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Preferred Citation:

Scrapbook, 1838-1887, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Scope and Contents

Scrapbook, 1854-1887, of an unidentified person containing newspaper clippings. The volume includes a handwritten note about the evacuation of Portsmouth, Virginiaa. and Norfolk, Virginia in 1862. The clippings were pasted over a journal (account book), of Cocke and Brothers, merchants, Portsmouth, Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Account books
• Merchants--Virginia--History--19th century
• Merchants--Virginia--Portsmouth
• Norfolk (Va.)--History--19th century
• Norfolk (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
• Portsmouth (Va.)--History--19th century
• Portsmouth (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
• Scrapbooks
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865