About 25 years ago, Michael Cook was hiking in rural Mecklenburg County near the North Carolina border, some eight to ten miles southwest of South…
Trenton HizerNovember 3, 2021
On 17 April 1868, exactly seven years after a Virginia convention had voted to secede from the United States, another Virginia convention voted to approve…
John DealApril 17, 2019
A reunion of sorts recently took place when the Library of Virginia received a generous gift of the papers of William D. Bouldin (1839-1917) from his…
Jim GreveFebruary 1, 2012
When I found a little booklet titled “Presented with the Compliments of B.F. Avery & Sons…” in a box of oversized Smyth County Chancery Court…
Dale DulaneyMay 4, 2011
Editor’s Note: Guest contributor Brent Tarter offers the following post, pointing out some interesting finds made by the creators of the Library of Virginia’s Union or Secession exhibition.…
Brent TarterMarch 30, 2011
