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    John Mitchell Jr.
    John Mitchell Jr.

    John Jr. Mitchell (1863–1929)

    John Mitchell Jr. was a prominent newspaper editor, politician, banker, and civil rights activist. Born enslaved near Richmond, Mitchell attended the Richmond Colored Normal School and taught for... Find Out More

  • Maclin C. Wheeler (1854 or 1855–June 6, 1916)
  • Letter from Robert L. Madison to James Madison (January...
  • Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson (April 20,...
  • Letter from Dolley Madison to John Payne Todd (July...
  • Letter from Dolley Madison to Lucy Todd (August 23,...
  • Letter from Dolley Madison to Robert G. L. De...
  • Letter from James Madison to Robert R. Livingston and...
  • Ambrose Madison (ca. 1696–1732)
  • Dolley Madison (1768–1849)
  • James Madison (1751–1836)
  • Madison, James and Slavery
  • Madison’s Amendments to the Declaration of Rights (May 29–June...
  • Mary Tucker Magill (1830–1899)
  • Julia Magruder (1854–1907)
  • William Mahone (1826–1895)
  • Letter from George Mallory to A. S. Priddy (November...
  • Malvern Hill, Battle of
  • “Man Servants getting any bastard child to make satisfaction...
  • Manassas Gap Railroad during the Civil War
  • Manassas, First Battle of
  • “The maner of their language”; an excerpt from “Map...
  • Ralza M. Manly (1822–1897)
  • Manners and Politeness in Early Virginia Indian Society
  • The Manumission of Lucy Brooks and Her Children (1862)
  • A Map of Virginia. With a Description of the...
  • Margaret Ward Morland (1923–2022)
  • Marriage in Early Virginia Indian Society
  • Marriage of Dr. Blair and Sarah Harrison (June 2,...
  • Marriage within Prohibited Degrees, How Punished (1924)
  • George C. Marshall (1880–1959)
  • Henry Martin (1826–1915)
  • Thomas Staples Martin (1847–1919)
  • Martinsburg during the Civil War
  • “Mary Johnston in Her Home” by Annie Kendrick Walker...
  • “Mary Johnston, Author of ‘Prisoners of Hope.'” (1899)
  • “Mary Johnston’s New Novel” by E. F. S. (October...
  • Letter from Rev. James Marye Jr. to Rev. John...
  • Maryland Campaign
  • George Mason (1725–1792)
  • Lucy Randolph Mason (1882–1959)
  • The massacre upon the two and twentieth of March”;...
  • John E. Massey (1819–1901)
  • Massive Resistance
  • “Masters of Ships to provide fower months provisions” (1662)
  • Mattaponi Tribe
  • John Walter Boyd Matthews (1840–July 11, 1879)
  • Dabney Herndon Maury (1822–1900)
  • Letter from Elizabeth (Betsey) McCarty to the Westmoreland County...
  • John A. McCausland (1836–1927)
  • George B. McClellan (1826–1885)
  • Leander James McCormick (1819–1900)
  • McDowell, Battle of
  • Irvin McDowell (1818–1885)
  • Letter from Thomas McKean to Thomas Jefferson (March 21,...
  • Christopher McPherson (ca. 1763–1817)
  • McPherson, A Short History of the Life of Christopher...
  • McVeigh v. United States (1871)
  • Letter from the Rev. Joseph Mead to Sir Martin...
  • George Gordon Meade (1815–1872)
  • Julian R. Meade (1909–1940)
  • Mechanicsville, Battle of
  • Medicine in Virginia during the Civil War
  • Meeting Granganimeo; an excerpt from “The first voyage made...
  • Meeting Minutes of University of Virginia Board of Visitors,...
  • Meeting of the Faculty (May 22, 1830)
  • Meeting of the Faculty (November 12, 1836)
  • Meeting of the Faculty (November 9, 1836)
  • Members of the Confederate Congress from Virginia
  • Members of the Continental Congress from Virginia
  • Members of the United States House of Representatives from...
  • Members of the United States Senate from Virginia
  • Members of the Virginia State Corporation Commission
  • "Memoir of the Author," from Decisions of Cases in...
  • Memoirs of Samuel Spottford Clement Relating Interesting Experiences in...
  • “Memorable Disasters,” Richmond Enquirer (January 11, 1812)
  • Memorandum List of Tithables (July 16, 1770)
  • Memorandum List of Tithables (June 20, 1769)
  • Memorandum on an African Colony for Freed Slaves (ca....
  • “A Memorial and Remonstrance” by James Madison (1785)
  • A Memoriall Concerning the Mal-administrations of His Excellency Francis...
  • “Mendel’s Law: A Plea for a Better Race of...
  • Menokin
  • Hugh Mercer (1725–1777)
  • Sophie Gooding Rose Meredith (1851–1928)
  • Meridian
  • Meriwether Lewis’s Journal Entries (August 12–13, 1805)
  • Meriwether Lewis’s Report to Thomas Jefferson (April 7, 1805)
  • Methodists in Early Virginia
  • Letter from Robert Michie to David Watson (December 21,...
  • Military Executions during the Civil War
  • Military Organization and Rank during the Civil War
  • John B. Miller Jr. (fl. 1859−1875)
  • Mine Run Campaign
  • Shadrach Minkins (d. 1875)
  • Charles Minnigerode (1814–1894)
  • Diary of John B. Minor (February 28–March 7, 1865)
  • “Miraculous Escape,” Boston Emancipator and Free American (May 11,...
  • “Miscegenation” by Basil L. Gildersleeve (April 18, 1864)
  • “Misery and misgovernment”; an excerpt from A true reportory...
  • “Miss Johnston’s ‘To Have and to Hold'” (February 10,...
  • “Miss Johnston’s Virginia” by Thomas Dixon Jr. (November 1900)
  • “Miss Mary Johnston: A Suffrage Worker” (June 11, 1911)
  • The Mistreatment of Servant Charetie Dallen (1649)
  • John Jr. Mitchell (1863–1929)
  • “Mob Law.” Staunton Spectator and Vindicator (July 21, 1898)
  • Modern Environmental History of Virginia
  • Monacan Indian Nation
  • Letter from James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson (September 15,...
  • Andrew Jackson Montague (1862–1937)
  • Monticello
  • “Monticello”; an excerpt from The Private Life of Thomas...
  • Montpelier, Archaeology at
  • Virginia Moore (1903–1993)
  • “More Fugitive Slaves,” New York Daily Times (May 14,...
  • Morgan v. Commonwealth (June 6, 1945)
  • Morgan v. Virginia (1946)
  • Morgan v. Virginia (June 3, 1946)
  • Peter G. Morgan (1817–1890)
  • John Singleton Mosby (1833–1916)
  • William P. Moseley (ca. 1819 or 1820–1890)
  • Frank Moss (d. by August 6, 1884)
  • “The most promising work”; an excerpt from “Exhibition of...
  • Moton School Strike and Prince Edward County School Closings
  • Robert Russa Moton (1867–1940)
  • Mount Vernon, Archaeology at
  • Mourning during the Civil War
  • “Mr Strachie’s Harke” by William Strachey
  • “Mrs. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson Denounces ‘The Long Roll'” by Mary...
  • Mundus novus (1503)
  • Mary-Cooke Branch Munford (1865–1938)
  • Robert Munford (d. 1783)
  • Benjamin Muse (1898–1986)
  • Museum of the Confederacy
  • Mutiny on the Ferrers Galley; an excerpt from A...
  • “Mysteries of a Shamble,” New-York Tribune (July 15, 1861)

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