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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","This collection is organized into two series, 1. Papers, and 2. Manuscripts. This collection is arranged chronologically by date.","There were three generations of William Cabells who were surveyors. Dr. William Cabell (1700-1774) was a physician and assistant surveyor of Goochland and Albemarle Counties, Virginia under Joshua Fry and William Mayo. His son William Cabell (1729/30-1798) was also assistant surveyor of Albemarle County and surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia. His son and the third William Cabell (b. 1759) was surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia.","Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00017.frame","When available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.","Letters, 1885-1890, from William Cabell, England, to Alexander Brown, are located in the Cabell-Brown Collection within the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Cabell-Brown Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Cabell- Brown Papers, 1885-1890.12 items.Collection number: Mss. Sm Coll Cabell-Brown","The letters of Alexander Brown have been separated into two inventories, located within Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, that are related to the Cabell Fmaily papers.","Alexander Brown Papers (I), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Alexander Brown Papers (II), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Accounts, surveys and correspondence, chiefly 1743-1823, of members of the Cabell family of Albemarle and Amherst counties, Virginia.","Includes accounts and land transactions, 1733-1754, of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) as well as letters written to him concerning medical treatment.","Also includes accounts, surveys of Amherst County and correspondence with commission merchants of William Cabell (1730-1798); and surveyor's license and surveys of William Cabell (b. 1759).","Also includes correspondence, 1796-1820, of William H. Cabell (1772-1853); correspondence of William S. Crawford, clerk of Amherst County; and correspondence relating to the will of Patrick Henry, Jr. including a list of books purchased from the estate of Patrick Henry (1736-1799).","Prominent correspondents in the collection include Joseph Carrington Cabell, John Marshall, Philip Norborne Nicholas, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Edmund Pendleton and Peyton Randolph.","There are manuscript volumes of the field survey books of Dr. William Cabell; entry survey books for Goochland and Albemarle Counties, and lists of court cases by William S. Crawford as well as surveys signed by Joshua Fry and surveying business conducted by the College of William and Mary.","Surveyor's Notebooks from the Cabell Family papers in Swem Library's microforms area, 1 reel, call number TA522 .V8 C3.","Document Signed. Contains the mark of Richard Chivers.","Creator unknown. Signature clipped. Autograph Letter.","Signed by Robert Hughes. Autograph Document Signed.","Autograph Document Signed","James Christian is bound unto William Cabell for the sum of 198 pounds 7 shillings and one penny.","With legacies to sons Elisha and Samuel and daughter Ruth Jordan. Witnessed by George Morrell and Thomas Ballard Smith. Document Signed. See medium oversize file.","Signed by Benjamin Robinson and E. Bennet. See medium oversize file.","Autograph Document.","About his sending Westcote Buttons and staples for the Baggs. Autograph Letter Signed.","Order upon the petition of William Cabell, Senior, Joseph Cabell, John Cabell, and William Hopkins. Leave is granted them to take up 6,000 acres in Goochland County on the branches of Blackwater Creek and bounded on Nicholas Davis' land and to extend backward towards other rivers. Signed by Robert Staunton and John Blair.","Payable to Samuel Allen. Tobacco receipt. Document Signed.","Note added that \"Entry made 1743 Joshua Fry\".","For 1600 acres of land beg[inning] at Samuel Burks, Jun[io]r; William Cabell enters for 400 acres of land beginning at the fork of Ioes Creek, and 400 acres on both sides of Fendlys Creek. Autographed Document.","Autograph Document.","Scope and Contents About sending John Row with 2 Negroes to \"bent plantation\" [signature clipped]. Autograph Letter.","Order signed by N. Walthoe. That William Cabell be granted leave to survey 1200 acres in Goochland County.","Autograph Document.","Signed by W. Wagner.","That William Cabell be granted leave to take up 1200 acres in Goochland on both sides of the Fluvanna River.","Survey of 50 acres on the south side of Rockfish River.","Document.","Document.","Signed by William Cabell and Joshua Fry. This document was conserved with support from the Virginia State Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars.","Signature clipped.","Signed by William Cabell and Joshua Fry. Conserved with support of the Daughters of Colonial Wars of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Receipts signed by Thomas Everard.","Surveys signed by William Cabell, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor, and will of George Braxton of St. Stephens parish in King and Queen County.","Surveys signed by William Cabell, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor, note signed by Benjamin Waller.","By which Peter Randolph sold Samuel Burk a half acre lot in the town of Westham.","Signed by Thomas Jefferson, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor. Including survey of land in Albemarle County.","Condition of obligation between Mathew Talbot, Clement Read and Charles Talbot and Cornelius Cargill, Robert Henry Dyer, William Caldwell, and Abraham Martin.","Receipts signed by Benjamin Waller and Thomas Everard. Two documents dated 1754 were conserved with support from the Virginia State Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars.","Survey signed by John Staples, assistannt surveyor.","Receipt signed by James Nevil and Ben Waller. Survey signed by John Staples.","One receipt signed by T. Everard.","Statement from N. Walthoe, Williamsburg, Virginia to the Justices of Amherst County. Approving the place for the County Court House to be established, providing it be built at the expense of the county.","Admitted to court record.","About sending the supplies he had ordered and discussing the price of tobacco.","See medium oversize file.","See medium oversize file.","Requesting medical treatment for his wife and describing her symptoms.","Concerning surveys by William Cabell, Junior, surveyor.","Requesting treatment and listing his wife's symptoms.","Autograph Document Signed.","Authorizing William Cabell, Junior, to be Deputy Escheator for the counties of Albemarle, Amherst, Buckingham, and Bedford.","About his daughter's illness.","About the sale of his tobacco.","For payment for the Gazette.","Settled May 2769 (for 1768) \"for the use of the College of William and Mary.\" Signed by John Blair, Junior on the reverse of \"A List of Fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell Junior, surveyor.\"","Scope and Contents \"For the use of the College of William \u0026amp; Mary,\" signed by John Blair, on reverse of \"A List of fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, Jun[io]r, surveyor.\"","Includes \"Invoice of Sundries Shipt by John Backhouse on board the John John Breakhill for Virginia on Account Colonel William Cabell Junior.\"","About his tobacco sales and invoice.","About his wife's illness.","On reverse of \"A List of Fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell Junior, surveyor,\" signed by Robert Miller, Bursar.","About the insurance due on the wheat and tobacco.","About his account.","Signed by Peyton Randolph.","About Thomas Lomax's giving security for his father's mortgage and removing the Negroes.","On the reverse of \"A List of Fees Received for Surveys in Amherst County, by William Cabell Junior, surveyor,\" signed by Robert Miller, Bursar.","About his father's suit. Copy.","On the reverse of \"A List of Fees Rec[eive]d for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, jun[io]r, surv[eyor].\" Autograph Document Signed.","Saying \"I am truly sorry they have not altogether answered your Expectations.\"","Stating why he will not renew his consignment.","Copy(?).","(Signature clipped). Document.","Accounts of Colonel William Cabell, 1781; Hugh Rose, Amherst, to Major William Cabell, June 9, 1781; Two lists of militia ordered into service from Amherst County, 1781; Hugh Rose, Amherst, to Major William Cabell, July 24, 1781; Miscellaneous Receipts.","Issued by the College of William and Mary to William Cabell (William Cabell, Jr., 1759-) and signed by James Madison, George Wythe, Charles Bellini, and Benjamin Harrison.","Including house plan. Oversize. House plan scan=G0733.","To his brother William Sid Crawford, Amherst, about his studies.","Document.","Signed by Patrick Henry.","Unsigned document.","Signed by James Montgomery, assistant surveyor, and William Cabell, Junior, surveyor.","Giving medical advice.","Two letters dealing with the levy to pay for the county jail and repairing the court house.","Signed by Nicholas Davies.","Giving medical advice.","Addressed to an unknown recipient. Requesting a copy of a bill.","About his plans to move his law practice to Amherst.","Giving medical advice.","Explaining why he will not return home from Jamaica and stating, \" I live, I repent and will atone, as far as a future life of self denial, and a steady observance of all that is right can atone for my misdeeds.\"","About Cabell's candidacy for U.S. Representative.","Requesting him to return home. Copy.","With note signed by John Breckinridge.","Letter.","About his family's health.","About subscriptions to his relative Mr. Pleasant's paper which is \"entirely friendly to Republicanism and the cause of France...\"","About legislation in the U.S. Congress.","Includes surveys signed by James Higginbotham, surveyor.","About business matters.","Mentioning legal advice given by John Marshall.","About resuming his practice in the superior court and engaging in the business you mention.","About the division of the county.","About the selection of electors.","Saying all the electors will vote for Jefferson and Burr.","Mentioning the work of the current session of the House of Delegates and the dispute which took place between George Hay and James Thompson Callender.","Requesting a copy of the Amherst polls for Representative in Congress and commenting on international news.","Giving news of the House of Delegates.","About a promise of a loan. Signature clipped.","On business matters.","Letter to unknown recipient on business matters.","List of books from his father's estate contained in a letter from E. Winston to Colonel William Cabell.","About the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.","About Mr. Leake of Albemarle who hopes to take his place in the House of Representatives. Document.","About the preaching of his deceased brother's funeral sermon.","On business matters.","About his (lottery?) tickets.","About the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.","About the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.","About his debts.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About his family's health and his studies.","About the settlement of Mr. Henry's debts.","Scope and Contents About the opening of \"a public school\"; in the New Glasgow Academy.","About the management of her slaves--probably selling Frank because he has no connections nearby or hiring him out to \"some humane person that will treat him well.\"","Signature clipped.","Date on letter is incorrectly recorded as 1707. About negotiations with the British government.","Deposition about a negro runaway slave named Fleming.","About the happenings in the House of Representatives.","Letter to unknown recipient.","Letter to unknown recipient.","Letter to unknown recipient.","Mentioning that Mr. Tucker and he will come to dinner.","Signature clipped.","Letter to unknown recipient.","About \"the family of Hannah I mean the two girls, who have never been House servants, other than as spinners, at which business they have been excellent hands and may yet be so, if taught a proper degree of subordination by a mistress--the others except the small children have been wrought in the plantation,\" Signature clipped.","Scope and Contents Saying his \"negroes ar now under excellent discipline and so free from punishment \u0026amp; so well satisfied with their situation, that my carpenter John Brown, who must be sent to Corrottoman this fall, if very much opposed to going although I consent for his wife to go with him. My overseer is an active, attentive \u0026amp; amiable man.\"","Content about the difficulty of hiring a new overseer.","About business matters.","Scope and Contents About news at \"Union Grove\".","About his plans to be a candidate for the Senate.","About business matters.","About family and business matters.","Manuscript Volume 1","Signed by William Hill, assisant surveyor.","About hiring his man, Joshua.","Manuscript Volume 2.","Manuscript Volume 3.","Including accounts of Robert L. Brown and Mayo Cabell and business letters of Mayo Cabell.","42 items.","Manuscript","Including a list of medicines sold.","5 items. Photographs.","Photograph","Photograph","Photograph","Two photographs.","Photograph","Made by Alexander Brown and others. Manuscript.","Printed material.","Manuscript.","Manuscript.","About a letter from John Brown to William Cabell dated April 20, 1781. Newspaper clipping.","See microfilm of survey notebooks.","Manuscript Volume 4. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.  Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albermarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","Manuscript Volume 5. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","22 pages. Manuscript Volume 6. Notebook in multiple hands, one being Nicholas Cabell's (1750-1803). Based in Amherst, Va., Cabell was a notable Virginia politician in the latter half of the 18th century. Notebook contents include merchants' arithmetic problems and various memoranda and notes on accounts, debts, writs, prices, and wights. Dates in the notebook include 1750 and 1779.","13 pages. Manuscript Volume 7. Entry survey book of Colonel William Cabell (1730-1798), 1753 June 25-October 7, with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Colonel William Cabell was a notable public official in Virginia in the latter half of the 18th century. He became assistant surveyor of Albemarle County in 1753.","32 pages. Manuscript Volume 8. Entry survey book in several hands for Goochland County, 1736-1743. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. A few entries are in William Cabell's hand. Note: these are not complete entries--i.e. 101, 114, 214, etc.--may have been written by Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) after he returned from England in 1741.","120 pages. Manuscript Volume 9. Entry survey book in several hands for Albemarle County, 1744 December-1745 April. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.","Manuscript Volume 10. Entry survey book in unknown hand with index, 1743-1747. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.","Manuscript Volume 11. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the survey was done. Various entries dated 1743. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","Manuscript Volume 12. Account book for 1752-1774 with farm and medical accounts of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774). Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","318 pages. Manuscript Volume 13. Field book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) with various surveys and written religious reflections, 1752-1754. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the survey was done. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","Manuscript Volume 14. Religious notes in unknown hand interleaved with surveys, one in the hand of Col. William Cabell (1730-1798). Notes on medicine, tobacco, and farm accounts are by Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774). Various entries dated 1756-1758. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albermarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon. Colonel William Cabell was a notable public official in Virginia in the latter half of the 18th century.","Manuscript Volume 15. Notebook containing mathematical and geometry problems in an unknown hand. The final two pages of text contain a listing of legal disagreements, with dates and names of the persons in conflict and notes on the judgment. Various entries dated 1745 and 1747.","Manuscript Volume 16. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Various entries dated 1748 and 1750. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","Manuscript Volume 17","Manuscript Volume 18","Manuscript Volume 19","Manuscript Volume 20","Manuscript Volume 21","Manuscript Volume 22","Manuscript Volume 23","Manuscript Volume 24","26 pages. Manuscript Volume 25","20 pages. Manuscript Volume 26","15 pages. Manuscript Volume 27","15 pages. Manuscript Volume 28","7 pages. Manuscript Volume 29","22 pages. Manuscript Volume 30.","Manuscript Volume 31","Manuscript Volume 32","Manuscript Volume 33","Manuscript Volume 34","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Cabell family","Cabell, Joseph C. 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This collection is arranged chronologically by date.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection is organized into two series, 1. Papers, and 2. Manuscripts. This collection is arranged chronologically by date."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere were three generations of William Cabells who were surveyors. Dr. William Cabell (1700-1774) was a physician and assistant surveyor of Goochland and Albemarle Counties, Virginia under Joshua Fry and William Mayo. His son William Cabell (1729/30-1798) was also assistant surveyor of Albemarle County and surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia. His son and the third William Cabell (b. 1759) was surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information:"],"bioghist_tesim":["There were three generations of William Cabells who were surveyors. Dr. William Cabell (1700-1774) was a physician and assistant surveyor of Goochland and Albemarle Counties, Virginia under Joshua Fry and William Mayo. His son William Cabell (1729/30-1798) was also assistant surveyor of Albemarle County and surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia. His son and the third William Cabell (b. 1759) was surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00017.frame\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["General"],"odd_tesim":["Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00017.frame"],"phystech_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eWhen available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"phystech_heading_ssm":["Physical Characteristics or Technical Requirements:"],"phystech_tesim":["When available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCabell Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Cabell Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1885-1890, from William Cabell, England, to Alexander Brown, are located in the Cabell-Brown Collection within the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Cabell-Brown Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Cabell- Brown Papers, 1885-1890.12 items.Collection number: Mss. Sm Coll Cabell-Brown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The letters of Alexander Brown have been separated into two inventories, located within Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, that are related to the Cabell Fmaily papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Alexander Brown Papers (I), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Alexander Brown Papers (II), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials:"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Letters, 1885-1890, from William Cabell, England, to Alexander Brown, are located in the Cabell-Brown Collection within the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Cabell-Brown Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Cabell- Brown Papers, 1885-1890.12 items.Collection number: Mss. Sm Coll Cabell-Brown","The letters of Alexander Brown have been separated into two inventories, located within Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, that are related to the Cabell Fmaily papers.","Alexander Brown Papers (I), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Alexander Brown Papers (II), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAccounts, surveys and correspondence, chiefly 1743-1823, of members of the Cabell family of Albemarle and Amherst counties, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes accounts and land transactions, 1733-1754, of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) as well as letters written to him concerning medical treatment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes accounts, surveys of Amherst County and correspondence with commission merchants of William Cabell (1730-1798); and surveyor's license and surveys of William Cabell (b. 1759).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes correspondence, 1796-1820, of William H. Cabell (1772-1853); correspondence of William S. Crawford, clerk of Amherst County; and correspondence relating to the will of Patrick Henry, Jr. including a list of books purchased from the estate of Patrick Henry (1736-1799).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProminent correspondents in the collection include Joseph Carrington Cabell, John Marshall, Philip Norborne Nicholas, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Edmund Pendleton and Peyton Randolph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are manuscript volumes of the field survey books of Dr. William Cabell; entry survey books for Goochland and Albemarle Counties, and lists of court cases by William S. Crawford as well as surveys signed by Joshua Fry and surveying business conducted by the College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveyor's Notebooks from the Cabell Family papers in Swem Library's microforms area, 1 reel, call number TA522 .V8 C3.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eDocument Signed. Contains the mark of Richard Chivers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCreator unknown. Signature clipped. Autograph Letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Robert Hughes. Autograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Document Signed\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Christian is bound unto William Cabell for the sum of 198 pounds 7 shillings and one penny.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith legacies to sons Elisha and Samuel and daughter Ruth Jordan. Witnessed by George Morrell and Thomas Ballard Smith. Document Signed. See medium oversize file.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Benjamin Robinson and E. Bennet. See medium oversize file.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his sending Westcote Buttons and staples for the Baggs. Autograph Letter Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder upon the petition of William Cabell, Senior, Joseph Cabell, John Cabell, and William Hopkins. Leave is granted them to take up 6,000 acres in Goochland County on the branches of Blackwater Creek and bounded on Nicholas Davis' land and to extend backward towards other rivers. Signed by Robert Staunton and John Blair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayable to Samuel Allen. Tobacco receipt. Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote added that \"Entry made 1743 Joshua Fry\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor 1600 acres of land beg[inning] at Samuel Burks, Jun[io]r; William Cabell enters for 400 acres of land beginning at the fork of Ioes Creek, and 400 acres on both sides of Fendlys Creek. Autographed Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents About sending John Row with 2 Negroes to \"bent plantation\" [signature clipped]. Autograph Letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder signed by N. Walthoe. That William Cabell be granted leave to survey 1200 acres in Goochland County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by W. Wagner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThat William Cabell be granted leave to take up 1200 acres in Goochland on both sides of the Fluvanna River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of 50 acres on the south side of Rockfish River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocument.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocument.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by William Cabell and Joshua Fry. This document was conserved with support from the Virginia State Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature clipped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by William Cabell and Joshua Fry. Conserved with support of the Daughters of Colonial Wars of the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts signed by Thomas Everard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveys signed by William Cabell, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor, and will of George Braxton of St. Stephens parish in King and Queen County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveys signed by William Cabell, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor, note signed by Benjamin Waller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy which Peter Randolph sold Samuel Burk a half acre lot in the town of Westham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Thomas Jefferson, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor. Including survey of land in Albemarle County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCondition of obligation between Mathew Talbot, Clement Read and Charles Talbot and Cornelius Cargill, Robert Henry Dyer, William Caldwell, and Abraham Martin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts signed by Benjamin Waller and Thomas Everard. Two documents dated 1754 were conserved with support from the Virginia State Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey signed by John Staples, assistannt surveyor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt signed by James Nevil and Ben Waller. Survey signed by John Staples.