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Richmond, Virginia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

General Lafayette’s Tour of the United States

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0124
Abstract

This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings from the arrival of the Marquis de Lafayette in August 1884 at New York to his visit to Norfolk, Virginia in October 1824. Among the newspaper articles are five engravings depicting General Lafayette.

Dates: August-October 1824

Numismatic Collections

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0242
Abstract

A collection of historical examples of coinage and currency primarily from the Confederate States of America, U. S. Federal government fractional currency from before and post- Civil War and foreign currency representing economic times in turmoil. The largest example of currency and bonds is from the Confederate States of America.

Dates: 1790-1923; Majority of material found within 1861-1876