The Henry Louis Amonette Letter to Marie is held in physical format at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

The original letter is 12 pages, handwritten on ivory paper in black ink. The letter is dated 27 February 1919 and is addressed to "Marie", presumably a young student or penpal.

Henry Louis Amonette was born in 1893 in Amherst County, Virginia. He graduated from Lynchburg High School in 1913. During World War I, Amonette served as private, first class in the Ambulance Convoy Service in the Sanitary Service Unit No. 649 of the First Division. He died in Lynchburg in 1958.

The letter shared Amonette's reminiscences of serving in Europe during World War I.

Included with images of the handwritten letter is a four page typed transcription.

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The original document, which has been partially laminated, is held as part of manuscript 1793, the Blackford Family Collection, at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. ]]>
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This family history is part of Jones Memorial Library manuscript collection 1793, the Blackford Family Collection. The document is held in typed format in Folder 1-1.

The scanned replica has been divided into three parts.]]>

The document names and enumerates 21 enslaved persons from the Blackford estate in 1858. First names are listed; no surnames are listed.

Although the list is titled as of December 12, 1858, it includes the names of enslaved persons born after that point in time and therefore appears to be a list of persons enslaved by Blackford until their emancipation at the end of the Civil War.

Named enslaved persons include: William (Big Bill), Gabe, Alley, William, Jack, Thomas, Maria, Jane, Jenney, Ellen, Mary, Dick, Henry, William, Fanny, Caroline, Becky, Henry, Beverly, Caleb, and Charles.

Of the 21 enslaved persons on the list, three are named William (ages 37 years, 25 years, and 4 years) and two are named Henry (one aged 6 years and one born March 1858).

In addition to the names of the enslaved persons the list includes two typed notes, with one note mentioning a colt. ]]>

The advertisement is from the late 1800s and follows a change to military pension laws enacted by the 49th U.S. Congress on 29 January 1887 that allowed for a pension increase. ]]>

Manuscript Collection 1768 is the Charles C. Buck and Company Papers. The company was owned by Charles Buck, a confectioner who conducted business in Lynchburg prior to July 1870. Buck operated as a wholesale dealer in confectionary and fruits. He was also a cake and cracker baker and candy maker. His residence was at the corner of Eighth and Main streets.

Manuscript Collection 1768 includes more than 50 requests and receipts for delivery. In these three sample requests an Ernest Williams requests 50 pounds more candy delivered to Centenary Church in December 1892, Henry C. Wysor of the New York Life Insurance Company also makes a December 1892 request for lemon sticks, mint sticks, mixed drops, and other candy to "ship at once", and Frank Burge requests 100 pounds of nice assorted stick candy in July 1893.]]>

The collection includes two letters written in 1861 by Henry G. Compton while stationed at Camp McCullock during the American Civil War and one letter by William J. Jeter written in 1862 while stationed in New Market, Virginia.

The original letters are held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The handwritten letters were encased. Typed transcriptions are included for the two Compton letters.]]>

Thomas Potter owned the Colerain Plantation in Savannah, Georgia. This document enumerates and lists named persons enslaved by Potter.]]>

The journal is a typescript entitled Journal of a Journey from Virginia to Kentucky, which is transcribed and prepared by Anne Lilliott Long from an original journal kept by Calista Rosser Cralle Long. The journal details a migration from Campbell County, Virginia to Union County, Kentucky in December 1836 and January 1837.

The typescript is held in printed format at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.]]>

Crenshaw served as a private in Company 4 of the 4th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers. The company reached Camp Cuba Libre on 07 June 1898 and joined the Third Brigade, Second Division, Seventh Army.

Crenshaw was discharged as a corporal on 22 November 1898.

Crenshaw's unit did not see service in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

Camp Cuba Libre was established in response to overcrowding at camps in Tampa, Florida.

This letter is part of Manuscript 1942, The Crenshaw Family Collection, Folder 1.]]>

The document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-3. ]]>

The Mississippi Valley Society was conceived in November 1872 in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1875, the association asked Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America, to head the movement. Davis agreed and was appointed President of the American Department. However, the plan eventually failed when required funding was not secured.

The collection includes three handwritten letters:

1) 27 August 1875 from Charles G. Johnson of Liverpool, England to W. Thompson Gardner of London, England

2) 13 December 1875 from S. Fife of London, England to Jefferson Davis of Memphis, Tennessee

3) 29 March 1876 from Jefferson Davis of New Orleans, Louisiana to W. Thompson Gardner of London, England]]>
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Thomas Potter owned the Colerain Plantation in Savannah, Georgia. The bargain and sale documents Potter's purchase of named enslaved persons.]]>

The digital collection includes XX photographs of the Diamond Hill neighborhood in Lynchburg for the period 1978-1991.]]>

Images of Church Street in Lynchburg.]]>

The Potter estate included the Colerain and Tweedside Plantations near Savannah, Georgia.

This document records the purchase of named enslaved person Abraham by James Potter from Thomas Fuller in Beaufort, South Carolina on 14 March 1834.]]>

Date range is mid-1900s.

Scans of original photos included for selected clippings.

File span is 526 clippings (there is no clipping #514).]]>

This index was created by Jones Memorial Library and contains more than 27,000 entries. All rights to this index are held by the George M. Jones Memorial Library and it may not be reproduced , copied, disseminated or re-published without written permission from the library.

The index file is broken into two parts. The first file contains entries for stories with no main subject and subjects beginning with the letters A through G. The second file contains entries for subjects beginning with the letters H through Z.

Articles listed in the index span from 1827 to 1989.

Printed and microfilm copies of the newspaper are held at the library.]]>

This list may not be copied, reproduced, or disseminated without written permission of Jones Memorial Library.]]>