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne receipt signed by T. Everard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement from N. Walthoe, Williamsburg, Virginia to the Justices of Amherst County. Approving the place for the County Court House to be established, providing it be built at the expense of the county.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdmitted to court record.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout sending the supplies he had ordered and discussing the price of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee medium oversize file.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee medium oversize file.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting medical treatment for his wife and describing her symptoms.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning surveys by William Cabell, Junior, surveyor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting treatment and listing his wife's symptoms.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAuthorizing William Cabell, Junior, to be Deputy Escheator for the counties of Albemarle, Amherst, Buckingham, and Bedford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his daughter's illness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor payment for the Gazette.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettled May 2769 (for 1768) \"for the use of the College of William and Mary.\" Signed by John Blair, Junior on the reverse of \"A List of Fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell Junior, surveyor.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents \"For the use of the College of William \u0026amp;amp; Mary,\" signed by John Blair, on reverse of \"A List of fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, Jun[io]r, surveyor.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes \"Invoice of Sundries Shipt by John Backhouse on board the John John Breakhill for Virginia on Account Colonel William Cabell Junior.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his tobacco sales and invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his wife's illness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn reverse of \"A List of Fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell Junior, surveyor,\" signed by Robert Miller, Bursar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the insurance due on the wheat and tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Peyton Randolph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout Thomas Lomax's giving security for his father's mortgage and removing the Negroes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn the reverse of \"A List of Fees Received for Surveys in Amherst County, by William Cabell Junior, surveyor,\" signed by Robert Miller, Bursar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his father's suit. Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn the reverse of \"A List of Fees Rec[eive]d for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, jun[io]r, surv[eyor].\" Autograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSaying \"I am truly sorry they have not altogether answered your Expectations.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStating why he will not renew his consignment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy(?).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Signature clipped). Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Colonel William Cabell, 1781; Hugh Rose, Amherst, to Major William Cabell, June 9, 1781; Two lists of militia ordered into service from Amherst County, 1781; Hugh Rose, Amherst, to Major William Cabell, July 24, 1781; Miscellaneous Receipts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIssued by the College of William and Mary to William Cabell (William Cabell, Jr., 1759-) and signed by James Madison, George Wythe, Charles Bellini, and Benjamin Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding house plan. Oversize. House plan scan=G0733.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo his brother William Sid Crawford, Amherst, about his studies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocument.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Patrick Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnsigned document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by James Montgomery, assistant surveyor, and William Cabell, Junior, surveyor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGiving medical advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters dealing with the levy to pay for the county jail and repairing the court house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Nicholas Davies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGiving medical advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAddressed to an unknown recipient. Requesting a copy of a bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his plans to move his law practice to Amherst.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGiving medical advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplaining why he will not return home from Jamaica and stating, \" I live, I repent and will atone, as far as a future life of self denial, and a steady observance of all that is right can atone for my misdeeds.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout Cabell's candidacy for U.S. Representative.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting him to return home. Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith note signed by John Breckinridge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his family's health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout subscriptions to his relative Mr. Pleasant's paper which is \"entirely friendly to Republicanism and the cause of France...\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout legislation in the U.S. Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes surveys signed by James Higginbotham, surveyor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentioning legal advice given by John Marshall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout resuming his practice in the superior court and engaging in the business you mention.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the division of the county.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the selection of electors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSaying all the electors will vote for Jefferson and Burr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentioning the work of the current session of the House of Delegates and the dispute which took place between George Hay and James Thompson Callender.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting a copy of the Amherst polls for Representative in Congress and commenting on international news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGiving news of the House of Delegates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout a promise of a loan. Signature clipped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to unknown recipient on business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of books from his father's estate contained in a letter from E. Winston to Colonel William Cabell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout Mr. Leake of Albemarle who hopes to take his place in the House of Representatives. Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the preaching of his deceased brother's funeral sermon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his (lottery?) tickets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his family's health and his studies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the settlement of Mr. Henry's debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents About the opening of \"a public school\"; in the New Glasgow Academy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the management of her slaves--probably selling Frank because he has no connections nearby or hiring him out to \"some humane person that will treat him well.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature clipped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDate on letter is incorrectly recorded as 1707. About negotiations with the British government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeposition about a negro runaway slave named Fleming.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the happenings in the House of Representatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to unknown recipient.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to unknown recipient.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to unknown recipient.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentioning that Mr. Tucker and he will come to dinner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature clipped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to unknown recipient.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout \"the family of Hannah I mean the two girls, who have never been House servants, other than as spinners, at which business they have been excellent hands and may yet be so, if taught a proper degree of subordination by a mistress--the others except the small children have been wrought in the plantation,\" Signature clipped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Saying his \"negroes ar now under excellent discipline and so free from punishment \u0026amp;amp; so well satisfied with their situation, that my carpenter John Brown, who must be sent to Corrottoman this fall, if very much opposed to going although I consent for his wife to go with him. My overseer is an active, attentive \u0026amp;amp; amiable man.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContent about the difficulty of hiring a new overseer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents About news at \"Union Grove\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his plans to be a candidate for the Senate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout family and business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by William Hill, assisant surveyor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout hiring his man, Joshua.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 3.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding accounts of Robert L. Brown and Mayo Cabell and business letters of Mayo Cabell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e42 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a list of medicines sold.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 items. Photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMade by Alexander Brown and others. Manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout a letter from John Brown to William Cabell dated April 20, 1781. Newspaper clipping.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee microfilm of survey notebooks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 4. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.  Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albermarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 5. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e22 pages. Manuscript Volume 6. Notebook in multiple hands, one being Nicholas Cabell's (1750-1803). Based in Amherst, Va., Cabell was a notable Virginia politician in the latter half of the 18th century. Notebook contents include merchants' arithmetic problems and various memoranda and notes on accounts, debts, writs, prices, and wights. Dates in the notebook include 1750 and 1779.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 pages. Manuscript Volume 7. Entry survey book of Colonel William Cabell (1730-1798), 1753 June 25-October 7, with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Colonel William Cabell was a notable public official in Virginia in the latter half of the 18th century. He became assistant surveyor of Albemarle County in 1753.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e32 pages. Manuscript Volume 8. Entry survey book in several hands for Goochland County, 1736-1743. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. A few entries are in William Cabell's hand. Note: these are not complete entries--i.e. 101, 114, 214, etc.--may have been written by Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) after he returned from England in 1741.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e120 pages. Manuscript Volume 9. Entry survey book in several hands for Albemarle County, 1744 December-1745 April. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 10. Entry survey book in unknown hand with index, 1743-1747. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 11. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the survey was done. Various entries dated 1743. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 12. Account book for 1752-1774 with farm and medical accounts of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774). Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e318 pages. Manuscript Volume 13. Field book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) with various surveys and written religious reflections, 1752-1754. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the survey was done. 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Cabell (1772-1853); correspondence of William S. Crawford, clerk of Amherst County; and correspondence relating to the will of Patrick Henry, Jr. including a list of books purchased from the estate of Patrick Henry (1736-1799).","Prominent correspondents in the collection include Joseph Carrington Cabell, John Marshall, Philip Norborne Nicholas, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Edmund Pendleton and Peyton Randolph.","There are manuscript volumes of the field survey books of Dr. William Cabell; entry survey books for Goochland and Albemarle Counties, and lists of court cases by William S. Crawford as well as surveys signed by Joshua Fry and surveying business conducted by the College of William and Mary.","Surveyor's Notebooks from the Cabell Family papers in Swem Library's microforms area, 1 reel, call number TA522 .V8 C3.","Document Signed. Contains the mark of Richard Chivers.","Creator unknown. Signature clipped. Autograph Letter.","Signed by Robert Hughes. Autograph Document Signed.","Autograph Document Signed","James Christian is bound unto William Cabell for the sum of 198 pounds 7 shillings and one penny.","With legacies to sons Elisha and Samuel and daughter Ruth Jordan. Witnessed by George Morrell and Thomas Ballard Smith. Document Signed. See medium oversize file.","Signed by Benjamin Robinson and E. Bennet. See medium oversize file.","Autograph Document.","About his sending Westcote Buttons and staples for the Baggs. Autograph Letter Signed.","Order upon the petition of William Cabell, Senior, Joseph Cabell, John Cabell, and William Hopkins. Leave is granted them to take up 6,000 acres in Goochland County on the branches of Blackwater Creek and bounded on Nicholas Davis' land and to extend backward towards other rivers. Signed by Robert Staunton and John Blair.","Payable to Samuel Allen. Tobacco receipt. Document Signed.","Note added that \"Entry made 1743 Joshua Fry\".","For 1600 acres of land beg[inning] at Samuel Burks, Jun[io]r; William Cabell enters for 400 acres of land beginning at the fork of Ioes Creek, and 400 acres on both sides of Fendlys Creek. Autographed Document.","Autograph Document.","Scope and Contents About sending John Row with 2 Negroes to \"bent plantation\" [signature clipped]. Autograph Letter.","Order signed by N. Walthoe. That William Cabell be granted leave to survey 1200 acres in Goochland County.","Autograph Document.","Signed by W. Wagner.","That William Cabell be granted leave to take up 1200 acres in Goochland on both sides of the Fluvanna River.","Survey of 50 acres on the south side of Rockfish River.","Document.","Document.","Signed by William Cabell and Joshua Fry. This document was conserved with support from the Virginia State Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars.","Signature clipped.","Signed by William Cabell and Joshua Fry. Conserved with support of the Daughters of Colonial Wars of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Receipts signed by Thomas Everard.","Surveys signed by William Cabell, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor, and will of George Braxton of St. Stephens parish in King and Queen County.","Surveys signed by William Cabell, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor, note signed by Benjamin Waller.","By which Peter Randolph sold Samuel Burk a half acre lot in the town of Westham.","Signed by Thomas Jefferson, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor. Including survey of land in Albemarle County.","Condition of obligation between Mathew Talbot, Clement Read and Charles Talbot and Cornelius Cargill, Robert Henry Dyer, William Caldwell, and Abraham Martin.","Receipts signed by Benjamin Waller and Thomas Everard. Two documents dated 1754 were conserved with support from the Virginia State Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars.","Survey signed by John Staples, assistannt surveyor.","Receipt signed by James Nevil and Ben Waller. Survey signed by John Staples.","One receipt signed by T. Everard.","Statement from N. Walthoe, Williamsburg, Virginia to the Justices of Amherst County. Approving the place for the County Court House to be established, providing it be built at the expense of the county.","Admitted to court record.","About sending the supplies he had ordered and discussing the price of tobacco.","See medium oversize file.","See medium oversize file.","Requesting medical treatment for his wife and describing her symptoms.","Concerning surveys by William Cabell, Junior, surveyor.","Requesting treatment and listing his wife's symptoms.","Autograph Document Signed.","Authorizing William Cabell, Junior, to be Deputy Escheator for the counties of Albemarle, Amherst, Buckingham, and Bedford.","About his daughter's illness.","About the sale of his tobacco.","For payment for the Gazette.","Settled May 2769 (for 1768) \"for the use of the College of William and Mary.\" Signed by John Blair, Junior on the reverse of \"A List of Fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell Junior, surveyor.\"","Scope and Contents \"For the use of the College of William \u0026amp; Mary,\" signed by John Blair, on reverse of \"A List of fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, Jun[io]r, surveyor.\"","Includes \"Invoice of Sundries Shipt by John Backhouse on board the John John Breakhill for Virginia on Account Colonel William Cabell Junior.\"","About his tobacco sales and invoice.","About his wife's illness.","On reverse of \"A List of Fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell Junior, surveyor,\" signed by Robert Miller, Bursar.","About the insurance due on the wheat and tobacco.","About his account.","Signed by Peyton Randolph.","About Thomas Lomax's giving security for his father's mortgage and removing the Negroes.","On the reverse of \"A List of Fees Received for Surveys in Amherst County, by William Cabell Junior, surveyor,\" signed by Robert Miller, Bursar.","About his father's suit. Copy.","On the reverse of \"A List of Fees Rec[eive]d for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, jun[io]r, surv[eyor].\" Autograph Document Signed.","Saying \"I am truly sorry they have not altogether answered your Expectations.\"","Stating why he will not renew his consignment.","Copy(?).","(Signature clipped). Document.","Accounts of Colonel William Cabell, 1781; Hugh Rose, Amherst, to Major William Cabell, June 9, 1781; Two lists of militia ordered into service from Amherst County, 1781; Hugh Rose, Amherst, to Major William Cabell, July 24, 1781; Miscellaneous Receipts.","Issued by the College of William and Mary to William Cabell (William Cabell, Jr., 1759-) and signed by James Madison, George Wythe, Charles Bellini, and Benjamin Harrison.","Including house plan. Oversize. House plan scan=G0733.","To his brother William Sid Crawford, Amherst, about his studies.","Document.","Signed by Patrick Henry.","Unsigned document.","Signed by James Montgomery, assistant surveyor, and William Cabell, Junior, surveyor.","Giving medical advice.","Two letters dealing with the levy to pay for the county jail and repairing the court house.","Signed by Nicholas Davies.","Giving medical advice.","Addressed to an unknown recipient. Requesting a copy of a bill.","About his plans to move his law practice to Amherst.","Giving medical advice.","Explaining why he will not return home from Jamaica and stating, \" I live, I repent and will atone, as far as a future life of self denial, and a steady observance of all that is right can atone for my misdeeds.\"","About Cabell's candidacy for U.S. Representative.","Requesting him to return home. Copy.","With note signed by John Breckinridge.","Letter.","About his family's health.","About subscriptions to his relative Mr. Pleasant's paper which is \"entirely friendly to Republicanism and the cause of France...\"","About legislation in the U.S. Congress.","Includes surveys signed by James Higginbotham, surveyor.","About business matters.","Mentioning legal advice given by John Marshall.","About resuming his practice in the superior court and engaging in the business you mention.","About the division of the county.","About the selection of electors.","Saying all the electors will vote for Jefferson and Burr.","Mentioning the work of the current session of the House of Delegates and the dispute which took place between George Hay and James Thompson Callender.","Requesting a copy of the Amherst polls for Representative in Congress and commenting on international news.","Giving news of the House of Delegates.","About a promise of a loan. Signature clipped.","On business matters.","Letter to unknown recipient on business matters.","List of books from his father's estate contained in a letter from E. Winston to Colonel William Cabell.","About the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.","About Mr. Leake of Albemarle who hopes to take his place in the House of Representatives. Document.","About the preaching of his deceased brother's funeral sermon.","On business matters.","About his (lottery?) tickets.","About the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.","About the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.","About his debts.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About his family's health and his studies.","About the settlement of Mr. Henry's debts.","Scope and Contents About the opening of \"a public school\"; in the New Glasgow Academy.","About the management of her slaves--probably selling Frank because he has no connections nearby or hiring him out to \"some humane person that will treat him well.\"","Signature clipped.","Date on letter is incorrectly recorded as 1707. About negotiations with the British government.","Deposition about a negro runaway slave named Fleming.","About the happenings in the House of Representatives.","Letter to unknown recipient.","Letter to unknown recipient.","Letter to unknown recipient.","Mentioning that Mr. Tucker and he will come to dinner.","Signature clipped.","Letter to unknown recipient.","About \"the family of Hannah I mean the two girls, who have never been House servants, other than as spinners, at which business they have been excellent hands and may yet be so, if taught a proper degree of subordination by a mistress--the others except the small children have been wrought in the plantation,\" Signature clipped.","Scope and Contents Saying his \"negroes ar now under excellent discipline and so free from punishment \u0026amp; so well satisfied with their situation, that my carpenter John Brown, who must be sent to Corrottoman this fall, if very much opposed to going although I consent for his wife to go with him. My overseer is an active, attentive \u0026amp; amiable man.\"","Content about the difficulty of hiring a new overseer.","About business matters.","Scope and Contents About news at \"Union Grove\".","About his plans to be a candidate for the Senate.","About business matters.","About family and business matters.","Manuscript Volume 1","Signed by William Hill, assisant surveyor.","About hiring his man, Joshua.","Manuscript Volume 2.","Manuscript Volume 3.","Including accounts of Robert L. Brown and Mayo Cabell and business letters of Mayo Cabell.","42 items.","Manuscript","Including a list of medicines sold.","5 items. Photographs.","Photograph","Photograph","Photograph","Two photographs.","Photograph","Made by Alexander Brown and others. Manuscript.","Printed material.","Manuscript.","Manuscript.","About a letter from John Brown to William Cabell dated April 20, 1781. Newspaper clipping.","See microfilm of survey notebooks.","Manuscript Volume 4. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.  Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albermarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","Manuscript Volume 5. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","22 pages. Manuscript Volume 6. Notebook in multiple hands, one being Nicholas Cabell's (1750-1803). Based in Amherst, Va., Cabell was a notable Virginia politician in the latter half of the 18th century. Notebook contents include merchants' arithmetic problems and various memoranda and notes on accounts, debts, writs, prices, and wights. Dates in the notebook include 1750 and 1779.","13 pages. Manuscript Volume 7. Entry survey book of Colonel William Cabell (1730-1798), 1753 June 25-October 7, with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Colonel William Cabell was a notable public official in Virginia in the latter half of the 18th century. He became assistant surveyor of Albemarle County in 1753.","32 pages. Manuscript Volume 8. Entry survey book in several hands for Goochland County, 1736-1743. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. A few entries are in William Cabell's hand. Note: these are not complete entries--i.e. 101, 114, 214, etc.--may have been written by Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) after he returned from England in 1741.","120 pages. Manuscript Volume 9. Entry survey book in several hands for Albemarle County, 1744 December-1745 April. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.","Manuscript Volume 10. Entry survey book in unknown hand with index, 1743-1747. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.","Manuscript Volume 11. