The common-place book of me : the diary / of Margaret Lynn Lewis ; compiled by Mrs. William Roland Miller, Jr., [and] Mrs. James Clifton Wheat, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Margaret Lynn.

Contributor:

National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. National Historical Activities Committee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lewis family.

Frontier and pioneer life--Virginia.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)--Social life and customs.

Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.).

Augusta County (Va.).

Physical Description:

37 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Valley manuscript

Place of Publication:

[s.l.] : National Society of the Colonial Dames in Virginia, [1976?].

Notes:

From the "Valley Manuscript" submitted by Ian Campbell, Duke of Argyll.

"Excerpts ... were first published in 'Virginia. Its History and Antiquities' by Henry Howe in 1845."

"[The excerpts] appeared again in ... 'The Land We love' in 1869 and also in the times Register of Salem, Virginia, with explanatory remarks by H. E. Van Gelder."

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Doss Brown, 1995.

OCLC:

13204174