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Acc. 2013.112","/repositories/2/resources/9391","James City County (Va.)--History--20th century","New Kent County (Va.)--History","Norfolk County (Va.)--History","Warwick County (Va.)--History","Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century","Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century","Williamsburg (Va.)--Restoration","York County (Va.)--History","James City County (Va.)--History--19th century","King William County (Va.)--History","Legal documents","Deeds","Letters (correspondence)","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.","This collection is arranged in six series: Series 1, Deeds and other legal documents, 1773-1958; Series 2, Abstracts of title, circa 1902-1959; Series 3, Other real estate documents, 1850-1958 and undated; Series 4, Correspondence, 1899-1953 and undated; Series 5, Administrative documents, 1902-1955 and undated; Series 6, Financial documents, 1909-1953.","Acc. 2013.112 was picked up from the donor by Special Collections on 6/14/2013.","The collection was accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in July 2013.  It was further processed by Del Moore, SCRC volunteer, in 2014.  The material was received originally in four banker's boxes: Box 1, Deeds and other legal documents; Box 2, Miscellaneous documents and abstracts of title prepared for Colonial Williamsburg; Boxes 3 and 4, Abstracts of title.","This collection contains deeds, abstracts of title, wills, and other legal documents from the law firm of Geddy, Harris, Franck  Hickman in Williamsburg, Virginia. The bulk of the material consists of abstracts of title to real property located in Williamsburg, Virginia, and nearby counties, including the Historic Area of Colonial Williamsburg, from the 1920s to the 1950s, as well as deeds to properties in Williamsburg and nearby counties from the 1880s to the 1950s.","Stephen D. Harris described this collection as \"deeds, mortgages, deeds of trust, leases and other legal documents prepared by Ashton Dovell, Vernon M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy and numerous other attorneys then practicing in the area.\"  He wrote that \"the total number of legal documents . . . is Five Hundred Forty Nine of which Forty are handwritten either entirely or primarily and the remaining are typographic.\"","Only 512 documents were found in the box. Numbers from 1x to 512x have been penciled on the outside of each folded document, the 'x' to distinguish the numbers from numbers on the Abstracts of Title in another series. A spreadsheet https://wm1693.box.com/s/1v78ugniltighwiexej9ncfar7knq63e has been created with entries for each of the 512 documents, giving number, date, grantor, grantee, type of document, trustee for deeds of trust, location, and Deed Book citation when applicable. More than half of the documents are deeds, about a third are deeds of trust, and the remainder are release deeds, quit-claims, purchase agreements, mortgages, lease agreements, etc. Most of the properties were located in James City County (232), Williamsburg (121), or York County (108). Other locations represented are New Kent (33), King William (6), Warwick (5), and Norfolk (4) counties, Hopewell (2), and Dallas County, Texas (1). The date range is 1881 to 1958. Several other documents were found in the box. These have not been given numbers and are not included in the spreadsheet.","\"Copy of the Will of William Brown, Dec'd of James City County, Virginia dated October 23, 1773 which is of historical interest because it contains numerous provisions making disposition of his extensive land and negro slave holdings.\" [The document is dated \"1776\" on the outside.]","\"Copy of the Will of William Browne, Dec'd of James City County, dated January 31, 1808 which is of historical interest for the same reason as the aforesaid.\"","A handwritten undated letter enclosing a clipping from the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot dated March 25, 1941 from Leopold M. Brown of Norfolk, Virginia to Ashton Dovell.","Abstracts of title, wills, powers of attorney, a petition, and a memorandum of agreement.","The Abstract of Title for a tract known as \"Cappahoosie\" (1125 acres) in Bruton District, York County, was prepared by attorney B. D. Peachy and dated 1902 November 26. Included is a handwritten Supplement also prepared by B. D. Peachy, dated 1903 May 23.","The Abstract of Title is for a parcel (463 acres) sold to Hugh E. Jones and containing two adjoining tracts knows as \"New Hope and College Land\" in James City County, lying immediately west of the College; it was prepared by attorney Robert Armistead.","The report was filed by receiver W. S. Hitchens.","The petition was filed by Steve Sacalis et ux., asking the Court to appoint B. D. Peachy trustee in place of Ashton Dovell, deceased.","This subseries contains Abstracts of Title that are separate from the Abstracts prepared for Colonial Williamsburg (Box 4) and the collection of Abstracts listed in the ledger book in Box 2, Folder 8.","These two lists were attached to, or inside, an original folder containing this collection of Abstracts of Title. The list that was attached to the outside of the folder is headed \"B. D. PEACHY'S ABSTRACTS OF TITLE\"; it has twenty-two items. The dates on these Abstracts range from 1916 to 1952. The properties were in James City County, York County, and Williamsburg. The preparers were B. D. Peachy, T. H. Geddy, V. M. Geddy, Frank Armistead, and the firms Hall, Hall  Peachy; Henley, Hall, Hall  Peachy; and T. H. Geddy  Sons. The Charles L. Rogers Estate document is actually a copy of a deed, with notes for a title search attached. A second list, found inside the folder attached to a piece of cardboard, is headed \"ABSTRACTS OF TITLE – (too large for file cabinet)\"; it contains eleven items. Most of these are in the form of summaries of property records typewritten on the back of stationery sheets. The stationery sheets all indicate an association with Ashton Dovell. Abstracts of Title among the 11 items on this list were prepared by B. D. Peachy, Ashton Dovell, T. H. Geddy, and V. M. Geddy. The dates range from 1921 to 1950. The properties were in James City County, New Kent County, York County, and Williamsburg. All Abstracts noted on both lists were found inside the original folder. The 22 on the first list were filed in the order of the list. The 11 on the second list were filed in front of the 22 and in reverse order of the list. The Abstracts from both lists have been alphabetized in one sequence, and five or six are filed in each of the following folders.","Abstracts of title, in alphabetical order from Lot 55 to Rich Neck Farm.","Following is Stephen D. Harris's description of the ledger book and the collection of folded Abstracts listed in it: \"An alphabetically tabbed (A-Z) ledger file with handwritten notation[s] which appear to be in the handwriting of Mary Inman. There are entries at each tab with a numerical reference by the entry (For example at Tab A '1 Amblers – Babcock, J. A.') From perusing the entries, the highest numerical reference appears to be '479'. In both of the boxes [Box 2 and Box 3] there are folded Abstracts of Title with a handwritten numerical reference on each and from perusing them they appear to run from '1 to 479'. Total number of abstracts is Four Hundred Seventy Nine (479). \"The abstracts of title are mostly in typewritten form although there are several which are handwritten only. They were made in the 1920s to 1950s and the certifying attorneys include those noted above. [T. H. Geddy, Frank Armistead, V. M. Geddy, Ashton Dovell, B. D. Peachy and others] The real properties certified are located in James City County, City of Williamsburg, County of York and other jurisdictions adjoining to the west.\"","The folded Abstracts in the two boxes were not in numerical order, but they now have been filed in numerical order. Box 2 has numbers 1-199. Box 3 has numbers 200-479. The following numbers were not present in the boxes: 17, 23, 43, 59, 75, 89, 99, 127, 132, 145, 183, 186, 190, 195, 196, 197, 198, 202, 204, 233, 249, 257, 260, 270, 271, 278, 292, 302, 313, 315, 355, 396, 403, 405, 406, 411, 413, 414, 416, 427, 439, 441, 445, 446, 453, 454, 455, 457, and 461 The following numbers appear on more than one Abstract in the collection: 3, 6, 8, 9, 14, 35, 69, 76, 80, 108, 110, 119, 134, 136, 181, 192, 217, 252, 262, 276, 301, 326, and 388","This \"Cash\" ledger book has an added label on the front: ABSTRACT OF TITLE. Most Abstracts appear to be entered in the ledger twice – under a personal name, presumably indicating the owner or the person requesting the Abstract, and under a property name or location. A spreadsheet https://wm1693.box.com/s/uvbb7uvby9gfnv08bx49g6zxifj5addl has been created with entries for each of the entries in the ledger, giving Abstract number, primary and secondary entry text, and number of acres, when applicable. A note on the top of the page at Tab A indicates \"See List in back of book for Titles from 1 to 32\". This page had been torn from the book and stapled to the page opposite Tab A. A folded document labeled \"Shellbank restrictive covenants\" is inserted in the ledger book after the S entries. There is an unnumbered entry near the end of the S entries for \"Shellbank – restrictive covenants\".","These two Abstracts of Title were among the collection of numbered Abstracts, but they do not have numbers and do not appear to have entries in the ledger book.","This tract contained 80½ acres in Bruton District, York County. The Abstract was prepared by Sydney Smith, Attorney, for the owner W. L. Schenck.","This tract contained 122.61 acres in Bruton District, York County. The Abstract was prepared by Henley  Henley, Attorneys, for Julius Heier. It was signed on April 7, 1911.","These are mainly onionskin copies of Abstracts of Title prepared by Vernon M. Geddy for W. A. R. Goodwin and the Williamsburg Restoration in the late 1920s.","These four lists were attached to the four original folders containing the Abstracts of Title prepared for the Restoration. The folder lists use either the name of the last owner prior to acquisition by Goodwin or a property name such as Hospital or Theater. The lists are not in any particular order, and the abstracts were not filed in the folders in the order of the lists. The lists are deteriorating; a couple of names have worn away: 'Durfey', at the top of the second section of the list on the first folder; and 'Fowler', the first name on the list for the fourth folder. There are a total of 131 properties named on the four folder lists. Abstracts for fifteen of the listed properties were not present in the four original folders: First folder – Mayo, Cash, Freeman, Brhyn, Graves, Sadie Mahone, and Wolfe; Second folder – Julia W. B. Drew; Third folder – Jackson, Fannie H. Epps, Neale, and Potts; Fourth folder – Shultice, Luttrell–Bourbon, and Casey. There were five Abstracts in the folders that are not listed separately on the folder lists: 1) A second version of the 'Garage: Bland and Beaston' Abstract in the first folder, here alphabetized under 'Bland and Bleasten Garage'; 2) A second property under the name 'Esther R. Davis' in the second folder; 3) A second property under the name 'Lane' in the third folder, owned by Lane, Jr.; 4) An unlisted Abstract dated August 11, 1923, in the third folder, prepared by B. D. Peachy for a property he owned; and, 5) A copy of a 'Theater' Abstract in the fourth folder that is a different version of the 'Theater Property' Abstract. Also filed in this folder (Folder 1) is a single detached sheet that appears to be the last page of an Abstract of Title, with the date 8 February 1928. It was in the second of the original folders. The 121 Abstracts from the four original folders have been alphabetized in one sequence, and six to eight are filed in each of the following folders.","These are documents other than deeds or abstracts of title. They include notes on property records, sale posters, and survey plats.","These notes on deeds, etc., are typewritten on the back of approximately thirty sheets of stationery. The stationery has printed headings for Ashton Dovell, Candidate for Governor of Virginia, 1941; Ashton Dovell, member or speaker of the House of Delegates; or the Roosevelt-Garner-Montague Democratic Club of Williamsburg and Vicinity (Ashton Dovell, President).","These are trustees' and special commissioners' sale posters.","This was the sale of lots 67 and 68 in West Williamsburg, V. M. Geddy, special commissioner.","This was the sale of numerous lots, with improvements, in \"Forest Heights\", Ashton Dovell, trustee.","This was the sale of lot 74 in west Williamsburg and a parcel of land in Jamestown District, James City County, V. M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy, and James T. Carter, special commissioners.","This was the sale of two tracts in Jamestown District, B. I. Jenson, trustee.","This was the sale of a lot and the buildings thereon, including the brick theatre building, frame beer parlor, and frame cleaning and pressing shop, on By-Pass Road, C. M. Hall, trustee.","Ashton Dovell was the special commissioner for this sale.","This was the sale of a portion of lot 45 on Scotland Street in West Williamsburg, Ashton Dovell, special commissioner.","The plat shows parts of \"Powhatan Park\" and the \"Lycoming\" tract in James City County.  It was drawn by Vincent D. McManus, Surveying  Mapping, Williamsburg, Virginia.","The tract was formerly owned by B. C. Howard; the owner in 1920 was Mrs. Cora B. Cole.  It was surveyed for the owner by Sydney Smith.","Drawn by Arthur C. Freeman Jr., CE.","The surveyor was V. D. McManus.","The tract, containing 126.72 acres, was conveyed to S. R. Curtis by B. D. Peachy, special commissioner, by deed dated Aug. 30, 1906, and recorded in Deed Book 10, page 370, records of James City County, Dec. 25, 1934. The plat was signed by J. M. Cochran, certified civil engineer.","The plat shows a proposed division of the Mrs. C. F. Thompson estate located on Centerville Road in James City County. It was drawn by W. D. Thomas, C.L.S. 579.","The interior lines were sketched from aerial map and survey control. The total acres are approximately 376. The sketch was drawn by J. H. Rock.","The land was conveyed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and John D. Rockefeller III. It was situated in Williamsburg on the south side of York Street. The plat was signed by Randolph V. Carter, certified land surveyor.","The tract was 2½ miles west of Talleysville and contained 232 acres. The name Hugh P. Fisher appears on the back in pencil.","The correspondence references deeds and other land matters, probate estates, taxes, investments, debts, court cases, etc. The approximately eighty items have dates ranging from 1899 to 1953, but most are from the 1920s, '30s, and '40s. Much of the correspondence is addressed to Ashton Dovell, but other local figures are represented as well, including T. H. Geddy, V. M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy, B. I. Jenson, and G. T. Brooks.","There are approximately twenty empty envelopes, most with postage cancellation stamps.","These include estate documents, insurance policies, blank forms, notes, and other ephemera.","This folder contains correspondence, other documents, and a newspaper article relating to the life, death, family, and estate of Walter E. Flanders, including divorce decrees ending three of his marriages. Much of the correspondence is addressed to Ashton Dovell. Flanders was an automobile entrepreneur who owned property near Williamsburg and died in 1923. His son George was a student at William and Mary.","There are fifteen insurance policies, one with seven accompanying receipt books and other miscellaneous items. Most policies were written by agent Gardiner T. Brooks of Williamsburg. The insured include William A. Ashlock, John and Katie Ashlock, Mrs. Mattie P. Geddy, and the Williamsburg Golf and Country Club, Inc.","There are three printed booklets.","Scope and Contents","This 8-page \"Bulletin No. 1\" was published by the Co-Operative Education Association of Virginia.","This 16-page booklet was published by Whittet  Shepperson in Richmond.","This 32-page booklet was published in Richmond by the Securities Division of the State Corporation Commission of Virginia.","There are nine tax, court, and insurance forms, and a 1928 \"Manual for Approved Attorneys\".","This is a Circuit Court of Williamsburg and James City County document certifying the executors of the estate of T. H. Geddy.","There are seven various printed forms with scribbled notes.","There are approximately ninety Chesapeake Corporation pulp wood load measure tickets, with dates in September or October 1935, and with owner's name R. W. Bowmer, B. S. Bowmer, or E. L. Bowmer, or their corresponding initials.","This is a printed invitation to the Annual Home Show Dinner of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, 1 April 1938, with speaker Kenneth Chorley, President of Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.","This series includes promissory notes, bank account books, invoices, receipts, checkbooks, and gold notes.","These include promissory notes, other bank statements, and five small account books. Many of the documents involve V. M. Geddy as executor of the estate of M. L. Slater. The account books belonged to Francis Jerdone, for the period 1909-1930; John A. Barnes, 1919-1936; H. D. Cole, 1931-1936; Mary Lola Barnes, 1933-1936; and T. F. Rogers and B. D. Peachy, executors of Virginia Peachy Rogers, 1946.","There are approximately thirty-five (35) items, many involving Ashton Dovell or V. M. Geddy, either directly or as executor of an estate. Other persons represented include B. I. Jenson, H. D. Cole, and G. T. Brooks. Services invoiced or receipted include poster printing, newspaper advertising, insurance premiums, court fees, taxes, coal delivery, funeral costs, property sales, and legal fees.","These include cancelled checks, blank checks, and checkbooks with both filled-in stubs and blank checks. One large checkbook apparently was used for the account of Martin Thompson's estate, with dates from August 1926 to October 1927; among the documents enclosed in it are a bank statement, a citizenship document (1887), and two stock certificates (1923). A second large checkbook, with the Peninsula Bank and Trust Company of Williamsburg, has dates from September to November 1946.","These are First Mortgage Real Estate gold notes, eight for $1000 each and four for $500 each, all signed by Robert P. Wallace at Williamsburg on June 2, 1930. The gold notes are accompanied by eight groups of cancelled interest payment coupons dated from June 1931 to June 1935.","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","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Geddy, Vernon M., Jr","Dovell, Grover Ashton, 1885-1949","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Geddy-Harris Archive Records, 1773/1959, bulk 1890/1940"],"collection_ssim":["Geddy-Harris Archive Records, 1773/1959, bulk 1890/1940"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["01/Mss. Acc. 2013.112","/repositories/2/resources/9391"],"unitid_tesim":["01/Mss. 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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."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged in six series: Series 1, Deeds and other legal documents, 1773-1958; Series 2, Abstracts of title, circa 1902-1959; Series 3, Other real estate documents, 1850-1958 and undated; Series 4, Correspondence, 1899-1953 and undated; Series 5, Administrative documents, 1902-1955 and undated; Series 6, Financial documents, 1909-1953.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection is arranged in six series: Series 1, Deeds and other legal documents, 1773-1958; Series 2, Abstracts of title, circa 1902-1959; Series 3, Other real estate documents, 1850-1958 and undated; Series 4, Correspondence, 1899-1953 and undated; Series 5, Administrative documents, 1902-1955 and undated; Series 6, Financial documents, 1909-1953."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003ca href=\"http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Vernon%20M.%20Geddy,%20Jr\u0026amp;quot;\u0026gt;http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Vernon%20M.%20Geddy,%20Jr\u0026amp;lt;/a\u0026amp;gt;.%20%20\u0026lt;/bioghist\u0026gt;%20%20%20\u0026lt;acqinfo%20id=\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003easpace_2701a1813ec47fde6c94bf62bf9739c3\"\u0026gt;\n    ","\u003cp\u003eAcc. 2013.112 was picked up from the donor by Special Collections on 6/14/2013.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information:","Acquisition Information:"],"bioghist_tesim":["Acc. 2013.112 was picked up from the donor by Special Collections on 6/14/2013."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeddy-Harris Archive Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Geddy-Harris Archive Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection was accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in July 2013.  It was further processed by Del Moore, SCRC volunteer, in 2014.  The material was received originally in four banker's boxes: Box 1, Deeds and other legal documents; Box 2, Miscellaneous documents and abstracts of title prepared for Colonial Williamsburg; Boxes 3 and 4, Abstracts of title.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information:"],"processinfo_tesim":["The collection was accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in July 2013.  It was further processed by Del Moore, SCRC volunteer, in 2014.  The material was received originally in four banker's boxes: Box 1, Deeds and other legal documents; Box 2, Miscellaneous documents and abstracts of title prepared for Colonial Williamsburg; Boxes 3 and 4, Abstracts of title."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains deeds, abstracts of title, wills, and other legal documents from the law firm of Geddy, Harris, Franck  Hickman in Williamsburg, Virginia. The bulk of the material consists of abstracts of title to real property located in Williamsburg, Virginia, and nearby counties, including the Historic Area of Colonial Williamsburg, from the 1920s to the 1950s, as well as deeds to properties in Williamsburg and nearby counties from the 1880s to the 1950s.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eStephen D. Harris described this collection as \"deeds, mortgages, deeds of trust, leases and other legal documents prepared by Ashton Dovell, Vernon M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy and numerous other attorneys then practicing in the area.\"  He wrote that \"the total number of legal documents . . . is Five Hundred Forty Nine of which Forty are handwritten either entirely or primarily and the remaining are typographic.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOnly 512 documents were found in the box. Numbers from 1x to 512x have been penciled on the outside of each folded document, the 'x' to distinguish the numbers from numbers on the Abstracts of Title in another series. A spreadsheet https://wm1693.box.com/s/1v78ugniltighwiexej9ncfar7knq63e has been created with entries for each of the 512 documents, giving number, date, grantor, grantee, type of document, trustee for deeds of trust, location, and Deed Book citation when applicable. More than half of the documents are deeds, about a third are deeds of trust, and the remainder are release deeds, quit-claims, purchase agreements, mortgages, lease agreements, etc. Most of the properties were located in James City County (232), Williamsburg (121), or York County (108). Other locations represented are New Kent (33), King William (6), Warwick (5), and Norfolk (4) counties, Hopewell (2), and Dallas County, Texas (1). The date range is 1881 to 1958. Several other documents were found in the box. These have not been given numbers and are not included in the spreadsheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Copy of the Will of William Brown, Dec'd of James City County, Virginia dated October 23, 1773 which is of historical interest because it contains numerous provisions making disposition of his extensive land and negro slave holdings.\" [The document is dated \"1776\" on the outside.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Copy of the Will of William Browne, Dec'd of James City County, dated January 31, 1808 which is of historical interest for the same reason as the aforesaid.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA handwritten undated letter enclosing a clipping from the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot dated March 25, 1941 from Leopold M. Brown of Norfolk, Virginia to Ashton Dovell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbstracts of title, wills, powers of attorney, a petition, and a memorandum of agreement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Abstract of Title for a tract known as \"Cappahoosie\" (1125 acres) in Bruton District, York County, was prepared by attorney B. D. Peachy and dated 1902 November 26. Included is a handwritten Supplement also prepared by B. D. Peachy, dated 1903 May 23.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Abstract of Title is for a parcel (463 acres) sold to Hugh E. Jones and containing two adjoining tracts knows as \"New Hope and College Land\" in James City County, lying immediately west of the College; it was prepared by attorney Robert Armistead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe report was filed by receiver W. S. Hitchens.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe petition was filed by Steve Sacalis et ux., asking the Court to appoint B. D. Peachy trustee in place of Ashton Dovell, deceased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries contains Abstracts of Title that are separate from the Abstracts prepared for Colonial Williamsburg (Box 4) and the collection of Abstracts listed in the ledger book in Box 2, Folder 8.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese two lists were attached to, or inside, an original folder containing this collection of Abstracts of Title. The list that was attached to the outside of the folder is headed \"B. D. PEACHY'S ABSTRACTS OF TITLE\"; it has twenty-two items. The dates on these Abstracts range from 1916 to 1952. The properties were in James City County, York County, and Williamsburg. The preparers were B. D. Peachy, T. H. Geddy, V. M. Geddy, Frank Armistead, and the firms Hall, Hall  Peachy; Henley, Hall, Hall  Peachy; and T. H. Geddy  Sons. The Charles L. Rogers Estate document is actually a copy of a deed, with notes for a title search attached. A second list, found inside the folder attached to a piece of cardboard, is headed \"ABSTRACTS OF TITLE – (too large for file cabinet)\"; it contains eleven items. Most of these are in the form of summaries of property records typewritten on the back of stationery sheets. The stationery sheets all indicate an association with Ashton Dovell. Abstracts of Title among the 11 items on this list were prepared by B. D. Peachy, Ashton Dovell, T. H. Geddy, and V. M. Geddy. The dates range from 1921 to 1950. The properties were in James City County, New Kent County, York County, and Williamsburg. All Abstracts noted on both lists were found inside the original folder. The 22 on the first list were filed in the order of the list. The 11 on the second list were filed in front of the 22 and in reverse order of the list. The Abstracts from both lists have been alphabetized in one sequence, and five or six are filed in each of the following folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbstracts of title, in alphabetical order from Lot 55 to Rich Neck Farm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing is Stephen D. Harris's description of the ledger book and the collection of folded Abstracts listed in it: \"An alphabetically tabbed (A-Z) ledger file with handwritten notation[s] which appear to be in the handwriting of Mary Inman. There are entries at each tab with a numerical reference by the entry (For example at Tab A '1 Amblers – Babcock, J. A.') From perusing the entries, the highest numerical reference appears to be '479'. In both of the boxes [Box 2 and Box 3] there are folded Abstracts of Title with a handwritten numerical reference on each and from perusing them they appear to run from '1 to 479'. Total number of abstracts is Four Hundred Seventy Nine (479). \"The abstracts of title are mostly in typewritten form although there are several which are handwritten only. They were made in the 1920s to 1950s and the certifying attorneys include those noted above. [T. H. Geddy, Frank Armistead, V. M. Geddy, Ashton Dovell, B. D. Peachy and others] The real properties certified are located in James City County, City of Williamsburg, County of York and other jurisdictions adjoining to the west.