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Edward Gibbon Wakefield, J. E. Orschel

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Edward Gibbon Wakefield: This interesting man wes an.enigma.

Nothing about himwas ordinary. Even his faults were extraordinary,

but generally of an amiable kind. He faced the

world with two extremely potent weapons: a vision capable of

piercing the thickest 'problem, ancl a mastery of the art of

convincing and persuading. His ultimate aims were always

laudable; but he applied, without quibble, any effective means

of execution at his disposal. As a widower with a passionately

loved little daughter, a kidnap-marriage.put him on the road

to prison as well as on the highway to fame. During his incarceration

he became the …

Development Of Charleston And The Great Kanawha Valley, Cecil Anderson

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The development of the Valley of the Great Kanawha River has been rapid and has not as yet reached its peake in growth. The Valley has been richly endowed with abundance of raw material and the facilities for the changing or these materials in­to useful commodities. Along with the growth of the industry comes civic growth and it is these growth that I wish to present in this monograph.

History Of Education In Loudoun County, Dorsey Ford

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This paper is prepared as an original research monograph in American History. In it the author has tried to give a true account of the schools in Loudon County, Virginia, from the earliest times up to the present.

The Louisa Railroad (1836-1850), Charles W. Turner

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The first railroad built in Virginia was chartered March 8, 1827. By the year 1860, there were 1,350 miles of railroad in Virginia. Among the first to be chartered was the Louisa Railroad from which the great Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad of today has its origin. This paper is a history of this railroad during the years it was known as the Louise Railroad.

The History Of The Vaucluse Gold Mine, Thomas Todd

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A history and firsthand account of the Vaucluse gold mine.

A History Of The County Court In Virginia, D S. Rubenstein

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The county court is among the most colorful institutions in Virginia history. Coming into existence a few years after the birth of the colony, it remained almost unchanged in its general character up until the time of the Civil War. Not only was it the keystone about which the administration of local justice was build, but it possessed important legislative and executive functions.

The Juvenile Court : It's Purpose With Special Treatment On The Juvenile And Domestic Relations Court Of Richmond, Virginia, Harold L. Ronick

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The objectives of the writer in writing this monograph are two - first, to acquaint himself with the Juvenile And Relations Court of his own city, and second, to compile the records of the court so that they may known to all interested people.

The work is divided into four sections - in the first the early fundamental history and principles of Juvenile Courts in which an attempt is made to show that the Juvenile Court can trace its origin back to the English Common law Courts.

In the second section the writer discusses the bills passed by the General …

The Life Of Major James Henry Dooley, Robert B. Harris

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Major Dooley was deeply interested in the civil welfar of his community and did much to aid those in need of assistance. He was the person who founded and equipped the Dooley Hospital for Crippled Children on East Marshall Street, an dhe likewise had an interest in a similar hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. He was a director of business affairs of the Sisters of Charity. He also took a profound interest in educational and religious matters being associated with the Catholic Church. He was a member of the board of directors of the Co-Orperative Educational Association of this city. At …

Religion In The Virginia Statutes, Earnest T. Gearheart Jr

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This work began as a listing of abstracts of laws pertaining to religion and an investigation of those institutions revealed therein; but its scope has enlarged to consist of a listing of those laws, an index to that list, and a fairly extended history of the evolution of real religious freedom in Virginia. Mr. P. A. Bruce and others have covered the field of describing those institutions far better than I could, so that there was no use attempting to duplicate their work. My efforts have been directed to studying the source and effect of those laws which were most …

The Richmond, Fredericksburg And Potomac Railroad During The War Between The States, Grayson Lewis Nickel

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The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad has perhaps had one of the most interesting histories of any railroad in the Untied States.

The Fellow Servant Doctrine And Its Application In Virginia, Winston G. Crenshaw

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Prior to early in the twentieth century, working men were forced to accept conditions as laid down by their employers. It was largely essential that they work under whatever circumstances their employers saw fit to apply--their jobs were dependent upon their submission.

