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Guide to the Alexander Haight family collection, 1764-1977

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Accession Number C0159


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Collection number
C0159
Title
Alexander Haight family collection 1764-1977
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http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/haight.html
Physical Characteristics
13 linear feet (19 boxes and 12 unboxed objects)
Creator
Alexander Haight
Language
English
Abstract
This collection contains materials of the Haight family, who have lived in Northern Virginia since the 1840s, and who owned Sully Plantation during the Civil War. Materials include correspondence, household financial records, photographs, Civil War documents, and artifacts. The artifacts in the collection consist of American Indian arrowheads and Civil War relics. Most of the materials date from the mid to late 19th century and the early 20th century, but the collection also includes a ledger dating from before the American Revolution and a few items dating from after the First World War.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Alexander Haight family collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Preferred Citation

Alexander Haight family collection, C0159, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Collection donated by Alexander Levi Haight in 1978.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections and Archives staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in April 2009.

Biographical Information

Alexander Haight (1822-1880), son of Amy C. Haight (1787-1863) and Jacob Haight (1782-1862), lived at Sully Plantation from 1842-1874. Quaker farmers from Dutchess County, New York, the Haights moved to Sully at the urging of Jacob, who delighted in the milder climate and extensive farm land, which they enhanced with lime and guano fertilizers. In 1845, Alexander married Phebe Sweet (1824-1898), and in 1851 they finished building their new home, "Little Sully," on Haight property just south of the main Sully house.

The effects of the Civil War on daily life in Northern Virginia are evident from the personal letters and military documents that have been preserved. Phebe and her sister-in-law, Maria Haight Barlow, were left to defend their homes when Jacob and Alexander were forced to flee to Alexandria and Washington to avoid incoming Confederate troops who suspected the Haights of being Union sympathizers. The Haights did, in fact, support the Union, and toward the end of the war Alexander Haight joined the Union Army.

Many of the documents in this collection indicate something of the precarious position in which the Haights were caught during the Civil War. These include receipts for provisions supplied by the Haight farm to both the Union and Confederate armies; a letter from Union Major General Julius Stahel attesting to the good standing of Alexander Haight and ordering the protection of his property by Union troops; and a court memorandum offering the transport of Alexander Haight to and from his trial over the confiscation of property during the war.

Alexander Levi Haight (1891-1981), the eponymous donor of this collection, was the son of Henry Clement Haight (1859-1936) and Emma Jane Young (1858-1939) and grandson of Alexander and Phebe Haight of the Civil War period.

Scope and Content

This collection contains materials of the Haight family, who have lived in Northern Virginia since the 1840s, and who owned Sully Plantation during the Civil War. Materials include correspondence, household financial records, photographs, Civil War documents, and artifacts. The artifacts in the collection consist of American Indian arrowheads and Civil War relics. Most of the materials date from the mid to late 19th century and the early 20th century, but the collection also includes a ledger dating from before the American Revolution and a few items dating from after the First World War.

Series 1, Correspondence, contains letters to and from members of the Haight family and their friends. Haight family members represented in this series include George, Helen, Henry, Margaret, and Phebe. Some of the letters refer to the California Gold Rush in which Alexander Haight's brother-in-law, George Sweet (1821-1898), participated as a "49er". Other letters refer to the Civil War in which Henry C. Haight's father-in-law, John M. Young (1831-1864), fought under the Union Army.

Series 2, Legal and Financial Documents, contains personal legal and financial records of the Haight family, including deeds, receipts, contracts, and documents from the Fairfax County Court House. Specific items include court orders from 1852-1853 appointing Alexander Haight as "surveyor of the county road"; an 1864 letter from Virginia District Judge John C. Underwood on a forthcoming war-time property-confiscation trial of Alexander Haight; bank receipts of Elizabeth Haight from 1914-1919; deeds of gift from George Haight, 1895-1903; correspondence from March of 1884 regarding damage claims by Phebe Haight from the West and Sisson railroad company for damaged packages of butter; and a financial accounting record of farm land sold to Samuel Titus and Nehemiah Sweet, dated January 16, 1843.

Series 3, Photographs, contains around twenty original photographs and reproductions belonging to the Haight family. Subjects include Alexander, Phebe, Elizabeth, George, and Helen Haight; Fairfax County Court House; Sully Plantation; Fairfax Station during the Civil War; Alexander Haight's prize horse; and Clio, a slave girl whom Phebe Haight kept at the Sully Plantation until 1862.

Series 4, Civil War Documents, contains various materials pertaining to the Civil War such as civilian passes, diary excerpts, and Confederate currency. Specific items include Civil War maps and photographs; an official order from General Jackson on the day of the Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill) prohibiting the theft or destruction of private property; documents granting passage of Alexander Haight and company into and out of Virginia; a hand-written note from the Union Major General Julius Stahel to the Union Army, attesting to the good standing of Alexander Haight; receipts of Alexander Haight for Union and Confederate supplies given out during the war; and a typed manuscript detailing the Civil War experiences of the Sutton family in Fairfax, excerpted from the diaries of Charles and Phebe Sutton.

Series 5, Publications and Serials, contains seven illustrated monthly magazines and a book titled War Reminiscences by the Surgeon of Mosby's Command (1890). The magazines include issues of The Century, The Cosmopolitan, and McClure's.

Series 6, Miscellaneous, contains miscellaneous printed materials, notes, and facsimiles. Materials include old business cards; brochures on local history; a newspaper facsimile (circa 1975) on old Fairfax families, the Haights and Milans; a scrap book of old newsclippings; and a ledger full of accounting records dating from before the Revolutionary War.

Series 7, Oversize, includes Confederate bonds; a centennial print of the Declaration of Independence; and newspapers chronicling the sinking of the Titanic, the election of Franklin Roosevelt, and other historical events.

Series 8, Objects, contains Civil War Artifacts as well as ancient American Indian arrowheads and tools. The Civil War artifacts include three muskets, ammunition, a sword with scabbard, two bayonets, a cavalry bridle, and a hand-made crutch.

Arrangement

Organized into eight series by subject with each series organized alphabetically by title.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1838-1901; 1918-1920; 1974 (Box 1) Series 2: Legal and Financial Documents, 1813; 1843-1918 (Box 2) Series 3: Photographs, circa 1863-1920 (Box 3) Series 4: Civil War Documents and Currency, 1861-1865 (Box 4) Series 5: Printed Material, 1884-1900 (Box 5) Series 6: Miscellaneous Documents, 1764-1976 (Boxes 6-8) Series 7: Oversize, 1863-1966 (Box 9) Series 8: Objects, 1860s (Boxes 10-19 and Unboxed Objects)

Related Material

Special Collections and Archives holds other collections pertaining to local history and the Civil War, including the Milton Barnes papers.

Index Terms

    Geographical Names:

  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
  • Virginia, Northern--History, Local.

    • Document Types:

  • Daguerreotypes.
  • Negatives.
  • Photographic prints.
  • Reproductions.
  • Tintypes.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Alexander Haight
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
  • Virginia, Northern--History, Local.
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Contents List

Series 1: Correspondence
1838-1901; 1918-1920; 1974
(1 box)

This series contains letters to and from members of the Haight family and their friends. Haight family members represented in this series include George, Helen, Henry, Margaret, and Phebe. Some of the letters refer to the California Gold Rush as Alexander Haight's brother-in-law, George Sweet (1821-1898), was a "49er". Other letters refer to the Civil War, in which Henry C. Haight's father-in-law, John M. Young (1831-1864), fought under the Union Army.