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the survey was done. Various entries dated 1743. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","Manuscript Volume 12. Account book for 1752-1774 with farm and medical accounts of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774). Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","318 pages. Manuscript Volume 13. Field book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) with various surveys and written religious reflections, 1752-1754. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the survey was done. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","Manuscript Volume 14. Religious notes in unknown hand interleaved with surveys, one in the hand of Col. William Cabell (1730-1798). Notes on medicine, tobacco, and farm accounts are by Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774). Various entries dated 1756-1758. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albermarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon. Colonel William Cabell was a notable public official in Virginia in the latter half of the 18th century.","Manuscript Volume 15. Notebook containing mathematical and geometry problems in an unknown hand. The final two pages of text contain a listing of legal disagreements, with dates and names of the persons in conflict and notes on the judgment. Various entries dated 1745 and 1747.","Manuscript Volume 16. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Various entries dated 1748 and 1750. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","Manuscript Volume 17","Manuscript Volume 18","Manuscript Volume 19","Manuscript Volume 20","Manuscript Volume 21","Manuscript Volume 22","Manuscript Volume 23","Manuscript Volume 24","26 pages. Manuscript Volume 25","20 pages. Manuscript Volume 26","15 pages. Manuscript Volume 27","15 pages. Manuscript Volume 28","7 pages. Manuscript Volume 29","22 pages. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","This collection is organized into two series, 1. Papers, and 2. Manuscripts. This collection is arranged chronologically by date.","There were three generations of William Cabells who were surveyors. Dr. William Cabell (1700-1774) was a physician and assistant surveyor of Goochland and Albemarle Counties, Virginia under Joshua Fry and William Mayo. His son William Cabell (1729/30-1798) was also assistant surveyor of Albemarle County and surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia. His son and the third William Cabell (b. 1759) was surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia.","Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00017.frame","When available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.","Letters, 1885-1890, from William Cabell, England, to Alexander Brown, are located in the Cabell-Brown Collection within the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Cabell-Brown Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Cabell- Brown Papers, 1885-1890.12 items.Collection number: Mss. Sm Coll Cabell-Brown","The letters of Alexander Brown have been separated into two inventories, located within Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, that are related to the Cabell Fmaily papers.","Alexander Brown Papers (I), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Alexander Brown Papers (II), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Accounts, surveys and correspondence, chiefly 1743-1823, of members of the Cabell family of Albemarle and Amherst counties, Virginia.","Includes accounts and land transactions, 1733-1754, of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) as well as letters written to him concerning medical treatment.","Also includes accounts, surveys of Amherst County and correspondence with commission merchants of William Cabell (1730-1798); and surveyor's license and surveys of William Cabell (b. 1759).","Also includes correspondence, 1796-1820, of William H. Cabell (1772-1853); correspondence of William S. Crawford, clerk of Amherst County; and correspondence relating to the will of Patrick Henry, Jr. including a list of books purchased from the estate of Patrick Henry (1736-1799).","Prominent correspondents in the collection include Joseph Carrington Cabell, John Marshall, Philip Norborne Nicholas, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Edmund Pendleton and Peyton Randolph.","There are manuscript volumes of the field survey books of Dr. William Cabell; entry survey books for Goochland and Albemarle Counties, and lists of court cases by William S. Crawford as well as surveys signed by Joshua Fry and surveying business conducted by the College of William and Mary.","Surveyor's Notebooks from the Cabell Family papers in Swem Library's microforms area, 1 reel, call number TA522 .V8 C3.","Document Signed. Contains the mark of Richard Chivers.","Creator unknown. Signature clipped. Autograph Letter.","Signed by Robert Hughes. Autograph Document Signed.","Autograph Document Signed","James Christian is bound unto William Cabell for the sum of 198 pounds 7 shillings and one penny.","With legacies to sons Elisha and Samuel and daughter Ruth Jordan. Witnessed by George Morrell and Thomas Ballard Smith. Document Signed. See medium oversize file.","Signed by Benjamin Robinson and E. Bennet. See medium oversize file.","Autograph Document.","About his sending Westcote Buttons and staples for the Baggs. Autograph Letter Signed.","Order upon the petition of William Cabell, Senior, Joseph Cabell, John Cabell, and William Hopkins. Leave is granted them to take up 6,000 acres in Goochland County on the branches of Blackwater Creek and bounded on Nicholas Davis' land and to extend backward towards other rivers. Signed by Robert Staunton and John Blair.","Payable to Samuel Allen. Tobacco receipt. Document Signed.","Note added that \"Entry made 1743 Joshua Fry\".","For 1600 acres of land beg[inning] at Samuel Burks, Jun[io]r; William Cabell enters for 400 acres of land beginning at the fork of Ioes Creek, and 400 acres on both sides of Fendlys Creek. Autographed Document.","Autograph Document.","Scope and Contents About sending John Row with 2 Negroes to \"bent plantation\" [signature clipped]. Autograph Letter.","Order signed by N. Walthoe. That William Cabell be granted leave to survey 1200 acres in Goochland County.","Autograph Document.","Signed by W. Wagner.","That William Cabell be granted leave to take up 1200 acres in Goochland on both sides of the Fluvanna River.","Survey of 50 acres on the south side of Rockfish River.","Document.","Document.","Signed by William Cabell and Joshua Fry. This document was conserved with support from the Virginia State Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars.","Signature clipped.","Signed by William Cabell and Joshua Fry. Conserved with support of the Daughters of Colonial Wars of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Receipts signed by Thomas Everard.","Surveys signed by William Cabell, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor, and will of George Braxton of St. Stephens parish in King and Queen County.","Surveys signed by William Cabell, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor, note signed by Benjamin Waller.","By which Peter Randolph sold Samuel Burk a half acre lot in the town of Westham.","Signed by Thomas Jefferson, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor. Including survey of land in Albemarle County.","Condition of obligation between Mathew Talbot, Clement Read and Charles Talbot and Cornelius Cargill, Robert Henry Dyer, William Caldwell, and Abraham Martin.","Receipts signed by Benjamin Waller and Thomas Everard. Two documents dated 1754 were conserved with support from the Virginia State Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars.","Survey signed by John Staples, assistannt surveyor.","Receipt signed by James Nevil and Ben Waller. Survey signed by John Staples.","One receipt signed by T. Everard.","Statement from N. Walthoe, Williamsburg, Virginia to the Justices of Amherst County. Approving the place for the County Court House to be established, providing it be built at the expense of the county.","Admitted to court record.","About sending the supplies he had ordered and discussing the price of tobacco.","See medium oversize file.","See medium oversize file.","Requesting medical treatment for his wife and describing her symptoms.","Concerning surveys by William Cabell, Junior, surveyor.","Requesting treatment and listing his wife's symptoms.","Autograph Document Signed.","Authorizing William Cabell, Junior, to be Deputy Escheator for the counties of Albemarle, Amherst, Buckingham, and Bedford.","About his daughter's illness.","About the sale of his tobacco.","For payment for the Gazette.","Settled May 2769 (for 1768) \"for the use of the College of William and Mary.\" Signed by John Blair, Junior on the reverse of \"A List of Fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell Junior, surveyor.\"","Scope and Contents \"For the use of the College of William \u0026amp; Mary,\" signed by John Blair, on reverse of \"A List of fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, Jun[io]r, surveyor.\"","Includes \"Invoice of Sundries Shipt by John Backhouse on board the John John Breakhill for Virginia on Account Colonel William Cabell Junior.\"","About his tobacco sales and invoice.","About his wife's illness.","On reverse of \"A List of Fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell Junior, surveyor,\" signed by Robert Miller, Bursar.","About the insurance due on the wheat and tobacco.","About his account.","Signed by Peyton Randolph.","About Thomas Lomax's giving security for his father's mortgage and removing the Negroes.","On the reverse of \"A List of Fees Received for Surveys in Amherst County, by William Cabell Junior, surveyor,\" signed by Robert Miller, Bursar.","About his father's suit. Copy.","On the reverse of \"A List of Fees Rec[eive]d for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, jun[io]r, surv[eyor].\" Autograph Document Signed.","Saying \"I am truly sorry they have not altogether answered your Expectations.\"","Stating why he will not renew his consignment.","Copy(?).","(Signature clipped). Document.","Accounts of Colonel William Cabell, 1781; Hugh Rose, Amherst, to Major William Cabell, June 9, 1781; Two lists of militia ordered into service from Amherst County, 1781; Hugh Rose, Amherst, to Major William Cabell, July 24, 1781; Miscellaneous Receipts.","Issued by the College of William and Mary to William Cabell (William Cabell, Jr., 1759-) and signed by James Madison, George Wythe, Charles Bellini, and Benjamin Harrison.","Including house plan. Oversize. House plan scan=G0733.","To his brother William Sid Crawford, Amherst, about his studies.","Document.","Signed by Patrick Henry.","Unsigned document.","Signed by James Montgomery, assistant surveyor, and William Cabell, Junior, surveyor.","Giving medical advice.","Two letters dealing with the levy to pay for the county jail and repairing the court house.","Signed by Nicholas Davies.","Giving medical advice.","Addressed to an unknown recipient. Requesting a copy of a bill.","About his plans to move his law practice to Amherst.","Giving medical advice.","Explaining why he will not return home from Jamaica and stating, \" I live, I repent and will atone, as far as a future life of self denial, and a steady observance of all that is right can atone for my misdeeds.\"","About Cabell's candidacy for U.S. Representative.","Requesting him to return home. Copy.","With note signed by John Breckinridge.","Letter.","About his family's health.","About subscriptions to his relative Mr. Pleasant's paper which is \"entirely friendly to Republicanism and the cause of France...\"","About legislation in the U.S. Congress.","Includes surveys signed by James Higginbotham, surveyor.","About business matters.","Mentioning legal advice given by John Marshall.","About resuming his practice in the superior court and engaging in the business you mention.","About the division of the county.","About the selection of electors.","Saying all the electors will vote for Jefferson and Burr.","Mentioning the work of the current session of the House of Delegates and the dispute which took place between George Hay and James Thompson Callender.","Requesting a copy of the Amherst polls for Representative in Congress and commenting on international news.","Giving news of the House of Delegates.","About a promise of a loan. Signature clipped.","On business matters.","Letter to unknown recipient on business matters.","List of books from his father's estate contained in a letter from E. Winston to Colonel William Cabell.","About the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.","About Mr. Leake of Albemarle who hopes to take his place in the House of Representatives. Document.","About the preaching of his deceased brother's funeral sermon.","On business matters.","About his (lottery?) tickets.","About the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.","About the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.","About his debts.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About his family's health and his studies.","About the settlement of Mr. Henry's debts.","Scope and Contents About the opening of \"a public school\"; in the New Glasgow Academy.","About the management of her slaves--probably selling Frank because he has no connections nearby or hiring him out to \"some humane person that will treat him well.\"","Signature clipped.","Date on letter is incorrectly recorded as 1707. About negotiations with the British government.","Deposition about a negro runaway slave named Fleming.","About the happenings in the House of Representatives.","Letter to unknown recipient.","Letter to unknown recipient.","Letter to unknown recipient.","Mentioning that Mr. Tucker and he will come to dinner.","Signature clipped.","Letter to unknown recipient.","About \"the family of Hannah I mean the two girls, who have never been House servants, other than as spinners, at which business they have been excellent hands and may yet be so, if taught a proper degree of subordination by a mistress--the others except the small children have been wrought in the plantation,\" Signature clipped.","Scope and Contents Saying his \"negroes ar now under excellent discipline and so free from punishment \u0026amp; so well satisfied with their situation, that my carpenter John Brown, who must be sent to Corrottoman this fall, if very much opposed to going although I consent for his wife to go with him. My overseer is an active, attentive \u0026amp; amiable man.\"","Content about the difficulty of hiring a new overseer.","About business matters.","Scope and Contents About news at \"Union Grove\".","About his plans to be a candidate for the Senate.","About business matters.","About family and business matters.","Manuscript Volume 1","Signed by William Hill, assisant surveyor.","About hiring his man, Joshua.","Manuscript Volume 2.","Manuscript Volume 3.","Including accounts of Robert L. Brown and Mayo Cabell and business letters of Mayo Cabell.","42 items.","Manuscript","Including a list of medicines sold.","5 items. Photographs.","Photograph","Photograph","Photograph","Two photographs.","Photograph","Made by Alexander Brown and others. Manuscript.","Printed material.","Manuscript.","Manuscript.","About a letter from John Brown to William Cabell dated April 20, 1781. Newspaper clipping.","See microfilm of survey notebooks.","Manuscript Volume 4. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.  Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albermarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","Manuscript Volume 5. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","22 pages. Manuscript Volume 6. Notebook in multiple hands, one being Nicholas Cabell's (1750-1803). Based in Amherst, Va., Cabell was a notable Virginia politician in the latter half of the 18th century. Notebook contents include merchants' arithmetic problems and various memoranda and notes on accounts, debts, writs, prices, and wights. Dates in the notebook include 1750 and 1779.","13 pages. Manuscript Volume 7. Entry survey book of Colonel William Cabell (1730-1798), 1753 June 25-October 7, with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Colonel William Cabell was a notable public official in Virginia in the latter half of the 18th century. He became assistant surveyor of Albemarle County in 1753.","32 pages. Manuscript Volume 8. Entry survey book in several hands for Goochland County, 1736-1743. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. A few entries are in William Cabell's hand. Note: these are not complete entries--i.e. 101, 114, 214, etc.--may have been written by Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) after he returned from England in 1741.","120 pages. Manuscript Volume 9. Entry survey book in several hands for Albemarle County, 1744 December-1745 April. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.","Manuscript Volume 10. Entry survey book in unknown hand with index, 1743-1747. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.","Manuscript Volume 11. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the survey was done. Various entries dated 1743. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","Manuscript Volume 12. Account book for 1752-1774 with farm and medical accounts of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774). Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","318 pages. Manuscript Volume 13. Field book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) with various surveys and written religious reflections, 1752-1754. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the survey was done. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","Manuscript Volume 14. Religious notes in unknown hand interleaved with surveys, one in the hand of Col. William Cabell (1730-1798). Notes on medicine, tobacco, and farm accounts are by Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774). Various entries dated 1756-1758. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albermarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon. Colonel William Cabell was a notable public official in Virginia in the latter half of the 18th century.","Manuscript Volume 15. Notebook containing mathematical and geometry problems in an unknown hand. The final two pages of text contain a listing of legal disagreements, with dates and names of the persons in conflict and notes on the judgment. Various entries dated 1745 and 1747.","Manuscript Volume 16. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Various entries dated 1748 and 1750. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","Manuscript Volume 17","Manuscript Volume 18","Manuscript Volume 19","Manuscript Volume 20","Manuscript Volume 21","Manuscript Volume 22","Manuscript Volume 23","Manuscript Volume 24","26 pages. Manuscript Volume 25","20 pages. Manuscript Volume 26","15 pages. Manuscript Volume 27","15 pages. Manuscript Volume 28","7 pages. Manuscript Volume 29","22 pages. Manuscript Volume 30.","Manuscript Volume 31","Manuscript Volume 32","Manuscript Volume 33","Manuscript Volume 34","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Cabell family","Cabell, Joseph C. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is organized into two series, 1. Papers, and 2. Manuscripts. 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Dr. William Cabell (1700-1774) was a physician and assistant surveyor of Goochland and Albemarle Counties, Virginia under Joshua Fry and William Mayo. His son William Cabell (1729/30-1798) was also assistant surveyor of Albemarle County and surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia. His son and the third William Cabell (b. 1759) was surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00017.frame\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["General"],"odd_tesim":["Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00017.frame"],"phystech_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eWhen available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"phystech_heading_ssm":["Physical Characteristics or Technical Requirements:"],"phystech_tesim":["When available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCabell Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Cabell Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1885-1890, from William Cabell, England, to Alexander Brown, are located in the Cabell-Brown Collection within the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Cabell-Brown Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. 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Cabell- Brown Papers, 1885-1890.12 items.Collection number: Mss. Sm Coll Cabell-Brown","The letters of Alexander Brown have been separated into two inventories, located within Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, that are related to the Cabell Fmaily papers.","Alexander Brown Papers (I), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Alexander Brown Papers (II), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAccounts, surveys and correspondence, chiefly 1743-1823, of members of the Cabell family of Albemarle and Amherst counties, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes accounts and land transactions, 1733-1754, of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) as well as letters written to him concerning medical treatment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes accounts, surveys of Amherst County and correspondence with commission merchants of William Cabell (1730-1798); and surveyor's license and surveys of William Cabell (b. 1759).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes correspondence, 1796-1820, of William H. Cabell (1772-1853); correspondence of William S. Crawford, clerk of Amherst County; and correspondence relating to the will of Patrick Henry, Jr. including a list of books purchased from the estate of Patrick Henry (1736-1799).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProminent correspondents in the collection include Joseph Carrington Cabell, John Marshall, Philip Norborne Nicholas, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Edmund Pendleton and Peyton Randolph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are manuscript volumes of the field survey books of Dr. William Cabell; entry survey books for Goochland and Albemarle Counties, and lists of court cases by William S. Crawford as well as surveys signed by Joshua Fry and surveying business conducted by the College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveyor's Notebooks from the Cabell Family papers in Swem Library's microforms area, 1 reel, call number TA522 .V8 C3.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eDocument Signed. Contains the mark of Richard Chivers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCreator unknown. Signature clipped. Autograph Letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Robert Hughes. Autograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Document Signed\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Christian is bound unto William Cabell for the sum of 198 pounds 7 shillings and one penny.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith legacies to sons Elisha and Samuel and daughter Ruth Jordan. Witnessed by George Morrell and Thomas Ballard Smith. Document Signed. See medium oversize file.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Benjamin Robinson and E. Bennet. See medium oversize file.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his sending Westcote Buttons and staples for the Baggs. Autograph Letter Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder upon the petition of William Cabell, Senior, Joseph Cabell, John Cabell, and William Hopkins. Leave is granted them to take up 6,000 acres in Goochland County on the branches of Blackwater Creek and bounded on Nicholas Davis' land and to extend backward towards other rivers. Signed by Robert Staunton and John Blair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayable to Samuel Allen. Tobacco receipt. Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote added that \"Entry made 1743 Joshua Fry\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor 1600 acres of land beg[inning] at Samuel Burks, Jun[io]r; William Cabell enters for 400 acres of land beginning at the fork of Ioes Creek, and 400 acres on both sides of Fendlys Creek. Autographed Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents About sending John Row with 2 Negroes to \"bent plantation\" [signature clipped]. Autograph Letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder signed by N. Walthoe. That William Cabell be granted leave to survey 1200 acres in Goochland County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by W. Wagner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThat William Cabell be granted leave to take up 1200 acres in Goochland on both sides of the Fluvanna River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of 50 acres on the south side of Rockfish River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocument.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocument.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by William Cabell and Joshua Fry. This document was conserved with support from the Virginia State Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature clipped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by William Cabell and Joshua Fry. Conserved with support of the Daughters of Colonial Wars of the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts signed by Thomas Everard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveys signed by William Cabell, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor, and will of George Braxton of St. Stephens parish in King and Queen County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveys signed by William Cabell, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor, note signed by Benjamin Waller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy which Peter Randolph sold Samuel Burk a half acre lot in the town of Westham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Thomas Jefferson, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor. Including survey of land in Albemarle County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCondition of obligation between Mathew Talbot, Clement Read and Charles Talbot and Cornelius Cargill, Robert Henry Dyer, William Caldwell, and Abraham Martin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts signed by Benjamin Waller and Thomas Everard. Two documents dated 1754 were conserved with support from the Virginia State Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey signed by John Staples, assistannt surveyor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt signed by James Nevil and Ben Waller. Survey signed by John Staples.