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Included are appointments, 1737-1743, of Benjamin Waller as register of the Virginia Vice Admiralty Court, deputy clerk of James City County, king's attorney in Gloucester and James City counties, clerk of James City County, clerk of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, assistant clerk of the House of Burgesses, Clerk of the Committee of Propositions and Grievances, and Clerk of the Committee of Privileges and Elections; a deed, December 13, 1743, between Benjamin Waller and Mann Page, for the sale of land in Williamsburg; poems to Waller from Henry Wood and C[olley] Cibber, Jr.; and insurance policies for the property of the George Blacknall family in Norfolk, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viwc_viwc00112#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viwc_viwc00112","ead_ssi":"viwc_viwc00112","_root_":"viwc_viwc00112","_nest_parent_":"viwc_viwc00112","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/cw/viwc00112.xml","title_ssm":["Waller Family Papers, \n         \n         1737-1912."],"title_tesim":["Waller Family Papers, \n         \n         1737-1912."],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["DMS 54.6"],"text":["DMS 54.6","Waller Family Papers, \n         \n         1737-1912.","\n            Architecture--Virginia--Surry County--Designs and\n            plans.","Justice,\n            Administration of,--Virginia--James City County.","Insurance,\n            Property--Virginia-- Norfolk.","Poetry,\n            Modern--18th century.","Sermons,\n            American.","Insurance\n            policies--Virginia--Norfolk--19th century.","1 volume and 35 items.","There are no restrictions.","Also available on microfilm \n             M-1555. Selected items available\n            in transcription TR/80.","Chronologically arranged. Undated material placed at\n         end.","Benjamin Waller was a lawyer and judge of Williamsburg Va.\n         Some of his descendants were residents of Norfolk, Va.","Papers associated with Benjamin Waller of Williamsburg and\n         his descendants in Norfolk, Va. Included are appointments,\n         1737-1743, of Benjamin Waller as register of the Virginia Vice\n         Admiralty Court, deputy clerk of James City County, king's\n         attorney in Gloucester and James City counties, clerk of James\n         City County, clerk of the Court of Oyer and Terminer,\n         assistant clerk of the House of Burgesses, Clerk of the\n         Committee of Propositions and Grievances, and Clerk of the\n         Committee of Privileges and Elections; a deed, December 13,\n         1743, between Benjamin Waller and Mann Page, for the sale of\n         land in Williamsburg; poems to Waller from Henry Wood and\n         C[olley] Cibber, Jr.; and insurance policies for the property\n         of the George Blacknall family in Norfolk, Va.","Also, a printed sermon preached by the Rev. John Camm,\n         president of the College of William and Mary, on the death of\n         [William Nelson], [1772?]; and a plan of Richard Blow's home,\n         with genealogical information on the Blow family.","Appointment of Benjamin Waller to be Register of the\n               Court of Vice Admiralty in Virginia, signed by William\n               Gooch. Colonies' seal attached.","Appointment of Benjamin Waller, Deputy Clerk of James\n               City County, signed by John Carter. Carter's red wax\n               seal attached.","Gov. William Gooch appoints Benjamin Waller as King's\n               Attorney in Gloucester.","Gov. William Gooch appoints Benjamin Waller as King's\n               Attorney in James City County.","Appointment of Benjamin Waller to be Clerk of the\n               County of James City, signed by John Carter, Secretary\n               of the Colony. Carter's red wax seal attached.","Appointment of Benjamin Waller as Clerk of the Courts\n               of Oyer and Terminer, signed by William Gooch.","Appointment of Benjamin Waller as Clerk Assistant of\n               the House of Burgesses, signed by William Gooch.\n               Colonies' seal attached.","A certificate, that the proper oaths have been\n               administered to Benjamin Waller as Clerk Assistant of\n               the House of Burgesses, signed by Philip Lightfoot and\n               Thomas Lee.","A certificate, that the proper oaths have been\n               administered to Benjamin Waller, Clerk of the Committees\n               of Propositions and Elections, signed by Cole Digges and\n               John Tayloe.","Appointment of Benjamin Waller as the Clerk of James\n               City County, signed by John Robinson. Retains Robinson's\n               red wax seal.","Appointment of Benjamin Waller to be Clerk of the\n               County of James City, signed by Thomas Nelson, Jr.