In the published version of Elizabeth Lindsay Lomax’s diary there is a young man named Chandler (Mrs. Lomax does not give his last name). Chandler is courting Victoria Lomax and in fact proposes to her several times, only to be rejected.Here is what I…
The following is from A Belle of the Fifties by Virginia Clay-Clopton. She doesn’t give a date, but the event clearly took place before June 1861. “Professor” Maury (she seems to have forgotten his full name, Matthew Fontaine Maury) was still the …
A reminder that the Civil War Diary of Betty Herndon Maury, newly transcribed and annotated, has been published by the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust in its journal Fredericksburg History and Biography, Volume 9. Scroll to the bottom of the pa…
Literature in the South Since the Warby Thomas Nelson PageLippincott’s Magazine, Volume 48, 1891, page 740
Along the Lower Jamesby Charles Washington ColemanCentury Magazine, Volume 41, page 323, January 1891A long article about historic homes along the James River in Virginia with beautiful illustrations.
Virginia Illustratedby David Hunter StrotherNew York: Harper & Brothers, 1857Some wonderful illustrations!
The following is from Leaves From an Old Washington Diary, 1854-1863 by Elizabeth Lindsay Lomax, first published in 1943, edited by Lindsay Lomax Wood.Friday, February 29, 1856. . . Mr. Corbin is on a courting expedition and seems a trifle nervous — H…
I have found more information about the actions of Betty Herndon Maury’s husband, William Arden Maury, during the opening months of the American Civil War. He was involved in procuring land patents and certificates for land patents, as revealed by sei…
This is to announce that The Civil War Diary of Betty Herndon Maury will be published by the journal Fredericksburg History and Biography. The entire diary, together with annotations, will be available in early 2011.
This is a photo of Mrs. Gwin, she who gave the famous costume ball described in Virginia Clopton Clay’s memoir, A Belle of the Fifties. I wrote about this ball in an earlier post, which you can read by clicking here. In the earlier post there is a li…
