Box 4
Container
Contains 19 Results:
Series 3. Writings, 1839–1877
Series — Box: 4, Folder: 1-10
Scope and Contents
This series chiefly contains the poetry and penmanship exercises of the Sexton sisters, Almira Sexton Farmington, Louisa Sexton Hays, and Amie Sexton Silcott, as well as writings by their uncle, Loyal Young, and Silcott's daughter, Ella Louise "Nellie" Silcott. Where materials could be identified by author, including a six-page 1851 diary and poetry written by Amie Sexton Silcott, items are arranged in alphabetical order according to creator. Some items are dated between 1847 and 1855, but...
Dates:
1839–1877
Series 4. Financial Materials, 1818-1823, 1850s-1880s
Series — Box: 4, Folder: 13-19
Scope and Contents
This series primarily contains receipts, bills, deeds, and tax tickets from the 1850s to the 1880s. Some documents are related to Augustus and Annie Young Sexton, and these have been separated from the general financial materials.
Dates:
1818-1823, 1850s-1880s
Series 5. Minter Jackson Papers, ca. 1840-1920
Series — Box: 4, Folder: 20-21
Scope and Contents
This series includes correspondence, financial records, photographs, land speculation records pertaining to lands, Jackson genealogy information, and some papers of Walter Jackson that extensively document Minter Jackson's land speculation in north central western Virginia (now West Virginia) in the 1840s and 1850s.
Dates:
ca. 1840-1920
Silcott, Amie Sexton--Diary, 1851
File — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Silcott, Amie Sexton--Poetry and miscellaneous, 1849-1855, undated
File — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Dates:
1849-1855, undated
Miscellaneous manuscripts (includes fragments of letters and poetry)., ca. 1840s-1850s
File — Box: 4, Folder: 6-7
Dates:
ca. 1840s-1850s