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This stately old mansion owes its fame to the fact that it was the former home of Miss Van Lew, a Union Sympathizer during the Civil War. She frequently found means of conveying secret information to the Federal armies investing Richmond, and harbored for a time the 19 prisoners who escaped from Libby Prison. After the war she was appointed Post-Mistress of Richmond by Gen'l Grant, then president of the U.S. The building is now used as private hospital.

Note

Beautiful and Historical Richmond, Va. Series No. 17-D;

Topical Subject

Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Richmond

Geographic Subject

Richmond (Va.) -- Postcards; Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 20th century; Richmond (Va.) -- Pictorial works

City/Location

Richmond (Va.)

Genre

postcards

Local Genre

postcard

Type

Still Image

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights

This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

Collection

Rarely Seen Richmond: Early twentieth century Richmond as seen through vintage postcards

Source

Rarely Seen Richmond: Early twentieth century Richmond as seen through vintage postcards, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

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