A Guide to Papers of the Keeling, Rowe and Farish Families 1765-1877 Keeling, Rowe, Farish Papers, 1765-1877 11144

A Guide to Papers of the Keeling, Rowe and Farish Families 1765-1877

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Accession Number 11144


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
11144
Title
Papers of the Keeling, Rowe and Farish Families 1765-1877
Physical Characteristics
3 items
Language
English
Abstract
Papers of the families of Virginia [Spotsylvania county?] consist of a copy of The Book of Common Prayer, with 11 pages documenting births (including slave births), kept by Rachel Keeling; also included are a report card from Bowling Green Female Seminary (1877), for Emma Farish, and a receipt for rooting rose slips.

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Preferred Citation

Keeling, Rowe and Farish Family Papers, 1765-1877, Accession #11144, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This material was given to the Library by Mildred Sisson Atkins of Morgantown, West Virginia, on May 3, 1994.

Scope and Content Information

There are three items included: The Book of Common Prayer, 1765, kept by Rachel Keeling, containing eleven pages documenting births, of which nine pages contain entries of slave births; Bowling Green Female Seminary Report of Emma Farish for 1877; and, "a receipt to root rose slips," n.d.