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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.","Dr. Richard P. Ludlow and Alexander Somervail Medical Accounts (Mss. Acc. 2005.35)","Collection includes papers, 1656-1848, concerning Essex County, Va. including land records and wills, many of which relate to the Rowzee family. Many of the records date from the seventeenth century.","The collection also includes correspondence, 1830-1920, of members of the Baird family including letters, 1859-1911, of Edward R. 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The deed is transferred from John Weine, Rappahannock County, to Edward Rowzee, March 11, 1665. 1 p.","1 page. Document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","2 pages. Document signed.","2 pages. Document signed.","1 page. Document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","2 pages. Document signed.","Document signed.","2 pages. Autograph document.","1 page. Document signed.","1 page.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed. Modern autograph copy included.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","5 pages. Autograph document signed.","3 pages. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","2 pages. Autograph document. Autograph copy included.","Fragments. Autograph document signed.","Scope and Contents","Two questions about a will from Jo[h]n Rowzee to Edward Barradall. 2 pages. Autograph document signed. Including autograph document signed on verso. Reply from Edward Barradall, 12 March [?].","Signed by William Gooch. 1 page. Document signed.","1 page. Document signed.","1 page. Fragments. Document signed.","2 pages. Document signed.","2 pages. Document.","2 pages. Autograph copy signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","6 pages. Autograph document signed.","Description of land deeded to John Rowzee by John Noel. 1 page. Autograph document. Including autograph document on verso. Description of land deeded to Tho[ma]s Andrews by John Noel, 1754. 1 page.","1 page. fragments. Autograph document.","1 page. Printed document signed.","3 pages. Copy of autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Fragments. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document.","1 page. Copy of autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Document signed.","7 pieces.","2 pages. Autograph document.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","Appointment of W[illia]m Boutwell as guardian to Mary Ann Boutwell, W[illia]m Boutwell, John Boutwell; also to Burkenhead, Elizabeth and Mary Boutwell; signed by Tho[ma]s Jones, D[i]st[rict] Att[orne]y. 1 page. Copy of autograph document signed. Including autograph note signed on verso. Recept from W[illia]m Boutwell to William Rowzee, 4 Nov. 1784. 1 page.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","Order of payment to Thomas Hawkins, Essex County, from W[illia]m Boutwell to pay W[illia]m Gray. 1 page. Autograph document signed. Including autograph document signed on verso. Receipt from J[o]hn Gray to Thomas Hawkins, 13 Sept. 1784. 1 page.","Statement of a bond between W[illia]m Rowzee and W[illia]m Boutwell. 1 page. Autograph document. Including autograph document on verso. Receipt to W[illia]m Boutwell, 18 Aug. 1785. 1 page.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","An order for two barrels of corn and a request for a statement of his account. 1 page. Autograph letter signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph letter signed.","Receipt from Boutwell to Thomas Hawkins. 1 page. Autograph document signed. Including autograph document signed on verso. Receipt from John Boutwell to Thomas Hawkins, 27 Oct. 1785. 1 page.","1 page. Autograph document.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","2 pages. Autograph copy signed.","A list of bonds paid to Jo[h]n Hord by W[illia]m Rowzee. 2 pages. Autograph document. Including autograph document on verso. Receipt from John Hord to William Rowzee. 1 page.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph letter signed.","4 pages. Copy of autograph document signed.","4 pieces.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","22 pieces.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","2 pages. 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Document signed.","17 items.","8 items.","5 items. Photograph and newspaper.","2 items. Typewritten document signed and manuscript.","2 items. Manuscripts.","5 items.","18 items.","2 items. Manuscript volume.","Copy of Baird-Rowzie genealogy chart and Samuel Barron I genealogy chart.  Addition.","\"Letters to a Nineteenth Century Physician\" paper by R.D. Jordan.  Papers concern letters from owners of ailing slaves in Albemarle County, Virginia to Charles Brown, a Charlottesville physician. Addition.","26 items.","20 items.","15 items.","12 items.","3 pages Autograph letter signed.","10 items.","5 items.","34 items.","Copyright to this collection was retained by the family and researchers should first contact the Special Collections Research Center.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","Baird family","Barron family","Hunter family","Rowzee family","Hunter, R. M. T. 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Document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocument signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document signed. Modern autograph copy included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 pages. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph document. Autograph copy included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFragments. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTwo questions about a will from Jo[h]n Rowzee to Edward Barradall. 2 pages. Autograph document signed. 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Copy of autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Fragments. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Copy of autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppointment of W[illia]m Boutwell as guardian to Mary Ann Boutwell, W[illia]m Boutwell, John Boutwell; also to Burkenhead, Elizabeth and Mary Boutwell; signed by Tho[ma]s Jones, D[i]st[rict] Att[orne]y. 1 page. Copy of autograph document signed. 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Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt from Boutwell to Thomas Hawkins. 1 page. Autograph document signed. Including autograph document signed on verso. Receipt from John Boutwell to Thomas Hawkins, 27 Oct. 1785. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph copy signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of bonds paid to Jo[h]n Hord by W[illia]m Rowzee. 2 pages. Autograph document. Including autograph document on verso. Receipt from John Hord to William Rowzee. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Copy of autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e22 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003elp. Copy of autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Copy of autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Copy of autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement made between John Rowzee and Apphia Rowzee. 1 page. Copy of autograph document signed. Including copy of autograph document signed on verso. Agreement admitted to record in Essex County by John P. Lee, Clerk, 20 June 1814. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Copy of autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 items. 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Many of the records date from the seventeenth century.","The collection also includes correspondence, 1830-1920, of members of the Baird family including letters, 1859-1911, of Edward R. Baird while attending the University of Virginia, serving in Pickett's Division and as superintendent of schools in Essex County.","There are also letters of William Baird while attending the University of Virginia and business correspondence of the family with publishers and with cigar manufacturers. The collection also includes papers, 1835-1897, of members of the Hunter family including R. M. T. Hunter.","1994.46 Addition: Copy of Baird-Rowzie genealogy chart and Samuel Barron I genealogy chart.","2008.271 Addition: \"Letters to a Nineteenth Century Physician\u0026quot; paper by R.D. Jordan.  Papers concerns letters from owners of ailing slaves in Albemarle County, Virginia to Charles Brown, a Charlottesville physician.","2 items. 1 photostat included.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Document signed.","1 page. Document signed. Including autograph document signed on verso. The deed is transferred from John Weine, Rappahannock County, to Edward Rowzee, March 11, 1665. 1 p.","1 page. Document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","2 pages. Document signed.","2 pages. Document signed.","1 page. Document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","2 pages. Document signed.","Document signed.","2 pages. Autograph document.","1 page. Document signed.","1 page.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed. Modern autograph copy included.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","5 pages. Autograph document signed.","3 pages. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","2 pages. Autograph document. Autograph copy included.","Fragments. Autograph document signed.","Scope and Contents","Two questions about a will from Jo[h]n Rowzee to Edward Barradall. 2 pages. Autograph document signed. Including autograph document signed on verso. Reply from Edward Barradall, 12 March [?].","Signed by William Gooch. 1 page. Document signed.","1 page. Document signed.","1 page. Fragments. Document signed.","2 pages. Document signed.","2 pages. Document.","2 pages. Autograph copy signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","6 pages. Autograph document signed.","Description of land deeded to John Rowzee by John Noel. 1 page. Autograph document. Including autograph document on verso. Description of land deeded to Tho[ma]s Andrews by John Noel, 1754. 1 page.","1 page. fragments. Autograph document.","1 page. Printed document signed.","3 pages. Copy of autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Fragments. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document.","1 page. Copy of autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Document signed.","7 pieces.","2 pages. Autograph document.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","Appointment of W[illia]m Boutwell as guardian to Mary Ann Boutwell, W[illia]m Boutwell, John Boutwell; also to Burkenhead, Elizabeth and Mary Boutwell; signed by Tho[ma]s Jones, D[i]st[rict] Att[orne]y. 1 page. Copy of autograph document signed. Including autograph note signed on verso. Recept from W[illia]m Boutwell to William Rowzee, 4 Nov. 1784. 1 page.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","Order of payment to Thomas Hawkins, Essex County, from W[illia]m Boutwell to pay W[illia]m Gray. 1 page. Autograph document signed. Including autograph document signed on verso. Receipt from J[o]hn Gray to Thomas Hawkins, 13 Sept. 1784. 1 page.","Statement of a bond between W[illia]m Rowzee and W[illia]m Boutwell. 1 page. Autograph document. Including autograph document on verso. Receipt to W[illia]m Boutwell, 18 Aug. 1785. 1 page.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","An order for two barrels of corn and a request for a statement of his account. 1 page. Autograph letter signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph letter signed.","Receipt from Boutwell to Thomas Hawkins. 1 page. Autograph document signed. Including autograph document signed on verso. Receipt from John Boutwell to Thomas Hawkins, 27 Oct. 1785. 1 page.","1 page. Autograph document.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","2 pages. Autograph copy signed.","A list of bonds paid to Jo[h]n Hord by W[illia]m Rowzee. 2 pages. Autograph document. Including autograph document on verso. Receipt from John Hord to William Rowzee. 1 page.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph letter signed.","4 pages. Copy of autograph document signed.","4 pieces.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","22 pieces.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","2 pages. 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Addition.","26 items.","20 items.","15 items.","12 items.","3 pages Autograph letter signed.","10 items.","5 items.","34 items."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright to this collection was retained by the family and researchers should first contact the Special Collections Research Center.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.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Copyright to this collection was retained by the family and researchers should first contact the Special Collections Research Center.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."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Baird family","Barron family","Hunter family","Rowzee family","Hunter, R. 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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.","The collection is currently being processed and new items will be added on an ongoing basis. 2015.237 was a purchase from Cuba","Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in December 2011.","Includes printed and manuscript material written in Spanish and originating from Spain and Spanish-speaking countries in North America and South America. The collection is currently being processed and new items will be added on an ongoing basis. For this reason, the indicated date range is approximate at this point. This collection has multiple creators, which have not been indexed at this time.","Letter from Toledo, Spain regarding the dowry of Lady Teresa de Alarce and Don Miguel de Carrion. It includes an inventory of assets of the bride's family that will be delivered to the husband to help support the couple financially.","Manuscript from Toledo, Spain containing information about the affairs of the Convento de Santa Ana and Monasterio de San Agustín, relating to two families. It includes the discussion of several properties and houses.","The content details an agreement between the towns of Milagro Navarra and Alfaro La Rioja regarding their respective property. The agreement lays out rules and fines for breaking the rules. The rules govern such activities as hunting, cattle grazing, and harvesting crops. Acc. 2011.722","The last will and testament, dated September 14, 1605, of Doña Melchora de los Reyes, from Toledo, Spain. She was the wife of Francisco de Escobar, the doctor of the city of Toledo. Included in the document are various clauses that Doña Melchora de los Reyes established for her funeral. At the end of the document, there is an entry from 1611 referring to the 1605 testament that is signed by the Bishop of Troya. See also Memorial of Doctor D. Francisco de Escobar for related information.","The manuscript may be an official document from Peru during Spanish colonial rule. The document is in Spanish and is signed by Don Francisco de Borjas, who may have been the Viceroy of Peru when it was written. The first seven pages of the document are missing and it contains approximately 80 pages.","This document relates financial information for shepherds and employees of a ranch in Peru. It includes wages paid for shepherds to maintain a herd of 1560 sheep, as well as deductions from the salary of one shepherd for the loss of several sheep on his watch.","Land records from Spain, likely concerning the sale of property.","Letter sent between cousins in Galicia.","A printed order of the 'Junta de Obras y Bosque' (Works and Forestry Board), issued in Madrid on April 14, 1761, by D. Pedro Manuel de Vera, the secretary of the Board and then by Don Juan Phelipe de Castanos, Zaragoza, on 1 May, 1761. The order explains that, beginning January 16, 1761, hunting using greyhound dogs would be prohibited unless a licensed by the Board. Licensing conditions depended on profession, status and the total number of dogs in the villages. The order was supposed to be distributed to the mayors.","The manuscript, dated 1772-1774, regards a lawsuit between a man and his mother-in-law, both inhabitants of Tarrega, Catalonia, Spain. The man claims that he is entitled to the inheritance that his deceased wife would have received.","The dissertation outlines plans for the transport of water from the Rio Jamapa to the new city of Veracruz. Don Miguel Vendrell y Puig presented his mathematical dissertation to VSS which the town council/hall held on September 4, 1794. He begins by expressing thanks for the powerful recommendation [?] given to him by Attorney General Don [?] Lagoa de Miranda so that he could compile some useful ideas for the transport of water to this city. He mentions the Caballero Don Pedro Gorostisa who rests in peace. He claims his hydraulic machine can transport the water with extreme ease. He states that a project for transporting water should meet these circumstances: 1a Short, 2a Cheap, 3a Secure, 4a Easy to Clean, [Check/Register], Put Together, and Clean. The document includes drawings for a portion of the machine.","The document concerns the reconstruction costs for a major area of Puerto Rico's defenses, started in 1767 by Alejandro O'Reilly, who was appointed by King Charles III as an advisor for the work on one of the Spanish Empire's most valuable ports. He initiated a twenty-year renovation effort and outlines the work for the forts San Cristobal and el Morro. Two drafts list the total cost of all works performed by year for 1767 to 1800. The defenses had also suffered damages in the 1787 earthquake and the rebuilding efforts are documented as well in the itemized accounts.  Of note: the summary was provided by the seller and has not been verified for accuracy.","The contract is between a fifteen-year-old Chinese boy and three men to work in Havana, Cuba, as a so-called \"coolie,\" (contract laborer) for 10 years in exchange for his passage, a small monthly wage, and room and board.","11 documents written in Spanish.","Copy book of Pedro Lopez consisting primarily of legal documents.","A handwritten census table of the town of Huaquechula in the state of Puebla, signed at the bottom by a priest named Cura G. Mendez. It includes the population of Huaquechula and 22 nearby towns, occupations of the inhabitants, longitude and latitude, boundaries, climate, endemic diseases, and roads and their conditions. There are also notes which detail the priest's report on the condition of the churches in the area. 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Two drafts list the total cost of all works performed by year for 1767 to 1800. The defenses had also suffered damages in the 1787 earthquake and the rebuilding efforts are documented as well in the itemized accounts.  Of note: the summary was provided by the seller and has not been verified for accuracy.","The contract is between a fifteen-year-old Chinese boy and three men to work in Havana, Cuba, as a so-called \"coolie,\" (contract laborer) for 10 years in exchange for his passage, a small monthly wage, and room and board.","11 documents written in Spanish.","Copy book of Pedro Lopez consisting primarily of legal documents.","A handwritten census table of the town of Huaquechula in the state of Puebla, signed at the bottom by a priest named Cura G. Mendez. It includes the population of Huaquechula and 22 nearby towns, occupations of the inhabitants, longitude and latitude, boundaries, climate, endemic diseases, and roads and their conditions. There are also notes which detail the priest's report on the condition of the churches in the area. 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It includes an inventory of assets of the bride's family that will be delivered to the husband to help support the couple financially.","Manuscript from Toledo, Spain containing information about the affairs of the Convento de Santa Ana and Monasterio de San Agustín, relating to two families. It includes the discussion of several properties and houses.","The content details an agreement between the towns of Milagro Navarra and Alfaro La Rioja regarding their respective property. The agreement lays out rules and fines for breaking the rules. The rules govern such activities as hunting, cattle grazing, and harvesting crops. Acc. 2011.722","The last will and testament, dated September 14, 1605, of Doña Melchora de los Reyes, from Toledo, Spain. She was the wife of Francisco de Escobar, the doctor of the city of Toledo. Included in the document are various clauses that Doña Melchora de los Reyes established for her funeral. At the end of the document, there is an entry from 1611 referring to the 1605 testament that is signed by the Bishop of Troya. See also Memorial of Doctor D. Francisco de Escobar for related information.","The manuscript may be an official document from Peru during Spanish colonial rule. The document is in Spanish and is signed by Don Francisco de Borjas, who may have been the Viceroy of Peru when it was written. The first seven pages of the document are missing and it contains approximately 80 pages.","This document relates financial information for shepherds and employees of a ranch in Peru. It includes wages paid for shepherds to maintain a herd of 1560 sheep, as well as deductions from the salary of one shepherd for the loss of several sheep on his watch.","Land records from Spain, likely concerning the sale of property.","Letter sent between cousins in Galicia.","A printed order of the 'Junta de Obras y Bosque' (Works and Forestry Board), issued in Madrid on April 14, 1761, by D. 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He begins by expressing thanks for the powerful recommendation [?] given to him by Attorney General Don [?] Lagoa de Miranda so that he could compile some useful ideas for the transport of water to this city. He mentions the Caballero Don Pedro Gorostisa who rests in peace. He claims his hydraulic machine can transport the water with extreme ease. He states that a project for transporting water should meet these circumstances: 1a Short, 2a Cheap, 3a Secure, 4a Easy to Clean, [Check/Register], Put Together, and Clean. The document includes drawings for a portion of the machine.","The document concerns the reconstruction costs for a major area of Puerto Rico's defenses, started in 1767 by Alejandro O'Reilly, who was appointed by King Charles III as an advisor for the work on one of the Spanish Empire's most valuable ports. He initiated a twenty-year renovation effort and outlines the work for the forts San Cristobal and el Morro. 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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.","Alphabetical by last name.","An artificial collection of papers created from material acquired during the 1930's and 1940's.  Mostly letters, financial records, published material and official records of individuals in Virginia and elsewhere.  Includes documents and signatures of well known people, such as Benjamin Harrison, John Randolph and Franklin D. Roosevelt.","Branden (Brandon), John Accounts. Accounts between John Branden and Company and Stimpson and Hall, possibly in Petersburg. Virginia. 1791-1796. Purchased from Mrs. C.W. Moorman, April 1944. 1827 and undated account fragments. ","Cauthorn, Ethelbert G., American Legal Assocoiation Document for Ethelbert G. Cauthorn of Dunnsville, Virginia. June 14, 1851. ","Davies, Samuel 1946 reprint of April 14, 1747 speech by W.H.T. Squires \"Samuel Davies before The King's Council for the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia.\" ","Davis, J.R. Letter from J.R. Davis of Purcell House in Norfolk, Virginia, to Major C.M. Stedman, Wilmington, North Carolina regarding the sale of furniture. November 6, 1879. ","Davis, Jefferson Letter to W.E. Mitchell from Jefferson Davis. Mississippi. July 21, 1887. Photograph of Jefferson Davis. #4935 on the back. Backed with cloth. Pamphlet \"The Jefferson Davis Casemate,\" distributed at Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, Virginia.\" ","Davis, Millie Letter to her daughter in Macon, North Carolina. December 5, 1892. ","Denby, Charles Receipt from John Hurt to Charles Denby for burying John Hurt's wife. February 21, 1772. ","Devon, F. W. Invoice. 1855. Dew, J. Harvie (Dr.) Pamphlet written by J. Harvie Dew, M.D., \"Fox Hunting in Old Virginia in the Days Gone By\" and \"The Yankee and Rebel Yells.\" 1904 Reprints. ","Dickinson, A.E. Letter from A.E. Dickinson of Colportage in Richmond, Virginia asking for a donation for their ministry program. July 15, 1859. ","Dinges, G. H. Accounts. Mount Crawford, Virginia. 1860-1867. See also: George W. Dinges Account Books and Ledgers under MsV. ","Dinwiddie Family Newspaper column, Genealogies of Bermuda, with notes on Andrew Auchinleck and family. Undated. Newspaper article, \"Glasgow's Link with George Washington\" with a photograph of a painting of the Dinwiddie Sisters. Undated. ","Dodds, Matthew L. Letter from T.M.R. Talcott of Richmond, Virginia to the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department asking for \"tidings\" of Matthew L. Dodds, and a note from the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department to Mrs. Mary A. Dodds giving the address of her son in the Philippine Islands. October 11, 1910 and April 24, 1912. ","Dodge, Cleveland J. Letter to Hon. John W. Foster about a meeting. Both are in New York City, New York. April 15, 1907. ","Dow Family Edgar R. Dow Of Portland, Maine to Isaac Dow asking him if he is a descendant of Isaac Dow who married Elizabeth and if he knew if Isaac's father was Daniel Dow of Hampton who married Rachael Brown on November 27, 1749. October 14, 1889. ","Downs, W.J. Receipt for ticket paid in Fort Republic, Virginia to Southern Express Company. December 2, 1898. ","Drinkard, Samuel B. Receipts. Possibly from Richmond, Virginia. 1867. ","Duesberry, James P. Letter from James P. Duesberry of Richmond, Virginia to James Rog of Albemarle, Virginia about hunting and his activities, plus a page where someone begins a letter to his \"gramma.\" November 4, 1852. ","Dufferin, Lord Handwritten copy of speech, in Latin, given by Lord Dufferin at a dinner in Ireland. \"A Hamilton\" has written his signature a few times at the beginning of the document. Undated. ","Duprey, James B. Receipt and invoice for household items. Richmond, Virginia. 1848. ","E Eason, Isaac Letter to Isaac Eason, attorney in Norfolk, Virginia, from the National Mercantile Agency, The Bankers Commercial League of America. February 5, 1900. Edes, S.C. United States of America Passport Entries include England, United States, Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and others. 1851-1852. ","Edson, P. Om. Letter from G.G. Benedict of The Burlington, Vermont Press regarding the order for VII, Proceedings of the Reunion Society. December 1, 1906. Letter to C.W. C. Rhoades regarding meetings with old military friends and remembering the Civil War. Poetically written. Possibly tongue-in-cheek about these meetings and the war. March 30, 1911. Letter from ? Cheney, Washington, Vermont regarding 49 years ago. August 3, 1911. ","Edwards, James L. Receipt for Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7. 1831 or 1851. ","Edwards, Lewis Receipts to Sloop Lewis. Possibly Washington, D.C. 1833 and 1837. ","Edwards, Lizzie Letter to Miss Lizzie Edwards in Indian Town, King William County, Virginia from her friend Miss Susan Langeston in New Kent County, Virginia regarding her illness, the cold and her new home. \"I have not so much as a fire to warm by.\" September 26,1867. ","Edwards, Morgan Letter to D.S. Horney regarding money and hardship after the Civil War. Horney lives in Independence, Virginia but is writing from North Carolina where his Father lives. April 9, 1866. Edwards, T. Brook Hand drawn calendar for April-July, 1849 and January-March, 1850. Brook Edwards, Columbia College, Washington, D.C. 1849 and 1850. Eliot, Charles William Letter and program for the celebration of the 90th birthday of President Emeritus of Harvard University, Charles William Eliot. March 1924. Emery, Harriet Letter to her cousin about her winter activities. Written April 9, 1855 and delivered September 3, 1856 Entler, Joseph Receipts, Correspondence, estate sale and a \"List of Democratic Votes…Northern and Western District of Shepherdstown…\" Shepherdstown, West Virginia. 1851, 1863, 1874, 1875 and undated Eppes Family Robertson Eppes, a student at William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia to his sister, Miss Polly Eppes of Richmond, Virginia and City Point, Virginia. 3 original letters with typed and handwritten transcripts. March 26, 1799 and undated. Eskridge, George Brochure for Eskridge Memorial Tree. Fredericksburg, Virginia. April 29, 1937. Ewald, William (Dr. and Mrs.) \"At Home\" card. Portsmouth, Virginia July 15, 1893. F Faber, F. W. F.W. Faber writes about God on black bordered note paper. Undated. Fauntleroy, S. G. List of items, mostly farm and building items, either an order or an invoice, for Dr. S.G. Fauntleroy from Dunn and Burch. 