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| Size | 11.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 6000 items) |
| Abstract | Correspondence of three generations of the Blackford family of Virginia comprise the bulk of the collection. Letters written in the 1830s document the involvement of Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford (1802-1896) in the American Colonization Society and include scattered correspondence from missionaries and former slaves in Liberia. Three 1854 issues of a newspaper published in Cavalla also relate to West Africa. Other correspondence includes letters written by members of the Blackford family serving in the armed services during the Civil War and both the First and Second World Wars. Volumes include the 1840s diaries of William Mann Blackford (1801-1864), photograph albums kept by John Minor Blackford (1887-1945), and the 1856 manuscript "Recipes in the Culinary Art Together with Hints on Housewifery &c.," written by Launcelot Minor Blackford (1837-1914). The family history and genealogical files of Sally Bruce Blackford McClatchey (1922-2015) contain correspondence between family members, clippings, transcriptions and copies of historical documents, family charts, photographs, memoirs, reminiscences, and other narratives. Also included is a photograph of an enslaved African American woman known as "M'am Peggy" accompanied by a contemporary copy of the slave bill of sale when the Blackfords purchased her and her 1910 estate papers. |
| Creator | Blackford family. |
| Language | English |
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Mary Berkeley Minor was born 2 December 1802, the oldest daughter and second child of Gen. John Minor (1761-1816), and Lucy Landon (Carter) Minor (1776-1855). The Minors were a prominent, if not wealthy, Virginia family. They tended to be active in politics and in reform movements, such as temperance and antislavery.
Mary had five brothers, all of whom appear in the papers: John Minor (1791-1862), Fredericksburg, Virginia; Lieutenant Charles Landon Carter Minor (1805-1833); Dr. Lewis Willis Minor (1808-1872); Lucius Horatio Minor (1810-1863), Edgewood, Hanover County, Virginia; Rev. Lancelot Byrd Minor (1813-1843); and Dr. James Monroe Minor (1815-1879), Brooklyn, N.Y. Rev. Lancelot Byrd Minor, an Episcopal minister, went to Liberia as a missionary in 1837. In 1840, while visiting the United States, he married Mary Stewart of Baltimore, Md. He returned to Liberia, where he died in 1843. They had no children.
Mary and her husband, William Matthews Blackford, corresponded frequently with her cousins, including John Barbee Minor, law professor at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.; Lucian Minor, temperance crusader, Louisa Court House, Virginia; Ann (Minor) Truehart, Galveston, Tex.; Richard Maury; and his son, Matthew Fontaine Maury. Mary was also close to Elizabeth G. "Cousin Betty" Hill, Mount Airy, Caroline County, Va., who was the stepdaughter of Mary's aunt, Eliza (Minor) Hill.
William Matthews Blackford was born 19 August 1801, the third son of Benjamin Blackford (1767-1855), and Isabella (Arthur) Blackford (1765-1837). There is very infrequent correspondence from William's father, Benjamin, and his two brothers, Thomas and John. William's sister, Jane Agnes, married William Leeper and their child, Mary Caroline (b. 1820) remained close to the Blackford family. William Matthews Blackford, a lawyer, newspaper editor, diplomat, and banker, took an active interest in Whig politics, although he never ran for office.
Mary Berkeley Minor married William Matthews Blackford 12 October 1825. Most of the material in the collection dates after their marriage. From 1825 until 1846, the Blackfords lived with Mary's mother and brother John in Fredericksburg, Va., where William edited the Fredericksburg Arena. Mary opposed slavery and favored colonization of emancipated slaves in Africa. Through the 1830s, much of the correspondence deals with activities of the American Colonization Society and settlement in Liberia.
The Blackfords always depended on William's father for financial assistance. When in the early 1840s, Benjamin Blackford ran into financial difficulties himself, William was forced to find a job that would pay him enough to support his family adequately. He used his political connections in an unsuccessful attempt to secure the appointment as naval agent in Washington, D.C. Instead, he was appointed charge d'affaires in Bogota, New Granada. He left Fredericksburg in June 1842, taking his oldest son William Willis with him. They arrived in Bogota in September.
At the time of his departure, Blackford expected his wife and other children to follow him soon. Mary, however, kept delaying the journey because of her poor health. (She complained of ill health until her death at the age of 94.) According to one source, while in New Granada, Blackford "at least did the spade-work" for the United States' 1846 treaty with New Granada, known as the Bidlack Treaty. The treaty provided that the United States would protect New Granada's sovereignty over Panama in exchange for "free and open transit" across the isthmus.
Blackford left Bogota in December 1844, arriving in Fredericksburg in February 1845. He spent the next year looking for a job, eventually accepting a position as editor of the Lynchburg Virginian. He moved to Lynchburg in April 1846, and was joined by his family in July. In 1850, he was appointed Lynchburg's postmaster. In 1853, he became cashier of the newly-organized Office of Exchange Bank, the position he retained until his death in 1864. Mary Blackford stayed in Lynchburg until 1870, when she went to live with her son, Launcelot, at the Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va. She died in 1896.
The Blackfords had seven children who lived to adulthood: Lucy Landon, William Willis, Charles Minor, Benjamin Lewis, Launcelot Minor, Eugene, and Mary Isabella.
Born 6 November 1826, Lucy Landon was always her father's favorite. Although she is mentioned frequently, there are only a few of her letters in the collection. Lucy married Dr. John Staige Davis of Charlottesville, Va., on 10 July 1847, and they had three children: William Blackford, born 1848, who married Kentie Howland in 1871; Mary Jane, born 1851, who married James p. Harrison in 1879; and Lucy Landon, who died in infancy. Lucy (Blackford) Davis died 18 February 1859. Although John Staige Davis later remarried, he remained a close friend of the Blackford family.
William Willis "Willie" Blackford was born 23 March 1831. He accompanied his father to South America, and during this period he signed his letters William Wilberforce Blackford, apparently in admiration of the British statesman and abolitionist. He began working as a civil engineer in 1848, interrupting his career later for a year's study at the University of Virginia. In 1856, he married Mary Trigg Robertson (1835-1866), daughter of former Governor Wyndham Robertson. From June 1861-January 1863, he served in the Civil War with General Jeb Stuart, first as adjutant, later as chief engineer and staff member at headquarters. His memoirs, War Years with Jeb Stuart, were edited by Douglas Southall Freeman and published in 1945 by Charles Scribner's Sons.
After the war, William worked for the Lynchburg and Danville Railroad, then moved to a sugar plantation in Terrebonne Parish, La. When a flood in 1874 destroyed his crop and ruined him financially, he returned to Virginia, and in 1880 accepted a professorship of Mechanics and Drawing at the agricultural college, now Virginia Polytechnic Institute, in Blacksburg. After resigning in 1882, he went to work as a construction engineer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He retired in 1890 and purchased an oyster farm on Lynnhaven Bay, Princess Anne County, Va. He died of apoplexy 1 May 1905. William and Mary Trigg (Robertson) Blackford had four children: Lizzie Robertson (b. 1856); Wyndham; Pelham; and Gay Robertson (b. 1866?).
