Photograph - Woodruffs at Woodbourne

Black and white, 19 cm x 29 cm photograph of Julia C. Woodruff, Thomas Adam Woodruff, Hamilton Killaly Woodruff, Margaret Julia Woodruff, Uncle Henry Woodruff and Aunt Emma Woodruff along with Mary (“a home girl”) and Spot the dog. The photo was taken at Woodbourne in St. David’s. The photograph was taken by Will Boomer of Lexington Kentucky.

Photograph - Emma Osgood Mead, Osgood Woodruff, and Henry C. Woodruff

Black and white photograph, 6 ½ cm x 10 cm, of 2 women and a man. The inscription on the back reads “Emma Osgood Mead (“Blind Aunt Emma”), Osgood Woodruff and Henry C. Woodruff (Mrs. Percy Band’s father was a cousin to this ‘Uncle Henry’).

Woodruff Coat of Arms

Woodruff coat of arms (rough sketch - labeled), including a letter to Margaret from “Uncle Tom” regarding the coat of arms. Also included are 4 small cards and one Easter card bearing the coat of arms. [The Woodruff/Woodroffe crest originated in England. Sit Dux Sapientia (Wisdom be our guide). The arm holding a plant is supposed to be a dexter [right] arm, bent, holding a branch of honeysuckle vertically. Some members of the family believe that the plant is actually woodruff], Jan. 18, 1926.

Letter to William Dickson from his niece Jane Hamilton

Letter to William Dickson from his niece Jane Hamilton. Jane thanks her uncle for his kind letter and the 50 pounds that he has sent her. The letter concerns family matters such as her nephew sailing for Calcutta and she assumes that Helen has heard about the death of her grandmother (3 ¼ pages, handwritten), Jan. 2, 1845.