1889. Farmer, Abner Legatees of Abner Farmer allow $40 from the estate for Samuel P. Farmer. Signed by all legatees. March 30, 1849. Finley, John H. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from Dr. John H. Finley, editor from the New York Times, enclosing his poem, \"To a Book Worm.\" January 13, 1931. Finley, Samuel Agreement between Samuel and John Finley for a mercantile business. Rockbridge County, Virginia. Undated Account for Jane Tate's estate by Samuel Finley. July 1835. Note from Ruth Finley about the Missionary Herald. Undated. Account by Samuel Finley on how much money he has advanced to his children. December 31, 1842 Fish, Hamilton Partial Document with Presidential Seal. Hamilton Fish was Secretary of State under President Grant, 1869-1877. Undated. Fitzgerald, H.E. Letter from H.E. Fitzgerald, Secretary of Virginia, about a letter he inadvertently did not return. Undated. Fleming, John Receipt. 1834. Flood, Ann Pension claim of Ann Flood from the Department of the Interior, Pension Office, Washington, D.C. One signature is by James L. Anderson of Buckingham Courthouse, Virginia. December 19, 1872 Flournoys, Thomas L. Letter to his brother in Yolo County, California about his trip across the country and news of the family. \"…I have been informed that Dr. P.G. Flournoy has moved back to Virginia since the war closed. If so he can give you all of the news…\" December 16, 1866. Forrer Family Legal documents for Forrer, Orndorff, Geary, Propes, Merica and Lucas families. Page County, Virginia. 1859, 1866 and 1868. Francisco, Peter Proposal by Js. Webster of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and J. Warrell of Richmond, Virginia to publish a print representing Peter Francisco's action with Tarleton's men. Includes description of battle and biography of Francisco. 1813. Franklin, Benjamin Silhouette of Benjamin Franklin on a packet from the National Graphic Arts Education Guild honoring Franklin's birthday week, January 17-21, 1938. Fraser, Thomas Letter to A.K. Shurtliff of Portland, Maine about shipping leather. 1849. Frost, Edwin H. Advertisement for his business as a dealer in manuscripts. Yonkers, New York. Undated. Galli-Curci, Amelita Letter to Albert Sydney Edmonds of Kansas. St. Louis, Missouri. 1931. Garfield, James A. The Washington Star, Washington, D.C. account of the death of President James A. Garfield. July 2, 1933. Garfield, Lucretia R. Letters from Lucretia R. Garfield, wife of President James A. Garfield, to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling accepting the title of Honorary Vice President of the United States Daughters. 1892. Gee, John Henry (Dr.) and Pattie Williams Gee Poems. Collected and mimeographed by W.J. Fletcher, compiler of \"The Gee Family.\" 1938. Gibbons, Churchill J. Letter from Churchill J. Gibbons, Petersburg, Virginia to Mr. Barton regarding baptism and other church ceremonies. November 3, 1868. Gilliam, Catherine B. Letter to Richard Eppes for City Point, Virginia. 1842. Gilmer, Anne E. Newspaper obituary and funeral description of Mrs. Anne E. Gilmer, widow of deceased Ex-Governor of Virginia, Thomas Walker Gilmer. April 1874. Gilmer, J.H. Letter from J.H. Gilmer of Charlottesville, Virginia asking for two tenements be made ready to sell. July 21, 1842. Givandon, R. Receipt for sessions in penmanship. Levi Dolbear. Natchez. 1848. Glascock, G.T., and sons Letter to Mr. W.G. Sneed of Mocksville, North Carolina about a delay in an iron pattern order. April 19, 1904. ","Glisson, O.L. (Captain) Letter to Capt. O.L. Glisson on the U.S.S. Kennedy from W.A. Macy. Macy sends reading material to men on the ship. Canton. October 19, 1855. ","Glover, John Handwritten, one page, biography of General John Glover, who died January 30, 1797. Copy of August 3, 1778 letter from Captain John Glover to his son, John Glover, about applying for a parole so he can come home. Letter addressed to Marblehead, Massachusetts, but General John Glover writes, \"should this letter find you in England.\" Copy of letter from John Glover to his father, General John Glover, which says, \"my being impress'd on board of one of his Majesties ships…\". November 3, 1776. Glover, T. Jacob Recognition in astronomy and math for T. Jacob Glover from St. Mary's College in Baltimore, Maryland. July 1840. Goddin, Adolphus A Bank of Virginia Note, dated February 1, 1834, to Thomas M. Johnson for $175 with an additional Note that cannot be repaid. August 4, 1834. Signed by Samuel J. Blair. Richmond, Virginia. 1834. Gold, Thomas D. Letter to insurance company about his difficulty in paying premiums on his wife's insurance and wants the money returned. Berryville, Virginia. January 24, 1876. Gordin, John Discharge order in \"invalid ridgment\" (Invalid Regiment) by Colonel Lewis Nicola. April 21, 1778. Gore, Thomas P. Typed and signed letter from Thomas P. Gore, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, to unknown, saying he requested the Secretary of the Interior to grant an extension on payments for the unallotted land. October 25, 1914. Graham, E.A. Permission for slave, Amanda, to stay in Ann Wallace's yard. April 18, 1854. Grant, Julia D. Letter to Mrs. Darling stating she has no claim as a member of the U.S. Daughters of 1812, but her grandfather, Captain George Dent of Maryland, was in the revolution and they have a company roll-call of a Captain Grant, one of General Grant's direct ancestors. January 28, 1892. Grant, Ulysses S. Signature of Ulysses S. Grant on a partial document. February 3, 1875. General Orders, No. 10, from State of Minnesota. July 23, 1885. Program for Memorial Service for \"General U.S. Grant by the Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic, Metropolitan M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. October 4, 1885. Invitation by Mayor of New York City on the occasion of the formal transfer of Grant's Tomb to New York City. April 27, 1897. Gray, William A. Matriculation card for William A. Gray of Virginia from the University of Pennsylvania Medical Department. 1829-1830. Matriculation Card for William A. Gray, \"Surgical Anatomy and Operative Surgery,\" Philadelphia Anatomical Rooms. ","Greenhow, John Letter from Greenhow in Richmond, Virginia to his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Greenhow in Gloucester, Virginia about family. August 15, 1794. Greenway, James (Doctor) Notes and Correspondence of Earl Gregg Swem about biography of James Greenway, a physician from England. 1922. Griffin, Bradney and Thomas Photostat copy of a letter from J. Bradney Griffin at Gloucester Heights, Virginia, to his father describing Yorktown, Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary. September 13, 1863. Photostat copy of a letter from Thomas Griffin to his son, Bradney Griffin. May 29, 1864. Griffin, Esther Josselyn Graduation Certificate from Lincoln Jefferson University in Hammond, Indiana. October 12, 1910 Griffiths, David M. Letter to Radio Liberty, Munich, Germany about a citation in the journal Russkaya Starina about a September 1, 1785 letter from Feodor Vasilievich Karzhavin to his father about living in Virginia for 6 or 7 years where he had the intention of being \"the Ambassador to the Russian Empress in a public character from the American Congress.\" He also mentions sending reports to Russia about battles in Philadelphia. Grove, Abraham Correspondence and receipts of Abraham Grove of Shenandoah County, Cedar's Creek and Saumsville Store in Virginia. Includes a math equation for building a chimney. 1822, 1826, 1850, 1854 and 1871. Gwathmey, G. Taylor Letter to Dr. E.C. Smith of Richmond, Virginia about law and wills. Norfolk, Virginia. June 1910. H Hale, Nathan Leaflets signed by Great Granddaughters of Nathan Hale refuting article, written by George Dudley Seymour, in the June 13, 1926 \"Hartford Courant\" which said the poem, Alicia, was not written by Nathan or Enoch Hale. Note: George Dudley Seymour, a Connecticut antiquarian, furnished the Homestead, Hale's home. Letter to President of the College of William and Mary from Mary E. Hastings, granddaughter of Nathan Hale, asking William and Mary to keep the documents for the family. The problem appears to be about the engagement of Alice Adams to Nathan Hale and the loss of a miniature of Nathan Hale. Statement or affidavit of the Great Granddaughters about the veracity of the material they sent. Copies of the material also sent to other historical societies and libraries. Other granddaughter's name is Isabel Hastings Shriver. 1927. Hall, John (Lieutenant) Navy Pension for widow, Mary Kelly Hall. John Hall died of insanity contracted while in line of duty. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Undated, but after 1860. Hallock, H.G. C. (Rev.) Circular letter from Rev. H.G. C. Hallock in Shanghai, China about the belief in Monkey Gods in China. Enclosed paper \"placemat\" with an illustration of the monkey god. September 28, 1928. Rev. Hallock was a missionary in China. Typed mimeograph copy, but signed by Hallock. Hamilton, James Letter to Wood J. Hamblin of Warren City, North Carolina regarding cotton prices. July 25, 1878 Hammond, Charles Henry Indenture for land between Hammond and Samuel Betts Junior of St. Lawrence County, New York and Henry Hayden of Canada. February 28, 1822.","Scope and Contents Hancock, John Facsimile of letter from John Hancock to his wife dated June 21, 1775, entitled \"The Historical Love Letter\" and printed Christmas 1938. ","Hancock, Nathaniel Sermon by Nathaniel Hancock, Pastor of the Church of Christ in Tisbury, Massachusetts for 30 years and a 1721 graduate of Harvard College. \"Original Manuscript by Rev. Nathl Hancock of Tisbury 1714.\" ","Haney, John Letter to his sister in \"Middlebrook\" in Augusta County, Virginia, regarding his wishes for the property and land after he dies. August 13. Letter to John Haney from unknown of Edwardsville, Missouri regarding prices of port and corn. December 9, 18--. ","Hankins, James Gustavus Memorial pamphlet for John Gustavus Hankins of Halifax County, Virginia printed by the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Virginia. 1929. ","Hanks, Nancy Blueprint of plat of land near Antioch, West Virginia. 1784. ","Harcourt, Algemon Letter from Unknown Ritchie. September 4. No year. ","Harline, Thomas Thomas Harline to Alex M. Holada regarding City Taxes Receipts. Virginia. December 28, 1866. ","Harper and Brothers Robert J. French of Williamsburg, Virginia to Harper and Brothers, New York about division of publishing proceeds. January 5, 1836. ","Harris, Christopher Charles W. Harris of Millgrove to E.P. Marsh, Petersburg, Virginia explaining why he has not been able to pay him. October 30, 1842. ","Harrison Family Letter from Isabella Harrison, Baltimore, Maryland to Mr. Dalton regar.ding damage done to her farm and food stores by General Butler. November 3, 1865 Letter from S.A. Dalton, Connecticut, to Miss Harrison, wanting to return her brother Robert's Bible that he took when her house was burned \"unintentional.\" September 13, 1865. Letter from Thomas H. Wynne in Richmond, Virginia to Mrs. Harrison returning the Mss volume that he has had reprinted. Letter from John C. Underwood to Isabella H. Harrison about the genealogy of the Byrd Family. November 27, 1896. Letters between Mrs. E. Randolph Cocke of Oakland, Cartersville, Virginia and Dr. Swem and Dr. Bryan of The College of William and Mary regarding the gift of letters and portrait. 1939. Black bordered resolution from the Virginia Historical Society \"In Memoriam\" to the death of \"Thomas Hicks Wynne, late corresponding Secretary of the Virginia Historical Society...\" Undated. ","Harrison, Benjamin President of the United States. Signed thank you letter to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling. May 28, 1889. ","Harrison, Benjamin Governor of Virginia. Two pamphlets on Berkeley Plantation. Appointment of John Powell as Justice of Peace in Fluvanna County, Virginia, signed by Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia. November 3, 1783. ","Harrison, J.R. (Doctor) Funeral card for Dr. J.R. Harrison. ","Harrison, M.M. (Doctor) Invoices. 1853-1855. ","Harrison, Randolph Note to Branch Cunningham from Randolph Harrison. \"Hoping we may meet soon and often.\" Hartman, Melkail Summons for Melkail Hartman to appear before a justice to answer complaint of Goff and Smith. Monongalia County, Virginia. September 17, 1819. Harvey, John (Sir) Handwritten essay on \"The First Revolution in Virginia\" by unknown. Essay concerns the removal of Sir. John Harvey as Governor of Virginia. Undated. Havens, Hiram Letter regarding payment of bill. Connecticut. November 22, 1848. Hay, George Letter to Thomas Miller of Powhatan, Virginia regarding the Freeland Case. June 13, 1813. Hayes, Rutherford Bottom half of a document, signed by R.B. Hayes, President, and the Acting Secretary of State, Hay. Has Presidential Seal. September 1, 1880. Helper, H.R. Letter to E.M. Davis. New York. April 18, 1859. Henderson, William W. Receipt for L. Williams for a colt. October 1, 1856. Highland, Lucinda Earle Patton Booklet, \"Record of the Colonial Forebears-Descendants, Kinsmen and Childhood Friends and Schoolmates of the late Lucinda Earle Patton Highland of West Milford, West Virginia by Scotland G. Highland, Clarksburg, West Virginia. 1929. Hill, Alice Certificate of Dismission of Mrs. Alice Hill of First Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Virginia to St. Andrews Protestant Episcopal Church of Richmond, Virginia. May 7, 1892. Hill, Dabney Order slip for corn written to William Spencer of Dabney Hill for William Evans. September 1, 1843. Hix Receipt for items bought from B.H. Powell. 1848. Holladay Family Letter from A. Holladay to his mother, Patsy Holladay of Louisa County, Virginia. He tells her of his visit to Baltimore, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Cape May, New Jersey. July 23, 1850. Poll Tax Receipt for Mrs. P.Z. Holladay of Joseph, Missouri. December 27, 1861. Invoices of Alexander Holladay. Virginia. 1853, 1856 and 1867. Hollen, Archibald Receipt for payment to Daniel Thomas. September 30, 1868. Holloway, John Tobacco Warehouse Receipt. Appomattox River. Virginia. December 12, 1777. Holstead, R.B. Letters of Recommendation for Holstead as an Educator. Virginia. June 30, 1860. Hood, John B. John B. Hood, New Orleans, Louisiana to a friend, where he talks of family and the insurance business. November 24, 1875. Hopkins, W.A. Appointment of W.A. Hopkins as a Corporal in Company E, 70th Regimental Infantry, Virginia Volunteer. June 9, 1901. Horner, Inman Letter to James E. Heath of Richmond, Virginia regarding accounts of James English. April 23, 1830. Hornsby, L.A.. \"Friendly Facts\" pamphlet from L.A. Hornsby (store) in Hornsbyville, Virginia. Hubbard, Susanna Invoice for goods from Dr. Rives J.V. Gilliam. 1817-1818. Hutcheson, Benjamin Money exchange document paid to Benjamin Hutcheson, in London, in account for Hunter and Alexander, Merchants, Liverpool, England. Richmond, Virginia. January 11, 1817. Hyde, E.S. Invoice from Henry May and Brother, a watch business, of Baltimore, Maryland. May 25, 1858. I-J Jackson, Andrew Copy of letter from Andrew Jackson to Major William B. Lewis informing him that Mr. Clay has been offered the Office of Secretary of State. Washington, D.C. February 14, 1825. Jackson, James Letter to Redmond G. Slafter at the Theological Seminary in Andover, Massachusetts from James Jackson in Fairfax, Virginia. Descriptions of Washington, D.C.'s social life and Daniel Webster's voice and style, plus his opinion on government and education. March 5, 1844. Jackson, Thomas J. (Stonewall Jackson) Copies of letters by Stonewall Jackson written a few days before his death in 1863. Bottom of page has notation: Copyright 1884. H.W. Flournoy, Sect'y of Commonwealth. Newspaper Article on Stonewall Jackson, written by a childhood friend. 1880. James, Ollie M. Letter from Ollie M. James, Senator from Kentucky, to Samuel J. McCracken, turning down a lecture invitation. July 30, 1913. Jennings, E. and Sarah Letter from ___ Advocate regarding a payment. Paris and Lacy's Spring, Virginia. February 7, 1854. Johnson, Andrew Signature on a partial document. Undated. Impeachment of the President Gallery Tickets to the U.S. Senate. 5 tickets. May 13, 1868. Johnson, G. W. Legal letters to G.W. Johnson of Farmington, North Carolina. 4 letters. 1843-1844.. Johnson, Susannah Personal Property Tax receipt for Susannah Armstrong, wife of Peter Johnson. 1824. Johnston, James Photocopy of a handwritten biography of James Johnston written by his daughter. James Johnston was born 1749 in Scotland and died 1829 in Fleming County, Kentucky. He was a Baptist Minister in Virginia and Kentucky. He married Margaret Wirth of Fauquier County, Virginia. Undated. Johnston, Robert Letter to Peter Lyons, Jr. of Richmond, Virginia about selling wheat. November 20, 1790. Jones, John Paul Tissue Paper reproduction of John Paul Jones' appointment as Captain in the Navy on October 10, 1776. Handwritten manuscript by Charles H. Taylor on the John Paul Jones Flag. Undated. Jones, Thomas Catesby Thomas H. Carter's certification that Catesby was a member of \"The King William (Virginia) Artillery\" and \"Carter's Artillery Battalion.\" Undated. Jones, Thomas P. (Doctor) Letter from Dr. Thomas P. Jones of Washington, D.C. to James A. Dow of Boston, Massachusetts concerning a patent on a knitting frame. November 21, 1844. Jones, W. B., and Company Letter to Edward B. Smith of Richmond, Virginia regarding a disputed account. February 234, 1868. Jones, Walker (Doctor) Notes from patients requesting his help. Receipts. Richmond, Virginia. 1841, 1848 and 1853. K Kagey, Henry N. Accounts. 10 items. New Market, Virginia. 1853-1878. Kent (Doctor) Two letters from Dr. Kent of Warm Springs, (Virginia) to William H. Terube. 1847 and 1848. October 8, 1847: Purchase of a negro from Mr. H. Wade and the lawsuit of Benjamin Douglas' Legatees vs William Douglas executors. March 17, 1848: Hugh McDonald and Mr. Wade's fraud in purchase of a negro. ","Kent, Hugh McG.Certification listing the books that Kent read at Greenville College, signed by President Charles Coffin. February 15, 1820. Order for Hugh Kent, as overseer of the poor in Montgomery County, to collect money. June 7, 1831. Letter from Kent to Mr. Price to pay Col. Miller the obligation due Col. Crockett. Nicholasville, Kentucky. January 8, 1835. Kent, Robert Bill from Robert Kent, Jr. sent to Robert Kent of Wytheville, Virginia from Francis Vespre, Treasurer of Georgetown College, Washington, D.C. April 12, 1847. Letter to Robert Kent from his son, Robert Kent, Jr. about a money draft. January 17, 1848. Kent, William Receipt. 1858. Letter to William Kent from William A. Moncure, Second Auditors Office of Virginia, saying the the \"Ordinance of the Convention does not apply to the money in the hands of the superintendents; that such money should be expended for educational purposes…\" August 5, 1861. Letter from Powell saying that Mary Arrington has applied for aid for bread. May 17, 1864. Kerr, John (Rev.) \"At Home\" card for Rev. John Kerr of Petersburg, Virginia. May 12. No year. ","Kibler, Mary Ann Letter to Rubin and Manuel Varner of Luray, Page County, Virginia from his sister and brother-in-law, Mary Ann and Daniel Kibler, of Jasper County, Illinois where they tell in great detail their future plans about clearing land and building fences and buildings. Also talks of his money problems. April 22, 1854. King, Daniel In letter written from Matansa (Matanses), Daniel King tells Ira R. Steward of New York about his 21 day voyage and asks for prays for a seaman who was aboard the ship. July 15, 1848. Kirk, George W. Agreement between George W. Kirk, Dahlouga, Lumpkin County, Georgia and Max Georgii, Arthur P. Steward and Thomas G. Steward, all of Washington, D.C., for land in Hall County, Georgia. February 12, 1884. Kyle, H. (Doctor) Accounts and judgment payments. 3 items. Possibly Baltimore, Maryland. 1857-1861. Lacouture, E. Printed copy of a State Rights Paper by E. Lacouture to Virginia Legislature about establishing the proposed line of Franco-Virginia Steamships. March10, 1858. Langley, James Accounts. Lists his medical treatments and illnesses beside each name. Other purchased such as brandy and shoes. Possibly Norfolk, Virginia. 1772-1790. Lamb, William W. Printed list of bonds stolen from William Lamb by Rev. William G. Hoben of Portland, Maine. Bonds of State of Missouri and City of Sacramento, California. Printed in Norfolk, Virginia. May 30, 1868. Lancaster, Robert A. Petition for better conditions at Virginia's Penitentiaries to be presented at a special session of the General Assembly. Richmond, Virginia. January 15, 1901. Lawless, J.T. Real estate closing account. Richmond, Virginia. June 9, 1933. Lawson, Rob Promissory note by Thornton Taylor to Robert Lawson. July 1783. Lee, Henry Governor of Virginia. Letter from Governor Henry Lee, while in New York, about the legality of Mr. Gibson's testimony again the claim of Mr. Phelps. July 14, 1802. Transcription of a letter by Henry Lee about a land and money transaction. Undated. Lee, James Papers of James Lee of Williamsburg, Virginia. Names and business mentioned are: James Gibbons - a bond for 5 slaves, I. I. (J.J.) Bowden - letter about the book \"Brougham's Sketches,\" John Hockaday – note about his son missing school and William Power of Richmond, Virginia – letter. 4 items. 1807, 1842 and 1844. ","Lee, Richard, II Booklet, \"Richard Lee, II Belated Elizabethan in Virginian\" by Louis B. Wright. Reprinted from Huntington Library Quarterly. October 1938. ","Lee, Robert E. Copy of June 1, 1859 letter from Robert E. Lee and Col. Carter to Col. S. Cooper in Washington, D.C., saying he will be in Alexandria…then posted in Texas. \nBroadside with a copy of a June 2, 1863 letter from R.E. Lee, Genl, to his Excy Jefferson Davis. \nGeneral Order No. 9, copy. April 10, 1865, Headquarters, Army, Northern Virginia. Seal. \n\"Lee: The Final Achievement,\" by Francis Pendleton Gaines, a bulletin about Robert E. Lee's presidency of Washington and Lee University, copyright 1933. Letter from Francis P. Gaines, President of Washington and Lee University, to Judge John Barton Payne of Washington, D.C. . June 14, 1933. \nNew York Sun article on \"Quest of the Robert E. Lee Bible…\" May, 1942. October 12, 1934 reprint of pamphlet, \"Lee: The Background of a Great Decision,\" August, 1865. ","Lee, Warner Accounts. Virginia. 1765. 3 items. Leitch, James F., and Company A Liverpool, England company. A check on a New York Bank to John Matter and Company. January 7, 1817. Lewis, Andrew (General) 1897 reprint of newspaper article \"General Andrew Lewis, re-interment of the Hero of Point Pleasant…\" Lewis, Fielding (Colonel) Letter to Honorable David Jameson of Williamsburg, Virginia concerning exchanging Antigua money for Virginia money and the hiring of Mr. Riddick for their business (in the West Indies). January 7, 1777.","Lewis, Thomas, Jr. Papers relating to the estate of Thomas Lewis. 1840-1859. Lincoln, Abraham New York Herald with articles on President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and Jefferson Davis being in Danville, Virginia. April 15, 1865. 4 copies. Copy of a November 21, 1864 condolence letter to Mrs. Bixby published by American Historical Documents. Reprinted of an article from The Spectator, Staunton, Virginia, about President Abraham Lincoln. March 19, 1909. Copy of page 4 of autobiographical sketch by Abraham Lincoln, written 1860. March 20, 1872. Lincoln, Levi Letter from Levi Lincoln of Massachusetts to Honorable Caesar A. Rodney, Attorney General of the United States, thanking him and Thomas Jefferson for wanting him to be part of the Administration. He declines due to poor eyesight. January 26, 1811. Lightfoot, Philip Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from Virginia Dorsey Lightfoot with attached report written by Virginia Dorsey Lightfoot, \"The Military Records of Major Philip Lightfoot.\" August 18, 1935 Lineaweaver, Jacob Accounts. 3 pieces. Rockingham County, Virginia. 1858 and 1871 Locke, E.A. Letters from E.A. Locke of Tehama County, California to his cousin in Virginia where he writes about farming, prices and his experiences in California. 1883 and 1884. Lomat, Judy Judy Lomat of Port Tobago writes to unknown Barbour of Virginia. She is sister of Mann Page Lomax. February 22, 1810. Long, John Photograph. Per note on back of photograph, \"grave of Captain John Long, of Ramsgate County, Kent, England, marked by marble slab. Warrange Church, New Kent.\" Lord, Frank B. Letters to Frank B. Lord, of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. from C.S. Steward, Dept. of Justice; Otto Praeger, Post Office; Frank Doremus, Michigan Representative and Albert Johnson, Washington Representative. 1916 and 1917. Love, Charles Promissory note from Charles Love to William Wilson. Alexandria, Virginia. March 7, 1799. Lowery, J.T., Store Button envelope from J.T. Lowery and Company, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Undated. Lubin, David Letter to the editor of \"World\" in Cleveland, Ohio, sending a copy of his book, \"Let there be Light\" about Amelioration. New York, New York. April 28, 1900. Luchs, L. Letter from L.Luchs, Washington, D.C., to John T. Allen of Washington, D.C. sending a $500 draft for Mr. Flournoy. September 11, 1868. Lucia, J.H. Letter to Miss Frances Bartlett about sadness of holidays. Montpelier, Virginia. December 12, 1905. Lundeen, Ernest Form letter from Ernest Lundeen, U.S. Representative from Minnesota, asking his constituents from Minneapolis to complete form, \"I believe that the people should be consulted before Congress declares war.\" March 30, 1917. Lyle, George Receipt for Henry M. Conrad owner of a transfer, livery, feed and sale stable in Radford, Virginia. October 9, 1908. Lyle, James A. College Diploma for James A. Lyle of Hartford, Maryland to teach in the public schools. September 1, 1879. Lyons, John W. Notes. One note has return address of Galveston, Texas. 3 items. M MaCaulay, Alex Biography of Alexander MaCaulay by Enrique Naranjo, reprinted from The Hispanic American Historical Review, November 1845. Autographed by Naranjo. Magill, Charles T. Funeral announcement. Rockland, Virginia. September 12, 1870. Madeira (Miss) Printed invitation to a recital at Rauscher's. Undated. Magniloquus, Roscoe 4 poems. Undated. Mallet, J.O. Intermediate Greek exam. February 1, 1876. Mann, Robert Account of money from John Webb to Sgt. Robert Mann. October 15, 1781. Marshall, William Accounts with William Johnson. Edinburgh, Virginia. 1773 and 1775. Marchpund, Alex Certificate of discharge from the Civilian Conservation Corps. Pembroke, Virginia. March 25, 1935. Mason, George Address by Honorable R. Walton Moore at House of Delegates, Richmond, Virginia, on unveiling of marble bust of George Mason. September 27, 1932. Mason, L. R. Acceptance letter as Rector of Grace Church in Richmond, Virginia. Written from Marietta, Georgia. December 30, 1890. Mason, M.E. Letter to Dr. G.A. (Mencci), Alexandria, Virginia regarding allegations that Mr. Mason spoke badly about Dr. (Mencci). February 19, 1843. Mason, Maud M. Letter to Mrs. Spiers regarding decorating colors. New York. New York. Undated. Masters, L. Letter from L. Masters of Boston, Massachusetts to Giles Unknown regarding a chemical experiment, the \"Freer Lovites\" club in New York and the \"Venus\" Club. October 18, 1855. Maury, Matthew Fontaine Prayer by C.M. Maury. Undated. Invitation to unveiling of bust of Matthew Fontaine Maury. Richmond, Virginia. November 15, 1932. Invitation to unveiling of monument of Matthew Fontaine Maury. Richmond, Virginia. November 11, 1929. Booklets on Matthew Fontaine Maury. Mayo, George Accounting by John Preston to Henrico Superior Court about estate of George Mayo. Henrico, Virginia. 1811. Mayo, John Receipt for claims upon Manchester Mills by Elira A. Mayo to John Mayo. March 28, 1811. Letter from Dr. J.D. Moncure, Superintendent of Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia to William P. Poythrep of Richmond, Virginia about John Mayo's condition. February 15, 1886. McAdams, George B. Letter from McAdams and Berry's Clothiery, Richmond, Virginia regarding money. February 15, 1893. McAllister, J.T. Liar's License. June 20, 1894. McAdoo, W.G. Letter to Rev. C.W. Lane regarding plants. Midway. July 17, 1867 McCabe, W. Gordon \"Real and Ideal: A Poem\" by W. Gordon McCabe. Printed, possibly pages from a book. Undated. McCormick, Cyrus H. Printed copy of \"Memorandum on renewal of his patent, now before Congress.\" Two copies. March 20, 1854. McCormick, D.M. Note between J.M. and D.M. McCormick, Johnsonville, Harnett County, North Carolina. 1858. McGill, Martha Letter from Martha McGill, Williamsburg, Virginia, to John D. McGill in Shacklefords, King and Queen County, Virginia about staying with him during the cold season. January 1838. McGraw, J.B. (Dr.) $70 check from Colonel Cunningham of Richmond, Virginia. January 1, 1880. McGuire, E.C. (Rev.) Obituary. Born in Winchester, Virginia 1793 and died 1858. 