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe folded Abstracts in the two boxes were not in numerical order, but they now have been filed in numerical order. Box 2 has numbers 1-199. Box 3 has numbers 200-479. The following numbers were not present in the boxes: 17, 23, 43, 59, 75, 89, 99, 127, 132, 145, 183, 186, 190, 195, 196, 197, 198, 202, 204, 233, 249, 257, 260, 270, 271, 278, 292, 302, 313, 315, 355, 396, 403, 405, 406, 411, 413, 414, 416, 427, 439, 441, 445, 446, 453, 454, 455, 457, and 461 The following numbers appear on more than one Abstract in the collection: 3, 6, 8, 9, 14, 35, 69, 76, 80, 108, 110, 119, 134, 136, 181, 192, 217, 252, 262, 276, 301, 326, and 388\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis \"Cash\" ledger book has an added label on the front: ABSTRACT OF TITLE. Most Abstracts appear to be entered in the ledger twice – under a personal name, presumably indicating the owner or the person requesting the Abstract, and under a property name or location. A spreadsheet https://wm1693.box.com/s/uvbb7uvby9gfnv08bx49g6zxifj5addl has been created with entries for each of the entries in the ledger, giving Abstract number, primary and secondary entry text, and number of acres, when applicable. A note on the top of the page at Tab A indicates \"See List in back of book for Titles from 1 to 32\". This page had been torn from the book and stapled to the page opposite Tab A. A folded document labeled \"Shellbank restrictive covenants\" is inserted in the ledger book after the S entries. There is an unnumbered entry near the end of the S entries for \"Shellbank – restrictive covenants\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese two Abstracts of Title were among the collection of numbered Abstracts, but they do not have numbers and do not appear to have entries in the ledger book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis tract contained 80½ acres in Bruton District, York County. The Abstract was prepared by Sydney Smith, Attorney, for the owner W. L. Schenck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis tract contained 122.61 acres in Bruton District, York County. The Abstract was prepared by Henley  Henley, Attorneys, for Julius Heier. It was signed on April 7, 1911.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese are mainly onionskin copies of Abstracts of Title prepared by Vernon M. Geddy for W. A. R. Goodwin and the Williamsburg Restoration in the late 1920s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese four lists were attached to the four original folders containing the Abstracts of Title prepared for the Restoration. The folder lists use either the name of the last owner prior to acquisition by Goodwin or a property name such as Hospital or Theater. The lists are not in any particular order, and the abstracts were not filed in the folders in the order of the lists. The lists are deteriorating; a couple of names have worn away: 'Durfey', at the top of the second section of the list on the first folder; and 'Fowler', the first name on the list for the fourth folder. There are a total of 131 properties named on the four folder lists. Abstracts for fifteen of the listed properties were not present in the four original folders: First folder – Mayo, Cash, Freeman, Brhyn, Graves, Sadie Mahone, and Wolfe; Second folder – Julia W. B. Drew; Third folder – Jackson, Fannie H. Epps, Neale, and Potts; Fourth folder – Shultice, Luttrell–Bourbon, and Casey. There were five Abstracts in the folders that are not listed separately on the folder lists: 1) A second version of the 'Garage: Bland and Beaston' Abstract in the first folder, here alphabetized under 'Bland and Bleasten Garage'; 2) A second property under the name 'Esther R. Davis' in the second folder; 3) A second property under the name 'Lane' in the third folder, owned by Lane, Jr.; 4) An unlisted Abstract dated August 11, 1923, in the third folder, prepared by B. D. Peachy for a property he owned; and, 5) A copy of a 'Theater' Abstract in the fourth folder that is a different version of the 'Theater Property' Abstract. Also filed in this folder (Folder 1) is a single detached sheet that appears to be the last page of an Abstract of Title, with the date 8 February 1928. It was in the second of the original folders. The 121 Abstracts from the four original folders have been alphabetized in one sequence, and six to eight are filed in each of the following folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese are documents other than deeds or abstracts of title. They include notes on property records, sale posters, and survey plats.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese notes on deeds, etc., are typewritten on the back of approximately thirty sheets of stationery. The stationery has printed headings for Ashton Dovell, Candidate for Governor of Virginia, 1941; Ashton Dovell, member or speaker of the House of Delegates; or the Roosevelt-Garner-Montague Democratic Club of Williamsburg and Vicinity (Ashton Dovell, President).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese are trustees' and special commissioners' sale posters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis was the sale of lots 67 and 68 in West Williamsburg, V. M. Geddy, special commissioner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis was the sale of numerous lots, with improvements, in \"Forest Heights\", Ashton Dovell, trustee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis was the sale of lot 74 in west Williamsburg and a parcel of land in Jamestown District, James City County, V. M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy, and James T. Carter, special commissioners.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis was the sale of two tracts in Jamestown District, B. I. Jenson, trustee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis was the sale of a lot and the buildings thereon, including the brick theatre building, frame beer parlor, and frame cleaning and pressing shop, on By-Pass Road, C. M. Hall, trustee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAshton Dovell was the special commissioner for this sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis was the sale of a portion of lot 45 on Scotland Street in West Williamsburg, Ashton Dovell, special commissioner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe plat shows parts of \"Powhatan Park\" and the \"Lycoming\" tract in James City County.  It was drawn by Vincent D. McManus, Surveying  Mapping, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe tract was formerly owned by B. C. Howard; the owner in 1920 was Mrs. Cora B. Cole.  It was surveyed for the owner by Sydney Smith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawn by Arthur C. Freeman Jr., CE.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe surveyor was V. D. McManus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe tract, containing 126.72 acres, was conveyed to S. R. Curtis by B. D. Peachy, special commissioner, by deed dated Aug. 30, 1906, and recorded in Deed Book 10, page 370, records of James City County, Dec. 25, 1934. The plat was signed by J. M. Cochran, certified civil engineer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe plat shows a proposed division of the Mrs. C. F. Thompson estate located on Centerville Road in James City County. It was drawn by W. D. Thomas, C.L.S. 579.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe interior lines were sketched from aerial map and survey control. The total acres are approximately 376. The sketch was drawn by J. H. Rock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe land was conveyed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and John D. Rockefeller III. It was situated in Williamsburg on the south side of York Street. The plat was signed by Randolph V. Carter, certified land surveyor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe tract was 2½ miles west of Talleysville and contained 232 acres. The name Hugh P. Fisher appears on the back in pencil.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence references deeds and other land matters, probate estates, taxes, investments, debts, court cases, etc. The approximately eighty items have dates ranging from 1899 to 1953, but most are from the 1920s, '30s, and '40s. Much of the correspondence is addressed to Ashton Dovell, but other local figures are represented as well, including T. H. Geddy, V. M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy, B. I. Jenson, and G. T. Brooks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are approximately twenty empty envelopes, most with postage cancellation stamps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese include estate documents, insurance policies, blank forms, notes, and other ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains correspondence, other documents, and a newspaper article relating to the life, death, family, and estate of Walter E. Flanders, including divorce decrees ending three of his marriages. Much of the correspondence is addressed to Ashton Dovell. Flanders was an automobile entrepreneur who owned property near Williamsburg and died in 1923. His son George was a student at William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are fifteen insurance policies, one with seven accompanying receipt books and other miscellaneous items. Most policies were written by agent Gardiner T. Brooks of Williamsburg. The insured include William A. Ashlock, John and Katie Ashlock, Mrs. Mattie P. Geddy, and the Williamsburg Golf and Country Club, Inc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are three printed booklets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis 8-page \"Bulletin No. 1\" was published by the Co-Operative Education Association of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis 16-page booklet was published by Whittet  Shepperson in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis 32-page booklet was published in Richmond by the Securities Division of the State Corporation Commission of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are nine tax, court, and insurance forms, and a 1928 \"Manual for Approved Attorneys\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is a Circuit Court of Williamsburg and James City County document certifying the executors of the estate of T. H. Geddy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are seven various printed forms with scribbled notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are approximately ninety Chesapeake Corporation pulp wood load measure tickets, with dates in September or October 1935, and with owner's name R. W. Bowmer, B. S. Bowmer, or E. L. Bowmer, or their corresponding initials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is a printed invitation to the Annual Home Show Dinner of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, 1 April 1938, with speaker Kenneth Chorley, President of Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes promissory notes, bank account books, invoices, receipts, checkbooks, and gold notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese include promissory notes, other bank statements, and five small account books. Many of the documents involve V. M. Geddy as executor of the estate of M. L. Slater. The account books belonged to Francis Jerdone, for the period 1909-1930; John A. Barnes, 1919-1936; H. D. Cole, 1931-1936; Mary Lola Barnes, 1933-1936; and T. F. Rogers and B. D. Peachy, executors of Virginia Peachy Rogers, 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are approximately thirty-five (35) items, many involving Ashton Dovell or V. M. Geddy, either directly or as executor of an estate. Other persons represented include B. I. Jenson, H. D. Cole, and G. T. Brooks. Services invoiced or receipted include poster printing, newspaper advertising, insurance premiums, court fees, taxes, coal delivery, funeral costs, property sales, and legal fees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese include cancelled checks, blank checks, and checkbooks with both filled-in stubs and blank checks. One large checkbook apparently was used for the account of Martin Thompson's estate, with dates from August 1926 to October 1927; among the documents enclosed in it are a bank statement, a citizenship document (1887), and two stock certificates (1923). A second large checkbook, with the Peninsula Bank and Trust Company of Williamsburg, has dates from September to November 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese are First Mortgage Real Estate gold notes, eight for $1000 each and four for $500 each, all signed by Robert P. Wallace at Williamsburg on June 2, 1930. The gold notes are accompanied by eight groups of cancelled interest payment coupons dated from June 1931 to June 1935.\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains deeds, abstracts of title, wills, and other legal documents from the law firm of Geddy, Harris, Franck  Hickman in Williamsburg, Virginia. The bulk of the material consists of abstracts of title to real property located in Williamsburg, Virginia, and nearby counties, including the Historic Area of Colonial Williamsburg, from the 1920s to the 1950s, as well as deeds to properties in Williamsburg and nearby counties from the 1880s to the 1950s.","Stephen D. Harris described this collection as \"deeds, mortgages, deeds of trust, leases and other legal documents prepared by Ashton Dovell, Vernon M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy and numerous other attorneys then practicing in the area.\"  He wrote that \"the total number of legal documents . . . is Five Hundred Forty Nine of which Forty are handwritten either entirely or primarily and the remaining are typographic.\"","Only 512 documents were found in the box. Numbers from 1x to 512x have been penciled on the outside of each folded document, the 'x' to distinguish the numbers from numbers on the Abstracts of Title in another series. A spreadsheet https://wm1693.box.com/s/1v78ugniltighwiexej9ncfar7knq63e has been created with entries for each of the 512 documents, giving number, date, grantor, grantee, type of document, trustee for deeds of trust, location, and Deed Book citation when applicable. More than half of the documents are deeds, about a third are deeds of trust, and the remainder are release deeds, quit-claims, purchase agreements, mortgages, lease agreements, etc. Most of the properties were located in James City County (232), Williamsburg (121), or York County (108). Other locations represented are New Kent (33), King William (6), Warwick (5), and Norfolk (4) counties, Hopewell (2), and Dallas County, Texas (1). The date range is 1881 to 1958. Several other documents were found in the box. These have not been given numbers and are not included in the spreadsheet.","\"Copy of the Will of William Brown, Dec'd of James City County, Virginia dated October 23, 1773 which is of historical interest because it contains numerous provisions making disposition of his extensive land and negro slave holdings.\" [The document is dated \"1776\" on the outside.]","\"Copy of the Will of William Browne, Dec'd of James City County, dated January 31, 1808 which is of historical interest for the same reason as the aforesaid.\"","A handwritten undated letter enclosing a clipping from the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot dated March 25, 1941 from Leopold M. Brown of Norfolk, Virginia to Ashton Dovell.","Abstracts of title, wills, powers of attorney, a petition, and a memorandum of agreement.","The Abstract of Title for a tract known as \"Cappahoosie\" (1125 acres) in Bruton District, York County, was prepared by attorney B. D. Peachy and dated 1902 November 26. Included is a handwritten Supplement also prepared by B. D. Peachy, dated 1903 May 23.","The Abstract of Title is for a parcel (463 acres) sold to Hugh E. Jones and containing two adjoining tracts knows as \"New Hope and College Land\" in James City County, lying immediately west of the College; it was prepared by attorney Robert Armistead.","The report was filed by receiver W. S. Hitchens.","The petition was filed by Steve Sacalis et ux., asking the Court to appoint B. D. Peachy trustee in place of Ashton Dovell, deceased.","This subseries contains Abstracts of Title that are separate from the Abstracts prepared for Colonial Williamsburg (Box 4) and the collection of Abstracts listed in the ledger book in Box 2, Folder 8.","These two lists were attached to, or inside, an original folder containing this collection of Abstracts of Title. The list that was attached to the outside of the folder is headed \"B. D. PEACHY'S ABSTRACTS OF TITLE\"; it has twenty-two items. The dates on these Abstracts range from 1916 to 1952. The properties were in James City County, York County, and Williamsburg. The preparers were B. D. Peachy, T. H. Geddy, V. M. Geddy, Frank Armistead, and the firms Hall, Hall  Peachy; Henley, Hall, Hall  Peachy; and T. H. Geddy  Sons. The Charles L. Rogers Estate document is actually a copy of a deed, with notes for a title search attached. A second list, found inside the folder attached to a piece of cardboard, is headed \"ABSTRACTS OF TITLE – (too large for file cabinet)\"; it contains eleven items. Most of these are in the form of summaries of property records typewritten on the back of stationery sheets. The stationery sheets all indicate an association with Ashton Dovell. Abstracts of Title among the 11 items on this list were prepared by B. D. Peachy, Ashton Dovell, T. H. Geddy, and V. M. Geddy. The dates range from 1921 to 1950. The properties were in James City County, New Kent County, York County, and Williamsburg. All Abstracts noted on both lists were found inside the original folder. The 22 on the first list were filed in the order of the list. The 11 on the second list were filed in front of the 22 and in reverse order of the list. The Abstracts from both lists have been alphabetized in one sequence, and five or six are filed in each of the following folders.","Abstracts of title, in alphabetical order from Lot 55 to Rich Neck Farm.","Following is Stephen D. Harris's description of the ledger book and the collection of folded Abstracts listed in it: \"An alphabetically tabbed (A-Z) ledger file with handwritten notation[s] which appear to be in the handwriting of Mary Inman. There are entries at each tab with a numerical reference by the entry (For example at Tab A '1 Amblers – Babcock, J. A.') From perusing the entries, the highest numerical reference appears to be '479'. In both of the boxes [Box 2 and Box 3] there are folded Abstracts of Title with a handwritten numerical reference on each and from perusing them they appear to run from '1 to 479'. Total number of abstracts is Four Hundred Seventy Nine (479). \"The abstracts of title are mostly in typewritten form although there are several which are handwritten only. They were made in the 1920s to 1950s and the certifying attorneys include those noted above. [T. H. Geddy, Frank Armistead, V. M. Geddy, Ashton Dovell, B. D. Peachy and others] The real properties certified are located in James City County, City of Williamsburg, County of York and other jurisdictions adjoining to the west.\"","The folded Abstracts in the two boxes were not in numerical order, but they now have been filed in numerical order. Box 2 has numbers 1-199. Box 3 has numbers 200-479. The following numbers were not present in the boxes: 17, 23, 43, 59, 75, 89, 99, 127, 132, 145, 183, 186, 190, 195, 196, 197, 198, 202, 204, 233, 249, 257, 260, 270, 271, 278, 292, 302, 313, 315, 355, 396, 403, 405, 406, 411, 413, 414, 416, 427, 439, 441, 445, 446, 453, 454, 455, 457, and 461 The following numbers appear on more than one Abstract in the collection: 3, 6, 8, 9, 14, 35, 69, 76, 80, 108, 110, 119, 134, 136, 181, 192, 217, 252, 262, 276, 301, 326, and 388","This \"Cash\" ledger book has an added label on the front: ABSTRACT OF TITLE. Most Abstracts appear to be entered in the ledger twice – under a personal name, presumably indicating the owner or the person requesting the Abstract, and under a property name or location. A spreadsheet https://wm1693.box.com/s/uvbb7uvby9gfnv08bx49g6zxifj5addl has been created with entries for each of the entries in the ledger, giving Abstract number, primary and secondary entry text, and number of acres, when applicable. A note on the top of the page at Tab A indicates \"See List in back of book for Titles from 1 to 32\". This page had been torn from the book and stapled to the page opposite Tab A. A folded document labeled \"Shellbank restrictive covenants\" is inserted in the ledger book after the S entries. There is an unnumbered entry near the end of the S entries for \"Shellbank – restrictive covenants\".","These two Abstracts of Title were among the collection of numbered Abstracts, but they do not have numbers and do not appear to have entries in the ledger book.","This tract contained 80½ acres in Bruton District, York County. The Abstract was prepared by Sydney Smith, Attorney, for the owner W. L. Schenck.","This tract contained 122.61 acres in Bruton District, York County. The Abstract was prepared by Henley  Henley, Attorneys, for Julius Heier. It was signed on April 7, 1911.","These are mainly onionskin copies of Abstracts of Title prepared by Vernon M. Geddy for W. A. R. Goodwin and the Williamsburg Restoration in the late 1920s.","These four lists were attached to the four original folders containing the Abstracts of Title prepared for the Restoration. The folder lists use either the name of the last owner prior to acquisition by Goodwin or a property name such as Hospital or Theater. The lists are not in any particular order, and the abstracts were not filed in the folders in the order of the lists. The lists are deteriorating; a couple of names have worn away: 'Durfey', at the top of the second section of the list on the first folder; and 'Fowler', the first name on the list for the fourth folder. There are a total of 131 properties named on the four folder lists. Abstracts for fifteen of the listed properties were not present in the four original folders: First folder – Mayo, Cash, Freeman, Brhyn, Graves, Sadie Mahone, and Wolfe; Second folder – Julia W. B. Drew; Third folder – Jackson, Fannie H. Epps, Neale, and Potts; Fourth folder – Shultice, Luttrell–Bourbon, and Casey. There were five Abstracts in the folders that are not listed separately on the folder lists: 1) A second version of the 'Garage: Bland and Beaston' Abstract in the first folder, here alphabetized under 'Bland and Bleasten Garage'; 2) A second property under the name 'Esther R. Davis' in the second folder; 3) A second property under the name 'Lane' in the third folder, owned by Lane, Jr.; 4) An unlisted Abstract dated August 11, 1923, in the third folder, prepared by B. D. Peachy for a property he owned; and, 5) A copy of a 'Theater' Abstract in the fourth folder that is a different version of the 'Theater Property' Abstract. Also filed in this folder (Folder 1) is a single detached sheet that appears to be the last page of an Abstract of Title, with the date 8 February 1928. It was in the second of the original folders. The 121 Abstracts from the four original folders have been alphabetized in one sequence, and six to eight are filed in each of the following folders.","These are documents other than deeds or abstracts of title. They include notes on property records, sale posters, and survey plats.","These notes on deeds, etc., are typewritten on the back of approximately thirty sheets of stationery. The stationery has printed headings for Ashton Dovell, Candidate for Governor of Virginia, 1941; Ashton Dovell, member or speaker of the House of Delegates; or the Roosevelt-Garner-Montague Democratic Club of Williamsburg and Vicinity (Ashton Dovell, President).","These are trustees' and special commissioners' sale posters.","This was the sale of lots 67 and 68 in West Williamsburg, V. M. Geddy, special commissioner.","This was the sale of numerous lots, with improvements, in \"Forest Heights\", Ashton Dovell, trustee.","This was the sale of lot 74 in west Williamsburg and a parcel of land in Jamestown District, James City County, V. M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy, and James T. Carter, special commissioners.","This was the sale of two tracts in Jamestown District, B. I. Jenson, trustee.","This was the sale of a lot and the buildings thereon, including the brick theatre building, frame beer parlor, and frame cleaning and pressing shop, on By-Pass Road, C. M. Hall, trustee.","Ashton Dovell was the special commissioner for this sale.","This was the sale of a portion of lot 45 on Scotland Street in West Williamsburg, Ashton Dovell, special commissioner.","The plat shows parts of \"Powhatan Park\" and the \"Lycoming\" tract in James City County.  It was drawn by Vincent D. McManus, Surveying  Mapping, Williamsburg, Virginia.","The tract was formerly owned by B. C. Howard; the owner in 1920 was Mrs. Cora B. Cole.  It was surveyed for the owner by Sydney Smith.","Drawn by Arthur C. Freeman Jr., CE.","The surveyor was V. D. McManus.","The tract, containing 126.72 acres, was conveyed to S. R. Curtis by B. D. Peachy, special commissioner, by deed dated Aug. 30, 1906, and recorded in Deed Book 10, page 370, records of James City County, Dec. 25, 1934. The plat was signed by J. M. Cochran, certified civil engineer.","The plat shows a proposed division of the Mrs. C. F. Thompson estate located on Centerville Road in James City County. It was drawn by W. D. Thomas, C.L.S. 579.","The interior lines were sketched from aerial map and survey control. The total acres are approximately 376. The sketch was drawn by J. H. Rock.","The land was conveyed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and John D. Rockefeller III. It was situated in Williamsburg on the south side of York Street. The plat was signed by Randolph V. Carter, certified land surveyor.","The tract was 2½ miles west of Talleysville and contained 232 acres. The name Hugh P. Fisher appears on the back in pencil.","The correspondence references deeds and other land matters, probate estates, taxes, investments, debts, court cases, etc. The approximately eighty items have dates ranging from 1899 to 1953, but most are from the 1920s, '30s, and '40s. Much of the correspondence is addressed to Ashton Dovell, but other local figures are represented as well, including T. H. Geddy, V. M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy, B. I. Jenson, and G. T. Brooks.","There are approximately twenty empty envelopes, most with postage cancellation stamps.","These include estate documents, insurance policies, blank forms, notes, and other ephemera.","This folder contains correspondence, other documents, and a newspaper article relating to the life, death, family, and estate of Walter E. Flanders, including divorce decrees ending three of his marriages. Much of the correspondence is addressed to Ashton Dovell. Flanders was an automobile entrepreneur who owned property near Williamsburg and died in 1923. His son George was a student at William and Mary.","There are fifteen insurance policies, one with seven accompanying receipt books and other miscellaneous items. Most policies were written by agent Gardiner T. Brooks of Williamsburg. The insured include William A. Ashlock, John and Katie Ashlock, Mrs. Mattie P. Geddy, and the Williamsburg Golf and Country Club, Inc.","There are three printed booklets.","Scope and Contents","This 8-page \"Bulletin No. 1\" was published by the Co-Operative Education Association of Virginia.","This 16-page booklet was published by Whittet  Shepperson in Richmond.","This 32-page booklet was published in Richmond by the Securities Division of the State Corporation Commission of Virginia.","There are nine tax, court, and insurance forms, and a 1928 \"Manual for Approved Attorneys\".","This is a Circuit Court of Williamsburg and James City County document certifying the executors of the estate of T. H. Geddy.","There are seven various printed forms with scribbled notes.","There are approximately ninety Chesapeake Corporation pulp wood load measure tickets, with dates in September or October 1935, and with owner's name R. W. Bowmer, B. S. Bowmer, or E. L. Bowmer, or their corresponding initials.","This is a printed invitation to the Annual Home Show Dinner of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, 1 April 1938, with speaker Kenneth Chorley, President of Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.","This series includes promissory notes, bank account books, invoices, receipts, checkbooks, and gold notes.","These include promissory notes, other bank statements, and five small account books. Many of the documents involve V. M. Geddy as executor of the estate of M. L. Slater. The account books belonged to Francis Jerdone, for the period 1909-1930; John A. Barnes, 1919-1936; H. D. Cole, 1931-1936; Mary Lola Barnes, 1933-1936; and T. F. Rogers and B. D. Peachy, executors of Virginia Peachy Rogers, 1946.","There are approximately thirty-five (35) items, many involving Ashton Dovell or V. M. Geddy, either directly or as executor of an estate. Other persons represented include B. I. Jenson, H. D. Cole, and G. T. Brooks. Services invoiced or receipted include poster printing, newspaper advertising, insurance premiums, court fees, taxes, coal delivery, funeral costs, property sales, and legal fees.","These include cancelled checks, blank checks, and checkbooks with both filled-in stubs and blank checks. One large checkbook apparently was used for the account of Martin Thompson's estate, with dates from August 1926 to October 1927; among the documents enclosed in it are a bank statement, a citizenship document (1887), and two stock certificates (1923). A second large checkbook, with the Peninsula Bank and Trust Company of Williamsburg, has dates from September to November 1946.","These are First Mortgage Real Estate gold notes, eight for $1000 each and four for $500 each, all signed by Robert P. Wallace at Williamsburg on June 2, 1930. The gold notes are accompanied by eight groups of cancelled interest payment coupons dated from June 1931 to June 1935."