Respite of Virginia Christian granted on July 18, 1912
Respite of Virginia Christian granted on July 18, 1912, by Governor William Mann, delaying execution until August 2, 1912. Mann granted Christian a two week respite in order to see her spiritual advisers.
Virginia Penitentiary.
Virginia Dept. of Corrections, State Penitentiary, Series II. Prisoner Records, Subseries E. Execution Files, Box 373, Folder 3, Accession 41558. State Government Records Collection. Library of Virginia.
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Respite of Virginia Christian granted on June 13, 1912
Respite of Virginia Christian granted on June 12, 1912, by Governor William Mann, delaying execution until July 19, 1912. Mann granted Christian a respite to enable her attorneys to file an amended petition for a writ of error. The Virginia Supreme Court denied the writ.
Virginia Penitentiary.
Virginia Dept. of Corrections, State Penitentiary, Series II. Prisoner Records, Subseries E. Execution Files, Box 373, Folder 3, Accession 41558. State Government Records Collection. Library of Virginia.
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Photographs of Virginia Christian
Photograph of Virginia Christian probably taken on June 3, 1912, when she was transferred from Hampton to the Virginia Penitentiary Death House in Richmond.
Virginia Penitentiary.
Virginia Dept. of Corrections, State Penitentiary, Series II. Prisoner Records, Subseries B Photographs, Box 19, Accession 41558. State Government Records Collection. Library of Virginia.
6/3/1912
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Photograph of Prisoner No. 10746, John Wesley
Virginia Penitentiary.
Virginia Dept. of Corrections, State Penitentiary, Series II. Prisoner Records, Subseries B Photographs, Box 694, Accession 41558. State Government Records Collection. Library of Virginia.
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Chapter 289 - An Act providing for detention or commitment of minors under seventeen years of age, appoved March 16, 1910
Virginia. General Assembly.
Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, Session which Commenced at the State Capitol on Wednesday, January 12, 1910, pp. 434-437, accessed February 25, 2016, https://www.hathitrust.org/
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Hampton, Virginia, Sheet 12 (enlargement), July 1910, 809 Washington Street, home of Mrs. Ida V. Belote
Sanborn Map Company.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps from the Library of Congress, Hampton, July 1910, Title Page (microfilm), Reel 6.
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Hampton, Virginia, Sheet 6 (enlargement), July 1910, Elizabeth City County Courthouse, St. John's Cemetery, and Lincoln Street
Sanborn Map Company.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps from the Library of Congress, Hampton, July 1910, Title Page (microfilm), Reel 6.
7/10/1916
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Hampton, Virginia, Sheet 6 (enlargement), July 1910, 124 Wine Street, home of George F. Fields
Sanborn Map Company.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps from the Library of Congress, Hampton, July 1910, Title Page (microfilm), Reel 6.
7/10/1916
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Hampton, Virginia, Sheet 6, July 1910
Sanborn Map Company.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps from the Library of Congress, Hampton, July 1910, Title Page (microfilm), Reel 6.
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Hampton, Virginia, Sheet 5 (enlargement), July 1910, 324 Wine Street, home of Virginia Christian
Sanborn Map Company.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps from the Library of Congress, Hampton, July 1910, Title Page (microfilm), Reel 6.
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