Charles Minor "Charley" Blackford was born 17 October 1833. As a child he lived for a while with Elizabeth G. "Cousin Betty" Hill, who ran a school at Mount Airy, Caroline County, Va. In the early 1850s, he attended the University of Virginia, and after graduation began practicing law in Lynchburg. He married Susan Leigh Colston in 1856, and they had three children: Nannie Colston, Charles Minor, and Raleigh Colston. Like his brothers, he served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; a member of the Second Virginia Cavalry until 1863, when he became Judge Advocate of the Military Court of the Second Corps (Longstreet's) of the Army of Northern Virginia. In the 1890s, Susan Leigh (Colston) Blackford had her memoirs of the war (based largely on Charles's letters) privately printed. This was later published as Letters from Lee's Army (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947). When the war ended Charles resumed his law practice in Lynchburg. He died in 1903.
Benjamin Lewis Blackford was born 5 August 1835, and as a child, was called "Benny." At some point, he began to be called Lewis. Lewis attended school at Mount Airy and at the University of Virginia. Before entering the Civil War as a private in Samuel Garland's regiment, Eleventh Virginia Infantry, he had worked as a civil engineer. Later he was a lieutenant of engineers, stationed in Wilmington, N.C. After the war, Lewis went into the insurance business in Washington, D.C., and in 1869, married Nannie Steenberger (d. 1883). They had four daughters: Elizabeth Padelford "Lily"; Mary Berkeley "Daisy"; Alice Beirne; and Lucy Landon Carter. Lewis died in 1908.
Launcelot Minor "Lanty" Blackford was born 23 February 1837. Named after his uncle, Lancelot Byrd Minor, as an adolescent Launcelot added the "u" to his name. He attended the University of Virginia and became a schoolteacher. During the Civil War, he served as a private in the Rockbridge Artillery, as a clerk of the Military Court of the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, and finally as Adjutant of the Twenty-Fourth Virginia Infantry, William R. Terry's brigade, Pickett's division. After the war, Launcelot resumed teaching and in 1870, he became principal of the Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va., a position he held until his death in 1914. Launcelot married Eliza Chew Ambler (1856-1935), a descendant of Virginia patriot George Mason, in 1884. Many of her letters are in the collection, as well as some material relating to Mason and his descendants. Launcelot and Eliza had six children: John Minor (1887-1945), doctor in Seattle, Washington; Ambler (b. 1888), Episcopal minister in Virginia and South Carolina; Randolph Fairfax (b. 1890), Episcopal minister in North Dakota and Florida (the later papers in the collection are his); Anna Mason (1892-1893); Launcelot Minor (L. Minor, b. 1894), teacher of medicine at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; and Staige Davis (1898-1949), teacher of medicine at the University of Virginia.
Eugene Blackford was born 11 April 1839. After attending the University of Virginia, he accepted a teaching position in Alabama and when the Civil War started, became a major in the Fifth Alabama Infantry. After the war, Eugene became a dairy farmer at Cleve, Pikesville, Md. He married Rebecca Chapman Gordon and they had three children: Emily Chapman, Eugene, and William Gordon. Eugene died in 1907.
The youngest of the Blackford children, Mary Isabella "Mabelle," was born in 1840. During the late 1850s, she attended the Southern Female Institute, Richmond, Va., and in 1865, married James Cooke, a farmer. They lived alternately at Dewberry and Foxleigh, both near Richmond. The Cookes had five children: Lucy Landon, James Churchill, Mary Minor, Eugene Blackford, and Edmonia Churchill. Mary Isabella died in 1928.
For further information see: L. Minor Blackford, Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: The Story of a Virginia Lady Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford 1802-1896 Who Taught Her Sons to Hate Slavery and to Love the Union. (Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1954); Susan Leigh (Colston) Blackford, Letters from Lee's Army: Memoirs of Life In and Out of the Army in Virginia During the War Between the States: Edited and abridged for publications by Charles Minor Blackford, III. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947); William Willis Blackford, War Years with Jeb Stuart. Edited and with an introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945).
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The Blackford collection consists of correspondence and other papers of three generations of the Blackford family, a prominent, although not wealthy, Virginia family. Most of the material relates to Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford (1802-1896), and her husband, William Matthews Blackford (1801-1864), Fredericksburg, Va., Lynchburg, Va., and Alexandria, Va. Later correspondence is that of their son, Launcelot Minor Blackford (1837-1914), his wife, Eliza Chew Ambler Blackford (1856-1935), Alexandria, Va., and their son, Randolph Fairfax Blackford (b. 1890), Homestead, Fla. Most of the correspondence is personal, containing news of the activities of the Blackfords, and their relatives and friends.
Most of the material in the collection dates from 1824, when Mary Berkeley Minor and William Matthews Blackford became engaged. The few papers prior to 1824 are scattered legal documents, commissions, accounts, and an 1819 school girl's letter from George Town [D.C.?].
The 1824-1841 correspondence deals primarily with the activities of the American Colonization Society and its counterpart in Great Britain. Most frequent are letters from Ralph Randolph Gurley, Washington, D.C., the Society's corresponding secretary, about American Colonization Society business and the anti-slavery movement. There are also letters from other American Colonization Society members in various locations, as well as a few letters from missionaries in Liberia. During the latter part of this period, American Colonization Society correspondence decreases and personal correspondence from the Blackfords' relatives and friends in Virginia giving news of themselves, their families, and their neighbors increases. There is also scattered correspondence of Mary Blackford's mother, Lucy Landon (Carter) Minor, of Fredericksburg, Va.
The majority of the 1842-1844 material relates to William Matthews Blackford's service as United States charge d'affaires in Bogota, New Granada (now Colombia). The correspondence is divided into two groups: letters between Blackford and other diplomats in South America relating to his official duties, and his "diary letters," addressed to Mrs. Blackford, Fredericksburg, Va., containing descriptions of his activities, his observations of South American customs, and comments on politics both in the United States and New Granada. During this period there is also scattered personal correspondence of Mary Blackford with friends and relatives in Virginia and elsewhere. William Blackford returned to Fredericksburg in 1845. However, he maintained his correspondence with diplomats in South America and American officials in Washington about his work in New Granada for a few years.
In 1846, the Blackfords moved to Lynchburg, Va. The 1845-1860 material is predominantly personal correspondence of William and Mary Blackford, especially with their seven children as they left home for school and careers. The five Blackford sons wrote frequently from the school run by their cousin, Elizabeth G. "Betty" Hill, at Mount Airy, Caroline County, Va.; the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.; and elsewhere. These letters deal with family matters and neighborhood news-births, deaths, marriages, illnesses, social activities, with occasional comments on contemporary politics. As the Civil War approached in the late 1850s, discussions of slavery, abolition, and the national political situation became more frequent.
