Photocopy of clipping in THE LADY'S MAGAZINE, Vol. VI, (August) 1775, p. 446; "File of magazine at University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina"; discussion of manufacture of gunpowder in Bedford
Retired Marine sergeant; former instructor at Marine Corps Reserve Training Center, Lynchburg; veteran of World War II, Korean War, and the Vietnam War
Photocopy of original editorial; born in Lynchburg, son of James Calvin MAHAN and Mary GIBBS; graduate of Lynchburg College; professor of Biology at Lynchburg College