Shockoe Hill Cemetery - Elizabeth Van Lew
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Coordinates 37.552422, -77.432266
Direction 125° (E)
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Source:
The Valentine
Collection:
Cook Photograph Collection
Date:
Circa 1900
Region:
Richmond, Virginia
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Description:
Glass plate negative showing a memorial plaque mounted on a large rock in Shockoe Hill Cemetery on Hospital Street in Jackson Ward, Richmond, Virginia; text of plaque reads, "Elizabeth L. Van Lew / 1818-1900 / She risked everything that is dear to man-friends- / fortune-comfort-health-life itself-All for the / one absorbing desire of her heart-that slavery / might be abolished and the Union preserved. / This Boulder / From the Capitol Hill in Boston is a tri-/ bute from Massachusetts friends." Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Jackson Ward (Richmond, Va.) --Hospital Street (Richmond, Va.)
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mhpob
Date:
Apr 18, 2026
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37.552422, -77.432266
125°
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