1858. McGriffin, John L. Receipt. Augusta, Virginia. December 26, 1857. McIntosh, Lachlan Placard reproduction of letter from McIntosh to Colonel John Laurence regarding a historic duel and the death of Button Gwinnett by the American Autograph Shop. Christmas 1937. McKinley, William Death announcement of William McKinley, President of the United States, written by Charles H. Ourand, Major and Inspector-General. General Orders No. 13. Headquarters District of Columbia Militia, Washington, D.C. September 15, 1901. McKown, Mary Ann Printed \"Tribute of Respect.\" Gerardstown, West Virginia. November, 1972. Mercer, Hugh (General) Reprint from Princeton Whig, \"Biographical sketch of General Hugh Mercer\" dated January 1834. \"The Battle of Princeton, and Death of Gen. Mercer\" article with a handwritten note \"presented by Colonel Hugh Mercer to Miss C. Grinnan.\" Undated. Meyers, Samuel Receipt and Bank Drafts. 2 items. Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia. 1816. 1819. Meyers, William R. Telegraph from Washington, D.C. to William R. Meyers of Richmond, Virginia. July 26, 1949. Middleton, Walter R. Letter from Ammon Hancock, Lynchburg, Virginia, to Colonel Abram Staples of Patrick Courthouse regarding debts owed by Walter R. Middleton. December 20, 1829. Miles, William Porcher Letter to Francis Lawley about meeting for dinner and lack of meat for (General Robert E. Lee) Lee's army. Richmond, Virginia. January 5, 1864. Miller, John M., Jr. Carbon copies of letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal about government bonds and securities by John M. Miller, Jr., President of First National Bank of Richmond, Virginia and correspondence concerning his letter, one from George J. Seay. February and March 1918. Miller, Lizzie Post Office Registry receipt for Miss Lizzie Miller. Elkton, Virginia. February 16, 1885. Montgomery, George Pardon granted by the Secretary of State, Franklin Pierce. Washington, D.C. March 3, 1857. Moody, Thomas Legal Receipts. 2 items. Prince George County. 1833, 1856 and 1857. Moore, R. Walter Letter to Mr. Coleman from someone in Fairfax, Virginia regarding a meeting. June 1919. Copy of typed press release of an address by R. Walton Moore of Virginia at York, Pennsylvania at the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Continental Congress Session in York. 17 pages. October 14, 1927. Copy of typed press release of an address by R. Walton Moore, Assistant Secretary of State, at the National University, Washington, D.C. June 11, 1935. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from R. Walton Moore. June 19, 1935. Morrill, Samuel Patent for a beehive. January 16, 1835. Morris, Stuart Receipt. December 17, 1844. Morrison, Alfred James Essay \"Root and Neil: Virginians as it were\" by Alfred James Morrison. Typed carbon biography of Dr. Alfred James Morrison with a list of his works. Undated. Mosby, Charles L. Obituary. Lynchburg, Virginia. March 17, 1879. Moseley, William William Langley's executor account of William Moseley. Norfolk, Virginia. 1810. Mundy Receipts of Mr. Mundy. 3 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1860's and 1870's. Murray, George, and Company Letter regarding a accounts and a negro boy. Norfolk, Virginia. December 1803.","Scope and Contents Myers, G.A. Papers, including 3 invitations to Mason meetings. 7 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1850's and 1860's. Receipt for one bag received of A.S. Pendleton of G. Myers. Southern Express Company. Richmond, Virginia. November 6, 1863. Note recall to G.A. Myers, Bank of Virginia. Richmond, Virginia. January 1842. 2 items. ","Myers, Gustavus Letter to Gustavus Myers of Richmond, Virginia from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania about making a screen or a chair. Written on a shipping order. December 1841. Myers, Gustavus A. Publications of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, membership request. January 28, 1856. Myers, H. (Dr.) Letter from D. Sendner ? in Virginia to Dr. Myers. Undated. Myers, William B. Commission for William B. Myers to be Second Lieutenant, for engineer duty, of the Provisional Army of Virginia. May 24, 1861. Nance, Z.F. Letter to Richard M. Graves of Potter's Field regarding paying Trower. November 2, 1847. Naylor, A.F. Business card and a pamphlet, with a dogwood poem, advertising A.F. Naylor as a Oriental Rug Specialist. After 1935. Neff, Henry Papers of Dr. Henry Neff of Rockingham County, Virginia. 7 items. 1840's, 1850's and 1885. New, J.S. Account of estate of Unknown Branch. 1856. Newman, Clark, and Company Monthly Statement of Montgomery and Wilson. Norfolk, Virginia. October 1879. Nicholas, W.C. and Robert C. Photostat copies of letters from W.C. Nicholas and Robert C. Nicholas from Warren, Kentucky and Gallatin County, Kentucky to nephews in Lexington, Kentucky about land in Texas. 1806 and 1827. Nicholson, Francis True copy of 1710 Proclamation of Sir Francis Nicholson Typed carbon copy of manuscript of biography of Sir Francis Nicholson by Croom Partridge. 1937. Norwood, Winifred Funeral Announcement, St. Paul's Church. July 17, 1851. Norwood Family Taxable property at Norwood Estate. 1870. Oemler, Marie Conway Letter from Ms. Oemler of Savannah, Georgia to Mrs. Sizer, about her father in the post civil war years. June 12, 1927. P-Q Pace, W. William Receipt. Richmond, Virginia. November 20, 1821. Page, Charles (Captain) Typescript of letters from Captain Page in Staunton, Virginia where he tells of his experience during the War of 1812. October 31, 1812 and June 21, 1814. Page, Mann An accounting of the legal issues between Mann Page and Mr. Morton, brother of Dr. George Morton. Undated. Page Mann, Jr. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to his brother, W. Page, in Virginia about his opinion that the delegates to congress should decline foreign commerce…to keep honest. Writes of seal being made in Virginia. May 26, 1777. He was delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia. Transcript included. \"Memo as to the facts in relation to the differences between Mr. Morton and Messrs Willis and Madison.\" Memo mentions land or deed problem with William Shepherd, Mr. Willis and Major Madison. September 23, 1840. Typed carbon copy summary of the lawsuit between Maria Wilson Page, Relict and Administratrix of Mann Page, Deceased and John Lloyd, Executor of Osgood Hanbury, surviving partner of Capel and Osgood Hanbury; Robert Patton, Administrator with the will annexed of Mann Page, John T. Page; Lewis Burwell, Administrator of Robert C. Page and John Minor. 1931. Page, Martha Receipt from Miss Martha Page to John Edgar for music instruction. January 1, 1844. Palmer Note regarding debts due. October 15, 1865. Palmer, Charles Letter from Charles Palmer to C. Dunn regarding money owed. Petersburg, Virginia. 1871. Pane, Selia (Mrs.) Receipt signed by Thomas Sweeney for package delivered to Mrs. Selia A. Pane, Petersburg, Virginia, by Adams Express Company. June 8, 1865. Paradise, Lucy Typed transcript of letter from Samuel Johnson to Mrs. Thrale about the Paradise Family. April 1, 1775. Park, Edward Invoice of William Thelabell to Edward Park. Fragments. 1767. Partridge, Allen (1785 to 1854) Pages from a book with an article by Captain Partridge on Education. Captain Partridge established a military academy in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1839). Undated. Payne (Judge) Personal letter from Charles L. Strobel to Judge Payne. December 19, 1922. Pennington, Charles H. Washington, D.C. Treasury Department document transferring C.H. Pennington as a temporary clerk. May 20, 1878. Letter from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, regarding pension of Charles H. Pennington. February 24, 1915. Perkins, Eli Regarding estate. Other names mentioned are Sarah Snoddy, John Perkins and Alexander Perkins. 1 item. North Carolina. 1833 and 1835. Perkins, Nathaniel Letter to Arch. Bryce from ? Perkins, Diamond Mills, regarding court of appeals' case, possibly in Buckingham County, Virginia. October 2, 1820. Peyton, John Howe Letter in a newspaper to Colonel John Lewis Peyton, son of John Howe Peyton, from David S. Young of Staunton, Virginia, who says \"you request me to write out my recollections of him.\" January 31, 1879. Article in Newspaper written for the Valley Virginian, \"My Recollections of the Late John Howe Peyton\" by W.F. 1878. Phillips, William Receipt for hiring of negroes. 1834. Receipt for monthly subscription to Old Dominion Chronicle. Portsmouth, Virginia. July 27, 1841. Pilson, Matthew Receipts, invoices, estate accounts. Some horse related. 3 items. Rocky Springs. 1861-1864. Pittman, Newsom J. (Dr.) Accounts. Rocky Mount, North Carolina. 1840-1843. Plato, John \"Protection for a Coloured Person\" document stating that John Plato was born in Mathews County, Virginia. Signed by Conway Whittle. July 9, 1836. Pocahontas Newspaper articles: \"The Standard,\" Richmond, Virginia, November 5, 1881. \"Interesting particulars regarding Pocahontas and Captain John Smith and their burial places. \"The Standard,\" November 12, 1881. Part 2. \"The Standard,\" August 27, 1881. \"Pocahontas.\" \"Richmond Times-Dispatch editorials on Pocahantas and an original portrait. June 10, 1883. \"New York Times,\" 1890, \"Maids in Bermuda.\" Poe, Edgar Allen Portrait print of Edgar Allen Poe, possibly a page from a book. Newspaper articles about Poe and advertisements for his work. 1880, 1911 and undated. Poindexter, Henry P. Receipts. 5 pieces. Richmond, Virginia. 1838, 1840 and 1853. Poindexter, Jane Receipt for purchase of negroes from estate of William Quarles. 1 item. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. February 1835. Pollard, John Garland Flyers of article from the \"Winchester Evening Star\" on John Garland Pollard, \"Out of Thine Own Mouth Will I Judge Thee\" by Dabney Carr Harrison. 10 items. July 25, 1917. Porter, George L. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from Henry W. Lamb, Williamsburg, Virginia, about George L. Porter's ancestry and Civil War experiences, from \"Genealogy of Lincoln, Pearce, Porter, Agers.\" March 27, 1939. Powers, Pike (Rev.) Letter from Rev. T.G. Dashiell of Richmond, Virginia to Rev. Pike Powers regarding Miss Algia Napier. April, 22, 1890. Letter from Marian E. Dickinson of Richmond, Virginia to Rev. Pike Powers asking to be taken off the books of St. Andrews. February 25, 1887 Price, Lucy S. Letter to Miss Mary Ladd regarding her carriage accident. July 4, 1841. Purdy, Nannie Sutton Prayer typed onto a beige silk cloth with fringed edges. 4.5 x 15\". 3 crosses printed on it. Nannie Sutton Purdy printed on the bottom. Q-R Quarles, Patsy Receipts, including a Doctor's accounting of his visits to the negros belonging to Patsy Quarles. 3 items. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. 1838, 1841 and 1842. Quarles, Sarah Property receipts. 2 items. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. 1838 and 1847. Randolph, J.C. and Company Invoice from Dr. E.J. Higgins, wholesale liquor dealer from Norfolk, Virginia for J.C. Randolph and Co. 1878. Randolph, John John Randolph of Roanoke. Photostat of letter from William Hughes to John Randolph. January 17, 1822. Chancery suit between Corbin Braxton, executor of St. George Tucker Coalter, deceased, plus others and William Leigh, executor of John Randolph, deceased plus others. Lawsuit regarding Wyatt Cardwell, agent for John Randolph's heirs. December 4, 1847. Newspaper articles on John Randolph. 1878 and 1881. Randolph Family List of land holdings in Virginia during the Colonial days of the Randolph Family for the William and Mary Quarterly. Undated. Rawlings, James H. Accounts for physician, Dr. J. H. Minor and J. L.Burrus. 3 items. Possibly Caroline County, Virginia. 1843 and 1847. Reed, Henry L. (Mr. and Mrs.) Golden wedding invitation. Chambersburgh, Pennsylvania. 1876. Reed, John L. Letter to his cousin in Baltimore, Maryland about directions for which train station to get his ticket. September 26, 1873. Reurs, Thomas Receipt. Undated. Richards, Charles J. Letters to Charles J. Richards from family and friends. Subjects include the Young Men's Society and debates in Lynchburg, Virginia, lecture on Natural Photography, and the Richmond Lyceum. 1838-1840. Robertson Family Letter to John T. Robertson about laws on will probate, dated May 24, 1878. Accounts of Robertson Family. Many are fragments. Names mentioned are James Robertson, Col. George Robertson, Michael Robertson, John Roberson, Thomas Emond and John Ireland. 1785, 1802, 1805 and 1878. Richardson, George Account paid for George Richardson by Murray, Mundell and Grinnan. Signed by Hugh Mercer. August 3, 1804. Richardson, W.W. Deposition of Ada J. Richardson of New Hanover County, North Carolina. She states that her deceased husband was a private in Captain Williams' Company and entered service in Stafford County, Virginia and killed at Malvern Hill. She wants the $50 he had with him when he died. November 23, 1863. Richelieu Fragments of a copy of a letter from Cardinal Richelieu to the French Ambassador. Paris, France to Rome, Italy. 1638. Rinedollar Receipt from William Giles, Jr. March 2, 1808. Ritter, William L. Pamphlet \"Biographical Sketch\" by Dr. Samuel H. Higgins. William Ritter was born August 11, 1835 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Roach, Libby Letter about lawsuit from boarders of Libby Roach, in Norfolk, Virginia, from Hubard and Hubard. September 23, 1892. Robertson Account of sale of property at Mr. Robertson's estate, Providence. Sale by Carter Braxton. Middlesex County, Virginia. 1836. Robertson Family Letter to John T. Robertson about laws on will probates. May 24, 1878. 16 items. Account fragment of Col. George Robertson. Accounts of Robertson Family. Many of them are fragments. Some names mentioned: James Robertson, Michael Robertson, John Robertson, Thomas Emond and John Ireland. Petersburg, Virginia. 1785, 1802 and 1805. Robinson, Conway Receipt for Hening and Mumford's reports bought at James Heron's auction. Signed by James R. MacMurdo. May 12, 1823. Robinson, John M. A wedding invitation for Champe Conway and John M. Robinson at Saint Paul's Church. Addressed to Miss Stott. Undated. Rochelle, Martha Letter to Mrs. Martha Rochelle in Jerusalem, Southampton, Virginia from her son in Concord. February 1836. Rochelle, R.De Letter from de Rochelle written in French. Note on back of letter, \"about the French Claim.\" Washington, D.C. February 3, 1831. Rogers, M.C. Letter from M.C. Rogers in Huntsville, Texas to S.C. Rogers of Tennessee regarding family matters, particularly after the war along with his opinion of the war. Gives name of Grandfather, Henry Roger and Specer Clark. Family originally from Fauquier and Loudoun Counties, Virginia. February 14, 1866. Roney, Isaac Accounts and Letters of Isaac Roney of Dinwiddie County, Virginia. 1836-1871. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Inauguration ceremony program and invitation. 1933. Printed ballad, \"If Roosevelt Ruled Ireland,\" by William V. McKenny sung at the Irish Night Clover Club. 1936. Rosenwald, E. Receipt for merchandise on the Harnden's Southern Express. Richmond, Virginia. August 4, 1862. Ross, Charlie Brewster Pamphlet by Allan Pinkerton, with photo, about abduction of Charlie Brewster Ross in Germantown, Pennsylvania. July 1, 1874. Ross, G. (Dr.) Prescription written by Dr. G. Ross to H.G. Forstmann, a Druggist in Richmond, Virginia. Undated. Rowe, R. Semple Letter from R. Semple Rowe of Baltimore, Maryland to a friend in Richmond, Virginia about travel plans. July 24, 1865 or 1866. Rowland, Kate Masson Letter to Bishop Randolph regarding the ancestry of Benjamin Harrison. June 17, 1895. Photograph of \"The Honourable Sir William Thomson...\" Royal, William L. Court case in Richmond, Virginia about 1890. Russell, Margaret Postcard to Mr. and Mrs. Hearue of Drakes Branch, Virginia. Post card has drawing of a YMCA in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Undated. Rutherford, J.C. Receipt. April 18, 1849. Sander Family \"Extracts, etc., from Records of Clerk's Office of Northumberland Co., Virginia\" made by W.S. Cralle, Clerk of the County Court for said County. June 1888. Sandidge, Dabney Note to William Wallace requesting him to feed his workmen from his mill. Amherst, Virginia. September 1, 1843.","Sargent, Eliza F. Norfolk, Virginia Office of Board of Health to Mrs. Eliza F. Sargent regarding connection to the ( ) server. September 10, 1890. ","Saunders, George D. Note requesting meal for his hands who are working (with, near, for) someone. New Store, Buckingham, Virginia. November 12, 1862.","Saunders, John Receipt for a subscription to the Virginia Patriot, Richmond, Virginia. February 7, 1814. ","Savage, N.R. Checks written by N.R. Savage. 4 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1876. ","Scattergood, Thomas Letter to Thomas Scattergood from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, mostly regarding possible unchristian influences in Richmond, Virginia and elsewhere. Faded. Fragments. 1794. ","Schneider, John B. John B. Schneider in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Mr. Allen and Co. requesting 10 pounds of tobacco. May 17, 1869. ","Schuricht, Herrmann Letter written from Herrmann Schuricht of Idlewild, Cabham, Virginia. to John S. Irby in Richmond, Virginia, sending a copy of his historical publication. October 20, 1898. ","Scoville, S.C. Letter to Lyman Kinsley regarding bank and Birkshire Railroad stock. November 23, 1854. ","Scruggs, H.B. Accounts and Receipts of H.B. Scruggs to E.E. White, Thomas Johnson, James W. Snoddy, John M. Torrey, Charles F. Torrey and Edmund Torrey. He appears to be an ironworker. Buckingham County, Virginia. 1858-1866.","Seaton, W.W. Notes on birth and deaths of W.W. Seaton (died January 11, 1785) and Joseph Gales. (1786-1860). ","Shaver, David (Rev.) Seven handwritten sermons by Rev. David Shaver, editor of the Richmond Religious Herald. 1864-1865. ","Sheetz, George C. Pages from a journal which includes newspaper social column about the Sheetz Family and a page from a book about horse medicines. Near Dorcus, Virginia. 1902 and Undated. Sheridan, Philip Henry (General) War Department announcement of General Sheridan's death. August 6, 1888. Funeral invitation. Death Announcement by Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Sherman, William Tecumseh (General) Pamphlet with details of the funeral of William Tecumseh Sherman. February 17, 1891. Sherrard, John M. Invitation to the funeral of John M. Sherrard at the United Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia. Addressed to Gus A. Myers and Family. June 23, 1858. Shields and Somerville Letter from Shields and Somerville of Richmond, Virginia to N.O. and C.H. Cram of Portland, Maine about a flour shipment. June 28, 1850 Shore, John Photostat of the 1777 title page \"Dr. Isaac Hall's Graduate Thesis on Joannes Shore\" along with handwritten notes. Si - Sz Smith, D.G. Letter to Andrew Brown, Charlottesville, Virginia, a distributor of salt. Civil War. September 19, 1862. Smith, E.C. Leave of absence permission from University of Virginia. December 21, 1878. Certificate from University of Virginia for Applied Mathematics. July 3, 1879. Smith, Jacob B. Letter to brother, Jacob Smith, from H. Mohler in Park County, Indiana where he says how wonderful it is in Indiana, particularly the people as compared to home. On back of the November 9, 1867 letter, another letter from Fannie E. Mohler to Mrs. Sarah Smith. Smith, John (Captain) Section of a book on Captain John Smith written about 1889. Two copies. Newspaper editorials by R. Howison and Alexander Brown on early United States and Captain John Smith. Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. February 1891. Typed biographical material on Captain John Smith with a photograph and a placard of a plaque with an epitaph to Captain John Smith located in St. Sepulchre's Church, Smithfield, London. Smith, Lucy P. Letter to her cousin while at Salt Springs, Virginia. August 14, 1856. Smith, William William Smith was a Brig. Gen. in the CSA and Governor of Virginia. Letters from William Smith: Recommending T.J. Murphy to the Secretary of Treasury, R.J. Walker. Written from Warrenton, Virginia on March 16, 1848. To possibly the Enquirer, asking that his speech be published. Written from Washington, D.C. on May 17, 1852. To possibly the Enquirer, about the Hunter Bill and the West. August 3, 1854. ","Smyth, John Ferdinand Dalziel A report by R. Leroy Hilldrup \"A Tory's Account of Certain Virginia Patriots.\" Correspondence between Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and R. Leroy Hilldrup for a William and Mary Quarterly article. Virginia. 1934. ","Snickers, Edward One document that includes a copy of a 1785 bond whereby Martin Ashby of Louisa County agrees to pay one thousand pounds to George Noble of Frederick County, Virginia for 350 acres. a 1784 bond to Edward Snickers for an exchange of land between Snickers and Ashby for 306 acres in Frederick County and 350 acres in Loudoun County and letters from Edward Snickers about his land transactions with Ashby. The copy is possibly also dated about 1785. Gift of Dr. Thomas G. Pullen. ","Somervails, C.R. Money exchange for sterling. Richmond, Virginia. Dec. 19, 1865. ","Southall, Elianna Letter from Ms. Southall of Baltimore, Maryland, to her father, Robert Anderson in Richmond, Virginia. Mentions William and Mary where \"only four students at Commencement\" and proposed the college move to Richmond. November 9, 1833. Southward Family Invoices. 8 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1867-1873. Southworth, Edward Summary of military duty in the 2nd U.S. Colored Troops. Civil War. 1862-1865, 1910. Spotswood, Alexander Typed transcript of letter to Edmund Pendleton, President of the Committee of Safety, at Mount Pleasant Camp, near Cobham, from Alexander Spotswood. November 16, 1775. Sprinkle, Charles, and Company Note from E.T.H. Warren asking him to pay back money. 1860. Spruill, B.I. Receipt for money given to B.F. Moore as an arbitrator. Tarboro, North Carolina. November 27, 1833. Stackhouse, Rosamond, Invoices and Property Tax. 6 items. Prince George County, Virginia. 1856-1867. Starke, Eliza N. Letter from Raphael Smith and a poem written on a doily, \"Aerostic by J.B. Dods.\" New York. April 17, 1854. Statute, Fanny Funeral cards. April 10, 1886. Stedman, Edmund Calling cards and a letter to Annie Carlisle of Charles City, Iowa. November 1891. Steele, Margaret Letter to Aunt Frances and Uncle Leigh describing her Christmas presents. Early 1900's. Stephen, Adam (General) Letter to Francis B. Jones from Charles James Faulkner, House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., about Adam Stephen of Berkeley County, Virginia. May 19, 1856. Notes by Charles James Faulkner on General Adam Stephen. ","Sterling, Joseph Receipt written by William Upshaw, Jr. for negroes. Possibly Gloucester, Virginia. March 15, 1757. ","Stevens, S.N. (Miss) Letter to Miss Stevens in Norfolk, Virginia from Wakefield Rattan Company in Boston, Massachusetts about rugs. October 13, 1882 ","Stewart, Eliza Letter to her brother about Eliza's accounts. Mentions Richmond, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland. January 30, 1855. ","Stoddard, Charles J. Appointment request for a job at the Office of Comptroller of Currency, Treasury Department, in Washington, D.C. Sent to Hon. A.B. Hepburn, Comptroller. 1892. ","Stokes, D.R. Letter from William Hodges Mann , an attorney of Nottoway Courthouse, Virginia. June 17, 1890. Stone, Edward L. Pamphlet with letter from Edward L. Stone of Roanoke, Virginia, to W.E. Rudge about the Book Worm bug. Pamphlet entitled, \"All Hope Abandon, Ye Who Enter Here.\" Undated. Stott, Susan B. Receipt signed by Henry P. Irving. 1 item. Possibly Richmond or Cumberland County, Virginia. 1834-1838. ","Strachan, John B. Note from John B. Strachan which says Mr. Cosby will pay amount to bank. October 14, 1815. ","Swann, Thompson Tax for Ordinary in Cumberland County, Virginia signed by Robert C. Nicholas. October 10, 1768. Swineford, H. Check to Clemmitt and Jones for printing order for Toppa Lodge. Richmond, Virginia. July 27, 1877. Ta Tabb, John B. Article, \"Some Notes of My Life\" by John B. Tabb, included in the December 1936, The Borromean, a publication of Saint Charles College, Catonsville, Maryland. Exerpt from the June 1937 Borromean, \"Summer vacations with Fathre Tabb at the Forest, His Virginia Plantation Home.\" Tabb, Phillip Photostat of a letter from Phillip Tabb to John Page at Rosewell, Virginia about men from British barges robbing houses. December 9, 1782. Original may be on National Park Service's possession. Tallmadge, D.B. (Judge) Funeral Notice. Richmond, Virginia. October 30, 1846. ","Talmann (William) Typed translation and transcription from Latin of Commission to William Talmann as Controller of Works in England. Mentions King William and Queen Mary. Undated. ","Tatham William Pamphlet on William Tatham, clerk of the Wataugan Settlement, by Samuel C. Williams. Undated. ","Tayloe, Edward Thorton Obituary. Alabama. Undated. Taylor, Creed Receipt for Chancery Court advertisement in the Richmond Enquirer. Other names mentioned are Creed Taylor, Richie and Cook and W.G. Pendleton. Richmond, Virginia. February 26, 1830. ","Taylor, J.S. Letter to Mr. Ladd, near Richmond, Virginia, about business accounts. 1780's. Letter to Thomas Mifflin Ladd, near Richmond, Virginia, concerning case of M. Spencer and business accounts. September 17, 1788. Taylor, Jesse Typed transcript of letter from Jesse Taylor to his cousin. Note about Taylor family history written on the transcript. February 1774. Taylor, Tazewell Letter from R. Rose of Washington, D.C. about \"Mason Farm: for sale o the James River, about 20-30 miles from Norfolk, Virginia. 2 items. August 1869. Tb - Tz Tennabalo or Tinnebale, William Receipts. 2 items. Norfolk, Virginia. 1765 and 1795. Thalheimer Instructions to the jury concerning J.W. Wimmer on the trial for the murder of Mr. Thalheimer. Virginia. Undated. Thompson, P. M. Invoice from Alsop, Mosby and Co. of Richmond, Virginia. June 6, 1893. ","Thompson, S.H. Typed copy of letter to Rev. Henry Thompson Louthan in Williamsburg, Virginia from Rev. Henry Thompson in Farmville, Virginia. May 20, 1902. Handwritten note at top of page, \"A Review of Tom Dixon's Leopard Spots by one of the K.K.K. boys himself.\" ","Thompson, W.T. Letter to W.B. Phillips from W.T. Thomson of the morning news office of the Savannah, News with instructions on length of letter and what kind of Washington, D.C. news they want for their newspaper, plus his political opinions. Savannah, Georgia. July 14, 1856. Thornton, James D. Letter to Hon. J.D. Thornton in Richmond, Virginia from Attorney W.E. Turner in Modesto, California about California case of Lightfoot who murdered Colonel Branch. February 1, 1881. Letter to Hunter from James D. Thornton, Judicial Department, Supreme Court of California, sending the previous letter. February 18, 1881. Terrell and Rayley Letter to Leonard B. Terrell of Weymouth, Massachusetts from Tiffany (possibly Tate) of Baltimore, Maryland, concerning invoice. March 11, 1843. Letter to Terrell and Bayley about an invoice. May 12, 1845. Todd, Mallory Obituary. Christchurch, Virginia. Undated. Torrence, William Clayton Letter to William Torrence from Mrs. J. M. Slaughter about new edition of book about St. George's Parish. December 31, 1903. Letter to Wm. C. Terrance from Raleigh L. Green of Culpeper, Virginia, about printing a book. December 19, 1903. ","Townsen, James and Katherine Ann Letter to Jesse E. Parish of Drapersville, Virginia from James Townsen of Edmondson County, Kentucky, about family news. February 14, 1848. ","Townsend, S.R. Letter to his wife in Waltham, Massachusetts while at a convention in Baltimore, Maryland. Undated. ","Tucker, Benjamin F. Court document for a case in Richmond County, Georgia: Benjamin F. Tucker vs Hesekiah Odin and Jesse Walton. October 4, 1840.","Tucker, Richard D. Letter to Murray Grinnan and Mundell of Fredericksburg, Virginia regarding selling flour. December 26, 1811. ","Tunstall, Alex (Dr.) Letter to Robert Mumford, Richmond, Virginia regarding genealogy of Colonel George Brooke and Catherine Tunstall. Mountain Lake Hotel, Virginia letterhead. July 22, 1899. Letter to Mr. James about genealogy. October 22, 1901. ","Turner, Henry Bill from Bremen, Germany for items sent to Virginia. April 15, 1865. ","Turner, Mary Letter is illegible. May 31, 1866 ","Turpin, Thomas J. Letter from Thomas J. Turpin of Woodlawn, Virginia to Edward T. James of Richmond, Virginia concerning Turpin estate. January 14, 1847. ","Unknown Correspondents","Letter to Cousin Robert in Norfolk, Virginia from Mary B.A. in Washington, D.C., about family matters. February 1, 1936. ","Letter to Col. about \"bill which passed both branches of the Legislature but was not signed by his Presbyterian Majesty (the gov) as he considered it…\" Partial letter. Undated. ","Letter addressed to Peter. John Bolton written on the letter. Fragment. December 1856. ","Letter to \"My Dear Dear Sister\" from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania about family and the mood in Philadelphia. June 13, 1846. ","Letter to Cousin Maria from Julia. Letter is about their health, but there are notes written under the letter which say \"Pulaski\" and give genealogy of some people, but difficult to decipher names. Undated. ","Upshur, Abel Parker Published in the William and Mary Quarterly. Original letter written by Abel Upshur while Secretary of State, to the Honorable John C. Calhoun of South Carolina. Upshur talks of Great Britain's tactics and predicts war over slaveholders. Thinks England will be involved, particularly with fabric commerce. Talks of abolitionists and the admission of Texas to the Union as a slave owning state. Washington, D.C. August 4, 1843 ","Valentine, Edward Virginius Newspaper article in the Richmond Standard about Valentine with byline, American Art Review – Margaret J. Preston. Richmond, Virginia. May 29, 1880. ","Van Buren, Martin Authorization for the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to \"the envelope of a letter to the King of the Kingdom of the two Sicilies, congratulating him on the birth of Prince Alberto Maria Francesco...