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Booklet, Memory, Action, Anticipation

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Small fundraising booklet for the Quaker Meeting House located in Lynchburg near Sandusky. Restoration of the stone house was completed in 1901, this booklet seeks to raise more funds for additional projects related to the building. Several notable…

Cake Server, silver, 20th century

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This cake server is silver-plated and was owned by the Hutter family. The back silver mark reads “W.B. MFG. CO.” This mark belongs to the Williams Brothers MFG. Company. They began in Naubuc, Connecticut in 1880 and produced flatware until 1950.…

Check [facsimile], Exchange Bank of Virginia, to General Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870)

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Early 20th century copy of a check dated 27 June 1861 to Major General Robert E. Lee, signed by Ferdinand Charles Hutter in the amount of $1,323.33. Check is endorsed on back by Lee.This check facsimile, showing front and back in single presentation,…

Cloisonne Pin, Lynchburg Lions Club, Sandusky House

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Hard enamel pin created by the Lynchburg chapter of the Lions Club to commemorate the Sandusky house and creation of the Historic Sandusky Foundation who purchased the house in 2002 for restoration.

Donated by Greg Starbuck

Coleman, R. P., 31 December 1862, Confederate soldier letter,

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Letter, 31 December 1861, from [J.H.?] Coleman, at the Ladies Relief Hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia, to his family. Coleman is working at the hospital and while the bulk of his letter is in regards to sending and receiving mail, he also writes about…

Commemorative medal, Battle of Lynchburg

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Ribbon and medal commemorating the Battle of Lynchburg, June 1864 and the Lynchburg Prisoner of War camp for captured Union soldiers.

Commemorative Ribbon, Grand Review 1965

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Badge and ribbon commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Grand Review.

The Grand Review of the Armies was a military procession and celebration in the national capital city of Washington, D.C., on May 23–24, 1865, following the Union victory…

Commemorative Ribbon, Stonewall Jackson Procession 2007

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Commemorative Ribbon made for the 2007 anniversary re-enactment of funeral procession for General Thomas J. Jackson's body as it passed through Lynchburg on it's way for burial in Lexington, Virginia.

Cutlery set, silver dinner forks, tea spoons, and serving spoons, early 20th century

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This is a set of 15 dinner forks, 6 teaspoons, and 2 matching serving spoons that was owned by the Hutter family. The hallmarks all match that of Reed and Barton, a bird then an "R", followed by a lion. Reed and Barton was started in 1824 by Henry…