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• Diaries.
• Family--Virginia--Social life and customs.
• Lyons family.
• Mexican War, 1846-1848.
• Taliaferro family.
• Taliaferro, Sally Lyons, 1828-1899.
• Taliaferro, William Booth, 1822-1898.
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• United States. Army--Officers--Diaries.
• Women--Diaries--History--19th century.
• Women--Virginia--Social life and customs.

William Booth Taliaferro of Dunham Massie, Gloucester, Va.

Four volumes containing typescripts of diaries and letters of William Booth Taliaferro of Dunham Massie, Gloucester, Va., 1844-1890; the diary of his wife Sally Lyons Taliaferro (1828-1899), 1859-1899; and other materials relating to members of the Taliaferro and Lyons families. Volume 1 contains letters of the Taliaferrros and Lyons family data. Volume 2 contains the Mexican War diary, 1847, and letters, 1847-1848, of William Booth Taliaferro, documenting his activities during the war. Also included is Taliaferro's 1871-1890 diary, which contains brief entries relating to weather, financial transactions, planting, and family and neighborhood activities. Volume 3 contains Sally Lyons Taliaferro's diary, 1859-1874; volume 4 contains her diary, 1875-1899. These diaries have brief entries about the weather and family and neighborhood news.