\n               Nelson's red wax seal attached.","Articles of Agreement for the sale to Benjamin Waller\n               by Mann Page, Gloucester Co., of 745 acres of land\n               adjoining city of Williamsburg on the east, west, and\n               north sides, formerly belonging to Elizabeth Bray.\n               Retains Waller's red wax seal.","Waller was Doctor of Physick and a senior Fellow of\n               John's College, Cambridge, who died in the year,\n               1745.","By Totton.","Informs Waller of his intention to visit him in\n               Williamsburg while on his way to Boston from\n               Charles-Town. Poems in Latin and English included.","Written by Henry Wood.","Poem included.","Mentions French and Indian War and also death of\n               Joshua Fry.","Requests Mr. Waller to reconsider his resignation as\n               Recorder of the City of Williamsburg. Signed by\n               [George]Davenport.","Appears as \"Myrtilla to Damon\" in Gentleman's\n               Magazine, Vol. XXIX (May, 1759), pp. 228-229 by Mr.\n               W[alle]r.","Copy of an indenture: Mary M. Bennett, Norfolk, to\n               George McIntosh, Norfolk, re lease of land on Norfolk's\n               market square.","Lists the claims of Jas. Taylor, Littleton Tazewell\n               and Robert H. Waller for services they provided the\n               county \"relating to criminal prosecution.\" Signed by\n               Robert H. Waller.","Insurance policy of Dr. George Blacknall of Norfolk,\n               with the Phoenix Assurance Co. for property on Norfolk's\n               Bute Street.","Insurance policy of Dr. George Blacknall of Norfolk,\n               with the Phoenix Assurance Co. for property on Norfolk's\n               Bute Street.","Insurance policy of Mrs. Emma Blacknall of Norfolk\n               with The Germania Fire Insurance Company, The Hanover\n               Fire Insurance Company, The Niagara Fire Insurance\n               Company, and the Republic Fire Insurance Company for\n               property at 90 W. Bute St., Norfolk.","Deed between George McIntosh and Mary, his wife, of\n               Norfolk, to Warren G. Elliot, for land on west side of\n               Norfolk's market square deeded McIntosh by Emma\n               Blacknall in 1874.","Insurance policy of Mrs. Emma Blacknall of Norfolk\n               with Liverpool and London and Globe Ins. Co. for\n               property at 132 Bute St.","Insurance policy of the estate of Mrs. Emma Blacknall\n               with Liverpool and London and Globe Ins. Co. for\n               property and furnishings at 286 Bute St.","Insurance policy of the estate of Mrs. Emma\n               Blacknall, formerly of Norfolk, with Liverpool and\n               London and Globe Ins. Co. for property at 286 Bute\n               St.","Receipt for payment of insurance premiums. Estate of\n               Mrs. Emma Blacknall, deceased, and Miss Emma Blacknall\n               from George. W. Dey and Sons, Norfolk.","The first part of the letter concerns the\n               preparations for the trial of Tho. Abery, a horse thief.\n               The letter also discusses the health of Wood's\n               family.","Plan of home and garden of Richard Blow on Crawford\n               Street overlooking Elizabeth River in Sussex, now Surry,\n               Co. \"Luty (?) Wallers pedigree\" on verso of plan.","Printed sermon (20 pp.) preached by the Reverend John\n               Camm, president of William and Mary College, for funeral\n               of Mr. [William?] Nelson, p. 17 references \"Mr.\n               Nelson.\"","Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Special\n            Collections Librarian/ Associate Curator of Rare Books and\n            Manuscripts, and the holder of the copyright, if not the\n            Rockefeller Library at Colonial Williamsburg.","Germania Fire\n            Insurance Company of New York.","Globe\n            Insurance Company.","Hanover Fire\n            Insurance Company.","Liverpool and\n            London Fire and Life Insurance Company.","Niagara Fire\n            Insurance Company.","Phoenix\n            Assurance.","Republic Fire\n            Insurance Company.","Waller Family.","Blow family.","Waller\n            family.","Backnall, Emma.","Backnall, George.","Blow, Richard.","Camm, John,\n            1718-1778 or 9.","Cibber, Colley,\n            Jr.","Fry, Joshua,\n            1700 (ca.)