  • Box: 1 Folder: 1
    Haight family: Miscellaneous letters,
    1838-1974

    • 1.
      E. R. Haight to Elisa,
      September 30, [1838]

    • 2.
      To Dr. Layburn,
      1838

      sender unknown

    • 3.
      Laura to Maggie [Margaret Amy Haight],
      January 17, 1859

    • 4.
      Elias Titus to Sister Margaret,
      September 13, 1871

    • 5.
      [Phebe Haight] to P. Mason and Co.,
      December 15, 1881

      from Syndhurst, New Jersey

    • 6.
      To Mister Hate [Haight],
      December 28, 1885

      sender unknown

    • 7.
      Dear Sir,
      May 14, 1888

      sender and recipient unknown

    • 8.
      Dear Sir,
      August 15, 1888

      sender and recipient unknown

    • 9.
      J. H. Haight to Cousin,
      December 17, 1901

    • 10.
      Rusty to Uncle Alex [Alexander Levi Haight],
      August 23, 1974

    • 11.
      D. A. Upson to Sir,
      undated

      recipient unknown

    • 12.
      Partial letter to Jacob [Haight],
      undated (before 1863)

      sender unknown

    • 13.
      C. J. and Sisters and Brothers,
      undated

      sender and recipient unknown

    • 14.
      Partial letter from S. B. Tus[ker],
      undated

      recipient unknown, but sender wrote "lots of love to yourself and boys, also to Maggie [Margaret Haight]"

    • 15.
      Janie to unknown,
      undated

      postcard

  • Box: 1 Folder: 2
    Haight, George: Letters from friends and family,
    1889-1910

    • 1.
      Henry Clement Haight to George Haight,
      January 5, 1889

    • 2.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      January 8, 1889

    • 3.
      Ida Jane Ginnelley to George Haight,
      April 29, 1889

    • 4.
      Charles R. Murray to George Haight,
      April 30, 1889

    • 5.
      Everett B. Whaley to George Haight,
      May 2, 1889

    • 6.
      Henry [Haight] to George Haight
      May 4, 1889

      includes envelope

    • 7.
      Henry C. Haight to George Haight,
      June 8, 1889

    • 8.
      Ida J. Ginnelley to George Haight,
      June 16, 1889

    • 9.
      Aunt Maria to George Haight,
      July 24, 1889

    • 10.
      Maria to George Haight,
      December 30, 1889

    • 11.
      Henry C. Haight to George Haight,
      January 28, 1890

    • 12.
      N. and W.R.R. Machine Shop to George Haight,
      April 29, 1891

    • 13.
      Thomas P. Morgan of the Mutual Life Insurance Company to George Haight,
      November 3, 1910

    • 14.
      Sister [Margaret Haight] to Brother [George Haight],
      undated

      includes envelope, "missent"

  • Box: 1 Folder: 3
    Haight, George: Letters from Mother [Phebe Haight],
    1888-1890

    • 1.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      October 1, 1888

      includes envelope postmarked October 4, 1888

    • 2.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      [November 21, 1888]

      includes envelope postmarked November 21, 1888

    • 3.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      December 31, [1888]

      includes envelope postmarked January 1, 1889

    • 4.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      February 20, 1889

    • 5.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      March 10, 1889

      includes envelope postmarked March 12, 1889

    • 6.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      March 28, 1889

    • 7.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      March 31, 1889

      partial letter; includes envelope postmarked April 2, 1889

    • 8.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      April 5, 1889

    • 9.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      April 18, 1889

    • 10.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      April 23, [1889]

      includes envelope postmarked April 30, 1889

    • 11.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      November 14, 1889

    • 12.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      January 13, 1890

    • 13.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      May 12, [1890]

      includes envelope postmarked May 13, 1890

    • 14.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      January, [no year]

    • 15.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      February 28, [no year]

    • 16.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      September 17, [no year]

      includes envelope postmarked September 19

    • 17.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      December 31, [no year]

    • 18.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      undated

    • 19.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      undated

    • 20.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      undated

    • 21.
      Mother [Phebe Haight] to George Haight,
      undated

    • 22.
      Seven envelopes addressed to George Haight,
      postmarked February 23, 1889; April 19-20, 1889; April 30-May 1, 1889; October 7-8, 1889; January 29-30, 1890; April 10-11, 1890

  • Box: 1 Folder: 4
    Haight, Helen: Letters to and from family,
    1918-1919

    • 1.
      Helen Haight to Alexander Haight,
      November 5, 1918

    • 2.
      Helen Haight to Mamma [Emma Jane Haight],
      November 5, 1918

    • 3.
      Helen Haight to Mamma [Emma Jane Haight],
      November 16, 1918

    • 4.
      Helen Haight to Mamma [Emma Jane Haight],
      November 18, 1918

    • 5.
      Helen Haight to Mamma [Emma Jane Haight],
      November 19, 1918

    • 6.
      Helen Haight to Mamma [Emma Jane Haight],
      November 19, 1918

    • 7.
      Emma Jane Haight to Helen Haight,
      December 15, 1918

    • 8.
      Emma Jane Haight to Helen Haight,
      November 18, 1918

    • 9.
      Alexander to Helen Haight,
      December 1, 1918

    • 10.
      Mother [Emma Jane Haight] to Helen Haight,
      December 2, 1918

    • 11.
      Mother [Emma Jane Haight] to Helen Haight,
      December 15, 1918

    • 12.
      Mother [Emma Jane Haight] to Helen Haight,
      December 31, 1918

    • 13.
      Mother [Emma Jane Haight] to Helen Haight,
      January 5, 1919

    • 14.
      Mother [Emma Jane Haight] to Helen Haight,
      January 6, 1919

    • 15.
      Alexander and Mother [Emma Jane Haight] to Helen,
      January 19, 1919

    • 16.
      Mother [Emma Jane Haight] to Helen Haight,
      April 6, 1919

    • 17.
      Mother [Emma Jane Haight] to Helen Haight,
      April 20, 1919

    • 18.
      Alexander and Mother [Emma Jane Haight] to Helen Haight,
      April 27, 1919

    • 19.
      Alexander to Helen Haight,
      May 11, 1919

    • 20.
      Mother [Emma Jane Haight] to Helen Haight,
      May 18, 1919

    • 21.
      Mother [Emma Jane Haight] to Helen Haight,
      undated

    • 22.
      Aunt Ida [Mrs. Asa Conklin] to Helen Haight,
      April 13, 1919

    • 23.
      Aunt Mary to Helen Haight,
      April 15, 1919

    • 24.
      Aunt Stell to Helen Haight,
      April 18, [ca. 1919]

    • 25.
      Bess [Helen's sister] to Helen Haight,
      May 15, 1919

    • 26.
      Bess to Helen Haight,
      undated

    • 27.
      Bess to Helen Haight,
      undated

    • 28.
      Cousin Howard to Helen Haight,
      June 2, 1919

  • Box: 1 Folder: 5
    Haight, Helen: Letters from friends, pt. 1,
    1918

    • 1.
      Louis Appezzito to Helen Haight,
      August 4, 1918

    • 2.
      Louis Appezzito to Helen Haight,
      [August 9, 1918]

