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Dublin Core
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Title
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Nelson Family Papers, 1783-1872 (Ms1989-021)
Identifier
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Ms1989-021
Subject
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Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Description
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This collection consists of papers from the Nelson family of Clarke County, Virginia. The papers consist of correspondence among the family members, particularly between Hugh and Adelaide Nelson of Long Branch Plantation in Millwood and their daughter Nannie, as well as the Civil War letters between prisoner of war G. Washington "Wash" Nelson and Mollie Scollay of Shepardstown, Virginia.
G. Washington Nelson was captured in 1863 and held at Johnson's Island, Ohio, Point Lookout, Maryland, and Fort Delaware, Delaware. Civil War papers also include muster rolls, one of them signed by J.E.B. Stuart, of Captain Hugh Nelson's company, the Clarke County, Company D., Sixth Cavalry Volunteers.
Creator
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Nelson family
Source
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<a href="http://search.vaheritage.org/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv01279.xml" target="_blank">See the Finding Aid for the Nelson Family Papers</a>
Date
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1783/1872
Rights
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Permission to publish material from the Nelson Family Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Nelson Family Papers, Ms1989-021, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech
Document
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Identifier
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Ms1989_021_NelsonFamily_Box1_1861_0921
Title
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September 21, 1861, Letter to Mrs. Hugh Nelson from Insurance agent (re: burning of the green house)
Date
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1861-09-21
Type
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Letters
Source
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<a href="http://search.vaheritage.org/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv01279.xml" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">See the Finding Aid for the Nelson Family Papers</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Permission to publish material from the Nelson Family Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Nelson Family Papers, Ms1989-021, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nelson family
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg Va.