Letters & Diaries

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Information (2 Letters)

These items contain information relating to the Letters.

1700s (28 Letters)

Letters written from 1700 through 1799

1800 - 1819 (52 Letters)

Letters written from 1800 through 1819

1820 - 1839 (359 Letters)

Letters written from 1820 through 1839

1840 - 1859 (433 Letters)

Letters written from 1840 through 1859

1860 - 1879 (281 Letters)

Letters written from 1860 through 1879

1880 - 1899 (74 Letters)

Letters written from 1880 through 1899

1900s (55 Letters)

Letters written from 1900 through 1999

Drawings (60 Letters)

Drawings found with the letters

Practical Arithmatic (22 Letters)

James T. Gleaves' Practical Arithmatic, part the 1st by James Williams Wythe County Virginia; used in 1815

Ledger: JTG 1827-1834 (98 Letters)

Ledger kept by James Turk Gleaves from 1827 to 1834 at Cripple Creek, Wythe County, Virginia

Ledger: JTG 1841-1849 (249 Letters)

Ledger kept by James Turk Gleaves from 1841 to 1849 at Cripple Creek, Wythe County, Virginia

Ledger: JTG 1849-1854 (40 Letters)

Portions of a Ledger kept by James Turk Gleaves from 1849 to 1854 at Cripple Creek, Wythe County, Virginia

Ledger: JTG 1859-1868 (194 Letters)

Ledger kept by James Turk Gleaves from 1859 to 1868 at Cripple Creek, Wythe County, Virginia

Diary: Betty Gleaves (22 Letters)

Diary written by Elizabeth 'Betty' Lowe Gleaves (1834-1907), wife of Ezekial Smith Gleaves, living in Dickson County, Tennessee. Used with permission of the Tennessee State Archives.

Ledger: East Tennessee (47 Letters)

Dates from late 1850s to mid 1860s containing records of court fees, both chancery & circuit; Confederate States correspondences; not a Gleaves ledger

Ledger: RHG 1870s (65 Letters)

Ledger kept by Robert Harvey Gleaves during 1870s in Cripple Creek, Wythe County, Virginia

Inventory: E. K. Byrd (28 Letters)

Nov, 1871 - Note says "Amt due me from Byrd $1122.66". This appears to be a list of his belongings, also called "Invoice of Bill of Stock/Goods On Hand".

Ledger: Misc 1870s (9 Letters)

Portions of a ledger found among the Gleaves papers