    • 3.
      Louis Appezzito to Helen Haight,
      August 19, 1918

    • 4.
      Louis Appezzito to Helen Haight,
      August 24, 1918

    • 5.
      Louis Appezzito to Helen Haight,
      August 28, 1918

    • 6.
      Louis Appezzito to Helen Haight,
      September 9, 1918

    • 7.
      Louis Appezzito to Helen Haight,
      September 16, 1918

    • 8.
      Louis Appezzito to Helen Haight,
      October 9, 1918

    • 9.
      Louis Appezzito to Helen Haight,
      October 16, 1918

    • 10.
      Louis Appezzito to Helen Haight,
      October 22, 1918

    • 11.
      Louis Appezzito to Helen Haight,
      October 27, 1918

    • 12.
      Louis Appezzito to Helen Haight,
      1918

    • 13.
      Louis Appezzito to Helen Haight,
      1918

    • 14.
      Domencio Lo Bianco to Helen Haight,
      July 31, 1918

      postcard

    • 15.
      Domencio Lo Bianco to Helen Haight,
      July 31, 1918

    • 16.
      Domencio Lo Bianco to Helen Haight,
      August 2, 1918

    • 17.
      Domencio Lo Bianco to Helen Haight,
      August 9, 1918

    • 18.
      Domencio Lo Bianco to Helen Haight,
      October 5, 1918

    • 19.
      Joseph Patton to Helen Haight,
      June 27, 1918

    • 20.
      Joseph Patton to Helen Haight,
      July 4, 1918

    • 21.
      Joseph Patton to Helen Haight,
      July 9, 1918

      postcard

    • 22.
      Joseph Patton to Helen Haight,
      July 14, 1918

    • 23.
      Joseph Patton to Helen Haight,
      July 19, 1918

      postcard

    • 24.
      Joseph Patton to Helen Haight,
      July 27, 1918

    • 25.
      Joseph Patton to Helen Haight,
      August 12, 1918

      postcard

  • Box: 1 Folder: 6
    Haight, Helen: Letters from friends, pt. 2,
    1918-1920

    • 1.
      Warren Parsons to Helen Haight,
      May 10, 1919

    • 2.
      Warren Parsons to Helen Haight,
      May 12, 1919

      newsclipping

    • 3.
      M. Earnest Taylor to Helen Haight,
      April 2, 1919

    • 4.
      M. Earnest Taylor to Helen Haight,
      May 8, 1919

    • 5.
      M. Earnest Taylor to Helen Haight,
      June 16, 1919

    • 6.
      Jack Thompson to Helen Haight,
      March 23, 1919

    • 7.
      Jack Thompson to Helen Haight,
      March 25, [1919]

    • 8.
      Jack Thompson to Helen Haight,
      April 4, 1919

    • 9.
      Jack Thompson to Helen Haight,
      April 12, 1919

    • 10.
      Jack Thompson to Helen Haight,
      April 29, 1919, 1918

    • 11.
      Jack Thompson to Helen Haight,
      May 16, 1919

    • 12.
      Elsie [Mrs. W. A. Hart] to Helen Haight,
      May 14, 1919

    • 13.
      Mrs. L. Lee to Helen Haight,
      April 15, 1919

      envelope only

    • 14.
      Corporal Murice J. Marrits to Helen Haight,
      March 28, 1919

      postcard

    • 15.
      Mollie V. Walker to Helen Haight,
      May 4, 1919

    • 16.
      G. L. Welton to Helen Haight,
      April 14, 1919

    • 17.
      G. L. Welton to Helen Haight,
      May 7, 1919

    • 18.
      G. L. Welton to Helen Haight,
      May 20, 1919

    • 19.
      G. L. Welton to Helen Haight,
      February 29, 1920

      newsclippings

    • 20.
      Raban to Helen Haight,
      January 1, 1919

    • 21.
      Pvt. 1st Cl. Harry W. Schubele to Helen Haight,
      March 16, 1919

      postcard

    • 22.
      Mary C. Curly to Helen Haight,
      April 22, 1919

      Easter postcard

    • 23.
      Nellie Leyburn to Helen Haight,
      April 22, 1919

      Easter postcard

    • 24.
      Private Charles C. Goodman to Helen Haight,
      May 20, 1919

    • 25.
      Mac to Helen Haight,
      January 29, 1920

    • 26.
      Houser Harbour to Helen Haight,
      February 15, 1920

    • 27.
      Mildred Haveus to Helen Haight,
      February 26, 1920

  • Box: 1 Folder: 7
    Haight, Phebe: Letters from son, Henry Clement Haight,
    1883-1886

    • 1.
      Henry C. Haight to Mother [Phebe Haight],
      November 27, 1883

    • 2.
      Henry C. Haight to Mother [Phebe Haight],
      November 30, 1883

    • 3.
      Henry C. Haight to Mother [Phebe Haight],
      December 4, 1883

    • 4.
      Henry C. Haight to Mother [Phebe Haight],
      December 13, 1883

    • 5.
      Henry C. Haight to Mother [Phebe Haight],
      December 15, 1883

    • 6.
      Henry C. Haight to Mother [Phebe Haight],
      December 26, 1883

    • 7.
      Henry C. Haight to Mother [Phebe Haight],
      December 31, 1883

    • 8.
      Henry C. Haight to Mother [Phebe Haight],
      January 7, 1884

    • 9.
      Henry C. Haight to Mother [Phebe Haight],
      January 19, 1884

    • 10.
      Henry C. Haight to Mother [Phebe Haight],
      January 23, 1884

    • 11.
      Henry C. Haight to Mother [Phebe Haight],
      January 29, 1884

    • 12.
      Henry C. Haight to Mother [Phebe Haight],
      February 1, 1884

    • 13.
      Henry C. Haight to Mother [Phebe Haight],
      February 9, 1884

    • 14.
      Henry C. Haight to Mother [Phebe Haight],
      February 13, 1884

    • 15.
      Henry C. Haight to Mother [Phebe Haight],
      February 18, 1884

    • 16.
      Henry C. Haight to Mother [Phebe Haight],
      February 29, 1884

    • 17.
      Henry C. Haight to Mother [Phebe Haight],
      July 4, 1886

  • Box: 1 Folder: 8
    Haight, Phebe: Letters from family,
    1849-1898

    • 1.
      Phebe Ham to Cousin,
      May 26, 1849

      6435   

      contains reference to the California Gold Rush

    • 2.
      Elizabeth to Sister [Phebe Haight],
      March 10, 1850

      6413   

      contains reference to the California Gold Rush

    • 3.
      E. T. Frances to Cousin [Phebe Haight],
      November 20, 1851

      6446   

    • 4.
      Cousin Molly T. to Phebe [Haight],
      April 5, 1855

      6424   

    • 5.
      Alfred H. [Titus] to Cousin [Phebe Haight],
      April 10, 186[5]

      6455   

      near Blakely Alabama; reference to Union Army

    • 6.
      Elizabeth to Sister [Phebe Haight],
      March 2, [1886]

      contains reference to Andrew Johnson's impeachment

    • 7.
      Mother [Margaret Titus] to Phebe Haight [daughter],
      January 11, 1869

    • 8.
      George Sweet to Sister [Phebe Haight],
      November 20, 1877

    • 9.
      Mary T. Haight to Phebe [Haight],
      July 23, 1884

    • 10.
      Emma [Jane Haight] to Phebe Haight [mother-in-law],
      July 10, 1886

    • 11.
      John W. Ham to Cousin [Phebe Haight],
      May 11, 1898

    • 12.
      John W. Ham to Cousin [Phebe Haight],
      June 16, 1898

    • 13.
      Elizabeth to Sister [Phebe Haight],
      August 14, [no year]

    • 14.
      Mary T. Haight to Phebe [Haight],
      April 22, [no year]