\" Signed by Martin Van Buren. Washington, D.C. January 10, 1840.","Vanyard, B.A. Letter on side one: from James Mc D. Thrasher to friend. \"…you ought to be here just to see how the Yankees have treated the country in this vicinity. They have nearly desolated every house…\" Letter on other side: from B. A. Vanyard at Camp Latham, Roanoke Street, Tent…to My Old Friend. \"…great pleasure so you and John and brother come and see us what is cost is a matter of moon shine…\" March 17, 1861. Civil War. ","Van Dusen, R.M. Advertisement for employment in Fernald's Newspaper Men's Exchange in Springfield, Massachusetts. Typed carbon copy with handwritten updates of job experience. After 1916. ","Van Laun, J.A. Letter to Alfred Van Laun in Chicago, Illinois from his father in London, England about selling Lafayette and Chief Justice Marshall etchings and the printing of them from the plates. February 19, 1895. ","Vaughan (R.B.) Letter from R.B. Vaughn in Desota, Mississippi to his parents, A. Vaughan, in Brunswick County, Diamond Grove, Virginia about his experiences with settling in Mississippi. 1857. ","Veale, George Photostat copy of letter about logging. Virginia. April 20, 1773. ","Wa-We ","Walker, Benjamin I. Letter to Edmunds Store about selling items. Mecklenburg, Virginia. September 25, 1842 ","Walker, Edwin List of debts, notes and bonds due. Near Richmond, Virginia, 1857. ","Walker, Francis A. (General) Announcement of Parlor Lectures by General Walker at residence of Mrs. Henry Draper, 271 Madison Avenue, New York, NY. Undated.","Wallace, Ann Note giving Caroline Miller permission to go to Centenary Church. January 26, 1859. ","Waller, Charles (Mrs.) Ledger sheet of Mrs. Charles Waller for Dr. John Lindsey. 1869-70. ","Waller, William M. Sarah A. Waller giving William Spencer permission to give Mr. Duncan's slave a \"turn of corn.\" Undated. Other requests for produce. 1842-1844. ","Walthall, Telitha A copy of her will, possibly written at the time of the will. Mentions Martha and William Nunnerly. October 1, 1846. ","Warner, A.L. (Dr.) Receipts and checks to Richmond, Virginia businesses. 9 items. 1837-1846. Season pass to M.A.R. Lectures. Undated. ","Warren and Quarles Advertisement brochure with bond information. Richmond, Virginia. 1882. ","Washington, Booker T. Typed letter to Rev. H.E. Lombard from Booker T. Washington, principal of The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, soliciting funds. Signed by Booker T. Washington. April 6, 1914. ","Washington, L.W. L.W. Washington of Halltown, Jefferson County, Virginia to Samuel T. Stone of Rockville, Maryland about money from the Forrest Estate. April 28, 1846. ","Watson, Josiah Letter from Josiah Watson in Alexandria, Virginia to John Hopkins in Richmond, Virginia regarding a missing horse that was found. August 1787. ","Weaver, Mildred Letter to Mildred Weaver of Waynesboro, Virginia from Tehran, Persia. Mentions Titanic tragedy. April 22, 1912. ","Weavor, John (Weaver) Indenture of John Weaver to Elijah Sparks as a Merchant Apprentice. Shepherdstown, Virginia. 1796. ","Wenger, L. Tannie (Fannie) Recipe for red dye for yarn. October 24, 1867. ","West, Francis Newspaper article by Rev. Edward D. Neill about Francis West. Richmond Dispatch in Richmond, Virginia. 1878. ","West, John Newspaper article by Rev. Edward D. Neill about John West. Richmond Dispatch in Richmond, Virginia. June 15, 1878. ","West, Mattie J. Letter from Cousin Bess about visit and her household activities. Gravel Hill, Virginia. Undated. ","West, Thomas B. 40 shares of Exchange Bank of Virginia, No. 3216. Norfolk, Virginia. July 28, 1856. ","Westmoreland, (E.D.) Letters to his cousin about pretty girls, sweethearts and family news. Petersburg, Virginia. April and June 1868. ","Wf-Wq ","White, Louise E. Receipts, some with Dr. Margaret Scellen. York, Virginia. 1831 and undated. ","Whittle, C and F. Shipment laden order for tobacco to C. and F. Whittle. Richmond, Virginia. March 16, 1810. ","Wilkinson, E. Letter from E. Wilkinson, superintendent of Allison White and Company, a lumber company in West Point, Virginia, to Austin Smith, a lawyer in Richmond, Virginia, about insurance with Great Western Insurance Company of New Orleans, Louisiana. February 3, 1874. ","Wilcox, Philo F. Correspondence about buying cans and tin plates. 3 items. Springfield, Massachusetts. 1835. ","Wilkins, William Bond to W.A. Marks. 1 item. 1857-1858. ","Williams, J.J. Letter about sending gloves. Richmond, Virginia. June 6, 1857. ","Williams, John M. Letter about the book, \"First Year at the Piano.\" New York, New York. Early 1900's. ","Wilson, Francis Letter from T.R. Lounsbury in Paris, France to Francis Wilson about his health and book. November 25, 1906. ","Wilson, James \"Nomber of Bills.\" Undated. Wilson, James Pamphlet, \"James Wilson and St. Andrews\" by Randolph G. Adams. Given to Earl Gregg Swem by Randolph G. Adams. Reprint of 1931 article. Wilson, Joseph (Dr.) Invoices and accounts of patients. 3 items. 1848-1866. Wilson, Woodrow (President) Letter to John Hart in Richmond, Virginia from Woodrow Wilson, the White House, Washington, D.C. about a copy of an address by Wilson's father, given before the Societies of Hampden-Sidney Virginia, published in Richmond 1857. September 8, 1913. Newspaper articles about Woodrow Wilson. 2 articles. November 21, 1926 and Undated. Windsor, Duke and Duchess Notes from the secretary of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor to Miss Elizabeth Cary Williamson of Richmond, Virginia thanking her for her cards. 1938 and 1941. Winston, Nathaniel Genealogical information on the family of Nathaniel Winston from a newspaper column. Richmond, Virginia. 1816. Wirt, William Pages 136-152 from a book about William Wirt. Wise, H.A. Envelope addressed to John Snelling and Henry A. Wise in Richmond, Virginia. Note on envelope, \"The Executives of N.C. replies to us that he is not authorized to appt a joint court. H.A. Wise. July 3rd.\" Undated. Wise, John Newspaper article about John Wise, Liberal Candidate from Richmond, Virginia. Undated. Woolfolk, Y.H. Post card to N.B. Cocke of Taylorsville, Hanover County, Virginia regarding bond due to W.W. Mallory estate. Louisa County, Virginia. February 19, 1846. Wr - Wz Wren, Joseph Letter to John News about himself and a request for money. Lynchburg, Virginia. February 28, 1868. Wright, Marcus J. Marcus J. Wright of the War Department, Adjutant General's Office to a doctor. Returning medical books. November 29, 1878. Wright, William Notes. To Capt. Wm J. Waller, \"Let Benjamin Wright have Two and a half bushels corn…August 3, 1843. To Wm. Spencer, \"let David Rippatoe have for me three \u0026 a half bushels corn…September 9, 1863. Wyatt, Francis (Sir) Handwritten copies of manuscripts. Originals are in the possession of the Earl of Romney. Order giving power to Capt. William Tucker to sail into Virginia, explore, fight Indians and punish…\" 1621-1622. Other commissions to: Capts. Roger Smith, Ralph Hamour and George Yardley. Group of manuscripts subtitled: No. 5. No. 6. Appear to be about all aspects of military matters and leadship. No. 16. About 1000 pounds due Sir Francis Wiatt when he was the Governor of Virginia, from the King. 1747. Wyman, J. (Dr.) Shipment Laden for Dr. J. Wyman for four boxes from the Port of Boston to the Port of Richmond. Massachusetts and Virginia. October 1843. Wythe, George Pages from William and Mary Quarterly, \"An Englishman's Tribute to Chancellor Wythe\" by R.B. Munford, Jr., undated, and a typed transcript of a letter from W.A. Rino to George Wythe about the \"loan of his Electrical Machine for the purpose of electrifying a Mulatto girl who hath had a lockd Jaw for some time\" dated August 12, 1800. X, Y and Z Yancey, David Codicil of will of David Yancey, of Virginia, now of Kingston, making nephew, William Kimbrough , his executor. Mentions brother Robert, Marry Garrett, Campbell Whittle and Dabney Minor. Addressed to Warren Ashley, Norfolk, Virginia. December 7, 1807. Yancey Family May Term 1792, Culpeper Court. Financial account for Patrick Rourk against Charles Yancey. Appointment of Thomas Yancey as Ensign to the First Battalion, signed by James Monroe. October 7, 1800. Stock for Thornton's Gap Turnpike Company to John W. Yancey of Woodville, Virginia. September 25, 1852 Receipts and notesbetween Philip Slaughter and Brother Yancey from Philip Slaughter, Th. Deane and W.W. Grimman. 1849, 1853, 1861 and undated. Letter to John W. Yancey in Woodville, Rappahannock County, Virginia from Alexander Stephens regarding Old South Liberty Church. August 12, 1880. Letter from M.K. Grimsley to Bro' Yancey about gifts he has received and thankfulness. January 31, 1884 Yardley, Argoll Typed transcript of will dated October 28, 1640. Yates, Bartholomew Letter from Williamsburg saying his father died and his mothers and sisters are moving to Williamsburg. March 16, 1806. Yates, John Letter from John Yates of Halltown, Virginia, to William Benton, near Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia about his family and his planned trip to Liverpool in May. Notation on letter from William Burton that John Yates died in England. March 25, 1851. Yeagan, L.H. Letter about genealogy and a book on the Yeagan family. 1890's. Yeardley, Frances Typed copy of a transcript where Sir William Berkeley appoints Francis Yeardley to be Captain \"…from the lower side of Hungars Creeke to the King's Creeke and all along the Bayes Side from Leeing's to the Old Plantacon.\" James City County, Virginia. July 2, 1642. Young, N.P. Letter to his children about family, children's education and travels. He has just moved to Millwood and will get them soon. Millwood, Virginia. November 28, 1862. Young, W. Letter to Mollie Young in Fortsville from her mother regarding visiting and negro, Tom, who is sick. Undated. Zenger, John Peter An article in the Boston Daily Probe by Uncle Dudley, \"Lesson from the Life of John Peter Zenger.\" 3 copies. 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Roosevelt.","Branden (Brandon), John Accounts. Accounts between John Branden and Company and Stimpson and Hall, possibly in Petersburg. Virginia. 1791-1796. Purchased from Mrs. C.W. Moorman, April 1944. 1827 and undated account fragments. ","Cauthorn, Ethelbert G., American Legal Assocoiation Document for Ethelbert G. Cauthorn of Dunnsville, Virginia. June 14, 1851. ","Davies, Samuel 1946 reprint of April 14, 1747 speech by W.H.T. Squires \"Samuel Davies before The King's Council for the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia.\" ","Davis, J.R. Letter from J.R. Davis of Purcell House in Norfolk, Virginia, to Major C.M. Stedman, Wilmington, North Carolina regarding the sale of furniture. November 6, 1879. ","Davis, Jefferson Letter to W.E. Mitchell from Jefferson Davis. Mississippi. July 21, 1887. Photograph of Jefferson Davis. #4935 on the back. Backed with cloth. Pamphlet \"The Jefferson Davis Casemate,\" distributed at Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, Virginia.\" ","Davis, Millie Letter to her daughter in Macon, North Carolina. December 5, 1892. ","Denby, Charles Receipt from John Hurt to Charles Denby for burying John Hurt's wife. February 21, 1772. ","Devon, F. W. Invoice. 1855. Dew, J. Harvie (Dr.) Pamphlet written by J. Harvie Dew, M.D., \"Fox Hunting in Old Virginia in the Days Gone By\" and \"The Yankee and Rebel Yells.\" 1904 Reprints. ","Dickinson, A.E. Letter from A.E. Dickinson of Colportage in Richmond, Virginia asking for a donation for their ministry program. July 15, 1859. ","Dinges, G. H. Accounts. Mount Crawford, Virginia. 1860-1867. See also: George W. Dinges Account Books and Ledgers under MsV. ","Dinwiddie Family Newspaper column, Genealogies of Bermuda, with notes on Andrew Auchinleck and family. Undated. Newspaper article, \"Glasgow's Link with George Washington\" with a photograph of a painting of the Dinwiddie Sisters. Undated. ","Dodds, Matthew L. Letter from T.M.R. Talcott of Richmond, Virginia to the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department asking for \"tidings\" of Matthew L. Dodds, and a note from the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department to Mrs. Mary A. Dodds giving the address of her son in the Philippine Islands. October 11, 1910 and April 24, 1912. ","Dodge, Cleveland J. Letter to Hon. John W. Foster about a meeting. Both are in New York City, New York. April 15, 1907. ","Dow Family Edgar R. Dow Of Portland, Maine to Isaac Dow asking him if he is a descendant of Isaac Dow who married Elizabeth and if he knew if Isaac's father was Daniel Dow of Hampton who married Rachael Brown on November 27, 1749. October 14, 1889. ","Downs, W.J. Receipt for ticket paid in Fort Republic, Virginia to Southern Express Company. December 2, 1898. ","Drinkard, Samuel B. Receipts. Possibly from Richmond, Virginia. 1867. ","Duesberry, James P. Letter from James P. Duesberry of Richmond, Virginia to James Rog of Albemarle, Virginia about hunting and his activities, plus a page where someone begins a letter to his \"gramma.\" November 4, 1852. ","Dufferin, Lord Handwritten copy of speech, in Latin, given by Lord Dufferin at a dinner in Ireland. \"A Hamilton\" has written his signature a few times at the beginning of the document. Undated. ","Duprey, James B. Receipt and invoice for household items. Richmond, Virginia. 1848. ","E Eason, Isaac Letter to Isaac Eason, attorney in Norfolk, Virginia, from the National Mercantile Agency, The Bankers Commercial League of America. February 5, 1900. Edes, S.C. United States of America Passport Entries include England, United States, Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and others. 1851-1852. ","Edson, P. Om. Letter from G.G. Benedict of The Burlington, Vermont Press regarding the order for VII, Proceedings of the Reunion Society. December 1, 1906. Letter to C.W. C. Rhoades regarding meetings with old military friends and remembering the Civil War. Poetically written. Possibly tongue-in-cheek about these meetings and the war. March 30, 1911. Letter from ? Cheney, Washington, Vermont regarding 49 years ago. August 3, 1911. ","Edwards, James L. Receipt for Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7. 1831 or 1851. ","Edwards, Lewis Receipts to Sloop Lewis. Possibly Washington, D.C. 1833 and 1837. ","Edwards, Lizzie Letter to Miss Lizzie Edwards in Indian Town, King William County, Virginia from her friend Miss Susan Langeston in New Kent County, Virginia regarding her illness, the cold and her new home. \"I have not so much as a fire to warm by.\" September 26,1867. ","Edwards, Morgan Letter to D.S. Horney regarding money and hardship after the Civil War. Horney lives in Independence, Virginia but is writing from North Carolina where his Father lives. April 9, 1866. Edwards, T. Brook Hand drawn calendar for April-July, 1849 and January-March, 1850. Brook Edwards, Columbia College, Washington, D.C. 1849 and 1850. Eliot, Charles William Letter and program for the celebration of the 90th birthday of President Emeritus of Harvard University, Charles William Eliot. March 1924. Emery, Harriet Letter to her cousin about her winter activities. Written April 9, 1855 and delivered September 3, 1856 Entler, Joseph Receipts, Correspondence, estate sale and a \"List of Democratic Votes…Northern and Western District of Shepherdstown…\" Shepherdstown, West Virginia. 1851, 1863, 1874, 1875 and undated Eppes Family Robertson Eppes, a student at William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia to his sister, Miss Polly Eppes of Richmond, Virginia and City Point, Virginia. 3 original letters with typed and handwritten transcripts. March 26, 1799 and undated. Eskridge, George Brochure for Eskridge Memorial Tree. Fredericksburg, Virginia. April 29, 1937. Ewald, William (Dr. and Mrs.) \"At Home\" card. Portsmouth, Virginia July 15, 1893. F Faber, F. W. F.W. Faber writes about God on black bordered note paper. Undated. Fauntleroy, S. G. List of items, mostly farm and building items, either an order or an invoice, for Dr. S.G. Fauntleroy from Dunn and Burch. 1889. Farmer, Abner Legatees of Abner Farmer allow $40 from the estate for Samuel P. Farmer. Signed by all legatees. March 30, 1849. Finley, John H. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from Dr. John H. Finley, editor from the New York Times, enclosing his poem, \"To a Book Worm.\" January 13, 1931. Finley, Samuel Agreement between Samuel and John Finley for a mercantile business. Rockbridge County, Virginia. Undated Account for Jane Tate's estate by Samuel Finley. July 1835. Note from Ruth Finley about the Missionary Herald. Undated. Account by Samuel Finley on how much money he has advanced to his children. December 31, 1842 Fish, Hamilton Partial Document with Presidential Seal. Hamilton Fish was Secretary of State under President Grant, 1869-1877. Undated. Fitzgerald, H.E. Letter from H.E. Fitzgerald, Secretary of Virginia, about a letter he inadvertently did not return. Undated. Fleming, John Receipt. 1834. Flood, Ann Pension claim of Ann Flood from the Department of the Interior, Pension Office, Washington, D.C. One signature is by James L. Anderson of Buckingham Courthouse, Virginia. December 19, 1872 Flournoys, Thomas L. Letter to his brother in Yolo County, California about his trip across the country and news of the family. \"…I have been informed that Dr. P.G. Flournoy has moved back to Virginia since the war closed. If so he can give you all of the news…\" December 16, 1866. Forrer Family Legal documents for Forrer, Orndorff, Geary, Propes, Merica and Lucas families. Page County, Virginia. 1859, 1866 and 1868. Francisco, Peter Proposal by Js. Webster of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and J. Warrell of Richmond, Virginia to publish a print representing Peter Francisco's action with Tarleton's men. Includes description of battle and biography of Francisco. 1813. Franklin, Benjamin Silhouette of Benjamin Franklin on a packet from the National Graphic Arts Education Guild honoring Franklin's birthday week, January 17-21, 1938. Fraser, Thomas Letter to A.K. Shurtliff of Portland, Maine about shipping leather. 1849. Frost, Edwin H. Advertisement for his business as a dealer in manuscripts. Yonkers, New York. Undated. Galli-Curci, Amelita Letter to Albert Sydney Edmonds of Kansas. St. Louis, Missouri. 1931. Garfield, James A. The Washington Star, Washington, D.C. account of the death of President James A. Garfield. July 2, 1933. Garfield, Lucretia R. Letters from Lucretia R. Garfield, wife of President James A. Garfield, to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling accepting the title of Honorary Vice President of the United States Daughters. 1892. Gee, John Henry (Dr.) and Pattie Williams Gee Poems. Collected and mimeographed by W.J. Fletcher, compiler of \"The Gee Family.\" 1938. Gibbons, Churchill J. Letter from Churchill J. Gibbons, Petersburg, Virginia to Mr. Barton regarding baptism and other church ceremonies. November 3, 1868. Gilliam, Catherine B. Letter to Richard Eppes for City Point, Virginia. 1842. Gilmer, Anne E. Newspaper obituary and funeral description of Mrs. Anne E. Gilmer, widow of deceased Ex-Governor of Virginia, Thomas Walker Gilmer. April 1874. Gilmer, J.H. Letter from J.H. Gilmer of Charlottesville, Virginia asking for two tenements be made ready to sell. July 21, 1842. Givandon, R. Receipt for sessions in penmanship. Levi Dolbear. Natchez. 1848. Glascock, G.T., and sons Letter to Mr. W.G. Sneed of Mocksville, North Carolina about a delay in an iron pattern order. April 19, 1904. ","Glisson, O.L. (Captain) Letter to Capt. O.L. Glisson on the U.S.S. Kennedy from W.A. Macy. Macy sends reading material to men on the ship. Canton. October 19, 1855. ","Glover, John Handwritten, one page, biography of General John Glover, who died January 30, 1797. Copy of August 3, 1778 letter from Captain John Glover to his son, John Glover, about applying for a parole so he can come home. Letter addressed to Marblehead, Massachusetts, but General John Glover writes, \"should this letter find you in England.\" Copy of letter from John Glover to his father, General John Glover, which says, \"my being impress'd on board of one of his Majesties ships…\". November 3, 1776. Glover, T. Jacob Recognition in astronomy and math for T. Jacob Glover from St. Mary's College in Baltimore, Maryland. July 1840. Goddin, Adolphus A Bank of Virginia Note, dated February 1, 1834, to Thomas M. Johnson for $175 with an additional Note that cannot be repaid. August 4, 1834. Signed by Samuel J. Blair. Richmond, Virginia. 1834. Gold, Thomas D. Letter to insurance company about his difficulty in paying premiums on his wife's insurance and wants the money returned. Berryville, Virginia. January 24, 1876. Gordin, John Discharge order in \"invalid ridgment\" (Invalid Regiment) by Colonel Lewis Nicola. April 21, 1778. Gore, Thomas P. Typed and signed letter from Thomas P. Gore, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, to unknown, saying he requested the Secretary of the Interior to grant an extension on payments for the unallotted land. October 25, 1914. Graham, E.A. Permission for slave, Amanda, to stay in Ann Wallace's yard. April 18, 1854. Grant, Julia D. Letter to Mrs. Darling stating she has no claim as a member of the U.S. Daughters of 1812, but her grandfather, Captain George Dent of Maryland, was in the revolution and they have a company roll-call of a Captain Grant, one of General Grant's direct ancestors. January 28, 1892. Grant, Ulysses S. Signature of Ulysses S. Grant on a partial document. February 3, 1875. General Orders, No. 10, from State of Minnesota. July 23, 1885. Program for Memorial Service for \"General U.S. Grant by the Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic, Metropolitan M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. October 4, 1885. Invitation by Mayor of New York City on the occasion of the formal transfer of Grant's Tomb to New York City. April 27, 1897. Gray, William A. Matriculation card for William A. Gray of Virginia from the University of Pennsylvania Medical Department. 1829-1830. Matriculation Card for William A. Gray, \"Surgical Anatomy and Operative Surgery,\" Philadelphia Anatomical Rooms. ","Greenhow, John Letter from Greenhow in Richmond, Virginia to his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Greenhow in Gloucester, Virginia about family. August 15, 1794. Greenway, James (Doctor) Notes and Correspondence of Earl Gregg Swem about biography of James Greenway, a physician from England. 1922. Griffin, Bradney and Thomas Photostat copy of a letter from J. Bradney Griffin at Gloucester Heights, Virginia, to his father describing Yorktown, Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary. September 13, 1863. Photostat copy of a letter from Thomas Griffin to his son, Bradney Griffin. May 29, 1864. Griffin, Esther Josselyn Graduation Certificate from Lincoln Jefferson University in Hammond, Indiana. October 12, 1910 Griffiths, David M. Letter to Radio Liberty, Munich, Germany about a citation in the journal Russkaya Starina about a September 1, 1785 letter from Feodor Vasilievich Karzhavin to his father about living in Virginia for 6 or 7 years where he had the intention of being \"the Ambassador to the Russian Empress in a public character from the American Congress.\" He also mentions sending reports to Russia about battles in Philadelphia. Grove, Abraham Correspondence and receipts of Abraham Grove of Shenandoah County, Cedar's Creek and Saumsville Store in Virginia. Includes a math equation for building a chimney. 1822, 1826, 1850, 1854 and 1871. Gwathmey, G. Taylor Letter to Dr. E.C. Smith of Richmond, Virginia about law and wills. Norfolk, Virginia. June 1910. H Hale, Nathan Leaflets signed by Great Granddaughters of Nathan Hale refuting article, written by George Dudley Seymour, in the June 13, 1926 \"Hartford Courant\" which said the poem, Alicia, was not written by Nathan or Enoch Hale. Note: George Dudley Seymour, a Connecticut antiquarian, furnished the Homestead, Hale's home. Letter to President of the College of William and Mary from Mary E. Hastings, granddaughter of Nathan Hale, asking William and Mary to keep the documents for the family. The problem appears to be about the engagement of Alice Adams to Nathan Hale and the loss of a miniature of Nathan Hale. Statement or affidavit of the Great Granddaughters about the veracity of the material they sent. Copies of the material also sent to other historical societies and libraries. Other granddaughter's name is Isabel Hastings Shriver. 1927. Hall, John (Lieutenant) Navy Pension for widow, Mary Kelly Hall. John Hall died of insanity contracted while in line of duty. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Undated, but after 1860. Hallock, H.G. C. (Rev.) Circular letter from Rev. H.G. C. Hallock in Shanghai, China about the belief in Monkey Gods in China. Enclosed paper \"placemat\" with an illustration of the monkey god. September 28, 1928. Rev. Hallock was a missionary in China. Typed mimeograph copy, but signed by Hallock. Hamilton, James Letter to Wood J. Hamblin of Warren City, North Carolina regarding cotton prices. July 25, 1878 Hammond, Charles Henry Indenture for land between Hammond and Samuel Betts Junior of St. Lawrence County, New York and Henry Hayden of Canada. February 28, 1822.","Scope and Contents Hancock, John Facsimile of letter from John Hancock to his wife dated June 21, 1775, entitled \"The Historical Love Letter\" and printed Christmas 1938. ","Hancock, Nathaniel Sermon by Nathaniel Hancock, Pastor of the Church of Christ in Tisbury, Massachusetts for 30 years and a 1721 graduate of Harvard College. \"Original Manuscript by Rev. Nathl Hancock of Tisbury 1714.\" ","Haney, John Letter to his sister in \"Middlebrook\" in Augusta County, Virginia, regarding his wishes for the property and land after he dies. August 13. Letter to John Haney from unknown of Edwardsville, Missouri regarding prices of port and corn. December 9, 18--. ","Hankins, James Gustavus Memorial pamphlet for John Gustavus Hankins of Halifax County, Virginia printed by the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Virginia. 1929. ","Hanks, Nancy Blueprint of plat of land near Antioch, West Virginia. 1784. ","Harcourt, Algemon Letter from Unknown Ritchie. September 4. No year. ","Harline, Thomas Thomas Harline to Alex M. Holada regarding City Taxes Receipts. Virginia. December 28, 1866. ","Harper and Brothers Robert J. French of Williamsburg, Virginia to Harper and Brothers, New York about division of publishing proceeds. January 5, 1836. ","Harris, Christopher Charles W. Harris of Millgrove to E.P. Marsh, Petersburg, Virginia explaining why he has not been able to pay him. October 30, 1842. ","Harrison Family Letter from Isabella Harrison, Baltimore, Maryland to Mr. Dalton regar.ding damage done to her farm and food stores by General Butler. November 3, 1865 Letter from S.A. Dalton, Connecticut, to Miss Harrison, wanting to return her brother Robert's Bible that he took when her house was burned \"unintentional.\" September 13, 1865. Letter from Thomas H. Wynne in Richmond, Virginia to Mrs. Harrison returning the Mss volume that he has had reprinted. Letter from John C. Underwood to Isabella H. Harrison about the genealogy of the Byrd Family. November 27, 1896. Letters between Mrs. E. Randolph Cocke of Oakland, Cartersville, Virginia and Dr. Swem and Dr. Bryan of The College of William and Mary regarding the gift of letters and portrait. 1939. Black bordered resolution from the Virginia Historical Society \"In Memoriam\" to the death of \"Thomas Hicks Wynne, late corresponding Secretary of the Virginia Historical Society...\" Undated. ","Harrison, Benjamin President of the United States. Signed thank you letter to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling. May 28, 1889. ","Harrison, Benjamin Governor of Virginia. Two pamphlets on Berkeley Plantation. Appointment of John Powell as Justice of Peace in Fluvanna County, Virginia, signed by Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia. November 3, 1783. ","Harrison, J.R. (Doctor) Funeral card for Dr. J.R. Harrison. ","Harrison, M.M. (Doctor) Invoices. 1853-1855. ","Harrison, Randolph Note to Branch Cunningham from Randolph Harrison. \"Hoping we may meet soon and often.