One of dedicated volunteers, Cheryl Holzbach, is a retired police officer with meticulous attention to detail. Last summer she took it upon herself to transcribe Louisa County Will Book 1 in its entirety. To read the document as a PDF, please…
NAACP Records transcriptions
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Library of Congress, Madison Building (LM)
Manuscript Room
Record Title: NAACP records, 1842-1999
Container: Box I: C202
Contents: Part I: Administrative File, 1885-1949,…
I drop you a line this morning to tell you that we have another boy added to our household who made his appearance at 3 o’clock yesterday.
Mary Minor had an elegant time & both she and the boy…
Charlottesville June 5th 1865
Mr Henry Taylor,
My Dear Sir
The meeting held here to-day agreed for themselves, and recommended to others, that all masters shall, as far as practicable, agree with all those who have been their slaves, old and…
Hickory Hill
April 27th 1865
My dear Henry one of your servants has called here on his way to Louisa and I avail myself of the opportunity to reply to your note received on monday though Tom --- We have sent for the corn --- I could not…
Dear Julia
Late last night Mr Tayler found that he would have to leavefor Mont rose today, instead of on Monday as he had first intended, and any letter to you will be hurried instead of long as I wished it to…