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By Nichole Delasalas
Collection Overview
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Predominant Dates:1810, 1837-1916
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-233
Primary Creator: Taylor, Walter Herron (1838-1916)
Extent: 9.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged by series in chronological order.
Date Acquired: 01/18/1964
Forms of Material: Agreements, Booklets, Checks (bank checks), Clippings (information artifacts), Contracts, Correspondence, Deeds, Diplomas, Drivers' licenses, Envelopes, Excerpts, Financial records, Fliers (printed matter), Insurance policies, Invitations, Invoices, Journals (periodicals), Lists (document genres), Maps (documents), Minutes (administrative records), Notes, Orderly books, Pamphlets, Photographs, Receipts, Resolutions (administrative records), Rosters, Speeches (documents), Stock certificates, Telegrams, Wills
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Personal and business correspondence, notes, financial records, wills and deeds from his clients, booklets and pamphlets, newspaper clippings about the Civil War, and photographs. Also included in the collection are the personal papers of the Saunders family.
Biographical Note
Colonel Walter H. Taylor was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1838. He enrolled at the Virginia Military Institute in 1853 and graduated in 1857. In 1859 he joined the Norfolk militia and by the beginning of the Civil War he was promoted to the headquarters of the Army of Virginia, becoming the adjunct or aide-de-camp to Confederate General Robert E. Lee for the duration of the war. In 1865 Taylor married his longtime love, Elizabeth "Bettie" Saunders. Upon returning to Norfolk after the war, he became involved in politics by representing Norfolk in the Virginia legislature from 1873-1876. In 1877, Walter H. Taylor became the president of Marine Bank, where he served for nearly 40 years. He was also on the board of the Virginia Military Institute and Norfolk and Western Railroad. He remained a great defender of the Civil War and General Lee. Taylor published two books, Four Years with General Lee in 1877 and General Lee, His Campaigns in Virginia, 1861-1865 in 1906. He died from cancer on March 1, 1916 in Norfolk, Virginia.
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Janet Taylor by donation
Preferred Citation:
Colonel Walter H. Taylor Papers, MSS 0000-233, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed June to November 2015.
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- Box 7
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- Folder 1: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Miscellaneous, 1853-1906
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- Item 1: Correspondence, John P. Kinned to Robert Galt, 1853 February 3
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- Item 2: Diploma, Virginia Military Institute, 1857 July 4
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- Located in Oversize Miscellaneous Box 1.
- Item 3: Correspondence, J. J. Fauntteroy to Mr. Knox, 1859 November 22
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- Item 4: Correspondence, George K. Fox Jr. to unknown, 1864 September 15
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- Item 5: Deed, 1865 December 28
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- Item 6: Correspondence, Mrs. J. Douglas Thorton to Gen. R. E. Lee, 1868 March 16
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- Item 7: Certificate, 1877 April 24
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- Item 8: Correspondence, unknown to F. Anthony, 1877 December 20
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- Item 9: Pamphlet, Address of RT. Rev. C. C. Penick, D. D., 1888 May 26
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- Item 10: Excerpt, General Orders No. 47, 1890 November 6
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- Item 11: Magazine, The Church Militant, 1906 November
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- Item 12: Miscellaneous Notes, undated
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- Item 13: Notes, Walter H. Taylor Memorial, undated
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- Item 14: Correspondence, Clifford Millard to Walter H. Taylor, undated
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- Folder 2: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Miscellaneous, 1861-1963
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- Item 1: Poem, 1861 September 13
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- Item 2: Correspondence, Gen. Robert Lee to unknown, 1863 January
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- Item 3: Speech, Walter H. Taylor, 1875 June
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- Item 4: Deed, 1885 February 11
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- Item 5: Clipping, 1886 February 9
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- Item 6: Certificate, 1887 April 9
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- Item 7: Correspondence, John R. Cooke to Walter H. Taylor, 1887 October 22
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- Item 8: Receipt, 1891 December 1
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- Item 9: Invitation, 1893 April 21
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- Item 10: Correspondence, S. G. Wallace to Walter H. Taylor, 1893 October 13
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- Item 11: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to W. T. DeVan, 1896 June 19
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- Item 12: Certificate, 1899 February 3
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- Item 13: Clippings, 1900
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- Item 14: Minutes, 1901 July 18
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- Item 15: Correspondence, L. S. Foster to Walter H. Taylor, 1901 July 23
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- Item 16: Certificate, 1903 June 1
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- Item 17: Correspondence, College of William and Mary to Walter H. Taylor, 1903 December 21
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- Item 18: Correspondence, B. S. Carroll to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 May 3
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- Item 19: Correspondence, Mrs. Laura Fancheur to Walter H. Taylor, 1906
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- Item 20: Speech, 1907 May 16
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- Item 21: Correspondence, Abby Role to Walter H. Taylor, 1912 January 31