  • Box: 1 Folder: 9
    Haight, Phebe: Letters from friends,
    1883-1884

    • 1.
      Cecilia Searle to Mrs. [Phebe] Haight,
      December 24, 1883

    • 2.
      Sue R. Horley to Phebe Haight,
      March 2, 1884

      includes envelope from Philadelphia postmarked March 4, 1884

    • 3.
      J. T. and J. G. Beckham to Phebe Haight,
      March 14, 1884

      includes envelope from Alexandria, Virginia postmarked March 14

    • 4.
      Unknown sender to Mrs. Phebe Haight,
      June 13, 1886

      includes envelope from Canon City, Colorado postmarked June 25, 1886

    • 5.
      Cecilia Searle to Mrs. [Phebe] Haight and Boys,
      November 2, 1886

      from Syndhurst, New Jersey

    • 6.
      Everett Whaley to Friend [Phebe Haight],
      October 10, 1888

    • 7.
      Sarah to Phebe Haight,
      December 28, [no year]

    • 8.
      David S. Johnson to Phebe Haight,
      undated

    • 9.
      Three envelopes to Phebe Haight,
      postmarked December 29, 1884; February 19th; March 4th

  • Box: 1 Folder: 10
    Harnesberger, Reverend Alfred L.,
    1893-1919

    • 1.
      To A. L. Harnesberger,
      March 23, 1893

      sender's signature illegible; includes envelope

    • 2.
      PAB to Nell,
      April 19th, 1915

      postcard addressed to A. L. Harnesberger

    • 3.
      V. B. Bishop to Harnesberger,
      November 16 and November 23, 1915

      2 typewritten letters; includes 1 envelope

    • 4.
      Pat to Alfred [Harnesberger],
      February 17, 1919

      includes envelope

    • 5.
      Envelope addressed to Harnesberger,
      October 20, 1893

  • Box: 1 Folder: 11
    Miller, P. S. of Miller and Co. Wagons to W. M. Firebaugh,
    October 18, 1893

    includes envelope postmarked November 9, 1893

  • Box: 1 Folder: 12
    Sweet, George: Letters,
    1849-1894

    • 1.
      George Sweet to Sister,
      December 20, 1849

      George Sweet had two sisters, Phebe, who married Alexander Haight in 1824, and Elizabeth.

    • 2.
      Cornelius Cornelle [to George Sweet],
      February 21, 1851

      on interest "received of George Sweet" from gold dug in the California Gold Rush.

    • 3.
      Horace Greeley to George Sweet,
      May 7, 1858

      Greeley's signature matches that of the renowned journalist and founder of the New York Tribune.

    • 4.
      Benson J. Lossing to George Sweet,
      June 8, 1876

    • 5.
      Benson J. Lossing to George Sweet,
      June 5, 1877

      from Syndhurst, New Jersey

    • 6.
      J. H. Ketcharn to Friend [George] Sweet,
      October 10, 1888

    • 7.
      Benny D. Hicks to George Sweet,
      June 23, 1894

    • 8.
      George Sweet to Phebe Sweet: Hand-written transcription,
      1849 (year of original letter)

      partial letter; contains references to the California Gold Rush

    • 9.
      Envelope addressed to George Sweet,
      undated

  • Box: 1 Folder: 13
    Young, John M: Civil War correspondence to wife,
    1862

    • 1.
      John M. Young to Wife, Rosetta R. Young,
      August 2, 1862

      6457   

      The letters in this folder contain references to John Young's service with the Union Army during the Civil War.

    • 2.
      John M. Young to Wife, Rosetta R. Young,
      December 5, 1862

      6458   

    • 3.
      John M. Young to Wife, Rosetta R. Young, and Children,
      December 10, 1862

      6459   

    • 4.
      John M. Young to Wife, Rosetta R. Young,
      December 19, 1862

      6414   

      at camp near Fredericksburg, Virginia; includes envelope and transcription

    • 5.
      John M. Young to Wife, Rosetta R. Young, and Children,
      May 12, [ca. 1862-1863]

      6456   

      includes envelope

  • Box: 1 Folder: 14
    Young, John M.: Transcriptions of letters to wife,
    1862-1863 (indicates dates of original letters)

    This folder contains 37 pages of transcriptions of letters written from John M. Young to his wife, Rosetta, during his service with the Union Army.

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Series 2: Legal and Financial Documents,
1813; 1852-1918
(1 box)

This series contains personal legal and financial records of the Haight family, including deeds, receipts, contracts, and documents from the Fairfax County Court House. Specific items include court orders from 1852-1853 appointing Alexander Haight as "surveyor of the county road"; an 1864 letter from Virginia District Judge John C. Underwood on a forthcoming war-time property-confiscation trial of Alexander Haight; bank receipts of Elizabeth Haight from 1914-1919; deeds of gift from George Haight, 1895-1903; correspondence from March of 1884 regarding damage claims by Phebe Haight from the West and Sisson railroad company for damaged packages of butter; and a financial accounting record of farm land sold to Samuel Titus and Nehemiah Sweet, dated January 16, 1843.

  • Box: 2 Folder: 1
    Haight, Alexander: Letter from Virginia District Judge John C. Underwood to Col. Devereux,
    February 13, 1864

    6415   

    Alexandria, Virginia; regarding property-confiscation trial of Alexander Haight

  • Box: 2 Folder: 2
    Haight, Alexander: Orders from Fairfax County Court,
    August 19, 1852; October 18, 1853

    6417   

    6416   

    2 court orders appointing Alexander Haight as "surveyor of the county road"

  • Box: 2 Folder: 3
    Haight, Alexander: Receipts and Notes Payable,
    1858-1876

    • 1.
      Sheriff of Fairfax,
      1858

      6418   

      receipt

    • 2.
      For 25 bushels of corn to J. B. Gaddesss and others,
      September 1, 1862

      6419   

      receipt

    • 3.
      Levy on land and personal property to Robert H. Mateer,
      1872

      receipt

    • 4.
      L. T. Shear or Mr. Taylor,
      November 16, 1876

      note to pay

  • Box: 2 Folder: 4
    Haight, Alexander Levi: Draft classification card and check

    • 1.
      Draft classification card, World War I,
      October 31, 1918

      receipt

    • 2.
      National Bank of Fairfax check for $135 from Alexander Haight to Dr. S. B. Moore,
      January 10, 1925

  • Box: 2 Folder: 5
    Haight, Elizabeth: Bank receipts,
    1914-1919

    contains around 100 bank receipts and a list of credits

  • Box: 2 Folder: 6
    Haight, George: Deeds and certificate,
    1895-1911

    • 1.
      Deed,
      February 19, 1895

    • 2.
      Deed,
      March 6, 1899

    • 3.
      Deed of Release,
      April 15, 1902

    • 4.
      Deed of Trust,
      April 15, 1902

    • 5.
      Deed of Release,
      July 15, 1903

    • 6.
      Herdon Lodge No. 84,
      July 13, 1911

    • 7.
      Envelope,
      October 26 [no year]

  • Box: 2 Folder: 7
    Haight, George: Receipts and bank check,
    1888-1921

    • 1.
      Mosse and son,
      July 6, 1888

    • 2.
      F. W. Richardson,
      September 1, 1888

    • 3.
      Post office registry receipt,
      January 3, 1894

    • 4.
      Elizabeth Sweet,
      October 15, 1894

    • 5.
      W. E. Graham, Court Clerk,
      October 30, 1894

    • 6.
      Post office registry receipt,
      January 12, 1895

    • 7.
      G. M. Garrett,
      March 1, 1895

    • 8.
      Thomas Moore,
      June 19, 1895

    • 9.
      Margaret A. Lee,
      March 6, 1899

    • 10.
      H. C. Haight,
      April 28, 1902

    • 11.
      F. W. Richardson, Clerk,
      June 21, 1902

    • 12.
      Allison Butts,
      October 24, 1902

    • 13.
      R. E. Thorton,
      June 12, 1903

    • 14.
      J. R. M. G.,
      June 19, 1903

    • 15.
      Walter T. Oliver,
      November 16, 1903

    • 16.
      Ino Miller,
      March 6, 1899

    • 17.
      H. C. Haight,
      April 2, 1904

    • 18.
      F. W. Richardson,
      April 6, 1904

    • 19.
      Charles E. Knight, Mutual Life Insurance Company,
      November 14, 1905