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne receipt signed by T. Everard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement from N. Walthoe, Williamsburg, Virginia to the Justices of Amherst County. Approving the place for the County Court House to be established, providing it be built at the expense of the county.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdmitted to court record.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout sending the supplies he had ordered and discussing the price of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee medium oversize file.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee medium oversize file.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting medical treatment for his wife and describing her symptoms.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning surveys by William Cabell, Junior, surveyor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting treatment and listing his wife's symptoms.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAuthorizing William Cabell, Junior, to be Deputy Escheator for the counties of Albemarle, Amherst, Buckingham, and Bedford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his daughter's illness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor payment for the Gazette.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettled May 2769 (for 1768) \"for the use of the College of William and Mary.\" Signed by John Blair, Junior on the reverse of \"A List of Fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell Junior, surveyor.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents \"For the use of the College of William \u0026amp;amp; Mary,\" signed by John Blair, on reverse of \"A List of fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, Jun[io]r, surveyor.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes \"Invoice of Sundries Shipt by John Backhouse on board the John John Breakhill for Virginia on Account Colonel William Cabell Junior.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his tobacco sales and invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his wife's illness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn reverse of \"A List of Fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell Junior, surveyor,\" signed by Robert Miller, Bursar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the insurance due on the wheat and tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Peyton Randolph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout Thomas Lomax's giving security for his father's mortgage and removing the Negroes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn the reverse of \"A List of Fees Received for Surveys in Amherst County, by William Cabell Junior, surveyor,\" signed by Robert Miller, Bursar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his father's suit. Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn the reverse of \"A List of Fees Rec[eive]d for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, jun[io]r, surv[eyor].\" Autograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSaying \"I am truly sorry they have not altogether answered your Expectations.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStating why he will not renew his consignment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy(?).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Signature clipped). Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Colonel William Cabell, 1781; Hugh Rose, Amherst, to Major William Cabell, June 9, 1781; Two lists of militia ordered into service from Amherst County, 1781; Hugh Rose, Amherst, to Major William Cabell, July 24, 1781; Miscellaneous Receipts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIssued by the College of William and Mary to William Cabell (William Cabell, Jr., 1759-) and signed by James Madison, George Wythe, Charles Bellini, and Benjamin Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding house plan. Oversize. House plan scan=G0733.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo his brother William Sid Crawford, Amherst, about his studies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocument.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Patrick Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnsigned document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by James Montgomery, assistant surveyor, and William Cabell, Junior, surveyor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGiving medical advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters dealing with the levy to pay for the county jail and repairing the court house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Nicholas Davies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGiving medical advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAddressed to an unknown recipient. Requesting a copy of a bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his plans to move his law practice to Amherst.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGiving medical advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplaining why he will not return home from Jamaica and stating, \" I live, I repent and will atone, as far as a future life of self denial, and a steady observance of all that is right can atone for my misdeeds.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout Cabell's candidacy for U.S. Representative.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting him to return home. Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith note signed by John Breckinridge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his family's health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout subscriptions to his relative Mr. Pleasant's paper which is \"entirely friendly to Republicanism and the cause of France...\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout legislation in the U.S. Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes surveys signed by James Higginbotham, surveyor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentioning legal advice given by John Marshall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout resuming his practice in the superior court and engaging in the business you mention.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the division of the county.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the selection of electors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSaying all the electors will vote for Jefferson and Burr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentioning the work of the current session of the House of Delegates and the dispute which took place between George Hay and James Thompson Callender.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting a copy of the Amherst polls for Representative in Congress and commenting on international news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGiving news of the House of Delegates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout a promise of a loan. Signature clipped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to unknown recipient on business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of books from his father's estate contained in a letter from E. Winston to Colonel William Cabell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout Mr. Leake of Albemarle who hopes to take his place in the House of Representatives. Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the preaching of his deceased brother's funeral sermon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his (lottery?) tickets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his family's health and his studies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the settlement of Mr. Henry's debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents About the opening of \"a public school\"; in the New Glasgow Academy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the management of her slaves--probably selling Frank because he has no connections nearby or hiring him out to \"some humane person that will treat him well.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature clipped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDate on letter is incorrectly recorded as 1707. About negotiations with the British government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeposition about a negro runaway slave named Fleming.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the happenings in the House of Representatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to unknown recipient.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to unknown recipient.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to unknown recipient.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentioning that Mr. Tucker and he will come to dinner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature clipped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to unknown recipient.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout \"the family of Hannah I mean the two girls, who have never been House servants, other than as spinners, at which business they have been excellent hands and may yet be so, if taught a proper degree of subordination by a mistress--the others except the small children have been wrought in the plantation,\" Signature clipped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Saying his \"negroes ar now under excellent discipline and so free from punishment \u0026amp;amp; so well satisfied with their situation, that my carpenter John Brown, who must be sent to Corrottoman this fall, if very much opposed to going although I consent for his wife to go with him. My overseer is an active, attentive \u0026amp;amp; amiable man.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContent about the difficulty of hiring a new overseer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents About news at \"Union Grove\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout his plans to be a candidate for the Senate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout family and business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by William Hill, assisant surveyor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout hiring his man, Joshua.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 3.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding accounts of Robert L. Brown and Mayo Cabell and business letters of Mayo Cabell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e42 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a list of medicines sold.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 items. Photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMade by Alexander Brown and others. Manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout a letter from John Brown to William Cabell dated April 20, 1781. Newspaper clipping.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee microfilm of survey notebooks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 4. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.  Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albermarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 5. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e22 pages. Manuscript Volume 6. Notebook in multiple hands, one being Nicholas Cabell's (1750-1803). Based in Amherst, Va., Cabell was a notable Virginia politician in the latter half of the 18th century. Notebook contents include merchants' arithmetic problems and various memoranda and notes on accounts, debts, writs, prices, and wights. Dates in the notebook include 1750 and 1779.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 pages. Manuscript Volume 7. Entry survey book of Colonel William Cabell (1730-1798), 1753 June 25-October 7, with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Colonel William Cabell was a notable public official in Virginia in the latter half of the 18th century. He became assistant surveyor of Albemarle County in 1753.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e32 pages. Manuscript Volume 8. Entry survey book in several hands for Goochland County, 1736-1743. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. A few entries are in William Cabell's hand. Note: these are not complete entries--i.e. 101, 114, 214, etc.--may have been written by Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) after he returned from England in 1741.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e120 pages. Manuscript Volume 9. Entry survey book in several hands for Albemarle County, 1744 December-1745 April. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 10. Entry survey book in unknown hand with index, 1743-1747. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 11. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the survey was done. Various entries dated 1743. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 12. Account book for 1752-1774 with farm and medical accounts of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774). Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e318 pages. Manuscript Volume 13. Field book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) with various surveys and written religious reflections, 1752-1754. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the survey was done. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 14. Religious notes in unknown hand interleaved with surveys, one in the hand of Col. William Cabell (1730-1798). Notes on medicine, tobacco, and farm accounts are by Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774). Various entries dated 1756-1758. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albermarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon. Colonel William Cabell was a notable public official in Virginia in the latter half of the 18th century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 15. Notebook containing mathematical and geometry problems in an unknown hand. The final two pages of text contain a listing of legal disagreements, with dates and names of the persons in conflict and notes on the judgment. Various entries dated 1745 and 1747.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 16. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Various entries dated 1748 and 1750. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 17\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 18\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 19\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 20\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 21\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 22\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 23\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volume 24\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e26 pages. Manuscript Volume 25\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 pages. Manuscript Volume 26\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 pages. Manuscript Volume 27\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 pages. Manuscript Volume 28\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 pages. Manuscript Volume 29\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e22 pages. 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Cabell (1772-1853); correspondence of William S. Crawford, clerk of Amherst County; and correspondence relating to the will of Patrick Henry, Jr. including a list of books purchased from the estate of Patrick Henry (1736-1799).","Prominent correspondents in the collection include Joseph Carrington Cabell, John Marshall, Philip Norborne Nicholas, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Edmund Pendleton and Peyton Randolph.","There are manuscript volumes of the field survey books of Dr. William Cabell; entry survey books for Goochland and Albemarle Counties, and lists of court cases by William S. Crawford as well as surveys signed by Joshua Fry and surveying business conducted by the College of William and Mary.","Surveyor's Notebooks from the Cabell Family papers in Swem Library's microforms area, 1 reel, call number TA522 .V8 C3.","Document Signed. Contains the mark of Richard Chivers.","Creator unknown. Signature clipped. Autograph Letter.","Signed by Robert Hughes. Autograph Document Signed.","Autograph Document Signed","James Christian is bound unto William Cabell for the sum of 198 pounds 7 shillings and one penny.","With legacies to sons Elisha and Samuel and daughter Ruth Jordan. Witnessed by George Morrell and Thomas Ballard Smith. Document Signed. See medium oversize file.","Signed by Benjamin Robinson and E. Bennet. See medium oversize file.","Autograph Document.","About his sending Westcote Buttons and staples for the Baggs. Autograph Letter Signed.","Order upon the petition of William Cabell, Senior, Joseph Cabell, John Cabell, and William Hopkins. Leave is granted them to take up 6,000 acres in Goochland County on the branches of Blackwater Creek and bounded on Nicholas Davis' land and to extend backward towards other rivers. Signed by Robert Staunton and John Blair.","Payable to Samuel Allen. Tobacco receipt. Document Signed.","Note added that \"Entry made 1743 Joshua Fry\".","For 1600 acres of land beg[inning] at Samuel Burks, Jun[io]r; William Cabell enters for 400 acres of land beginning at the fork of Ioes Creek, and 400 acres on both sides of Fendlys Creek. Autographed Document.","Autograph Document.","Scope and Contents About sending John Row with 2 Negroes to \"bent plantation\" [signature clipped]. Autograph Letter.","Order signed by N. Walthoe. That William Cabell be granted leave to survey 1200 acres in Goochland County.","Autograph Document.","Signed by W. Wagner.","That William Cabell be granted leave to take up 1200 acres in Goochland on both sides of the Fluvanna River.","Survey of 50 acres on the south side of Rockfish River.","Document.","Document.","Signed by William Cabell and Joshua Fry. This document was conserved with support from the Virginia State Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars.","Signature clipped.","Signed by William Cabell and Joshua Fry. Conserved with support of the Daughters of Colonial Wars of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Receipts signed by Thomas Everard.","Surveys signed by William Cabell, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor, and will of George Braxton of St. Stephens parish in King and Queen County.","Surveys signed by William Cabell, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor, note signed by Benjamin Waller.","By which Peter Randolph sold Samuel Burk a half acre lot in the town of Westham.","Signed by Thomas Jefferson, assistant surveyor, and Joshua Fry, surveyor. Including survey of land in Albemarle County.","Condition of obligation between Mathew Talbot, Clement Read and Charles Talbot and Cornelius Cargill, Robert Henry Dyer, William Caldwell, and Abraham Martin.","Receipts signed by Benjamin Waller and Thomas Everard. Two documents dated 1754 were conserved with support from the Virginia State Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars.","Survey signed by John Staples, assistannt surveyor.","Receipt signed by James Nevil and Ben Waller. Survey signed by John Staples.","One receipt signed by T. Everard.","Statement from N. Walthoe, Williamsburg, Virginia to the Justices of Amherst County. Approving the place for the County Court House to be established, providing it be built at the expense of the county.","Admitted to court record.","About sending the supplies he had ordered and discussing the price of tobacco.","See medium oversize file.","See medium oversize file.","Requesting medical treatment for his wife and describing her symptoms.","Concerning surveys by William Cabell, Junior, surveyor.","Requesting treatment and listing his wife's symptoms.","Autograph Document Signed.","Authorizing William Cabell, Junior, to be Deputy Escheator for the counties of Albemarle, Amherst, Buckingham, and Bedford.","About his daughter's illness.","About the sale of his tobacco.","For payment for the Gazette.","Settled May 2769 (for 1768) \"for the use of the College of William and Mary.\" Signed by John Blair, Junior on the reverse of \"A List of Fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell Junior, surveyor.\"","Scope and Contents \"For the use of the College of William \u0026amp; Mary,\" signed by John Blair, on reverse of \"A List of fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, Jun[io]r, surveyor.\"","Includes \"Invoice of Sundries Shipt by John Backhouse on board the John John Breakhill for Virginia on Account Colonel William Cabell Junior.\"","About his tobacco sales and invoice.","About his wife's illness.","On reverse of \"A List of Fees Received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell Junior, surveyor,\" signed by Robert Miller, Bursar.","About the insurance due on the wheat and tobacco.","About his account.","Signed by Peyton Randolph.","About Thomas Lomax's giving security for his father's mortgage and removing the Negroes.","On the reverse of \"A List of Fees Received for Surveys in Amherst County, by William Cabell Junior, surveyor,\" signed by Robert Miller, Bursar.","About his father's suit. Copy.","On the reverse of \"A List of Fees Rec[eive]d for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, jun[io]r, surv[eyor].\" Autograph Document Signed.","Saying \"I am truly sorry they have not altogether answered your Expectations.\"","Stating why he will not renew his consignment.","Copy(?).","(Signature clipped). Document.","Accounts of Colonel William Cabell, 1781; Hugh Rose, Amherst, to Major William Cabell, June 9, 1781; Two lists of militia ordered into service from Amherst County, 1781; Hugh Rose, Amherst, to Major William Cabell, July 24, 1781; Miscellaneous Receipts.","Issued by the College of William and Mary to William Cabell (William Cabell, Jr., 1759-) and signed by James Madison, George Wythe, Charles Bellini, and Benjamin Harrison.","Including house plan. Oversize. House plan scan=G0733.","To his brother William Sid Crawford, Amherst, about his studies.","Document.","Signed by Patrick Henry.","Unsigned document.","Signed by James Montgomery, assistant surveyor, and William Cabell, Junior, surveyor.","Giving medical advice.","Two letters dealing with the levy to pay for the county jail and repairing the court house.","Signed by Nicholas Davies.","Giving medical advice.","Addressed to an unknown recipient. Requesting a copy of a bill.","About his plans to move his law practice to Amherst.","Giving medical advice.","Explaining why he will not return home from Jamaica and stating, \" I live, I repent and will atone, as far as a future life of self denial, and a steady observance of all that is right can atone for my misdeeds.\"","About Cabell's candidacy for U.S. Representative.","Requesting him to return home. Copy.","With note signed by John Breckinridge.","Letter.","About his family's health.","About subscriptions to his relative Mr. Pleasant's paper which is \"entirely friendly to Republicanism and the cause of France...\"","About legislation in the U.S. Congress.","Includes surveys signed by James Higginbotham, surveyor.","About business matters.","Mentioning legal advice given by John Marshall.","About resuming his practice in the superior court and engaging in the business you mention.","About the division of the county.","About the selection of electors.","Saying all the electors will vote for Jefferson and Burr.","Mentioning the work of the current session of the House of Delegates and the dispute which took place between George Hay and James Thompson Callender.","Requesting a copy of the Amherst polls for Representative in Congress and commenting on international news.","Giving news of the House of Delegates.","About a promise of a loan. Signature clipped.","On business matters.","Letter to unknown recipient on business matters.","List of books from his father's estate contained in a letter from E. Winston to Colonel William Cabell.","About the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.","About Mr. Leake of Albemarle who hopes to take his place in the House of Representatives. Document.","About the preaching of his deceased brother's funeral sermon.","On business matters.","About his (lottery?) tickets.","About the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.","About the settlement of the estate of Patrick Henry.","About his debts.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About the sale of his tobacco.","About his family's health and his studies.","About the settlement of Mr. Henry's debts.","Scope and Contents About the opening of \"a public school\"; in the New Glasgow Academy.","About the management of her slaves--probably selling Frank because he has no connections nearby or hiring him out to \"some humane person that will treat him well.\"","Signature clipped.","Date on letter is incorrectly recorded as 1707. About negotiations with the British government.","Deposition about a negro runaway slave named Fleming.","About the happenings in the House of Representatives.","Letter to unknown recipient.","Letter to unknown recipient.","Letter to unknown recipient.","Mentioning that Mr. Tucker and he will come to dinner.","Signature clipped.","Letter to unknown recipient.","About \"the family of Hannah I mean the two girls, who have never been House servants, other than as spinners, at which business they have been excellent hands and may yet be so, if taught a proper degree of subordination by a mistress--the others except the small children have been wrought in the plantation,\" Signature clipped.","Scope and Contents Saying his \"negroes ar now under excellent discipline and so free from punishment \u0026amp; so well satisfied with their situation, that my carpenter John Brown, who must be sent to Corrottoman this fall, if very much opposed to going although I consent for his wife to go with him. My overseer is an active, attentive \u0026amp; amiable man.