1897 Raising Money.
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT
Additions to the Fund Since Committee's Last Report.
Colonel Walter H. Taylor, chairman of the committee, makes public acknowledgement of the following subscriptions to the Confederate Monument fund received since the last published report:
May 12th; 1895, from Miss Blanche Baker … . $ 25 00
March 26th. 1897, from Dr. F. A. Walke ... 100 00
March 29, 1897, from Mr. John H. Day… 10 00
April 30th 1897, from Mrs. Anna M. D. Smith … 10 00
May 15th, 1897, from the pupils of the Norfolk Academy
and Mrs. J. F. Hunter's school 11 62
May 15, 1897, from the children of Mrs. Masi's school. 1 90
Total. $158 52
Historic Documents related to the monument
1895 Monument of Peace, 1895 Kirmess, 1897 Raising Money, Report of the Committee on Monument, Board of Trustees, Monument Approval, Communication from City Treasurer, Signing Monument Contract, 1899 Ground Braking, 1899 Plans For Laying The Corner Stone, 1899 Laying The Corner Stone, 1902 History of the Monument, 1907 Standard Bearer, 1907 Memorial Day
Source of Information
Norfolk Virginian, Volume 53, Number 151, 16 May 1897.