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A small newspaper exert in the Highland Recorder of a little girl named Janey writing a letter to former secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau Jr. With the letter, Janey sends $18.75 of stamps to buy war bonds for her contribution to the war…

A book detailing the many roles women have obtained as well as what was thought of these women during the colonial period of the United States.

Baseball card portrait.

In this legal document it describes the processions of William Mason after death while also describing what his children received as well, one example being Edgar Mason's possessions.

A tavern keeper called William Dixon claimed that a Reverend called Patrick Lunan had stayed at his house for four days, during which he acquired two pounds, fourteen shillings, and ten pence of debt. However, due to the laws of the time, Dixon was…

The general ideals behind the movement of Reston Black Focus and how they publicly advertised themselves to the Reston Black community. It also makes a statement to why the "New Town" project required the attention and supervision of a African…

A newspaper advertisement talking about what General Dwight D, Eisenhower has to report on how the war is progressing in Europe and what the home front has to report to him. It further explains the importance of war bonds and lists 5 more reasons to…

After the 1914 Enabling Act, a referendum was announced to decide on either implementing or not implementing state-wide prohibition in Virginia. Both anti-alcohol and pro-alcohol sides made propaganda to sway the public to vote for their causes.

Image of Waterford Second Street School, a post-Civil war school for African-American children; and a map of historic sites in the town of Waterford

This account shows Washington's perspective on his man "Mulatto Billy" as he calls him.