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Miscellaneous items, 1920 - 1929

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 11

Scope and Contents

This folder contains;- Letter from Thomas Jefferson Turpin VII (Chihuahua, Mexico) to Mary Ackerly - July 25, 1920 “Dear Kinswoman” re: genealogy of Turpin family and Our Kin ( related to Our Kin’ – The genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County, Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker [CALL NO. F232.B4 A17 1976]) - Letter from Mrs. E.H. White (of Goode, VA) to Mary Ackerly - Feb 13, 1923 family talk and Poindexter kin - Letter from “Cousin Georgia” Sneed of Lynchburg, VA to Mary Ackerly – July 14, 1923 concerning genealogy - Black bordered card Mar. 12, 1924 to Mary D. Ackerly from Edith Bolling Wilson in appreciation of sympathy expressed upon the death of Woodrow Wilson - Letter from Thomas Jefferson Turpin VII (Chihuahua, Mexico) to Mary Ackerly - July 25, 1920 “Dear Kinswoman” re: genealogy of Turpin family and Our Kin ( related to Our Kin’ – The genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County, Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker [CALL NO. F232.B4 A17 1976]) - Letter from Mrs. E.H. White (of Goode, VA) to Mary Ackerly - Feb 13, 1923 family talk and Poindexter kin - Letter from “Cousin Georgia” Sneed of Lynchburg, VA to Mary Ackerly – July 14, 1923 concerning genealogy - Black bordered card Mar. 12, 1924 to Mary D. Ackerly from Edith Bolling Wilson in appreciation of sympathy expressed upon the death of Woodrow Wilson - Letter from Mrs. C. L. DeMott (“Kate J.H.”) of Lynchburg, VA to Mary Ackerly concerning genealogy of various Hatchers - Letter Mar. 18, 1924 from William G. Stanard (Virginia Historical Society) to Mary Ackerly re: genealogy of Poindexters and Calloways - Christmas Postcard Dec. 22, 1924 to “Mrs. G. Harris Field” (Mary Ackerly) from “your friend JPA” - Letter to Lucy Ackerly Nov. 11, 1926 re: chest of drawers from White family from P.S. Lankford, Vinton, VA - Letter to Lucy Ackerly Dec. 20, 1926 from C.D. White has ham for her; also Lucy’s clock and a frame - Letter to Lucy Ackerly in Stonewall Jackson Hospital for appendix surgery from fellow teacher “B” - A parody on the Ford automobile is attached – “The Ford Psalm” - Letter May 18, 1927 to Mary Ackerly from Emma Lew (postmarked Lynchburg) about White family reunion - Letter (sympathy on death of father J.P. Ackerly, Sr.) to Mary Ackerly from M.L. Lincoln Aug. 5, 1927 - Letter (sympathy on death of father J.P. Ackerly, Sr.) to Mary Ackerly from Suzie K. Fields of the Plains - Letter (sympathy on death of father J.P. Ackerly, Sr.) to Mary Ackerly from B.J. Wood of Woodlawn Aug. 9, 1929 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Aug. 13, 1927 from “Your Uncle Harris” Field from The Plains, VA - Letter to Mary Ackerly Oct. 4 & 7, 1927 from Olive (Mrs. E. J. Collins, Jr.) Petersburg, VA sympathy – photo of children enclosed - Letter to Mary Ackerly Dec. 12, 1927 from Myrtle Young Thompson of Lexington, VA - Notecard to Mary Ackerly at Bluefield, VA from her mother Dec. 13, 1927 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Jan. 16, 1928 from Mrs. R. W. Patillo (“Mary”) of Big Island, VA – talk of coat of arms - Letter to Mary Ackerly Feb. 7, 1928 from Mrs. R. W. Patillo (“Mary”) of Big Island, VA - Letter to Mary Ackerly Feb. 17, 1928 from Mrs. R. W. Patillo (“Mary”) of Big Island, VA - illnesses & deaths - Letter to Mary Ackerly Feb. 25, 1928 from John Randolph Bolling (brother of Edith Bolling Wilson and her secretary) “because of delicate health my father was never in the Civil War;” but he was “one of the guards around the scaffold at the time of the execution of John Brown” He also asks to see a “small daguerreotype” of his mother that Mary had - Letter to Mary Ackerly Mar. 11, 1928 from John Randolph Bolling (brother of Edith Bolling Wilson and her secretary) thanking her for genealogical material on the Bolling family and offering help - Letter to Mary Ackerly Mar. 11, 1928 from Edith Bolling Wilson (Mrs. Woodrow Wilson)- A PERSONAL NOTE – thanking Mary for sending the daguerreotype of her mother, asking if they might keep the original and return a copy, and promising to send a copy of a daguerreotype of her father [“as my brother is replying to your questions regarding the family data you ask for I am making this just a personal note.”] - Letter Mar. 18, 1928 to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. R. W. Patillo (“Mary”) of Big Island, VA family chattings - Letter of Mar. 21, 1928 to Mark Ackerly from Research Librarian Jessica Ferguson at Pennsylvania State Library and Museum regarding Paul Akerly’s [sic] former place of residence - A handwritten PERSONAL NOTE Mar. 26, 1928 from Edith Bolling Wilson (Mrs. Woodrow Wilson) to Mary Ackerly thanking her for sharing original daguerreotype of her mother and stating “I am in bed myself with a bad attack of laryngilia” - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Ewing McLean of Indiana regarding Ewing family genealogy.

Dates

  • Creation: 1920 - 1929

Extent

From the Collection: 10 Box

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Repository

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