During this period Mary Blackford continued to receive occasional correspondence about American Colonization Society activities, including a few letters from missionaries and former slaves in Liberia. From 1846-1848 there are scattered letters to William M. Blackford from United States army officers in Mexico and Texas about the Mexican War.
In early 1861, the Blackfords' correspondence reflected their concern about the worsening national crisis. When the war started, all five Blackford sons enlisted in the Confederate Army. All served throughout the war, mostly in Virginia, but also in North Carolina and Tennessee. The 1861 correspondence includes letters from all five sons to their parents and each other about life in the Confederate Army. Although letters written 1862-1865 have been preserved, many are faded and virtually illegible. Most of the later correspondence that is legible is from Benjamin Lewis Blackford, with the engineering corps in Wilmington, N.C., to his parents about his social activities and romantic entanglements. These letters shed little light on military affairs and war life. Occasional letters to Mr. and Mrs. Blackford from John Minor, Fredericksburg, Va.; John B. Minor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and Mary Trigg Robertson Blackford, The Meadows, Abingdon, Va., give a few glimpses of life on the home front. The 1865 correspondence deals with the effects, especially economic, of the war on individuals.
Most of the material from 1866-1892 consists of letters to Mary Blackford, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1866-1870, and Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va., 1870-1892, from her children, grandchildren, other relatives and friends in Virginia, Louisiana, Washington, D.C., Texas, and elsewhere. The letters are personal, dealing with daily activities and news of friends and family. Most frequent are letters from Mrs. Blackford's daughter, Mary Isabella (Blackford) Cooke, writing from her husband's plantations, Dewberry and Foxleigh, in Virginia, about her domestic routine and the activities of her husband and children.
There is also scattered correspondence of Launcelot M. Blackford, Alexandria, Va., both personal and related to his job as principal of the Episcopal High School in Alexandria.
From 1893 to 1932, the collection consists of the personal correspondence of Launcelot M. Blackford, his wife, Eliza Chew (Ambler) Blackford, and their son, Randolph Fairfax Blackford about their own activities and those of their relatives and friends. Between 1893 and 1905, Launcelot M. Blackford took several trips to Europe, visiting England, Switzerland and France. His letters to his wife in Alexandria describe his travels. After 1910, there are several letters from Ambler Blackford in Virginia, South Carolina, and Florida, and Randolph Blackford in North Dakota, Tennessee, and Florida, about their experiences as Episcopal ministers. In addition, there are a few letters from Randolph Blackford to his mother written while he served as a chaplain with the American Expeditionary Force in France, 1917-1919.
The last group of papers, 1936-1953, includes miscellaneous correspondence of Randolph Fairfax Blackford, Florida, principally concerned with Blackford genealogy and family papers.
Non-correspondence includes: four pamphlets (three dealing with the Confederacy and the Lost Cause, and one about the life of Liberian missionary Lancelot Byrd Minor); genealogical information and obituaries of the Blackford, Ambler, Mason, Minor, Carew (Carey), Johnston, Brewster, DeWolfe, Lloyd, Richardson, Robins, Tilghman, and Young families; miscellaneous belles-lettres by William W. Blackford, Randolph R. Blackford, and others; unidentified photographs; and letters and articles written by Launcelot M. Blackford for the Southern Churchman, 1888-1903.
The volumes include an account book, 1850-1855; a recipe book, 1852; a University of Virginia alumni bulletin, 1914; and a "Sample Book" from Saint John's Episcopal Church, Homestead, Fla., 1940.
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Subseries 1.1. Correspondence.
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Commission of John Mason, Jr. as secretary of U.S. Legation in Mexico, signed by President James Monroe and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, 27 January 1823 #01912, Subseries: "1743-1829" SEP-1912/1Restriction to Access: The original item is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options. |
Correspondence of William Matthews Blackford and his wife Mary Berkeley (Minor) Blackford of Fredericksburg, Va., mostly dealing with the activities of the American Colonization Society and its counterpart in Great Britain. Most of the letters are addressed to Mrs. Blackford, who apparently attempted to organize a colonization society in Fredericksburg. Correspondents include R[alph] R[andolph] Gurley, secretary of the American Colonization Society, Washington, D.C.; Beulah Sansom, Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1835-1837; Amelia Davidson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1835-1837; Elliott Cresson, England and Scotland, 1833-1838; and others. Letters to William Matthews Blackford from Charles Fenton Mercer, James Barbour, John Mercer Patton, and others, and copies of Blackford's letters to Lucian Minor, discussing current political issues. Scattered correspondence from various relatives of the Blackfords, and a few letters between William and Mary, written on the infrequent occasions when they were apart.
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Miscellaneous business and personal correspondence of William Matthews Blackford and Mary Berkeley (Minor) Blackford, Fredericksburg, Va., including copies of Blackford's letters to Lucian Minor, Charlottesville, Va., about political news; scattered personal correspondence of Mary's mother, Lucy Landon (Carter) Minor, Fredericksburg, Va.; letters, 1841, from various national political office-holders, including Vice President John Tyler, to the secretary of the Navy recommending William M. Blackford for the post of naval agent at Washington, D.C.; and correspondence between Mrs. Blackford and E[lizabeth] G. Hill and Charles Minor Blackford, Mount Airy, Caroline County, Va.
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Letter, Vice President John Tyler to the Secretary of the Navy recommending William M. Blackford for the post of naval agent at Washington, D.C., 12 March 1841 #01912, Subseries: "1839-1841" SEP-1912/2Restriction to Access: The original item is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options. |
Predominantly material relating to William Matthews Blackford's position as U.S. charge d'affaires in the Republic of New Granada (Colombia). Blackford and his oldest son, William Willis, lived in Bogota from September 1842 until December 1844, while Mrs. Blackford and the rest of the children remained in Fredericksburg, Va. Most of the correspondence is between Blackford and other diplomats, primarily Colombian, American, and British, in South America and is related to his official duties. Some of this material is in Spanish and has not been included in this description.
Also included, although filed separately from the diplomatic correspondence (see folder list), are Blackford's detailed "diary letters" to his wife, June 1842-December 1843, containing descriptions of his activities in Bogota, his observations of South American customs, and comments on politics, both in the U.S. and New Granada. The letters from June to August 1842, describe his journey to Bogota, first aboard the USS Falmouth, and in July and August, by land. Blackford was especially interested in observing South American slavery, and included his observations in his letters to his wife, with some comparisons between slavery in South America and the United States.
There is also some personal correspondence to Mary B. Blackford from friends and relatives in Virginia and elsewhere.
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Personal and business correspondence of William Matthews Blackford, Mary Berkeley (Minor) Blackford, and their children, Fredericksburg, Va., and, after 1846, Lynchburg, Va. Much of the material is from diplomats in South America, relating to Blackford's assignment in New Granada. There are also letters from James Buchanan, John Young Mason, and William A. Hunter regarding Blackford's request for back pay. Occasional letters to Mary B. Blackford about the American Colonization Society from E. M. Lyle, New York, N.Y.; G. Wilson McPhail, Fredericksburg, Va.; and W. McLain, Washington, D.C., as well as one from J[ohn] Payne, Cavalla Liberia.