\"","Content about the difficulty of hiring a new overseer.","About business matters.","Scope and Contents About news at \"Union Grove\".","About his plans to be a candidate for the Senate.","About business matters.","About family and business matters.","Manuscript Volume 1","Signed by William Hill, assisant surveyor.","About hiring his man, Joshua.","Manuscript Volume 2.","Manuscript Volume 3.","Including accounts of Robert L. Brown and Mayo Cabell and business letters of Mayo Cabell.","42 items.","Manuscript","Including a list of medicines sold.","5 items. Photographs.","Photograph","Photograph","Photograph","Two photographs.","Photograph","Made by Alexander Brown and others. Manuscript.","Printed material.","Manuscript.","Manuscript.","About a letter from John Brown to William Cabell dated April 20, 1781. Newspaper clipping.","See microfilm of survey notebooks.","Manuscript Volume 4. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.  Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albermarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","Manuscript Volume 5. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","22 pages. Manuscript Volume 6. Notebook in multiple hands, one being Nicholas Cabell's (1750-1803). Based in Amherst, Va., Cabell was a notable Virginia politician in the latter half of the 18th century. Notebook contents include merchants' arithmetic problems and various memoranda and notes on accounts, debts, writs, prices, and wights. Dates in the notebook include 1750 and 1779.","13 pages. Manuscript Volume 7. Entry survey book of Colonel William Cabell (1730-1798), 1753 June 25-October 7, with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Colonel William Cabell was a notable public official in Virginia in the latter half of the 18th century. He became assistant surveyor of Albemarle County in 1753.","32 pages. Manuscript Volume 8. Entry survey book in several hands for Goochland County, 1736-1743. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. A few entries are in William Cabell's hand. Note: these are not complete entries--i.e. 101, 114, 214, etc.--may have been written by Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) after he returned from England in 1741.","120 pages. Manuscript Volume 9. Entry survey book in several hands for Albemarle County, 1744 December-1745 April. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.","Manuscript Volume 10. Entry survey book in unknown hand with index, 1743-1747. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done.","Manuscript Volume 11. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the survey was done. Various entries dated 1743. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","Manuscript Volume 12. Account book for 1752-1774 with farm and medical accounts of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774). Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","318 pages. Manuscript Volume 13. Field book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) with various surveys and written religious reflections, 1752-1754. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the survey was done. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","Manuscript Volume 14. Religious notes in unknown hand interleaved with surveys, one in the hand of Col. William Cabell (1730-1798). Notes on medicine, tobacco, and farm accounts are by Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774). Various entries dated 1756-1758. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albermarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon. Colonel William Cabell was a notable public official in Virginia in the latter half of the 18th century.","Manuscript Volume 15. Notebook containing mathematical and geometry problems in an unknown hand. The final two pages of text contain a listing of legal disagreements, with dates and names of the persons in conflict and notes on the judgment. Various entries dated 1745 and 1747.","Manuscript Volume 16. Field survey book of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774), with various survey reports. Survey entries and reports usually include date, general location, measurements and description of the work, and name of person for whom the surveying work was done. Various entries dated 1748 and 1750. Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.","Manuscript Volume 17","Manuscript Volume 18","Manuscript Volume 19","Manuscript Volume 20","Manuscript Volume 21","Manuscript Volume 22","Manuscript Volume 23","Manuscript Volume 24","26 pages. Manuscript Volume 25","20 pages. Manuscript Volume 26","15 pages. Manuscript Volume 27","15 pages. Manuscript Volume 28","7 pages. Manuscript Volume 29","22 pages. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Organization: This inventory has been organized into four Series: 1. William Preston Papers; 2. Francis Preston Papers; 3. John Preston Papers; 4. William C. Preston Papers. Arrangement: Each folder contains the papers of their creators/persons, identified by series title. Items are then arranged chronologically by date.","Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .","Other Information:","Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00012.frame","Other related material concerning the Preston family can be found in the Robert Morton Hughes Papers at Old Dominion University.","Several of the items in this collection have been reprinted. These include the letters written between 1786-1813, by John Preston to Francis Preston printed in the William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 1, pp. 42-51 and Vol. 2, pp. 188-193. A list of these items is located below. A typed list is located in the first folder of the collection.","18 May 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 42-45. 2 November 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 45-47. 26 December 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 47-49. 17 February 1787. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 1, Vol. 27, pp. 203-205. 31 May 1793. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 188-189 [dated as 3 May]. 25 Nov. 1794. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, p. 187. 14 May 1799. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 49-51. 19 December 1802. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 189-192. 3 March 1813. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 192-193.","Some letters are also available in typescript.","This inventory, chiefly 1786-1815, represents three generations of the Preston family, and likewise can be divided into the following:","Items relating to William Preston (ca. 1729-1783), 1755-1782, primarily photostats of appointments to various county offices (coroner, sheriff and surveyor) and to positions in the Virginia militia; but also including original appointments, 1763 and 1776; a surveyor's entry; 1774; and letters, 1773-1782, to Preston concerning land, the Cherokee Indians and a court martial.","Items, 1785-1819, relating to William's sons, Francis Preston (1765- 1836), lawyer, member of the Virginia Legislature and the U.S. Congress; and his brother John Preston (1764-1827), member of the Virginia Assembly and long-time Treasurer of Virginia, including letters from John Preston to Francis Preston as well as correspondence of the two men with other people. Subjects covered in the letters include politics; the War of 1812; a carriage; the College of William and Mary; duels; the building of a house; and Indians. These papers also contain a certificate, 20 September 1793, of emancipation for a slave signed by Francis Preston; and his appointment of two military aides.","Items relating to the correspondence of William Campbell Preston (1764- 1860), son of Francis Preston, and a member of Congress from South Carolina, including a circular and letter, 1827, concerning protest by citizens of South Carolina of a protective tariff.","William Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers in Augusta County,\" Virginia. Signed by Robert Dinwiddie, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers.\" Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as : \"Lieutenant Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquler, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as Escheator for Augusta County, Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia of the County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"one of our Coroners of our County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Sheriff of the County of Fincastle County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Signed by John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Williamsburg, Virginia.","Letter from William Campbell, Aspen Bottom, to William Preston. Letter concerns Captain Shelby's purchase of the land where Captain Bledsoe lives.","Surveyor's entry of Fincastle County, later Kentucky and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Item mentions William Preston, surveyor of Fincastle. Signed by William Christian.","William Preston was appointed as \"Lieutenant and Commander in chief of the Militia of the County of Fincastle [County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties], Virginia\" Signed by the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia.","Letter from Anthony Bledsoe, Fort Patrick Henry, Virginia, to Colonel William Preston. Letter concerns the Cherokee Indians, their need of supplies, and their fear of coming to Williamsburg.","William Preston was appointed as \"County Lieutenant of Militia in the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Patrick Henry, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Surveyor for the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Dudley Digges, Lieutenant Governor, Williamsburg, Virginia.","Letter from Charles Morgan to William Preston. Letter concerns a court martial of two men, Marshall Duncan and Timothy Roark, and the circumstances involved in the case; and men trying, to be struck from the muster roll in order to be relieved of their military duties.","Post bond for Joseph Achillberger before William Preston, Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Virginia.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston. Was only able to send 10 pounds because of the \"great difficulty of procuring cash in this country\"; mentions getting cash from \"Uncle Tom\" or tobacco from \"Anderson\" and converting that to cash; tobacco prices; discusses the loss Kentucky will feel at the death of Colonel Christian.","Letter from John Preston to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Discusses business dealings with Anderson tobacco, and obtaining the necessary materials and the carpenter recommended by Captain T. Smith to finish their house; wants to compare prices between the Academy at Botetourt Town and William and Mary; gives details of building a new academy at Greenfield and the prices which would be charged.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. More discussion about the constructing of their house; expresses concern about a possible suit against them for a debt unpaid, unless they raise money from Anderson's tobacco; tells of neighbors anxiously awaiting his Francis's return so that they might \"profit from your knowledge,\" referring to Francis Preston's license to practice law, and so that he can be considered an eligible candidate; offers to campaign for him in his absence; relates feelings toward a duel fought between their cousin, James Breckenridge and [?] Younghusband.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. Sends news of large amounts of mail for him, mainly on the subject of friendship; election day has been moved to an earlier date in April, requiring him [FP] to come home earlier; hopes this doesn't interfere with his studies; gives itinerary and details about coming home; discusses the other candidates and the main issue of the campaign--the division of the country; tells rumor that Congress is about to \"raise a great army, for what purpose, we know not.\"","Bill is for fabrics, clothes, and notions for \"Sally B. Campbell,\" later Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston, wife of Francis Preston.","Letter from John Preston to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Short note discussing the election and political side effects relating to it.","Letter from John Preston, Mr. McDowell's, to \"Frank,\" Francis Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Discusses land transactions and the upcoming change in the Judicial districts west of the Blue Ridge; mentions the end of the Indian War and the government being settled.","Letter from John Preston, John Breckenridge's, Lexington, Virginia, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Comments on the reformed behavior of B. Smith, a commander at one of the frontier posts, who has \"abandoned both women and wine forever\"; discussion of affairs with the Indians--treaties, not trusting them, and hopes of continuing the war with them; General Wayne, however, has orders only to defend themselves, not attack; mention of land prices connected with investment possibilities.","Letter from John Preston, Lexington, Virginia to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business discussion about an unknown matter.","Emancipation certificate of John Broady, Negro servant of William Campbell, father-in-law of Francis Preston. Signed by Francis Preston.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"sister In-law,\" Sarah B. Preston, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mention of her domesticity; gossip of a rich widow, Mrs. Thomas Randolph, who has fallen in love with John Brown.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" probably Francis Preston. Gives election news of senators and governor; details about a duel between General Wood and W. Thomas Madison over the election of Governor Brook which led to defamations of character.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to Francis Preston, Congress, United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Concerning attention paid to brother William by General Wayne.","Letter from Bishop James Madison, Botetourt County, Virgina, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses power of attorney between H. Smith and himself; and business matters dealing with land.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses business transactions, including buying some horses; shares feelings of wanting to be married.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion of business transactions with Governor Shelby.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses concern over their brother \"Tommy\" not being able to attend school due to insufficient funds, and asks if Francis might be able to help in this area; mentions William and Mary as a good choice for Tommy to study law.","Letter from John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion about horses and John's son cutting teeth.","Letter from John Preston, Blacksburg, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Family news; grandmother has died; is still looking for the book, EVirginians Millwright, sent by Francis to use as reference for their spring water problem.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks him to help with E. Madison's business affairs; house is half finished; hopes to pay off all debts soon and be as \"independent as a freeman ought to be.\"","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Wagon arrived satisfactorily; sent 5 bushels of hemp seed and will send more if needed; borrowed from him a bundle of \"nail rods\" to lay the plank floor in his home; talk of the birth of \"another fine son \" who is quite handsome.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Business news; cotton and salt arrived; has sent nail rods in a different, lighter wagon.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Political discussion-including the possibility of Congressional redistricting of Botetourt and Montgomery counties, the disagreements between the Federalists and the Republicans, and how redistricting would affect John when elections come again; ironworks are shorthanded and he is willing to hire out seven \"of my best negroe men\"; wife has had the mumps and self has had a bout with rheumatism.","Letter from David Campbell, Campbella, Tennessee, to Sarah B. Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses joy at Mrs. Preston's recovering her health; philosophical statements concerning life; fondness toward Mrs. Preston and family; mention of who will be in school at Abingdon for the next two years, if the school stays open.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Salt was delivered and all was in good order; family news including the birth of a son, William Ballard Preston, to their brother James P. Preston.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Asks if he can send his son, Carlton Radford, to Mr. Whaley's school, since Mr. Birch's school at Fort Chizwell has broken up; has taken care of money matters; more problems with rheumatism.","Letter from John Preston, Montgomery Court House Virginia, to \"brother;\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks for his son, William, to be sent home since the family is free of the whooping cough; a Senate position is open, but heJohn declined since he thought that Francis wanted to run; discussion of war with Britain, and the election of a president; Virginia seems to be favoring Madison, but New York is doubtful; no plans yet for the Virginia militia to be called.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business letter; alludes to wife's death; mother-in-law taking care of domestic business.","Letter from John Tyler, Governor of Virginia, \"In Council Chamber,\" Richmond, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Abingdon Washington County, Virginia. Cover letter for a commission for Samuel Preston, and a duplicate for the magistrates.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Affectionate talk of family; money matters taken care of; carriage maker in Philadelphia has put the \"Family Arms and Crests\" on it, and has only the painting and the spring to take care of.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Happy that he won the election, even though it was with some difficulty; discussion of the ingratitude and jealousy of the community of those who \"serve the public\"; money and construction matters; legal concern over the exchange of properties, the Briar Patch and Horseshoe; wife is quite ill and still grieves over the death of Louisa.","Letter from Peter Randolph, Nottoway County, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Concerning the addition of Mecklenburg into the 5th Circuit, Randolph's firm opposition to the plan requested by Judge Johnston to relieve Johnston of some duties of the 13th Circuit, and Randolph's reasons against the change of duties.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Concern over the Blockading Squadron of Great Britain, and description of naVirginial battles in Lynnhaven Bay; wishes Congress would impose an embargo on Great Britain.","Letter from Francis Preston, Brigadier General, 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, to John Tate. Appointment of Tate as Brigade Inspector of the 17th Brigade in the third division of the militia of the said Commonwealth. Including autograph document signed on verso by Francis Preston appointing Captain Francis Smith as his aide, 16 May 1816.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Virginia. Is still trying to locate the papers of W. P. Preston; more election news; introduces S. P. Sharp.","Letter from Patrick Henry, Richmond, Virginia, to John Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Concerning a serjeanty right granted by Lord Dumore, 10 to 12 years prior, to Henry for 200 acres on the Ohio River.","Receipt of David Price for 3 pounds received from John Preston. Including note on verso by John Preston, 17 April 1785, stating payment of 29 British pounds to William M. Miller.","Letter from James Blair, Abingdon, Virginia, to John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia. Blair's wife, Betsy, a cousin of Preston, is unable to appear at court in Botetourt County in a case involving Mrs. Elizabeth (Preston) Madison, because her son is ill, but has sent a deposition. Hopes that Dr. Humphries has inoculated Preston's sisters for smallpox.","Letter from John Preston, Fort Lee, Bluestone, to Governor Henry Lee. Explanation of Preston's actions taken in defending his posts by dispersing his men; also explanation of monies spent. Including document by John Preston, 13 June 1792, Fort Lee, Bluestone, Virginia, accounting for monies spent by him for his militia men.","Letter from Edmund Randolph, Richmond, Virginia , to General John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom. Concerning legal proceedings at Staunton; and proceedings of the Richmond chancery court concerning the McKin case.","Letter from James Hoge, Buckingham County, Virginia, to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Requests to have orders countermanded and have his troops transferred somewhere where they can recover.","Letter from John Floyd, Washington, D.C , to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. The appropriations bill is before Congress and is expected to pass this week or early next week; the estimate for the ordinance department is $1,037,200.","Land grant certificate of John Preston for 300 acres in Botetourt County, Virginia. Signed by Governor James P. Preston.","Circular letter transmitting memorials of the citizens of Columbia and Richland, South Carolina, to the legislature of South Carolina, and to the Congress of the United States, protesting against the protective tariff. Also includes the text of the memorials. Including letter from William C. Preston, Chairman, to William B. Giles, Governor of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 2 Nov. 1827, explaining the attached circular. Also including a newspaper clipping of the proceedings of the committee.","Asks name of a lawyer practicing in section in which General Joseph S. Shelton of South Carolina lives. The estate of Gilmer's grandfather is being sued and General Shelton is the principal debtor.","Letter from Epes Sargent, New York, New York, to William C. Preston. Letter from Thomas W. Gilmer, Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, to William C. Preston, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. Sargent is associated with Park Benjamin in publishing the New World, a New York newspaper, and discusses his efforts to bring about an international copyright agreement.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Preston Family","Preston family","Preston, Francis","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Preston, William","Preston, Francis, 1765-1836","Preston, William, ca. 1729-1783","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Preston Family Papers, 1755/1836, bulk 1786/1815"],"collection_ssim":["Preston Family Papers, 1755/1836, bulk 1786/1815"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 39.1 P91","/repositories/2/resources/2393"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 39.1 P91","/repositories/2/resources/2393"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Buckingham County (Va.)--History","Virginia--Militia","Virginia--Politics and Government--18th century","Virginia--Politics and Government--19th century"],"geogname_ssim":["Buckingham County (Va.)--History","Virginia--Militia","Virginia--Politics and Government--18th century","Virginia--Politics and Government--19th century"],"places_ssim":["Buckingham County (Va.)--History","Virginia--Militia","Virginia--Politics and Government--18th century","Virginia--Politics and Government--19th century"],"creator_ssm":["Preston Family","Preston, Francis","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Preston, William"],"creator_ssim":["Preston Family","Preston, Francis","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Preston, William"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Preston, Francis","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Preston, William","Preston, Francis, 1765-1836","Preston, William, ca. 1729-1783"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Preston Family","Preston family"],"creators_ssim":["Preston, Francis","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Preston, William","Preston, Francis, 1765-1836","Preston, William, ca. 1729-1783","Special Collections Research Center","Preston Family","Preston family"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Architecture, Domestic--Virginia","Carriage and wagon making","Cherokee Indians","College of William and Mary--History--18th century","Dueling--Virginia","Freedmen--Virginia--History","Indians of North America--History--19th century","Legal documents","Slavery--Virginia--History--18th century","Tariff--United States--History","United States--History--War of 1812","United States--Politics and government--1789-1815","Certificates","Correspondence","Financial records","Petitions","Photostats"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Architecture, Domestic--Virginia","Carriage and wagon making","Cherokee Indians","College of William and Mary--History--18th century","Dueling--Virginia","Freedmen--Virginia--History","Indians of North America--History--19th century","Legal documents","Slavery--Virginia--History--18th century","Tariff--United States--History","United States--History--War of 1812","United States--Politics and government--1789-1815","Certificates","Correspondence","Financial records","Petitions","Photostats"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["90.00 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["90.00 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Certificates","Correspondence","Financial records","Petitions","Photostats"],"date_range_isim":[1755,1756,1757,1758,1759,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. 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These include the letters written between 1786-1813, by John Preston to Francis Preston printed in the William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 1, pp. 42-51 and Vol. 2, pp. 188-193. A list of these items is located below. A typed list is located in the first folder of the collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e 18 May 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 42-45. 2 November 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 45-47. 26 December 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 47-49. 17 February 1787. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 1, Vol. 27, pp. 203-205. 31 May 1793. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 188-189 [dated as 3 May]. 25 Nov. 1794. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, p. 187. 