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["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."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation"],"names_coll_ssim":["Colonial Williamsburg Foundation"],"persname_ssim":["Geddy, Vernon M., Jr","Dovell, Grover Ashton, 1885-1949"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Geddy, Vernon M., Jr","Dovell, Grover Ashton, 1885-1949"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":254,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:49:24.142Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9391","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9391","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9391","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9391","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_9391.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Geddy-Harris Archive Records","title_ssm":["Geddy-Harris Archive Records"],"title_tesim":["Geddy-Harris Archive Records"],"unitdate_ssm":["1773-1959","1890-1940"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1773-1959"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1890-1940"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1773/1959, bulk 1890/1940"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Geddy-Harris Archive Records, 1773/1959, bulk 1890/1940"],"text":["Geddy-Harris Archive Records, 1773/1959, bulk 1890/1940","01/Mss. Acc. 2013.112","/repositories/2/resources/9391","James City County (Va.)--History--20th century","New Kent County (Va.)--History","Norfolk County (Va.)--History","Warwick County (Va.)--History","Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century","Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century","Williamsburg (Va.)--Restoration","York County (Va.)--History","James City County (Va.)--History--19th century","King William County (Va.)--History","Legal documents","Deeds","Letters (correspondence)","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.","This collection is arranged in six series: Series 1, Deeds and other legal documents, 1773-1958; Series 2, Abstracts of title, circa 1902-1959; Series 3, Other real estate documents, 1850-1958 and undated; Series 4, Correspondence, 1899-1953 and undated; Series 5, Administrative documents, 1902-1955 and undated; Series 6, Financial documents, 1909-1953.","Acc. 2013.112 was picked up from the donor by Special Collections on 6/14/2013.","The collection was accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in July 2013.  It was further processed by Del Moore, SCRC volunteer, in 2014.  The material was received originally in four banker's boxes: Box 1, Deeds and other legal documents; Box 2, Miscellaneous documents and abstracts of title prepared for Colonial Williamsburg; Boxes 3 and 4, Abstracts of title.","This collection contains deeds, abstracts of title, wills, and other legal documents from the law firm of Geddy, Harris, Franck  Hickman in Williamsburg, Virginia. The bulk of the material consists of abstracts of title to real property located in Williamsburg, Virginia, and nearby counties, including the Historic Area of Colonial Williamsburg, from the 1920s to the 1950s, as well as deeds to properties in Williamsburg and nearby counties from the 1880s to the 1950s.","Stephen D. Harris described this collection as \"deeds, mortgages, deeds of trust, leases and other legal documents prepared by Ashton Dovell, Vernon M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy and numerous other attorneys then practicing in the area.\"  He wrote that \"the total number of legal documents . . . is Five Hundred Forty Nine of which Forty are handwritten either entirely or primarily and the remaining are typographic.\"","Only 512 documents were found in the box. Numbers from 1x to 512x have been penciled on the outside of each folded document, the 'x' to distinguish the numbers from numbers on the Abstracts of Title in another series. A spreadsheet https://wm1693.box.com/s/1v78ugniltighwiexej9ncfar7knq63e has been created with entries for each of the 512 documents, giving number, date, grantor, grantee, type of document, trustee for deeds of trust, location, and Deed Book citation when applicable. More than half of the documents are deeds, about a third are deeds of trust, and the remainder are release deeds, quit-claims, purchase agreements, mortgages, lease agreements, etc. Most of the properties were located in James City County (232), Williamsburg (121), or York County (108). Other locations represented are New Kent (33), King William (6), Warwick (5), and Norfolk (4) counties, Hopewell (2), and Dallas County, Texas (1). The date range is 1881 to 1958. Several other documents were found in the box. These have not been given numbers and are not included in the spreadsheet.","\"Copy of the Will of William Brown, Dec'd of James City County, Virginia dated October 23, 1773 which is of historical interest because it contains numerous provisions making disposition of his extensive land and negro slave holdings.\" [The document is dated \"1776\" on the outside.]","\"Copy of the Will of William Browne, Dec'd of James City County, dated January 31, 1808 which is of historical interest for the same reason as the aforesaid.\"","A handwritten undated letter enclosing a clipping from the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot dated March 25, 1941 from Leopold M. Brown of Norfolk, Virginia to Ashton Dovell.","Abstracts of title, wills, powers of attorney, a petition, and a memorandum of agreement.","The Abstract of Title for a tract known as \"Cappahoosie\" (1125 acres) in Bruton District, York County, was prepared by attorney B. D. Peachy and dated 1902 November 26. Included is a handwritten Supplement also prepared by B. D. Peachy, dated 1903 May 23.","The Abstract of Title is for a parcel (463 acres) sold to Hugh E. Jones and containing two adjoining tracts knows as \"New Hope and College Land\" in James City County, lying immediately west of the College; it was prepared by attorney Robert Armistead.","The report was filed by receiver W. S. Hitchens.","The petition was filed by Steve Sacalis et ux., asking the Court to appoint B. D. Peachy trustee in place of Ashton Dovell, deceased.","This subseries contains Abstracts of Title that are separate from the Abstracts prepared for Colonial Williamsburg (Box 4) and the collection of Abstracts listed in the ledger book in Box 2, Folder 8.","These two lists were attached to, or inside, an original folder containing this collection of Abstracts of Title. The list that was attached to the outside of the folder is headed \"B. D. PEACHY'S ABSTRACTS OF TITLE\"; it has twenty-two items. The dates on these Abstracts range from 1916 to 1952. The properties were in James City County, York County, and Williamsburg. The preparers were B. D. Peachy, T. H. Geddy, V. M. Geddy, Frank Armistead, and the firms Hall, Hall  Peachy; Henley, Hall, Hall  Peachy; and T. H. Geddy  Sons. The Charles L. Rogers Estate document is actually a copy of a deed, with notes for a title search attached. A second list, found inside the folder attached to a piece of cardboard, is headed \"ABSTRACTS OF TITLE – (too large for file cabinet)\"; it contains eleven items. Most of these are in the form of summaries of property records typewritten on the back of stationery sheets. The stationery sheets all indicate an association with Ashton Dovell. Abstracts of Title among the 11 items on this list were prepared by B. D. Peachy, Ashton Dovell, T. H. Geddy, and V. M. Geddy. The dates range from 1921 to 1950. The properties were in James City County, New Kent County, York County, and Williamsburg. All Abstracts noted on both lists were found inside the original folder. The 22 on the first list were filed in the order of the list. The 11 on the second list were filed in front of the 22 and in reverse order of the list. The Abstracts from both lists have been alphabetized in one sequence, and five or six are filed in each of the following folders.","Abstracts of title, in alphabetical order from Lot 55 to Rich Neck Farm.","Following is Stephen D. Harris's description of the ledger book and the collection of folded Abstracts listed in it: \"An alphabetically tabbed (A-Z) ledger file with handwritten notation[s] which appear to be in the handwriting of Mary Inman. There are entries at each tab with a numerical reference by the entry (For example at Tab A '1 Amblers – Babcock, J. A.') From perusing the entries, the highest numerical reference appears to be '479'. In both of the boxes [Box 2 and Box 3] there are folded Abstracts of Title with a handwritten numerical reference on each and from perusing them they appear to run from '1 to 479'. Total number of abstracts is Four Hundred Seventy Nine (479). \"The abstracts of title are mostly in typewritten form although there are several which are handwritten only. They were made in the 1920s to 1950s and the certifying attorneys include those noted above. [T. H. Geddy, Frank Armistead, V. M. Geddy, Ashton Dovell, B. D. Peachy and others] The real properties certified are located in James City County, City of Williamsburg, County of York and other jurisdictions adjoining to the west.\"","The folded Abstracts in the two boxes were not in numerical order, but they now have been filed in numerical order. Box 2 has numbers 1-199. Box 3 has numbers 200-479. The following numbers were not present in the boxes: 17, 23, 43, 59, 75, 89, 99, 127, 132, 145, 183, 186, 190, 195, 196, 197, 198, 202, 204, 233, 249, 257, 260, 270, 271, 278, 292, 302, 313, 315, 355, 396, 403, 405, 406, 411, 413, 414, 416, 427, 439, 441, 445, 446, 453, 454, 455, 457, and 461 The following numbers appear on more than one Abstract in the collection: 3, 6, 8, 9, 14, 35, 69, 76, 80, 108, 110, 119, 134, 136, 181, 192, 217, 252, 262, 276, 301, 326, and 388","This \"Cash\" ledger book has an added label on the front: ABSTRACT OF TITLE. Most Abstracts appear to be entered in the ledger twice – under a personal name, presumably indicating the owner or the person requesting the Abstract, and under a property name or location. A spreadsheet https://wm1693.box.com/s/uvbb7uvby9gfnv08bx49g6zxifj5addl has been created with entries for each of the entries in the ledger, giving Abstract number, primary and secondary entry text, and number of acres, when applicable. A note on the top of the page at Tab A indicates \"See List in back of book for Titles from 1 to 32\". This page had been torn from the book and stapled to the page opposite Tab A. A folded document labeled \"Shellbank restrictive covenants\" is inserted in the ledger book after the S entries. There is an unnumbered entry near the end of the S entries for \"Shellbank – restrictive covenants\".","These two Abstracts of Title were among the collection of numbered Abstracts, but they do not have numbers and do not appear to have entries in the ledger book.","This tract contained 80½ acres in Bruton District, York County. The Abstract was prepared by Sydney Smith, Attorney, for the owner W. L. Schenck.","This tract contained 122.61 acres in Bruton District, York County. The Abstract was prepared by Henley  Henley, Attorneys, for Julius Heier. It was signed on April 7, 1911.","These are mainly onionskin copies of Abstracts of Title prepared by Vernon M. Geddy for W. A. R. Goodwin and the Williamsburg Restoration in the late 1920s.","These four lists were attached to the four original folders containing the Abstracts of Title prepared for the Restoration. The folder lists use either the name of the last owner prior to acquisition by Goodwin or a property name such as Hospital or Theater. The lists are not in any particular order, and the abstracts were not filed in the folders in the order of the lists. The lists are deteriorating; a couple of names have worn away: 'Durfey', at the top of the second section of the list on the first folder; and 'Fowler', the first name on the list for the fourth folder. There are a total of 131 properties named on the four folder lists. Abstracts for fifteen of the listed properties were not present in the four original folders: First folder – Mayo, Cash, Freeman, Brhyn, Graves, Sadie Mahone, and Wolfe; Second folder – Julia W. B. Drew; Third folder – Jackson, Fannie H. Epps, Neale, and Potts; Fourth folder – Shultice, Luttrell–Bourbon, and Casey. There were five Abstracts in the folders that are not listed separately on the folder lists: 1) A second version of the 'Garage: Bland and Beaston' Abstract in the first folder, here alphabetized under 'Bland and Bleasten Garage'; 2) A second property under the name 'Esther R. Davis' in the second folder; 3) A second property under the name 'Lane' in the third folder, owned by Lane, Jr.; 4) An unlisted Abstract dated August 11, 1923, in the third folder, prepared by B. D. Peachy for a property he owned; and, 5) A copy of a 'Theater' Abstract in the fourth folder that is a different version of the 'Theater Property' Abstract. Also filed in this folder (Folder 1) is a single detached sheet that appears to be the last page of an Abstract of Title, with the date 8 February 1928. It was in the second of the original folders. The 121 Abstracts from the four original folders have been alphabetized in one sequence, and six to eight are filed in each of the following folders.","These are documents other than deeds or abstracts of title. They include notes on property records, sale posters, and survey plats.","These notes on deeds, etc., are typewritten on the back of approximately thirty sheets of stationery. The stationery has printed headings for Ashton Dovell, Candidate for Governor of Virginia, 1941; Ashton Dovell, member or speaker of the House of Delegates; or the Roosevelt-Garner-Montague Democratic Club of Williamsburg and Vicinity (Ashton Dovell, President).","These are trustees' and special commissioners' sale posters.","This was the sale of lots 67 and 68 in West Williamsburg, V. M. Geddy, special commissioner.","This was the sale of numerous lots, with improvements, in \"Forest Heights\", Ashton Dovell, trustee.","This was the sale of lot 74 in west Williamsburg and a parcel of land in Jamestown District, James City County, V. M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy, and James T. Carter, special commissioners.","This was the sale of two tracts in Jamestown District, B. I. Jenson, trustee.","This was the sale of a lot and the buildings thereon, including the brick theatre building, frame beer parlor, and frame cleaning and pressing shop, on By-Pass Road, C. M. Hall, trustee.","Ashton Dovell was the special commissioner for this sale.","This was the sale of a portion of lot 45 on Scotland Street in West Williamsburg, Ashton Dovell, special commissioner.","The plat shows parts of \"Powhatan Park\" and the \"Lycoming\" tract in James City County.  It was drawn by Vincent D. McManus, Surveying  Mapping, Williamsburg, Virginia.","The tract was formerly owned by B. C. Howard; the owner in 1920 was Mrs. Cora B. Cole.  It was surveyed for the owner by Sydney Smith.","Drawn by Arthur C. Freeman Jr., CE.","The surveyor was V. D. McManus.","The tract, containing 126.72 acres, was conveyed to S. R. Curtis by B. D. Peachy, special commissioner, by deed dated Aug. 30, 1906, and recorded in Deed Book 10, page 370, records of James City County, Dec. 25, 1934. The plat was signed by J. M. Cochran, certified civil engineer.","The plat shows a proposed division of the Mrs. C. F. Thompson estate located on Centerville Road in James City County. It was drawn by W. D. Thomas, C.L.S. 579.","The interior lines were sketched from aerial map and survey control. The total acres are approximately 376. The sketch was drawn by J. H. Rock.","The land was conveyed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and John D. Rockefeller III. It was situated in Williamsburg on the south side of York Street. The plat was signed by Randolph V. Carter, certified land surveyor.","The tract was 2½ miles west of Talleysville and contained 232 acres. The name Hugh P. Fisher appears on the back in pencil.","The correspondence references deeds and other land matters, probate estates, taxes, investments, debts, court cases, etc. The approximately eighty items have dates ranging from 1899 to 1953, but most are from the 1920s, '30s, and '40s. Much of the correspondence is addressed to Ashton Dovell, but other local figures are represented as well, including T. H. Geddy, V. M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy, B. I. Jenson, and G. T. Brooks.","There are approximately twenty empty envelopes, most with postage cancellation stamps.","These include estate documents, insurance policies, blank forms, notes, and other ephemera.","This folder contains correspondence, other documents, and a newspaper article relating to the life, death, family, and estate of Walter E. Flanders, including divorce decrees ending three of his marriages. Much of the correspondence is addressed to Ashton Dovell. Flanders was an automobile entrepreneur who owned property near Williamsburg and died in 1923. His son George was a student at William and Mary.","There are fifteen insurance policies, one with seven accompanying receipt books and other miscellaneous items. Most policies were written by agent Gardiner T. Brooks of Williamsburg. The insured include William A. Ashlock, John and Katie Ashlock, Mrs. Mattie P. Geddy, and the Williamsburg Golf and Country Club, Inc.","There are three printed booklets.","Scope and Contents","This 8-page \"Bulletin No. 1\" was published by the Co-Operative Education Association of Virginia.","This 16-page booklet was published by Whittet  Shepperson in Richmond.","This 32-page booklet was published in Richmond by the Securities Division of the State Corporation Commission of Virginia.","There are nine tax, court, and insurance forms, and a 1928 \"Manual for Approved Attorneys\".","This is a Circuit Court of Williamsburg and James City County document certifying the executors of the estate of T. H. Geddy.","There are seven various printed forms with scribbled notes.","There are approximately ninety Chesapeake Corporation pulp wood load measure tickets, with dates in September or October 1935, and with owner's name R. W. Bowmer, B. S. Bowmer, or E. L. Bowmer, or their corresponding initials.","This is a printed invitation to the Annual Home Show Dinner of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, 1 April 1938, with speaker Kenneth Chorley, President of Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.","This series includes promissory notes, bank account books, invoices, receipts, checkbooks, and gold notes.","These include promissory notes, other bank statements, and five small account books. Many of the documents involve V. M. Geddy as executor of the estate of M. L. Slater. The account books belonged to Francis Jerdone, for the period 1909-1930; John A. Barnes, 1919-1936; H. D. Cole, 1931-1936; Mary Lola Barnes, 1933-1936; and T. F. Rogers and B. D. Peachy, executors of Virginia Peachy Rogers, 1946.","There are approximately thirty-five (35) items, many involving Ashton Dovell or V. M. Geddy, either directly or as executor of an estate. Other persons represented include B. I. Jenson, H. D. Cole, and G. T. Brooks. Services invoiced or receipted include poster printing, newspaper advertising, insurance premiums, court fees, taxes, coal delivery, funeral costs, property sales, and legal fees.","These include cancelled checks, blank checks, and checkbooks with both filled-in stubs and blank checks. One large checkbook apparently was used for the account of Martin Thompson's estate, with dates from August 1926 to October 1927; among the documents enclosed in it are a bank statement, a citizenship document (1887), and two stock certificates (1923). A second large checkbook, with the Peninsula Bank and Trust Company of Williamsburg, has dates from September to November 1946.","These are First Mortgage Real Estate gold notes, eight for $1000 each and four for $500 each, all signed by Robert P. Wallace at Williamsburg on June 2, 1930. The gold notes are accompanied by eight groups of cancelled interest payment coupons dated from June 1931 to June 1935.","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","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Geddy, Vernon M., Jr","Dovell, Grover Ashton, 1885-1949","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Geddy-Harris Archive Records, 1773/1959, bulk 1890/1940"],"collection_ssim":["Geddy-Harris Archive Records, 1773/1959, bulk 1890/1940"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["01/Mss. Acc. 2013.112","/repositories/2/resources/9391"],"unitid_tesim":["01/Mss. Acc. 2013.112","/repositories/2/resources/9391"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["James City County (Va.)--History--20th century","New Kent County (Va.)--History","Norfolk County (Va.)--History","Warwick County (Va.)--History","Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century","Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century","Williamsburg (Va.)--Restoration","York County (Va.)--History"],"geogname_ssim":["James City County (Va.)--History--20th century","New Kent County (Va.)--History","Norfolk County (Va.)--History","Warwick County (Va.)--History","Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century","Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century","Williamsburg (Va.)--Restoration","York County (Va.)--History"],"places_ssim":["James City County (Va.)--History--20th century","New Kent County (Va.)--History","Norfolk County (Va.)--History","Warwick County (Va.)--History","Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century","Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century","Williamsburg (Va.)--Restoration","York County (Va.)--History"],"creator_ssm":["Geddy, Vernon M., Jr","Dovell, Grover Ashton, 1885-1949"],"creator_ssim":["Geddy, Vernon M., Jr","Dovell, Grover Ashton, 1885-1949"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Geddy, Vernon M., Jr","Dovell, Grover Ashton, 1885-1949"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation"],"creators_ssim":["Geddy, Vernon M., Jr","Dovell, Grover Ashton, 1885-1949","Special Collections Research Center","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation"],"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."],"access_subjects_ssim":["James City County (Va.)--History--19th century","King William County (Va.)--History","Legal documents","Deeds","Letters (correspondence)"],"access_subjects_ssm":["James City County (Va.)--History--19th century","King William County (Va.)--History","Legal documents","Deeds","Letters (correspondence)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["4.20 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["4.20 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Deeds","Letters (correspondence)"],"date_range_isim":[1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\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 arranged in six series: Series 1, Deeds and other legal documents, 1773-1958; Series 2, Abstracts of title, circa 1902-1959; Series 3, Other real estate documents, 1850-1958 and undated; Series 4, Correspondence, 1899-1953 and undated; Series 5, Administrative documents, 1902-1955 and undated; Series 6, Financial documents, 1909-1953.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection is arranged in six series: Series 1, Deeds and other legal documents, 1773-1958; Series 2, Abstracts of title, circa 1902-1959; Series 3, Other real estate documents, 1850-1958 and undated; Series 4, Correspondence, 1899-1953 and undated; Series 5, Administrative documents, 1902-1955 and undated; Series 6, Financial documents, 1909-1953."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003ca href=\"http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Vernon%20M.%20Geddy,%20Jr\u0026amp;quot;\u0026gt;http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Vernon%20M.%20Geddy,%20Jr\u0026amp;lt;/a\u0026amp;gt;.%20%20\u0026lt;/bioghist\u0026gt;%20%20%20\u0026lt;acqinfo%20id=\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003easpace_2701a1813ec47fde6c94bf62bf9739c3\"\u0026gt;\n    ","\u003cp\u003eAcc. 2013.112 was picked up from the donor by Special Collections on 6/14/2013.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information:","Acquisition Information:"],"bioghist_tesim":["Acc. 2013.112 was picked up from the donor by Special Collections on 6/14/2013."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeddy-Harris Archive Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Geddy-Harris Archive Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection was accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in July 2013.  It was further processed by Del Moore, SCRC volunteer, in 2014.  The material was received originally in four banker's boxes: Box 1, Deeds and other legal documents; Box 2, Miscellaneous documents and abstracts of title prepared for Colonial Williamsburg; Boxes 3 and 4, Abstracts of title.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information:"],"processinfo_tesim":["The collection was accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in July 2013.  It was further processed by Del Moore, SCRC volunteer, in 2014.  The material was received originally in four banker's boxes: Box 1, Deeds and other legal documents; Box 2, Miscellaneous documents and abstracts of title prepared for Colonial Williamsburg; Boxes 3 and 4, Abstracts of title."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains deeds, abstracts of title, wills, and other legal documents from the law firm of Geddy, Harris, Franck  Hickman in Williamsburg, Virginia. The bulk of the material consists of abstracts of title to real property located in Williamsburg, Virginia, and nearby counties, including the Historic Area of Colonial Williamsburg, from the 1920s to the 1950s, as well as deeds to properties in Williamsburg and nearby counties from the 1880s to the 1950s.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eStephen D. Harris described this collection as \"deeds, mortgages, deeds of trust, leases and other legal documents prepared by Ashton Dovell, Vernon M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy and numerous other attorneys then practicing in the area.