Jones Memorial Library

Jones Memorial Library - LU Serve Day 04-27-2024

"Liberty University Serve Day for Lynchburg" projects. Jones Memorial Library handwritten manuscripts from our collection in need of transcription.

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Jones Memorial Library Manuscripts MS1047

Manuscript 1047 from the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. These pages are from an account book that belonged to Lynchburg slave trader Seth Woodroof. The account book lists the sales of enslaved persons between 1834-1840. The library is transcribing this work to make it available...

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Jones Memorial Library MS2060 - Winston Petition

Jones Memorial Library Manuscript 2060 is a portion of the petition filed by attorneys Leigh & Anthony on behalf of Dorothea & Edmund Winston in response to a lawsuit brought by Patrick Henry's executors. Dorothea Dandridge was Henry's second wife - Henry married her in 1777 after his first...

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