-1754.","Nelson,\n            William, 1711- 1772.","Page, Mann.","Waller, Benjamin, 1710-\n            1786.","Wood, Henry,\n            1696-1757.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["DMS 54.6"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Waller Family Papers, \n         \n         1737-1912."],"collection_title_tesim":["Waller Family Papers, \n         \n         1737-1912."],"collection_ssim":["Waller Family Papers, \n         \n         1737-1912."],"repository_ssm":["Colonial Williamsburg"],"repository_ssim":["Colonial Williamsburg"],"creator_ssm":["Waller Family."],"creator_ssim":["Waller Family."],"creator_famname_ssim":["Waller Family."],"creators_ssim":["Waller Family."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Deposit, 1954."],"access_subjects_ssim":["\n            Architecture--Virginia--Surry County--Designs and\n            plans.","Justice,\n            Administration of,--Virginia--James City County.","Insurance,\n            Property--Virginia-- Norfolk.","Poetry,\n            Modern--18th century.","Sermons,\n            American.","Insurance\n            policies--Virginia--Norfolk--19th century."],"access_subjects_ssm":["\n            Architecture--Virginia--Surry County--Designs and\n            plans.","Justice,\n            Administration of,--Virginia--James City County.","Insurance,\n            Property--Virginia-- Norfolk.","Poetry,\n            Modern--18th century.","Sermons,\n            American.","Insurance\n            policies--Virginia--Norfolk--19th century."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["1 volume and 35 items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlso available on microfilm \n            \u003cnum type=\"microfilm\"\u003eM-1555.\u003c/num\u003eSelected items available\n            in transcription TR/80.\u003c/p\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Alternative Form"],"altformavail_tesim":["Also available on microfilm \n             M-1555. 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Included are appointments,\n         1737-1743, of Benjamin Waller as register of the Virginia Vice\n         Admiralty Court, deputy clerk of James City County, king's\n         attorney in Gloucester and James City counties, clerk of James\n         City County, clerk of the Court of Oyer and Terminer,\n         assistant clerk of the House of Burgesses, Clerk of the\n         Committee of Propositions and Grievances, and Clerk of the\n         Committee of Privileges and Elections; a deed, December 13,\n         1743, between Benjamin Waller and Mann Page, for the sale of\n         land in Williamsburg; poems to Waller from Henry Wood and\n         C[olley] Cibber, Jr.; and insurance policies for the property\n         of the George Blacknall family in Norfolk, Va.","Also, a printed sermon preached by the Rev. 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Carter's red wax seal attached.","Appointment of Benjamin Waller as Clerk of the Courts\n               of Oyer and Terminer, signed by William Gooch.","Appointment of Benjamin Waller as Clerk Assistant of\n               the House of Burgesses, signed by William Gooch.\n               Colonies' seal attached.","A certificate, that the proper oaths have been\n               administered to Benjamin Waller as Clerk Assistant of\n               the House of Burgesses, signed by Philip Lightfoot and\n               Thomas Lee.","A certificate, that the proper oaths have been\n               administered to Benjamin Waller, Clerk of the Committees\n               of Propositions and Elections, signed by Cole Digges and\n               John Tayloe.","Appointment of Benjamin Waller as the Clerk of James\n               City County, signed by John Robinson. Retains Robinson's\n               red wax seal.","Appointment of Benjamin Waller to be Clerk of the\n               County of James City, signed by Thomas Nelson, Jr.\n               Nelson's red wax seal attached.","Articles of Agreement for the sale to Benjamin Waller\n               by Mann Page, Gloucester Co., of 745 acres of land\n               adjoining city of Williamsburg on the east, west, and\n               north sides, formerly belonging to Elizabeth Bray.\n               Retains Waller's red wax seal.","Waller was Doctor of Physick and a senior Fellow of\n               John's College, Cambridge, who died in the year,\n               1745.","By Totton.","Informs Waller of his intention to visit him in\n               Williamsburg while on his way to Boston from\n               Charles-Town. Poems in Latin and English included.","Written by Henry Wood.","Poem included.","Mentions French and Indian War and also death of\n               Joshua Fry.","Requests Mr. Waller to reconsider his resignation as\n               Recorder of the City of Williamsburg. Signed by\n               [George]Davenport.","Appears as \"Myrtilla to Damon\" in Gentleman's\n               Magazine, Vol. XXIX (May, 1759), pp. 228-229 by Mr.