\" Hartman, Melkail Summons for Melkail Hartman to appear before a justice to answer complaint of Goff and Smith. Monongalia County, Virginia. September 17, 1819. Harvey, John (Sir) Handwritten essay on \"The First Revolution in Virginia\" by unknown. Essay concerns the removal of Sir. John Harvey as Governor of Virginia. Undated. Havens, Hiram Letter regarding payment of bill. Connecticut. November 22, 1848. Hay, George Letter to Thomas Miller of Powhatan, Virginia regarding the Freeland Case. June 13, 1813. Hayes, Rutherford Bottom half of a document, signed by R.B. Hayes, President, and the Acting Secretary of State, Hay. Has Presidential Seal. September 1, 1880. Helper, H.R. Letter to E.M. Davis. New York. April 18, 1859. Henderson, William W. Receipt for L. Williams for a colt. October 1, 1856. Highland, Lucinda Earle Patton Booklet, \"Record of the Colonial Forebears-Descendants, Kinsmen and Childhood Friends and Schoolmates of the late Lucinda Earle Patton Highland of West Milford, West Virginia by Scotland G. Highland, Clarksburg, West Virginia. 1929. Hill, Alice Certificate of Dismission of Mrs. Alice Hill of First Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Virginia to St. Andrews Protestant Episcopal Church of Richmond, Virginia. May 7, 1892. Hill, Dabney Order slip for corn written to William Spencer of Dabney Hill for William Evans. September 1, 1843. Hix Receipt for items bought from B.H. Powell. 1848. Holladay Family Letter from A. Holladay to his mother, Patsy Holladay of Louisa County, Virginia. He tells her of his visit to Baltimore, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Cape May, New Jersey. July 23, 1850. Poll Tax Receipt for Mrs. P.Z. Holladay of Joseph, Missouri. December 27, 1861. Invoices of Alexander Holladay. Virginia. 1853, 1856 and 1867. Hollen, Archibald Receipt for payment to Daniel Thomas. September 30, 1868. Holloway, John Tobacco Warehouse Receipt. Appomattox River. Virginia. December 12, 1777. Holstead, R.B. Letters of Recommendation for Holstead as an Educator. Virginia. June 30, 1860. Hood, John B. John B. Hood, New Orleans, Louisiana to a friend, where he talks of family and the insurance business. November 24, 1875. Hopkins, W.A. Appointment of W.A. Hopkins as a Corporal in Company E, 70th Regimental Infantry, Virginia Volunteer. June 9, 1901. Horner, Inman Letter to James E. Heath of Richmond, Virginia regarding accounts of James English. April 23, 1830. Hornsby, L.A.. \"Friendly Facts\" pamphlet from L.A. Hornsby (store) in Hornsbyville, Virginia. Hubbard, Susanna Invoice for goods from Dr. Rives J.V. Gilliam. 1817-1818. Hutcheson, Benjamin Money exchange document paid to Benjamin Hutcheson, in London, in account for Hunter and Alexander, Merchants, Liverpool, England. Richmond, Virginia. January 11, 1817. Hyde, E.S. Invoice from Henry May and Brother, a watch business, of Baltimore, Maryland. May 25, 1858. I-J Jackson, Andrew Copy of letter from Andrew Jackson to Major William B. Lewis informing him that Mr. Clay has been offered the Office of Secretary of State. Washington, D.C. February 14, 1825. Jackson, James Letter to Redmond G. Slafter at the Theological Seminary in Andover, Massachusetts from James Jackson in Fairfax, Virginia. Descriptions of Washington, D.C.'s social life and Daniel Webster's voice and style, plus his opinion on government and education. March 5, 1844. Jackson, Thomas J. (Stonewall Jackson) Copies of letters by Stonewall Jackson written a few days before his death in 1863. Bottom of page has notation: Copyright 1884. H.W. Flournoy, Sect'y of Commonwealth. Newspaper Article on Stonewall Jackson, written by a childhood friend. 1880. James, Ollie M. Letter from Ollie M. James, Senator from Kentucky, to Samuel J. McCracken, turning down a lecture invitation. July 30, 1913. Jennings, E. and Sarah Letter from ___ Advocate regarding a payment. Paris and Lacy's Spring, Virginia. February 7, 1854. Johnson, Andrew Signature on a partial document. Undated. Impeachment of the President Gallery Tickets to the U.S. Senate. 5 tickets. May 13, 1868. Johnson, G. W. Legal letters to G.W. Johnson of Farmington, North Carolina. 4 letters. 1843-1844.. Johnson, Susannah Personal Property Tax receipt for Susannah Armstrong, wife of Peter Johnson. 1824. Johnston, James Photocopy of a handwritten biography of James Johnston written by his daughter. James Johnston was born 1749 in Scotland and died 1829 in Fleming County, Kentucky. He was a Baptist Minister in Virginia and Kentucky. He married Margaret Wirth of Fauquier County, Virginia. Undated. Johnston, Robert Letter to Peter Lyons, Jr. of Richmond, Virginia about selling wheat. November 20, 1790. Jones, John Paul Tissue Paper reproduction of John Paul Jones' appointment as Captain in the Navy on October 10, 1776. Handwritten manuscript by Charles H. Taylor on the John Paul Jones Flag. Undated. Jones, Thomas Catesby Thomas H. Carter's certification that Catesby was a member of \"The King William (Virginia) Artillery\" and \"Carter's Artillery Battalion.\" Undated. Jones, Thomas P. (Doctor) Letter from Dr. Thomas P. Jones of Washington, D.C. to James A. Dow of Boston, Massachusetts concerning a patent on a knitting frame. November 21, 1844. Jones, W. B., and Company Letter to Edward B. Smith of Richmond, Virginia regarding a disputed account. February 234, 1868. Jones, Walker (Doctor) Notes from patients requesting his help. Receipts. Richmond, Virginia. 1841, 1848 and 1853. K Kagey, Henry N. Accounts. 10 items. New Market, Virginia. 1853-1878. Kent (Doctor) Two letters from Dr. Kent of Warm Springs, (Virginia) to William H. Terube. 1847 and 1848. October 8, 1847: Purchase of a negro from Mr. H. Wade and the lawsuit of Benjamin Douglas' Legatees vs William Douglas executors. March 17, 1848: Hugh McDonald and Mr. Wade's fraud in purchase of a negro. ","Kent, Hugh McG.Certification listing the books that Kent read at Greenville College, signed by President Charles Coffin. February 15, 1820. Order for Hugh Kent, as overseer of the poor in Montgomery County, to collect money. June 7, 1831. Letter from Kent to Mr. Price to pay Col. Miller the obligation due Col. Crockett. Nicholasville, Kentucky. January 8, 1835. Kent, Robert Bill from Robert Kent, Jr. sent to Robert Kent of Wytheville, Virginia from Francis Vespre, Treasurer of Georgetown College, Washington, D.C. April 12, 1847. Letter to Robert Kent from his son, Robert Kent, Jr. about a money draft. January 17, 1848. Kent, William Receipt. 1858. Letter to William Kent from William A. Moncure, Second Auditors Office of Virginia, saying the the \"Ordinance of the Convention does not apply to the money in the hands of the superintendents; that such money should be expended for educational purposes…\" August 5, 1861. Letter from Powell saying that Mary Arrington has applied for aid for bread. May 17, 1864. Kerr, John (Rev.) \"At Home\" card for Rev. John Kerr of Petersburg, Virginia. May 12. No year. ","Kibler, Mary Ann Letter to Rubin and Manuel Varner of Luray, Page County, Virginia from his sister and brother-in-law, Mary Ann and Daniel Kibler, of Jasper County, Illinois where they tell in great detail their future plans about clearing land and building fences and buildings. Also talks of his money problems. April 22, 1854. King, Daniel In letter written from Matansa (Matanses), Daniel King tells Ira R. Steward of New York about his 21 day voyage and asks for prays for a seaman who was aboard the ship. July 15, 1848. Kirk, George W. Agreement between George W. Kirk, Dahlouga, Lumpkin County, Georgia and Max Georgii, Arthur P. Steward and Thomas G. Steward, all of Washington, D.C., for land in Hall County, Georgia. February 12, 1884. Kyle, H. (Doctor) Accounts and judgment payments. 3 items. Possibly Baltimore, Maryland. 1857-1861. Lacouture, E. Printed copy of a State Rights Paper by E. Lacouture to Virginia Legislature about establishing the proposed line of Franco-Virginia Steamships. March10, 1858. Langley, James Accounts. Lists his medical treatments and illnesses beside each name. Other purchased such as brandy and shoes. Possibly Norfolk, Virginia. 1772-1790. Lamb, William W. Printed list of bonds stolen from William Lamb by Rev. William G. Hoben of Portland, Maine. Bonds of State of Missouri and City of Sacramento, California. Printed in Norfolk, Virginia. May 30, 1868. Lancaster, Robert A. Petition for better conditions at Virginia's Penitentiaries to be presented at a special session of the General Assembly. Richmond, Virginia. January 15, 1901. Lawless, J.T. Real estate closing account. Richmond, Virginia. June 9, 1933. Lawson, Rob Promissory note by Thornton Taylor to Robert Lawson. July 1783. Lee, Henry Governor of Virginia. Letter from Governor Henry Lee, while in New York, about the legality of Mr. Gibson's testimony again the claim of Mr. Phelps. July 14, 1802. Transcription of a letter by Henry Lee about a land and money transaction. Undated. Lee, James Papers of James Lee of Williamsburg, Virginia. Names and business mentioned are: James Gibbons - a bond for 5 slaves, I. I. (J.J.) Bowden - letter about the book \"Brougham's Sketches,\" John Hockaday – note about his son missing school and William Power of Richmond, Virginia – letter. 4 items. 1807, 1842 and 1844. ","Lee, Richard, II Booklet, \"Richard Lee, II Belated Elizabethan in Virginian\" by Louis B. Wright. Reprinted from Huntington Library Quarterly. October 1938. ","Lee, Robert E. Copy of June 1, 1859 letter from Robert E. Lee and Col. Carter to Col. S. Cooper in Washington, D.C., saying he will be in Alexandria…then posted in Texas. \nBroadside with a copy of a June 2, 1863 letter from R.E. Lee, Genl, to his Excy Jefferson Davis. \nGeneral Order No. 9, copy. April 10, 1865, Headquarters, Army, Northern Virginia. Seal. \n\"Lee: The Final Achievement,\" by Francis Pendleton Gaines, a bulletin about Robert E. Lee's presidency of Washington and Lee University, copyright 1933. Letter from Francis P. Gaines, President of Washington and Lee University, to Judge John Barton Payne of Washington, D.C. . June 14, 1933. \nNew York Sun article on \"Quest of the Robert E. Lee Bible…\" May, 1942. October 12, 1934 reprint of pamphlet, \"Lee: The Background of a Great Decision,\" August, 1865. ","Lee, Warner Accounts. Virginia. 1765. 3 items. Leitch, James F., and Company A Liverpool, England company. A check on a New York Bank to John Matter and Company. January 7, 1817. Lewis, Andrew (General) 1897 reprint of newspaper article \"General Andrew Lewis, re-interment of the Hero of Point Pleasant…\" Lewis, Fielding (Colonel) Letter to Honorable David Jameson of Williamsburg, Virginia concerning exchanging Antigua money for Virginia money and the hiring of Mr. Riddick for their business (in the West Indies). January 7, 1777.","Lewis, Thomas, Jr. Papers relating to the estate of Thomas Lewis. 1840-1859. Lincoln, Abraham New York Herald with articles on President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and Jefferson Davis being in Danville, Virginia. April 15, 1865. 4 copies. Copy of a November 21, 1864 condolence letter to Mrs. Bixby published by American Historical Documents. Reprinted of an article from The Spectator, Staunton, Virginia, about President Abraham Lincoln. March 19, 1909. Copy of page 4 of autobiographical sketch by Abraham Lincoln, written 1860. March 20, 1872. Lincoln, Levi Letter from Levi Lincoln of Massachusetts to Honorable Caesar A. Rodney, Attorney General of the United States, thanking him and Thomas Jefferson for wanting him to be part of the Administration. He declines due to poor eyesight. January 26, 1811. Lightfoot, Philip Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from Virginia Dorsey Lightfoot with attached report written by Virginia Dorsey Lightfoot, \"The Military Records of Major Philip Lightfoot.\" August 18, 1935 Lineaweaver, Jacob Accounts. 3 pieces. Rockingham County, Virginia. 1858 and 1871 Locke, E.A. Letters from E.A. Locke of Tehama County, California to his cousin in Virginia where he writes about farming, prices and his experiences in California. 1883 and 1884. Lomat, Judy Judy Lomat of Port Tobago writes to unknown Barbour of Virginia. She is sister of Mann Page Lomax. February 22, 1810. Long, John Photograph. Per note on back of photograph, \"grave of Captain John Long, of Ramsgate County, Kent, England, marked by marble slab. Warrange Church, New Kent.\" Lord, Frank B. Letters to Frank B. Lord, of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. from C.S. Steward, Dept. of Justice; Otto Praeger, Post Office; Frank Doremus, Michigan Representative and Albert Johnson, Washington Representative. 1916 and 1917. Love, Charles Promissory note from Charles Love to William Wilson. Alexandria, Virginia. March 7, 1799. Lowery, J.T., Store Button envelope from J.T. Lowery and Company, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Undated. Lubin, David Letter to the editor of \"World\" in Cleveland, Ohio, sending a copy of his book, \"Let there be Light\" about Amelioration. New York, New York. April 28, 1900. Luchs, L. Letter from L.Luchs, Washington, D.C., to John T. Allen of Washington, D.C. sending a $500 draft for Mr. Flournoy. September 11, 1868. Lucia, J.H. Letter to Miss Frances Bartlett about sadness of holidays. Montpelier, Virginia. December 12, 1905. Lundeen, Ernest Form letter from Ernest Lundeen, U.S. Representative from Minnesota, asking his constituents from Minneapolis to complete form, \"I believe that the people should be consulted before Congress declares war.\" March 30, 1917. Lyle, George Receipt for Henry M. Conrad owner of a transfer, livery, feed and sale stable in Radford, Virginia. October 9, 1908. Lyle, James A. College Diploma for James A. Lyle of Hartford, Maryland to teach in the public schools. September 1, 1879. Lyons, John W. Notes. One note has return address of Galveston, Texas. 3 items. M MaCaulay, Alex Biography of Alexander MaCaulay by Enrique Naranjo, reprinted from The Hispanic American Historical Review, November 1845. Autographed by Naranjo. Magill, Charles T. Funeral announcement. Rockland, Virginia. September 12, 1870. Madeira (Miss) Printed invitation to a recital at Rauscher's. Undated. Magniloquus, Roscoe 4 poems. Undated. Mallet, J.O. Intermediate Greek exam. February 1, 1876. Mann, Robert Account of money from John Webb to Sgt. Robert Mann. October 15, 1781. Marshall, William Accounts with William Johnson. Edinburgh, Virginia. 1773 and 1775. Marchpund, Alex Certificate of discharge from the Civilian Conservation Corps. Pembroke, Virginia. March 25, 1935. Mason, George Address by Honorable R. Walton Moore at House of Delegates, Richmond, Virginia, on unveiling of marble bust of George Mason. September 27, 1932. Mason, L. R. Acceptance letter as Rector of Grace Church in Richmond, Virginia. Written from Marietta, Georgia. December 30, 1890. Mason, M.E. Letter to Dr. G.A. (Mencci), Alexandria, Virginia regarding allegations that Mr. Mason spoke badly about Dr. (Mencci). February 19, 1843. Mason, Maud M. Letter to Mrs. Spiers regarding decorating colors. New York. New York. Undated. Masters, L. Letter from L. Masters of Boston, Massachusetts to Giles Unknown regarding a chemical experiment, the \"Freer Lovites\" club in New York and the \"Venus\" Club. October 18, 1855. Maury, Matthew Fontaine Prayer by C.M. Maury. Undated. Invitation to unveiling of bust of Matthew Fontaine Maury. Richmond, Virginia. November 15, 1932. Invitation to unveiling of monument of Matthew Fontaine Maury. Richmond, Virginia. November 11, 1929. Booklets on Matthew Fontaine Maury. Mayo, George Accounting by John Preston to Henrico Superior Court about estate of George Mayo. Henrico, Virginia. 1811. Mayo, John Receipt for claims upon Manchester Mills by Elira A. Mayo to John Mayo. March 28, 1811. Letter from Dr. J.D. Moncure, Superintendent of Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia to William P. Poythrep of Richmond, Virginia about John Mayo's condition. February 15, 1886. McAdams, George B. Letter from McAdams and Berry's Clothiery, Richmond, Virginia regarding money. February 15, 1893. McAllister, J.T. Liar's License. June 20, 1894. McAdoo, W.G. Letter to Rev. C.W. Lane regarding plants. Midway. July 17, 1867 McCabe, W. Gordon \"Real and Ideal: A Poem\" by W. Gordon McCabe. Printed, possibly pages from a book. Undated. McCormick, Cyrus H. Printed copy of \"Memorandum on renewal of his patent, now before Congress.\" Two copies. March 20, 1854. McCormick, D.M. Note between J.M. and D.M. McCormick, Johnsonville, Harnett County, North Carolina. 1858. McGill, Martha Letter from Martha McGill, Williamsburg, Virginia, to John D. McGill in Shacklefords, King and Queen County, Virginia about staying with him during the cold season. January 1838. McGraw, J.B. (Dr.) $70 check from Colonel Cunningham of Richmond, Virginia. January 1, 1880. McGuire, E.C. (Rev.) Obituary. Born in Winchester, Virginia 1793 and died 1858. 1858. McGriffin, John L. Receipt. Augusta, Virginia. December 26, 1857. McIntosh, Lachlan Placard reproduction of letter from McIntosh to Colonel John Laurence regarding a historic duel and the death of Button Gwinnett by the American Autograph Shop. Christmas 1937. McKinley, William Death announcement of William McKinley, President of the United States, written by Charles H. Ourand, Major and Inspector-General. General Orders No. 13. Headquarters District of Columbia Militia, Washington, D.C. September 15, 1901. McKown, Mary Ann Printed \"Tribute of Respect.\" Gerardstown, West Virginia. November, 1972. Mercer, Hugh (General) Reprint from Princeton Whig, \"Biographical sketch of General Hugh Mercer\" dated January 1834. \"The Battle of Princeton, and Death of Gen. Mercer\" article with a handwritten note \"presented by Colonel Hugh Mercer to Miss C. Grinnan.\" Undated. Meyers, Samuel Receipt and Bank Drafts. 2 items. Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia. 1816. 1819. Meyers, William R. Telegraph from Washington, D.C. to William R. Meyers of Richmond, Virginia. July 26, 1949. Middleton, Walter R. Letter from Ammon Hancock, Lynchburg, Virginia, to Colonel Abram Staples of Patrick Courthouse regarding debts owed by Walter R. Middleton. December 20, 1829. Miles, William Porcher Letter to Francis Lawley about meeting for dinner and lack of meat for (General Robert E. Lee) Lee's army. Richmond, Virginia. January 5, 1864. Miller, John M., Jr. Carbon copies of letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal about government bonds and securities by John M. Miller, Jr., President of First National Bank of Richmond, Virginia and correspondence concerning his letter, one from George J. Seay. February and March 1918. Miller, Lizzie Post Office Registry receipt for Miss Lizzie Miller. Elkton, Virginia. February 16, 1885. Montgomery, George Pardon granted by the Secretary of State, Franklin Pierce. Washington, D.C. March 3, 1857. Moody, Thomas Legal Receipts. 2 items. Prince George County. 1833, 1856 and 1857. Moore, R. Walter Letter to Mr. Coleman from someone in Fairfax, Virginia regarding a meeting. June 1919. Copy of typed press release of an address by R. Walton Moore of Virginia at York, Pennsylvania at the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Continental Congress Session in York. 17 pages. October 14, 1927. Copy of typed press release of an address by R. Walton Moore, Assistant Secretary of State, at the National University, Washington, D.C. June 11, 1935. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from R. Walton Moore. June 19, 1935. Morrill, Samuel Patent for a beehive. January 16, 1835. Morris, Stuart Receipt. December 17, 1844. Morrison, Alfred James Essay \"Root and Neil: Virginians as it were\" by Alfred James Morrison. Typed carbon biography of Dr. Alfred James Morrison with a list of his works. Undated. Mosby, Charles L. Obituary. Lynchburg, Virginia. March 17, 1879. Moseley, William William Langley's executor account of William Moseley. Norfolk, Virginia. 1810. Mundy Receipts of Mr. Mundy. 3 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1860's and 1870's. Murray, George, and Company Letter regarding a accounts and a negro boy. Norfolk, Virginia. December 1803.","Scope and Contents Myers, G.A. Papers, including 3 invitations to Mason meetings. 7 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1850's and 1860's. Receipt for one bag received of A.S. Pendleton of G. Myers. Southern Express Company. Richmond, Virginia. November 6, 1863. Note recall to G.A. Myers, Bank of Virginia. Richmond, Virginia. January 1842. 2 items. ","Myers, Gustavus Letter to Gustavus Myers of Richmond, Virginia from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania about making a screen or a chair. Written on a shipping order. December 1841. Myers, Gustavus A. Publications of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, membership request. January 28, 1856. Myers, H. (Dr.) Letter from D. Sendner ? in Virginia to Dr. Myers. Undated. Myers, William B. Commission for William B. Myers to be Second Lieutenant, for engineer duty, of the Provisional Army of Virginia. May 24, 1861. Nance, Z.F. Letter to Richard M. Graves of Potter's Field regarding paying Trower. November 2, 1847. Naylor, A.F. Business card and a pamphlet, with a dogwood poem, advertising A.F. Naylor as a Oriental Rug Specialist. After 1935. Neff, Henry Papers of Dr. Henry Neff of Rockingham County, Virginia. 7 items. 1840's, 1850's and 1885. New, J.S. Account of estate of Unknown Branch. 1856. Newman, Clark, and Company Monthly Statement of Montgomery and Wilson. Norfolk, Virginia. October 1879. Nicholas, W.C. and Robert C. Photostat copies of letters from W.C. Nicholas and Robert C. Nicholas from Warren, Kentucky and Gallatin County, Kentucky to nephews in Lexington, Kentucky about land in Texas. 1806 and 1827. Nicholson, Francis True copy of 1710 Proclamation of Sir Francis Nicholson Typed carbon copy of manuscript of biography of Sir Francis Nicholson by Croom Partridge. 1937. Norwood, Winifred Funeral Announcement, St. Paul's Church. July 17, 1851. Norwood Family Taxable property at Norwood Estate. 1870. Oemler, Marie Conway Letter from Ms. Oemler of Savannah, Georgia to Mrs. Sizer, about her father in the post civil war years. June 12, 1927. P-Q Pace, W. William Receipt. Richmond, Virginia. November 20, 1821. Page, Charles (Captain) Typescript of letters from Captain Page in Staunton, Virginia where he tells of his experience during the War of 1812. October 31, 1812 and June 21, 1814. Page, Mann An accounting of the legal issues between Mann Page and Mr. Morton, brother of Dr. George Morton. Undated. Page Mann, Jr. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to his brother, W. Page, in Virginia about his opinion that the delegates to congress should decline foreign commerce…to keep honest. Writes of seal being made in Virginia. May 26, 1777. He was delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia. Transcript included. \"Memo as to the facts in relation to the differences between Mr. Morton and Messrs Willis and Madison.\" Memo mentions land or deed problem with William Shepherd, Mr. Willis and Major Madison. September 23, 1840. Typed carbon copy summary of the lawsuit between Maria Wilson Page, Relict and Administratrix of Mann Page, Deceased and John Lloyd, Executor of Osgood Hanbury, surviving partner of Capel and Osgood Hanbury; Robert Patton, Administrator with the will annexed of Mann Page, John T. Page; Lewis Burwell, Administrator of Robert C. Page and John Minor. 1931. Page, Martha Receipt from Miss Martha Page to John Edgar for music instruction. January 1, 1844. Palmer Note regarding debts due. October 15, 1865. Palmer, Charles Letter from Charles Palmer to C. Dunn regarding money owed. Petersburg, Virginia. 1871. Pane, Selia (Mrs.) Receipt signed by Thomas Sweeney for package delivered to Mrs. Selia A. Pane, Petersburg, Virginia, by Adams Express Company. June 8, 1865. Paradise, Lucy Typed transcript of letter from Samuel Johnson to Mrs. Thrale about the Paradise Family. April 1, 1775. Park, Edward Invoice of William Thelabell to Edward Park. Fragments. 1767. Partridge, Allen (1785 to 1854) Pages from a book with an article by Captain Partridge on Education. Captain Partridge established a military academy in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1839). Undated. Payne (Judge) Personal letter from Charles L. Strobel to Judge Payne. December 19, 1922. Pennington, Charles H. Washington, D.C. Treasury Department document transferring C.H. Pennington as a temporary clerk. May 20, 1878. Letter from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, regarding pension of Charles H. Pennington. February 24, 1915. Perkins, Eli Regarding estate. Other names mentioned are Sarah Snoddy, John Perkins and Alexander Perkins. 1 item. North Carolina. 1833 and 1835. Perkins, Nathaniel Letter to Arch. Bryce from ? Perkins, Diamond Mills, regarding court of appeals' case, possibly in Buckingham County, Virginia. October 2, 1820. Peyton, John Howe Letter in a newspaper to Colonel John Lewis Peyton, son of John Howe Peyton, from David S. Young of Staunton, Virginia, who says \"you request me to write out my recollections of him.\" January 31, 1879. Article in Newspaper written for the Valley Virginian, \"My Recollections of the Late John Howe Peyton\" by W.F. 1878. Phillips, William Receipt for hiring of negroes. 1834. Receipt for monthly subscription to Old Dominion Chronicle. Portsmouth, Virginia. July 27, 1841. Pilson, Matthew Receipts, invoices, estate accounts. Some horse related. 3 items. Rocky Springs. 1861-1864. Pittman, Newsom J. (Dr.) Accounts. Rocky Mount, North Carolina. 1840-1843. Plato, John \"Protection for a Coloured Person\" document stating that John Plato was born in Mathews County, Virginia. Signed by Conway Whittle. July 9, 1836. Pocahontas Newspaper articles: \"The Standard,\" Richmond, Virginia, November 5, 1881. \"Interesting particulars regarding Pocahontas and Captain John Smith and their burial places. \"The Standard,\" November 12, 1881. Part 2. \"The Standard,\" August 27, 1881. \"Pocahontas.\" \"Richmond Times-Dispatch editorials on Pocahantas and an original portrait. June 10, 1883. \"New York Times,\" 1890, \"Maids in Bermuda.\" Poe, Edgar Allen Portrait print of Edgar Allen Poe, possibly a page from a book. Newspaper articles about Poe and advertisements for his work. 1880, 1911 and undated. Poindexter, Henry P. Receipts. 5 pieces. Richmond, Virginia. 1838, 1840 and 1853. Poindexter, Jane Receipt for purchase of negroes from estate of William Quarles. 1 item. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. February 1835. Pollard, John Garland Flyers of article from the \"Winchester Evening Star\" on John Garland Pollard, \"Out of Thine Own Mouth Will I Judge Thee\" by Dabney Carr Harrison. 10 items. July 25, 1917. Porter, George L. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from Henry W. Lamb, Williamsburg, Virginia, about George L. Porter's ancestry and Civil War experiences, from \"Genealogy of Lincoln, Pearce, Porter, Agers.\" March 27, 1939. Powers, Pike (Rev.) Letter from Rev. T.G. Dashiell of Richmond, Virginia to Rev. Pike Powers regarding Miss Algia Napier. April, 22, 1890. Letter from Marian E. Dickinson of Richmond, Virginia to Rev. Pike Powers asking to be taken off the books of St. Andrews. February 25, 1887 Price, Lucy S. Letter to Miss Mary Ladd regarding her carriage accident. July 4, 1841. Purdy, Nannie Sutton Prayer typed onto a beige silk cloth with fringed edges. 4.5 x 15\". 3 crosses printed on it. Nannie Sutton Purdy printed on the bottom. Q-R Quarles, Patsy Receipts, including a Doctor's accounting of his visits to the negros belonging to Patsy Quarles. 3 items. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. 1838, 1841 and 1842. Quarles, Sarah Property receipts. 2 items. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. 1838 and 1847. Randolph, J.C. and Company Invoice from Dr. E.J. Higgins, wholesale liquor dealer from Norfolk, Virginia for J.C. Randolph and Co. 1878. Randolph, John John Randolph of Roanoke. Photostat of letter from William Hughes to John Randolph. January 17, 1822. Chancery suit between Corbin Braxton, executor of St. George Tucker Coalter, deceased, plus others and William Leigh, executor of John Randolph, deceased plus others. Lawsuit regarding Wyatt Cardwell, agent for John Randolph's heirs. December 4, 1847. Newspaper articles on John Randolph. 1878 and 1881. Randolph Family List of land holdings in Virginia during the Colonial days of the Randolph Family for the William and Mary Quarterly. Undated. Rawlings, James H. Accounts for physician, Dr. J. H. Minor and J. L.Burrus. 3 items. Possibly Caroline County, Virginia. 1843 and 1847. Reed, Henry L. (Mr. and Mrs.) Golden wedding invitation. Chambersburgh, Pennsylvania. 1876. Reed, John L. Letter to his cousin in Baltimore, Maryland about directions for which train station to get his ticket. September 26, 1873. Reurs, Thomas Receipt. Undated. Richards, Charles J. Letters to Charles J. Richards from family and friends. Subjects include the Young Men's Society and debates in Lynchburg, Virginia, lecture on Natural Photography, and the Richmond Lyceum. 1838-1840. Robertson Family Letter to John T. Robertson about laws on will probate, dated May 24, 1878. Accounts of Robertson Family. Many are fragments. Names mentioned are James Robertson, Col. George Robertson, Michael Robertson, John Roberson, Thomas Emond and John Ireland. 