Title: Southern sketches from Virginia, 1881-1901
Description: "The writings of Orra Langhorne that follow represent only selections from her contributions to newspapers .... The selections were chosen primarily for their pictures of contemporary Virginia life and labor and for their presentation of the personality and character of the author." -- Pref.

Orra Henderson Moore Gray was born in 1841 in Rockingham County, Virginia, and was the daughter of Algernon S. and Annie (Henderson) Gray. She married in 1871 Thomas Nelson Langhorne of Lynchburg, Virginia. He died in 1889 and she died in 1904.
Subjects: Social life and customs, African Americans