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- Item 22: Clipping, 1912 October 27
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- Item 23: Driver's License, 1913 December 31
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- Item 24: Speech, 1914 December
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- Item 25: Miscellaneous, Anniversary congratulations, 1915 April
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- Item 26: Deposit, 1918 April 11
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- Item 27: Membership, 1927 April 12
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- Item 28: Correspondence, Cecil M. McCulley to R. K. T. Larson, 1963 July 11
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- Item 29: Miscellaneous, postcards, undated
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- Item 30: Miscellaneous, Notes, undated
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- Item 31: Miscellaneous, lock of hair, undated
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- Folder 3: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Miscellaneous envelopes, undated
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- Item 1: Postage stamps, undated
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- Folder 4: Saunders Family, 1810 March 17
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- Item 1: Clipping, Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger, 1810 March 17
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- Folder 5: Saunders Family Papers - Captain John L. Saunders, 1828-1888
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- Item 1: Deed, 1828 November 22
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- Item 2: Agreement, 1837 February 18
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- Item 3: Statement, 1837 August
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- Item 4: Check, 1837 December 29
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- Item 5: Correspondence, W. C. Wirt to J. L. Saunders, 1841
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- Item 6: Correspondence, W. C. Wirt to J. L. Saunders, 1841 June 5
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- Item 7: Statement, 1842 January
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- Item 8: Correspondence, J. M. to J. L. Saunders, 1842 October 23
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- Item 9: Note, William G. Sands to John Saunders, 1843
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- Item 10: Receipt, 1844 May 25
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- Item 11: Statement, 1844 March
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- Item 12: Correspondence, James Buchanan to John L. Saunders, 1845 February 23
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- Item 13: Statement, 1845 March
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- Item 14: Receipt, 1846 June 24
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- Item 15: Contract, 1847 October 15
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- Item 16: Correspondence, Thomas Green to John L. Saunders, 1850 February 14
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- Item 17: Stock certificate, 1852 April 23
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- Item 18: Receipt, 1852 July 1
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- Item 19: Stock certificate, 1853 August 17
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- Item 20: Notes, 1854 March 20
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- Item 21: Correspondence, W. H. Garosen to John L. Saunders, 1854 May 13
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- Item 22: Agreement, 1854 August 1
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- Item 23: Correspondence, Tazwell Taylor to John L. Saunders, 1860 October 31
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- Item 24: Claim, 1888
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- Item 25: Correspondence, Tallmadge & Tallmadge to John L. Saunders, 1888 September 8
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- Item 26: Correspondence, Tallmadge & Tallmadge to John L. Saunders, 1888 September 15
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- Item 27: Correspondence, Tallmadge & Tallmadge to John. L Saunders, 1888 September 27
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- Item 28: Correspondence, Tallmadge & Tallmadge to John L. Saunders, 1888 October 13
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- Item 29: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to John L. Saunders, 1888 October 16
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- Item 30: Correspondence, Tallmadge & Tallmadge to John L. Saunders, 1888 October 26
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- Item 31: Correspondence, John L. Saunders to Walter, 1888 November 7
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- Item 32: Correspondence, John L. Saunders to Walter, 1888 November 9
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- Item 33: Miscellaneous notes, undated
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- Folder 6: Cowdery Family Papers, 1852-1898
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- Item 1: Stock certificate, 1852 September 2
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- Item 2: Receipt, 1853 April 25
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- Item 3: Stock certificate, 1857 May 14
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- Item 4: Contract, 1859 August 12
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- Item 5: Certificate, 1861 April 2
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- Item 6: Estate inventory, 1862 January
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- Item 7: Correspondence, A. G. Leonard to Cowdery, 1863 December 11
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- Item 8: Note, 1869 November 30
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- Item 9: Correspondence, A. A. Cowdrey to unknown, 1872
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- Item 10: Agreement, 1872 November 8
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- Item 11: Receipt, 1873 June 23
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- Item 12: Deed, 1883 May 1
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- Item 13: Certificate, 1895 March 21
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- Item 14: Deed, 1898 February 10
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- Item 15: Will, undated
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