Most of the correspondence is between William, Mary, and their children, especially Charles Minor Blackford, Benjamin Lewis Blackford, and Launcelot Minor Blackford, all of whom spent some time at the home of their cousin, Elizabeth G. "Betty" Hill, Mount Airy, Caroline County, Va., and deals with family matters and neighborhood news. In April 1846, William M. Blackford moved to Lynchburg, Va. The rest of the family remained in Fredericksburg until July, so there are some letters from Mary B. Blackford and the children to William M. Blackford. After July 1846, the group contains letters from Mrs. Blackford and the children to her mother, Lucy Landon (Carter) Minor, Fredericksburg, Va., and a few letters to the Blackfords, from Mrs. Minor. Because Mrs. Minor was blind, her servant, Maria West, wrote for her, and occasionally included personal notes of her own.
Other correspondents include:
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Personal correspondence of the Blackford family as the children grew up and moved away from home. Lucy Landon Blackford married Dr. John Staige Davis in 1847 and moved to Charlottesville, Va., but there are no letters from her in the collection. William Willis Blackford began working as a civil engineer in 1848. His frequent letters to his family from various places in Virginia describe his work, social life, and living conditions. He also wrote often while he was a student at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, fall 1849-June 1851. Charles Minor Blackford attended school at Minor's Folly, Louisa Court House, Va., in the spring of 1850, then attended the University of Virginia from the fall of 1850 through 1854. His letters deal with his health, studies, and extracurricular activities, especially his work with the Sons of Temperance. Charles' correspondence becomes more infrequent after he begins practicing law in Lynchburg. Launcelot Minor Blackford remained in Lynchburg until 1854, when he accepted a teaching job at Powhatan Court House, Va. He entered the University of Virginia in 1856, and remained there until June 1860. Letters to and from Benjamin Lewis Blackford and Eugene Blackford are infrequent. Lewis was in Jonesborough, Tennessee in 1854 and at the University of Virginia 1856-June 1857. He returned to Lynchburg when he left the University. Eugene attended school at Edgehill, in Albemarle County, Va., in 1854-1855, and the University of Virginia 1857-1859. Mary Isabella Blackford spent time at Mount Airy, Caroline County, Va.; Edgewood, Hanover County; she attended Southern Female Institute, Richmond, Va., 1857-1858. Mary B. Blackford made annual visits to friends and relatives in Charlottesville, Edgewood, Mount Airy, and Fredericksburg. In addition, she made longer trips to Philadelphia (October 1853-August 1854) and Florence Water Cure, Northampton, Massachusetts (December 1859-August 1860) for her health.
There are also letters to and from the Blackfords and other relatives and friends, including Lucy Landon (Carter) Minor, Fredericksburg, Va., until her death in December 1855; Julian P. Garesche, Camargo, Mexico, 1848, and Port Isabel, Texas, 1851; L. M. Kean, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.; Lucian Minor, Louisa Court House, Va., on temperance activities; John B. Minor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., on university life, contemporary politics; E. G. Hill, Mount Airy, Caroline County, Va.; Mary Caroline Leeper, Woodstock, Va.; Helen Guinnan, Fredericksburg, Va.; Thomas C. Nelson, Frederick, Md.; V. M. Randolph, USS Albany, Pensacola, Fla., 1849, and Folkland, Alabama, 1858-1859; John Minor, Fredericksburg, Va.; Benjamin Blackford, Lynchburg, Va.; James Cephas Minor, Monrovia, Liberia; Lucy Byars, Brenham, Texas, Columbus, Texas, and Hopkinsville, Kentucky; H. R. Scott, Cavalla West Africa; C[harles] F[enton] Mercer, Paris, France; John Knott, Eastwood, Va.; James Minor, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Mary Trigg (Robertson) Blackford, The Meadows, Abingdon, Va., and Richmond, Va.; C. L. C. Minor, Edgewood, Hanover County, Va.; W. C. Rives, Castle Hill, Va.; and Alexander H. H. Stuart, Richmond, Va.
Most of the correspondence deals with family news and neighborhood events-births, deaths, marriages, illnesses, social activities-with some discussion of contemporary politics. As the Civil War approached in the late 1850s, comments on slavery, abolition, and the national political situation became more frequent.
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The papers for early 1861 are letters among John Minor, Fredericksburg, Va.; Launcelot M. Blackford, Staunton, Va.; William M. Blackford, Lynchburg, Va.; John B. Minor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.; and V. M. Randolph, Montgomery, Alabama, about secession crisis and preparations for war. Subsequent correspondence for that year consists for the most part of letters from the Blackford sons to their parents and each other about life in the Confederate Army. After 1861, most of the letters are from Benjamin Lewis Blackford to his parents, and shed little light on military affairs and war life. William and Lewis were in the engineering corps; William served from 1861-1863 on the staff of General Jeb. Stuart. Charles served as judge advocate with Longstreet's Corps. Launcelot served first with the Rockbridge Artillery then, after 1863, as clerk of the military court, Longstreet's Corps. Eugene was in the Fifth Alabama Regiment. All five spent most of the war in Virginia. Also occasional correspondence from John Minor, Fredericksburg; John B. Minor, University of Virginia; Mary Trigg (Robertson) Blackford, The Meadows, Abingdon, Va.
Many of the letters from 1862 are faded and virtually illegible.
