Local History/Special Collections Document of the Month Archives
(*Note: Some links within the documents may be broken. We are working to fix these and apologize for the inconvenience.)
2016
February-- George Washington Medicinal Dictionary, 1743
2015
January-- Robert E. Lee Letter, February 19, 1862
2008
November-- Potomac River Mapping
October-- Card files
September-- McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Brochure, c. 1882
August-- McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Brochure, c. 1882
July-- Mona Lisa Letter, 1963.
June-- Mexican War Muster Roll, June 1847, Montgomery Dent Corse Papers.
May -- Needlework Guild of America, Account Book and Minutes, 1898-1938.
April-- Northwest Alexandria Perspective View, A.M. Gorman, c. 1894.
March-- “Curtiss Flying Boat Aviation Log," an early “hydro-aeroplane” or seaplane
2007
November -- “Around the Potomac: Verses about Places and People I Love" by William Dickman
September -- Primary Source Documents
August -- “Virginia in the Revolution” by John Esten Cooke, June to November 1876
2006
January -- Alexandria Library Company, Membership Records, Subscription Book, 1794-1798
February -- Roberts Memorial United Methodist Church, Sunday School Record, 1887
March -- Records of the R.H. Lancaster Lodge, No. 1370, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of the State of Virginia, 1890-1910
April -- Register of Freedmen, Camp Barker, 1862-65, Records of Contraband Camp
May -- Diary of a Student in Alexandria, Virginia, May 1849-April 1850
June -- Grand Southern Mail Route and Passenger Line Map, 1869
July -- A Medicinal Dictionary (Volume I) Written by R. James, MD and Owned by George Washington, 1743
August -- Letter from Thomas G. Russell to Eliza Eaches Fendall, August 17, 1866
October -- Registers of Free Negroes, 1797-1865
November -- Presbyterian Cemetery, 1890, 1939 and Burial Ground of St. Paul's Church, 1945
December -- Response To A Request by Free African Americans for Religious Liberty, February 25, 1841
2005
January -- Charges for Street Cleaning and Repair, July 21, 1877
February -- Roll of Honor. Names of Soldiers, Victims of the Rebellion, Buried in the National Cemetery at Alexandria, Virginia, January 27, 1866
March -- Stock Certificate for the Northern Virginia Hotel Corporation, 1920s
April -- Jeremiah Harwood's Release from Duty at Slave Pen, January 19, 1866
May -- Alexandria Plat Maps from 19th Century Chancery Suits
June -- Letter from William Robinson to Thomson Francis Mason Retaining His Services in the Matter of a Runaway Slave, November 21, 1818
July -- Broadside Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, New York, 1836
August -- Letter from Robert E. Lee to Messrs. Green & Bro. About Furniture, November 29, 1872
September -- Parker-Gray High School Yearbook, 1961
October -- Alexandria Herald, October 25, 1824
November -- Letter from Alice J. Green to Sophie Ford Tackett, August 13, 1903
December -- Stage Coach Manifest, Alexandria to Winchester, January 6, 1837
2004
January -- Payment to Bushrod Washington for Executed Slave, November 4, 1823
February -- Letter from Samuel W. Tucker to Alexandria Library, February 13, 1940
March -- Virginia Midland Railway Company, Local Freight Tariff, 1882
April -- Slave Manifest Including Captives from the Pearl, May 2, 1848
May -- Alexandria Water Company, Property Book, 1867
June -- Consumer Ration Coupons, U.S. Office of Price Administration, 1945
July -- R.E. Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans, Alexandria, Virginia, 1973
August -- Evening Cruise on the Potomac River, July 10, 1877
September -- Transcribed Deed Conveying Ownership of Property to Methodist Protestant Church, May 15, 1899
October -- Alexandria Office of Sheriff Jail Records, 1891-1948
November -- Permission for Julia Barker, Free Woman of Color, to Reside in the City, July 17, 1822
December -- "A Western Lawyer's Plea Against the Fact," July 9, 1869
2003
July -- The People's Advocate, May 6, 1876
August -- Tercentennial Souvenir, 1907
September -- Alexandria City Directory, 1907
October -- 1884 Map of Alexandria, Virginia by Student
November -- Document of Indenture to Study Medicine & Apothecary, 1764
December -- Letter from Townshend Dade Fendall to Aunt Mary Dade, December 28, 1861
2002
January -- "Memorial from Electors of Elections in Alexandria," March 7, 1867
February -- Minutes of the Washington Society of Alexandria, February 9, 1813
March -- An early petition for retrocession, January 18, 1841
April -- Advertisement for Jamieson and Hill, 1872
May -- Congratulatory letter from President Theodore Roosevelt to Kate Waller Barrett, March 12, 1903
June -- Travel pass, February 23, 1864
2001
April -- Lottery tickets and circulars, 1847
May -- Letter from James Downey to his brother about his experiences in the Spanish American War, May 15, 1898
June -- Invitation to the "First Hop of the Season," December 6, 1867
July -- Building permit for 1456 Duke Street, October 20, 1924
August -- Letter from M. Porterfield to a friend about the former's opium addiction, ca. 1850
September -- Currency from the Bank of the Old Dominion, ca. 1851
November -- Registration form for the schooner, Maria, May 24, 1796
December -- Complaint about mail service from Gus V. Wilson to John J. McCormick, Esq., April 24, 1861