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Margaret Boppe Collection

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society

P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org

1487 THL

Scope and Content: This collection contains the James Bean Bible records, 1770-1819; manuscript on the life and family of John Bean, and Henry Secrest’s Revolutionary War service record. It also contains an essay on educational opportunities at Douglas School of Winchester, Virginia written by Sara Boppe, and Frederick County, Virginia Property Tax list from 1783. (1 box) Last updated 06/14. DIGITIZED 03/07.

Biographical/Historical: Margaret Boppe is the donor of this collection and a Winchester, VA resident.

Cite As: Margaret Boppe Collection, 1487 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

Organization:

Box 1

News Articles—Margaret Boppe

American Revolutionary Patriots related to Margaret Marie Cooper Boppe, includes Mordecia Bean, Phillip Peter Bucher, Henry Cump, John Himelright, William Hook, Robert McKee, Jeremiah Smith, William Triplett, and Nathaniel White, compiled by Margaret Boppe, 1986–1993, 1 item, printed

Bean, James Bible records, 1770-1819, 1 leaf, manuscript (photocopy)

Bean, John–“The Life and Family of John Bean of Exeter and His Cousins,” 1 item, printed DID NOT DIGITIZE

Secrest, Henry–Revolutionary War Service, 4 leaves, typescript on printed form

Douglas School – Educational Opportunities and Practices of the Frederick Douglas School in Winchester, Virginia by Sara Boppe, December 5, 2013, 35 pages, typescript
DO NOT COPY IN ENTIRETY OR PUBLISH WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR

Frederick County Virginia Personal Property Tax List – 1783, printout of microfilm, enlarged, 27 pages; available on microfilm cabinet with personal and land tax records