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A Poet on Pierce Street
In Season 3, Episode 6, of Not Even Past, host Brendan Wolfe travels to...
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Horace B. Burnham, Orloff Mather Dorman, and Westel Willoughby, judges of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, meet for the first time and adopt... Learn Morein
In a letter to William DuVal, Thomas Jefferson continues a conversation on the death by probable poisoning of his former teacher, George Wythe.History A-Z
Van Lew, Elizabeth L. (1818–1900)
Elizabeth Van Lew was a Richmond Unionist and abolitionist who spied for the United States government during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Leading a... Find Out More
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Custis, John Parke (1754–1781)
John Parke Custis was a planter and member of the House of Delegates (1778–1781). After the death of his father, Daniel Parke Custis, his mother, Martha Dandridge Custis, married George Washington and moved the...
