Ruffin, Edmund 1794-1865 creator mixed material monographic eng 14 14 7 3.2 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. Open to research. 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 Publishers mm 78051839 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010091 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010091.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010091 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010091.3 Open to research. DLC 781030 20260227111627.0 mm 78051839