1785, 1802, 1805 and 1878. Richardson, George Account paid for George Richardson by Murray, Mundell and Grinnan. Signed by Hugh Mercer. August 3, 1804. Richardson, W.W. Deposition of Ada J. Richardson of New Hanover County, North Carolina. She states that her deceased husband was a private in Captain Williams' Company and entered service in Stafford County, Virginia and killed at Malvern Hill. She wants the $50 he had with him when he died. November 23, 1863. Richelieu Fragments of a copy of a letter from Cardinal Richelieu to the French Ambassador. Paris, France to Rome, Italy. 1638. Rinedollar Receipt from William Giles, Jr. March 2, 1808. Ritter, William L. Pamphlet \"Biographical Sketch\" by Dr. Samuel H. Higgins. William Ritter was born August 11, 1835 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Roach, Libby Letter about lawsuit from boarders of Libby Roach, in Norfolk, Virginia, from Hubard and Hubard. September 23, 1892. Robertson Account of sale of property at Mr. Robertson's estate, Providence. Sale by Carter Braxton. Middlesex County, Virginia. 1836. Robertson Family Letter to John T. Robertson about laws on will probates. May 24, 1878. 16 items. Account fragment of Col. George Robertson. Accounts of Robertson Family. Many of them are fragments. Some names mentioned: James Robertson, Michael Robertson, John Robertson, Thomas Emond and John Ireland. Petersburg, Virginia. 1785, 1802 and 1805. Robinson, Conway Receipt for Hening and Mumford's reports bought at James Heron's auction. Signed by James R. MacMurdo. May 12, 1823. Robinson, John M. A wedding invitation for Champe Conway and John M. Robinson at Saint Paul's Church. Addressed to Miss Stott. Undated. Rochelle, Martha Letter to Mrs. Martha Rochelle in Jerusalem, Southampton, Virginia from her son in Concord. February 1836. Rochelle, R.De Letter from de Rochelle written in French. Note on back of letter, \"about the French Claim.\" Washington, D.C. February 3, 1831. Rogers, M.C. Letter from M.C. Rogers in Huntsville, Texas to S.C. Rogers of Tennessee regarding family matters, particularly after the war along with his opinion of the war. Gives name of Grandfather, Henry Roger and Specer Clark. Family originally from Fauquier and Loudoun Counties, Virginia. February 14, 1866. Roney, Isaac Accounts and Letters of Isaac Roney of Dinwiddie County, Virginia. 1836-1871. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Inauguration ceremony program and invitation. 1933. Printed ballad, \"If Roosevelt Ruled Ireland,\" by William V. McKenny sung at the Irish Night Clover Club. 1936. Rosenwald, E. Receipt for merchandise on the Harnden's Southern Express. Richmond, Virginia. August 4, 1862. Ross, Charlie Brewster Pamphlet by Allan Pinkerton, with photo, about abduction of Charlie Brewster Ross in Germantown, Pennsylvania. July 1, 1874. Ross, G. (Dr.) Prescription written by Dr. G. Ross to H.G. Forstmann, a Druggist in Richmond, Virginia. Undated. Rowe, R. Semple Letter from R. Semple Rowe of Baltimore, Maryland to a friend in Richmond, Virginia about travel plans. July 24, 1865 or 1866. Rowland, Kate Masson Letter to Bishop Randolph regarding the ancestry of Benjamin Harrison. June 17, 1895. Photograph of \"The Honourable Sir William Thomson...\" Royal, William L. Court case in Richmond, Virginia about 1890. Russell, Margaret Postcard to Mr. and Mrs. Hearue of Drakes Branch, Virginia. Post card has drawing of a YMCA in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Undated. Rutherford, J.C. Receipt. April 18, 1849. Sander Family \"Extracts, etc., from Records of Clerk's Office of Northumberland Co., Virginia\" made by W.S. Cralle, Clerk of the County Court for said County. June 1888. Sandidge, Dabney Note to William Wallace requesting him to feed his workmen from his mill. Amherst, Virginia. September 1, 1843.","Sargent, Eliza F. Norfolk, Virginia Office of Board of Health to Mrs. Eliza F. Sargent regarding connection to the ( ) server. September 10, 1890. ","Saunders, George D. Note requesting meal for his hands who are working (with, near, for) someone. New Store, Buckingham, Virginia. November 12, 1862.","Saunders, John Receipt for a subscription to the Virginia Patriot, Richmond, Virginia. February 7, 1814. ","Savage, N.R. Checks written by N.R. Savage. 4 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1876. ","Scattergood, Thomas Letter to Thomas Scattergood from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, mostly regarding possible unchristian influences in Richmond, Virginia and elsewhere. Faded. Fragments. 1794. ","Schneider, John B. John B. Schneider in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Mr. Allen and Co. requesting 10 pounds of tobacco. May 17, 1869. ","Schuricht, Herrmann Letter written from Herrmann Schuricht of Idlewild, Cabham, Virginia. to John S. Irby in Richmond, Virginia, sending a copy of his historical publication. October 20, 1898. ","Scoville, S.C. Letter to Lyman Kinsley regarding bank and Birkshire Railroad stock. November 23, 1854. ","Scruggs, H.B. Accounts and Receipts of H.B. Scruggs to E.E. White, Thomas Johnson, James W. Snoddy, John M. Torrey, Charles F. Torrey and Edmund Torrey. He appears to be an ironworker. Buckingham County, Virginia. 1858-1866.","Seaton, W.W. Notes on birth and deaths of W.W. Seaton (died January 11, 1785) and Joseph Gales. (1786-1860). ","Shaver, David (Rev.) Seven handwritten sermons by Rev. David Shaver, editor of the Richmond Religious Herald. 1864-1865. ","Sheetz, George C. Pages from a journal which includes newspaper social column about the Sheetz Family and a page from a book about horse medicines. Near Dorcus, Virginia. 1902 and Undated. Sheridan, Philip Henry (General) War Department announcement of General Sheridan's death. August 6, 1888. Funeral invitation. Death Announcement by Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Sherman, William Tecumseh (General) Pamphlet with details of the funeral of William Tecumseh Sherman. February 17, 1891. Sherrard, John M. Invitation to the funeral of John M. Sherrard at the United Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia. Addressed to Gus A. Myers and Family. June 23, 1858. Shields and Somerville Letter from Shields and Somerville of Richmond, Virginia to N.O. and C.H. Cram of Portland, Maine about a flour shipment. June 28, 1850 Shore, John Photostat of the 1777 title page \"Dr. Isaac Hall's Graduate Thesis on Joannes Shore\" along with handwritten notes. Si - Sz Smith, D.G. Letter to Andrew Brown, Charlottesville, Virginia, a distributor of salt. Civil War. September 19, 1862. Smith, E.C. Leave of absence permission from University of Virginia. December 21, 1878. Certificate from University of Virginia for Applied Mathematics. July 3, 1879. Smith, Jacob B. Letter to brother, Jacob Smith, from H. Mohler in Park County, Indiana where he says how wonderful it is in Indiana, particularly the people as compared to home. On back of the November 9, 1867 letter, another letter from Fannie E. Mohler to Mrs. Sarah Smith. Smith, John (Captain) Section of a book on Captain John Smith written about 1889. Two copies. Newspaper editorials by R. Howison and Alexander Brown on early United States and Captain John Smith. Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. February 1891. Typed biographical material on Captain John Smith with a photograph and a placard of a plaque with an epitaph to Captain John Smith located in St. Sepulchre's Church, Smithfield, London. Smith, Lucy P. Letter to her cousin while at Salt Springs, Virginia. August 14, 1856. Smith, William William Smith was a Brig. Gen. in the CSA and Governor of Virginia. Letters from William Smith: Recommending T.J. Murphy to the Secretary of Treasury, R.J. Walker. Written from Warrenton, Virginia on March 16, 1848. To possibly the Enquirer, asking that his speech be published. Written from Washington, D.C. on May 17, 1852. To possibly the Enquirer, about the Hunter Bill and the West. August 3, 1854. ","Smyth, John Ferdinand Dalziel A report by R. Leroy Hilldrup \"A Tory's Account of Certain Virginia Patriots.\" Correspondence between Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and R. Leroy Hilldrup for a William and Mary Quarterly article. Virginia. 1934. ","Snickers, Edward One document that includes a copy of a 1785 bond whereby Martin Ashby of Louisa County agrees to pay one thousand pounds to George Noble of Frederick County, Virginia for 350 acres. a 1784 bond to Edward Snickers for an exchange of land between Snickers and Ashby for 306 acres in Frederick County and 350 acres in Loudoun County and letters from Edward Snickers about his land transactions with Ashby. The copy is possibly also dated about 1785. Gift of Dr. Thomas G. Pullen. ","Somervails, C.R. Money exchange for sterling. Richmond, Virginia. Dec. 19, 1865. ","Southall, Elianna Letter from Ms. Southall of Baltimore, Maryland, to her father, Robert Anderson in Richmond, Virginia. Mentions William and Mary where \"only four students at Commencement\" and proposed the college move to Richmond. November 9, 1833. Southward Family Invoices. 8 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1867-1873. Southworth, Edward Summary of military duty in the 2nd U.S. Colored Troops. Civil War. 1862-1865, 1910. Spotswood, Alexander Typed transcript of letter to Edmund Pendleton, President of the Committee of Safety, at Mount Pleasant Camp, near Cobham, from Alexander Spotswood. November 16, 1775. Sprinkle, Charles, and Company Note from E.T.H. Warren asking him to pay back money. 1860. Spruill, B.I. Receipt for money given to B.F. Moore as an arbitrator. Tarboro, North Carolina. November 27, 1833. Stackhouse, Rosamond, Invoices and Property Tax. 6 items. Prince George County, Virginia. 1856-1867. Starke, Eliza N. Letter from Raphael Smith and a poem written on a doily, \"Aerostic by J.B. Dods.\" New York. April 17, 1854. Statute, Fanny Funeral cards. April 10, 1886. Stedman, Edmund Calling cards and a letter to Annie Carlisle of Charles City, Iowa. November 1891. Steele, Margaret Letter to Aunt Frances and Uncle Leigh describing her Christmas presents. Early 1900's. Stephen, Adam (General) Letter to Francis B. Jones from Charles James Faulkner, House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., about Adam Stephen of Berkeley County, Virginia. May 19, 1856. Notes by Charles James Faulkner on General Adam Stephen. ","Sterling, Joseph Receipt written by William Upshaw, Jr. for negroes. Possibly Gloucester, Virginia. March 15, 1757. ","Stevens, S.N. (Miss) Letter to Miss Stevens in Norfolk, Virginia from Wakefield Rattan Company in Boston, Massachusetts about rugs. October 13, 1882 ","Stewart, Eliza Letter to her brother about Eliza's accounts. Mentions Richmond, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland. January 30, 1855. ","Stoddard, Charles J. Appointment request for a job at the Office of Comptroller of Currency, Treasury Department, in Washington, D.C. Sent to Hon. A.B. Hepburn, Comptroller. 1892. ","Stokes, D.R. Letter from William Hodges Mann , an attorney of Nottoway Courthouse, Virginia. June 17, 1890. Stone, Edward L. Pamphlet with letter from Edward L. Stone of Roanoke, Virginia, to W.E. Rudge about the Book Worm bug. Pamphlet entitled, \"All Hope Abandon, Ye Who Enter Here.\" Undated. Stott, Susan B. Receipt signed by Henry P. Irving. 1 item. Possibly Richmond or Cumberland County, Virginia. 1834-1838. ","Strachan, John B. Note from John B. Strachan which says Mr. Cosby will pay amount to bank. October 14, 1815. ","Swann, Thompson Tax for Ordinary in Cumberland County, Virginia signed by Robert C. Nicholas. October 10, 1768. Swineford, H. Check to Clemmitt and Jones for printing order for Toppa Lodge. Richmond, Virginia. July 27, 1877. Ta Tabb, John B. Article, \"Some Notes of My Life\" by John B. Tabb, included in the December 1936, The Borromean, a publication of Saint Charles College, Catonsville, Maryland. Exerpt from the June 1937 Borromean, \"Summer vacations with Fathre Tabb at the Forest, His Virginia Plantation Home.\" Tabb, Phillip Photostat of a letter from Phillip Tabb to John Page at Rosewell, Virginia about men from British barges robbing houses. December 9, 1782. Original may be on National Park Service's possession. Tallmadge, D.B. (Judge) Funeral Notice. Richmond, Virginia. October 30, 1846. ","Talmann (William) Typed translation and transcription from Latin of Commission to William Talmann as Controller of Works in England. Mentions King William and Queen Mary. Undated. ","Tatham William Pamphlet on William Tatham, clerk of the Wataugan Settlement, by Samuel C. Williams. Undated. ","Tayloe, Edward Thorton Obituary. Alabama. Undated. Taylor, Creed Receipt for Chancery Court advertisement in the Richmond Enquirer. Other names mentioned are Creed Taylor, Richie and Cook and W.G. Pendleton. Richmond, Virginia. February 26, 1830. ","Taylor, J.S. Letter to Mr. Ladd, near Richmond, Virginia, about business accounts. 1780's. Letter to Thomas Mifflin Ladd, near Richmond, Virginia, concerning case of M. Spencer and business accounts. September 17, 1788. Taylor, Jesse Typed transcript of letter from Jesse Taylor to his cousin. Note about Taylor family history written on the transcript. February 1774. Taylor, Tazewell Letter from R. Rose of Washington, D.C. about \"Mason Farm: for sale o the James River, about 20-30 miles from Norfolk, Virginia. 2 items. August 1869. Tb - Tz Tennabalo or Tinnebale, William Receipts. 2 items. Norfolk, Virginia. 1765 and 1795. Thalheimer Instructions to the jury concerning J.W. Wimmer on the trial for the murder of Mr. Thalheimer. Virginia. Undated. Thompson, P. M. Invoice from Alsop, Mosby and Co. of Richmond, Virginia. June 6, 1893. ","Thompson, S.H. Typed copy of letter to Rev. Henry Thompson Louthan in Williamsburg, Virginia from Rev. Henry Thompson in Farmville, Virginia. May 20, 1902. Handwritten note at top of page, \"A Review of Tom Dixon's Leopard Spots by one of the K.K.K. boys himself.\" ","Thompson, W.T. Letter to W.B. Phillips from W.T. Thomson of the morning news office of the Savannah, News with instructions on length of letter and what kind of Washington, D.C. news they want for their newspaper, plus his political opinions. Savannah, Georgia. July 14, 1856. Thornton, James D. Letter to Hon. J.D. Thornton in Richmond, Virginia from Attorney W.E. Turner in Modesto, California about California case of Lightfoot who murdered Colonel Branch. February 1, 1881. Letter to Hunter from James D. Thornton, Judicial Department, Supreme Court of California, sending the previous letter. February 18, 1881. Terrell and Rayley Letter to Leonard B. Terrell of Weymouth, Massachusetts from Tiffany (possibly Tate) of Baltimore, Maryland, concerning invoice. March 11, 1843. Letter to Terrell and Bayley about an invoice. May 12, 1845. Todd, Mallory Obituary. Christchurch, Virginia. Undated. Torrence, William Clayton Letter to William Torrence from Mrs. J. M. Slaughter about new edition of book about St. George's Parish. December 31, 1903. Letter to Wm. C. Terrance from Raleigh L. Green of Culpeper, Virginia, about printing a book. December 19, 1903. ","Townsen, James and Katherine Ann Letter to Jesse E. Parish of Drapersville, Virginia from James Townsen of Edmondson County, Kentucky, about family news. February 14, 1848. ","Townsend, S.R. Letter to his wife in Waltham, Massachusetts while at a convention in Baltimore, Maryland. Undated. ","Tucker, Benjamin F. Court document for a case in Richmond County, Georgia: Benjamin F. Tucker vs Hesekiah Odin and Jesse Walton. October 4, 1840.","Tucker, Richard D. Letter to Murray Grinnan and Mundell of Fredericksburg, Virginia regarding selling flour. December 26, 1811. ","Tunstall, Alex (Dr.) Letter to Robert Mumford, Richmond, Virginia regarding genealogy of Colonel George Brooke and Catherine Tunstall. Mountain Lake Hotel, Virginia letterhead. July 22, 1899. Letter to Mr. James about genealogy. October 22, 1901. ","Turner, Henry Bill from Bremen, Germany for items sent to Virginia. April 15, 1865. ","Turner, Mary Letter is illegible. May 31, 1866 ","Turpin, Thomas J. Letter from Thomas J. Turpin of Woodlawn, Virginia to Edward T. James of Richmond, Virginia concerning Turpin estate. January 14, 1847. ","Unknown Correspondents","Letter to Cousin Robert in Norfolk, Virginia from Mary B.A. in Washington, D.C., about family matters. February 1, 1936. ","Letter to Col. about \"bill which passed both branches of the Legislature but was not signed by his Presbyterian Majesty (the gov) as he considered it…\" Partial letter. Undated. ","Letter addressed to Peter. John Bolton written on the letter. Fragment. December 1856. ","Letter to \"My Dear Dear Sister\" from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania about family and the mood in Philadelphia. June 13, 1846. ","Letter to Cousin Maria from Julia. Letter is about their health, but there are notes written under the letter which say \"Pulaski\" and give genealogy of some people, but difficult to decipher names. Undated. ","Upshur, Abel Parker Published in the William and Mary Quarterly. Original letter written by Abel Upshur while Secretary of State, to the Honorable John C. Calhoun of South Carolina. Upshur talks of Great Britain's tactics and predicts war over slaveholders. Thinks England will be involved, particularly with fabric commerce. Talks of abolitionists and the admission of Texas to the Union as a slave owning state. Washington, D.C. August 4, 1843 ","Valentine, Edward Virginius Newspaper article in the Richmond Standard about Valentine with byline, American Art Review – Margaret J. Preston. Richmond, Virginia. May 29, 1880. ","Van Buren, Martin Authorization for the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to \"the envelope of a letter to the King of the Kingdom of the two Sicilies, congratulating him on the birth of Prince Alberto Maria Francesco...\" Signed by Martin Van Buren. Washington, D.C. January 10, 1840.","Vanyard, B.A. Letter on side one: from James Mc D. Thrasher to friend. \"…you ought to be here just to see how the Yankees have treated the country in this vicinity. They have nearly desolated every house…\" Letter on other side: from B. A. Vanyard at Camp Latham, Roanoke Street, Tent…to My Old Friend. \"…great pleasure so you and John and brother come and see us what is cost is a matter of moon shine…\" March 17, 1861. Civil War. ","Van Dusen, R.M. Advertisement for employment in Fernald's Newspaper Men's Exchange in Springfield, Massachusetts. Typed carbon copy with handwritten updates of job experience. After 1916. ","Van Laun, J.A. Letter to Alfred Van Laun in Chicago, Illinois from his father in London, England about selling Lafayette and Chief Justice Marshall etchings and the printing of them from the plates. February 19, 1895. ","Vaughan (R.B.) Letter from R.B. Vaughn in Desota, Mississippi to his parents, A. Vaughan, in Brunswick County, Diamond Grove, Virginia about his experiences with settling in Mississippi. 1857. ","Veale, George Photostat copy of letter about logging. Virginia. April 20, 1773. ","Wa-We ","Walker, Benjamin I. Letter to Edmunds Store about selling items. Mecklenburg, Virginia. September 25, 1842 ","Walker, Edwin List of debts, notes and bonds due. Near Richmond, Virginia, 1857. ","Walker, Francis A. (General) Announcement of Parlor Lectures by General Walker at residence of Mrs. Henry Draper, 271 Madison Avenue, New York, NY. Undated.","Wallace, Ann Note giving Caroline Miller permission to go to Centenary Church. January 26, 1859. ","Waller, Charles (Mrs.) Ledger sheet of Mrs. Charles Waller for Dr. John Lindsey. 1869-70. ","Waller, William M. Sarah A. Waller giving William Spencer permission to give Mr. Duncan's slave a \"turn of corn.\" Undated. Other requests for produce. 1842-1844. ","Walthall, Telitha A copy of her will, possibly written at the time of the will. Mentions Martha and William Nunnerly. October 1, 1846. ","Warner, A.L. (Dr.) Receipts and checks to Richmond, Virginia businesses. 9 items. 1837-1846. Season pass to M.A.R. Lectures. Undated. ","Warren and Quarles Advertisement brochure with bond information. Richmond, Virginia. 1882. ","Washington, Booker T. Typed letter to Rev. H.E. Lombard from Booker T. Washington, principal of The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, soliciting funds. Signed by Booker T. Washington. April 6, 1914. ","Washington, L.W. L.W. Washington of Halltown, Jefferson County, Virginia to Samuel T. Stone of Rockville, Maryland about money from the Forrest Estate. April 28, 1846. ","Watson, Josiah Letter from Josiah Watson in Alexandria, Virginia to John Hopkins in Richmond, Virginia regarding a missing horse that was found. August 1787. ","Weaver, Mildred Letter to Mildred Weaver of Waynesboro, Virginia from Tehran, Persia. Mentions Titanic tragedy. April 22, 1912. ","Weavor, John (Weaver) Indenture of John Weaver to Elijah Sparks as a Merchant Apprentice. Shepherdstown, Virginia. 1796. ","Wenger, L. Tannie (Fannie) Recipe for red dye for yarn. October 24, 1867. ","West, Francis Newspaper article by Rev. Edward D. Neill about Francis West. Richmond Dispatch in Richmond, Virginia. 1878. ","West, John Newspaper article by Rev. Edward D. Neill about John West. Richmond Dispatch in Richmond, Virginia. June 15, 1878. ","West, Mattie J. Letter from Cousin Bess about visit and her household activities. Gravel Hill, Virginia. Undated. ","West, Thomas B. 40 shares of Exchange Bank of Virginia, No. 3216. Norfolk, Virginia. July 28, 1856. ","Westmoreland, (E.D.) Letters to his cousin about pretty girls, sweethearts and family news. Petersburg, Virginia. April and June 1868. ","Wf-Wq ","White, Louise E. Receipts, some with Dr. Margaret Scellen. York, Virginia. 1831 and undated. ","Whittle, C and F. Shipment laden order for tobacco to C. and F. Whittle. Richmond, Virginia. March 16, 1810. ","Wilkinson, E. Letter from E. Wilkinson, superintendent of Allison White and Company, a lumber company in West Point, Virginia, to Austin Smith, a lawyer in Richmond, Virginia, about insurance with Great Western Insurance Company of New Orleans, Louisiana. February 3, 1874. ","Wilcox, Philo F. Correspondence about buying cans and tin plates. 3 items. Springfield, Massachusetts. 1835. ","Wilkins, William Bond to W.A. Marks. 1 item. 1857-1858. ","Williams, J.J. Letter about sending gloves. Richmond, Virginia. June 6, 1857. ","Williams, John M. Letter about the book, \"First Year at the Piano.\" New York, New York. Early 1900's. ","Wilson, Francis Letter from T.R. Lounsbury in Paris, France to Francis Wilson about his health and book. November 25, 1906. ","Wilson, James \"Nomber of Bills.\" Undated. Wilson, James Pamphlet, \"James Wilson and St. Andrews\" by Randolph G. Adams. Given to Earl Gregg Swem by Randolph G. Adams. Reprint of 1931 article. Wilson, Joseph (Dr.) Invoices and accounts of patients. 3 items. 1848-1866. Wilson, Woodrow (President) Letter to John Hart in Richmond, Virginia from Woodrow Wilson, the White House, Washington, D.C. about a copy of an address by Wilson's father, given before the Societies of Hampden-Sidney Virginia, published in Richmond 1857. September 8, 1913. Newspaper articles about Woodrow Wilson. 2 articles. November 21, 1926 and Undated. Windsor, Duke and Duchess Notes from the secretary of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor to Miss Elizabeth Cary Williamson of Richmond, Virginia thanking her for her cards. 1938 and 1941. Winston, Nathaniel Genealogical information on the family of Nathaniel Winston from a newspaper column. Richmond, Virginia. 1816. Wirt, William Pages 136-152 from a book about William Wirt. Wise, H.A. Envelope addressed to John Snelling and Henry A. Wise in Richmond, Virginia. Note on envelope, \"The Executives of N.C. replies to us that he is not authorized to appt a joint court. H.A. Wise. July 3rd.\" Undated. Wise, John Newspaper article about John Wise, Liberal Candidate from Richmond, Virginia. Undated. Woolfolk, Y.H. Post card to N.B. Cocke of Taylorsville, Hanover County, Virginia regarding bond due to W.W. Mallory estate. Louisa County, Virginia. February 19, 1846. Wr - Wz Wren, Joseph Letter to John News about himself and a request for money. Lynchburg, Virginia. February 28, 1868. Wright, Marcus J. Marcus J. Wright of the War Department, Adjutant General's Office to a doctor. Returning medical books. November 29, 1878. Wright, William Notes. To Capt. Wm J. Waller, \"Let Benjamin Wright have Two and a half bushels corn…August 3, 1843. To Wm. Spencer, \"let David Rippatoe have for me three \u0026 a half bushels corn…September 9, 1863. Wyatt, Francis (Sir) Handwritten copies of manuscripts. Originals are in the possession of the Earl of Romney. Order giving power to Capt. William Tucker to sail into Virginia, explore, fight Indians and punish…\" 1621-1622. Other commissions to: Capts. Roger Smith, Ralph Hamour and George Yardley. Group of manuscripts subtitled: No. 5. No. 6. Appear to be about all aspects of military matters and leadship. No. 16. About 1000 pounds due Sir Francis Wiatt when he was the Governor of Virginia, from the King. 1747. Wyman, J. (Dr.) Shipment Laden for Dr. J. Wyman for four boxes from the Port of Boston to the Port of Richmond. Massachusetts and Virginia. October 1843. Wythe, George Pages from William and Mary Quarterly, \"An Englishman's Tribute to Chancellor Wythe\" by R.B. Munford, Jr., undated, and a typed transcript of a letter from W.A. Rino to George Wythe about the \"loan of his Electrical Machine for the purpose of electrifying a Mulatto girl who hath had a lockd Jaw for some time\" dated August 12, 1800. X, Y and Z Yancey, David Codicil of will of David Yancey, of Virginia, now of Kingston, making nephew, William Kimbrough , his executor. Mentions brother Robert, Marry Garrett, Campbell Whittle and Dabney Minor. Addressed to Warren Ashley, Norfolk, Virginia. December 7, 1807. Yancey Family May Term 1792, Culpeper Court. Financial account for Patrick Rourk against Charles Yancey. Appointment of Thomas Yancey as Ensign to the First Battalion, signed by James Monroe. October 7, 1800. Stock for Thornton's Gap Turnpike Company to John W. Yancey of Woodville, Virginia. September 25, 1852 Receipts and notesbetween Philip Slaughter and Brother Yancey from Philip Slaughter, Th. Deane and W.W. Grimman. 1849, 1853, 1861 and undated. Letter to John W. Yancey in Woodville, Rappahannock County, Virginia from Alexander Stephens regarding Old South Liberty Church. August 12, 1880. Letter from M.K. Grimsley to Bro' Yancey about gifts he has received and thankfulness. January 31, 1884 Yardley, Argoll Typed transcript of will dated October 28, 1640. Yates, Bartholomew Letter from Williamsburg saying his father died and his mothers and sisters are moving to Williamsburg. March 16, 1806. Yates, John Letter from John Yates of Halltown, Virginia, to William Benton, near Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia about his family and his planned trip to Liverpool in May. Notation on letter from William Burton that John Yates died in England. March 25, 1851. Yeagan, L.H. Letter about genealogy and a book on the Yeagan family. 1890's. Yeardley, Frances Typed copy of a transcript where Sir William Berkeley appoints Francis Yeardley to be Captain \"…from the lower side of Hungars Creeke to the King's Creeke and all along the Bayes Side from Leeing's to the Old Plantacon.\" James City County, Virginia. July 2, 1642. Young, N.P. Letter to his children about family, children's education and travels. He has just moved to Millwood and will get them soon. Millwood, Virginia. November 28, 1862. Young, W. Letter to Mollie Young in Fortsville from her mother regarding visiting and negro, Tom, who is sick. Undated. Zenger, John Peter An article in the Boston Daily Probe by Uncle Dudley, \"Lesson from the Life of John Peter Zenger.\" 3 copies. 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Roosevelt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBranden (Brandon), John Accounts. Accounts between John Branden and Company and Stimpson and Hall, possibly in Petersburg. Virginia. 1791-1796. Purchased from Mrs. C.W. Moorman, April 1944. 1827 and undated account fragments. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCauthorn, Ethelbert G., American Legal Assocoiation Document for Ethelbert G. Cauthorn of Dunnsville, Virginia. June 14, 1851. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDavies, Samuel 1946 reprint of April 14, 1747 speech by W.H.T. Squires \"Samuel Davies before The King's Council for the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDavis, J.R. Letter from J.R. Davis of Purcell House in Norfolk, Virginia, to Major C.M. Stedman, Wilmington, North Carolina regarding the sale of furniture. November 6, 1879. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDavis, Jefferson Letter to W.E. Mitchell from Jefferson Davis. Mississippi. July 21, 1887. Photograph of Jefferson Davis. #4935 on the back. Backed with cloth. Pamphlet \"The Jefferson Davis Casemate,\" distributed at Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, Virginia.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDavis, Millie Letter to her daughter in Macon, North Carolina. December 5, 1892. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDenby, Charles Receipt from John Hurt to Charles Denby for burying John Hurt's wife. February 21, 1772. