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"His Soul is Marching On": Artifacts from the Raid on Harpers Ferry
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<html><body><p>On the night of Sunday October 16, 1859, twenty-three men emerged from the woods surrounding the town of Harpers Ferry, which sits at the confluence of the Potomac
Family Donates Civil War Diary of Henry Alexander Scandrett
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<html><body><p>This past spring Sharon Summers, Charles W. Scandrett, Janet S. Hunt, Barbara J. Kaufman, and Sandra S.
Must Love Dogs: 11/11/18
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<html><body><p>In 1918, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, an armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany, effectively ending World War I.
Mourning Lincoln
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<html><body><p>In reviewing boxes labeled as "unprocessed ephemera," a colleague and I came across something really cool. It is a tiny image of Abraham Lincoln framed i
John Marshall Letters Document Writing of George Washington's Biography
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<html><body><p>In December 2016, David B.
"[T]o be published in the usual places": The proclamation of William & Mary as King and Queen
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<html><body><p>What is the difference between printing and publishing? This is perhaps something many of us don't think about, but there is a difference.
"From my hand": A letter written by King William III enters Swem Library Special Collections
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SCRC's Exhibition Now Open at the Muscarelle Museum of Art
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<html><body><p>On February 11 the exhibition, <a href="https://libraries.wm.edu/e
Remembering the 1918 Earthquake and Tsunami in Puerto Rico
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<html><body><p style="text-align: left;">On October 11, 1918, an 7.5 magnitude earthquake shook the homes of residents in <a href="
Powell Family Papers - Hepburn Addition Available Online
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