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John D. Martin Papers
John D. Sutton Diaries
A bound manuscript diary belonging to John D. Sutton, ca. October-November, 1798. In it he relates of a journey from New Market, Virginia, to the Elk River in western Virginia, by way of Strasburg, Staunton, Warm Springs, Lewisburg, and Charleston in addition to the daily activities of that time.
John D. Sutton Diaries
Typescript copy of a diary concerning teaching and social life in the vicinity of Charleston and Dorchester, South Carolina, a journey by sea to Maryland, and travel by land to Alexandria, Virginia
John Daily (1829-1911), Sketch of the Life of John Daily
A sketch of the life of John Daily, a merchant and dentist of Westernport, Maryland, and Piedmont, West Virginia, who was born at Springfield, Hampshire County. Mainly an account of Daily's Civil War service with the Eleventh Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A., and his participation in the capture of General George Crook and General Benjamin F. Kelley at Cumberland, Maryland, in February, 1865.
John Davis (1751-1841) Genealogy
Typescript compilation of "John Davis, 1751-1841, Revolutionary Soldier and his wife, Ann Furbee, 1756-1833. Some descendants, some antecedents."
John Dent Pension Certificate
Pension certificate showing John Dent as having served as a Lt. in the 13th Continental Virginia Regiment, and entitled to a pension of $320 per annum, commencing 4 March 1831.
John E. Allen, Jr., Collector, Two Photographs of Melville Davisson Post and Other Material
Two photographs of Melville Davisson Post, a novelist and short-story writer noted for his writing in the detective story genre. Includes portrait of Post posing with polo stick and dog at his feet. Also includes photo of Post mounted on horse as a polo player among group of three other polo players. There are also two frames (ca. 1920s) that contained the M.D. Post photos, and a photo of an unidentified woman (1924).
John E. Reed, Plant Encyclopedic Scrapbooks
This collection includes 153 handmade scrapbooks in which John E. Reed gathered and pasted newspaper and magazine articles, pamphlets, pictures, definitions, and handwritten notes about different plants. These scrapbooks are alphabetized by the botanical/scientific names of each plant, and the collection also includes four index books for reference. It also includes copies of two pages of correspondence between John Reed and William H. Witte with background about the scrapbooks (Box 1).