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Preferred Citation:

Henrietta S. Fitzhugh Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gift from the Family of Henrietta Brockenbough Frost.

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Scope and Contents

Diary of Henrietta S. Fitzhugh of a trip. Includes letters concerning the diary, the Washington, Fitzhugh and Meade Families genealogy, news clippings concerning Washington land, Washington royal blood and family obituaries, pencil drawing of a Washington silhouette, letter with Fitzhugh/Meade genealogy information, Colonial Dames invitation to unveiling of tablet in memory of George Washington at Ravenswood, West Virginia (1932), and correspondence with Mrs. Archie Q. Brockenbrough of New York.

Includes transcription by Merle Kimball, dated 2006, and notes.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• American diaries--Women authors
• Correspondence
• Diaries
• Fitzhugh family
• Genealogy
• Meade family
• Research notes
• Transcripts
• Virginia--Genealogy
• Washington family