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1861 #01912, Subseries: " 1861-1865" Folder 79-82
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1862 #01912, Subseries: " 1861-1865" Folder 83
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1863 #01912, Subseries: " 1861-1865" Folder 84-85
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1864 #01912, Subseries: " 1861-1865" Folder 86-87Mostly personal letters from Benjamin Lewis Blackford, Wilmington, Fredericksburg, Richmond. A few letters from Charles M. Blackford, Greenville, Tennessee, and Richmond. Rare letters from Launcelot M. Blackford and William W. Blackford in Virginia. Undated poem, "The Battle of the Cows: A True Story of the War," about Hunter's raid into Virginia during the summer of 1864; probably written by Mary Isabella Blackford. |
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1865 #01912, Subseries: " 1861-1865" Folder 88
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Letters to Mary B. Blackford, Lynchburg, 1866-1870, and Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va., 1871-1892, from her children, grandchildren, other relatives and friends. The correspondence is personal, dealing with daily activities, news of friends and family. Most frequent are letters from Mary Isabella (Blackford) Cooke, Dewberry and Foxleigh, writing of her domestic routine and news of her husband and children. Other correspondents include William Blackford, Somerset, Abingdon, Va., 1866-1870, and Powhatan, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, 1871-1874. These letters contain descriptions of his work as a planter and of agriculture in Louisiana. Subsequent scattered correspondence to Mary Blackford from William W. Blackford at various places in Virginia. There are also letters from Charles M. Blackford, Lynchburg; Benjamin Lewis Blackford, Alexandria, Va., and Lynchburg, 1866, and after 1872, Washington, D.C.; Launcelot M. Blackford, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va., 1866; Eugene Blackford, Alexandria, Va., 1866, and subsequently at Cleve, Pikesville, Md.; Mary Jane (Davis) Harrison, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1866-1878, and Danville, Va., after 1878; R. R. Gurley, Hartville, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.; E. G. Hill, University of Virginia; Lucy Byars, Columbus, Texas; John B. Minor, University of Virginia; Nannie C. Blackford, Lynchburg; E. E. Cooke, Dewberry, Va.; E. H. Craighill, Lynchburg; Gay Robertson Blackford, Abingdon, Va.; Ann Trueheart, Galveston, Texas; James Byars, Covington, Tennessee; Wyndham Blackford, Blacksburg, Va.; Rebecca C. Blackford, Cleve, Pikesville, Md.; C. L. C. Minor, Winchester, Va.; Kentie Howland Davis, Baltimore, Md., Ellen J. Minor, New York; James P. Harrison, Danville, Va.; Lancelot Minor, Briery Knoll, Amherst County, Va.; John Staige Davis, Jr., Fort Totten, Dakota Territory; Berkeley Minor, Staunton, Va. Scattered correspondence of Launcelot M. Blackford, Alexandria, Va., both personal and related to his job as principal of Episcopal High School, including letters from Col. L. Hoxton, Baltimore, Md., 1871; Richard L. Maury, Lexington, Va.; James C. Stansbury, Baltimore, Md., 1872-1873. Occasional letters to Eliza Chew (Ambler) Blackford, from relatives.
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1866 #01912, Subseries: "1866-1892" Folder 89-90
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1867-1870 #01912, Subseries: "1866-1892" Folder 91 |
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1871 #01912, Subseries: "1866-1892" Folder 92 |
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1872 #01912, Subseries: "1866-1892" Folder 93-94 |
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1873 #01912, Subseries: "1866-1892" Folder 95-97
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1874 #01912, Subseries: "1866-1892" Folder 98-99
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1875 #01912, Subseries: "1866-1892" Folder 100-101 |
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1876 #01912, Subseries: "1866-1892" Folder 102-103 |
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1877 #01912, Subseries: "1866-1892" Folder 104-105 |
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1878 #01912, Subseries: "1866-1892" Folder 106 |
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1879 #01912, Subseries: "1866-1892" Folder 107-110
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1880 #01912, Subseries: "1866-1892" Folder 111-113 |
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1881 #01912, Subseries: "1866-1892" Folder 114-117
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1882 #01912, Subseries: "1866-1892" Folder 118-120 |
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1883 #01912, Subseries: "1866-1892" Folder 121-123
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1884 #01912, Subseries: "1866-1892" Folder 124-127 |
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1885 #01912, Subseries: "1866-1892" Folder 128-129 |
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1886-1892 #01912, Subseries: "1866-1892" Folder 130 |
Correspondence of Launcelot M. Blackford and his wife, Eliza Chew (Ambler) Blackford. During this period Blackford went to Europe several times, visiting London; Mainx; Chavenna, Switzerland; Paris; Leamington Spa, England; Melrose, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; Durham, England; and York, England. He wrote descriptions of his travels to his wife, who remained in Virginia, at the Episcopal High School, Alexandria, and occasionally, Orkney Springs, and Parkersburg, West Virginia. Her infrequent letters to him describe events at home.
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1893-1899 #01912, Subseries: "1893-1905" Folder 131
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1901-1902 #01912, Subseries: "1893-1905" Folder 132 |
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1903-1905 #01912, Subseries: "1893-1905" Folder 133 |
Correspondence of Launcelot Minor Blackford, Eliza Chew (Ambler) Blackford, and their son, Randolph Fairfax Blackford, containing personal news of family and friends. Between 1909 and 1914, letters are primarily from Eliza Chew (Ambler) Blackford, Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va., to Randolph Fiarfax Blackford, Rockville, Md.; Ivy Depot, [Va.?]; and University of Virginia, Charlottesville, containing family news and news of life at the High School.
From 1915 to 1916, significant correspondents include Eliza C. A. Blackford, Charlottesville, Va.; Randolph F. Blackford, Fargo, North Dakota; Grand Forks, North Dakota; and Minnewauken, North Dakota; Ambler Blackford, Columbia, Va.; Virginia Mason, Charlottesville, Va.; and John Minor Blackford, Seattle, Washington. Both Randolph F. Blackford and Ambler Blackford were Episcopal ministers. A few of their letters to their mother, Eliza C. A. Blackford, and to each other, discuss their ministries, especially Ambler's work with a newly-formed Boy Scout troop
From 1917 to 1919, the chief correspondent is Eliza C. A. Blackford, Charlottesville, Va. Her correspondence includes Randolph F. Blackford's letters to her from France, where he served with the American Expeditionary Force.
From 1920 to 1932, chief correspondents are Eliza C. A. Blackford, Charlottesville, Va., and Randolph F. Blackford, Hartsville, S.C. (1920); Sewannee, Tenn. (1922); Panama City, Fla. (1926-1930); Leesburg, Fla., (1931-1932). Correspondence in late 1932 is chiefly among Randolph F. Blackford and his brothers, Dr. Staige D. Blackford, University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Ambler M. Blackford, Tallahassee, Fla.; and L. Minor Blackford. The brothers discussed future living arrangements for their mother, Eliza C. A. Blackford.
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1906-1907 #01912, Subseries: "1906-1932" Folder 134 |
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1908-1909 #01912, Subseries: "1906-1932" Folder 135
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1910 #01912, Subseries: "1906-1932" Folder 136-137
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1911-1914 #01912, Subseries: "1906-1932" Folder 138 |
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1915 #01912, Subseries: "1906-1932" Folder 139-141
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1916 #01912, Subseries: "1906-1932" Folder 142-143 |
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1917-1919 #01912, Subseries: "1906-1932" Folder 144
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1920-1926 #01912, Subseries: "1906-1932" Folder 145 |
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1927-1931 #01912, Subseries: "1906-1932" Folder 146 |
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1932 #01912, Subseries: "1906-1932" Folder 147 |
Miscellaneous correspondence of Randolph F. Blackford, Leesburg, Fla.; Homestead, Fla.; and Thomasville, Georgia. Primarily concerning Blackford genealogy and family papers.
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1936-1953 #01912, Subseries: "1936-1953" Folder 148
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Undated #01912, Subseries: "1936-1953" Folder 149-153 |
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Subseries 1.2. Pamphlets.
| Folder 154 |
Pamphlets #01912, Subseries: "1.2. Pamphlets." Folder 154
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Subseries 1.3. Genealogy.