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDevon, F. W. Invoice. 1855. Dew, J. Harvie (Dr.) Pamphlet written by J. Harvie Dew, M.D., \"Fox Hunting in Old Virginia in the Days Gone By\" and \"The Yankee and Rebel Yells.\" 1904 Reprints. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDickinson, A.E. Letter from A.E. Dickinson of Colportage in Richmond, Virginia asking for a donation for their ministry program. July 15, 1859. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDinges, G. H. Accounts. Mount Crawford, Virginia. 1860-1867. See also: George W. Dinges Account Books and Ledgers under MsV. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDinwiddie Family Newspaper column, Genealogies of Bermuda, with notes on Andrew Auchinleck and family. Undated. Newspaper article, \"Glasgow's Link with George Washington\" with a photograph of a painting of the Dinwiddie Sisters. Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDodds, Matthew L. Letter from T.M.R. Talcott of Richmond, Virginia to the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department asking for \"tidings\" of Matthew L. Dodds, and a note from the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department to Mrs. Mary A. Dodds giving the address of her son in the Philippine Islands. October 11, 1910 and April 24, 1912. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDodge, Cleveland J. Letter to Hon. John W. Foster about a meeting. Both are in New York City, New York. April 15, 1907. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDow Family Edgar R. Dow Of Portland, Maine to Isaac Dow asking him if he is a descendant of Isaac Dow who married Elizabeth and if he knew if Isaac's father was Daniel Dow of Hampton who married Rachael Brown on November 27, 1749. October 14, 1889. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDowns, W.J. Receipt for ticket paid in Fort Republic, Virginia to Southern Express Company. December 2, 1898. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDrinkard, Samuel B. Receipts. Possibly from Richmond, Virginia. 1867. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDuesberry, James P. Letter from James P. Duesberry of Richmond, Virginia to James Rog of Albemarle, Virginia about hunting and his activities, plus a page where someone begins a letter to his \"gramma.\" November 4, 1852. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDufferin, Lord Handwritten copy of speech, in Latin, given by Lord Dufferin at a dinner in Ireland. \"A Hamilton\" has written his signature a few times at the beginning of the document. Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDuprey, James B. Receipt and invoice for household items. Richmond, Virginia. 1848. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eE Eason, Isaac Letter to Isaac Eason, attorney in Norfolk, Virginia, from the National Mercantile Agency, The Bankers Commercial League of America. February 5, 1900. Edes, S.C. United States of America Passport Entries include England, United States, Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and others. 1851-1852. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdson, P. Om. Letter from G.G. Benedict of The Burlington, Vermont Press regarding the order for VII, Proceedings of the Reunion Society. December 1, 1906. Letter to C.W. C. Rhoades regarding meetings with old military friends and remembering the Civil War. Poetically written. Possibly tongue-in-cheek about these meetings and the war. March 30, 1911. Letter from ? Cheney, Washington, Vermont regarding 49 years ago. August 3, 1911. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdwards, James L. Receipt for Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7. 1831 or 1851. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdwards, Lewis Receipts to Sloop Lewis. Possibly Washington, D.C. 1833 and 1837. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdwards, Lizzie Letter to Miss Lizzie Edwards in Indian Town, King William County, Virginia from her friend Miss Susan Langeston in New Kent County, Virginia regarding her illness, the cold and her new home. \"I have not so much as a fire to warm by.\" September 26,1867. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdwards, Morgan Letter to D.S. Horney regarding money and hardship after the Civil War. Horney lives in Independence, Virginia but is writing from North Carolina where his Father lives. April 9, 1866. Edwards, T. Brook Hand drawn calendar for April-July, 1849 and January-March, 1850. Brook Edwards, Columbia College, Washington, D.C. 1849 and 1850. Eliot, Charles William Letter and program for the celebration of the 90th birthday of President Emeritus of Harvard University, Charles William Eliot. March 1924. Emery, Harriet Letter to her cousin about her winter activities. Written April 9, 1855 and delivered September 3, 1856 Entler, Joseph Receipts, Correspondence, estate sale and a \"List of Democratic Votes…Northern and Western District of Shepherdstown…\" Shepherdstown, West Virginia. 1851, 1863, 1874, 1875 and undated Eppes Family Robertson Eppes, a student at William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia to his sister, Miss Polly Eppes of Richmond, Virginia and City Point, Virginia. 3 original letters with typed and handwritten transcripts. March 26, 1799 and undated. Eskridge, George Brochure for Eskridge Memorial Tree. Fredericksburg, Virginia. April 29, 1937. Ewald, William (Dr. and Mrs.) \"At Home\" card. Portsmouth, Virginia July 15, 1893. F Faber, F. W. F.W. Faber writes about God on black bordered note paper. Undated. Fauntleroy, S. G. List of items, mostly farm and building items, either an order or an invoice, for Dr. S.G. Fauntleroy from Dunn and Burch. 1889. Farmer, Abner Legatees of Abner Farmer allow $40 from the estate for Samuel P. Farmer. Signed by all legatees. March 30, 1849. Finley, John H. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from Dr. John H. Finley, editor from the New York Times, enclosing his poem, \"To a Book Worm.\" January 13, 1931. Finley, Samuel Agreement between Samuel and John Finley for a mercantile business. Rockbridge County, Virginia. Undated Account for Jane Tate's estate by Samuel Finley. July 1835. Note from Ruth Finley about the Missionary Herald. Undated. Account by Samuel Finley on how much money he has advanced to his children. December 31, 1842 Fish, Hamilton Partial Document with Presidential Seal. Hamilton Fish was Secretary of State under President Grant, 1869-1877. Undated. Fitzgerald, H.E. Letter from H.E. Fitzgerald, Secretary of Virginia, about a letter he inadvertently did not return. Undated. Fleming, John Receipt. 1834. Flood, Ann Pension claim of Ann Flood from the Department of the Interior, Pension Office, Washington, D.C. One signature is by James L. Anderson of Buckingham Courthouse, Virginia. December 19, 1872 Flournoys, Thomas L. Letter to his brother in Yolo County, California about his trip across the country and news of the family. \"…I have been informed that Dr. P.G. Flournoy has moved back to Virginia since the war closed. If so he can give you all of the news…\" December 16, 1866. Forrer Family Legal documents for Forrer, Orndorff, Geary, Propes, Merica and Lucas families. Page County, Virginia. 1859, 1866 and 1868. Francisco, Peter Proposal by Js. Webster of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and J. Warrell of Richmond, Virginia to publish a print representing Peter Francisco's action with Tarleton's men. Includes description of battle and biography of Francisco. 1813. Franklin, Benjamin Silhouette of Benjamin Franklin on a packet from the National Graphic Arts Education Guild honoring Franklin's birthday week, January 17-21, 1938. Fraser, Thomas Letter to A.K. Shurtliff of Portland, Maine about shipping leather. 1849. Frost, Edwin H. Advertisement for his business as a dealer in manuscripts. Yonkers, New York. Undated. Galli-Curci, Amelita Letter to Albert Sydney Edmonds of Kansas. St. Louis, Missouri. 1931. Garfield, James A. The Washington Star, Washington, D.C. account of the death of President James A. Garfield. July 2, 1933. Garfield, Lucretia R. Letters from Lucretia R. Garfield, wife of President James A. Garfield, to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling accepting the title of Honorary Vice President of the United States Daughters. 1892. Gee, John Henry (Dr.) and Pattie Williams Gee Poems. Collected and mimeographed by W.J. Fletcher, compiler of \"The Gee Family.\" 1938. Gibbons, Churchill J. Letter from Churchill J. Gibbons, Petersburg, Virginia to Mr. Barton regarding baptism and other church ceremonies. November 3, 1868. Gilliam, Catherine B. Letter to Richard Eppes for City Point, Virginia. 1842. Gilmer, Anne E. Newspaper obituary and funeral description of Mrs. Anne E. Gilmer, widow of deceased Ex-Governor of Virginia, Thomas Walker Gilmer. April 1874. Gilmer, J.H. Letter from J.H. Gilmer of Charlottesville, Virginia asking for two tenements be made ready to sell. July 21, 1842. Givandon, R. Receipt for sessions in penmanship. Levi Dolbear. Natchez. 1848. Glascock, G.T., and sons Letter to Mr. W.G. Sneed of Mocksville, North Carolina about a delay in an iron pattern order. April 19, 1904. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGlisson, O.L. (Captain) Letter to Capt. O.L. Glisson on the U.S.S. Kennedy from W.A. Macy. Macy sends reading material to men on the ship. Canton. October 19, 1855. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGlover, John Handwritten, one page, biography of General John Glover, who died January 30, 1797. Copy of August 3, 1778 letter from Captain John Glover to his son, John Glover, about applying for a parole so he can come home. Letter addressed to Marblehead, Massachusetts, but General John Glover writes, \"should this letter find you in England.\" Copy of letter from John Glover to his father, General John Glover, which says, \"my being impress'd on board of one of his Majesties ships…\". November 3, 1776. Glover, T. Jacob Recognition in astronomy and math for T. Jacob Glover from St. Mary's College in Baltimore, Maryland. July 1840. Goddin, Adolphus A Bank of Virginia Note, dated February 1, 1834, to Thomas M. Johnson for $175 with an additional Note that cannot be repaid. August 4, 1834. Signed by Samuel J. Blair. Richmond, Virginia. 1834. Gold, Thomas D. Letter to insurance company about his difficulty in paying premiums on his wife's insurance and wants the money returned. Berryville, Virginia. January 24, 1876. Gordin, John Discharge order in \"invalid ridgment\" (Invalid Regiment) by Colonel Lewis Nicola. April 21, 1778. Gore, Thomas P. Typed and signed letter from Thomas P. Gore, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, to unknown, saying he requested the Secretary of the Interior to grant an extension on payments for the unallotted land. October 25, 1914. Graham, E.A. Permission for slave, Amanda, to stay in Ann Wallace's yard. April 18, 1854. Grant, Julia D. Letter to Mrs. Darling stating she has no claim as a member of the U.S. Daughters of 1812, but her grandfather, Captain George Dent of Maryland, was in the revolution and they have a company roll-call of a Captain Grant, one of General Grant's direct ancestors. January 28, 1892. Grant, Ulysses S. Signature of Ulysses S. Grant on a partial document. February 3, 1875. General Orders, No. 10, from State of Minnesota. July 23, 1885. Program for Memorial Service for \"General U.S. Grant by the Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic, Metropolitan M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. October 4, 1885. Invitation by Mayor of New York City on the occasion of the formal transfer of Grant's Tomb to New York City. April 27, 1897. Gray, William A. Matriculation card for William A. Gray of Virginia from the University of Pennsylvania Medical Department. 1829-1830. Matriculation Card for William A. Gray, \"Surgical Anatomy and Operative Surgery,\" Philadelphia Anatomical Rooms. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGreenhow, John Letter from Greenhow in Richmond, Virginia to his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Greenhow in Gloucester, Virginia about family. August 15, 1794. Greenway, James (Doctor) Notes and Correspondence of Earl Gregg Swem about biography of James Greenway, a physician from England. 1922. Griffin, Bradney and Thomas Photostat copy of a letter from J. Bradney Griffin at Gloucester Heights, Virginia, to his father describing Yorktown, Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary. September 13, 1863. Photostat copy of a letter from Thomas Griffin to his son, Bradney Griffin. May 29, 1864. Griffin, Esther Josselyn Graduation Certificate from Lincoln Jefferson University in Hammond, Indiana. October 12, 1910 Griffiths, David M. Letter to Radio Liberty, Munich, Germany about a citation in the journal Russkaya Starina about a September 1, 1785 letter from Feodor Vasilievich Karzhavin to his father about living in Virginia for 6 or 7 years where he had the intention of being \"the Ambassador to the Russian Empress in a public character from the American Congress.\" He also mentions sending reports to Russia about battles in Philadelphia. Grove, Abraham Correspondence and receipts of Abraham Grove of Shenandoah County, Cedar's Creek and Saumsville Store in Virginia. Includes a math equation for building a chimney. 1822, 1826, 1850, 1854 and 1871. Gwathmey, G. Taylor Letter to Dr. E.C. Smith of Richmond, Virginia about law and wills. Norfolk, Virginia. June 1910. H Hale, Nathan Leaflets signed by Great Granddaughters of Nathan Hale refuting article, written by George Dudley Seymour, in the June 13, 1926 \"Hartford Courant\" which said the poem, Alicia, was not written by Nathan or Enoch Hale. Note: George Dudley Seymour, a Connecticut antiquarian, furnished the Homestead, Hale's home. Letter to President of the College of William and Mary from Mary E. Hastings, granddaughter of Nathan Hale, asking William and Mary to keep the documents for the family. The problem appears to be about the engagement of Alice Adams to Nathan Hale and the loss of a miniature of Nathan Hale. Statement or affidavit of the Great Granddaughters about the veracity of the material they sent. Copies of the material also sent to other historical societies and libraries. Other granddaughter's name is Isabel Hastings Shriver. 1927. Hall, John (Lieutenant) Navy Pension for widow, Mary Kelly Hall. John Hall died of insanity contracted while in line of duty. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Undated, but after 1860. Hallock, H.G. C. (Rev.) Circular letter from Rev. H.G. C. Hallock in Shanghai, China about the belief in Monkey Gods in China. Enclosed paper \"placemat\" with an illustration of the monkey god. September 28, 1928. Rev. Hallock was a missionary in China. Typed mimeograph copy, but signed by Hallock. Hamilton, James Letter to Wood J. Hamblin of Warren City, North Carolina regarding cotton prices. July 25, 1878 Hammond, Charles Henry Indenture for land between Hammond and Samuel Betts Junior of St. Lawrence County, New York and Henry Hayden of Canada. February 28, 1822.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Hancock, John Facsimile of letter from John Hancock to his wife dated June 21, 1775, entitled \"The Historical Love Letter\" and printed Christmas 1938. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHancock, Nathaniel Sermon by Nathaniel Hancock, Pastor of the Church of Christ in Tisbury, Massachusetts for 30 years and a 1721 graduate of Harvard College. \"Original Manuscript by Rev. Nathl Hancock of Tisbury 1714.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHaney, John Letter to his sister in \"Middlebrook\" in Augusta County, Virginia, regarding his wishes for the property and land after he dies. August 13. Letter to John Haney from unknown of Edwardsville, Missouri regarding prices of port and corn. December 9, 18--. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHankins, James Gustavus Memorial pamphlet for John Gustavus Hankins of Halifax County, Virginia printed by the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Virginia. 1929. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHanks, Nancy Blueprint of plat of land near Antioch, West Virginia. 1784. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarcourt, Algemon Letter from Unknown Ritchie. September 4. No year. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarline, Thomas Thomas Harline to Alex M. Holada regarding City Taxes Receipts. Virginia. December 28, 1866. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarper and Brothers Robert J. French of Williamsburg, Virginia to Harper and Brothers, New York about division of publishing proceeds. January 5, 1836. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarris, Christopher Charles W. Harris of Millgrove to E.P. Marsh, Petersburg, Virginia explaining why he has not been able to pay him. October 30, 1842. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarrison Family Letter from Isabella Harrison, Baltimore, Maryland to Mr. Dalton regar.ding damage done to her farm and food stores by General Butler. November 3, 1865 Letter from S.A. Dalton, Connecticut, to Miss Harrison, wanting to return her brother Robert's Bible that he took when her house was burned \"unintentional.\" September 13, 1865. Letter from Thomas H. Wynne in Richmond, Virginia to Mrs. Harrison returning the Mss volume that he has had reprinted. Letter from John C. Underwood to Isabella H. Harrison about the genealogy of the Byrd Family. November 27, 1896. Letters between Mrs. E. Randolph Cocke of Oakland, Cartersville, Virginia and Dr. Swem and Dr. Bryan of The College of William and Mary regarding the gift of letters and portrait. 1939. Black bordered resolution from the Virginia Historical Society \"In Memoriam\" to the death of \"Thomas Hicks Wynne, late corresponding Secretary of the Virginia Historical Society...\" Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarrison, Benjamin President of the United States. Signed thank you letter to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling. May 28, 1889. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarrison, Benjamin Governor of Virginia. Two pamphlets on Berkeley Plantation. Appointment of John Powell as Justice of Peace in Fluvanna County, Virginia, signed by Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia. November 3, 1783. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarrison, J.R. (Doctor) Funeral card for Dr. J.R. Harrison. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarrison, M.M. (Doctor) Invoices. 1853-1855. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarrison, Randolph Note to Branch Cunningham from Randolph Harrison. \"Hoping we may meet soon and often.\" Hartman, Melkail Summons for Melkail Hartman to appear before a justice to answer complaint of Goff and Smith. Monongalia County, Virginia. September 17, 1819. Harvey, John (Sir) Handwritten essay on \"The First Revolution in Virginia\" by unknown. Essay concerns the removal of Sir. John Harvey as Governor of Virginia. Undated. Havens, Hiram Letter regarding payment of bill. Connecticut. November 22, 1848. Hay, George Letter to Thomas Miller of Powhatan, Virginia regarding the Freeland Case. June 13, 1813. Hayes, Rutherford Bottom half of a document, signed by R.B. Hayes, President, and the Acting Secretary of State, Hay. Has Presidential Seal. September 1, 1880. Helper, H.R. Letter to E.M. Davis. New York. April 18, 1859. Henderson, William W. Receipt for L. Williams for a colt. October 1, 1856. Highland, Lucinda Earle Patton Booklet, \"Record of the Colonial Forebears-Descendants, Kinsmen and Childhood Friends and Schoolmates of the late Lucinda Earle Patton Highland of West Milford, West Virginia by Scotland G. Highland, Clarksburg, West Virginia. 1929. Hill, Alice Certificate of Dismission of Mrs. Alice Hill of First Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Virginia to St. Andrews Protestant Episcopal Church of Richmond, Virginia. May 7, 1892. Hill, Dabney Order slip for corn written to William Spencer of Dabney Hill for William Evans. September 1, 1843. Hix Receipt for items bought from B.H. Powell. 1848. Holladay Family Letter from A. Holladay to his mother, Patsy Holladay of Louisa County, Virginia. He tells her of his visit to Baltimore, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Cape May, New Jersey. July 23, 1850. Poll Tax Receipt for Mrs. P.Z. Holladay of Joseph, Missouri. December 27, 1861. Invoices of Alexander Holladay. Virginia. 1853, 1856 and 1867. Hollen, Archibald Receipt for payment to Daniel Thomas. September 30, 1868. Holloway, John Tobacco Warehouse Receipt. Appomattox River. Virginia. December 12, 1777. Holstead, R.B. Letters of Recommendation for Holstead as an Educator. Virginia. June 30, 1860. Hood, John B. John B. Hood, New Orleans, Louisiana to a friend, where he talks of family and the insurance business. November 24, 1875. Hopkins, W.A. Appointment of W.A. Hopkins as a Corporal in Company E, 70th Regimental Infantry, Virginia Volunteer. June 9, 1901. Horner, Inman Letter to James E. Heath of Richmond, Virginia regarding accounts of James English. April 23, 1830. Hornsby, L.A.. \"Friendly Facts\" pamphlet from L.A. Hornsby (store) in Hornsbyville, Virginia. Hubbard, Susanna Invoice for goods from Dr. Rives J.V. Gilliam. 1817-1818. Hutcheson, Benjamin Money exchange document paid to Benjamin Hutcheson, in London, in account for Hunter and Alexander, Merchants, Liverpool, England. Richmond, Virginia. January 11, 1817. Hyde, E.S. Invoice from Henry May and Brother, a watch business, of Baltimore, Maryland. May 25, 1858. I-J Jackson, Andrew Copy of letter from Andrew Jackson to Major William B. Lewis informing him that Mr. Clay has been offered the Office of Secretary of State. Washington, D.C. February 14, 1825. Jackson, James Letter to Redmond G. Slafter at the Theological Seminary in Andover, Massachusetts from James Jackson in Fairfax, Virginia. Descriptions of Washington, D.C.'s social life and Daniel Webster's voice and style, plus his opinion on government and education. March 5, 1844. Jackson, Thomas J. (Stonewall Jackson) Copies of letters by Stonewall Jackson written a few days before his death in 1863. Bottom of page has notation: Copyright 1884. H.W. Flournoy, Sect'y of Commonwealth. Newspaper Article on Stonewall Jackson, written by a childhood friend. 1880. James, Ollie M. Letter from Ollie M. James, Senator from Kentucky, to Samuel J. McCracken, turning down a lecture invitation. July 30, 1913. Jennings, E. and Sarah Letter from ___ Advocate regarding a payment. Paris and Lacy's Spring, Virginia. February 7, 1854. Johnson, Andrew Signature on a partial document. Undated. Impeachment of the President Gallery Tickets to the U.S. Senate. 5 tickets. May 13, 1868. Johnson, G. W. Legal letters to G.W. Johnson of Farmington, North Carolina. 4 letters. 1843-1844.. Johnson, Susannah Personal Property Tax receipt for Susannah Armstrong, wife of Peter Johnson. 1824. Johnston, James Photocopy of a handwritten biography of James Johnston written by his daughter. James Johnston was born 1749 in Scotland and died 1829 in Fleming County, Kentucky. He was a Baptist Minister in Virginia and Kentucky. He married Margaret Wirth of Fauquier County, Virginia. Undated. Johnston, Robert Letter to Peter Lyons, Jr. of Richmond, Virginia about selling wheat. November 20, 1790. Jones, John Paul Tissue Paper reproduction of John Paul Jones' appointment as Captain in the Navy on October 10, 1776. Handwritten manuscript by Charles H. Taylor on the John Paul Jones Flag. Undated. Jones, Thomas Catesby Thomas H. Carter's certification that Catesby was a member of \"The King William (Virginia) Artillery\" and \"Carter's Artillery Battalion.\" Undated. Jones, Thomas P. (Doctor) Letter from Dr. Thomas P. Jones of Washington, D.C. to James A. Dow of Boston, Massachusetts concerning a patent on a knitting frame. November 21, 1844. Jones, W. B., and Company Letter to Edward B. Smith of Richmond, Virginia regarding a disputed account. February 234, 1868. Jones, Walker (Doctor) Notes from patients requesting his help. Receipts. Richmond, Virginia. 1841, 1848 and 1853. K Kagey, Henry N. Accounts. 10 items. New Market, Virginia. 1853-1878. Kent (Doctor) Two letters from Dr. Kent of Warm Springs, (Virginia) to William H. Terube. 1847 and 1848. October 8, 1847: Purchase of a negro from Mr. H. Wade and the lawsuit of Benjamin Douglas' Legatees vs William Douglas executors. March 17, 1848: Hugh McDonald and Mr. Wade's fraud in purchase of a negro. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eKent, Hugh McG.Certification listing the books that Kent read at Greenville College, signed by President Charles Coffin. February 15, 1820. Order for Hugh Kent, as overseer of the poor in Montgomery County, to collect money. June 7, 1831. Letter from Kent to Mr. Price to pay Col. Miller the obligation due Col. Crockett. Nicholasville, Kentucky. January 8, 1835. Kent, Robert Bill from Robert Kent, Jr. sent to Robert Kent of Wytheville, Virginia from Francis Vespre, Treasurer of Georgetown College, Washington, D.C. April 12, 1847. Letter to Robert Kent from his son, Robert Kent, Jr. about a money draft. January 17, 1848. Kent, William Receipt. 1858. Letter to William Kent from William A. Moncure, Second Auditors Office of Virginia, saying the the \"Ordinance of the Convention does not apply to the money in the hands of the superintendents; that such money should be expended for educational purposes…\" August 5, 1861. Letter from Powell saying that Mary Arrington has applied for aid for bread. May 17, 1864. Kerr, John (Rev.) \"At Home\" card for Rev. John Kerr of Petersburg, Virginia. May 12. No year. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eKibler, Mary Ann Letter to Rubin and Manuel Varner of Luray, Page County, Virginia from his sister and brother-in-law, Mary Ann and Daniel Kibler, of Jasper County, Illinois where they tell in great detail their future plans about clearing land and building fences and buildings. Also talks of his money problems. April 22, 1854. King, Daniel In letter written from Matansa (Matanses), Daniel King tells Ira R. Steward of New York about his 21 day voyage and asks for prays for a seaman who was aboard the ship. July 15, 1848. Kirk, George W. Agreement between George W. Kirk, Dahlouga, Lumpkin County, Georgia and Max Georgii, Arthur P. Steward and Thomas G. Steward, all of Washington, D.C., for land in Hall County, Georgia. February 12, 1884. Kyle, H. (Doctor) Accounts and judgment payments. 3 items. Possibly Baltimore, Maryland. 1857-1861. Lacouture, E. Printed copy of a State Rights Paper by E. Lacouture to Virginia Legislature about establishing the proposed line of Franco-Virginia Steamships. March10, 1858. Langley, James Accounts. Lists his medical treatments and illnesses beside each name. Other purchased such as brandy and shoes. Possibly Norfolk, Virginia. 1772-1790. Lamb, William W. Printed list of bonds stolen from William Lamb by Rev. William G. Hoben of Portland, Maine. Bonds of State of Missouri and City of Sacramento, California. Printed in Norfolk, Virginia. May 30, 1868. Lancaster, Robert A. Petition for better conditions at Virginia's Penitentiaries to be presented at a special session of the General Assembly. Richmond, Virginia. January 15, 1901. Lawless, J.T. Real estate closing account. Richmond, Virginia. June 9, 1933. Lawson, Rob Promissory note by Thornton Taylor to Robert Lawson. July 1783. Lee, Henry Governor of Virginia. Letter from Governor Henry Lee, while in New York, about the legality of Mr. Gibson's testimony again the claim of Mr. Phelps. July 14, 1802. Transcription of a letter by Henry Lee about a land and money transaction. Undated. Lee, James Papers of James Lee of Williamsburg, Virginia. Names and business mentioned are: James Gibbons - a bond for 5 slaves, I. I. (J.J.) Bowden - letter about the book \"Brougham's Sketches,\" John Hockaday – note about his son missing school and William Power of Richmond, Virginia – letter. 4 items. 1807, 1842 and 1844. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLee, Richard, II Booklet, \"Richard Lee, II Belated Elizabethan in Virginian\" by Louis B. Wright. Reprinted from Huntington Library Quarterly. October 1938. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLee, Robert E. Copy of June 1, 1859 letter from Robert E. Lee and Col. Carter to Col. S. Cooper in Washington, D.C., saying he will be in Alexandria…then posted in Texas. \nBroadside with a copy of a June 2, 1863 letter from R.E. Lee, Genl, to his Excy Jefferson Davis. \nGeneral Order No. 9, copy. April 10, 1865, Headquarters, Army, Northern Virginia. Seal. \n\"Lee: The Final Achievement,\" by Francis Pendleton Gaines, a bulletin about Robert E. Lee's presidency of Washington and Lee University, copyright 1933. Letter from Francis P. Gaines, President of Washington and Lee University, to Judge John Barton Payne of Washington, D.C. . June 14, 1933. \nNew York Sun article on \"Quest of the Robert E. Lee Bible…\" May, 1942. October 12, 1934 reprint of pamphlet, \"Lee: The Background of a Great Decision,\" August, 1865. