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Miscellaneous items, 1940 - 1962

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 21

Scope and Contents

This folder contains: - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from Benjamin Shedd @ Wake Forest, NC “Dear Cousin Mary” Dec. 24 [no date] - Note from “Lula” including Burks data and information that “Mrs. Hatcher died at 10 o’clock this morning” [no date] - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from “Cousin Ralph” @ Belmont Manor, Bermuda [no date] - Letter from Lucy Ackerly to “Dear Sis” [no date] PS that “I was plain mad that Matt Paxton didn’t let a better write up go in the paper about Will…” - Letter from Lucy Ackerly to “Dear Sis” [no date] describing mother’s illness - Letter to Mrs. Mary Ackerly Field from Mrs. Blanche Fry-Shafer of Cincinnati, Ohio regarding confusion about Captain John Murray [no date] - Penciled note to Mrs. G.H. Field “Dear Mary” from her mother [no date] - Letter to Miss Ackerly from “Elizabeth” June 20 [no date] regarding genealogy of Jacob White - 2 letters [undated] from B. Shafer of Cincinnati, OH to Mrs. Field re: genealogy of Major John Murray - Postcard from Yale University Aug. 29, 1941 from Frank and Ruth to Mrs. Harris Fields - Note to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Laird Thompson thanking Mary for flowers at time of mother’s death [no date] - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Lucy “Dear Sis” enclosed in First Day Commemorative Stamp envelope “Cyrus McCormick” Oct. 14, 1940 - Letter from Mary E. Dillard of Lynchburg to “My dear Mrs. Parker” about Dillards July 1 [No date] - Letter from Mary E. Dillard of Lynchburg to “My dear Mrs. Parker” about Dillards July 1 [No date] - Note from Mrs. George Parker regarding list of libraries [no date] - Letter to Rev. John Pickett from “Geo.” [son George] “My Dear Pa-“ [no date] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Bessie Jacobson re: John [no date 1954?] - Letter in pencil to “My dear old Cousin” from J. Castily G… of Poplar Hill [no date] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Eva Pallared [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Mary Monroe, 104 White Street, Lexington Nov 2 [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Ivy & Bob Goring [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Mrs. Stanfield S. McClure Nov. 3, 1954 - Letter to Miss Mary Ackerly from Mary E. Denham … of Pasadena, CA Jan. 10, 1907 - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Marie S. Pole [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy & Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Jesse Thornhill Davidson [no date] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Georgetta [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Mary Faith [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Mrs. Fred Turpin Deaver [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Louise and Roger Beebe [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to “Miss Ackerly” from Ellen Penny [no date 1954?] - Postcard Jan. 31, 1937 to Mrs. G. Harris Field concerning books on hand from “L” in Bedford - Letter to Mrs. Mary D. A. Field in Lexington from Marge Malone at Fieldmont, The Plains, VA [date unclear, but likely Feb. 10, 1962] includes statement “We had an exciting day last Monday as the hunt met here again, and Mrs. Kennedy rode with them. She had Caroline and the baby with her.” [JFK, John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy] - Penciled note “Rough Sketch of My Ancestors” by Mrs. A. D. White [no date] LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 21 - Note to Dr. Chas Turner from Jack Ackerly describing “attached letters Mrs. John P. Ackerly to her daughter Mary” – but there are no items attached or in the folder…

Dates

  • Creation: 1940 - 1962

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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