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1943 Letter from Walter Plecker: Letter from Virginia state official Walter Plecker to voting registrars, health care workers, school superintendents, and clerks of the court, 1943.; Format: image/letter

"Be saved from the jaws of an angry hell": In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.7; An 1831 letter from Thomas Whitmell Harriss to his sister, in which he begs her to accept Christ as her savior. Includes historical commentary.; Format: letter

General statement of Sherlock Bronson: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 1.6; Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation General Office 1413-15-17 East Franklin Street Richmond, Virginia April 13, 1939. Hon. Graham A. Barden, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Barden: Upon my return to Richmond after my interview with you...

Had a declaration... Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1776 (page 1 of 3): First page of three-page letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776. The page reads: Philadelphia, July 3d. 1776 Had a Declaration of Independency been made seven Months ago, it would have been attended with many great and glorious...; Format: image/letter

Had a declaration... Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1776 (page 2 of 3): Second page of three-page letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776. The page reads: All these Causes however in Conjunction would not have disappointed Us, if it had not been for a Misfortune, which could not be foreseen, and perhaps...; Format: image/letter

Had a declaration... Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1776 (page 3 of 3): Third page of three-page letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776. The page reads: I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day...; Format: image/letter

Letter activity one: In Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity two, page 2; The following excerpt is from a letter from Mr. Sherlock Bronson, a lawyer and president of Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation, to the Honorable Graham Braden, a member of the U. S. House of Representatives. It was written March 16, 1939. The...; Format: lesson plan; By Pauline S. Johnson.

Letter activity three: In Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity two, page 4; On April 13, 1939, Mr. Sherlock Bronson wrote a "General statement of Sherlock Bronson of the circumstances and conditions under which the survey of industrial conditions in the tobacco bag stringing area was made, and certain conclusions therefrom" and sent...; Format: lesson plan; By Pauline S. Johnson.

Letter activity two: In Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity two, page 3; Read the three short letters of March 31, 1939, April 1, 1939, and April 7, 1939. Who wrote each of...; Format: lesson plan; By Pauline S. Johnson.

Letter of April 1, 1939: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 1.4; Box 132, R. #1, Leaksville, N.C., April 1, 1939. Mr. Sherlock Bronson, Box 644, Richmond, Va. Dear Sir: I am kindly writing asking you please not to take the stringing of bags away from Mrs. Jones, our Agent for our community. For two years I have stringing...

Letter of April 7, 1939: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 1.5; MORSE BAG COMPANY East Bend, North Carolina. April 7, 1939. Mr. Sherlock Bronson, Richmond, Virginia. Dear Sir: In compliance with your request of March 28th, I am glad to give you an idea of my experience in working with tobacco bags. My mother and father,...

Letter of March 16, 1939: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 1.1; Law Offices Tucker, Bronson, Satterfield & Mays State Planters Bank Building Richmond, Virginia March 16, 1939 Hon. Graham A. Barden, House of Representatives Washington, D.C. In Re: Fair Labor Standards Act. Dear Mr. Barden: I am deeply grateful to you for...

Primary source letters lesson plan: In Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity two, page 1; This is one of a series of activities that will help educators use the Tobacco Bag Stringing project materials in their classrooms. Throughout the series students will learn about tobacco stringing, study primary source...; Format: lesson plan; By Pauline S. Johnson.

Reading newspapers: Reader contributions: A learner's guide to reading letters to the editor and other reader contributions in historical newspapers.; Format: article/learner's guide; By Kathryn Walbert.

Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity four: In this activity for grades 3–6, students will read and evaluate a primary source letter from the Tobacco Bag Stringing collection. This should be done after Activity one, which is the introductory activity about tobacco bag stringing. Students will investigate the influence of technology, and its lack, on the tobacco bag stringers. They will do a role play/debate in which they will assume the roles of owners of companies and other people that were involved in the issue.; Format: article (grade 3–5 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity three: In this activity for grades 3–6, students will read and evaluate primary source letters from the Tobacco Bag Stringing collection. This should be done after Activity one, which is the introductory activity about tobacco bag stringing.; Format: article (grade 3–5 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Your favor... Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1776 (page 1 of 2): First page of two-page letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776. The page reads: Philadelphia, July 3. 1776 Your Favour of June 17 dated at Plymouth, was handed me, by Yesterdays Post. I was much pleased to find that you had taken...; Format: image/letter

Your favor... Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1776 (page 2 of 2): Second page of two-page letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776. The page reads: It is too high and lifted up, for me; who delight in nothing so much as Retreat, Solitude, Silence, and Obscurity. In private Life, no one has a Right...; Format: image/letter

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