\"  He wrote that \"the total number of legal documents . . . is Five Hundred Forty Nine of which Forty are handwritten either entirely or primarily and the remaining are typographic.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOnly 512 documents were found in the box. Numbers from 1x to 512x have been penciled on the outside of each folded document, the 'x' to distinguish the numbers from numbers on the Abstracts of Title in another series. A spreadsheet https://wm1693.box.com/s/1v78ugniltighwiexej9ncfar7knq63e has been created with entries for each of the 512 documents, giving number, date, grantor, grantee, type of document, trustee for deeds of trust, location, and Deed Book citation when applicable. More than half of the documents are deeds, about a third are deeds of trust, and the remainder are release deeds, quit-claims, purchase agreements, mortgages, lease agreements, etc. Most of the properties were located in James City County (232), Williamsburg (121), or York County (108). Other locations represented are New Kent (33), King William (6), Warwick (5), and Norfolk (4) counties, Hopewell (2), and Dallas County, Texas (1). The date range is 1881 to 1958. Several other documents were found in the box. These have not been given numbers and are not included in the spreadsheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Copy of the Will of William Brown, Dec'd of James City County, Virginia dated October 23, 1773 which is of historical interest because it contains numerous provisions making disposition of his extensive land and negro slave holdings.\" [The document is dated \"1776\" on the outside.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Copy of the Will of William Browne, Dec'd of James City County, dated January 31, 1808 which is of historical interest for the same reason as the aforesaid.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA handwritten undated letter enclosing a clipping from the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot dated March 25, 1941 from Leopold M. Brown of Norfolk, Virginia to Ashton Dovell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbstracts of title, wills, powers of attorney, a petition, and a memorandum of agreement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Abstract of Title for a tract known as \"Cappahoosie\" (1125 acres) in Bruton District, York County, was prepared by attorney B. D. Peachy and dated 1902 November 26. Included is a handwritten Supplement also prepared by B. D. Peachy, dated 1903 May 23.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Abstract of Title is for a parcel (463 acres) sold to Hugh E. Jones and containing two adjoining tracts knows as \"New Hope and College Land\" in James City County, lying immediately west of the College; it was prepared by attorney Robert Armistead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe report was filed by receiver W. S. Hitchens.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe petition was filed by Steve Sacalis et ux., asking the Court to appoint B. D. Peachy trustee in place of Ashton Dovell, deceased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries contains Abstracts of Title that are separate from the Abstracts prepared for Colonial Williamsburg (Box 4) and the collection of Abstracts listed in the ledger book in Box 2, Folder 8.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese two lists were attached to, or inside, an original folder containing this collection of Abstracts of Title. The list that was attached to the outside of the folder is headed \"B. D. PEACHY'S ABSTRACTS OF TITLE\"; it has twenty-two items. The dates on these Abstracts range from 1916 to 1952. The properties were in James City County, York County, and Williamsburg. The preparers were B. D. Peachy, T. H. Geddy, V. M. Geddy, Frank Armistead, and the firms Hall, Hall  Peachy; Henley, Hall, Hall  Peachy; and T. H. Geddy  Sons. The Charles L. Rogers Estate document is actually a copy of a deed, with notes for a title search attached. A second list, found inside the folder attached to a piece of cardboard, is headed \"ABSTRACTS OF TITLE – (too large for file cabinet)\"; it contains eleven items. Most of these are in the form of summaries of property records typewritten on the back of stationery sheets. The stationery sheets all indicate an association with Ashton Dovell. Abstracts of Title among the 11 items on this list were prepared by B. D. Peachy, Ashton Dovell, T. H. Geddy, and V. M. Geddy. The dates range from 1921 to 1950. The properties were in James City County, New Kent County, York County, and Williamsburg. All Abstracts noted on both lists were found inside the original folder. The 22 on the first list were filed in the order of the list. The 11 on the second list were filed in front of the 22 and in reverse order of the list. The Abstracts from both lists have been alphabetized in one sequence, and five or six are filed in each of the following folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbstracts of title, in alphabetical order from Lot 55 to Rich Neck Farm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing is Stephen D. Harris's description of the ledger book and the collection of folded Abstracts listed in it: \"An alphabetically tabbed (A-Z) ledger file with handwritten notation[s] which appear to be in the handwriting of Mary Inman. There are entries at each tab with a numerical reference by the entry (For example at Tab A '1 Amblers – Babcock, J. A.') From perusing the entries, the highest numerical reference appears to be '479'. In both of the boxes [Box 2 and Box 3] there are folded Abstracts of Title with a handwritten numerical reference on each and from perusing them they appear to run from '1 to 479'. Total number of abstracts is Four Hundred Seventy Nine (479). \"The abstracts of title are mostly in typewritten form although there are several which are handwritten only. They were made in the 1920s to 1950s and the certifying attorneys include those noted above. [T. H. Geddy, Frank Armistead, V. M. Geddy, Ashton Dovell, B. D. Peachy and others] The real properties certified are located in James City County, City of Williamsburg, County of York and other jurisdictions adjoining to the west.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe folded Abstracts in the two boxes were not in numerical order, but they now have been filed in numerical order. Box 2 has numbers 1-199. Box 3 has numbers 200-479. The following numbers were not present in the boxes: 17, 23, 43, 59, 75, 89, 99, 127, 132, 145, 183, 186, 190, 195, 196, 197, 198, 202, 204, 233, 249, 257, 260, 270, 271, 278, 292, 302, 313, 315, 355, 396, 403, 405, 406, 411, 413, 414, 416, 427, 439, 441, 445, 446, 453, 454, 455, 457, and 461 The following numbers appear on more than one Abstract in the collection: 3, 6, 8, 9, 14, 35, 69, 76, 80, 108, 110, 119, 134, 136, 181, 192, 217, 252, 262, 276, 301, 326, and 388\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis \"Cash\" ledger book has an added label on the front: ABSTRACT OF TITLE. Most Abstracts appear to be entered in the ledger twice – under a personal name, presumably indicating the owner or the person requesting the Abstract, and under a property name or location. A spreadsheet https://wm1693.box.com/s/uvbb7uvby9gfnv08bx49g6zxifj5addl has been created with entries for each of the entries in the ledger, giving Abstract number, primary and secondary entry text, and number of acres, when applicable. A note on the top of the page at Tab A indicates \"See List in back of book for Titles from 1 to 32\". This page had been torn from the book and stapled to the page opposite Tab A. A folded document labeled \"Shellbank restrictive covenants\" is inserted in the ledger book after the S entries. There is an unnumbered entry near the end of the S entries for \"Shellbank – restrictive covenants\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese two Abstracts of Title were among the collection of numbered Abstracts, but they do not have numbers and do not appear to have entries in the ledger book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis tract contained 80½ acres in Bruton District, York County. The Abstract was prepared by Sydney Smith, Attorney, for the owner W. L. Schenck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis tract contained 122.61 acres in Bruton District, York County. The Abstract was prepared by Henley  Henley, Attorneys, for Julius Heier. It was signed on April 7, 1911.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese are mainly onionskin copies of Abstracts of Title prepared by Vernon M. Geddy for W. A. R. Goodwin and the Williamsburg Restoration in the late 1920s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese four lists were attached to the four original folders containing the Abstracts of Title prepared for the Restoration. The folder lists use either the name of the last owner prior to acquisition by Goodwin or a property name such as Hospital or Theater. The lists are not in any particular order, and the abstracts were not filed in the folders in the order of the lists. The lists are deteriorating; a couple of names have worn away: 'Durfey', at the top of the second section of the list on the first folder; and 'Fowler', the first name on the list for the fourth folder. There are a total of 131 properties named on the four folder lists. Abstracts for fifteen of the listed properties were not present in the four original folders: First folder – Mayo, Cash, Freeman, Brhyn, Graves, Sadie Mahone, and Wolfe; Second folder – Julia W. B. Drew; Third folder – Jackson, Fannie H. Epps, Neale, and Potts; Fourth folder – Shultice, Luttrell–Bourbon, and Casey. There were five Abstracts in the folders that are not listed separately on the folder lists: 1) A second version of the 'Garage: Bland and Beaston' Abstract in the first folder, here alphabetized under 'Bland and Bleasten Garage'; 2) A second property under the name 'Esther R. Davis' in the second folder; 3) A second property under the name 'Lane' in the third folder, owned by Lane, Jr.; 4) An unlisted Abstract dated August 11, 1923, in the third folder, prepared by B. D. Peachy for a property he owned; and, 5) A copy of a 'Theater' Abstract in the fourth folder that is a different version of the 'Theater Property' Abstract. Also filed in this folder (Folder 1) is a single detached sheet that appears to be the last page of an Abstract of Title, with the date 8 February 1928. It was in the second of the original folders. The 121 Abstracts from the four original folders have been alphabetized in one sequence, and six to eight are filed in each of the following folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese are documents other than deeds or abstracts of title. They include notes on property records, sale posters, and survey plats.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese notes on deeds, etc., are typewritten on the back of approximately thirty sheets of stationery. The stationery has printed headings for Ashton Dovell, Candidate for Governor of Virginia, 1941; Ashton Dovell, member or speaker of the House of Delegates; or the Roosevelt-Garner-Montague Democratic Club of Williamsburg and Vicinity (Ashton Dovell, President).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese are trustees' and special commissioners' sale posters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis was the sale of lots 67 and 68 in West Williamsburg, V. M. Geddy, special commissioner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis was the sale of numerous lots, with improvements, in \"Forest Heights\", Ashton Dovell, trustee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis was the sale of lot 74 in west Williamsburg and a parcel of land in Jamestown District, James City County, V. M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy, and James T. Carter, special commissioners.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis was the sale of two tracts in Jamestown District, B. I. Jenson, trustee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis was the sale of a lot and the buildings thereon, including the brick theatre building, frame beer parlor, and frame cleaning and pressing shop, on By-Pass Road, C. M. Hall, trustee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAshton Dovell was the special commissioner for this sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis was the sale of a portion of lot 45 on Scotland Street in West Williamsburg, Ashton Dovell, special commissioner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe plat shows parts of \"Powhatan Park\" and the \"Lycoming\" tract in James City County.  It was drawn by Vincent D. McManus, Surveying  Mapping, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe tract was formerly owned by B. C. Howard; the owner in 1920 was Mrs. Cora B. Cole.  It was surveyed for the owner by Sydney Smith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawn by Arthur C. Freeman Jr., CE.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe surveyor was V. D. McManus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe tract, containing 126.72 acres, was conveyed to S. R. Curtis by B. D. Peachy, special commissioner, by deed dated Aug. 30, 1906, and recorded in Deed Book 10, page 370, records of James City County, Dec. 25, 1934. The plat was signed by J. M. Cochran, certified civil engineer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe plat shows a proposed division of the Mrs. C. F. Thompson estate located on Centerville Road in James City County. It was drawn by W. D. Thomas, C.L.S. 579.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe interior lines were sketched from aerial map and survey control. The total acres are approximately 376. The sketch was drawn by J. H. Rock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe land was conveyed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and John D. Rockefeller III. It was situated in Williamsburg on the south side of York Street. The plat was signed by Randolph V. Carter, certified land surveyor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe tract was 2½ miles west of Talleysville and contained 232 acres. The name Hugh P. Fisher appears on the back in pencil.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence references deeds and other land matters, probate estates, taxes, investments, debts, court cases, etc. The approximately eighty items have dates ranging from 1899 to 1953, but most are from the 1920s, '30s, and '40s. Much of the correspondence is addressed to Ashton Dovell, but other local figures are represented as well, including T. H. Geddy, V. M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy, B. I. Jenson, and G. T. Brooks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are approximately twenty empty envelopes, most with postage cancellation stamps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese include estate documents, insurance policies, blank forms, notes, and other ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains correspondence, other documents, and a newspaper article relating to the life, death, family, and estate of Walter E. Flanders, including divorce decrees ending three of his marriages. Much of the correspondence is addressed to Ashton Dovell. Flanders was an automobile entrepreneur who owned property near Williamsburg and died in 1923. His son George was a student at William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are fifteen insurance policies, one with seven accompanying receipt books and other miscellaneous items. Most policies were written by agent Gardiner T. Brooks of Williamsburg. The insured include William A. Ashlock, John and Katie Ashlock, Mrs. Mattie P. Geddy, and the Williamsburg Golf and Country Club, Inc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are three printed booklets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis 8-page \"Bulletin No. 1\" was published by the Co-Operative Education Association of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis 16-page booklet was published by Whittet  Shepperson in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis 32-page booklet was published in Richmond by the Securities Division of the State Corporation Commission of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are nine tax, court, and insurance forms, and a 1928 \"Manual for Approved Attorneys\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is a Circuit Court of Williamsburg and James City County document certifying the executors of the estate of T. H. Geddy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are seven various printed forms with scribbled notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are approximately ninety Chesapeake Corporation pulp wood load measure tickets, with dates in September or October 1935, and with owner's name R. W. Bowmer, B. S. Bowmer, or E. L. Bowmer, or their corresponding initials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is a printed invitation to the Annual Home Show Dinner of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, 1 April 1938, with speaker Kenneth Chorley, President of Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes promissory notes, bank account books, invoices, receipts, checkbooks, and gold notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese include promissory notes, other bank statements, and five small account books. Many of the documents involve V. M. Geddy as executor of the estate of M. L. Slater. The account books belonged to Francis Jerdone, for the period 1909-1930; John A. Barnes, 1919-1936; H. D. Cole, 1931-1936; Mary Lola Barnes, 1933-1936; and T. F. Rogers and B. D. Peachy, executors of Virginia Peachy Rogers, 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are approximately thirty-five (35) items, many involving Ashton Dovell or V. M. Geddy, either directly or as executor of an estate. Other persons represented include B. I. Jenson, H. D. Cole, and G. T. Brooks. Services invoiced or receipted include poster printing, newspaper advertising, insurance premiums, court fees, taxes, coal delivery, funeral costs, property sales, and legal fees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese include cancelled checks, blank checks, and checkbooks with both filled-in stubs and blank checks. One large checkbook apparently was used for the account of Martin Thompson's estate, with dates from August 1926 to October 1927; among the documents enclosed in it are a bank statement, a citizenship document (1887), and two stock certificates (1923). A second large checkbook, with the Peninsula Bank and Trust Company of Williamsburg, has dates from September to November 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese are First Mortgage Real Estate gold notes, eight for $1000 each and four for $500 each, all signed by Robert P. Wallace at Williamsburg on June 2, 1930. The gold notes are accompanied by eight groups of cancelled interest payment coupons dated from June 1931 to June 1935.\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains deeds, abstracts of title, wills, and other legal documents from the law firm of Geddy, Harris, Franck  Hickman in Williamsburg, Virginia. The bulk of the material consists of abstracts of title to real property located in Williamsburg, Virginia, and nearby counties, including the Historic Area of Colonial Williamsburg, from the 1920s to the 1950s, as well as deeds to properties in Williamsburg and nearby counties from the 1880s to the 1950s.","Stephen D. Harris described this collection as \"deeds, mortgages, deeds of trust, leases and other legal documents prepared by Ashton Dovell, Vernon M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy and numerous other attorneys then practicing in the area.\"  He wrote that \"the total number of legal documents . . . is Five Hundred Forty Nine of which Forty are handwritten either entirely or primarily and the remaining are typographic.\"","Only 512 documents were found in the box. Numbers from 1x to 512x have been penciled on the outside of each folded document, the 'x' to distinguish the numbers from numbers on the Abstracts of Title in another series. A spreadsheet https://wm1693.box.com/s/1v78ugniltighwiexej9ncfar7knq63e has been created with entries for each of the 512 documents, giving number, date, grantor, grantee, type of document, trustee for deeds of trust, location, and Deed Book citation when applicable. More than half of the documents are deeds, about a third are deeds of trust, and the remainder are release deeds, quit-claims, purchase agreements, mortgages, lease agreements, etc. Most of the properties were located in James City County (232), Williamsburg (121), or York County (108). Other locations represented are New Kent (33), King William (6), Warwick (5), and Norfolk (4) counties, Hopewell (2), and Dallas County, Texas (1). The date range is 1881 to 1958. Several other documents were found in the box. These have not been given numbers and are not included in the spreadsheet.","\"Copy of the Will of William Brown, Dec'd of James City County, Virginia dated October 23, 1773 which is of historical interest because it contains numerous provisions making disposition of his extensive land and negro slave holdings.\" [The document is dated \"1776\" on the outside.]","\"Copy of the Will of William Browne, Dec'd of James City County, dated January 31, 1808 which is of historical interest for the same reason as the aforesaid.\"","A handwritten undated letter enclosing a clipping from the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot dated March 25, 1941 from Leopold M. Brown of Norfolk, Virginia to Ashton Dovell.","Abstracts of title, wills, powers of attorney, a petition, and a memorandum of agreement.","The Abstract of Title for a tract known as \"Cappahoosie\" (1125 acres) in Bruton District, York County, was prepared by attorney B. D. Peachy and dated 1902 November 26. Included is a handwritten Supplement also prepared by B. D. Peachy, dated 1903 May 23.","The Abstract of Title is for a parcel (463 acres) sold to Hugh E. Jones and containing two adjoining tracts knows as \"New Hope and College Land\" in James City County, lying immediately west of the College; it was prepared by attorney Robert Armistead.","The report was filed by receiver W. S. Hitchens.","The petition was filed by Steve Sacalis et ux., asking the Court to appoint B. D. Peachy trustee in place of Ashton Dovell, deceased.","This subseries contains Abstracts of Title that are separate from the Abstracts prepared for Colonial Williamsburg (Box 4) and the collection of Abstracts listed in the ledger book in Box 2, Folder 8.","These two lists were attached to, or inside, an original folder containing this collection of Abstracts of Title. The list that was attached to the outside of the folder is headed \"B. D. PEACHY'S ABSTRACTS OF TITLE\"; it has twenty-two items. The dates on these Abstracts range from 1916 to 1952. The properties were in James City County, York County, and Williamsburg. The preparers were B. D. Peachy, T. H. Geddy, V. M. Geddy, Frank Armistead, and the firms Hall, Hall  Peachy; Henley, Hall, Hall  Peachy; and T. H. Geddy  Sons. The Charles L. Rogers Estate document is actually a copy of a deed, with notes for a title search attached. A second list, found inside the folder attached to a piece of cardboard, is headed \"ABSTRACTS OF TITLE – (too large for file cabinet)\"; it contains eleven items. Most of these are in the form of summaries of property records typewritten on the back of stationery sheets. The stationery sheets all indicate an association with Ashton Dovell. Abstracts of Title among the 11 items on this list were prepared by B. D. Peachy, Ashton Dovell, T. H. Geddy, and V. M. Geddy. The dates range from 1921 to 1950. The properties were in James City County, New Kent County, York County, and Williamsburg. All Abstracts noted on both lists were found inside the original folder. The 22 on the first list were filed in the order of the list. The 11 on the second list were filed in front of the 22 and in reverse order of the list. The Abstracts from both lists have been alphabetized in one sequence, and five or six are filed in each of the following folders.","Abstracts of title, in alphabetical order from Lot 55 to Rich Neck Farm.","Following is Stephen D. Harris's description of the ledger book and the collection of folded Abstracts listed in it: \"An alphabetically tabbed (A-Z) ledger file with handwritten notation[s] which appear to be in the handwriting of Mary Inman. There are entries at each tab with a numerical reference by the entry (For example at Tab A '1 Amblers – Babcock, J. A.') From perusing the entries, the highest numerical reference appears to be '479'. In both of the boxes [Box 2 and Box 3] there are folded Abstracts of Title with a handwritten numerical reference on each and from perusing them they appear to run from '1 to 479'. Total number of abstracts is Four Hundred Seventy Nine (479). \"The abstracts of title are mostly in typewritten form although there are several which are handwritten only. They were made in the 1920s to 1950s and the certifying attorneys include those noted above. [T. H. Geddy, Frank Armistead, V. M. Geddy, Ashton Dovell, B. D. Peachy and others] The real properties certified are located in James City County, City of Williamsburg, County of York and other jurisdictions adjoining to the west.\"","The folded Abstracts in the two boxes were not in numerical order, but they now have been filed in numerical order. Box 2 has numbers 1-199. Box 3 has numbers 200-479. The following numbers were not present in the boxes: 17, 23, 43, 59, 75, 89, 99, 127, 132, 145, 183, 186, 190, 195, 196, 197, 198, 202, 204, 233, 249, 257, 260, 270, 271, 278, 292, 302, 313, 315, 355, 396, 403, 405, 406, 411, 413, 414, 416, 427, 439, 441, 445, 446, 453, 454, 455, 457, and 461 The following numbers appear on more than one Abstract in the collection: 3, 6, 8, 9, 14, 35, 69, 76, 80, 108, 110, 119, 134, 136, 181, 192, 217, 252, 262, 276, 301, 326, and 388","This \"Cash\" ledger book has an added label on the front: ABSTRACT OF TITLE. Most Abstracts appear to be entered in the ledger twice – under a personal name, presumably indicating the owner or the person requesting the Abstract, and under a property name or location. A spreadsheet https://wm1693.box.com/s/uvbb7uvby9gfnv08bx49g6zxifj5addl has been created with entries for each of the entries in the ledger, giving Abstract number, primary and secondary entry text, and number of acres, when applicable. A note on the top of the page at Tab A indicates \"See List in back of book for Titles from 1 to 32\". This page had been torn from the book and stapled to the page opposite Tab A. A folded document labeled \"Shellbank restrictive covenants\" is inserted in the ledger book after the S entries. There is an unnumbered entry near the end of the S entries for \"Shellbank – restrictive covenants\".","These two Abstracts of Title were among the collection of numbered Abstracts, but they do not have numbers and do not appear to have entries in the ledger book.","This tract contained 80½ acres in Bruton District, York County. The Abstract was prepared by Sydney Smith, Attorney, for the owner W. L. Schenck.","This tract contained 122.61 acres in Bruton District, York County. The Abstract was prepared by Henley  Henley, Attorneys, for Julius Heier. It was signed on April 7, 1911.","These are mainly onionskin copies of Abstracts of Title prepared by Vernon M. Geddy for W. A. R. Goodwin and the Williamsburg Restoration in the late 1920s.","These four lists were attached to the four original folders containing the Abstracts of Title prepared for the Restoration. The folder lists use either the name of the last owner prior to acquisition by Goodwin or a property name such as Hospital or Theater. The lists are not in any particular order, and the abstracts were not filed in the folders in the order of the lists. The lists are deteriorating; a couple of names have worn away: 'Durfey', at the top of the second section of the list on the first folder; and 'Fowler', the first name on the list for the fourth folder. There are a total of 131 properties named on the four folder lists. Abstracts for fifteen of the listed properties were not present in the four original folders: First folder – Mayo, Cash, Freeman, Brhyn, Graves, Sadie Mahone, and Wolfe; Second folder – Julia W. B. Drew; Third folder – Jackson, Fannie H. Epps, Neale, and Potts; Fourth folder – Shultice, Luttrell–Bourbon, and Casey. There were five Abstracts in the folders that are not listed separately on the folder lists: 1) A second version of the 'Garage: Bland and Beaston' Abstract in the first folder, here alphabetized under 'Bland and Bleasten Garage'; 2) A second property under the name 'Esther R. Davis' in the second folder; 3) A second property under the name 'Lane' in the third folder, owned by Lane, Jr.; 4) An unlisted Abstract dated August 11, 1923, in the third folder, prepared by B. D. Peachy for a property he owned; and, 5) A copy of a 'Theater' Abstract in the fourth folder that is a different version of the 'Theater Property' Abstract. Also filed in this folder (Folder 1) is a single detached sheet that appears to be the last page of an Abstract of Title, with the date 8 February 1928. It was in the second of the original folders. The 121 Abstracts from the four original folders have been alphabetized in one sequence, and six to eight are filed in each of the following folders.","These are documents other than deeds or abstracts of title. They include notes on property records, sale posters, and survey plats.","These notes on deeds, etc., are typewritten on the back of approximately thirty sheets of stationery. The stationery has printed headings for Ashton Dovell, Candidate for Governor of Virginia, 1941; Ashton Dovell, member or speaker of the House of Delegates; or the Roosevelt-Garner-Montague Democratic Club of Williamsburg and Vicinity (Ashton Dovell, President).","These are trustees' and special commissioners' sale posters.","This was the sale of lots 67 and 68 in West Williamsburg, V. M. Geddy, special commissioner.","This was the sale of numerous lots, with improvements, in \"Forest Heights\", Ashton Dovell, trustee.","This was the sale of lot 74 in west Williamsburg and a parcel of land in Jamestown District, James City County, V. M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy, and James T. Carter, special commissioners.","This was the sale of two tracts in Jamestown District, B. I. Jenson, trustee.","This was the sale of a lot and the buildings thereon, including the brick theatre building, frame beer parlor, and frame cleaning and pressing shop, on By-Pass Road, C. M. Hall, trustee.","Ashton Dovell was the special commissioner for this sale.","This was the sale of a portion of lot 45 on Scotland Street in West Williamsburg, Ashton Dovell, special commissioner.","The plat shows parts of \"Powhatan Park\" and the \"Lycoming\" tract in James City County.  