\n               W[alle]r.","Copy of an indenture: Mary M. Bennett, Norfolk, to\n               George McIntosh, Norfolk, re lease of land on Norfolk's\n               market square.","Lists the claims of Jas. Taylor, Littleton Tazewell\n               and Robert H. Waller for services they provided the\n               county \"relating to criminal prosecution.\" Signed by\n               Robert H. Waller.","Insurance policy of Dr. George Blacknall of Norfolk,\n               with the Phoenix Assurance Co. for property on Norfolk's\n               Bute Street.","Insurance policy of Dr. George Blacknall of Norfolk,\n               with the Phoenix Assurance Co. for property on Norfolk's\n               Bute Street.","Insurance policy of Mrs. Emma Blacknall of Norfolk\n               with The Germania Fire Insurance Company, The Hanover\n               Fire Insurance Company, The Niagara Fire Insurance\n               Company, and the Republic Fire Insurance Company for\n               property at 90 W. Bute St., Norfolk.","Deed between George McIntosh and Mary, his wife, of\n               Norfolk, to Warren G. Elliot, for land on west side of\n               Norfolk's market square deeded McIntosh by Emma\n               Blacknall in 1874.","Insurance policy of Mrs. Emma Blacknall of Norfolk\n               with Liverpool and London and Globe Ins. Co. for\n               property at 132 Bute St.","Insurance policy of the estate of Mrs. Emma Blacknall\n               with Liverpool and London and Globe Ins. Co. for\n               property and furnishings at 286 Bute St.","Insurance policy of the estate of Mrs. Emma\n               Blacknall, formerly of Norfolk, with Liverpool and\n               London and Globe Ins. Co. for property at 286 Bute\n               St.","Receipt for payment of insurance premiums. Estate of\n               Mrs. Emma Blacknall, deceased, and Miss Emma Blacknall\n               from George. W. Dey and Sons, Norfolk.","The first part of the letter concerns the\n               preparations for the trial of Tho. Abery, a horse thief.\n               The letter also discusses the health of Wood's\n               family.","Plan of home and garden of Richard Blow on Crawford\n               Street overlooking Elizabeth River in Sussex, now Surry,\n               Co. \"Luty (?) 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Selected items available\n            in transcription TR/80.","Chronologically arranged. Undated material placed at\n         end.","Benjamin Waller was a lawyer and judge of Williamsburg Va.\n         Some of his descendants were residents of Norfolk, Va.","Papers associated with Benjamin Waller of Williamsburg and\n         his descendants in Norfolk, Va. Included are appointments,\n         1737-1743, of Benjamin Waller as register of the Virginia Vice\n         Admiralty Court, deputy clerk of James City County, king's\n         attorney in Gloucester and James City counties, clerk of James\n         City County, clerk of the Court of Oyer and Terminer,\n         assistant clerk of the House of Burgesses, Clerk of the\n         Committee of Propositions and Grievances, and Clerk of the\n         Committee of Privileges and Elections; a deed, December 13,\n         1743, between Benjamin Waller and Mann Page, for the sale of\n         land in Williamsburg; poems to Waller from Henry Wood and\n         C[olley] Cibber, Jr.; and insurance policies for the property\n         of the George Blacknall family in Norfolk, Va.","Also, a printed sermon preached by the Rev. 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Carter's red wax seal attached.","Appointment of Benjamin Waller as Clerk of the Courts\n               of Oyer and Terminer, signed by William Gooch.","Appointment of Benjamin Waller as Clerk Assistant of\n               the House of Burgesses, signed by William Gooch.\n               Colonies' seal attached.","A certificate, that the proper oaths have been\n               administered to Benjamin Waller as Clerk Assistant of\n               the House of Burgesses, signed by Philip Lightfoot and\n               Thomas Lee.","A certificate, that the proper oaths have been\n               administered to Benjamin Waller, Clerk of the Committees\n               of Propositions and Elections, signed by Cole Digges and\n               John Tayloe.","Appointment of Benjamin Waller as the Clerk of James\n               City County, signed by John Robinson. Retains Robinson's\n               red wax seal.","Appointment of Benjamin Waller to be Clerk of the\n               County of James City, signed by Thomas Nelson, Jr.