    • 20.
      Arthur Burgess, Treasury Department,
      1913

      check for 1 cent and envelope

    • 21.
      H. C. Wooton, Mutual Life Insurance Company,
      December 1, 1913

    • 22.
      National Bank of Herndon,
      September 1, 1916

    • 23.
      National Bank of Herndon,
      October 21, 1916

    • 24.
      E. G. Burritt, Mutual Fire Insurance Company,
      December, 1917

    • 25.
      National Bank of Fairfax,
      August 11, 1920

    • 26.
      R. E. Thornton, Attorney,
      June 13, 1921

    • 27.
      R. E. Thorton, Attorney,
      July 11, 1921

    • 28.
      F. W. Richardson, Attorney,
      October 24, 1921

    • 29.
      Yates,
      undated

    • 30.
      F. W. Richardson,
      undated

  • Box: 2 Folder: 8
    Haight, Helen: Insurance Title, Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company,
    January 22, 1919

    2 pages

  • Box: 2 Folder: 9
    Haight, Henry: Deed and receipt,
    1881-1884

    • 1.
      Phebe Haight,
      December 1881

      promise to pay

    • 2.
      Deed,
      February 18, 1884

  • Box: 2 Folder: 10
    Haight, Phebe: Account book,
    1875-1884

  • Box: 2 Folder: 11
    Haight, Phebe: Agreement letter,
    March 15, 1881

  • Box: 2 Folder: 12
    Haight, Phebe: Damage claims correspondence,
    March 1884

    • 1.
      Adams Express Company to G. W. Moss, Esq.,
      March 8, 1884

    • 2.
      Adams Express Company to G. W. Moss, Esq.,
      March 13, 1884

    • 3.
      G. W. Moss to Capt. Lucas,
      March 13, 1884

    • 4.
      Lucas to G. W. Moss; G. W. Moss to Lucas,
      March 14, 1884

      two letters on one paper

    • 5.
      Lucas to G. W. Moss,
      March 15, 1884

    • 6.
      John Clayton to G. W. Moss; G. W. Moss to C. R. Bitzer,
      March 17, 1884

      two letters on one paper

    • 7.
      C. R. Bitzer to G. W. Moss, Esq.; G. W. Moss to C. R. Bitzer,
      March 18, 1884; March 25, 1884

      two letters on one paper

    • 8.
      From West and Sisson,
      March 24, 1884

      recipient unknown

  • Box: 2 Folder: 13
    Haight, Phebe: Receipts and financial statements,
    1853; 1881-1898

    • 1.
      Witmers and Company,
      October 17, 1853

    • 2.
      Stephen and Henry Haight,
      February 2, 1881

    • 3.
      Thomas W. Lee,
      June 2, 1881

    • 4.
      Riggs and Company,
      November 5, 1881

    • 5.
      W. M. Millan,
      April 1882

    • 6.
      J. Cooper,
      1882

    • 7.
      Fairfax Cemetery Association,
      1882-1884

    • 8.
      J. C. Fearson's Sons,
      January 8, 1883

    • 9.
      Herbert Bryant, Dr.,
      February 7, 1883

      monthly statement

    • 10.
      James F. Carlin and Sons,
      March 5, 1883

    • 11.
      W. E. Roby,
      April 16, 1883

    • 12.
      G. W. M. Ramsay, Grocer,
      July 2, 1883

    • 13.
      Phebe Haight to Mr. Bitzer,
      March 6, 1884

      bill

    • 14.
      J. F. Oliver,
      September 9, 1884

    • 15.
      George H. Pratt,
      September 24, 1884

    • 16.
      J. C. Fearson's Sons,
      November 4, 1884

    • 17.
      J. T. and J. G. Beckham,
      December 31, 1884

      includes envelope

    • 18.
      C. F. Wilkins and Company,
      January 24, 1885

    • 19.
      J. T. and J. G. Beckham,
      October 13, 1885

    • 20.
      Post office registry return receipt,
      November 2, 1885

    • 21.
      Albert Wrenn,
      November 14, 1885

    • 22.
      C. F. Wilkins and Company,
      February 6, 1886

    • 23.
      E. J. Miller, Son and Company, Importers of China, Glass and Queensware,
      June 10, 1886

    • 24.
      Jason F. Muir, Furniture Manufacturer,
      June 10, 1886

    • 25.
      W. S. Moses and Son,
      June 11, 1886

    • 26.
      G. W. M. Ramsay, Grocer,
      June 11, 1886

    • 27.
      George Ryneal, Jr.,
      June 11, 1886

    • 28.
      George Watts and Son,
      June 11, 1886

    • 29.
      J. F. Spelshouse, Agent,
      June 22, 1886

    • 30.
      Stephen Haight,
      November 1886 - June 1887

    • 31.
      Post office registry return receipt,
      February, 1888

    • 32.
      Richardson,
      September 11, 1888

    • 33.
      R. W. Moore,
      March 14, 1889

    • 34.
      Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College,
      July 25, 1889 and January 3, 1891

      two receipts

    • 35.
      Post office registry return receipt,
      July 31, 1889

    • 36.
      George Haight,
      November 1, 1892

    • 37.
      Post office registry receipt,
      June 27, 1893

      two receipts

    • 38.
      Fairfax Cemetery Association,
      September 19, 1894

    • 39.
      Judicial statement on foreclosure of Sweet residence in Dutchess County, New York,
      April 30, 1898

    • 40.
      J. M. Ham,
      May 11, 1898

    • 41.
      Calling cards of Mrs. Alexander Haight and envelope,
      undated

      Two calling cards; one unpostmarked envelope addressed to George A. Clark and Brother

  • Box: 2 Folder: 14
    Haight, Samuel Dickenson and Andrew Wilson: Court summons,
    May 1813

  • Box: 2 Folder: 15
    Harnesberger, Reverend A. L.: Receipts and financial statements,
    1892-1905

    • 1.
      Johnson Harvester Company,
      April 15 and April 29, 1892

      receipt and letter; includes envelope

    • 2.
      Firebaugh Farm,
      June 22 and June 23, 1904

      three receipts

    • 3.
      Rockingham National Bank of Harrisonburg,
      June 23, July 1 and August 23, 1904

      three receipts

    • 4.
      E. W. Carpenter, Treasurer of Rockingham County,
      April 1, 1905

      three receipts; includes envelope

  • Box: 2 Folder: 16
    Miscellaneous receipts and financial documents,
    1886-1918

    • 1.
      Post office registry return receipt, H. C. Haight to Mr. A. B. Holtzelaw,
      June 14, 1886

      includes envelope

    • 2.
      F. P. May and Co. Hardware for Mrs Holtzlander,
      1886

    • 3.
      Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Loudoun County,
      1915

    • 4.
      Franklin and Co., Opticians, for Mrs. [Emma Jane] Haight,
      May 11, 1918

      includes a letter on the back, signed "Mother"

  • Box: 2 Folder: 17
    Produce books,
    1897-1900

    • 1.
      Produce Book,
      September 18, 1897 - September 26, 1898

      contains records of sales and profits on produce (possibly grown on Sulley Plantation)