It was drawn by Vincent D. McManus, Surveying  Mapping, Williamsburg, Virginia.","The tract was formerly owned by B. C. Howard; the owner in 1920 was Mrs. Cora B. Cole.  It was surveyed for the owner by Sydney Smith.","Drawn by Arthur C. Freeman Jr., CE.","The surveyor was V. D. McManus.","The tract, containing 126.72 acres, was conveyed to S. R. Curtis by B. D. Peachy, special commissioner, by deed dated Aug. 30, 1906, and recorded in Deed Book 10, page 370, records of James City County, Dec. 25, 1934. The plat was signed by J. M. Cochran, certified civil engineer.","The plat shows a proposed division of the Mrs. C. F. Thompson estate located on Centerville Road in James City County. It was drawn by W. D. Thomas, C.L.S. 579.","The interior lines were sketched from aerial map and survey control. The total acres are approximately 376. The sketch was drawn by J. H. Rock.","The land was conveyed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and John D. Rockefeller III. It was situated in Williamsburg on the south side of York Street. The plat was signed by Randolph V. Carter, certified land surveyor.","The tract was 2½ miles west of Talleysville and contained 232 acres. The name Hugh P. Fisher appears on the back in pencil.","The correspondence references deeds and other land matters, probate estates, taxes, investments, debts, court cases, etc. The approximately eighty items have dates ranging from 1899 to 1953, but most are from the 1920s, '30s, and '40s. Much of the correspondence is addressed to Ashton Dovell, but other local figures are represented as well, including T. H. Geddy, V. M. Geddy, B. D. Peachy, B. I. Jenson, and G. T. Brooks.","There are approximately twenty empty envelopes, most with postage cancellation stamps.","These include estate documents, insurance policies, blank forms, notes, and other ephemera.","This folder contains correspondence, other documents, and a newspaper article relating to the life, death, family, and estate of Walter E. Flanders, including divorce decrees ending three of his marriages. Much of the correspondence is addressed to Ashton Dovell. Flanders was an automobile entrepreneur who owned property near Williamsburg and died in 1923. His son George was a student at William and Mary.","There are fifteen insurance policies, one with seven accompanying receipt books and other miscellaneous items. Most policies were written by agent Gardiner T. Brooks of Williamsburg. The insured include William A. Ashlock, John and Katie Ashlock, Mrs. Mattie P. Geddy, and the Williamsburg Golf and Country Club, Inc.","There are three printed booklets.","Scope and Contents","This 8-page \"Bulletin No. 1\" was published by the Co-Operative Education Association of Virginia.","This 16-page booklet was published by Whittet  Shepperson in Richmond.","This 32-page booklet was published in Richmond by the Securities Division of the State Corporation Commission of Virginia.","There are nine tax, court, and insurance forms, and a 1928 \"Manual for Approved Attorneys\".","This is a Circuit Court of Williamsburg and James City County document certifying the executors of the estate of T. H. Geddy.","There are seven various printed forms with scribbled notes.","There are approximately ninety Chesapeake Corporation pulp wood load measure tickets, with dates in September or October 1935, and with owner's name R. W. Bowmer, B. S. Bowmer, or E. L. Bowmer, or their corresponding initials.","This is a printed invitation to the Annual Home Show Dinner of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, 1 April 1938, with speaker Kenneth Chorley, President of Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.","This series includes promissory notes, bank account books, invoices, receipts, checkbooks, and gold notes.","These include promissory notes, other bank statements, and five small account books. Many of the documents involve V. M. Geddy as executor of the estate of M. L. Slater. The account books belonged to Francis Jerdone, for the period 1909-1930; John A. Barnes, 1919-1936; H. D. Cole, 1931-1936; Mary Lola Barnes, 1933-1936; and T. F. Rogers and B. D. Peachy, executors of Virginia Peachy Rogers, 1946.","There are approximately thirty-five (35) items, many involving Ashton Dovell or V. M. Geddy, either directly or as executor of an estate. Other persons represented include B. I. Jenson, H. D. Cole, and G. T. Brooks. Services invoiced or receipted include poster printing, newspaper advertising, insurance premiums, court fees, taxes, coal delivery, funeral costs, property sales, and legal fees.","These include cancelled checks, blank checks, and checkbooks with both filled-in stubs and blank checks. One large checkbook apparently was used for the account of Martin Thompson's estate, with dates from August 1926 to October 1927; among the documents enclosed in it are a bank statement, a citizenship document (1887), and two stock certificates (1923). A second large checkbook, with the Peninsula Bank and Trust Company of Williamsburg, has dates from September to November 1946.","These are First Mortgage Real Estate gold notes, eight for $1000 each and four for $500 each, all signed by Robert P. Wallace at Williamsburg on June 2, 1930. The gold notes are accompanied by eight groups of cancelled interest payment coupons dated from June 1931 to June 1935."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["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."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation"],"names_coll_ssim":["Colonial Williamsburg Foundation"],"persname_ssim":["Geddy, Vernon M., Jr","Dovell, Grover Ashton, 1885-1949"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Geddy, Vernon M., Jr","Dovell, Grover Ashton, 1885-1949"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":254,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:49:24.142Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9391"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_2433","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Gregory Family papers, 1829/1920, bulk 1880/1900","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_2433#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Gregory family.","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_2433#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Gregory Family papers follow the family of Virginia Governor John Munford Gregory and wife Amanda Wallace through three generations with letters dating from the 1820's to the 1920's. Most items are letters between family members and grant insight into the daily activities and concerns of the Gregory family. The collection also includes correspondence between members of the Gregory family and other acquaintances, including members of the John Tyler family. While most letters are of a personal nature, some also touch on the issues of politics, education, religion, and agriculture. The collection is rich in genealogical information on the Gregory family and related Croshaw, Graves, West, and White families, as well as history of the family's war involvement. In addition to letters, the collection includes newspaper articles, family documents, and two diaries kept by John M. Gregory's daughter, Mattie Galbraith, in the late 1870's. 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Governor (1842-1843 : Gregory)","Carte de visite photographs","Correspondence","Diaries","Newspapers","Photographs","Tintypes (prints)","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.","The collection is arranged in order by type of material (Correspondence, Papers, Genealogy, Legal, Newspapers and Photographs) or accession followed by individual, date or family name where applicable. Material is in chronological order within folders.","Accessioned and processed by Susan Riggs and Emily Eklund.","The Gregory Family papers follow the family of Virginia Governor John Munford Gregory and wife Amanda Wallace through three generations with letters dating from the 1820's to the 1920's. Most items are letters between family members and grant insight into the daily activities and concerns of the Gregory family. The collection also includes correspondence between members of the Gregory family and other acquaintances, including members of the John Tyler family. While most letters are of a personal nature, some also touch on the issues of politics, education, religion, and agriculture. The collection is rich in genealogical information on the Gregory family and related Croshaw, Graves, West, and White families, as well as history of the family's war involvement. In addition to letters, the collection includes newspaper articles, family documents, and two diaries kept by John M. Gregory's daughter, Mattie Galbraith, in the late 1870's. There are also seven cased images of members of the Gregory Family, including Amanda Wallace Gregory, Amanda's sister (Elizabeth Christie Powell), William Wallace Gregory, and Mary \"Mollie\" Gregory.","Letters written to Letty Galbraith from family members. February 22, 1893 letter from Lettie Gregory (her aunt), with a note from Amanda Wallace Gregory, about family, health, sleep and diet. February 28, 1894 letter from John M. Gregory to Letty \"Missy\" Galbraith about the death of Amanda Wallace Gregory, the visit of Missy and California. March 16, 1894, letter from John Gregory to Letty \"Missy\" Galbraith about her illness, his children and the benefits of the California climate. September 14, [1920's], postcard picturing the Gloucester Courthouse from Elisabeth W. B. about the John M. Gregory table. 4 items.","Letters written to Mattie Galbraith from Amanda Wallace Gregory (mother), [Cousin] T. B., John M. Gregory (brother), Greg M.W., M.E. (brother-in-law), Mille A.A. and Margaret (sister). Topics include the death of Amanda (Mattie's child), family, gifts, visitors, illnesses, religion, Robert D. Galbraith's confirmation, Amanda Gregory's eye trouble, Mattie's children, J.M. Gregory's Civil War service, Captain Wallace, General Stonewall Jackson, Amanda Gregory's grandchildren, a controversial marriage, weather, household concerns, African Americans, baptisms, deaths, travel plans, dressmaking, cherry harvest, public schooling, genealogy, a recent photograph, price of potatoes and refrigerators, scandal, Bishop's visit, Mr. Tyler's visit, benefits of \"Hyperphosphites,\" valentines, death of Betty C., seasonal fruit/flowers, scrapbooks, serious illness of Rob (Mattie's son) and alcohol. 22 letters.","Letters written to Mattie Galbraith from Eva Gregory (sister-in-law), T.T.C. Gregory (nephew), Thomas Gregory (nephew), Laura R.G. May, Truxton Gregory (nephew), [Cousin] A. Nilsen (?), John M. Gregory (brother) and Letty Galbraith (cousin). Topics include the importance of education, Stanford University, Fourth of July festivities, Christmas, house fire, holiday events, honor code at Stanford, Eva Gregory's description of her children and request for advice on hiring Chinese vs. Japanese servant, Tom's professor to visit Mattie's town, John Gregory's graduation from Stanford, career plans of Tom and John, D. Smith, Charley Doyle, yachting trip, death of Sympathy (Mattie's daughter), Truxton's Christmas present ring, Truxton's baseball team, Ladies Home Journal, Christmas, childhood reminiscences and illnesses. Descriptions of a few letters: January 1897 letter from S.G. Tyler; January 1897 letter from Eva Gregory about her fears of house burning and comments on her children and husband with a note from Eva's son, Alfred, to Cousin Gregory; February 1897 letter on the Gregory family military record from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War; March 1897 letter from Eva Gregory about Gertrude's brother's visit and illness, a death in the Gregory Family, an earthquake, opinions on women's rights, upcoming vote and her son at Stanford University. June 1899 includes several letters about the death of Eva Gregory's son, John M. Gregory, Jr., from an accident. Includes obituary, comments on death, funeral, grief and community response. 17 letters.","Letters written to Mattie Galbraith from William T. Clapers (?), T.T.C. Gregory, Gertrude Gregory, Eva Gregory (wife of nephew T.T.C Gregory) and J.E.B. Topics include an earthquake in 1906, Gertrude's house burning down and her move to the \"family house,\" political campaign in Suisun, California with T.T.C.'s reelection and his important trial, Eva Gregory's homesickness and isolation, the railroad and the Jefferson Davis Chapter. A 1906 (?) letter concerns Gregory genealogy, records in Richmond, Colonial Dames, Daughters of the Revolution and Daughters of the Confederacy with a transcribed letter from Mrs. Lyon G. Tyler. 7 letters.","Letters written to Robert Davidson Galbraith from a physician, Carrie Prag and Margaret [Galbraith]. Topics include eye problems, medical advice, loan request, home repairs, news of friends and family, recent marriages and gratitude. 3 letters.","Letters written to Amanda Wallace Gregory from E. M. Davison, M. Gregory (son), John M. Gregory (son), William Gregory (son), Thomas Gregory (grandson), [Cousin] Dam Stevens, Julia Armistead of Hampton, Virginia (niece?), John P. Tyler of Millwood, Virginia and Rob Galbraith (grandson). Two letters prior to 1881 are about family, religious testimony, religious conventions, death and salvation. 1880's topics include weather, family, birthdays, John Gregory's sons, Amanda Gregory's 74th birthday in 1883, illness, education, William Gregory's professional duties as a physician (1884 February 8), roads, death of Amanda Gregory's sister (Betsy), religion, birth of John M. Gregory's third son and wife's condition (1888), crops and vacations. 1890's topics include John M. Gregory's recent visit to Virginia, family, death of Sympathy (Amanda's daughter), religion, John M. Gregory's longing for Virginia and Amanda's malaria and recovery. 15 letters.","Letters written to John M. Gregory from Thomas Gregory and John M. Gregory, Jr. (son). 1843 letter from Thomas Wallace asking John Gregory to purchase a slave boy, Henry, who will immediately be emancipated. The request is from a \"coloured woman by the name of Rebecca N. Mathews\" and the money was given him by the boy's father. Henry is owned by W. C. McMurdo who also owns the boy's mother and both were purchased from the estate of William Hatall (?). The remaining letters are from John M. Gregory, Jr. to his father about his first communion in years (1872), his wife and their frugal lifestyle, elections, father/son relationship, career plans, application for county office, county politics, lifestyle, health, legal work, presidential election, drought, crops, \"Greenback Movement,\" Father's 79th birthday (1883) and his judgeship. 6 letters","Letters written to Letty Gregory from E.J.S, John Munford Gregory (father), Amanda Wallace Gregory (mother), A. Van De Vyuer and David Gardiner Tyler. Topics include legal proceedings following the death of William in 1873 (possibly her brother), motherhood and the death of Mollie Gregory (1893). Letters from her parents, John Munford and Amanda Wallace Gregory, mention a deceased child's photograph, Cooper Family genealogy, war history, grandson Rob Galbraith, politics, Martha's wedding clothes, family and friends. In his four letters, David Gardiner Tyler writes about health, Congress in Washington, D.C., death of Amanda Wallace Gregory (Letty's mother), parties and his political trials and successes. 9 letters.","Correspondence between various members of the Gregory Family. 1869 July 25, John M. Gregory to wife Eva Gregory about his business trip, sudden illness, travel plans, weather, friends, family and household instructions. 1879 July 7, Robert Davidson Gregory, Burlington, Virginia to Coz Margaret about the marriage ceremony, reception and honeymoon plans of Mattie Gregory. 1890 February 1, Nancy or Nannie, Singer Manufacturing Company, Mexico to \"dear and valued friend\" about the weather, family, children, health, living in Mexico and Mexican food. 1891 December 29, Amanda Wallace Gregory to grandson Rob Galbraith with family news. 1892 January 18, Amanda Wallace Gregory to \"My Dear Cousin\" about family news, the old Methodist Meeting House in Petersburg which is no longer standing and her horrible year in 1816 in Petersburg when her father died, half the town was burned and the family store was blown up with a young man inside. Mentions a local Catholic Bishop who visited her and her friendships within various denominations. 1893 May 1, Amanda Wallace Gregory to a grandchild with advice on marriage and family news. 1893 August 16, Amanda Wallace Gregory, Harrisonburg, Virginia to her son Robert D. Galbraith, Spartanburg, South Carolina, about her failing eyesight, health and family news. A later handwritten note on the envelope, \"Died at 14 yrs. Old of spiral meningitis.\" [1909?] February 19, E.A. Joyner (?), Tryon, North Carolina to \"My dear Friend\" about \"that branch of the Catholic ch., of which you \u0026 I are a part, was incapable of manifesting the 'good tidings of great joy' to 'all souls \u0026 conditions.'\" She gives her reasons for her views on the shortcomings of the Catholic Church. Undated, but after 1900, partial letter with letterhead of William B. Hamilton, Agent, New York Life Insurance Company, San Antonio, Texas about Mr. Petty who struggled making a living with an \"old hack\" and a boarding house. Undated, M. to Mollie [Gregory] about the visit of Mollie's mother, family and local news. Undated, partial letter from Virginia Trayler about receiving a letter from Julia Armistead and confusing plans for a tea party. On reverse is a list of clothes \"for Mag\" which includes dresses, skirts, shirts, stockings and more. 11 letters.","Letters from Thomas Wallace and William Wallace to family members. 1832 February 7 letter from Thomas Wallace, Williamsburg, Virginia to his Uncle, Thomas Wallace, Petersburg, Virginia while a student at the College of William and Mary. He begins his letter with the comment \"Wmsburg has been a scene of dissipation since the 1st ball – I am not thoroughly convinced that nothing can be more injurious to the students than those balls and parties – they are now just sobering down from their career of frolicking.\" He writes about three students who dressed up a horse in blankets and walked him up to the 3rd floor, played instruments loudly and cursed a professor and two students who have challenged each other to a duel. He notes his visit to Norfolk and he is staying away from females this semester. 1833 November 2 letter from William Wallace at the University of Virginia to his brother, Thomas Wallace in Petersburg, Virginia, about the lecture of Dr. Magill, his studies, languages, expenses, music, food, M.N. Washington and a break in at Monticello. 2 items.","Diary kept by Mattie Gregory before she married Robert Davidson Galbraith. Mattie writes of her day-to-day activities in Charles City County, Virginia with stories of her family and impressions of friends and acquaintances. She includes tales of the sorrows, the quarrels, the joys, and love in her life and the lives of those around her. The first few pages contain bond entries and notes on financial laws and cases, probably written by John M. Gregory.","Mattie Gregory continues to record the daily events of her life in Charles City County, Virginia. Near the end of the diary, she writes about the stress and excitement of her engagement to Robert Davidson Galbraith and the joy of marriage and motherhood. The first few pages contain notes about bankruptcy, probably written by John M. Gregory.","Telegram, resolutions, obituaries and correspondence concerning the death and life of Judge John M. Gregory. April 10, 1884 telegram from L.A. Gregory to Robert D. Galbraith informing him of John J. Gregory's sudden and peaceful death. June 2, 1884 Resolution by the Circuit Court for James City County and the City of Williamsburg at the death of John M. Gregory acknowledging their sadness and praising his character. May 20,1884 Resolution by the Charles City and Williamsburg, Virginia Courts at the death of Judge John M. Gregory with 2 attached newspaper obituaries. Two 1903 letters from John Lamb of the U.S. House of Representatives and David Gardiner Tyler about the erection of a tablet in memory of John M. Gregory I. Typed copy of wording for the dedication of a tablet in memory of Maj. Joseph Croshaw by the descendants through John Munford Gregory and Letitia Power Graves and wording for the dedication of a tablet in memory of Judge John Munford Gregory.","Pages 1 - 4 of the October 14, 1884 Richmond Dispatch.  Confirmation certificate for William T. Gregory,  from the Diocese of Virginia, held in \"his home in Westover Parish\" and signed by John P. Tyler, Rector, March 25, 1889.  Funeral card for William T. Gregory, died May 10, 1889.","Notes and letters concerning Gregory family genealogy, plus some information on the Croshaw, West, Graves, White and Wallace families. April 1883 \"Wallace Pedigree\" related by Aunt Amanda Gregory. 1892 letter from Lyon G. Tyler to Letty Gregory about the Power and Gregory families. Draft of a 1894 letter from Letty Gregory to Lyon G. Tyler about the Power and Gregory families. Undated letter to David Duncan Wallace, Spartanburg, South Carolina from Lorabel Wallace Brooks of Bedford, Indiana about Wallace genealogy from the 18th century to the present.  A Wallace genealogy, beginning with Aunt Letitia Gregory Ware, copied in 1897 by Letty Warburton, her granddaughter.  Notes on the Cooper Family written on the reverse of a T. Morris Certificate for an agent of \"Our Dutchman\" cigar.  Typed notes on the Croshaw, West, Graves and White families.  Note about photographs, possibly the framed photographs that came with the collection.","May 1840 indenture between John Martin of James City County and John M. Gregory of Henrico County for property in James City County.  September 15, 1893 handwritten note by Amanda H. Gregory naming certain items to be distributed after her death.  1895 letter from the Virginia Trust Company, Richmond, Virginia to Mrs. Martha G. Galbraith, Spartanburg, South Carolina requesting a voucher for the $5,000 received from Miss L.A. Gregory's estate.  1907 transcriptions of William Gregory's Revolutionary War land grant and the chain of title to his descendants.","Newspaper issues and clippings containing articles related to the Gregory family, including family genealogy. Genealogy Column from the Richmond Times Dispatch on the Gregory Family of Virginia, November 20, 1904 and December 4, 1904.  Southside Sentinel (Urbanna, Virginia) article, \"The Greatest of All Days in Old Gloucester County\" about the unveiling of tablets and portraits at the Gloucester C.H., December 18, 1904.  Mentions speech by Hon. D. Gardiner Tyler on the unveiling of the tablet for John M. Gregory.  Solano Republican article, \"Fashionable Wedding of T.T.C. (Thomas) Gregory to Gertrude Martin,\" April 24, 1903.","\"Amanda Wallace Gregory \u0026 ? Power\"","\"Elizabeth Christie Powell, Mothers only Sister,\" \"Daughters of William Wallace and Mary Cooper - Petersburg Va,\" and \"Mrs Amanda W. Gregory 1856 Mother.\"","This series consists of full and partial letters primarily written to John Munford Gregory Jr. Correspondents include his parents, siblings, cousins and friends from New York, North Carolina, Missouri, California, Richmond and Charles City County, Virginia. All of the letters were written after he had emigrated to California, and mostly contain family news including deaths, health, romances, marriages, business, church services, and daily life. The letters also include mention of Gettysburg Water for rheumatism, calico and alpaca dresses, troubles in Virginia's timber industry, attendance at Washington College and Virginia Military Institute commencement exercises, butchering six \"right fat\" hogs, and accidently peppering a favorite hound dog with buckshot while killing a chicken for dinner. None of the letters include their mailing envelopes. The series is organized chronologically by date.","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","Gregory family.","Galbraith family","Gregory family","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Gregory Family papers, 1829/1920, bulk 1880/1900"],"collection_ssim":["Gregory Family papers, 1829/1920, bulk 1880/1900"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MS 00027","/repositories/2/resources/2433"],"unitid_tesim":["MS 00027","/repositories/2/resources/2433"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Charles City County (Va.)--History--19th century","Virginia--Genealogy","Virginia--History--19th century"],"geogname_ssim":["Charles City County (Va.)--History--19th century","Virginia--Genealogy","Virginia--History--19th century"],"places_ssim":["Charles City County (Va.)--History--19th century","Virginia--Genealogy","Virginia--History--19th century"],"creator_ssm":["Gregory family."],"creator_ssim":["Gregory family."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Gregory family.","Galbraith family","Gregory family"],"creators_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Gregory family.","Galbraith family","Gregory 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":["Initial papers received as gift (Acc. 2008.138). 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The collection also includes correspondence between members of the Gregory family and other acquaintances, including members of the John Tyler family. While most letters are of a personal nature, some also touch on the issues of politics, education, religion, and agriculture. The collection is rich in genealogical information on the Gregory family and related Croshaw, Graves, West, and White families, as well as history of the family's war involvement. In addition to letters, the collection includes newspaper articles, family documents, and two diaries kept by John M. Gregory's daughter, Mattie Galbraith, in the late 1870's. There are also seven cased images of members of the Gregory Family, including Amanda Wallace Gregory, Amanda's sister (Elizabeth Christie Powell), William Wallace Gregory, and Mary \"Mollie\" Gregory.