Genealogical information on the Blackford, Ambler, Carew (Carey), and Johnston families. Notes on genealogy of several original Massachusetts Bay families, including Brewster, DeWolfe, Lloyd, Richardson, Robins, Tilghman and Young. Handwritten obituary of Mrs. James M[urray] Mason, died 14 February 1874. Scrapbook is microfilm only (M-1912/1).
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Genealogy #01912, Subseries: "1.3. Genealogy." Folder 155 |
| Reel M-1912/1 |
Scrapbook #01912, Subseries: "1.3. Genealogy." Reel M-1912/1Microfilm. |
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Subseries 1.4. Belles-Lettres.
Miscellaneous essays, short stories, and poems, most undated, by William W. Blackford, Randolph F. Blackford, and others. Several of the items are unsigned. Typescripts of short works by Jefferson Davis, Col. Shippen, and Clara Minor Lynn. An undated, handwritten booklet of advice to a newly-married woman.
Folder 156-157
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Belles-Lettres #01912, Subseries: "1.4. Belles-Lettres." Folder 156-157 |
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Subseries 1.5. Miscellaneous and Pictures.
Unidentified photographs; crochet patterns; bookmarks.
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Miscelleaneous #01912, Subseries: "1.5. Miscellaneous and Pictures." Folder 158 |
| Image Folder PF-1912/1 |
Randolph Fairfax Blackford, Mrs. J. Ambler Blackford, and John Minor Blackford, 1915, 1921, and undated #01912, Subseries: "1.5. Miscellaneous and Pictures." PF-1912/16 images. Black-and-white prints.
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Portraits, undated #01912, Subseries: "1.5. Miscellaneous and Pictures." PF-1912/23 images. Black-and-white prints.
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Subseries 1.6. Newspaper Clippings.
Assorted clippings related to the Blackford, Minor, Mason, and Ambler families - obituaries, etc.
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Subseries 1.7. Southern Churchman Letters.
Letters and articles written by Launcelot M. Blackford for the Southern Churchman, 1888-1903. Most are letters written from England and Europe describing his travels.
Folder 160-161
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Southern Churchman Letters #01912, Subseries: "1.7. Southern Churchman Letters." Folder 160-161
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Subseries 1.9. Photocopies.
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Photocopies (miscellaneous items) #01912, Subseries: "1.9. Photocopies." Folder 167
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Series 2. Additions.
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Subseries 2.1. Papers and Photographs, 1844-1883 (Additions of 1994 (Acc. 94030 and 94163)).
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Volume 6 #01912, Subseries: "2.1. Papers and Photographs, 1844-1883 (Additions of 1994 (Acc. 94030 and 94163))." Folder 168Typed transcription of letters of Lancelot Minor Blackford (1837-1914), chiefly to family members. Letters dated 1855-1860 are from Blackford while he was a student at the University of Virginia. The transcriptions were made by Blackford's son L. Minor Blackford, Jr., and bound into a volume called "Father's Letters, 1844-1859." |
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Volumes 7-8 #01912, Subseries: "2.1. Papers and Photographs, 1844-1883 (Additions of 1994 (Acc. 94030 and 94163))." Folder 169-170Printed copies of travel letters of Lancelot Minor Blackford on trips to Great Britain, Europe, and Russia, 1880-1883. Some (perhaps all) of the clippings are from Southern Churchman of Richmond, Va. |
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"The True Gentleman" #01912, Subseries: "2.1. Papers and Photographs, 1844-1883 (Additions of 1994 (Acc. 94030 and 94163))." Folder 171Partial typed copy of essay on Episcopal High School of Virginia letterhead, L. M. Blackford, principal, 1890s. |
Folder 172-176
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Miscellaneous Blackford documents #01912, Subseries: "2.1. Papers and Photographs, 1844-1883 (Additions of 1994 (Acc. 94030 and 94163))." Folder 172-176Photocopies of family documents, including writings by L. M. Blackford, letters to and from family members, pictures, clippings, and other items, compiled by the donor. |
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Launcelot Blackford Minor and family, circa 1896-1939 #01912, Subseries: "2.1. Papers and Photographs, 1844-1883 (Additions of 1994 (Acc. 94030 and 94163))." PF-1912/36 images. Black-and-white copy prints. M'am Peggy was an enslaved African American woman. |
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Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford and family, Charles Minor Blackford, and "M'am Peggy," #01912, Subseries: "2.1. Papers and Photographs, 1844-1883 (Additions of 1994 (Acc. 94030 and 94163))." PF-1912/44 images. Black-and-white copy prints.
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Portraits, undated #01912, Subseries: "2.1. Papers and Photographs, 1844-1883 (Additions of 1994 (Acc. 94030 and 94163))." PF-1912/515 images. Black-and-white prints.
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Subseries 2.2. Photographs, circa 1850 (Addition of 1997 (Acc. 96193)).
Two daguerrotypes and 3 photographs of the daguerrotypes of Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford (1802-1896).
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Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford (1802-1896) #01912, Subseries: "2.2. Photographs, circa 1850 (Addition of 1997 (Acc. 96193))." SF-P-1912/11 image. Daguerreotype. |
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Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford (1802-1896) #01912, Subseries: "2.2. Photographs, circa 1850 (Addition of 1997 (Acc. 96193))." SF-P-1912/21 image. Daguerreotype. |
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Unidentified man #01912, Subseries: "2.2. Photographs, circa 1850 (Addition of 1997 (Acc. 96193))." SF-P-1912/31 image. Ambrotype. |
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Subseries 2.3. Papers, 1798-1836 (Addition of April 2003 (Acc. 99500)).
Photocopies and typed transcription of Blackford family records from the 1798 Bible of Benjamin Blackford. Recorded are places and dates of births or deaths of family members and of "Negro children belonging."
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Photocopies and transcriptions #01912, Subseries: "2.3. Papers, 1798-1836 (Addition of April 2003 (Acc. 99500))." Folder 177 |
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Subseries 2.4. Papers, 1775-1937 (Addition of November 2017 (Acc. 103280)).
