03563cpcaa2200697 4500 mm 78051839 DLC 20260227111627.0 cr ||||||||||| 781030|||||||||||| eng mm 78051839 ms 68002067 DLC DLC dacs DLC W lcmd Ruffin, Edmund, 1794-1865. Edmund Ruffin diaries, 1856-1865. 14 items. 14 containers. 7 microfilm reels. 3.2 linear feet. Open to research. Diaries detailing Ruffin's activities and opinions as an agricultural reformer, anti-unionist, and slavery advocate. Subjects include life on his Virginia estates, Marlbourne Plantation, Hanover County, Va., and Beechwood Plantation, Prince George County, Va.; Virginia state and county agricultural societies; travels and social affairs in the area between Amelia County, Va., and Richmond, Va.; theatrical and other entertainments in Richmond, Va.; religion including Calvinism and Unitarianism; Virginia state and local politics; Confederate and Union politics; and battles and skirmishes, particularly at Charleston and Fort Sumter, S.C., and Manassas, Va. Includes correspondence, fragmentary essays, holograph maps, pamphlets, and clippings. Plantation owner and publisher. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010091 Agriculture. Agriculture Virginia. Agriculture Virginia Societies, etc. Calvinism. Plantations Virginia. Religion. Slavery. Theater Virginia Richmond. Unitarianism. Amelia County (Va.) Social life and customs. Beechwood Plantation (Va.) Charleston (S.C.) History Civil War, 1861-1865. Confederate States of America Politics and government. Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) History. Hanover County (Va.) Social life and customs. Manassas (Va.) History Civil War, 1861-1865. Marlbourne Plantation (Va.) Prince George County (Va.) Social life and customs. Richmond (Va.) Social life and customs. South Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. United States Politics and government 1849-1877. United States Politics and government 1861-1865. Virginia Description and travel. Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865. Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. Virginia Politics and government 1775-1865. Virginia Politics and government 1861-1865. Virginia Social life and customs. Plantation owners. itoamc Publishers. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010091 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010091.3 40083 40083