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eLetters written to Letty Galbraith from family members. February 22, 1893 letter from Lettie Gregory (her aunt), with a note from Amanda Wallace Gregory, about family, health, sleep and diet. February 28, 1894 letter from John M. Gregory to Letty \"Missy\" Galbraith about the death of Amanda Wallace Gregory, the visit of Missy and California. March 16, 1894, letter from John Gregory to Letty \"Missy\" Galbraith about her illness, his children and the benefits of the California climate. September 14, [1920's], postcard picturing the Gloucester Courthouse from Elisabeth W. B. about the John M. Gregory table. 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written to Mattie Galbraith from Amanda Wallace Gregory (mother), [Cousin] T. B., John M. Gregory (brother), Greg M.W., M.E. (brother-in-law), Mille A.A. and Margaret (sister). Topics include the death of Amanda (Mattie's child), family, gifts, visitors, illnesses, religion, Robert D. Galbraith's confirmation, Amanda Gregory's eye trouble, Mattie's children, J.M. Gregory's Civil War service, Captain Wallace, General Stonewall Jackson, Amanda Gregory's grandchildren, a controversial marriage, weather, household concerns, African Americans, baptisms, deaths, travel plans, dressmaking, cherry harvest, public schooling, genealogy, a recent photograph, price of potatoes and refrigerators, scandal, Bishop's visit, Mr. Tyler's visit, benefits of \"Hyperphosphites,\" valentines, death of Betty C., seasonal fruit/flowers, scrapbooks, serious illness of Rob (Mattie's son) and alcohol. 22 letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written to Mattie Galbraith from Eva Gregory (sister-in-law), T.T.C. Gregory (nephew), Thomas Gregory (nephew), Laura R.G. May, Truxton Gregory (nephew), [Cousin] A. Nilsen (?), John M. Gregory (brother) and Letty Galbraith (cousin). Topics include the importance of education, Stanford University, Fourth of July festivities, Christmas, house fire, holiday events, honor code at Stanford, Eva Gregory's description of her children and request for advice on hiring Chinese vs. Japanese servant, Tom's professor to visit Mattie's town, John Gregory's graduation from Stanford, career plans of Tom and John, D. Smith, Charley Doyle, yachting trip, death of Sympathy (Mattie's daughter), Truxton's Christmas present ring, Truxton's baseball team, Ladies Home Journal, Christmas, childhood reminiscences and illnesses. Descriptions of a few letters: January 1897 letter from S.G. Tyler; January 1897 letter from Eva Gregory about her fears of house burning and comments on her children and husband with a note from Eva's son, Alfred, to Cousin Gregory; February 1897 letter on the Gregory family military record from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War; March 1897 letter from Eva Gregory about Gertrude's brother's visit and illness, a death in the Gregory Family, an earthquake, opinions on women's rights, upcoming vote and her son at Stanford University. June 1899 includes several letters about the death of Eva Gregory's son, John M. Gregory, Jr., from an accident. Includes obituary, comments on death, funeral, grief and community response. 17 letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written to Mattie Galbraith from William T. Clapers (?), T.T.C. Gregory, Gertrude Gregory, Eva Gregory (wife of nephew T.T.C Gregory) and J.E.B. Topics include an earthquake in 1906, Gertrude's house burning down and her move to the \"family house,\" political campaign in Suisun, California with T.T.C.'s reelection and his important trial, Eva Gregory's homesickness and isolation, the railroad and the Jefferson Davis Chapter. A 1906 (?) letter concerns Gregory genealogy, records in Richmond, Colonial Dames, Daughters of the Revolution and Daughters of the Confederacy with a transcribed letter from Mrs. Lyon G. Tyler. 7 letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written to Robert Davidson Galbraith from a physician, Carrie Prag and Margaret [Galbraith]. Topics include eye problems, medical advice, loan request, home repairs, news of friends and family, recent marriages and gratitude. 3 letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written to Amanda Wallace Gregory from E. M. Davison, M. Gregory (son), John M. Gregory (son), William Gregory (son), Thomas Gregory (grandson), [Cousin] Dam Stevens, Julia Armistead of Hampton, Virginia (niece?), John P. Tyler of Millwood, Virginia and Rob Galbraith (grandson). Two letters prior to 1881 are about family, religious testimony, religious conventions, death and salvation. 1880's topics include weather, family, birthdays, John Gregory's sons, Amanda Gregory's 74th birthday in 1883, illness, education, William Gregory's professional duties as a physician (1884 February 8), roads, death of Amanda Gregory's sister (Betsy), religion, birth of John M. Gregory's third son and wife's condition (1888), crops and vacations. 1890's topics include John M. Gregory's recent visit to Virginia, family, death of Sympathy (Amanda's daughter), religion, John M. Gregory's longing for Virginia and Amanda's malaria and recovery. 15 letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written to John M. Gregory from Thomas Gregory and John M. Gregory, Jr. (son). 1843 letter from Thomas Wallace asking John Gregory to purchase a slave boy, Henry, who will immediately be emancipated. The request is from a \"coloured woman by the name of Rebecca N. Mathews\" and the money was given him by the boy's father. Henry is owned by W. C. McMurdo who also owns the boy's mother and both were purchased from the estate of William Hatall (?). The remaining letters are from John M. Gregory, Jr. to his father about his first communion in years (1872), his wife and their frugal lifestyle, elections, father/son relationship, career plans, application for county office, county politics, lifestyle, health, legal work, presidential election, drought, crops, \"Greenback Movement,\" Father's 79th birthday (1883) and his judgeship. 6 letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written to Letty Gregory from E.J.S, John Munford Gregory (father), Amanda Wallace Gregory (mother), A. Van De Vyuer and David Gardiner Tyler. Topics include legal proceedings following the death of William in 1873 (possibly her brother), motherhood and the death of Mollie Gregory (1893). Letters from her parents, John Munford and Amanda Wallace Gregory, mention a deceased child's photograph, Cooper Family genealogy, war history, grandson Rob Galbraith, politics, Martha's wedding clothes, family and friends. In his four letters, David Gardiner Tyler writes about health, Congress in Washington, D.C., death of Amanda Wallace Gregory (Letty's mother), parties and his political trials and successes. 9 letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between various members of the Gregory Family. 1869 July 25, John M. Gregory to wife Eva Gregory about his business trip, sudden illness, travel plans, weather, friends, family and household instructions. 1879 July 7, Robert Davidson Gregory, Burlington, Virginia to Coz Margaret about the marriage ceremony, reception and honeymoon plans of Mattie Gregory. 1890 February 1, Nancy or Nannie, Singer Manufacturing Company, Mexico to \"dear and valued friend\" about the weather, family, children, health, living in Mexico and Mexican food. 1891 December 29, Amanda Wallace Gregory to grandson Rob Galbraith with family news. 1892 January 18, Amanda Wallace Gregory to \"My Dear Cousin\" about family news, the old Methodist Meeting House in Petersburg which is no longer standing and her horrible year in 1816 in Petersburg when her father died, half the town was burned and the family store was blown up with a young man inside. Mentions a local Catholic Bishop who visited her and her friendships within various denominations. 1893 May 1, Amanda Wallace Gregory to a grandchild with advice on marriage and family news. 1893 August 16, Amanda Wallace Gregory, Harrisonburg, Virginia to her son Robert D. Galbraith, Spartanburg, South Carolina, about her failing eyesight, health and family news. A later handwritten note on the envelope, \"Died at 14 yrs. Old of spiral meningitis.\" [1909?] February 19, E.A. Joyner (?), Tryon, North Carolina to \"My dear Friend\" about \"that branch of the Catholic ch., of which you \u0026amp; I are a part, was incapable of manifesting the 'good tidings of great joy' to 'all souls \u0026amp; conditions.'\" She gives her reasons for her views on the shortcomings of the Catholic Church. Undated, but after 1900, partial letter with letterhead of William B. Hamilton, Agent, New York Life Insurance Company, San Antonio, Texas about Mr. Petty who struggled making a living with an \"old hack\" and a boarding house. Undated, M. to Mollie [Gregory] about the visit of Mollie's mother, family and local news. Undated, partial letter from Virginia Trayler about receiving a letter from Julia Armistead and confusing plans for a tea party. On reverse is a list of clothes \"for Mag\" which includes dresses, skirts, shirts, stockings and more. 11 letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Thomas Wallace and William Wallace to family members. 1832 February 7 letter from Thomas Wallace, Williamsburg, Virginia to his Uncle, Thomas Wallace, Petersburg, Virginia while a student at the College of William and Mary. He begins his letter with the comment \"Wmsburg has been a scene of dissipation since the 1st ball – I am not thoroughly convinced that nothing can be more injurious to the students than those balls and parties – they are now just sobering down from their career of frolicking.\" He writes about three students who dressed up a horse in blankets and walked him up to the 3rd floor, played instruments loudly and cursed a professor and two students who have challenged each other to a duel. He notes his visit to Norfolk and he is staying away from females this semester. 1833 November 2 letter from William Wallace at the University of Virginia to his brother, Thomas Wallace in Petersburg, Virginia, about the lecture of Dr. Magill, his studies, languages, expenses, music, food, M.N. Washington and a break in at Monticello. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiary kept by Mattie Gregory before she married Robert Davidson Galbraith. Mattie writes of her day-to-day activities in Charles City County, Virginia with stories of her family and impressions of friends and acquaintances. She includes tales of the sorrows, the quarrels, the joys, and love in her life and the lives of those around her. The first few pages contain bond entries and notes on financial laws and cases, probably written by John M. Gregory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMattie Gregory continues to record the daily events of her life in Charles City County, Virginia. Near the end of the diary, she writes about the stress and excitement of her engagement to Robert Davidson Galbraith and the joy of marriage and motherhood. The first few pages contain notes about bankruptcy, probably written by John M. Gregory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTelegram, resolutions, obituaries and correspondence concerning the death and life of Judge John M. Gregory. April 10, 1884 telegram from L.A. Gregory to Robert D. Galbraith informing him of John J. Gregory's sudden and peaceful death. June 2, 1884 Resolution by the Circuit Court for James City County and the City of Williamsburg at the death of John M. Gregory acknowledging their sadness and praising his character. May 20,1884 Resolution by the Charles City and Williamsburg, Virginia Courts at the death of Judge John M. Gregory with 2 attached newspaper obituaries. Two 1903 letters from John Lamb of the U.S. House of Representatives and David Gardiner Tyler about the erection of a tablet in memory of John M. Gregory I. Typed copy of wording for the dedication of a tablet in memory of Maj. Joseph Croshaw by the descendants through John Munford Gregory and Letitia Power Graves and wording for the dedication of a tablet in memory of Judge John Munford Gregory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePages 1 - 4 of the October 14, 1884 Richmond Dispatch.  Confirmation certificate for William T. Gregory,  from the Diocese of Virginia, held in \"his home in Westover Parish\" and signed by John P. Tyler, Rector, March 25, 1889.  Funeral card for William T. Gregory, died May 10, 1889.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes and letters concerning Gregory family genealogy, plus some information on the Croshaw, West, Graves, White and Wallace families. April 1883 \"Wallace Pedigree\" related by Aunt Amanda Gregory. 1892 letter from Lyon G. Tyler to Letty Gregory about the Power and Gregory families. Draft of a 1894 letter from Letty Gregory to Lyon G. Tyler about the Power and Gregory families. Undated letter to David Duncan Wallace, Spartanburg, South Carolina from Lorabel Wallace Brooks of Bedford, Indiana about Wallace genealogy from the 18th century to the present.  A Wallace genealogy, beginning with Aunt Letitia Gregory Ware, copied in 1897 by Letty Warburton, her granddaughter.  Notes on the Cooper Family written on the reverse of a T. Morris Certificate for an agent of \"Our Dutchman\" cigar.  Typed notes on the Croshaw, West, Graves and White families.  Note about photographs, possibly the framed photographs that came with the collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMay 1840 indenture between John Martin of James City County and John M. Gregory of Henrico County for property in James City County.  September 15, 1893 handwritten note by Amanda H. Gregory naming certain items to be distributed after her death.  1895 letter from the Virginia Trust Company, Richmond, Virginia to Mrs. Martha G. Galbraith, Spartanburg, South Carolina requesting a voucher for the $5,000 received from Miss L.A. Gregory's estate.  1907 transcriptions of William Gregory's Revolutionary War land grant and the chain of title to his descendants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper issues and clippings containing articles related to the Gregory family, including family genealogy. Genealogy Column from the Richmond Times Dispatch on the Gregory Family of Virginia, November 20, 1904 and December 4, 1904.  Southside Sentinel (Urbanna, Virginia) article, \"The Greatest of All Days in Old Gloucester County\" about the unveiling of tablets and portraits at the Gloucester C.H., December 18, 1904.  Mentions speech by Hon. D. Gardiner Tyler on the unveiling of the tablet for John M. Gregory.  Solano Republican article, \"Fashionable Wedding of T.T.C. (Thomas) Gregory to Gertrude Martin,\" April 24, 1903.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Amanda Wallace Gregory \u0026amp; ? Power\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Elizabeth Christie Powell, Mothers only Sister,\" \"Daughters of William Wallace and Mary Cooper - Petersburg Va,\" and \"Mrs Amanda W. Gregory 1856 Mother.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of full and partial letters primarily written to John Munford Gregory Jr. Correspondents include his parents, siblings, cousins and friends from New York, North Carolina, Missouri, California, Richmond and Charles City County, Virginia. All of the letters were written after he had emigrated to California, and mostly contain family news including deaths, health, romances, marriages, business, church services, and daily life. The letters also include mention of Gettysburg Water for rheumatism, calico and alpaca dresses, troubles in Virginia's timber industry, attendance at Washington College and Virginia Military Institute commencement exercises, butchering six \"right fat\" hogs, and accidently peppering a favorite hound dog with buckshot while killing a chicken for dinner. None of the letters include their mailing envelopes. The series is organized chronologically by date.\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Gregory Family papers follow the family of Virginia Governor John Munford Gregory and wife Amanda Wallace through three generations with letters dating from the 1820's to the 1920's. Most items are letters between family members and grant insight into the daily activities and concerns of the Gregory family. The collection also includes correspondence between members of the Gregory family and other acquaintances, including members of the John Tyler family. While most letters are of a personal nature, some also touch on the issues of politics, education, religion, and agriculture. The collection is rich in genealogical information on the Gregory family and related Croshaw, Graves, West, and White families, as well as history of the family's war involvement. In addition to letters, the collection includes newspaper articles, family documents, and two diaries kept by John M. Gregory's daughter, Mattie Galbraith, in the late 1870's. There are also seven cased images of members of the Gregory Family, including Amanda Wallace Gregory, Amanda's sister (Elizabeth Christie Powell), William Wallace Gregory, and Mary \"Mollie\" Gregory.","Letters written to Letty Galbraith from family members. February 22, 1893 letter from Lettie Gregory (her aunt), with a note from Amanda Wallace Gregory, about family, health, sleep and diet. February 28, 1894 letter from John M. Gregory to Letty \"Missy\" Galbraith about the death of Amanda Wallace Gregory, the visit of Missy and California. March 16, 1894, letter from John Gregory to Letty \"Missy\" Galbraith about her illness, his children and the benefits of the California climate. September 14, [1920's], postcard picturing the Gloucester Courthouse from Elisabeth W. B. about the John M. Gregory table. 4 items.","Letters written to Mattie Galbraith from Amanda Wallace Gregory (mother), [Cousin] T. B., John M. Gregory (brother), Greg M.W., M.E. (brother-in-law), Mille A.A. and Margaret (sister). Topics include the death of Amanda (Mattie's child), family, gifts, visitors, illnesses, religion, Robert D. Galbraith's confirmation, Amanda Gregory's eye trouble, Mattie's children, J.M. Gregory's Civil War service, Captain Wallace, General Stonewall Jackson, Amanda Gregory's grandchildren, a controversial marriage, weather, household concerns, African Americans, baptisms, deaths, travel plans, dressmaking, cherry harvest, public schooling, genealogy, a recent photograph, price of potatoes and refrigerators, scandal, Bishop's visit, Mr. Tyler's visit, benefits of \"Hyperphosphites,\" valentines, death of Betty C., seasonal fruit/flowers, scrapbooks, serious illness of Rob (Mattie's son) and alcohol. 22 letters.","Letters written to Mattie Galbraith from Eva Gregory (sister-in-law), T.T.C. Gregory (nephew), Thomas Gregory (nephew), Laura R.G. May, Truxton Gregory (nephew), [Cousin] A. Nilsen (?), John M. Gregory (brother) and Letty Galbraith (cousin). Topics include the importance of education, Stanford University, Fourth of July festivities, Christmas, house fire, holiday events, honor code at Stanford, Eva Gregory's description of her children and request for advice on hiring Chinese vs. Japanese servant, Tom's professor to visit Mattie's town, John Gregory's graduation from Stanford, career plans of Tom and John, D. Smith, Charley Doyle, yachting trip, death of Sympathy (Mattie's daughter), Truxton's Christmas present ring, Truxton's baseball team, Ladies Home Journal, Christmas, childhood reminiscences and illnesses. Descriptions of a few letters: January 1897 letter from S.G. Tyler; January 1897 letter from Eva Gregory about her fears of house burning and comments on her children and husband with a note from Eva's son, Alfred, to Cousin Gregory; February 1897 letter on the Gregory family military record from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War; March 1897 letter from Eva Gregory about Gertrude's brother's visit and illness, a death in the Gregory Family, an earthquake, opinions on women's rights, upcoming vote and her son at Stanford University. June 1899 includes several letters about the death of Eva Gregory's son, John M. Gregory, Jr., from an accident. Includes obituary, comments on death, funeral, grief and community response. 17 letters.","Letters written to Mattie Galbraith from William T. Clapers (?), T.T.C. Gregory, Gertrude Gregory, Eva Gregory (wife of nephew T.T.C Gregory) and J.E.B. Topics include an earthquake in 1906, Gertrude's house burning down and her move to the \"family house,\" political campaign in Suisun, California with T.T.C.'s reelection and his important trial, Eva Gregory's homesickness and isolation, the railroad and the Jefferson Davis Chapter. A 1906 (?) letter concerns Gregory genealogy, records in Richmond, Colonial Dames, Daughters of the Revolution and Daughters of the Confederacy with a transcribed letter from Mrs. Lyon G. Tyler. 7 letters.","Letters written to Robert Davidson Galbraith from a physician, Carrie Prag and Margaret [Galbraith]. Topics include eye problems, medical advice, loan request, home repairs, news of friends and family, recent marriages and gratitude. 3 letters.","Letters written to Amanda Wallace Gregory from E. M. Davison, M. Gregory (son), John M. Gregory (son), William Gregory (son), Thomas Gregory (grandson), [Cousin] Dam Stevens, Julia Armistead of Hampton, Virginia (niece?), John P. Tyler of Millwood, Virginia and Rob Galbraith (grandson). Two letters prior to 1881 are about family, religious testimony, religious conventions, death and salvation. 1880's topics include weather, family, birthdays, John Gregory's sons, Amanda Gregory's 74th birthday in 1883, illness, education, William Gregory's professional duties as a physician (1884 February 8), roads, death of Amanda Gregory's sister (Betsy), religion, birth of John M. Gregory's third son and wife's condition (1888), crops and vacations. 1890's topics include John M. Gregory's recent visit to Virginia, family, death of Sympathy (Amanda's daughter), religion, John M. Gregory's longing for Virginia and Amanda's malaria and recovery. 15 letters.","Letters written to John M. Gregory from Thomas Gregory and John M. Gregory, Jr. (son). 1843 letter from Thomas Wallace asking John Gregory to purchase a slave boy, Henry, who will immediately be emancipated. The request is from a \"coloured woman by the name of Rebecca N. Mathews\" and the money was given him by the boy's father. Henry is owned by W. C. McMurdo who also owns the boy's mother and both were purchased from the estate of William Hatall (?). The remaining letters are from John M. Gregory, Jr. to his father about his first communion in years (1872), his wife and their frugal lifestyle, elections, father/son relationship, career plans, application for county office, county politics, lifestyle, health, legal work, presidential election, drought, crops, \"Greenback Movement,\" Father's 79th birthday (1883) and his judgeship. 6 letters","Letters written to Letty Gregory from E.J.S, John Munford Gregory (father), Amanda Wallace Gregory (mother), A. Van De Vyuer and David Gardiner Tyler. Topics include legal proceedings following the death of William in 1873 (possibly her brother), motherhood and the death of Mollie Gregory (1893). Letters from her parents, John Munford and Amanda Wallace Gregory, mention a deceased child's photograph, Cooper Family genealogy, war history, grandson Rob Galbraith, politics, Martha's wedding clothes, family and friends. In his four letters, David Gardiner Tyler writes about health, Congress in Washington, D.C., death of Amanda Wallace Gregory (Letty's mother), parties and his political trials and successes. 9 letters.","Correspondence between various members of the Gregory Family. 1869 July 25, John M. Gregory to wife Eva Gregory about his business trip, sudden illness, travel plans, weather, friends, family and household instructions. 1879 July 7, Robert Davidson Gregory, Burlington, Virginia to Coz Margaret about the marriage ceremony, reception and honeymoon plans of Mattie Gregory. 1890 February 1, Nancy or Nannie, Singer Manufacturing Company, Mexico to \"dear and valued friend\" about the weather, family, children, health, living in Mexico and Mexican food. 1891 December 29, Amanda Wallace Gregory to grandson Rob Galbraith with family news. 1892 January 18, Amanda Wallace Gregory to \"My Dear Cousin\" about family news, the old Methodist Meeting House in Petersburg which is no longer standing and her horrible year in 1816 in Petersburg when her father died, half the town was burned and the family store was blown up with a young man inside. Mentions a local Catholic Bishop who visited her and her friendships within various denominations. 1893 May 1, Amanda Wallace Gregory to a grandchild with advice on marriage and family news. 1893 August 16, Amanda Wallace Gregory, Harrisonburg, Virginia to her son Robert D. Galbraith, Spartanburg, South Carolina, about her failing eyesight, health and family news. A later handwritten note on the envelope, \"Died at 14 yrs. Old of spiral meningitis.\" [1909?] February 19, E.A. Joyner (?), Tryon, North Carolina to \"My dear Friend\" about \"that branch of the Catholic ch., of which you \u0026 I are a part, was incapable of manifesting the 'good tidings of great joy' to 'all souls \u0026 conditions.'\" She gives her reasons for her views on the shortcomings of the Catholic Church. Undated, but after 1900, partial letter with letterhead of William B. Hamilton, Agent, New York Life Insurance Company, San Antonio, Texas about Mr. Petty who struggled making a living with an \"old hack\" and a boarding house. Undated, M. to Mollie [Gregory] about the visit of Mollie's mother, family and local news. Undated, partial letter from Virginia Trayler about receiving a letter from Julia Armistead and confusing plans for a tea party. On reverse is a list of clothes \"for Mag\" which includes dresses, skirts, shirts, stockings and more. 11 letters.","Letters from Thomas Wallace and William Wallace to family members. 1832 February 7 letter from Thomas Wallace, Williamsburg, Virginia to his Uncle, Thomas Wallace, Petersburg, Virginia while a student at the College of William and Mary. He begins his letter with the comment \"Wmsburg has been a scene of dissipation since the 1st ball – I am not thoroughly convinced that nothing can be more injurious to the students than those balls and parties – they are now just sobering down from their career of frolicking.\" He writes about three students who dressed up a horse in blankets and walked him up to the 3rd floor, played instruments loudly and cursed a professor and two students who have challenged each other to a duel. He notes his visit to Norfolk and he is staying away from females this semester. 1833 November 2 letter from William Wallace at the University of Virginia to his brother, Thomas Wallace in Petersburg, Virginia, about the lecture of Dr. Magill, his studies, languages, expenses, music, food, M.N. Washington and a break in at Monticello. 2 items.","Diary kept by Mattie Gregory before she married Robert Davidson Galbraith. Mattie writes of her day-to-day activities in Charles City County, Virginia with stories of her family and impressions of friends and acquaintances. She includes tales of the sorrows, the quarrels, the joys, and love in her life and the lives of those around her. The first few pages contain bond entries and notes on financial laws and cases, probably written by John M. Gregory.","Mattie Gregory continues to record the daily events of her life in Charles City County, Virginia. Near the end of the diary, she writes about the stress and excitement of her engagement to Robert Davidson Galbraith and the joy of marriage and motherhood. The first few pages contain notes about bankruptcy, probably written by John M. Gregory.","Telegram, resolutions, obituaries and correspondence concerning the death and life of Judge John M. Gregory. April 10, 1884 telegram from L.A. Gregory to Robert D. Galbraith informing him of John J. Gregory's sudden and peaceful death. June 2, 1884 Resolution by the Circuit Court for James City County and the City of Williamsburg at the death of John M. Gregory acknowledging their sadness and praising his character. May 20,1884 Resolution by the Charles City and Williamsburg, Virginia Courts at the death of Judge John M. Gregory with 2 attached newspaper obituaries. Two 1903 letters from John Lamb of the U.S. House of Representatives and David Gardiner Tyler about the erection of a tablet in memory of John M. Gregory I. Typed copy of wording for the dedication of a tablet in memory of Maj. Joseph Croshaw by the descendants through John Munford Gregory and Letitia Power Graves and wording for the dedication of a tablet in memory of Judge John Munford Gregory.","Pages 1 - 4 of the October 14, 1884 Richmond Dispatch.  