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"Lee Campaigns In and Around Fredericksburg," 1937 #01912, Subseries: "2.4. Papers, 1775-1937 (Addition of November 2017 (Acc. 103280))." Folder 178"Lecture prepared to be delivered before Reserve Officers Association in Orlando, Fla. October 1937, by Lt. R.F. Blackford, Chap., 325th Inf." Also includes handwritten notes, a 1965 clipping from Virginia Cavalcade, and a printed map of eastern Virginia. |
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Photographic prints of letters and documents dated 1775-1846 #01912, Subseries: "2.4. Papers, 1775-1937 (Addition of November 2017 (Acc. 103280))." Folder 179"Copies of LMB I's Autog[raph] Collection. Some sold by LMB II, some at U.V.A." Includes photographic copies of letters written by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. Also included is a photographic copy of a bill of sale and image of an enslaved woman named Peggy Dean. "Faithful slave and servant in the Blackford family at Lynchburg and Alexandria, Virginia. 'Mam Peggy' died in 1910, aged about 98 years. She left her entire savings to Dr. L.M. Blackford for the higher education of his sons, Ambler and Randolph. Her life was an inspiration to many." |
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Transcriptions of selected Blackford family letters dated 1775-1864 #01912, Subseries: "2.4. Papers, 1775-1937 (Addition of November 2017 (Acc. 103280))." Folder 180 |
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Scrapbook on the Civil War, circa 1862-1914 #01912, Subseries: "2.4. Papers, 1775-1937 (Addition of November 2017 (Acc. 103280))." Folder 181Scrapbook contains scattered, contemporaneous documents from the Civil War era, clippings, letters, photographs, and a typescript reminiscence titled "Personal Recollections of Lee's Surrender at Appomattox" by J.M. Brown. The typescript has a swatch of red cloth attached with a note "Portion of Battle Flag of Rockbridge Artillery, CSA 1861-5." Also included is a 9 April 1913 letter (on stationary for the John B. Hood Camp 103 of the United Confederate Veterans) that Brown wrote to L.M. Blackford. "I am sending with this just a little piece of our old Flag." |
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Subseries 2.5. Sally Bruce Blackford McClatchey Family History and Genealogy Papers (Addition
of August 2015 (Acc. 102302)).
The family history files of Sally Bruce Blackford McClatchey (1922-2015) contain biographical and historical information about Blackford family members and other relatives including members of the Ambler, Chew, Mason, Minor, and Mann families. Correspondence between family members, clippings, transcriptions and copies of historical documents, family charts, photographs, memoirs, reminiscences, and other narratives comprise the bulk of the files. Also included are some original eighteenth and nineteenth-century documents, most of which are found in an autograph scrapbook kept by Launcelot Minor Blackford (1837-1914). A small photograph of an enslaved African American woman known as "M'am Peggy" is accompanied by a contemporary copy of the slave bill of sale when the Blackfords purchased her.
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Clippings #01912, Subseries: " Ambler, John " Folder 183
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James Ambler #01912, Subseries: " Ambler, John " SF-P-1912/41 image. Ambrotype.
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| Folder 184 |
Correspondence, clippings, and census information #01912, Subseries: " "Beppy" " Folder 184
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Wedding, 1992 #01912, Subseries: " "Beppy" " PF-1912/63 images. Color prints.
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| Folder 189 |
Letters exchanged between Charles Minor Blackford, III., and Launcelot Minor Blackford, 1947-1948 #01912, Subseries: " Blackford, Charles Minor, III " Folder 189
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Letters exchanged between Charles Minor Blackford, III., and Launcelot Minor Blackford, 1952-1955 #01912, Subseries: " Blackford, Charles Minor, III " Folder 190
Also includes a 1985 letter from Louise Blackford to Staige Blackford. |
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Charles Minor Blackford House #01912, Subseries: " Blackford, Charles Minor, III " PF-1912/182 images. Black-and-white prints.
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| Folder 191 |
Family charts and clippings #01912, Subseries: " Blackford, Elizabeth Mann " Folder 191
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"Crumbs of Memory, From Life in the Eighties," by Anonymous #01912, Subseries: " Blackford, Elizabeth Mann " Folder 192
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| Image Folder PF-1912/19 |
Elizabeth Mann Blackford and family, undated #01912, Subseries: " Blackford, Elizabeth Mann " PF-1912/193 images. Black-and-white prints.
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| Image Folder PF-1912/20 |
Family, undated #01912, Subseries: " Blackford, Elizabeth Mann " PF-1912/201 image. Black-and-white print.
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| Image Folder PF-1912/21 |
House and snow, undated #01912, Subseries: " Blackford, Elizabeth Mann " PF-1912/214 images. Black-and-white prints.
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Washington state.
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Original Album #01912, Subseries: "Photograph album : "JMB Trip," 1919 " PA-1912/1
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Digitized Album #01912, Subseries: "Photograph album : "JMB Trip," 1919 " DF-1912/1PDF of entire album. Tiffs of individual album pages. |
| Photograph Album PA-1912/2 |
Original Album #01912, Subseries: "Photograph album : "Seattle 1930s-1940s" " PA-1912/2
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Digitized Album #01912, Subseries: "Photograph album : "Seattle 1930s-1940s" " DF-1912/2PDF of entire album. Tiffs of individual album pages. |
| Photograph Album PA-1912/3 |
Original Album #01912, Subseries: "Photograph album : "Seattle 1937-'42" " PA-1912/3
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Digitized Album #01912, Subseries: "Photograph album : "Seattle 1937-'42" " DF-1912/3PDF of entire album. Tiffs of individual album pages. |
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Miscellaneous #01912, Subseries: " Blackford, Mary B. Minor " Folder 221
Includes a transcription of the bill of sale for "M'am Peggy," an enslaved woman. |
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"Uncle William's Account of The Blackford Family #01912, Subseries: " Blackford, William Willis " Folder 252
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Miscellaneous #01912, Subseries: " Blackford, William Willis " Folder 253
Includes a copy of a certificate of membership to the Huguenot Society of South Carolina. |
| Image Folder PF-1912/68 |
William Willis Blackford and Frank Robertson, undated #01912, Subseries: " Blackford, William Willis " PF-1912/682 images. Black-and-white copy prints.
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| Folder 254 |
Miscellaneous #01912, Subseries: " Chew family " Folder 254
Includes family charts and a narrative titled "'Cliveden' Ancestral Home of Benjamin Chew." |
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Contemporary copy of bill of sale for enslaved woman, 1846 #01912, Subseries: " Dean, Peggy " Folder 255
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| Folder 256 |
Estate papers, 1910 #01912, Subseries: " Dean, Peggy " Folder 256
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| Image Folder PF-1912/69 |
Peggy, undated #01912, Subseries: " Dean, Peggy " PF-1912/691 image. Black-and-white print.
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| Folder 257 |
Correspondence concerning the Blackford diaries #01912, Subseries: " King, Wilma " Folder 257
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| Photograph Album PA-1912/4 |
Original Album #01912, Subseries: "Photograph album : "Manns-Blackfords, 1900s" " PA-1912/4
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Digitized Album #01912, Subseries: "Photograph album : "Manns-Blackfords, 1900s" " DF-1912/4PDF of entire album. Tiffs of individual album pages. |
| Folder 261 |
Clippings #01912, Subseries: " Mann family " Folder 261
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| Image Folder PF-1912/75 |
Lizzie Jackson Mann, William Mann, and others, undated #01912, Subseries: " Mann family " PF-1912/754 images. Black-and-white prints.
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| Image Folder PF-1912/76 |
Gravestone and portraits of William Jackson Mann, Rev. Armistead Smith, and Martha Smith, undated #01912, Subseries: " Mann family " PF-1912/764 images. Black-and-white prints.
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| Image Folder PF-1912/77 |
Portraits, #01912, Subseries: " Mann family " PF-1912/772 images. Color prints.
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| Image Folder PF-1912/78 |
Gravestones, 1996 #01912, Subseries: " Mann family " PF-1912/787 images. Color prints.