    • 2.
      Produce Book,
      October 3, 1898 - April 2, 1900

      contains records of sales and profits on produce (possibly grown on Sulley Plantation)

  • Box: 2 Folder: 18
    Sweet family: Financial statement,
    1842-1843

    One-page record of mortgage and interest on 215 acres of farmland owed by Margaret Sweet and her children, including Phebe Sweet

  • Box: 2 Folder: 19
    Tax Receipts: Haight family,
    1881-1895

    • 1.
      Alexander Haight,
      1881-1888

      contains 6 official tax receipts and 1 hand-written note on delinquent taxes

    • 2.
      George Haight,
      1888-1905

      contains 23 official tax receipts and 3 hand-written notes on tax payments

    • 3.
      Phebe Haight,
      1881-1893

      contains 10 official tax receipts and 2 hand-written notes on tax payments

    • 4.
      Stephen S. Haight,
      1885-1887

      contains 2 tax receipts

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Series 3: Photographs
ca. 1863-1920
(1 box)

This series contains around twenty original photographs and reproductions belonging to the Haight family. Subjects include Alexander, Phebe, Elizabeth, George, and Helen Haight; Fairfax County Court House; Sully Plantation; Fairfax Station during the Civil War; Alexander Haight's prize horse; and Clio, a slave girl whom Phebe Haight kept at the Sully Plantation until 1862.

  • Box: 3 Folder: 1
    Brady, Matthew: Civil War photograph,
    1862

    6420   

    No. 427 of Brady's album gallery, titled "Prof. Lowe reconnoitering at Battle of Fair Oaks"

  • Box: 3 Folder: 2
    Clio, a Sulley Plantation slave,
    ca 1865

    6421   

    tintype of Clio, a slave girl kept by Phebe Haight from 1852 to 1862

  • Box: 3 Folder: 3
    Deguerrotypes, unidentified

    6423   

    6422   

    Two deguerrotype portraits in cases, both of the same man; in the second he is wearing a Union uniform

  • Box: 3 Folder: 4
    Fairfax Court House,
    June 1863

    6425   

    2 photographic reproductions; photographs taken by Timothy O'Sullivan

  • Box: 3 Folder: 5
    Fairfax Station during the Civil War,
    ca 1961-1965

    6426   

    Photographic reproduction

  • Box: 3 Folder: 6
    Haight, Alexander and Phebe: Photographic reproductions

    • 1.
      Alexander Haight,

      6427   

      reproduced from original daguerrotype

    • 2.
      Phebe Haight,

      6428   

      reproduced from original daguerrotype

  • Box: 3 Folder: 7
    Haight, Alexander: Prize horse

    • 1.
      Tintype of Alexander Haight's prize horse,

    • 2.
      Newsclipping facsimile explaining the story behind Haight's prize horse,

    • 1.
      Document granting Alexander Haight ownership of the horse,
      July 4, 1862

  • Box: 3 Folder: 8
    Miscellaneous buildings

    • 1.
      Old mill at Sperryville, Virginia,
      September 16, 1905

      photograph mounted to cardboard backing

    • 2.
      The Capitol Building in Washington, DC,
      undated

      photograph mounted to cardboard backing

    • 3.
      Fairfax Court House,
      1900

      photograph mounted on cardboard backing

    • 4.
      Fairfax Court House,
      1905

      photographic reproduction

    • 3.
      Little Sully: Home of Alexander and Phebe Haight,
      undated

      photograph mounted on cardboard backing; Little Sully, Alexander and Phebe Haight's house on Sully Plantation, was built around 1851

    • 4.
      Sully Daybook,
      1880-1884

      thin booklet, mostly empty, with produce sales recorded on two pages

  • Box: 3 Folder: 9
    Miscellaneous people

    • 1.
      Helen Haight in nurse's uniform,
      undated

    • 2.
      Helen Haight portrait,
      undated

      mounted to inside of booklet

    • 3.
      Woman holding hat,
      undated

      subject unknown; measures 2.5" x 4.5"

    • 4.
      Woman sitting at desk,
      1905

      subject unknown; appears to be a photographic reproduction; measures 8" x 10"

    • 5.
      Three women and a man seated outside,
      Spring 1889

      mounted on cardboard backing; subjects thought to be Phebe Haight, her sister Elizabeth, and Elizabeth's husband George

    • 6.
      George Curry,
      ca. 1905

      pictured outside house with horse; measures 4.5" x 2.5"

    • 7.
      George Curry,
      ca. 1905

      photographic reproduction of above listed photograph; measures 10" x 8"

  • Box: 3 Folder: 10
    Mosby and other Confederate veterans at the reunion of the Battle of Manassas,
    July 20, 1914

    2 photographic reproductions and three negatives of the same photo; pictured left to right are Fountain Beattie, Lycurgus Hutcheson, John S. Mosby, and George Turbeville IV

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Series 4: Civil War Documents
ca. 1861-1865
(1 box)

This series contains various materials pertaining to the Civil War such as civilian passes, diary excerpts, and Confederate currency. Specific items include Civil War maps and photographs; an official order from General Jackson on the day of the Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill) prohibiting the theft or destruction of private property; documents granting passage of Alexander Haight and company into and out of Virginia; a hand-written note from the Union Major General Julius Stahel to the Union Army, attesting to the good standing of Alexander Haight; receipts of Alexander Haight for Union and Confederate supplies given out during the war; and a typed manuscript detailing the Civil War experiences of the Sutton family in Fairfax, excerpted from the diaries of Charles and Phebe Sutton.

  • Box: 4 Folder: 1
    Atkins Memorial,
    ca. 1862

    6429   

    printed statement memorializing Charles L. Atkins, a fallen Confederate soldier

  • Box: 4 Folder: 2
    Beauregard, General P. G. T. - Order for troops not to take forage from Sully Farm,
    November 25, 1861

    6430   

    signed by a Confederate officer under the command of General Beauregard

  • Box: 4 Folder: 3
    Civil War maps

    • 1.
      Sketch of 2nd Manassas, August 29th 1862,
      undated

      6431   

    • 2.
      Sketch of 2nd Manassas, August 30th 1862,
      undated

      6432   

  • Box: 4 Folder: 4
    Confederate money and other Civil War and Reconstruction-era currency
    1863-1875

    • 1.
      Ten-dollar bill of the Confederate States of America,
      February 17, 1864

    • 2.
      Six fifty-dollar bills of the Confederate States of America,
      February 17, 1864

    • 3.
      Thirty one-hundred dollar bills of the Confederate States of America,
      February 17, 1864

      6433   

    • 4.
      Three-dollar bill minted by the Frontier Bank in Potsdam, New York
      June 1, 1863

      features illustrations of Lady Justice, a frontier scene and a domestic scene

    • 5.
      Two one-dollar bills minted by the City Bank in Augusta, Georgia
      October 3, 1864

      features an illustration of a shepherd and his sheep

    • 6.
      Fifty-cent bill of the United States,
      1875

      front features a portrait of William Harris Crawford

  • Box: 4 Folder: 5
    Confederate officer's letter from Harper's Ferry
    May 20, 1861

    6434   

    addressed to Father from J. L.