Confirmation certificate for William T. Gregory,  from the Diocese of Virginia, held in \"his home in Westover Parish\" and signed by John P. Tyler, Rector, March 25, 1889.  Funeral card for William T. Gregory, died May 10, 1889.","Notes and letters concerning Gregory family genealogy, plus some information on the Croshaw, West, Graves, White and Wallace families. April 1883 \"Wallace Pedigree\" related by Aunt Amanda Gregory. 1892 letter from Lyon G. Tyler to Letty Gregory about the Power and Gregory families. Draft of a 1894 letter from Letty Gregory to Lyon G. Tyler about the Power and Gregory families. Undated letter to David Duncan Wallace, Spartanburg, South Carolina from Lorabel Wallace Brooks of Bedford, Indiana about Wallace genealogy from the 18th century to the present.  A Wallace genealogy, beginning with Aunt Letitia Gregory Ware, copied in 1897 by Letty Warburton, her granddaughter.  Notes on the Cooper Family written on the reverse of a T. Morris Certificate for an agent of \"Our Dutchman\" cigar.  Typed notes on the Croshaw, West, Graves and White families.  Note about photographs, possibly the framed photographs that came with the collection.","May 1840 indenture between John Martin of James City County and John M. Gregory of Henrico County for property in James City County.  September 15, 1893 handwritten note by Amanda H. Gregory naming certain items to be distributed after her death.  1895 letter from the Virginia Trust Company, Richmond, Virginia to Mrs. Martha G. Galbraith, Spartanburg, South Carolina requesting a voucher for the $5,000 received from Miss L.A. Gregory's estate.  1907 transcriptions of William Gregory's Revolutionary War land grant and the chain of title to his descendants.","Newspaper issues and clippings containing articles related to the Gregory family, including family genealogy. Genealogy Column from the Richmond Times Dispatch on the Gregory Family of Virginia, November 20, 1904 and December 4, 1904.  Southside Sentinel (Urbanna, Virginia) article, \"The Greatest of All Days in Old Gloucester County\" about the unveiling of tablets and portraits at the Gloucester C.H., December 18, 1904.  Mentions speech by Hon. D. Gardiner Tyler on the unveiling of the tablet for John M. Gregory.  Solano Republican article, \"Fashionable Wedding of T.T.C. (Thomas) Gregory to Gertrude Martin,\" April 24, 1903.","\"Amanda Wallace Gregory \u0026 ? Power\"","\"Elizabeth Christie Powell, Mothers only Sister,\" \"Daughters of William Wallace and Mary Cooper - Petersburg Va,\" and \"Mrs Amanda W. Gregory 1856 Mother.\"","This series consists of full and partial letters primarily written to John Munford Gregory Jr. Correspondents include his parents, siblings, cousins and friends from New York, North Carolina, Missouri, California, Richmond and Charles City County, Virginia. All of the letters were written after he had emigrated to California, and mostly contain family news including deaths, health, romances, marriages, business, church services, and daily life. The letters also include mention of Gettysburg Water for rheumatism, calico and alpaca dresses, troubles in Virginia's timber industry, attendance at Washington College and Virginia Military Institute commencement exercises, butchering six \"right fat\" hogs, and accidently peppering a favorite hound dog with buckshot while killing a chicken for dinner. None of the letters include their mailing envelopes. The series is organized chronologically by date."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["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."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"famname_ssim":["Gregory family.","Galbraith family","Gregory family"],"names_coll_ssim":["Galbraith family","Gregory family"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Gregory family.","Galbraith family","Gregory family"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":43,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:42:54.762Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_2433","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_2433","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_2433","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_2433","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_2433.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Gregory Family papers","title_ssm":["Gregory Family papers"],"title_tesim":["Gregory Family papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1829-1920","1880-1900"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1829-1920"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1880-1900"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1829/1920, bulk 1880/1900"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Gregory Family papers, 1829/1920, bulk 1880/1900"],"text":["Gregory Family papers, 1829/1920, bulk 1880/1900","MS 00027","/repositories/2/resources/2433","Charles City County (Va.)--History--19th century","Virginia--Genealogy","Virginia--History--19th century","College of William and Mary--History--19th century","College of William and Mary--Students","James City County (Va.)--History--19th century","Legal documents","Suisun (Calif.)--History","United States--Politics and government--1865-1900","Women--Diaries","Women--Virginia--Social life and customs","Young women--Diaries","Virginia. Governor (1842-1843 : Gregory)","Carte de visite photographs","Correspondence","Diaries","Newspapers","Photographs","Tintypes (prints)","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.","The collection is arranged in order by type of material (Correspondence, Papers, Genealogy, Legal, Newspapers and Photographs) or accession followed by individual, date or family name where applicable. Material is in chronological order within folders.","Accessioned and processed by Susan Riggs and Emily Eklund.","The Gregory Family papers follow the family of Virginia Governor John Munford Gregory and wife Amanda Wallace through three generations with letters dating from the 1820's to the 1920's. Most items are letters between family members and grant insight into the daily activities and concerns of the Gregory family. The collection also includes correspondence between members of the Gregory family and other acquaintances, including members of the John Tyler family. While most letters are of a personal nature, some also touch on the issues of politics, education, religion, and agriculture. The collection is rich in genealogical information on the Gregory family and related Croshaw, Graves, West, and White families, as well as history of the family's war involvement. In addition to letters, the collection includes newspaper articles, family documents, and two diaries kept by John M. Gregory's daughter, Mattie Galbraith, in the late 1870's. There are also seven cased images of members of the Gregory Family, including Amanda Wallace Gregory, Amanda's sister (Elizabeth Christie Powell), William Wallace Gregory, and Mary \"Mollie\" Gregory.","Letters written to Letty Galbraith from family members. February 22, 1893 letter from Lettie Gregory (her aunt), with a note from Amanda Wallace Gregory, about family, health, sleep and diet. February 28, 1894 letter from John M. Gregory to Letty \"Missy\" Galbraith about the death of Amanda Wallace Gregory, the visit of Missy and California. March 16, 1894, letter from John Gregory to Letty \"Missy\" Galbraith about her illness, his children and the benefits of the California climate. September 14, [1920's], postcard picturing the Gloucester Courthouse from Elisabeth W. B. about the John M. Gregory table. 4 items.","Letters written to Mattie Galbraith from Amanda Wallace Gregory (mother), [Cousin] T. B., John M. Gregory (brother), Greg M.W., M.E. (brother-in-law), Mille A.A. and Margaret (sister). Topics include the death of Amanda (Mattie's child), family, gifts, visitors, illnesses, religion, Robert D. Galbraith's confirmation, Amanda Gregory's eye trouble, Mattie's children, J.M. Gregory's Civil War service, Captain Wallace, General Stonewall Jackson, Amanda Gregory's grandchildren, a controversial marriage, weather, household concerns, African Americans, baptisms, deaths, travel plans, dressmaking, cherry harvest, public schooling, genealogy, a recent photograph, price of potatoes and refrigerators, scandal, Bishop's visit, Mr. Tyler's visit, benefits of \"Hyperphosphites,\" valentines, death of Betty C., seasonal fruit/flowers, scrapbooks, serious illness of Rob (Mattie's son) and alcohol. 22 letters.","Letters written to Mattie Galbraith from Eva Gregory (sister-in-law), T.T.C. Gregory (nephew), Thomas Gregory (nephew), Laura R.G. May, Truxton Gregory (nephew), [Cousin] A. Nilsen (?), John M. Gregory (brother) and Letty Galbraith (cousin). Topics include the importance of education, Stanford University, Fourth of July festivities, Christmas, house fire, holiday events, honor code at Stanford, Eva Gregory's description of her children and request for advice on hiring Chinese vs. Japanese servant, Tom's professor to visit Mattie's town, John Gregory's graduation from Stanford, career plans of Tom and John, D. Smith, Charley Doyle, yachting trip, death of Sympathy (Mattie's daughter), Truxton's Christmas present ring, Truxton's baseball team, Ladies Home Journal, Christmas, childhood reminiscences and illnesses. Descriptions of a few letters: January 1897 letter from S.G. Tyler; January 1897 letter from Eva Gregory about her fears of house burning and comments on her children and husband with a note from Eva's son, Alfred, to Cousin Gregory; February 1897 letter on the Gregory family military record from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War; March 1897 letter from Eva Gregory about Gertrude's brother's visit and illness, a death in the Gregory Family, an earthquake, opinions on women's rights, upcoming vote and her son at Stanford University. June 1899 includes several letters about the death of Eva Gregory's son, John M. Gregory, Jr., from an accident. Includes obituary, comments on death, funeral, grief and community response. 17 letters.","Letters written to Mattie Galbraith from William T. Clapers (?), T.T.C. Gregory, Gertrude Gregory, Eva Gregory (wife of nephew T.T.C Gregory) and J.E.B. Topics include an earthquake in 1906, Gertrude's house burning down and her move to the \"family house,\" political campaign in Suisun, California with T.T.C.'s reelection and his important trial, Eva Gregory's homesickness and isolation, the railroad and the Jefferson Davis Chapter. A 1906 (?) letter concerns Gregory genealogy, records in Richmond, Colonial Dames, Daughters of the Revolution and Daughters of the Confederacy with a transcribed letter from Mrs. Lyon G. Tyler. 7 letters.","Letters written to Robert Davidson Galbraith from a physician, Carrie Prag and Margaret [Galbraith]. Topics include eye problems, medical advice, loan request, home repairs, news of friends and family, recent marriages and gratitude. 3 letters.","Letters written to Amanda Wallace Gregory from E. M. Davison, M. Gregory (son), John M. Gregory (son), William Gregory (son), Thomas Gregory (grandson), [Cousin] Dam Stevens, Julia Armistead of Hampton, Virginia (niece?), John P. Tyler of Millwood, Virginia and Rob Galbraith (grandson). Two letters prior to 1881 are about family, religious testimony, religious conventions, death and salvation. 1880's topics include weather, family, birthdays, John Gregory's sons, Amanda Gregory's 74th birthday in 1883, illness, education, William Gregory's professional duties as a physician (1884 February 8), roads, death of Amanda Gregory's sister (Betsy), religion, birth of John M. Gregory's third son and wife's condition (1888), crops and vacations. 1890's topics include John M. Gregory's recent visit to Virginia, family, death of Sympathy (Amanda's daughter), religion, John M. Gregory's longing for Virginia and Amanda's malaria and recovery. 15 letters.","Letters written to John M. Gregory from Thomas Gregory and John M. Gregory, Jr. (son). 1843 letter from Thomas Wallace asking John Gregory to purchase a slave boy, Henry, who will immediately be emancipated. The request is from a \"coloured woman by the name of Rebecca N. Mathews\" and the money was given him by the boy's father. Henry is owned by W. C. McMurdo who also owns the boy's mother and both were purchased from the estate of William Hatall (?). The remaining letters are from John M. Gregory, Jr. to his father about his first communion in years (1872), his wife and their frugal lifestyle, elections, father/son relationship, career plans, application for county office, county politics, lifestyle, health, legal work, presidential election, drought, crops, \"Greenback Movement,\" Father's 79th birthday (1883) and his judgeship. 6 letters","Letters written to Letty Gregory from E.J.S, John Munford Gregory (father), Amanda Wallace Gregory (mother), A. Van De Vyuer and David Gardiner Tyler. Topics include legal proceedings following the death of William in 1873 (possibly her brother), motherhood and the death of Mollie Gregory (1893). Letters from her parents, John Munford and Amanda Wallace Gregory, mention a deceased child's photograph, Cooper Family genealogy, war history, grandson Rob Galbraith, politics, Martha's wedding clothes, family and friends. In his four letters, David Gardiner Tyler writes about health, Congress in Washington, D.C., death of Amanda Wallace Gregory (Letty's mother), parties and his political trials and successes. 9 letters.","Correspondence between various members of the Gregory Family. 1869 July 25, John M. Gregory to wife Eva Gregory about his business trip, sudden illness, travel plans, weather, friends, family and household instructions. 1879 July 7, Robert Davidson Gregory, Burlington, Virginia to Coz Margaret about the marriage ceremony, reception and honeymoon plans of Mattie Gregory. 1890 February 1, Nancy or Nannie, Singer Manufacturing Company, Mexico to \"dear and valued friend\" about the weather, family, children, health, living in Mexico and Mexican food. 1891 December 29, Amanda Wallace Gregory to grandson Rob Galbraith with family news. 1892 January 18, Amanda Wallace Gregory to \"My Dear Cousin\" about family news, the old Methodist Meeting House in Petersburg which is no longer standing and her horrible year in 1816 in Petersburg when her father died, half the town was burned and the family store was blown up with a young man inside. Mentions a local Catholic Bishop who visited her and her friendships within various denominations. 1893 May 1, Amanda Wallace Gregory to a grandchild with advice on marriage and family news. 1893 August 16, Amanda Wallace Gregory, Harrisonburg, Virginia to her son Robert D. Galbraith, Spartanburg, South Carolina, about her failing eyesight, health and family news. A later handwritten note on the envelope, \"Died at 14 yrs. Old of spiral meningitis.\" [1909?] February 19, E.A. Joyner (?), Tryon, North Carolina to \"My dear Friend\" about \"that branch of the Catholic ch., of which you \u0026 I are a part, was incapable of manifesting the 'good tidings of great joy' to 'all souls \u0026 conditions.'\" She gives her reasons for her views on the shortcomings of the Catholic Church. Undated, but after 1900, partial letter with letterhead of William B. Hamilton, Agent, New York Life Insurance Company, San Antonio, Texas about Mr. Petty who struggled making a living with an \"old hack\" and a boarding house. Undated, M. to Mollie [Gregory] about the visit of Mollie's mother, family and local news. Undated, partial letter from Virginia Trayler about receiving a letter from Julia Armistead and confusing plans for a tea party. On reverse is a list of clothes \"for Mag\" which includes dresses, skirts, shirts, stockings and more. 11 letters.","Letters from Thomas Wallace and William Wallace to family members. 1832 February 7 letter from Thomas Wallace, Williamsburg, Virginia to his Uncle, Thomas Wallace, Petersburg, Virginia while a student at the College of William and Mary. He begins his letter with the comment \"Wmsburg has been a scene of dissipation since the 1st ball – I am not thoroughly convinced that nothing can be more injurious to the students than those balls and parties – they are now just sobering down from their career of frolicking.\" He writes about three students who dressed up a horse in blankets and walked him up to the 3rd floor, played instruments loudly and cursed a professor and two students who have challenged each other to a duel. He notes his visit to Norfolk and he is staying away from females this semester. 1833 November 2 letter from William Wallace at the University of Virginia to his brother, Thomas Wallace in Petersburg, Virginia, about the lecture of Dr. Magill, his studies, languages, expenses, music, food, M.N. Washington and a break in at Monticello. 2 items.","Diary kept by Mattie Gregory before she married Robert Davidson Galbraith. Mattie writes of her day-to-day activities in Charles City County, Virginia with stories of her family and impressions of friends and acquaintances. She includes tales of the sorrows, the quarrels, the joys, and love in her life and the lives of those around her. The first few pages contain bond entries and notes on financial laws and cases, probably written by John M. Gregory.","Mattie Gregory continues to record the daily events of her life in Charles City County, Virginia. Near the end of the diary, she writes about the stress and excitement of her engagement to Robert Davidson Galbraith and the joy of marriage and motherhood. The first few pages contain notes about bankruptcy, probably written by John M. Gregory.","Telegram, resolutions, obituaries and correspondence concerning the death and life of Judge John M. Gregory. April 10, 1884 telegram from L.A. Gregory to Robert D. Galbraith informing him of John J. Gregory's sudden and peaceful death. June 2, 1884 Resolution by the Circuit Court for James City County and the City of Williamsburg at the death of John M. Gregory acknowledging their sadness and praising his character. May 20,1884 Resolution by the Charles City and Williamsburg, Virginia Courts at the death of Judge John M. Gregory with 2 attached newspaper obituaries. Two 1903 letters from John Lamb of the U.S. House of Representatives and David Gardiner Tyler about the erection of a tablet in memory of John M. Gregory I. Typed copy of wording for the dedication of a tablet in memory of Maj. Joseph Croshaw by the descendants through John Munford Gregory and Letitia Power Graves and wording for the dedication of a tablet in memory of Judge John Munford Gregory.","Pages 1 - 4 of the October 14, 1884 Richmond Dispatch.  Confirmation certificate for William T. Gregory,  from the Diocese of Virginia, held in \"his home in Westover Parish\" and signed by John P. Tyler, Rector, March 25, 1889.  Funeral card for William T. Gregory, died May 10, 1889.","Notes and letters concerning Gregory family genealogy, plus some information on the Croshaw, West, Graves, White and Wallace families. April 1883 \"Wallace Pedigree\" related by Aunt Amanda Gregory. 1892 letter from Lyon G. Tyler to Letty Gregory about the Power and Gregory families. Draft of a 1894 letter from Letty Gregory to Lyon G. Tyler about the Power and Gregory families. Undated letter to David Duncan Wallace, Spartanburg, South Carolina from Lorabel Wallace Brooks of Bedford, Indiana about Wallace genealogy from the 18th century to the present.  A Wallace genealogy, beginning with Aunt Letitia Gregory Ware, copied in 1897 by Letty Warburton, her granddaughter.  Notes on the Cooper Family written on the reverse of a T. Morris Certificate for an agent of \"Our Dutchman\" cigar.  Typed notes on the Croshaw, West, Graves and White families.  Note about photographs, possibly the framed photographs that came with the collection.","May 1840 indenture between John Martin of James City County and John M. Gregory of Henrico County for property in James City County.  September 15, 1893 handwritten note by Amanda H. Gregory naming certain items to be distributed after her death.  1895 letter from the Virginia Trust Company, Richmond, Virginia to Mrs. Martha G. Galbraith, Spartanburg, South Carolina requesting a voucher for the $5,000 received from Miss L.A. Gregory's estate.  1907 transcriptions of William Gregory's Revolutionary War land grant and the chain of title to his descendants.","Newspaper issues and clippings containing articles related to the Gregory family, including family genealogy. Genealogy Column from the Richmond Times Dispatch on the Gregory Family of Virginia, November 20, 1904 and December 4, 1904.  Southside Sentinel (Urbanna, Virginia) article, \"The Greatest of All Days in Old Gloucester County\" about the unveiling of tablets and portraits at the Gloucester C.H., December 18, 1904.  Mentions speech by Hon. D. Gardiner Tyler on the unveiling of the tablet for John M. Gregory.  Solano Republican article, \"Fashionable Wedding of T.T.C. (Thomas) Gregory to Gertrude Martin,\" April 24, 1903.","\"Amanda Wallace Gregory \u0026 ? Power\"","\"Elizabeth Christie Powell, Mothers only Sister,\" \"Daughters of William Wallace and Mary Cooper - Petersburg Va,\" and \"Mrs Amanda W. Gregory 1856 Mother.\"","This series consists of full and partial letters primarily written to John Munford Gregory Jr. Correspondents include his parents, siblings, cousins and friends from New York, North Carolina, Missouri, California, Richmond and Charles City County, Virginia. All of the letters were written after he had emigrated to California, and mostly contain family news including deaths, health, romances, marriages, business, church services, and daily life. The letters also include mention of Gettysburg Water for rheumatism, calico and alpaca dresses, troubles in Virginia's timber industry, attendance at Washington College and Virginia Military Institute commencement exercises, butchering six \"right fat\" hogs, and accidently peppering a favorite hound dog with buckshot while killing a chicken for dinner. None of the letters include their mailing envelopes. The series is organized chronologically by date.","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","Gregory family.","Galbraith family","Gregory family","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Gregory Family papers, 1829/1920, bulk 1880/1900"],"collection_ssim":["Gregory Family papers, 1829/1920, bulk 1880/1900"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MS 00027","/repositories/2/resources/2433"],"unitid_tesim":["MS 00027","/repositories/2/resources/2433"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Charles City County (Va.)--History--19th century","Virginia--Genealogy","Virginia--History--19th century"],"geogname_ssim":["Charles City County (Va.)--History--19th century","Virginia--Genealogy","Virginia--History--19th century"],"places_ssim":["Charles City County (Va.)--History--19th century","Virginia--Genealogy","Virginia--History--19th century"],"creator_ssm":["Gregory family."],"creator_ssim":["Gregory family."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Gregory family.","Galbraith family","Gregory family"],"creators_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Gregory family.","Galbraith family","Gregory 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":["Initial papers received as gift (Acc. 2008.138). 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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. 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The collection also includes correspondence between members of the Gregory family and other acquaintances, including members of the John Tyler family. While most letters are of a personal nature, some also touch on the issues of politics, education, religion, and agriculture. The collection is rich in genealogical information on the Gregory family and related Croshaw, Graves, West, and White families, as well as history of the family's war involvement. In addition to letters, the collection includes newspaper articles, family documents, and two diaries kept by John M. Gregory's daughter, Mattie Galbraith, in the late 1870's. There are also seven cased images of members of the Gregory Family, including Amanda Wallace Gregory, Amanda's sister (Elizabeth Christie Powell), William Wallace Gregory, and Mary \"Mollie\" Gregory.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eLetters written to Letty Galbraith from family members. February 22, 1893 letter from Lettie Gregory (her aunt), with a note from Amanda Wallace Gregory, about family, health, sleep and diet. February 28, 1894 letter from John M. Gregory to Letty \"Missy\" Galbraith about the death of Amanda Wallace Gregory, the visit of Missy and California. March 16, 1894, letter from John Gregory to Letty \"Missy\" Galbraith about her illness, his children and the benefits of the California climate. September 14, [1920's], postcard picturing the Gloucester Courthouse from Elisabeth W. B. about the John M. Gregory table. 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written to Mattie Galbraith from Amanda Wallace Gregory (mother), [Cousin] T. B., John M. Gregory (brother), Greg M.W., M.E. (brother-in-law), Mille A.A. and Margaret (sister). Topics include the death of Amanda (Mattie's child), family, gifts, visitors, illnesses, religion, Robert D. Galbraith's confirmation, Amanda Gregory's eye trouble, Mattie's children, J.M. Gregory's Civil War service, Captain Wallace, General Stonewall Jackson, Amanda Gregory's grandchildren, a controversial marriage, weather, household concerns, African Americans, baptisms, deaths, travel plans, dressmaking, cherry harvest, public schooling, genealogy, a recent photograph, price of potatoes and refrigerators, scandal, Bishop's visit, Mr. Tyler's visit, benefits of \"Hyperphosphites,\" valentines, death of Betty C., seasonal fruit/flowers, scrapbooks, serious illness of Rob (Mattie's son) and alcohol. 22 letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written to Mattie Galbraith from Eva Gregory (sister-in-law), T.T.C. Gregory (nephew), Thomas Gregory (nephew), Laura R.G. May, Truxton Gregory (nephew), [Cousin] A. Nilsen (?), John M. Gregory (brother) and Letty Galbraith (cousin). Topics include the importance of education, Stanford University, Fourth of July festivities, Christmas, house fire, holiday events, honor code at Stanford, Eva Gregory's description of her children and request for advice on hiring Chinese vs. Japanese servant, Tom's professor to visit Mattie's town, John Gregory's graduation from Stanford, career plans of Tom and John, D. Smith, Charley Doyle, yachting trip, death of Sympathy (Mattie's daughter), Truxton's Christmas present ring, Truxton's baseball team, Ladies Home Journal, Christmas, childhood reminiscences and illnesses. Descriptions of a few letters: January 1897 letter from S.G. Tyler; January 1897 letter from Eva Gregory about her fears of house burning and comments on her children and husband with a note from Eva's son, Alfred, to Cousin Gregory; February 1897 letter on the Gregory family military record from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War; March 1897 letter from Eva Gregory about Gertrude's brother's visit and illness, a death in the Gregory Family, an earthquake, opinions on women's rights, upcoming vote and her son at Stanford University. June 1899 includes several letters about the death of Eva Gregory's son, John M. Gregory, Jr., from an accident. Includes obituary, comments on death, funeral, grief and community response. 17 letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written to Mattie Galbraith from William T. Clapers (?), T.T.C. Gregory, Gertrude Gregory, Eva Gregory (wife of nephew T.T.C Gregory) and J.E.B. Topics include an earthquake in 1906, Gertrude's house burning down and her move to the \"family house,\" political campaign in Suisun, California with T.T.C.'s reelection and his important trial, Eva Gregory's homesickness and isolation, the railroad and the Jefferson Davis Chapter. A 1906 (?) letter concerns Gregory genealogy, records in Richmond, Colonial Dames, Daughters of the Revolution and Daughters of the Confederacy with a transcribed letter from Mrs. Lyon G. Tyler. 