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| Folder 262 |
Family charts and clippings #01912, Subseries: " Mann and Fontaine families " Folder 262
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| Folder 263 |
"Genealogy of the Fontaine and Minor Families," 1940 #01912, Subseries: " Mann and Fontaine families " Folder 263
Compiled by Louise Niemeyer Fontaine. |
| Image Folder PF-1912/79 |
Gravestones, 1996 #01912, Subseries: " Mann and Fontaine families " PF-1912/798 images. Color prints.
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| Folder 264 |
Family charts, clippings, and correspondence #01912, Subseries: " Mann, George " Folder 264
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| Image Folder PF-1912/80 |
Gravestones and silhouette portraits of Harriet Mann, George Edward Mann, Jr., and Colonel Henry Mann, undated #01912, Subseries: " Mann, George " PF-1912/805 images. Black-and-white prints.
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| Folder 265 |
Correspondence and clippings #01912, Subseries: " Mann, Thomas Armistead " Folder 265
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| Image Folder PF-1912/81 |
Glen Roy, Md., 1923 #01912, Subseries: " Mann, Thomas Armistead " PF-1912/812 images. Black-and-white prints.
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| Image Folder PF-1912/82 |
Betsy Supplee and Sally Bruce Supplee, undated #01912, Subseries: " Mann, Thomas Armistead " PF-1912/822 images. Black-and-white prints.
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| Image Folder PF-1912/83 |
Miscellaneous, undated #01912, Subseries: " Mann, Thomas Armistead " PF-1912/832 images. Black-and-white prints.
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| Image Folder PF-1912/84 |
Groups, 1970-1976 #01912, Subseries: " Mann, Thomas Armistead " PF-1912/844 images. Color prints.
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| Image Folder PF-1912/85 |
Bruce Mann, Bill Mann, Richard Mann, and other school children. #01912, Subseries: " Mann, Thomas Armistead " PF-1912/856 images. Color prints.
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| Folder 266a |
Family charts, clippings, and copies of family bible records #01912, Subseries: " Mann, William Jackson " Folder 266a
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| Folder 266b |
"The Hill Near Upperville Virginia: A Few Reminiscences of the Civil War by W.J. Mann, 2 March 1919" #01912, Subseries: " Mann, William Jackson " Folder 266b
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| Image Folder PF-1912/86 |
Stained glass window, undated #01912, Subseries: " Mann, William Jackson " PF-1912/861 image. Color print.
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| Image Folder PF-1912/87 |
Interior of home, undated #01912, Subseries: " Mann, William Jackson " PF-1912/871 image. Color print.
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| Folder 269-270 |
Correspondence, clippings, and copy of "A Declaration of Rights" #01912, Subseries: " Mason, George " Folder 269-270
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| Image Folder PF-1912/88 |
Exhibition George Mason, undated #01912, Subseries: " Mason, George " PF-1912/882 images. Color prints.
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| Image Folder PF-1912/89 |
Portrait of George Mason, undated #01912, Subseries: " Mason, George " PF-1912/891 image. Black-and-white print.
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| Folder 271 |
"The Recollections of John Mason" #01912, Subseries: " Mason, John " Folder 271
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| Folder 272 |
Family records and material related to the Colonial Dames of America #01912, Subseries: " Mason, John " Folder 272
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| Folder 273 |
Clippings and miscellaneous #01912, Subseries: " Mason, John " Folder 273
Includes a narrative about the Murray family. |
| Image Folder PF-1912/90 |
John Mason and unidentified woman, circa 1910 #01912, Subseries: " Mason, John " PF-1912/902 images. Black-and-white prints.
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"Sally Bruce Blackford's prep school Vancouver Island, Canada 1930s."
| Photograph Album PA-1912/5 |
Original Album #01912, Subseries: "Photograph album : "Stathcona" " PA-1912/5
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| DF-1912/5 |
Digitized Album #01912, Subseries: "Photograph album : "Stathcona" " DF-1912/5PDF of entire album. Tiffs of individual album pages. |
| Folder 279-280 |
Publications and genealogical information #01912, Subseries: " Minor family " Folder 279-280
Publications include "Launcelot Minor: Pioneer Missionary in Liberia," by Maria Minor (1960) and "The Great John B. Minor and His Cousin Mary Face the War: Correspondence between the Professor of Law and the Lynchburg Blackfords, 1860-1864," by L. Minor Blackford (1953). |
| Folder 283 |
Obituary, 1935 #01912, Subseries: " Minor, Robert Berkely " Folder 283
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| Image Folder PF-1912/108 |
Robert Berkeley Minor, undated #01912, Subseries: " Minor, Robert Berkely " PF-1912/1081 image. Black-and-white print.
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| Folder 290 |
Clippings, publications, and narratives #01912, Subseries: " Seddon family " Folder 290
Includes "Unwritten history after the Civil War concerning the arrest and imprisonment of the Honorable James A. Seddon, Secretary of War of the Confederate States." |
| Image Folder PF-1912/121 |
Gravestones and portraits of Thomas Seddon and Susan Pearson Alexander Seddon, undated #01912, Subseries: " Seddon family " PF-1912/1214 images. Black-and-white prints.
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| Folder 291-292 |
Publications, clippings, and genealogical information #01912, Subseries: " Smith, Armistead " Folder 291-292
Includes information about families' coats of arms. |
| Image Folder PF-1912/122 |
Portraits of Thomas Armistead Smith and gravestones, undated #01912, Subseries: " Smith, Armistead " PF-1912/1224 images. Black-and-white prints.
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| Folder 293-295 |
Correspondence and genealogical information #01912, Subseries: " Smith, Lloyd " Folder 293-295
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| Image Folder PF-1912/123 |
Portrait of John Murray, undated #01912, Subseries: " Smith, Lloyd " PF-1912/1231 image. Black-and-white print.
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| Folder 296-297 |
Correspondence and genealogical information #01912, Subseries: " Smith, William Patterson " Folder 296-297
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| Folder 298 |
"Airville: A Gloucester County, Virginia, Plantation," 1992-1993 #01912, Subseries: " Smith, William Patterson " Folder 298
Written by Nancy Carter Crump. |
| Image Folder PF-1912/124 |
Glen Roy, 1975 and undated #01912, Subseries: " Smith, William Patterson " PF-1912/1247 images. Black-and-white prints.
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| Image Folder PF-1912/125 |
Portrait of William Patterson Smith, undated #01912, Subseries: " Smith, William Patterson " PF-1912/1251 image. Black-and-white print.
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| Image Folder PF-1912/126 |
Gravestones, undated #01912, Subseries: " Smith, William Patterson " PF-1912/1264 images. Black-and-white prints.
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Processed by: SHC Staff, 1997
Encoded by: Margaret Dickson, March 2006
Updated by Jackie Dean in October 2017 and by Laura Hart in December 2017, January 2018, and May 2018.
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