14 May 1799. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 49-51. 19 December 1802. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 189-192. 3 March 1813. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 192-193.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Some letters are also available in typescript.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials:"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Other related material concerning the Preston family can be found in the Robert Morton Hughes Papers at Old Dominion University.","Several of the items in this collection have been reprinted. These include the letters written between 1786-1813, by John Preston to Francis Preston printed in the William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 1, pp. 42-51 and Vol. 2, pp. 188-193. A list of these items is located below. A typed list is located in the first folder of the collection.","18 May 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 42-45. 2 November 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 45-47. 26 December 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 47-49. 17 February 1787. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 1, Vol. 27, pp. 203-205. 31 May 1793. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 188-189 [dated as 3 May]. 25 Nov. 1794. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, p. 187. 14 May 1799. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 49-51. 19 December 1802. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 189-192. 3 March 1813. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 192-193.","Some letters are also available in typescript."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis inventory, chiefly 1786-1815, represents three generations of the Preston family, and likewise can be divided into the following:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Items relating to William Preston (ca. 1729-1783), 1755-1782, primarily photostats of appointments to various county offices (coroner, sheriff and surveyor) and to positions in the Virginia militia; but also including original appointments, 1763 and 1776; a surveyor's entry; 1774; and letters, 1773-1782, to Preston concerning land, the Cherokee Indians and a court martial.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Items, 1785-1819, relating to William's sons, Francis Preston (1765- 1836), lawyer, member of the Virginia Legislature and the U.S. Congress; and his brother John Preston (1764-1827), member of the Virginia Assembly and long-time Treasurer of Virginia, including letters from John Preston to Francis Preston as well as correspondence of the two men with other people. Subjects covered in the letters include politics; the War of 1812; a carriage; the College of William and Mary; duels; the building of a house; and Indians. These papers also contain a certificate, 20 September 1793, of emancipation for a slave signed by Francis Preston; and his appointment of two military aides.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Items relating to the correspondence of William Campbell Preston (1764- 1860), son of Francis Preston, and a member of Congress from South Carolina, including a circular and letter, 1827, concerning protest by citizens of South Carolina of a protective tariff.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers in Augusta County,\" Virginia. 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Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"one of our Coroners of our County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Sheriff of the County of Fincastle County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Signed by John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from William Campbell, Aspen Bottom, to William Preston. Letter concerns Captain Shelby's purchase of the land where Captain Bledsoe lives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveyor's entry of Fincastle County, later Kentucky and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Item mentions William Preston, surveyor of Fincastle. Signed by William Christian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Lieutenant and Commander in chief of the Militia of the County of Fincastle [County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties], Virginia\" Signed by the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Anthony Bledsoe, Fort Patrick Henry, Virginia, to Colonel William Preston. Letter concerns the Cherokee Indians, their need of supplies, and their fear of coming to Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"County Lieutenant of Militia in the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Patrick Henry, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Surveyor for the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Dudley Digges, Lieutenant Governor, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Charles Morgan to William Preston. Letter concerns a court martial of two men, Marshall Duncan and Timothy Roark, and the circumstances involved in the case; and men trying, to be struck from the muster roll in order to be relieved of their military duties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePost bond for Joseph Achillberger before William Preston, Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston. Was only able to send 10 pounds because of the \"great difficulty of procuring cash in this country\"; mentions getting cash from \"Uncle Tom\" or tobacco from \"Anderson\" and converting that to cash; tobacco prices; discusses the loss Kentucky will feel at the death of Colonel Christian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Discusses business dealings with Anderson tobacco, and obtaining the necessary materials and the carpenter recommended by Captain T. Smith to finish their house; wants to compare prices between the Academy at Botetourt Town and William and Mary; gives details of building a new academy at Greenfield and the prices which would be charged.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. More discussion about the constructing of their house; expresses concern about a possible suit against them for a debt unpaid, unless they raise money from Anderson's tobacco; tells of neighbors anxiously awaiting his Francis's return so that they might \"profit from your knowledge,\" referring to Francis Preston's license to practice law, and so that he can be considered an eligible candidate; offers to campaign for him in his absence; relates feelings toward a duel fought between their cousin, James Breckenridge and [?] Younghusband.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. Sends news of large amounts of mail for him, mainly on the subject of friendship; election day has been moved to an earlier date in April, requiring him [FP] to come home earlier; hopes this doesn't interfere with his studies; gives itinerary and details about coming home; discusses the other candidates and the main issue of the campaign--the division of the country; tells rumor that Congress is about to \"raise a great army, for what purpose, we know not.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill is for fabrics, clothes, and notions for \"Sally B. Campbell,\" later Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston, wife of Francis Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Short note discussing the election and political side effects relating to it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Mr. McDowell's, to \"Frank,\" Francis Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Discusses land transactions and the upcoming change in the Judicial districts west of the Blue Ridge; mentions the end of the Indian War and the government being settled.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, John Breckenridge's, Lexington, Virginia, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Comments on the reformed behavior of B. Smith, a commander at one of the frontier posts, who has \"abandoned both women and wine forever\"; discussion of affairs with the Indians--treaties, not trusting them, and hopes of continuing the war with them; General Wayne, however, has orders only to defend themselves, not attack; mention of land prices connected with investment possibilities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Lexington, Virginia to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business discussion about an unknown matter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmancipation certificate of John Broady, Negro servant of William Campbell, father-in-law of Francis Preston. Signed by Francis Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"sister In-law,\" Sarah B. Preston, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mention of her domesticity; gossip of a rich widow, Mrs. Thomas Randolph, who has fallen in love with John Brown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" probably Francis Preston. Gives election news of senators and governor; details about a duel between General Wood and W. Thomas Madison over the election of Governor Brook which led to defamations of character.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, no place, to Francis Preston, Congress, United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Concerning attention paid to brother William by General Wayne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Bishop James Madison, Botetourt County, Virgina, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses power of attorney between H. Smith and himself; and business matters dealing with land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses business transactions, including buying some horses; shares feelings of wanting to be married.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion of business transactions with Governor Shelby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses concern over their brother \"Tommy\" not being able to attend school due to insufficient funds, and asks if Francis might be able to help in this area; mentions William and Mary as a good choice for Tommy to study law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion about horses and John's son cutting teeth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Blacksburg, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Family news; grandmother has died; is still looking for the book, EVirginians Millwright, sent by Francis to use as reference for their spring water problem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks him to help with E. Madison's business affairs; house is half finished; hopes to pay off all debts soon and be as \"independent as a freeman ought to be.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Wagon arrived satisfactorily; sent 5 bushels of hemp seed and will send more if needed; borrowed from him a bundle of \"nail rods\" to lay the plank floor in his home; talk of the birth of \"another fine son \" who is quite handsome.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Business news; cotton and salt arrived; has sent nail rods in a different, lighter wagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Political discussion-including the possibility of Congressional redistricting of Botetourt and Montgomery counties, the disagreements between the Federalists and the Republicans, and how redistricting would affect John when elections come again; ironworks are shorthanded and he is willing to hire out seven \"of my best negroe men\"; wife has had the mumps and self has had a bout with rheumatism.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from David Campbell, Campbella, Tennessee, to Sarah B. Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses joy at Mrs. Preston's recovering her health; philosophical statements concerning life; fondness toward Mrs. Preston and family; mention of who will be in school at Abingdon for the next two years, if the school stays open.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Salt was delivered and all was in good order; family news including the birth of a son, William Ballard Preston, to their brother James P. Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Asks if he can send his son, Carlton Radford, to Mr. Whaley's school, since Mr. Birch's school at Fort Chizwell has broken up; has taken care of money matters; more problems with rheumatism.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Montgomery Court House Virginia, to \"brother;\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks for his son, William, to be sent home since the family is free of the whooping cough; a Senate position is open, but heJohn declined since he thought that Francis wanted to run; discussion of war with Britain, and the election of a president; Virginia seems to be favoring Madison, but New York is doubtful; no plans yet for the Virginia militia to be called.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business letter; alludes to wife's death; mother-in-law taking care of domestic business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Tyler, Governor of Virginia, \"In Council Chamber,\" Richmond, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Abingdon Washington County, Virginia. Cover letter for a commission for Samuel Preston, and a duplicate for the magistrates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Affectionate talk of family; money matters taken care of; carriage maker in Philadelphia has put the \"Family Arms and Crests\" on it, and has only the painting and the spring to take care of.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Happy that he won the election, even though it was with some difficulty; discussion of the ingratitude and jealousy of the community of those who \"serve the public\"; money and construction matters; legal concern over the exchange of properties, the Briar Patch and Horseshoe; wife is quite ill and still grieves over the death of Louisa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Peter Randolph, Nottoway County, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Concerning the addition of Mecklenburg into the 5th Circuit, Randolph's firm opposition to the plan requested by Judge Johnston to relieve Johnston of some duties of the 13th Circuit, and Randolph's reasons against the change of duties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Concern over the Blockading Squadron of Great Britain, and description of naVirginial battles in Lynnhaven Bay; wishes Congress would impose an embargo on Great Britain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Francis Preston, Brigadier General, 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, to John Tate. Appointment of Tate as Brigade Inspector of the 17th Brigade in the third division of the militia of the said Commonwealth. Including autograph document signed on verso by Francis Preston appointing Captain Francis Smith as his aide, 16 May 1816.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Virginia. Is still trying to locate the papers of W. P. Preston; more election news; introduces S. P. Sharp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Patrick Henry, Richmond, Virginia, to John Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Concerning a serjeanty right granted by Lord Dumore, 10 to 12 years prior, to Henry for 200 acres on the Ohio River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of David Price for 3 pounds received from John Preston. Including note on verso by John Preston, 17 April 1785, stating payment of 29 British pounds to William M. Miller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from James Blair, Abingdon, Virginia, to John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia. Blair's wife, Betsy, a cousin of Preston, is unable to appear at court in Botetourt County in a case involving Mrs. Elizabeth (Preston) Madison, because her son is ill, but has sent a deposition. Hopes that Dr. Humphries has inoculated Preston's sisters for smallpox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Fort Lee, Bluestone, to Governor Henry Lee. Explanation of Preston's actions taken in defending his posts by dispersing his men; also explanation of monies spent. Including document by John Preston, 13 June 1792, Fort Lee, Bluestone, Virginia, accounting for monies spent by him for his militia men.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Edmund Randolph, Richmond, Virginia , to General John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom. Concerning legal proceedings at Staunton; and proceedings of the Richmond chancery court concerning the McKin case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from James Hoge, Buckingham County, Virginia, to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Requests to have orders countermanded and have his troops transferred somewhere where they can recover.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Floyd, Washington, D.C , to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. The appropriations bill is before Congress and is expected to pass this week or early next week; the estimate for the ordinance department is $1,037,200.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLand grant certificate of John Preston for 300 acres in Botetourt County, Virginia. Signed by Governor James P. Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCircular letter transmitting memorials of the citizens of Columbia and Richland, South Carolina, to the legislature of South Carolina, and to the Congress of the United States, protesting against the protective tariff. Also includes the text of the memorials. Including letter from William C. Preston, Chairman, to William B. Giles, Governor of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 2 Nov. 1827, explaining the attached circular. Also including a newspaper clipping of the proceedings of the committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks name of a lawyer practicing in section in which General Joseph S. Shelton of South Carolina lives. The estate of Gilmer's grandfather is being sued and General Shelton is the principal debtor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Epes Sargent, New York, New York, to William C. Preston. Letter from Thomas W. Gilmer, Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, to William C. Preston, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. Sargent is associated with Park Benjamin in publishing the New World, a New York newspaper, and discusses his efforts to bring about an international copyright agreement.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This inventory, chiefly 1786-1815, represents three generations of the Preston family, and likewise can be divided into the following:","Items relating to William Preston (ca. 1729-1783), 1755-1782, primarily photostats of appointments to various county offices (coroner, sheriff and surveyor) and to positions in the Virginia militia; but also including original appointments, 1763 and 1776; a surveyor's entry; 1774; and letters, 1773-1782, to Preston concerning land, the Cherokee Indians and a court martial.","Items, 1785-1819, relating to William's sons, Francis Preston (1765- 1836), lawyer, member of the Virginia Legislature and the U.S. Congress; and his brother John Preston (1764-1827), member of the Virginia Assembly and long-time Treasurer of Virginia, including letters from John Preston to Francis Preston as well as correspondence of the two men with other people. Subjects covered in the letters include politics; the War of 1812; a carriage; the College of William and Mary; duels; the building of a house; and Indians. These papers also contain a certificate, 20 September 1793, of emancipation for a slave signed by Francis Preston; and his appointment of two military aides.","Items relating to the correspondence of William Campbell Preston (1764- 1860), son of Francis Preston, and a member of Congress from South Carolina, including a circular and letter, 1827, concerning protest by citizens of South Carolina of a protective tariff.","William Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers in Augusta County,\" Virginia. Signed by Robert Dinwiddie, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers.\" Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as : \"Lieutenant Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquler, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as Escheator for Augusta County, Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia of the County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"one of our Coroners of our County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Sheriff of the County of Fincastle County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Signed by John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Williamsburg, Virginia.","Letter from William Campbell, Aspen Bottom, to William Preston. Letter concerns Captain Shelby's purchase of the land where Captain Bledsoe lives.","Surveyor's entry of Fincastle County, later Kentucky and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Item mentions William Preston, surveyor of Fincastle. Signed by William Christian.","William Preston was appointed as \"Lieutenant and Commander in chief of the Militia of the County of Fincastle [County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties], Virginia\" Signed by the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia.","Letter from Anthony Bledsoe, Fort Patrick Henry, Virginia, to Colonel William Preston. Letter concerns the Cherokee Indians, their need of supplies, and their fear of coming to Williamsburg.","William Preston was appointed as \"County Lieutenant of Militia in the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Patrick Henry, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Surveyor for the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Dudley Digges, Lieutenant Governor, Williamsburg, Virginia.","Letter from Charles Morgan to William Preston. Letter concerns a court martial of two men, Marshall Duncan and Timothy Roark, and the circumstances involved in the case; and men trying, to be struck from the muster roll in order to be relieved of their military duties.","Post bond for Joseph Achillberger before William Preston, Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Virginia.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston. Was only able to send 10 pounds because of the \"great difficulty of procuring cash in this country\"; mentions getting cash from \"Uncle Tom\" or tobacco from \"Anderson\" and converting that to cash; tobacco prices; discusses the loss Kentucky will feel at the death of Colonel Christian.","Letter from John Preston to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Discusses business dealings with Anderson tobacco, and obtaining the necessary materials and the carpenter recommended by Captain T. Smith to finish their house; wants to compare prices between the Academy at Botetourt Town and William and Mary; gives details of building a new academy at Greenfield and the prices which would be charged.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. More discussion about the constructing of their house; expresses concern about a possible suit against them for a debt unpaid, unless they raise money from Anderson's tobacco; tells of neighbors anxiously awaiting his Francis's return so that they might \"profit from your knowledge,\" referring to Francis Preston's license to practice law, and so that he can be considered an eligible candidate; offers to campaign for him in his absence; relates feelings toward a duel fought between their cousin, James Breckenridge and [?] Younghusband.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. Sends news of large amounts of mail for him, mainly on the subject of friendship; election day has been moved to an earlier date in April, requiring him [FP] to come home earlier; hopes this doesn't interfere with his studies; gives itinerary and details about coming home; discusses the other candidates and the main issue of the campaign--the division of the country; tells rumor that Congress is about to \"raise a great army, for what purpose, we know not.\"","Bill is for fabrics, clothes, and notions for \"Sally B. Campbell,\" later Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston, wife of Francis Preston.","Letter from John Preston to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Short note discussing the election and political side effects relating to it.","Letter from John Preston, Mr. McDowell's, to \"Frank,\" Francis Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Discusses land transactions and the upcoming change in the Judicial districts west of the Blue Ridge; mentions the end of the Indian War and the government being settled.","Letter from John Preston, John Breckenridge's, Lexington, Virginia, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Comments on the reformed behavior of B. Smith, a commander at one of the frontier posts, who has \"abandoned both women and wine forever\"; discussion of affairs with the Indians--treaties, not trusting them, and hopes of continuing the war with them; General Wayne, however, has orders only to defend themselves, not attack; mention of land prices connected with investment possibilities.","Letter from John Preston, Lexington, Virginia to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business discussion about an unknown matter.","Emancipation certificate of John Broady, Negro servant of William Campbell, father-in-law of Francis Preston. Signed by Francis Preston.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"sister In-law,\" Sarah B. Preston, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mention of her domesticity; gossip of a rich widow, Mrs. Thomas Randolph, who has fallen in love with John Brown.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" probably Francis Preston. Gives election news of senators and governor; details about a duel between General Wood and W. Thomas Madison over the election of Governor Brook which led to defamations of character.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to Francis Preston, Congress, United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Concerning attention paid to brother William by General Wayne.","Letter from Bishop James Madison, Botetourt County, Virgina, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses power of attorney between H. Smith and himself; and business matters dealing with land.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses business transactions, including buying some horses; shares feelings of wanting to be married.