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A collection of letters and tactical maps related to Ruggles service with the Army of Virginia. The first item is letter written at Fredericksburg, Virginia, on May 4, 1861 by from Thomas H. Williamson, major of engineers of the Army of Virginia. This letter was accompanied by two tactical maps: The first map shows part of Rappahannock River from Corbin's Creek to Tappahannock; The second map, drawn on wax paper, shows strategic locations along the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers in Virginia. The second letter was written by Abram De Saules, June 10, 1861. This item was accompanied by a tactical map showing the area along Potomac River between King George County, Virginia and Charles County, Maryland

Micou's ledger contains accounts for the Tidewater Index, particulary with advertisers. The ledger provide a glimpse of the life of the Tappahannock community in the 1870s through advertisements and notices entered for the newly founded Aberdeen Academy, an ice cream festival, real estate sales, railroads, insurance legal services and notices and the sale of pictures of the death-bed of Stonewall Jackson

Collection of travel brochures detailing attractions in the Virginia Middle Peninsula area

The collection consists of clippings and some printed items pertaining to the Civil War and Reconstruction, the University of Virginia, and Norwood School

Micou's ledger contains accounts for the Tidewater Index, particulary with advertisers. The ledger provide a glimpse of the life of the Tappahannock community in 1883 through advertisements and job printing including obituaries, public sales, schools, stores, the Weems Line Steamers, election tickets, a church festival and a lost property notice for a stolen canoe

Receipt book, 1825-1854, of incoming cargo, containing the name of the captain, the name of the vessel, amounts and costs and also including loose bills of lading for goods shipped from Tappahannock, Va. to Baltimore, Md

Collection of travel brochures detailing attractions in Tappahannock and Essex County, Virginia

The collection contains two physician's account ledgers, 1790-1799 (attributed to Dr. John Brockenbrough, 1744-1804) and 1827-1842 (possibly of Dr. John Brockenbrough, 1774-1852)

The papers contain correspondence; financial papers, ledgers and receipts; legal papers; photographs; scrapbooks and miscellany

Consists of two pages of "Regulations to be Observed by the Pupils of the Tappahannock Female Seminary," by the principal Lucy Wellford Gray; a Register of Pupils from 1818-1860, containing the names of more than seven hundred male and female students; and a carte-de-visite of Lucy Wellford Gray