The Growth Of Historical Study In American Institutions With Special Reference To Richmond College, Vernon B. Richardson

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A Study Of The Trial Justice Court Of Henrico County, Joseph A. Alexander

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I will be frank in admitting that it was with the greatest misgivings that I accepted the assignment to make a study of the Henrico Trial Justice Court. The work laid out before me was in Virgin territory for, to the best of my knowledge, no study similar to that which I contemplated has been undertaken before. Thus, it was only natural for me to visualize the problems which would beset me, the unfamiliar legal terms which would puzzle one and the dreary court scenes which would leave me drunk with their monotony. Well, I came to the problems, saw …

History Of The Supreme Court Of Appeals Of Virginia, Richard C. Poage

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This paper is an attempt to describe in brief compass the evolution of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals since its beginning in the year 1779. This period, which historically began with the Virginia Constitution in 1776 and extends to the present day, is truly modern history. The problems which it solved and the problems which it left unsolved are of vital concern to the present generation.

It is obvious that such a subject as the one chosen is one about which volumes could well be written; but such a task would requite a great deal of time and a …

The History Of The High Schools Of Fluvanna County, Thomas E. Mcgehee

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A history of the high schools of Fluvanna County as of 1935.

The Negro Problem In The South, Sidney T. Matthews Jr

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Among the chief problems which vexed the country for the last century and threaten to give yet more trouble in the future, is what is usually termed "The Negro Questions." To the south, it has been for nearly seventy years the chief public question, overshadowing all others, and withdrawing her from due participation in the direction and benefit of the National Government. It has kept alive section feeling, has inflamed partisanship, distorted party policies, barred complete reconciliation, cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and hundreds if not thousands of lives, and stands ever ready, like Banquo's ghost, to burst forth …

The Supreme Court Of The Confederate States Of America, Robert W. Ferrell

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Much has been written about the military history of the Confederate States of America, but comparatively little has been recorded regarding the civil status of the form of government behind the armed forces. This fact might be explained in many ways, upon which however we will not endeavor to expatiate, our purpose being to investigate only one phase of the civil government which has received very little attention from historians, namely, the judicial system of the Confederate States culminating in its Supreme Court.

The Dahlgren Raid Against Richmond, March 28 - April 2, 1864, Julien Gunn Jr.

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The whole point of the raid was the destruction of as much of the supplies which might be used by the Confederates as possible and the release of those Federal prisoners which were incarcerated in Richmond. One has only to look ahead to the burning of Columbia, South Carolina to see what might have happened in Richmond.

The Missionary Activities Of R. H. Graves, 1853-1912, Jack Powers

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In the year 1853, Rosewell Hobart Graves was a Baptist minister in the city of Baltimore. However, he was unhappy there because he realised that in American almost everyone might her of the gospel while in other lands mens were perishing without ever having heard the name of Jesus. Thus he was prompted to seek a foreign field.

Sometime in the late Spring or early Summer of that year, he applied to the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, in Richmond, Virginia, to be sent as a missionary to wherever they needed him most. In the middle of …

Mary Anne Randolph Custis Lee : Wife Of General Robert E. Lee, Dorothy Lee

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Much has been written concerning the life and achievements of General Robert Edward Lee, but the life and letters of his wife Mary Anne Randolph Custis Lee have scarcely been touched, except in their connection with her illustrious husband. From her published writings and the from the devotion her husband gave her she would seem to have been a woman sufficiently individual to merit the historian's attention.

Mary Lee's life was not only brought into close relationship with the historic personages of her own generation but through her parents and grandparents she was influenced by the founders of the American …

The Fairfax Lands In Virginia, Dorothy Epperly

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During the Revolution the property of George

William Fairfax had been confiscated by the stu te of

Virginia. So by the beginning of the nineteenth century

the vast domain of landed estate had passed from the

hands of the Fairfax family and had come into the

possession of small land owners. Though the battle had been

hard fought, With the process of time, democracy vras

victorious.