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion of business transactions with Governor Shelby.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses concern over their brother \"Tommy\" not being able to attend school due to insufficient funds, and asks if Francis might be able to help in this area; mentions William and Mary as a good choice for Tommy to study law.","Letter from John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion about horses and John's son cutting teeth.","Letter from John Preston, Blacksburg, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Family news; grandmother has died; is still looking for the book, EVirginians Millwright, sent by Francis to use as reference for their spring water problem.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks him to help with E. Madison's business affairs; house is half finished; hopes to pay off all debts soon and be as \"independent as a freeman ought to be.\"","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Wagon arrived satisfactorily; sent 5 bushels of hemp seed and will send more if needed; borrowed from him a bundle of \"nail rods\" to lay the plank floor in his home; talk of the birth of \"another fine son \" who is quite handsome.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Business news; cotton and salt arrived; has sent nail rods in a different, lighter wagon.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Political discussion-including the possibility of Congressional redistricting of Botetourt and Montgomery counties, the disagreements between the Federalists and the Republicans, and how redistricting would affect John when elections come again; ironworks are shorthanded and he is willing to hire out seven \"of my best negroe men\"; wife has had the mumps and self has had a bout with rheumatism.","Letter from David Campbell, Campbella, Tennessee, to Sarah B. Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses joy at Mrs. Preston's recovering her health; philosophical statements concerning life; fondness toward Mrs. Preston and family; mention of who will be in school at Abingdon for the next two years, if the school stays open.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Salt was delivered and all was in good order; family news including the birth of a son, William Ballard Preston, to their brother James P. Preston.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Asks if he can send his son, Carlton Radford, to Mr. Whaley's school, since Mr. Birch's school at Fort Chizwell has broken up; has taken care of money matters; more problems with rheumatism.","Letter from John Preston, Montgomery Court House Virginia, to \"brother;\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks for his son, William, to be sent home since the family is free of the whooping cough; a Senate position is open, but heJohn declined since he thought that Francis wanted to run; discussion of war with Britain, and the election of a president; Virginia seems to be favoring Madison, but New York is doubtful; no plans yet for the Virginia militia to be called.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business letter; alludes to wife's death; mother-in-law taking care of domestic business.","Letter from John Tyler, Governor of Virginia, \"In Council Chamber,\" Richmond, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Abingdon Washington County, Virginia. Cover letter for a commission for Samuel Preston, and a duplicate for the magistrates.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Affectionate talk of family; money matters taken care of; carriage maker in Philadelphia has put the \"Family Arms and Crests\" on it, and has only the painting and the spring to take care of.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Happy that he won the election, even though it was with some difficulty; discussion of the ingratitude and jealousy of the community of those who \"serve the public\"; money and construction matters; legal concern over the exchange of properties, the Briar Patch and Horseshoe; wife is quite ill and still grieves over the death of Louisa.","Letter from Peter Randolph, Nottoway County, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Concerning the addition of Mecklenburg into the 5th Circuit, Randolph's firm opposition to the plan requested by Judge Johnston to relieve Johnston of some duties of the 13th Circuit, and Randolph's reasons against the change of duties.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Concern over the Blockading Squadron of Great Britain, and description of naVirginial battles in Lynnhaven Bay; wishes Congress would impose an embargo on Great Britain.","Letter from Francis Preston, Brigadier General, 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, to John Tate. Appointment of Tate as Brigade Inspector of the 17th Brigade in the third division of the militia of the said Commonwealth. Including autograph document signed on verso by Francis Preston appointing Captain Francis Smith as his aide, 16 May 1816.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Virginia. Is still trying to locate the papers of W. P. Preston; more election news; introduces S. P. Sharp.","Letter from Patrick Henry, Richmond, Virginia, to John Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Concerning a serjeanty right granted by Lord Dumore, 10 to 12 years prior, to Henry for 200 acres on the Ohio River.","Receipt of David Price for 3 pounds received from John Preston. Including note on verso by John Preston, 17 April 1785, stating payment of 29 British pounds to William M. Miller.","Letter from James Blair, Abingdon, Virginia, to John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia. Blair's wife, Betsy, a cousin of Preston, is unable to appear at court in Botetourt County in a case involving Mrs. Elizabeth (Preston) Madison, because her son is ill, but has sent a deposition. Hopes that Dr. Humphries has inoculated Preston's sisters for smallpox.","Letter from John Preston, Fort Lee, Bluestone, to Governor Henry Lee. Explanation of Preston's actions taken in defending his posts by dispersing his men; also explanation of monies spent. Including document by John Preston, 13 June 1792, Fort Lee, Bluestone, Virginia, accounting for monies spent by him for his militia men.","Letter from Edmund Randolph, Richmond, Virginia , to General John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom. Concerning legal proceedings at Staunton; and proceedings of the Richmond chancery court concerning the McKin case.","Letter from James Hoge, Buckingham County, Virginia, to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Requests to have orders countermanded and have his troops transferred somewhere where they can recover.","Letter from John Floyd, Washington, D.C , to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. The appropriations bill is before Congress and is expected to pass this week or early next week; the estimate for the ordinance department is $1,037,200.","Land grant certificate of John Preston for 300 acres in Botetourt County, Virginia. Signed by Governor James P. Preston.","Circular letter transmitting memorials of the citizens of Columbia and Richland, South Carolina, to the legislature of South Carolina, and to the Congress of the United States, protesting against the protective tariff. Also includes the text of the memorials. Including letter from William C. Preston, Chairman, to William B. Giles, Governor of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 2 Nov. 1827, explaining the attached circular. Also including a newspaper clipping of the proceedings of the committee.","Asks name of a lawyer practicing in section in which General Joseph S. Shelton of South Carolina lives. The estate of Gilmer's grandfather is being sued and General Shelton is the principal debtor.","Letter from Epes Sargent, New York, New York, to William C. Preston. Letter from Thomas W. Gilmer, Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, to William C. Preston, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Organization: This inventory has been organized into four Series: 1. William Preston Papers; 2. Francis Preston Papers; 3. John Preston Papers; 4. William C. Preston Papers. Arrangement: Each folder contains the papers of their creators/persons, identified by series title. Items are then arranged chronologically by date.","Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .","Other Information:","Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00012.frame","Other related material concerning the Preston family can be found in the Robert Morton Hughes Papers at Old Dominion University.","Several of the items in this collection have been reprinted. These include the letters written between 1786-1813, by John Preston to Francis Preston printed in the William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 1, pp. 42-51 and Vol. 2, pp. 188-193. A list of these items is located below. A typed list is located in the first folder of the collection.","18 May 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 42-45. 2 November 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 45-47. 26 December 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 47-49. 17 February 1787. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 1, Vol. 27, pp. 203-205. 31 May 1793. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 188-189 [dated as 3 May]. 25 Nov. 1794. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, p. 187. 14 May 1799. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 49-51. 19 December 1802. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 189-192. 3 March 1813. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 192-193.","Some letters are also available in typescript.","This inventory, chiefly 1786-1815, represents three generations of the Preston family, and likewise can be divided into the following:","Items relating to William Preston (ca. 1729-1783), 1755-1782, primarily photostats of appointments to various county offices (coroner, sheriff and surveyor) and to positions in the Virginia militia; but also including original appointments, 1763 and 1776; a surveyor's entry; 1774; and letters, 1773-1782, to Preston concerning land, the Cherokee Indians and a court martial.","Items, 1785-1819, relating to William's sons, Francis Preston (1765- 1836), lawyer, member of the Virginia Legislature and the U.S. Congress; and his brother John Preston (1764-1827), member of the Virginia Assembly and long-time Treasurer of Virginia, including letters from John Preston to Francis Preston as well as correspondence of the two men with other people. Subjects covered in the letters include politics; the War of 1812; a carriage; the College of William and Mary; duels; the building of a house; and Indians. These papers also contain a certificate, 20 September 1793, of emancipation for a slave signed by Francis Preston; and his appointment of two military aides.","Items relating to the correspondence of William Campbell Preston (1764- 1860), son of Francis Preston, and a member of Congress from South Carolina, including a circular and letter, 1827, concerning protest by citizens of South Carolina of a protective tariff.","William Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers in Augusta County,\" Virginia. Signed by Robert Dinwiddie, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers.\" Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as : \"Lieutenant Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquler, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as Escheator for Augusta County, Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia of the County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"one of our Coroners of our County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Sheriff of the County of Fincastle County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Signed by John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Williamsburg, Virginia.","Letter from William Campbell, Aspen Bottom, to William Preston. Letter concerns Captain Shelby's purchase of the land where Captain Bledsoe lives.","Surveyor's entry of Fincastle County, later Kentucky and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Item mentions William Preston, surveyor of Fincastle. Signed by William Christian.","William Preston was appointed as \"Lieutenant and Commander in chief of the Militia of the County of Fincastle [County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties], Virginia\" Signed by the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia.","Letter from Anthony Bledsoe, Fort Patrick Henry, Virginia, to Colonel William Preston. Letter concerns the Cherokee Indians, their need of supplies, and their fear of coming to Williamsburg.","William Preston was appointed as \"County Lieutenant of Militia in the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Patrick Henry, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Surveyor for the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Dudley Digges, Lieutenant Governor, Williamsburg, Virginia.","Letter from Charles Morgan to William Preston. Letter concerns a court martial of two men, Marshall Duncan and Timothy Roark, and the circumstances involved in the case; and men trying, to be struck from the muster roll in order to be relieved of their military duties.","Post bond for Joseph Achillberger before William Preston, Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Virginia.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston. Was only able to send 10 pounds because of the \"great difficulty of procuring cash in this country\"; mentions getting cash from \"Uncle Tom\" or tobacco from \"Anderson\" and converting that to cash; tobacco prices; discusses the loss Kentucky will feel at the death of Colonel Christian.","Letter from John Preston to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Discusses business dealings with Anderson tobacco, and obtaining the necessary materials and the carpenter recommended by Captain T. Smith to finish their house; wants to compare prices between the Academy at Botetourt Town and William and Mary; gives details of building a new academy at Greenfield and the prices which would be charged.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. More discussion about the constructing of their house; expresses concern about a possible suit against them for a debt unpaid, unless they raise money from Anderson's tobacco; tells of neighbors anxiously awaiting his Francis's return so that they might \"profit from your knowledge,\" referring to Francis Preston's license to practice law, and so that he can be considered an eligible candidate; offers to campaign for him in his absence; relates feelings toward a duel fought between their cousin, James Breckenridge and [?] Younghusband.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. Sends news of large amounts of mail for him, mainly on the subject of friendship; election day has been moved to an earlier date in April, requiring him [FP] to come home earlier; hopes this doesn't interfere with his studies; gives itinerary and details about coming home; discusses the other candidates and the main issue of the campaign--the division of the country; tells rumor that Congress is about to \"raise a great army, for what purpose, we know not.\"","Bill is for fabrics, clothes, and notions for \"Sally B. Campbell,\" later Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston, wife of Francis Preston.","Letter from John Preston to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Short note discussing the election and political side effects relating to it.","Letter from John Preston, Mr. McDowell's, to \"Frank,\" Francis Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Discusses land transactions and the upcoming change in the Judicial districts west of the Blue Ridge; mentions the end of the Indian War and the government being settled.","Letter from John Preston, John Breckenridge's, Lexington, Virginia, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Comments on the reformed behavior of B. Smith, a commander at one of the frontier posts, who has \"abandoned both women and wine forever\"; discussion of affairs with the Indians--treaties, not trusting them, and hopes of continuing the war with them; General Wayne, however, has orders only to defend themselves, not attack; mention of land prices connected with investment possibilities.","Letter from John Preston, Lexington, Virginia to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business discussion about an unknown matter.","Emancipation certificate of John Broady, Negro servant of William Campbell, father-in-law of Francis Preston. Signed by Francis Preston.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"sister In-law,\" Sarah B. Preston, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mention of her domesticity; gossip of a rich widow, Mrs. Thomas Randolph, who has fallen in love with John Brown.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" probably Francis Preston. Gives election news of senators and governor; details about a duel between General Wood and W. Thomas Madison over the election of Governor Brook which led to defamations of character.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to Francis Preston, Congress, United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Concerning attention paid to brother William by General Wayne.","Letter from Bishop James Madison, Botetourt County, Virgina, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses power of attorney between H. Smith and himself; and business matters dealing with land.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses business transactions, including buying some horses; shares feelings of wanting to be married.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion of business transactions with Governor Shelby.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses concern over their brother \"Tommy\" not being able to attend school due to insufficient funds, and asks if Francis might be able to help in this area; mentions William and Mary as a good choice for Tommy to study law.","Letter from John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion about horses and John's son cutting teeth.","Letter from John Preston, Blacksburg, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Family news; grandmother has died; is still looking for the book, EVirginians Millwright, sent by Francis to use as reference for their spring water problem.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks him to help with E. Madison's business affairs; house is half finished; hopes to pay off all debts soon and be as \"independent as a freeman ought to be.\"","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Wagon arrived satisfactorily; sent 5 bushels of hemp seed and will send more if needed; borrowed from him a bundle of \"nail rods\" to lay the plank floor in his home; talk of the birth of \"another fine son \" who is quite handsome.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Business news; cotton and salt arrived; has sent nail rods in a different, lighter wagon.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Political discussion-including the possibility of Congressional redistricting of Botetourt and Montgomery counties, the disagreements between the Federalists and the Republicans, and how redistricting would affect John when elections come again; ironworks are shorthanded and he is willing to hire out seven \"of my best negroe men\"; wife has had the mumps and self has had a bout with rheumatism.","Letter from David Campbell, Campbella, Tennessee, to Sarah B. Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses joy at Mrs. Preston's recovering her health; philosophical statements concerning life; fondness toward Mrs. Preston and family; mention of who will be in school at Abingdon for the next two years, if the school stays open.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Salt was delivered and all was in good order; family news including the birth of a son, William Ballard Preston, to their brother James P. Preston.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Asks if he can send his son, Carlton Radford, to Mr. Whaley's school, since Mr. Birch's school at Fort Chizwell has broken up; has taken care of money matters; more problems with rheumatism.","Letter from John Preston, Montgomery Court House Virginia, to \"brother;\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks for his son, William, to be sent home since the family is free of the whooping cough; a Senate position is open, but heJohn declined since he thought that Francis wanted to run; discussion of war with Britain, and the election of a president; Virginia seems to be favoring Madison, but New York is doubtful; no plans yet for the Virginia militia to be called.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business letter; alludes to wife's death; mother-in-law taking care of domestic business.","Letter from John Tyler, Governor of Virginia, \"In Council Chamber,\" Richmond, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Abingdon Washington County, Virginia. Cover letter for a commission for Samuel Preston, and a duplicate for the magistrates.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Affectionate talk of family; money matters taken care of; carriage maker in Philadelphia has put the \"Family Arms and Crests\" on it, and has only the painting and the spring to take care of.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Happy that he won the election, even though it was with some difficulty; discussion of the ingratitude and jealousy of the community of those who \"serve the public\"; money and construction matters; legal concern over the exchange of properties, the Briar Patch and Horseshoe; wife is quite ill and still grieves over the death of Louisa.","Letter from Peter Randolph, Nottoway County, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Concerning the addition of Mecklenburg into the 5th Circuit, Randolph's firm opposition to the plan requested by Judge Johnston to relieve Johnston of some duties of the 13th Circuit, and Randolph's reasons against the change of duties.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Concern over the Blockading Squadron of Great Britain, and description of naVirginial battles in Lynnhaven Bay; wishes Congress would impose an embargo on Great Britain.","Letter from Francis Preston, Brigadier General, 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, to John Tate. Appointment of Tate as Brigade Inspector of the 17th Brigade in the third division of the militia of the said Commonwealth. Including autograph document signed on verso by Francis Preston appointing Captain Francis Smith as his aide, 16 May 1816.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Virginia. Is still trying to locate the papers of W. P. Preston; more election news; introduces S. P. Sharp.","Letter from Patrick Henry, Richmond, Virginia, to John Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Concerning a serjeanty right granted by Lord Dumore, 10 to 12 years prior, to Henry for 200 acres on the Ohio River.","Receipt of David Price for 3 pounds received from John Preston. Including note on verso by John Preston, 17 April 1785, stating payment of 29 British pounds to William M. Miller.","Letter from James Blair, Abingdon, Virginia, to John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia. Blair's wife, Betsy, a cousin of Preston, is unable to appear at court in Botetourt County in a case involving Mrs. Elizabeth (Preston) Madison, because her son is ill, but has sent a deposition. Hopes that Dr. Humphries has inoculated Preston's sisters for smallpox.","Letter from John Preston, Fort Lee, Bluestone, to Governor Henry Lee. Explanation of Preston's actions taken in defending his posts by dispersing his men; also explanation of monies spent. Including document by John Preston, 13 June 1792, Fort Lee, Bluestone, Virginia, accounting for monies spent by him for his militia men.","Letter from Edmund Randolph, Richmond, Virginia , to General John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom. Concerning legal proceedings at Staunton; and proceedings of the Richmond chancery court concerning the McKin case.","Letter from James Hoge, Buckingham County, Virginia, to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Requests to have orders countermanded and have his troops transferred somewhere where they can recover.","Letter from John Floyd, Washington, D.C , to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. The appropriations bill is before Congress and is expected to pass this week or early next week; the estimate for the ordinance department is $1,037,200.","Land grant certificate of John Preston for 300 acres in Botetourt County, Virginia. Signed by Governor James P. Preston.","Circular letter transmitting memorials of the citizens of Columbia and Richland, South Carolina, to the legislature of South Carolina, and to the Congress of the United States, protesting against the protective tariff. Also includes the text of the memorials. Including letter from William C. Preston, Chairman, to William B. Giles, Governor of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 2 Nov. 1827, explaining the attached circular. Also including a newspaper clipping of the proceedings of the committee.","Asks name of a lawyer practicing in section in which General Joseph S. Shelton of South Carolina lives. The estate of Gilmer's grandfather is being sued and General Shelton is the principal debtor.","Letter from Epes Sargent, New York, New York, to William C. Preston. Letter from Thomas W. Gilmer, Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, to William C. Preston, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 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These include the letters written between 1786-1813, by John Preston to Francis Preston printed in the William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 1, pp. 42-51 and Vol. 2, pp. 188-193. A list of these items is located below. A typed list is located in the first folder of the collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e 18 May 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 42-45. 2 November 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 45-47. 26 December 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 47-49. 17 February 1787. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 1, Vol. 27, pp. 203-205. 31 May 1793. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 188-189 [dated as 3 May]. 