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The Rappahannock Library on Gay Street, Washington will be open all day the 4th of July and will be the site of a county wide exhibition of historic papers, documents, letters, maps, etc. which can be J<jund pertaining to the Colonial and Antebellum periods of the Virginia Piedmont Area and particularly of what is now Rappahannock County. This is a real opportunity for the people of Rappahannock to bring out those old historic keepsakes and share them with others through your new and beautifully restored Library.
Everyone is asked to search old chests, attic trunks and desks for any of the following: historic writings, documents, maps, surveys newspapers, programs, sale bills, published articles, letters-especially by well known personages, and pertaining to Virginia territory and people. Look also for daguerreotypes, sketches, paintings and prints of people and places of Rappahannock, prior to the Civil War. Anyone in possession of any of the above articles and kind enough to lend them for exhibition please bring to the Library on any Wednesday afternoon from 2 until 5 or call Mrs. Arthur Miller 675-3522 giving information. The Committee wishes to stress that any and all articles so lent will receive the best of care at all times and be returned to their owners in good condition.
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