Dr. Walter Reed And Yellow Fever, Reade W. Corr

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All my life I have been hearing about Dr. Walter Reed. He has been known to me as the man who made possible the building of the Panama Canal. This I was told he did by eliminating yellow fever from Central America. How he succeeded in doing this or when it was done, I did not know. Indeed, people in general seem to know nothing whatever concerning him. In order to inform myself of Dr. Reed's work I have have decided to prepare this paper. I also feel that it is my duty to learn of Dr. Reed. He was …

Colonel Fielding Lewis, Emeline Lee Stearns

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There is a two-fold reason for the assertion that to the student of American History, and especially of those chapters dealing with the Old Dominion, a study of the life of Fielding Lewis should prove one of value and intense interest. First, there is the contribution which this colonial patriot made to the Revolutionary cause. To too great an extent we associate heroism in a time of strife with courage on the battlefield. The life of Fielding Lewis is a story of courage on the side lines, a courage none the less true because it lacks military glory as a …

Life Of John Warwick Daniel, Ruth Lazenby

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John Warwick Daniel was born on the 5th of September, 1824, in Lynchburg, and died on the 29th of June, 1910. Only sixty-eight years of life, a short period when one measures the span of a lifetime and yet he crowded into these years so much that he has rightly come to be called soldier and orator, jurist and lawgiver, statesman and senator. As a soldier he was brave, loyal and devoted to duty, winning many honors for courage and gallantry. As an orator he was noted for his eloquence, charm and unsurpassed beauty of language, and it was perhaps …

Virginia's Attitude Toward The Compromise Of 1850, Anne T. Gordon

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As with an individual, a great conflict develops character and causes expression of ideals, so in the life of a nation conflicts develop the people, and give us a knowledge of their ideals and principles. It is mainly with the latter aspect of one great conflict - the struggle over the Compromise of 1850 - that this paper will deal. In this short article an effort will be made to show the attitude of Virginia - one section, small in territorial expanse when compared with the whole, but large in influence, as she faced this problem on the solution of …

From Cape Town To Cairo, Leslie L. Jones

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Cecil Rhodes has been dead twenty-two years. The flesh of the man has long since become dust; his dreams are about to become realities... two slender streaks of shining steel form Cape Town to Cairo. For the red now cleaves the heart of Africa, north and south, from the Inner Sea to The Cape of Good Hope. A great splash of red up and down this vast continent where fifty years ago but little red was to be seen.

And this is the simple task I have set myself in the present paper: accounting for the red, this astonishing growth …

Indication Of The Attitude Of Virginia Colleges Toward The Institution Of Slavery, 1800-1860, Katherine Tyler

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It was natural that the Virginia college should concern themselves with the all-important subject of slavery in the sixty years' interval of the widespread discussion which cumulated in one of the most bitter and distressing struggles that the United States has ever experienced. For, had not Virginia always taken the foremost stand in any matter concerning the South's welfare, and was not her heartfelt anxiety representative of all her fellow states?

Sixty Seven Petitions : Sixteen Hours And Ten Minutes Archives Work, Ada D. Arthur

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Sixty seven petitions : sixteen hours and ten minutes archives work

Mahone, The Boss, Celia Levinson

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It is no accident or chance smile of fortune when a man works doggedly and whole-heartedly with all the force of a dynamic spirit and sheer indomitable will toward one end, that he may wield the sceptre of power and bend the wills of other men to his. Whether or not the results of such control of power will amount to greatness depends upon the uses to which the weapon is put and upon the soul of the man. Power can be acquried, but true greatness never. True greatness emanates from within the spirit and cannot be spread over the …

Thomas W. Gilmer, Rebekah V. Lawson

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It often happens that the names of some men, who had a large part in shaping the past policies of our country, are not now current in the thoughts of the average student of history. It is left to biographical monographs of this nature to review the lives of these men. With this ever increasing group of names may be placed that of Thomas Walker Gilmer. He was influential in the affairs of his native state, Virginia, during the decade from 1830 to 1840. This was the period when Southern leaders really dominated national affairs and Virginia was not racking …