\n               Nelson's red wax seal attached.","Articles of Agreement for the sale to Benjamin Waller\n               by Mann Page, Gloucester Co., of 745 acres of land\n               adjoining city of Williamsburg on the east, west, and\n               north sides, formerly belonging to Elizabeth Bray.\n               Retains Waller's red wax seal.","Waller was Doctor of Physick and a senior Fellow of\n               John's College, Cambridge, who died in the year,\n               1745.","By Totton.","Informs Waller of his intention to visit him in\n               Williamsburg while on his way to Boston from\n               Charles-Town. Poems in Latin and English included.","Written by Henry Wood.","Poem included.","Mentions French and Indian War and also death of\n               Joshua Fry.","Requests Mr. Waller to reconsider his resignation as\n               Recorder of the City of Williamsburg. Signed by\n               [George]Davenport.","Appears as \"Myrtilla to Damon\" in Gentleman's\n               Magazine, Vol. XXIX (May, 1759), pp. 228-229 by Mr.\n               W[alle]r.","Copy of an indenture: Mary M. Bennett, Norfolk, to\n               George McIntosh, Norfolk, re lease of land on Norfolk's\n               market square.","Lists the claims of Jas. Taylor, Littleton Tazewell\n               and Robert H. Waller for services they provided the\n               county \"relating to criminal prosecution.\" Signed by\n               Robert H. Waller.","Insurance policy of Dr. George Blacknall of Norfolk,\n               with the Phoenix Assurance Co. for property on Norfolk's\n               Bute Street.","Insurance policy of Dr. George Blacknall of Norfolk,\n               with the Phoenix Assurance Co. for property on Norfolk's\n               Bute Street.","Insurance policy of Mrs. Emma Blacknall of Norfolk\n               with The Germania Fire Insurance Company, The Hanover\n               Fire Insurance Company, The Niagara Fire Insurance\n               Company, and the Republic Fire Insurance Company for\n               property at 90 W. Bute St., Norfolk.","Deed between George McIntosh and Mary, his wife, of\n               Norfolk, to Warren G. Elliot, for land on west side of\n               Norfolk's market square deeded McIntosh by Emma\n               Blacknall in 1874.","Insurance policy of Mrs. Emma Blacknall of Norfolk\n               with Liverpool and London and Globe Ins. 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Retains Robinson's\n               red wax seal.","Appointment of Benjamin Waller to be Clerk of the\n               County of James City, signed by Thomas Nelson, Jr.\n               Nelson's red wax seal attached.","Articles of Agreement for the sale to Benjamin Waller\n               by Mann Page, Gloucester Co., of 745 acres of land\n               adjoining city of Williamsburg on the east, west, and\n               north sides, formerly belonging to Elizabeth Bray.\n               Retains Waller's red wax seal.","Waller was Doctor of Physick and a senior Fellow of\n               John's College, Cambridge, who died in the year,\n               1745.","By Totton.","Informs Waller of his intention to visit him in\n               Williamsburg while on his way to Boston from\n               Charles-Town. 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Waller.","Insurance policy of Dr. George Blacknall of Norfolk,\n               with the Phoenix Assurance Co. for property on Norfolk's\n               Bute Street.","Insurance policy of Dr. George Blacknall of Norfolk,\n               with the Phoenix Assurance Co. for property on Norfolk's\n               Bute Street.","Insurance policy of Mrs. Emma Blacknall of Norfolk\n               with The Germania Fire Insurance Company, The Hanover\n               Fire Insurance Company, The Niagara Fire Insurance\n               Company, and the Republic Fire Insurance Company for\n               property at 90 W. Bute St., Norfolk.","Deed between George McIntosh and Mary, his wife, of\n               Norfolk, to Warren G. Elliot, for land on west side of\n               Norfolk's market square deeded McIntosh by Emma\n               Blacknall in 1874.","Insurance policy of Mrs. Emma Blacknall of Norfolk\n               with Liverpool and London and Globe Ins. 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