  • Box: 4 Folder: 6
    Dedication of Twin Markers: In Memorium of Major Generals Philip Kearny and Isaac Ingalls Stevens
    October 2, 1915

    pamphlet from ceremony memorializing fallen Union generals

  • Box: 4 Folder: 7
    Haight, Alexander: Civil War passes,
    1862-1865

    Passes issued by various Provost Marshals' Offices granting Alexander Haight safe passage to and from various points in Northern Virginia

    • 1.
      Pass No. 97,
      March 25, 1862

      6442   

    • 2.
      Pass,
      November 2, 1862

    • 3.
      Pas No. 543,
      November 19, 1862

      6441   

    • 4.
      Pass,
      November 21, 1862

    • 5.
      Pass,
      October 30, 1862

    • 6.
      Pass,
      November 9, 1862

      6440   

    • 7.
      Pass,
      December 1, 1862

      6439   

    • 8.
      Pass,
      December 11, 1862

    • 9.
      Pass,
      1862

      6438   

    • 10.
      Pass No. 2232,
      February 25, 1863

    • 11.
      Pass,
      June 16, 1863

    • 12.
      Pass,
      March 13, 1864

    • 13.
      Pass,
      October 24, 1864

      6437   

    • 14.
      Pass No. 1749,
      March 2, 1865

      6436   

  • Box: 4 Folder: 8
    Haight, Alexander: Claim for army damages,
    September 17, 1862

    6443   

    claim assembled by neighbors of Alexander Haight for damages incurred when the Confederate army passed through on September 1, 1862

  • Box: 4 Folder: 9
    Haight, Alexander: Union officer letters affirming Haight's loyalty to the Union

    • 1.
      Robert Johnstone,
      March 7, 1863

      6444   

    • 2.
      Union Major General Julius Stahel,
      June 20, 1863

      6445   

  • Box: 4 Folder: 10
    Haight, Alexander: Receipts for provisions for Union and Confederate Armies,
    1861

    • 1.
      For the use of one horse,
      August 24, 1861

      6447   

    • 2.
      For 10,000 pounds of hay,
      October 7, 1861

      6448   

    • 3.
      For 370 bushels of corn used for horse feed,
      November 13, 1861

      6449   

  • Box: 4 Folder: 11
    Jackson, General T. J. "Stonewall": Order on damages,
    September 1, 1862

    6450   

    order of General Jackson prohibiting theft of private property, signed by Jackson's officers

  • Box: 4 Folder: 12
    Porter, General Fitz John: Correspondence

    • 1.
      Gen. Fitz John Porter to Col. F. J. Parker,
      January 24, 1863

    • 2.
      Printed letter from General Fitz John Porter to the Secretary of War,
      January 9, 1871

      letter regarding publication of maps of the Battle of Manassas

  • Box: 4 Folder: 13
    Sutton, Charles and Phebe: The Civil War Experiences of a Northern Family Settled in Virginia
    ca 1861-1865

    edited and transcribed from the diaries of Charles and Phebe Sutton by their daughter, Alice Coates

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Series 5: Publications and Serials
(1 box)

This series contains seven illustrated monthly magazines and a book titled War Reminiscences by the Surgeon of Mosby's Command (1890). The magazines include issues of The Century, The Cosmopolitan, and McClure's.

  • Box: 5 Folder: 1
    The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine,
    1884-1885

    • 1.
      The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine,
      November 1884

    • 2.
      The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine,
      April 1885

  • Box: 5 Folder: 2
    The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine,
    1885

    • 1.
      The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine,
      August 1885

    • 2.
      The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine,
      October 1885

  • Box: 5 Folder: 3
    The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine,
    January 1890

  • Box: 5 Folder: 4
    The Cosmopolitan: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine,
    March 1898

  • Box: 5 Folder: 5
    McClure's Magazine,
    January 1900

  • Box: 5 Folder: 6
    War Reminiscences by the Surgeon of Mosby's Command,
    1890

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Series 6: Miscellaneous,
1764-1976
(2 boxes)

This series contains miscellaneous printed materials, notes, and facsimiles. Materials include old business cards; brochures on local history; a newspaper facsimile (ca. 1975) on old Fairfax families, the Haights and Milans; a scrap book of old newsclippings; and a ledger full of accounting records dating from before the Revolutionary War.

  • Box: 6 Folder: 1
    Brochures and publications on historic sites,
    1907-1977

    • 1.
      The Jamestown Exposition, Illustrated,
      1907

    • 2.
      Christ Church, Philadelphia,
      ca. 1934

    • 3.
      Fairfax County Court House Rededication,
      1967

      pamphlet

    • 4.
      Historic Fairfax Court House,
      May 1967

      pamphlet

    • 5.
      Echoes History, Index, November 1970 to November 1971

      Pioneer America Society publication

    • 6.
      Echoes History, Volume 1, No. 3,
      March 1971

      article on Little Sully; publication of the Pioneer America Society

    • 7.
      The Old West,
      1973

      advertisement for Time-Life encyclopedia on the Old West

    • 8.
      Historical Society of Fairfax County, Virginia, Inc., Volume 14,
      1976-1977

    • 9.
      Church Buildings of the Diocese of New Jersey,
      undated

      pamphlet

    • 10.
      Views, State Normal School, Farmville, Virginia,
      undated

      brochure with photographic illustrations

  • Box: 6 Folder: 2
    Illustration, Virginia road map, and violin strings

    • 1.
      Illustration of woman, framed,
      ca. 1902

    • 2.
      Rand-McNally Indexed Pocket Map and Auto Road Guide, Virginia,
      1919

    • 3.
      E. F. Droop and Sons, Co., Violin D String (Guitar G),
      undated

      string sleeve with two strings inside

  • Box: 6 Folder: 3
    King Solomon's Song, shorthand version,
    1894

    leather bound pocket size book

  • Box: 6 Folder: 4
    Notes and newsclippings,
    1881-1976

    • 1.
      Note: Certificate to deed, Haight to Sweet,
      April 15, 1881

    • 2.
      Newsclipping of obituary for Henry P. Titus,
      1928

    • 3.
      Newspaper article facsimile: "Members of Old Fairfax Families Share Memories of Yesterday,"
      ca. 1976

      from the Globes Northern Virginia Bicentennial Review; discusses the history of the Haight and Millan families

    • 4.
      Copy of typewritten notes from the joint meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Washington County and the County School Board of Washington County,
      undated

    • 5.
      Letter, signed Your Dear Boy,
      undated

      sender and recipient both unknown

    • 6.
      Note, Hon. C. Bascom Slemp,
      undated

    • 7.
      Note on the Sweet family,
      undated

    • 8.
      Fragment of paper with school marks,
      undated

    • 9.
      Handwritten notes, "Old Talks at Home",
      undated

      4 pages

    • 10.
      Handwritten picadilla recipe,
      undated

  • Box: 6 Folder: 5
    Poems,

    • 1.
      "Kaiser Bill,"
      undated

    • 2.
      "The Old Dore Step,"
      undated

      fragment of poem written on looseleaf paper

    • 3.
      "To the Memory of Ida,"
      undated

    • 4.
      "George Washington" and "Trust",
      undated

  • Box: 6 Folder: 6
    Postcards and birthday cards,

    • 1.
      Virginia Dare Marker, Fort Raleigh, Roanoke Island, North Carolina,
      undated

      2 postcards

    • 2.
      Historic Bullet Scarred Tree on Bull Run Battlefield,
      undated

      postcard

    • 3.
      Reno's Famous Town House Dining Room,
      undated

      postcard

    • 4.
      Old Hicksite Quaker Church,
      undated

      postcard

    • 5.
      John Q. Marr Monument, Fairfax, Virginia,
      undated

      postcard

    • 6.
      The Tavern, Fairfax, Virginia,
      undated

      postcard

    • 7.
      A Birthday Wish, from Mother to Aleck,
      1937

      birthday card

    • 8.
      Birthday Wishes, from Mother to Acleck,
      1938

    • 9.
      Christmas card,
      undated

    • 10.
      Cap d'Antibes,
      undated

      picture of the cape

  • Box: 6 Folder: 7
    Printed materials: Calling cards, business cards, funeral sermons, etc.