7 letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written to Robert Davidson Galbraith from a physician, Carrie Prag and Margaret [Galbraith]. Topics include eye problems, medical advice, loan request, home repairs, news of friends and family, recent marriages and gratitude. 3 letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written to Amanda Wallace Gregory from E. M. Davison, M. Gregory (son), John M. Gregory (son), William Gregory (son), Thomas Gregory (grandson), [Cousin] Dam Stevens, Julia Armistead of Hampton, Virginia (niece?), John P. Tyler of Millwood, Virginia and Rob Galbraith (grandson). Two letters prior to 1881 are about family, religious testimony, religious conventions, death and salvation. 1880's topics include weather, family, birthdays, John Gregory's sons, Amanda Gregory's 74th birthday in 1883, illness, education, William Gregory's professional duties as a physician (1884 February 8), roads, death of Amanda Gregory's sister (Betsy), religion, birth of John M. Gregory's third son and wife's condition (1888), crops and vacations. 1890's topics include John M. Gregory's recent visit to Virginia, family, death of Sympathy (Amanda's daughter), religion, John M. Gregory's longing for Virginia and Amanda's malaria and recovery. 15 letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written to John M. Gregory from Thomas Gregory and John M. Gregory, Jr. (son). 1843 letter from Thomas Wallace asking John Gregory to purchase a slave boy, Henry, who will immediately be emancipated. The request is from a \"coloured woman by the name of Rebecca N. Mathews\" and the money was given him by the boy's father. Henry is owned by W. C. McMurdo who also owns the boy's mother and both were purchased from the estate of William Hatall (?). The remaining letters are from John M. Gregory, Jr. to his father about his first communion in years (1872), his wife and their frugal lifestyle, elections, father/son relationship, career plans, application for county office, county politics, lifestyle, health, legal work, presidential election, drought, crops, \"Greenback Movement,\" Father's 79th birthday (1883) and his judgeship. 6 letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written to Letty Gregory from E.J.S, John Munford Gregory (father), Amanda Wallace Gregory (mother), A. Van De Vyuer and David Gardiner Tyler. Topics include legal proceedings following the death of William in 1873 (possibly her brother), motherhood and the death of Mollie Gregory (1893). Letters from her parents, John Munford and Amanda Wallace Gregory, mention a deceased child's photograph, Cooper Family genealogy, war history, grandson Rob Galbraith, politics, Martha's wedding clothes, family and friends. In his four letters, David Gardiner Tyler writes about health, Congress in Washington, D.C., death of Amanda Wallace Gregory (Letty's mother), parties and his political trials and successes. 9 letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between various members of the Gregory Family. 1869 July 25, John M. Gregory to wife Eva Gregory about his business trip, sudden illness, travel plans, weather, friends, family and household instructions. 1879 July 7, Robert Davidson Gregory, Burlington, Virginia to Coz Margaret about the marriage ceremony, reception and honeymoon plans of Mattie Gregory. 1890 February 1, Nancy or Nannie, Singer Manufacturing Company, Mexico to \"dear and valued friend\" about the weather, family, children, health, living in Mexico and Mexican food. 1891 December 29, Amanda Wallace Gregory to grandson Rob Galbraith with family news. 1892 January 18, Amanda Wallace Gregory to \"My Dear Cousin\" about family news, the old Methodist Meeting House in Petersburg which is no longer standing and her horrible year in 1816 in Petersburg when her father died, half the town was burned and the family store was blown up with a young man inside. Mentions a local Catholic Bishop who visited her and her friendships within various denominations. 1893 May 1, Amanda Wallace Gregory to a grandchild with advice on marriage and family news. 1893 August 16, Amanda Wallace Gregory, Harrisonburg, Virginia to her son Robert D. Galbraith, Spartanburg, South Carolina, about her failing eyesight, health and family news. A later handwritten note on the envelope, \"Died at 14 yrs. Old of spiral meningitis.\" [1909?] February 19, E.A. Joyner (?), Tryon, North Carolina to \"My dear Friend\" about \"that branch of the Catholic ch., of which you \u0026amp; I are a part, was incapable of manifesting the 'good tidings of great joy' to 'all souls \u0026amp; conditions.'\" She gives her reasons for her views on the shortcomings of the Catholic Church. Undated, but after 1900, partial letter with letterhead of William B. Hamilton, Agent, New York Life Insurance Company, San Antonio, Texas about Mr. Petty who struggled making a living with an \"old hack\" and a boarding house. Undated, M. to Mollie [Gregory] about the visit of Mollie's mother, family and local news. Undated, partial letter from Virginia Trayler about receiving a letter from Julia Armistead and confusing plans for a tea party. On reverse is a list of clothes \"for Mag\" which includes dresses, skirts, shirts, stockings and more. 11 letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Thomas Wallace and William Wallace to family members. 1832 February 7 letter from Thomas Wallace, Williamsburg, Virginia to his Uncle, Thomas Wallace, Petersburg, Virginia while a student at the College of William and Mary. He begins his letter with the comment \"Wmsburg has been a scene of dissipation since the 1st ball – I am not thoroughly convinced that nothing can be more injurious to the students than those balls and parties – they are now just sobering down from their career of frolicking.\" He writes about three students who dressed up a horse in blankets and walked him up to the 3rd floor, played instruments loudly and cursed a professor and two students who have challenged each other to a duel. He notes his visit to Norfolk and he is staying away from females this semester. 1833 November 2 letter from William Wallace at the University of Virginia to his brother, Thomas Wallace in Petersburg, Virginia, about the lecture of Dr. Magill, his studies, languages, expenses, music, food, M.N. Washington and a break in at Monticello. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiary kept by Mattie Gregory before she married Robert Davidson Galbraith. Mattie writes of her day-to-day activities in Charles City County, Virginia with stories of her family and impressions of friends and acquaintances. She includes tales of the sorrows, the quarrels, the joys, and love in her life and the lives of those around her. The first few pages contain bond entries and notes on financial laws and cases, probably written by John M. Gregory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMattie Gregory continues to record the daily events of her life in Charles City County, Virginia. Near the end of the diary, she writes about the stress and excitement of her engagement to Robert Davidson Galbraith and the joy of marriage and motherhood. The first few pages contain notes about bankruptcy, probably written by John M. Gregory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTelegram, resolutions, obituaries and correspondence concerning the death and life of Judge John M. Gregory. April 10, 1884 telegram from L.A. Gregory to Robert D. Galbraith informing him of John J. Gregory's sudden and peaceful death. June 2, 1884 Resolution by the Circuit Court for James City County and the City of Williamsburg at the death of John M. Gregory acknowledging their sadness and praising his character. May 20,1884 Resolution by the Charles City and Williamsburg, Virginia Courts at the death of Judge John M. Gregory with 2 attached newspaper obituaries. Two 1903 letters from John Lamb of the U.S. House of Representatives and David Gardiner Tyler about the erection of a tablet in memory of John M. Gregory I. Typed copy of wording for the dedication of a tablet in memory of Maj. Joseph Croshaw by the descendants through John Munford Gregory and Letitia Power Graves and wording for the dedication of a tablet in memory of Judge John Munford Gregory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePages 1 - 4 of the October 14, 1884 Richmond Dispatch.  Confirmation certificate for William T. Gregory,  from the Diocese of Virginia, held in \"his home in Westover Parish\" and signed by John P. Tyler, Rector, March 25, 1889.  Funeral card for William T. Gregory, died May 10, 1889.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes and letters concerning Gregory family genealogy, plus some information on the Croshaw, West, Graves, White and Wallace families. April 1883 \"Wallace Pedigree\" related by Aunt Amanda Gregory. 1892 letter from Lyon G. Tyler to Letty Gregory about the Power and Gregory families. Draft of a 1894 letter from Letty Gregory to Lyon G. Tyler about the Power and Gregory families. Undated letter to David Duncan Wallace, Spartanburg, South Carolina from Lorabel Wallace Brooks of Bedford, Indiana about Wallace genealogy from the 18th century to the present.  A Wallace genealogy, beginning with Aunt Letitia Gregory Ware, copied in 1897 by Letty Warburton, her granddaughter.  Notes on the Cooper Family written on the reverse of a T. Morris Certificate for an agent of \"Our Dutchman\" cigar.  Typed notes on the Croshaw, West, Graves and White families.  Note about photographs, possibly the framed photographs that came with the collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMay 1840 indenture between John Martin of James City County and John M. Gregory of Henrico County for property in James City County.  September 15, 1893 handwritten note by Amanda H. Gregory naming certain items to be distributed after her death.  1895 letter from the Virginia Trust Company, Richmond, Virginia to Mrs. Martha G. Galbraith, Spartanburg, South Carolina requesting a voucher for the $5,000 received from Miss L.A. Gregory's estate.  1907 transcriptions of William Gregory's Revolutionary War land grant and the chain of title to his descendants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper issues and clippings containing articles related to the Gregory family, including family genealogy. Genealogy Column from the Richmond Times Dispatch on the Gregory Family of Virginia, November 20, 1904 and December 4, 1904.  Southside Sentinel (Urbanna, Virginia) article, \"The Greatest of All Days in Old Gloucester County\" about the unveiling of tablets and portraits at the Gloucester C.H., December 18, 1904.  Mentions speech by Hon. D. Gardiner Tyler on the unveiling of the tablet for John M. Gregory.  Solano Republican article, \"Fashionable Wedding of T.T.C. (Thomas) Gregory to Gertrude Martin,\" April 24, 1903.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Amanda Wallace Gregory \u0026amp; ? Power\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Elizabeth Christie Powell, Mothers only Sister,\" \"Daughters of William Wallace and Mary Cooper - Petersburg Va,\" and \"Mrs Amanda W. Gregory 1856 Mother.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of full and partial letters primarily written to John Munford Gregory Jr. Correspondents include his parents, siblings, cousins and friends from New York, North Carolina, Missouri, California, Richmond and Charles City County, Virginia. All of the letters were written after he had emigrated to California, and mostly contain family news including deaths, health, romances, marriages, business, church services, and daily life. The letters also include mention of Gettysburg Water for rheumatism, calico and alpaca dresses, troubles in Virginia's timber industry, attendance at Washington College and Virginia Military Institute commencement exercises, butchering six \"right fat\" hogs, and accidently peppering a favorite hound dog with buckshot while killing a chicken for dinner. None of the letters include their mailing envelopes. The series is organized chronologically by date.\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Gregory Family papers follow the family of Virginia Governor John Munford Gregory and wife Amanda Wallace through three generations with letters dating from the 1820's to the 1920's. Most items are letters between family members and grant insight into the daily activities and concerns of the Gregory family. The collection also includes correspondence between members of the Gregory family and other acquaintances, including members of the John Tyler family. While most letters are of a personal nature, some also touch on the issues of politics, education, religion, and agriculture. The collection is rich in genealogical information on the Gregory family and related Croshaw, Graves, West, and White families, as well as history of the family's war involvement. In addition to letters, the collection includes newspaper articles, family documents, and two diaries kept by John M. Gregory's daughter, Mattie Galbraith, in the late 1870's. There are also seven cased images of members of the Gregory Family, including Amanda Wallace Gregory, Amanda's sister (Elizabeth Christie Powell), William Wallace Gregory, and Mary \"Mollie\" Gregory.","Letters written to Letty Galbraith from family members. February 22, 1893 letter from Lettie Gregory (her aunt), with a note from Amanda Wallace Gregory, about family, health, sleep and diet. February 28, 1894 letter from John M. Gregory to Letty \"Missy\" Galbraith about the death of Amanda Wallace Gregory, the visit of Missy and California. March 16, 1894, letter from John Gregory to Letty \"Missy\" Galbraith about her illness, his children and the benefits of the California climate. September 14, [1920's], postcard picturing the Gloucester Courthouse from Elisabeth W. B. about the John M. Gregory table. 4 items.","Letters written to Mattie Galbraith from Amanda Wallace Gregory (mother), [Cousin] T. B., John M. Gregory (brother), Greg M.W., M.E. (brother-in-law), Mille A.A. and Margaret (sister). Topics include the death of Amanda (Mattie's child), family, gifts, visitors, illnesses, religion, Robert D. Galbraith's confirmation, Amanda Gregory's eye trouble, Mattie's children, J.M. Gregory's Civil War service, Captain Wallace, General Stonewall Jackson, Amanda Gregory's grandchildren, a controversial marriage, weather, household concerns, African Americans, baptisms, deaths, travel plans, dressmaking, cherry harvest, public schooling, genealogy, a recent photograph, price of potatoes and refrigerators, scandal, Bishop's visit, Mr. Tyler's visit, benefits of \"Hyperphosphites,\" valentines, death of Betty C., seasonal fruit/flowers, scrapbooks, serious illness of Rob (Mattie's son) and alcohol. 22 letters.","Letters written to Mattie Galbraith from Eva Gregory (sister-in-law), T.T.C. Gregory (nephew), Thomas Gregory (nephew), Laura R.G. May, Truxton Gregory (nephew), [Cousin] A. Nilsen (?), John M. Gregory (brother) and Letty Galbraith (cousin). Topics include the importance of education, Stanford University, Fourth of July festivities, Christmas, house fire, holiday events, honor code at Stanford, Eva Gregory's description of her children and request for advice on hiring Chinese vs. Japanese servant, Tom's professor to visit Mattie's town, John Gregory's graduation from Stanford, career plans of Tom and John, D. Smith, Charley Doyle, yachting trip, death of Sympathy (Mattie's daughter), Truxton's Christmas present ring, Truxton's baseball team, Ladies Home Journal, Christmas, childhood reminiscences and illnesses. Descriptions of a few letters: January 1897 letter from S.G. Tyler; January 1897 letter from Eva Gregory about her fears of house burning and comments on her children and husband with a note from Eva's son, Alfred, to Cousin Gregory; February 1897 letter on the Gregory family military record from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War; March 1897 letter from Eva Gregory about Gertrude's brother's visit and illness, a death in the Gregory Family, an earthquake, opinions on women's rights, upcoming vote and her son at Stanford University. June 1899 includes several letters about the death of Eva Gregory's son, John M. Gregory, Jr., from an accident. Includes obituary, comments on death, funeral, grief and community response. 17 letters.","Letters written to Mattie Galbraith from William T. Clapers (?), T.T.C. Gregory, Gertrude Gregory, Eva Gregory (wife of nephew T.T.C Gregory) and J.E.B. Topics include an earthquake in 1906, Gertrude's house burning down and her move to the \"family house,\" political campaign in Suisun, California with T.T.C.'s reelection and his important trial, Eva Gregory's homesickness and isolation, the railroad and the Jefferson Davis Chapter. A 1906 (?) letter concerns Gregory genealogy, records in Richmond, Colonial Dames, Daughters of the Revolution and Daughters of the Confederacy with a transcribed letter from Mrs. Lyon G. Tyler. 7 letters.","Letters written to Robert Davidson Galbraith from a physician, Carrie Prag and Margaret [Galbraith]. Topics include eye problems, medical advice, loan request, home repairs, news of friends and family, recent marriages and gratitude. 3 letters.","Letters written to Amanda Wallace Gregory from E. M. Davison, M. Gregory (son), John M. Gregory (son), William Gregory (son), Thomas Gregory (grandson), [Cousin] Dam Stevens, Julia Armistead of Hampton, Virginia (niece?), John P. Tyler of Millwood, Virginia and Rob Galbraith (grandson). Two letters prior to 1881 are about family, religious testimony, religious conventions, death and salvation. 1880's topics include weather, family, birthdays, John Gregory's sons, Amanda Gregory's 74th birthday in 1883, illness, education, William Gregory's professional duties as a physician (1884 February 8), roads, death of Amanda Gregory's sister (Betsy), religion, birth of John M. Gregory's third son and wife's condition (1888), crops and vacations. 1890's topics include John M. Gregory's recent visit to Virginia, family, death of Sympathy (Amanda's daughter), religion, John M. Gregory's longing for Virginia and Amanda's malaria and recovery. 15 letters.","Letters written to John M. Gregory from Thomas Gregory and John M. Gregory, Jr. (son). 1843 letter from Thomas Wallace asking John Gregory to purchase a slave boy, Henry, who will immediately be emancipated. The request is from a \"coloured woman by the name of Rebecca N. Mathews\" and the money was given him by the boy's father. Henry is owned by W. C. McMurdo who also owns the boy's mother and both were purchased from the estate of William Hatall (?). The remaining letters are from John M. Gregory, Jr. to his father about his first communion in years (1872), his wife and their frugal lifestyle, elections, father/son relationship, career plans, application for county office, county politics, lifestyle, health, legal work, presidential election, drought, crops, \"Greenback Movement,\" Father's 79th birthday (1883) and his judgeship. 6 letters","Letters written to Letty Gregory from E.J.S, John Munford Gregory (father), Amanda Wallace Gregory (mother), A. Van De Vyuer and David Gardiner Tyler. Topics include legal proceedings following the death of William in 1873 (possibly her brother), motherhood and the death of Mollie Gregory (1893). Letters from her parents, John Munford and Amanda Wallace Gregory, mention a deceased child's photograph, Cooper Family genealogy, war history, grandson Rob Galbraith, politics, Martha's wedding clothes, family and friends. In his four letters, David Gardiner Tyler writes about health, Congress in Washington, D.C., death of Amanda Wallace Gregory (Letty's mother), parties and his political trials and successes. 9 letters.","Correspondence between various members of the Gregory Family. 1869 July 25, John M. Gregory to wife Eva Gregory about his business trip, sudden illness, travel plans, weather, friends, family and household instructions. 1879 July 7, Robert Davidson Gregory, Burlington, Virginia to Coz Margaret about the marriage ceremony, reception and honeymoon plans of Mattie Gregory. 1890 February 1, Nancy or Nannie, Singer Manufacturing Company, Mexico to \"dear and valued friend\" about the weather, family, children, health, living in Mexico and Mexican food. 1891 December 29, Amanda Wallace Gregory to grandson Rob Galbraith with family news. 1892 January 18, Amanda Wallace Gregory to \"My Dear Cousin\" about family news, the old Methodist Meeting House in Petersburg which is no longer standing and her horrible year in 1816 in Petersburg when her father died, half the town was burned and the family store was blown up with a young man inside. Mentions a local Catholic Bishop who visited her and her friendships within various denominations. 1893 May 1, Amanda Wallace Gregory to a grandchild with advice on marriage and family news. 1893 August 16, Amanda Wallace Gregory, Harrisonburg, Virginia to her son Robert D. Galbraith, Spartanburg, South Carolina, about her failing eyesight, health and family news. A later handwritten note on the envelope, \"Died at 14 yrs. Old of spiral meningitis.\" [1909?] February 19, E.A. Joyner (?), Tryon, North Carolina to \"My dear Friend\" about \"that branch of the Catholic ch., of which you \u0026 I are a part, was incapable of manifesting the 'good tidings of great joy' to 'all souls \u0026 conditions.'\" She gives her reasons for her views on the shortcomings of the Catholic Church. Undated, but after 1900, partial letter with letterhead of William B. Hamilton, Agent, New York Life Insurance Company, San Antonio, Texas about Mr. Petty who struggled making a living with an \"old hack\" and a boarding house. Undated, M. to Mollie [Gregory] about the visit of Mollie's mother, family and local news. Undated, partial letter from Virginia Trayler about receiving a letter from Julia Armistead and confusing plans for a tea party. On reverse is a list of clothes \"for Mag\" which includes dresses, skirts, shirts, stockings and more. 11 letters.","Letters from Thomas Wallace and William Wallace to family members. 1832 February 7 letter from Thomas Wallace, Williamsburg, Virginia to his Uncle, Thomas Wallace, Petersburg, Virginia while a student at the College of William and Mary. He begins his letter with the comment \"Wmsburg has been a scene of dissipation since the 1st ball – I am not thoroughly convinced that nothing can be more injurious to the students than those balls and parties – they are now just sobering down from their career of frolicking.\" He writes about three students who dressed up a horse in blankets and walked him up to the 3rd floor, played instruments loudly and cursed a professor and two students who have challenged each other to a duel. He notes his visit to Norfolk and he is staying away from females this semester. 1833 November 2 letter from William Wallace at the University of Virginia to his brother, Thomas Wallace in Petersburg, Virginia, about the lecture of Dr. Magill, his studies, languages, expenses, music, food, M.N. Washington and a break in at Monticello. 2 items.","Diary kept by Mattie Gregory before she married Robert Davidson Galbraith. Mattie writes of her day-to-day activities in Charles City County, Virginia with stories of her family and impressions of friends and acquaintances. She includes tales of the sorrows, the quarrels, the joys, and love in her life and the lives of those around her. The first few pages contain bond entries and notes on financial laws and cases, probably written by John M. Gregory.","Mattie Gregory continues to record the daily events of her life in Charles City County, Virginia. Near the end of the diary, she writes about the stress and excitement of her engagement to Robert Davidson Galbraith and the joy of marriage and motherhood. The first few pages contain notes about bankruptcy, probably written by John M. Gregory.","Telegram, resolutions, obituaries and correspondence concerning the death and life of Judge John M. Gregory. April 10, 1884 telegram from L.A. Gregory to Robert D. Galbraith informing him of John J. Gregory's sudden and peaceful death. June 2, 1884 Resolution by the Circuit Court for James City County and the City of Williamsburg at the death of John M. Gregory acknowledging their sadness and praising his character. May 20,1884 Resolution by the Charles City and Williamsburg, Virginia Courts at the death of Judge John M. Gregory with 2 attached newspaper obituaries. Two 1903 letters from John Lamb of the U.S. House of Representatives and David Gardiner Tyler about the erection of a tablet in memory of John M. Gregory I. Typed copy of wording for the dedication of a tablet in memory of Maj. Joseph Croshaw by the descendants through John Munford Gregory and Letitia Power Graves and wording for the dedication of a tablet in memory of Judge John Munford Gregory.","Pages 1 - 4 of the October 14, 1884 Richmond Dispatch.  Confirmation certificate for William T. Gregory,  from the Diocese of Virginia, held in \"his home in Westover Parish\" and signed by John P. Tyler, Rector, March 25, 1889.  Funeral card for William T. Gregory, died May 10, 1889.","Notes and letters concerning Gregory family genealogy, plus some information on the Croshaw, West, Graves, White and Wallace families. April 1883 \"Wallace Pedigree\" related by Aunt Amanda Gregory. 1892 letter from Lyon G. Tyler to Letty Gregory about the Power and Gregory families. Draft of a 1894 letter from Letty Gregory to Lyon G. Tyler about the Power and Gregory families. Undated letter to David Duncan Wallace, Spartanburg, South Carolina from Lorabel Wallace Brooks of Bedford, Indiana about Wallace genealogy from the 18th century to the present.  A Wallace genealogy, beginning with Aunt Letitia Gregory Ware, copied in 1897 by Letty Warburton, her granddaughter.  Notes on the Cooper Family written on the reverse of a T. Morris Certificate for an agent of \"Our Dutchman\" cigar.  Typed notes on the Croshaw, West, Graves and White families.  Note about photographs, possibly the framed photographs that came with the collection.","May 1840 indenture between John Martin of James City County and John M. Gregory of Henrico County for property in James City County.  September 15, 1893 handwritten note by Amanda H. Gregory naming certain items to be distributed after her death.  1895 letter from the Virginia Trust Company, Richmond, Virginia to Mrs. Martha G. Galbraith, Spartanburg, South Carolina requesting a voucher for the $5,000 received from Miss L.A. Gregory's estate.  1907 transcriptions of William Gregory's Revolutionary War land grant and the chain of title to his descendants.","Newspaper issues and clippings containing articles related to the Gregory family, including family genealogy. Genealogy Column from the Richmond Times Dispatch on the Gregory Family of Virginia, November 20, 1904 and December 4, 1904.  Southside Sentinel (Urbanna, Virginia) article, \"The Greatest of All Days in Old Gloucester County\" about the unveiling of tablets and portraits at the Gloucester C.H., December 18, 1904.  Mentions speech by Hon. D. Gardiner Tyler on the unveiling of the tablet for John M. Gregory.  Solano Republican article, \"Fashionable Wedding of T.T.C. (Thomas) Gregory to Gertrude Martin,\" April 24, 1903.","\"Amanda Wallace Gregory \u0026 ? Power\"","\"Elizabeth Christie Powell, Mothers only Sister,\" \"Daughters of William Wallace and Mary Cooper - Petersburg Va,\" and \"Mrs Amanda W. Gregory 1856 Mother.\"","This series consists of full and partial letters primarily written to John Munford Gregory Jr. Correspondents include his parents, siblings, cousins and friends from New York, North Carolina, Missouri, California, Richmond and Charles City County, Virginia. All of the letters were written after he had emigrated to California, and mostly contain family news including deaths, health, romances, marriages, business, church services, and daily life. The letters also include mention of Gettysburg Water for rheumatism, calico and alpaca dresses, troubles in Virginia's timber industry, attendance at Washington College and Virginia Military Institute commencement exercises, butchering six \"right fat\" hogs, and accidently peppering a favorite hound dog with buckshot while killing a chicken for dinner. None of the letters include their mailing envelopes. 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