held at Jones Memorial Library in manuscript collection 1793, the Blackford Family Collection.

The document…

JMLMS1793.1-1.1.pdf
Digital scan of "Family Record of Births - Marriages - Deaths with which is added a short Family History of The Blackfords-Colstons-Minors-Carters-Marshalls-Fishers collected and prepared by C.M. Blackford, Lynchburg, Virginia"

This family history…

JMLMS1141.1-5. 29April1856JohnDLanghorneTweedsidesale.1.jpg
Scanned images of a document entitled John D. Langhorne to James Potter Tweedside Plantation. This document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-5.

The Tweedside Plantation near Savannah,…

JMLMS1141.1-4.30January1854IndentureThomasFPottertoJohnDLanghorne.1.jpg
Scanned images of the Will of Thomas Potter dated 30 January 1854. This document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-4. The Potter estate included the Colerain and Tweedside Plantations near…

JMLMS1141.1-2.1837ThomasPotteraccountColerain.1.jpg
Scanned images of a list of expenses by T.F. Potter with James Potter for the Colerain Plantation in 1836, This document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-2.

The Potter estate included the Colerain…

JMLMS1141.1-2.14March1834BillofSaleofAbraham.1.jpg
Scanned image of a Bill of Sale for enslaved person Abraham in South Carolina in 1834. This document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-2.

The Potter estate included the Colerain and…

JMLMS1141.1-1.1811SarahJonesDeedofGift.1.jpg
Scanned images of a Deed of Gift recorded in the Chatham County, Georgia country clerk's office on 21 March 1811. This document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-1.

The Potter estate…

JMLMS1141.1-4.21February1854BillofSaleJamesPotter.1.jpg
Scanned images of two bills of sale issued to James Potter on 21 February 1854. These documents are part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-4.

James Potter owned the Tweedside and Colerain…

JMLMS1141.1-4.10October1853InventoryThosFPotter.1.jpg
Scanned images of an Inventory for the estate of Thomas Potter dated 10 October 1853. This document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-4.

Thomas Potter owned the Colerain Plantation in…

JMLMS1141.1-4.01November1853LandsandNegroesEstofTFPotterCopy1.1.jpg
Scanned images of a document entitled Lands and Negroes Est. of T.F. Potter dated 01 November 1853, Copy 1. This document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-4.

Thomas Potter owned the…

JMLMS1141.1-3.Possiblesale15May1844JohnWilliam.1.jpg
Scanned image of a document dated Savannah 15 May 1844 signed John William. This document may represent the purchase of sale of an enslaved person named George. The document is partially torn and incomplete.

The document is part of Jones Memorial…

JMLMS1141.1-3.12October1853WillofThomasPotter.1.jpg
Scanned images of the Will of Thomas Potter dated 12 October 1835. This document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-3.

Thomas Potter owned the Colerain Plantation in Savannah, Georgia. …

JMLMS1141.1-3.08July1848BargainandSaleThomasPotter.1.jpg
Scanned images of a bargain and sale document for Thomas Potter in Chatham County, Georgia on 08 July 1848. This document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-3.

Thomas Potter owned the…

JMLMS1141.1-3.05April1842BillofSaleJamesPotter.1.jpg
Scanned image of a Bill of Sale for James Potter on 05 April 1842 in Savannah, Georgia. James Potter was owner of the Tweedside and Colerain Plantations. This bill of sale documents the purchase of named enslaved persons by Potter in…

JMLMS1141.1-3.03May1845JamesPotterwill.1.jpg
Scanned images of will for James Potter dated 03 May 1845. This document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1141, Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-3.

James Potter owned the Colerain and Tweedside Plantations in Savannah, Georgia.…

JMLMS1141.1-3.01February1848BillofSaleJamesPotterCoto.1.jpg
Digital images of a Bill of Sale from Elisha Wylly to James Potter on 01 February 1848. The bill details the purchase of named enslaved persons Coto, June, Barbary, and Tom.

This document is part of Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate…

JMLMS1141.1-2.25May1839IndentureJohnPotter.1.jpg
Digital images of Indenture of John Potter dated 05 May 1839 and recorded in the State of Georgia Chatham County Clerk Office of the Superior Court on 06 December 1839.

In the indenture, Potter divides his estate among his heirs while listing and…

JMLMS1141.1-2.18November1839LetterofAttorneyRobtFStocktontoJamesPotter.1.jpg
Digital scan of a letter from Robert F. Stockton to James Potter on 08 November 1849. This letter is from Manuscript Collection 1141, Potter Estate Papers, Folder 2.1.

In the letter, Stockton appoints his brother-in-law James Potter as his…
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