    • 1.
      Calling cards,
      undated

      10 calling cards: Mr. Harry L. Cather, Mrs. Frank Page, Gamett Ford, W. W. Millan, Jr., Carrie Ballinger, Mrs. Leda Terwilliger, Ella J. Worley, Miss Frankie M. Vosburgh, May Childs Furbrow, Mrs. Alice Hamill

    • 2.
      The Syracuse Land and Improvement Company,
      undated

      business card

    • 3.
      Edward P. Mertz Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
      undated

      business card/tag

    • 4.
      Pennsylvania Railroad Company ticket for the Jersey City Ferry,
      undated

    • 5.
      Declaration of Independence and Washington's Farewell Address,
      December 1, 1896

      Young Folk's Library of Choice Literature, Vol. III, No. 66

    • 6.
      "Principal Cities of the United States,"
      undated

      old guide book with illustrations

    • 7.
      Goodwill Commandery of the United Order of the Golden Cross (UOGC),
      1832

      concert program for the UOGC, a Christian voluntary association

    • 8.
      Brief notes of the sermon for funeral of Mrs. Susie Barnes Allen,
      1884

      postcard

    • 9.
      Eye-Glasses of Mr. Isaac Alexander,
      undated

      advertisement circular boasting "The only Eye-Glasses for which was awarded Medal and Diploma at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876."

    • 10.
      Chr. Hansen's Danish Butter Coloring,
      undated

      advertisement circular boasting product as winner of "the Prize Medal at Philadelphia, 1876 and three gold medals at Paris, 1878."

    • 11.
      Henry McShane and Co. Church Bells,
      undated

      advertisement circular

    • 12.
      Draft registration notification envelope,
      1940

      bears United States seal and photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt

    • 13.
      Virginia License to Operate a Motor Vehicle,
      November 23, 1941

      issued by the United States Department of the Interior National Park Service

    • 14.
      Aetna Insurance Company,

      envelope

  • Box: 7
    Ledger and scrapbook,
    ca. 1838-1900

    ledger consists of only a few pages; scrapbook contains newsclippings pertaining to the Civil War

  • Box: 8
    Ledger,
    1764-1808

    full leather-bound account book from a trading post on Lake George

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Series 7: Oversize,
1863-1966
(1 box)

This series includes Confederate bonds; a centennial print of the Declaration of Independence; and newspapers chronicling the sinking of the Titanic, the election of Franklin Roosevelt, and other historical events.

  • Box: 9 Folder: 1
    Confederate bonds,

    • 1.
      $500 bond,
      1863

      6453   

      signed bond notes on a 14" x 16" sheet of paper

    • 2.
      $100 bond,
      1863

      6454   

      unsigned bond notes on a 14" x 16" sheet of paper

    • 3.
      $500 bond,
      1864

      6452   

      unsigned bond notes on a 14" x 16" sheet of paper

  • Box: 9 Folder: 2
    Gold miner's map,
    undated

  • Box: 9 Folder: 3
    Reproduction of the US Declaration of Independence for the Centennial Memorial,
    1876

  • Box: 9 Folder: 4
    Obituaries,
    1905-1915

    includes an obituary for Colonel John Mosby in the Mount Kisko News

  • Box: 9 Folder: 5
    Washington Times article on the sinking of the Titanic,
    April 19, 1912

  • Box: 9 Folder: 6
    Virginia Gazette on the election of Franklin Roosevelt,
    October 19, 1934

  • Box: 9 Folder: 7
    Chronology pages from Virginia Page News and Courier,
    1938-1939

  • Box: 9 Folder: 8
    Northern Virginia Daily on Lyndon Johnson on Vietnam,
    April 1, 1966

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Series 8: Objects,
1860s
(10 boxes)

This series contains Civil War Artifacts as well as ancient American Indian arrowheads and tools. The Civil War artifacts include three muskets, ammunition, a sword with scabbard, two bayonets, a cavalry bridle, and a hand-made crutch.

  • Box: 10 Folder: 1
    .58 caliber bullets, 3 ringers,
    1860s

    16 bullets; all of the bullets in this series were found on Haight property after the Civil War

  • Box: 10 Folder: 2
    .69 caliber bullets, 3 ringers,
    1860s

    7 bullets

  • Box: 10 Folder: 3
    .69 caliber prussian bullet,
    1860s

    1 bullet

  • Box: 10 Folder: 4
    Pistol bullets,
    1860s

    4 bullets

  • Box: 10 Folder: 5
    Enfield miniballs,
    1860s

    7 miniballs

  • Box: 10 Folder: 6
    Picket stake with loop missing,
    1860s

    picket stakes like this were used to tie horses

  • Box: 11 Folder: 1
    Unidentified tool,
    1860s

  • Box: 11 Folder: 2
    US Cavalry bridal,
    1860s

  • Box: 11 Folder: 3
    US cartridge box shoulder strap breast plate,
    1860s

  • Box: 11 Folder: 4
    US enlisted man's belt buckle,
    1860s

  • Box: 11 Folder: 5
    Cavalry saber belt buckle with silver trim,
    1860s

  • Box: 11 Folder: 6
    US cartridge box flap plate,
    1860s

  • Box: 11 Folder: 7
    English shake buckle,
    1860s

  • Box: 11 Folder: 8
    Powder horn, stop missing,
    1860s

    used to hold gunpowder

  • Box: 12
    American Indian artifacts, pt. I

    13 envelopes containing stone arrowheads and knives, probably excavated from Haight property, which include labels claiming origins from 8,000 BCE - 3,500 BCE

  • Box: 13
    American Indian artifacts, pt. II

    6 envelopes containing stone arrowheads and knives, probably excavated from Haight property

  • Box: 14
    American Indian artifacts, pt. III

    21 rocks, 1 seashell, and 1 envelope with large iron nails

  • Box: 15 Folder: 1
    Union spurs,
    1860s

  • Box: 15 Folder: 2
    Shell fragment,
    1860s

  • Box: 15 Folder: 3
    Union officer's spur,
    1860s

  • Box: 15 Folder: 4
    Colt pistol mold for .31 caliber bullets,
    1860s

  • Box: 16 Folder: 1
    Canteen,
    1860s

  • Box: 16 Folder: 2
    Bullet holder,
    1860s

  • Box: 16 Folder: 3
    Awl,
    1860s

  • Box: 16 Folder: 4
    Button,
    1860s

  • Box: 16 Folder: 5
    .45 caliber rifle cartridge,
    1860s

  • Box: 16 Folder: 6
    Bullet, used,
    1860s

  • Box: 16 Folder: 7
    Keepsake,
    1860s

  • Box: 16 Folder: 8
    Unidentified,
    1860s

  • Box: 17 Folder: 1
    Horse's bit,
    1860s

  • Box: 17 Folder: 2
    Tin primer caps,
    1860s

  • Box: 18
    Cash box,
    1860s

  • Box: 19
    Shells,
    1860s

    2 heavy artillery shells

  • Oversize:
    Camp stool,
    1860s

  • Oversize:
    Hand-made crutch,
    1860s

  • Oversize:
    Cooking kettle and tripod,
    1860s

  • Oversize:
    3 muskets: 1860 Genuine Virginia,
    1860s

  • Oversize:
    Fire tongs,
    1860s

  • Oversize:
    Sword with scabbard,
    1860s

  • Oversize:
    2 bayonets,
    1860s

  • Oversize:
    2 larger bayonets or swords,
    1860s

    2.5 to 3 feet long

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