25 Nov. 1794. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, p. 187. 14 May 1799. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 49-51. 19 December 1802. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 189-192. 3 March 1813. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 192-193.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Some letters are also available in typescript.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials:"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Other related material concerning the Preston family can be found in the Robert Morton Hughes Papers at Old Dominion University.","Several of the items in this collection have been reprinted. These include the letters written between 1786-1813, by John Preston to Francis Preston printed in the William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 1, pp. 42-51 and Vol. 2, pp. 188-193. A list of these items is located below. A typed list is located in the first folder of the collection.","18 May 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 42-45. 2 November 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 45-47. 26 December 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 47-49. 17 February 1787. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 1, Vol. 27, pp. 203-205. 31 May 1793. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 188-189 [dated as 3 May]. 25 Nov. 1794. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, p. 187. 14 May 1799. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 49-51. 19 December 1802. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 189-192. 3 March 1813. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 192-193.","Some letters are also available in typescript."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis inventory, chiefly 1786-1815, represents three generations of the Preston family, and likewise can be divided into the following:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Items relating to William Preston (ca. 1729-1783), 1755-1782, primarily photostats of appointments to various county offices (coroner, sheriff and surveyor) and to positions in the Virginia militia; but also including original appointments, 1763 and 1776; a surveyor's entry; 1774; and letters, 1773-1782, to Preston concerning land, the Cherokee Indians and a court martial.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Items, 1785-1819, relating to William's sons, Francis Preston (1765- 1836), lawyer, member of the Virginia Legislature and the U.S. Congress; and his brother John Preston (1764-1827), member of the Virginia Assembly and long-time Treasurer of Virginia, including letters from John Preston to Francis Preston as well as correspondence of the two men with other people. Subjects covered in the letters include politics; the War of 1812; a carriage; the College of William and Mary; duels; the building of a house; and Indians. These papers also contain a certificate, 20 September 1793, of emancipation for a slave signed by Francis Preston; and his appointment of two military aides.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Items relating to the correspondence of William Campbell Preston (1764- 1860), son of Francis Preston, and a member of Congress from South Carolina, including a circular and letter, 1827, concerning protest by citizens of South Carolina of a protective tariff.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers in Augusta County,\" Virginia. Signed by Robert Dinwiddie, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers.\" Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as : \"Lieutenant Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquler, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as Escheator for Augusta County, Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia of the County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"one of our Coroners of our County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Sheriff of the County of Fincastle County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Signed by John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from William Campbell, Aspen Bottom, to William Preston. Letter concerns Captain Shelby's purchase of the land where Captain Bledsoe lives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveyor's entry of Fincastle County, later Kentucky and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Item mentions William Preston, surveyor of Fincastle. Signed by William Christian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Lieutenant and Commander in chief of the Militia of the County of Fincastle [County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties], Virginia\" Signed by the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Anthony Bledsoe, Fort Patrick Henry, Virginia, to Colonel William Preston. Letter concerns the Cherokee Indians, their need of supplies, and their fear of coming to Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"County Lieutenant of Militia in the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Patrick Henry, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Surveyor for the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Dudley Digges, Lieutenant Governor, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Charles Morgan to William Preston. Letter concerns a court martial of two men, Marshall Duncan and Timothy Roark, and the circumstances involved in the case; and men trying, to be struck from the muster roll in order to be relieved of their military duties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePost bond for Joseph Achillberger before William Preston, Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston. Was only able to send 10 pounds because of the \"great difficulty of procuring cash in this country\"; mentions getting cash from \"Uncle Tom\" or tobacco from \"Anderson\" and converting that to cash; tobacco prices; discusses the loss Kentucky will feel at the death of Colonel Christian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Discusses business dealings with Anderson tobacco, and obtaining the necessary materials and the carpenter recommended by Captain T. Smith to finish their house; wants to compare prices between the Academy at Botetourt Town and William and Mary; gives details of building a new academy at Greenfield and the prices which would be charged.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. More discussion about the constructing of their house; expresses concern about a possible suit against them for a debt unpaid, unless they raise money from Anderson's tobacco; tells of neighbors anxiously awaiting his Francis's return so that they might \"profit from your knowledge,\" referring to Francis Preston's license to practice law, and so that he can be considered an eligible candidate; offers to campaign for him in his absence; relates feelings toward a duel fought between their cousin, James Breckenridge and [?] Younghusband.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. Sends news of large amounts of mail for him, mainly on the subject of friendship; election day has been moved to an earlier date in April, requiring him [FP] to come home earlier; hopes this doesn't interfere with his studies; gives itinerary and details about coming home; discusses the other candidates and the main issue of the campaign--the division of the country; tells rumor that Congress is about to \"raise a great army, for what purpose, we know not.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill is for fabrics, clothes, and notions for \"Sally B. Campbell,\" later Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston, wife of Francis Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Short note discussing the election and political side effects relating to it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Mr. McDowell's, to \"Frank,\" Francis Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Discusses land transactions and the upcoming change in the Judicial districts west of the Blue Ridge; mentions the end of the Indian War and the government being settled.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, John Breckenridge's, Lexington, Virginia, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Comments on the reformed behavior of B. Smith, a commander at one of the frontier posts, who has \"abandoned both women and wine forever\"; discussion of affairs with the Indians--treaties, not trusting them, and hopes of continuing the war with them; General Wayne, however, has orders only to defend themselves, not attack; mention of land prices connected with investment possibilities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Lexington, Virginia to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business discussion about an unknown matter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmancipation certificate of John Broady, Negro servant of William Campbell, father-in-law of Francis Preston. Signed by Francis Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"sister In-law,\" Sarah B. Preston, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mention of her domesticity; gossip of a rich widow, Mrs. Thomas Randolph, who has fallen in love with John Brown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" probably Francis Preston. Gives election news of senators and governor; details about a duel between General Wood and W. Thomas Madison over the election of Governor Brook which led to defamations of character.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, no place, to Francis Preston, Congress, United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Concerning attention paid to brother William by General Wayne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Bishop James Madison, Botetourt County, Virgina, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses power of attorney between H. Smith and himself; and business matters dealing with land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses business transactions, including buying some horses; shares feelings of wanting to be married.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion of business transactions with Governor Shelby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses concern over their brother \"Tommy\" not being able to attend school due to insufficient funds, and asks if Francis might be able to help in this area; mentions William and Mary as a good choice for Tommy to study law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion about horses and John's son cutting teeth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Blacksburg, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Family news; grandmother has died; is still looking for the book, EVirginians Millwright, sent by Francis to use as reference for their spring water problem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks him to help with E. Madison's business affairs; house is half finished; hopes to pay off all debts soon and be as \"independent as a freeman ought to be.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Wagon arrived satisfactorily; sent 5 bushels of hemp seed and will send more if needed; borrowed from him a bundle of \"nail rods\" to lay the plank floor in his home; talk of the birth of \"another fine son \" who is quite handsome.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Business news; cotton and salt arrived; has sent nail rods in a different, lighter wagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Political discussion-including the possibility of Congressional redistricting of Botetourt and Montgomery counties, the disagreements between the Federalists and the Republicans, and how redistricting would affect John when elections come again; ironworks are shorthanded and he is willing to hire out seven \"of my best negroe men\"; wife has had the mumps and self has had a bout with rheumatism.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from David Campbell, Campbella, Tennessee, to Sarah B. Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses joy at Mrs. Preston's recovering her health; philosophical statements concerning life; fondness toward Mrs. Preston and family; mention of who will be in school at Abingdon for the next two years, if the school stays open.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Salt was delivered and all was in good order; family news including the birth of a son, William Ballard Preston, to their brother James P. Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Asks if he can send his son, Carlton Radford, to Mr. Whaley's school, since Mr. Birch's school at Fort Chizwell has broken up; has taken care of money matters; more problems with rheumatism.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Montgomery Court House Virginia, to \"brother;\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks for his son, William, to be sent home since the family is free of the whooping cough; a Senate position is open, but heJohn declined since he thought that Francis wanted to run; discussion of war with Britain, and the election of a president; Virginia seems to be favoring Madison, but New York is doubtful; no plans yet for the Virginia militia to be called.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business letter; alludes to wife's death; mother-in-law taking care of domestic business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Tyler, Governor of Virginia, \"In Council Chamber,\" Richmond, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Abingdon Washington County, Virginia. Cover letter for a commission for Samuel Preston, and a duplicate for the magistrates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Affectionate talk of family; money matters taken care of; carriage maker in Philadelphia has put the \"Family Arms and Crests\" on it, and has only the painting and the spring to take care of.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Happy that he won the election, even though it was with some difficulty; discussion of the ingratitude and jealousy of the community of those who \"serve the public\"; money and construction matters; legal concern over the exchange of properties, the Briar Patch and Horseshoe; wife is quite ill and still grieves over the death of Louisa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Peter Randolph, Nottoway County, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Concerning the addition of Mecklenburg into the 5th Circuit, Randolph's firm opposition to the plan requested by Judge Johnston to relieve Johnston of some duties of the 13th Circuit, and Randolph's reasons against the change of duties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Concern over the Blockading Squadron of Great Britain, and description of naVirginial battles in Lynnhaven Bay; wishes Congress would impose an embargo on Great Britain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Francis Preston, Brigadier General, 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, to John Tate. Appointment of Tate as Brigade Inspector of the 17th Brigade in the third division of the militia of the said Commonwealth. Including autograph document signed on verso by Francis Preston appointing Captain Francis Smith as his aide, 16 May 1816.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Virginia. Is still trying to locate the papers of W. P. Preston; more election news; introduces S. P. Sharp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Patrick Henry, Richmond, Virginia, to John Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Concerning a serjeanty right granted by Lord Dumore, 10 to 12 years prior, to Henry for 200 acres on the Ohio River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of David Price for 3 pounds received from John Preston. Including note on verso by John Preston, 17 April 1785, stating payment of 29 British pounds to William M. Miller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from James Blair, Abingdon, Virginia, to John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia. Blair's wife, Betsy, a cousin of Preston, is unable to appear at court in Botetourt County in a case involving Mrs. Elizabeth (Preston) Madison, because her son is ill, but has sent a deposition. Hopes that Dr. Humphries has inoculated Preston's sisters for smallpox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Fort Lee, Bluestone, to Governor Henry Lee. Explanation of Preston's actions taken in defending his posts by dispersing his men; also explanation of monies spent. Including document by John Preston, 13 June 1792, Fort Lee, Bluestone, Virginia, accounting for monies spent by him for his militia men.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Edmund Randolph, Richmond, Virginia , to General John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom. Concerning legal proceedings at Staunton; and proceedings of the Richmond chancery court concerning the McKin case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from James Hoge, Buckingham County, Virginia, to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Requests to have orders countermanded and have his troops transferred somewhere where they can recover.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Floyd, Washington, D.C , to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. The appropriations bill is before Congress and is expected to pass this week or early next week; the estimate for the ordinance department is $1,037,200.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLand grant certificate of John Preston for 300 acres in Botetourt County, Virginia. Signed by Governor James P. Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCircular letter transmitting memorials of the citizens of Columbia and Richland, South Carolina, to the legislature of South Carolina, and to the Congress of the United States, protesting against the protective tariff. Also includes the text of the memorials. Including letter from William C. Preston, Chairman, to William B. Giles, Governor of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 2 Nov. 1827, explaining the attached circular. Also including a newspaper clipping of the proceedings of the committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks name of a lawyer practicing in section in which General Joseph S. Shelton of South Carolina lives. The estate of Gilmer's grandfather is being sued and General Shelton is the principal debtor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Epes Sargent, New York, New York, to William C. Preston. Letter from Thomas W. Gilmer, Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, to William C. Preston, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. Sargent is associated with Park Benjamin in publishing the New World, a New York newspaper, and discusses his efforts to bring about an international copyright agreement.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This inventory, chiefly 1786-1815, represents three generations of the Preston family, and likewise can be divided into the following:","Items relating to William Preston (ca. 1729-1783), 1755-1782, primarily photostats of appointments to various county offices (coroner, sheriff and surveyor) and to positions in the Virginia militia; but also including original appointments, 1763 and 1776; a surveyor's entry; 1774; and letters, 1773-1782, to Preston concerning land, the Cherokee Indians and a court martial.","Items, 1785-1819, relating to William's sons, Francis Preston (1765- 1836), lawyer, member of the Virginia Legislature and the U.S. Congress; and his brother John Preston (1764-1827), member of the Virginia Assembly and long-time Treasurer of Virginia, including letters from John Preston to Francis Preston as well as correspondence of the two men with other people. Subjects covered in the letters include politics; the War of 1812; a carriage; the College of William and Mary; duels; the building of a house; and Indians. These papers also contain a certificate, 20 September 1793, of emancipation for a slave signed by Francis Preston; and his appointment of two military aides.","Items relating to the correspondence of William Campbell Preston (1764- 1860), son of Francis Preston, and a member of Congress from South Carolina, including a circular and letter, 1827, concerning protest by citizens of South Carolina of a protective tariff.","William Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers in Augusta County,\" Virginia. Signed by Robert Dinwiddie, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers.\" Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as : \"Lieutenant Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquler, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as Escheator for Augusta County, Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia of the County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"one of our Coroners of our County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Sheriff of the County of Fincastle County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Signed by John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Williamsburg, Virginia.","Letter from William Campbell, Aspen Bottom, to William Preston. Letter concerns Captain Shelby's purchase of the land where Captain Bledsoe lives.","Surveyor's entry of Fincastle County, later Kentucky and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Item mentions William Preston, surveyor of Fincastle. Signed by William Christian.","William Preston was appointed as \"Lieutenant and Commander in chief of the Militia of the County of Fincastle [County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties], Virginia\" Signed by the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia.","Letter from Anthony Bledsoe, Fort Patrick Henry, Virginia, to Colonel William Preston. Letter concerns the Cherokee Indians, their need of supplies, and their fear of coming to Williamsburg.","William Preston was appointed as \"County Lieutenant of Militia in the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Patrick Henry, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Surveyor for the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Dudley Digges, Lieutenant Governor, Williamsburg, Virginia.","Letter from Charles Morgan to William Preston. Letter concerns a court martial of two men, Marshall Duncan and Timothy Roark, and the circumstances involved in the case; and men trying, to be struck from the muster roll in order to be relieved of their military duties.","Post bond for Joseph Achillberger before William Preston, Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Virginia.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston. Was only able to send 10 pounds because of the \"great difficulty of procuring cash in this country\"; mentions getting cash from \"Uncle Tom\" or tobacco from \"Anderson\" and converting that to cash; tobacco prices; discusses the loss Kentucky will feel at the death of Colonel Christian.","Letter from John Preston to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Discusses business dealings with Anderson tobacco, and obtaining the necessary materials and the carpenter recommended by Captain T. Smith to finish their house; wants to compare prices between the Academy at Botetourt Town and William and Mary; gives details of building a new academy at Greenfield and the prices which would be charged.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. More discussion about the constructing of their house; expresses concern about a possible suit against them for a debt unpaid, unless they raise money from Anderson's tobacco; tells of neighbors anxiously awaiting his Francis's return so that they might \"profit from your knowledge,\" referring to Francis Preston's license to practice law, and so that he can be considered an eligible candidate; offers to campaign for him in his absence; relates feelings toward a duel fought between their cousin, James Breckenridge and [?] Younghusband.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. Sends news of large amounts of mail for him, mainly on the subject of friendship; election day has been moved to an earlier date in April, requiring him [FP] to come home earlier; hopes this doesn't interfere with his studies; gives itinerary and details about coming home; discusses the other candidates and the main issue of the campaign--the division of the country; tells rumor that Congress is about to \"raise a great army, for what purpose, we know not.\"","Bill is for fabrics, clothes, and notions for \"Sally B. Campbell,\" later Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston, wife of Francis Preston.","Letter from John Preston to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Short note discussing the election and political side effects relating to it.","Letter from John Preston, Mr. McDowell's, to \"Frank,\" Francis Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Discusses land transactions and the upcoming change in the Judicial districts west of the Blue Ridge; mentions the end of the Indian War and the government being settled.","Letter from John Preston, John Breckenridge's, Lexington, Virginia, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Comments on the reformed behavior of B. Smith, a commander at one of the frontier posts, who has \"abandoned both women and wine forever\"; discussion of affairs with the Indians--treaties, not trusting them, and hopes of continuing the war with them; General Wayne, however, has orders only to defend themselves, not attack; mention of land prices connected with investment possibilities.","Letter from John Preston, Lexington, Virginia to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business discussion about an unknown matter.","Emancipation certificate of John Broady, Negro servant of William Campbell, father-in-law of Francis Preston. 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Discussion about horses and John's son cutting teeth.","Letter from John Preston, Blacksburg, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Family news; grandmother has died; is still looking for the book, EVirginians Millwright, sent by Francis to use as reference for their spring water problem.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks him to help with E. Madison's business affairs; house is half finished; hopes to pay off all debts soon and be as \"independent as a freeman ought to be.\"","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. 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