Box 1

Scope and Contents Consists of mostly Jeremiah Laine correspondence with his wife, Polley Laine. Of note is a letter from Jeremiah Laine to his family about the war of 1812 and also two militia fines. Other correspondence includes medical instructions from Dr. Benjamin Hancock; letters between Peter Laine and his wife Jane; letters from Jeremiah and Polley Laine's children, Charles and Mary Scammel, Nancy Atkinson, and Nancy Morriss. Also included is a letter from William Laine recommending his son Gilbert,...

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Letters with family and boyfriends.

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Letters from Christopher C. Laine, Thomas Laine, and E. J. Morris about family and work. (Southhampton Airfield).

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Mostly letters from her children, Amos Laine, Eugene Laine, Milton Laine, and Alvin Woodrow Laine. Charles S. Kitchen writes about plans for the launching of the new iron ship at the Navy yard.

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Mostly letters from his girlfriend, Margaret (Maggie).

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Mostly letters from his girlfriend, Margaret (Maggie). One letter is from 1926 because it came inside of another letter from 1925. Also includes letters from "Evelyn" and graduation cards.

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The Laine family papers (1772-1961; 0.8 cubic feet) contains letters and documents about hiring enslaved people, other family correspondence, and financial and legal papers related to the Laine (sometimes Lane) family in Sussex County, Virginia. There is also a letter and information about the War of 1812. Also of interest is the correspondence and church programs for Amos Lloyd Laine who was a minister in Wakefield, Virginia.

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Mostly letters from "Daniel" to Alva Laine.

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Mostly letters from "Alma" to Milton Laine and one letter from Milton to his brother Eugene Laine.

Scope and Contents Note From the File:

The Laine family papers (1772-1961; 0.8 cubic feet) contains letters and documents about hiring enslaved people, other family correspondence, and financial and legal papers related to the Laine (sometimes Lane) family in Sussex County, Virginia. There is also a letter and information about the War of 1812. Also of interest is the correspondence and church programs for Amos Lloyd Laine who was a minister in Wakefield, Virginia.

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Legal notes and questions,judgements, land assesments, and taxes related to Laine family and others. There are indentures between Ephraim Bryant and Charles Bryant, Peter Laine and John and Drewry Lane, John Lane and William Wren, and John Laine and Robert Ellis for the secret of making whiskey. Also included is a marriage license for Eliza Brittle.

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Receipts for goods, such as, potatoes, whiskey, nails, coffee, flour, sugar, spices, oysters, tobacco plants; work; medical prescriptions; making of shoes; and purchase of land.

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Receipts for bond due, and goods such as fish, shoes, cotton, sewing materials, coffee, potatoes, flour, sugar, meat, and brandy.