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Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Dunlap Family Papers, WLU Coll. 0245, Special Collections and Archives, James
G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Dunlap, Jr. (March 1996)
Papers contain information about Dunlap's family members, especially Madison Dunlap (1808-1883) of Kerr's Creek and his son,
John Matthew Dunlap, a member of the Washington and Lee Class of 1857 who was killed at at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
The collection includes compositions that John Matthew Dunlap wrote for Professor J. J. White in 1856-1857, transcripts of
letters he wrote while serving in the Confederate Army, and letters concerning his death. The collection also includes the
manuscript of J. D. Morrison's Old Monmouth and Its Times.
The file includes a 'Family group sheet' on Elizabeth McDowell and Thomas Benton. It also includes data on 'The Wilsons and
Moores of Rockbridge County, Virginia,' collected by Walter Hanna Dunlap and on 'Four Preachers.'
Text [0000004439] box: 1 folder: 4
John M. Dunlap, Bill
2 Item
1860English.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a bill to John M. Dunlap, Jr. from Anderson. It also consists of an accompanying letter.
Text [0000004440] box: 1 folder: 5
John M. Dunlap, Transcripts of Civil War Letters
Dunlap, Walter Hanna1861-1863English.
Scope and Contents
This file consists of transcripts of letters from John Matthew Dunlap to his brother Bill, from John to his family, from Dr.
B. Greenlee to John M. Dunlap, Jr., from Samuel Mckee Laird, and from Charles F. Jordan, Captain Co. C of the 1st Regiment
Va. Calvary.
Text [0000004441] box: 1 folder: 6
Compositions, by student Washington College student John McKee Dunlap
Dunlap, John Matthew
3 Item
1856-1857English.
Scope and Contents
This file consists of three manuscript compositions written by Washington College student John Mckee Dunlap for Professor
James Jones (J.J.) White titled, 'An Evening Adventure' - about a walk to and about the Liberty Hall Academy ruin, 'Eloquence'
, and 'Fashion'.
Text [0000004442] box: 1 folder: 7
Madison Dunlap, Accounts
5 Item
1830-1840English.
Text [0000004445] box: 1 folder: 8
Madison Dunlap, Accounts
18 Item
1840-1850English.
Text [0000004446] box: 1 folder: 9
Madison Dunlap, Accounts
24 Item
1850-1855English.
Text [0000004447] box: 1 folder: 10
Madison Dunlap, Accounts
20 Item
1856-1859English.
Text [0000004448] box: 1 folder: 11
Madison Dunlap, Accounts
9 Item
1860-1870English.
Text [0000004449] box: 1 folder: 12
Madison Dunlap, Accounts
10 Item
1870-1878English.
Text [0000004450] box: 1 folder: 13
Madison Dunlap, Bills, Receipts, Promissory Notes
19 Item
1845-1877English.
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Madison Dunlap, Tax Receipts
26 Item
1835-1868English.
Scope and Contents
Contains receipts and transcript
Text [0000004452] box: 1 folder: 15
Manuscript of "Old Monmouth and its Times" by J. D. Morrison
14 Item
English.
Text [0000004453] box: 1 folder: 16
Transcript of "Old Monmouth and its Times"
1 Item
1996-05-01English.
Scope and Contents
Transcribed by John M. Dunlap, Jr. of Waynesboro, Va.
Text [0000004454] box: 1 folder: 17
Scotch-Irish History - Transcripts of Articles
Waddell, Joseph AddisonRockbridge County NewsMcLaughlin, William