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLee, Warner Accounts. Virginia. 1765. 3 items. Leitch, James F., and Company A Liverpool, England company. A check on a New York Bank to John Matter and Company. January 7, 1817. Lewis, Andrew (General) 1897 reprint of newspaper article \"General Andrew Lewis, re-interment of the Hero of Point Pleasant…\" Lewis, Fielding (Colonel) Letter to Honorable David Jameson of Williamsburg, Virginia concerning exchanging Antigua money for Virginia money and the hiring of Mr. Riddick for their business (in the West Indies). January 7, 1777.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLewis, Thomas, Jr. Papers relating to the estate of Thomas Lewis. 1840-1859. Lincoln, Abraham New York Herald with articles on President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and Jefferson Davis being in Danville, Virginia. April 15, 1865. 4 copies. Copy of a November 21, 1864 condolence letter to Mrs. Bixby published by American Historical Documents. Reprinted of an article from The Spectator, Staunton, Virginia, about President Abraham Lincoln. March 19, 1909. Copy of page 4 of autobiographical sketch by Abraham Lincoln, written 1860. March 20, 1872. Lincoln, Levi Letter from Levi Lincoln of Massachusetts to Honorable Caesar A. Rodney, Attorney General of the United States, thanking him and Thomas Jefferson for wanting him to be part of the Administration. He declines due to poor eyesight. January 26, 1811. Lightfoot, Philip Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from Virginia Dorsey Lightfoot with attached report written by Virginia Dorsey Lightfoot, \"The Military Records of Major Philip Lightfoot.\" August 18, 1935 Lineaweaver, Jacob Accounts. 3 pieces. Rockingham County, Virginia. 1858 and 1871 Locke, E.A. Letters from E.A. Locke of Tehama County, California to his cousin in Virginia where he writes about farming, prices and his experiences in California. 1883 and 1884. Lomat, Judy Judy Lomat of Port Tobago writes to unknown Barbour of Virginia. She is sister of Mann Page Lomax. February 22, 1810. Long, John Photograph. Per note on back of photograph, \"grave of Captain John Long, of Ramsgate County, Kent, England, marked by marble slab. Warrange Church, New Kent.\" Lord, Frank B. Letters to Frank B. Lord, of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. from C.S. Steward, Dept. of Justice; Otto Praeger, Post Office; Frank Doremus, Michigan Representative and Albert Johnson, Washington Representative. 1916 and 1917. Love, Charles Promissory note from Charles Love to William Wilson. Alexandria, Virginia. March 7, 1799. Lowery, J.T., Store Button envelope from J.T. Lowery and Company, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Undated. Lubin, David Letter to the editor of \"World\" in Cleveland, Ohio, sending a copy of his book, \"Let there be Light\" about Amelioration. New York, New York. April 28, 1900. Luchs, L. Letter from L.Luchs, Washington, D.C., to John T. Allen of Washington, D.C. sending a $500 draft for Mr. Flournoy. September 11, 1868. Lucia, J.H. Letter to Miss Frances Bartlett about sadness of holidays. Montpelier, Virginia. December 12, 1905. Lundeen, Ernest Form letter from Ernest Lundeen, U.S. Representative from Minnesota, asking his constituents from Minneapolis to complete form, \"I believe that the people should be consulted before Congress declares war.\" March 30, 1917. Lyle, George Receipt for Henry M. Conrad owner of a transfer, livery, feed and sale stable in Radford, Virginia. October 9, 1908. Lyle, James A. College Diploma for James A. Lyle of Hartford, Maryland to teach in the public schools. September 1, 1879. Lyons, John W. Notes. One note has return address of Galveston, Texas. 3 items. M MaCaulay, Alex Biography of Alexander MaCaulay by Enrique Naranjo, reprinted from The Hispanic American Historical Review, November 1845. Autographed by Naranjo. Magill, Charles T. Funeral announcement. Rockland, Virginia. September 12, 1870. Madeira (Miss) Printed invitation to a recital at Rauscher's. Undated. Magniloquus, Roscoe 4 poems. Undated. Mallet, J.O. Intermediate Greek exam. February 1, 1876. Mann, Robert Account of money from John Webb to Sgt. Robert Mann. October 15, 1781. Marshall, William Accounts with William Johnson. Edinburgh, Virginia. 1773 and 1775. Marchpund, Alex Certificate of discharge from the Civilian Conservation Corps. Pembroke, Virginia. March 25, 1935. Mason, George Address by Honorable R. Walton Moore at House of Delegates, Richmond, Virginia, on unveiling of marble bust of George Mason. September 27, 1932. Mason, L. R. Acceptance letter as Rector of Grace Church in Richmond, Virginia. Written from Marietta, Georgia. December 30, 1890. Mason, M.E. Letter to Dr. G.A. (Mencci), Alexandria, Virginia regarding allegations that Mr. Mason spoke badly about Dr. (Mencci). February 19, 1843. Mason, Maud M. Letter to Mrs. Spiers regarding decorating colors. New York. New York. Undated. Masters, L. Letter from L. Masters of Boston, Massachusetts to Giles Unknown regarding a chemical experiment, the \"Freer Lovites\" club in New York and the \"Venus\" Club. October 18, 1855. Maury, Matthew Fontaine Prayer by C.M. Maury. Undated. Invitation to unveiling of bust of Matthew Fontaine Maury. Richmond, Virginia. November 15, 1932. Invitation to unveiling of monument of Matthew Fontaine Maury. Richmond, Virginia. November 11, 1929. Booklets on Matthew Fontaine Maury. Mayo, George Accounting by John Preston to Henrico Superior Court about estate of George Mayo. Henrico, Virginia. 1811. Mayo, John Receipt for claims upon Manchester Mills by Elira A. Mayo to John Mayo. March 28, 1811. Letter from Dr. J.D. Moncure, Superintendent of Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia to William P. Poythrep of Richmond, Virginia about John Mayo's condition. February 15, 1886. McAdams, George B. Letter from McAdams and Berry's Clothiery, Richmond, Virginia regarding money. February 15, 1893. McAllister, J.T. Liar's License. June 20, 1894. McAdoo, W.G. Letter to Rev. C.W. Lane regarding plants. Midway. July 17, 1867 McCabe, W. Gordon \"Real and Ideal: A Poem\" by W. Gordon McCabe. Printed, possibly pages from a book. Undated. McCormick, Cyrus H. Printed copy of \"Memorandum on renewal of his patent, now before Congress.\" Two copies. March 20, 1854. McCormick, D.M. Note between J.M. and D.M. McCormick, Johnsonville, Harnett County, North Carolina. 1858. McGill, Martha Letter from Martha McGill, Williamsburg, Virginia, to John D. McGill in Shacklefords, King and Queen County, Virginia about staying with him during the cold season. January 1838. McGraw, J.B. (Dr.) $70 check from Colonel Cunningham of Richmond, Virginia. January 1, 1880. McGuire, E.C. (Rev.) Obituary. Born in Winchester, Virginia 1793 and died 1858. 1858. McGriffin, John L. Receipt. Augusta, Virginia. December 26, 1857. McIntosh, Lachlan Placard reproduction of letter from McIntosh to Colonel John Laurence regarding a historic duel and the death of Button Gwinnett by the American Autograph Shop. Christmas 1937. McKinley, William Death announcement of William McKinley, President of the United States, written by Charles H. Ourand, Major and Inspector-General. General Orders No. 13. Headquarters District of Columbia Militia, Washington, D.C. September 15, 1901. McKown, Mary Ann Printed \"Tribute of Respect.\" Gerardstown, West Virginia. November, 1972. Mercer, Hugh (General) Reprint from Princeton Whig, \"Biographical sketch of General Hugh Mercer\" dated January 1834. \"The Battle of Princeton, and Death of Gen. Mercer\" article with a handwritten note \"presented by Colonel Hugh Mercer to Miss C. Grinnan.\" Undated. Meyers, Samuel Receipt and Bank Drafts. 2 items. Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia. 1816. 1819. Meyers, William R. Telegraph from Washington, D.C. to William R. Meyers of Richmond, Virginia. July 26, 1949. Middleton, Walter R. Letter from Ammon Hancock, Lynchburg, Virginia, to Colonel Abram Staples of Patrick Courthouse regarding debts owed by Walter R. Middleton. December 20, 1829. Miles, William Porcher Letter to Francis Lawley about meeting for dinner and lack of meat for (General Robert E. Lee) Lee's army. Richmond, Virginia. January 5, 1864. Miller, John M., Jr. Carbon copies of letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal about government bonds and securities by John M. Miller, Jr., President of First National Bank of Richmond, Virginia and correspondence concerning his letter, one from George J. Seay. February and March 1918. Miller, Lizzie Post Office Registry receipt for Miss Lizzie Miller. Elkton, Virginia. February 16, 1885. Montgomery, George Pardon granted by the Secretary of State, Franklin Pierce. Washington, D.C. March 3, 1857. Moody, Thomas Legal Receipts. 2 items. Prince George County. 1833, 1856 and 1857. Moore, R. Walter Letter to Mr. Coleman from someone in Fairfax, Virginia regarding a meeting. June 1919. Copy of typed press release of an address by R. Walton Moore of Virginia at York, Pennsylvania at the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Continental Congress Session in York. 17 pages. October 14, 1927. Copy of typed press release of an address by R. Walton Moore, Assistant Secretary of State, at the National University, Washington, D.C. June 11, 1935. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from R. Walton Moore. June 19, 1935. Morrill, Samuel Patent for a beehive. January 16, 1835. Morris, Stuart Receipt. December 17, 1844. Morrison, Alfred James Essay \"Root and Neil: Virginians as it were\" by Alfred James Morrison. Typed carbon biography of Dr. Alfred James Morrison with a list of his works. Undated. Mosby, Charles L. Obituary. Lynchburg, Virginia. March 17, 1879. Moseley, William William Langley's executor account of William Moseley. Norfolk, Virginia. 1810. Mundy Receipts of Mr. Mundy. 3 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1860's and 1870's. Murray, George, and Company Letter regarding a accounts and a negro boy. Norfolk, Virginia. December 1803.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Myers, G.A. Papers, including 3 invitations to Mason meetings. 7 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1850's and 1860's. Receipt for one bag received of A.S. Pendleton of G. Myers. Southern Express Company. Richmond, Virginia. November 6, 1863. Note recall to G.A. Myers, Bank of Virginia. Richmond, Virginia. January 1842. 2 items. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMyers, Gustavus Letter to Gustavus Myers of Richmond, Virginia from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania about making a screen or a chair. Written on a shipping order. December 1841. Myers, Gustavus A. Publications of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, membership request. January 28, 1856. Myers, H. (Dr.) Letter from D. Sendner ? in Virginia to Dr. Myers. Undated. Myers, William B. Commission for William B. Myers to be Second Lieutenant, for engineer duty, of the Provisional Army of Virginia. May 24, 1861. Nance, Z.F. Letter to Richard M. Graves of Potter's Field regarding paying Trower. November 2, 1847. Naylor, A.F. Business card and a pamphlet, with a dogwood poem, advertising A.F. Naylor as a Oriental Rug Specialist. After 1935. Neff, Henry Papers of Dr. Henry Neff of Rockingham County, Virginia. 7 items. 1840's, 1850's and 1885. New, J.S. Account of estate of Unknown Branch. 1856. Newman, Clark, and Company Monthly Statement of Montgomery and Wilson. Norfolk, Virginia. October 1879. Nicholas, W.C. and Robert C. Photostat copies of letters from W.C. Nicholas and Robert C. Nicholas from Warren, Kentucky and Gallatin County, Kentucky to nephews in Lexington, Kentucky about land in Texas. 1806 and 1827. Nicholson, Francis True copy of 1710 Proclamation of Sir Francis Nicholson Typed carbon copy of manuscript of biography of Sir Francis Nicholson by Croom Partridge. 1937. Norwood, Winifred Funeral Announcement, St. Paul's Church. July 17, 1851. Norwood Family Taxable property at Norwood Estate. 1870. Oemler, Marie Conway Letter from Ms. Oemler of Savannah, Georgia to Mrs. Sizer, about her father in the post civil war years. June 12, 1927. P-Q Pace, W. William Receipt. Richmond, Virginia. November 20, 1821. Page, Charles (Captain) Typescript of letters from Captain Page in Staunton, Virginia where he tells of his experience during the War of 1812. October 31, 1812 and June 21, 1814. Page, Mann An accounting of the legal issues between Mann Page and Mr. Morton, brother of Dr. George Morton. Undated. Page Mann, Jr. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to his brother, W. Page, in Virginia about his opinion that the delegates to congress should decline foreign commerce…to keep honest. Writes of seal being made in Virginia. May 26, 1777. He was delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia. Transcript included. \"Memo as to the facts in relation to the differences between Mr. Morton and Messrs Willis and Madison.\" Memo mentions land or deed problem with William Shepherd, Mr. Willis and Major Madison. September 23, 1840. Typed carbon copy summary of the lawsuit between Maria Wilson Page, Relict and Administratrix of Mann Page, Deceased and John Lloyd, Executor of Osgood Hanbury, surviving partner of Capel and Osgood Hanbury; Robert Patton, Administrator with the will annexed of Mann Page, John T. Page; Lewis Burwell, Administrator of Robert C. Page and John Minor. 1931. Page, Martha Receipt from Miss Martha Page to John Edgar for music instruction. January 1, 1844. Palmer Note regarding debts due. October 15, 1865. Palmer, Charles Letter from Charles Palmer to C. Dunn regarding money owed. Petersburg, Virginia. 1871. Pane, Selia (Mrs.) Receipt signed by Thomas Sweeney for package delivered to Mrs. Selia A. Pane, Petersburg, Virginia, by Adams Express Company. June 8, 1865. Paradise, Lucy Typed transcript of letter from Samuel Johnson to Mrs. Thrale about the Paradise Family. April 1, 1775. Park, Edward Invoice of William Thelabell to Edward Park. Fragments. 1767. Partridge, Allen (1785 to 1854) Pages from a book with an article by Captain Partridge on Education. Captain Partridge established a military academy in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1839). Undated. Payne (Judge) Personal letter from Charles L. Strobel to Judge Payne. December 19, 1922. Pennington, Charles H. Washington, D.C. Treasury Department document transferring C.H. Pennington as a temporary clerk. May 20, 1878. Letter from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, regarding pension of Charles H. Pennington. February 24, 1915. Perkins, Eli Regarding estate. Other names mentioned are Sarah Snoddy, John Perkins and Alexander Perkins. 1 item. North Carolina. 1833 and 1835. Perkins, Nathaniel Letter to Arch. Bryce from ? Perkins, Diamond Mills, regarding court of appeals' case, possibly in Buckingham County, Virginia. October 2, 1820. Peyton, John Howe Letter in a newspaper to Colonel John Lewis Peyton, son of John Howe Peyton, from David S. Young of Staunton, Virginia, who says \"you request me to write out my recollections of him.\" January 31, 1879. Article in Newspaper written for the Valley Virginian, \"My Recollections of the Late John Howe Peyton\" by W.F. 1878. Phillips, William Receipt for hiring of negroes. 1834. Receipt for monthly subscription to Old Dominion Chronicle. Portsmouth, Virginia. July 27, 1841. Pilson, Matthew Receipts, invoices, estate accounts. Some horse related. 3 items. Rocky Springs. 1861-1864. Pittman, Newsom J. (Dr.) Accounts. Rocky Mount, North Carolina. 1840-1843. Plato, John \"Protection for a Coloured Person\" document stating that John Plato was born in Mathews County, Virginia. Signed by Conway Whittle. July 9, 1836. Pocahontas Newspaper articles: \"The Standard,\" Richmond, Virginia, November 5, 1881. \"Interesting particulars regarding Pocahontas and Captain John Smith and their burial places. \"The Standard,\" November 12, 1881. Part 2. \"The Standard,\" August 27, 1881. \"Pocahontas.\" \"Richmond Times-Dispatch editorials on Pocahantas and an original portrait. June 10, 1883. \"New York Times,\" 1890, \"Maids in Bermuda.\" Poe, Edgar Allen Portrait print of Edgar Allen Poe, possibly a page from a book. Newspaper articles about Poe and advertisements for his work. 1880, 1911 and undated. Poindexter, Henry P. Receipts. 5 pieces. Richmond, Virginia. 1838, 1840 and 1853. Poindexter, Jane Receipt for purchase of negroes from estate of William Quarles. 1 item. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. February 1835. Pollard, John Garland Flyers of article from the \"Winchester Evening Star\" on John Garland Pollard, \"Out of Thine Own Mouth Will I Judge Thee\" by Dabney Carr Harrison. 10 items. July 25, 1917. Porter, George L. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from Henry W. Lamb, Williamsburg, Virginia, about George L. Porter's ancestry and Civil War experiences, from \"Genealogy of Lincoln, Pearce, Porter, Agers.\" March 27, 1939. Powers, Pike (Rev.) Letter from Rev. T.G. Dashiell of Richmond, Virginia to Rev. Pike Powers regarding Miss Algia Napier. April, 22, 1890. Letter from Marian E. Dickinson of Richmond, Virginia to Rev. Pike Powers asking to be taken off the books of St. Andrews. February 25, 1887 Price, Lucy S. Letter to Miss Mary Ladd regarding her carriage accident. July 4, 1841. Purdy, Nannie Sutton Prayer typed onto a beige silk cloth with fringed edges. 4.5 x 15\". 3 crosses printed on it. Nannie Sutton Purdy printed on the bottom. Q-R Quarles, Patsy Receipts, including a Doctor's accounting of his visits to the negros belonging to Patsy Quarles. 3 items. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. 1838, 1841 and 1842. Quarles, Sarah Property receipts. 2 items. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. 1838 and 1847. Randolph, J.C. and Company Invoice from Dr. E.J. Higgins, wholesale liquor dealer from Norfolk, Virginia for J.C. Randolph and Co. 1878. Randolph, John John Randolph of Roanoke. Photostat of letter from William Hughes to John Randolph. January 17, 1822. Chancery suit between Corbin Braxton, executor of St. George Tucker Coalter, deceased, plus others and William Leigh, executor of John Randolph, deceased plus others. Lawsuit regarding Wyatt Cardwell, agent for John Randolph's heirs. December 4, 1847. Newspaper articles on John Randolph. 1878 and 1881. Randolph Family List of land holdings in Virginia during the Colonial days of the Randolph Family for the William and Mary Quarterly. Undated. Rawlings, James H. Accounts for physician, Dr. J. H. Minor and J. L.Burrus. 3 items. Possibly Caroline County, Virginia. 1843 and 1847. Reed, Henry L. (Mr. and Mrs.) Golden wedding invitation. Chambersburgh, Pennsylvania. 1876. Reed, John L. Letter to his cousin in Baltimore, Maryland about directions for which train station to get his ticket. September 26, 1873. Reurs, Thomas Receipt. Undated. Richards, Charles J. Letters to Charles J. Richards from family and friends. Subjects include the Young Men's Society and debates in Lynchburg, Virginia, lecture on Natural Photography, and the Richmond Lyceum. 1838-1840. Robertson Family Letter to John T. Robertson about laws on will probate, dated May 24, 1878. Accounts of Robertson Family. Many are fragments. Names mentioned are James Robertson, Col. George Robertson, Michael Robertson, John Roberson, Thomas Emond and John Ireland. 1785, 1802, 1805 and 1878. Richardson, George Account paid for George Richardson by Murray, Mundell and Grinnan. Signed by Hugh Mercer. August 3, 1804. Richardson, W.W. Deposition of Ada J. Richardson of New Hanover County, North Carolina. She states that her deceased husband was a private in Captain Williams' Company and entered service in Stafford County, Virginia and killed at Malvern Hill. She wants the $50 he had with him when he died. November 23, 1863. Richelieu Fragments of a copy of a letter from Cardinal Richelieu to the French Ambassador. Paris, France to Rome, Italy. 1638. Rinedollar Receipt from William Giles, Jr. March 2, 1808. Ritter, William L. Pamphlet \"Biographical Sketch\" by Dr. Samuel H. Higgins. William Ritter was born August 11, 1835 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Roach, Libby Letter about lawsuit from boarders of Libby Roach, in Norfolk, Virginia, from Hubard and Hubard. September 23, 1892. Robertson Account of sale of property at Mr. Robertson's estate, Providence. Sale by Carter Braxton. Middlesex County, Virginia. 1836. Robertson Family Letter to John T. Robertson about laws on will probates. May 24, 1878. 16 items. Account fragment of Col. George Robertson. Accounts of Robertson Family. Many of them are fragments. Some names mentioned: James Robertson, Michael Robertson, John Robertson, Thomas Emond and John Ireland. Petersburg, Virginia. 1785, 1802 and 1805. Robinson, Conway Receipt for Hening and Mumford's reports bought at James Heron's auction. Signed by James R. MacMurdo. May 12, 1823. Robinson, John M. A wedding invitation for Champe Conway and John M. Robinson at Saint Paul's Church. Addressed to Miss Stott. Undated. Rochelle, Martha Letter to Mrs. Martha Rochelle in Jerusalem, Southampton, Virginia from her son in Concord. February 1836. Rochelle, R.De Letter from de Rochelle written in French. Note on back of letter, \"about the French Claim.\" Washington, D.C. February 3, 1831. Rogers, M.C. Letter from M.C. Rogers in Huntsville, Texas to S.C. Rogers of Tennessee regarding family matters, particularly after the war along with his opinion of the war. Gives name of Grandfather, Henry Roger and Specer Clark. Family originally from Fauquier and Loudoun Counties, Virginia. February 14, 1866. Roney, Isaac Accounts and Letters of Isaac Roney of Dinwiddie County, Virginia. 1836-1871. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Inauguration ceremony program and invitation. 1933. Printed ballad, \"If Roosevelt Ruled Ireland,\" by William V. McKenny sung at the Irish Night Clover Club. 1936. Rosenwald, E. Receipt for merchandise on the Harnden's Southern Express. Richmond, Virginia. August 4, 1862. Ross, Charlie Brewster Pamphlet by Allan Pinkerton, with photo, about abduction of Charlie Brewster Ross in Germantown, Pennsylvania. July 1, 1874. Ross, G. (Dr.) Prescription written by Dr. G. Ross to H.G. Forstmann, a Druggist in Richmond, Virginia. Undated. Rowe, R. Semple Letter from R. Semple Rowe of Baltimore, Maryland to a friend in Richmond, Virginia about travel plans. July 24, 1865 or 1866. Rowland, Kate Masson Letter to Bishop Randolph regarding the ancestry of Benjamin Harrison. June 17, 1895. Photograph of \"The Honourable Sir William Thomson...\" Royal, William L. Court case in Richmond, Virginia about 1890. Russell, Margaret Postcard to Mr. and Mrs. Hearue of Drakes Branch, Virginia. Post card has drawing of a YMCA in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Undated. Rutherford, J.C. Receipt. April 18, 1849. Sander Family \"Extracts, etc., from Records of Clerk's Office of Northumberland Co., Virginia\" made by W.S. Cralle, Clerk of the County Court for said County. June 1888. Sandidge, Dabney Note to William Wallace requesting him to feed his workmen from his mill. Amherst, Virginia. September 1, 1843.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSargent, Eliza F. Norfolk, Virginia Office of Board of Health to Mrs. Eliza F. Sargent regarding connection to the ( ) server. September 10, 1890. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSaunders, George D. Note requesting meal for his hands who are working (with, near, for) someone. New Store, Buckingham, Virginia. November 12, 1862.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSaunders, John Receipt for a subscription to the Virginia Patriot, Richmond, Virginia. February 7, 1814. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSavage, N.R. Checks written by N.R. Savage. 4 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1876. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eScattergood, Thomas Letter to Thomas Scattergood from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, mostly regarding possible unchristian influences in Richmond, Virginia and elsewhere. Faded. Fragments. 1794. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSchneider, John B. John B. Schneider in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Mr. Allen and Co. requesting 10 pounds of tobacco. May 17, 1869. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSchuricht, Herrmann Letter written from Herrmann Schuricht of Idlewild, Cabham, Virginia. to John S. Irby in Richmond, Virginia, sending a copy of his historical publication. October 20, 1898. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eScoville, S.C. Letter to Lyman Kinsley regarding bank and Birkshire Railroad stock. November 23, 1854. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eScruggs, H.B. Accounts and Receipts of H.B. Scruggs to E.E. White, Thomas Johnson, James W. Snoddy, John M. Torrey, Charles F. Torrey and Edmund Torrey. He appears to be an ironworker. Buckingham County, Virginia. 1858-1866.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeaton, W.W. Notes on birth and deaths of W.W. Seaton (died January 11, 1785) and Joseph Gales. (1786-1860). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eShaver, David (Rev.) Seven handwritten sermons by Rev. David Shaver, editor of the Richmond Religious Herald. 1864-1865. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSheetz, George C. Pages from a journal which includes newspaper social column about the Sheetz Family and a page from a book about horse medicines. Near Dorcus, Virginia. 1902 and Undated. Sheridan, Philip Henry (General) War Department announcement of General Sheridan's death. August 6, 1888. Funeral invitation. Death Announcement by Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Sherman, William Tecumseh (General) Pamphlet with details of the funeral of William Tecumseh Sherman. February 17, 1891. Sherrard, John M. Invitation to the funeral of John M. Sherrard at the United Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia. Addressed to Gus A. Myers and Family. June 23, 1858. Shields and Somerville Letter from Shields and Somerville of Richmond, Virginia to N.O. and C.H. Cram of Portland, Maine about a flour shipment. June 28, 1850 Shore, John Photostat of the 1777 title page \"Dr. Isaac Hall's Graduate Thesis on Joannes Shore\" along with handwritten notes. Si - Sz Smith, D.G. Letter to Andrew Brown, Charlottesville, Virginia, a distributor of salt. Civil War. September 19, 1862. Smith, E.C. Leave of absence permission from University of Virginia. December 21, 1878. Certificate from University of Virginia for Applied Mathematics. July 3, 1879. Smith, Jacob B. Letter to brother, Jacob Smith, from H. Mohler in Park County, Indiana where he says how wonderful it is in Indiana, particularly the people as compared to home. On back of the November 9, 1867 letter, another letter from Fannie E. Mohler to Mrs. Sarah Smith. Smith, John (Captain) Section of a book on Captain John Smith written about 1889. Two copies. Newspaper editorials by R. Howison and Alexander Brown on early United States and Captain John Smith. Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. February 1891. Typed biographical material on Captain John Smith with a photograph and a placard of a plaque with an epitaph to Captain John Smith located in St. Sepulchre's Church, Smithfield, London. Smith, Lucy P. Letter to her cousin while at Salt Springs, Virginia. August 14, 1856. Smith, William William Smith was a Brig. Gen. in the CSA and Governor of Virginia. Letters from William Smith: Recommending T.J. Murphy to the Secretary of Treasury, R.J. Walker. Written from Warrenton, Virginia on March 16, 1848. To possibly the Enquirer, asking that his speech be published. Written from Washington, D.C. on May 17, 1852. To possibly the Enquirer, about the Hunter Bill and the West. August 3, 1854. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSmyth, John Ferdinand Dalziel A report by R. Leroy Hilldrup \"A Tory's Account of Certain Virginia Patriots.\" Correspondence between Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and R. Leroy Hilldrup for a William and Mary Quarterly article. Virginia. 1934. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSnickers, Edward One document that includes a copy of a 1785 bond whereby Martin Ashby of Louisa County agrees to pay one thousand pounds to George Noble of Frederick County, Virginia for 350 acres. a 1784 bond to Edward Snickers for an exchange of land between Snickers and Ashby for 306 acres in Frederick County and 350 acres in Loudoun County and letters from Edward Snickers about his land transactions with Ashby. The copy is possibly also dated about 1785. Gift of Dr. Thomas G. Pullen. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSomervails, C.R. Money exchange for sterling. Richmond, Virginia. Dec. 19, 1865. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSouthall, Elianna Letter from Ms. Southall of Baltimore, Maryland, to her father, Robert Anderson in Richmond, Virginia. Mentions William and Mary where \"only four students at Commencement\" and proposed the college move to Richmond. November 9, 1833. Southward Family Invoices. 8 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1867-1873. Southworth, Edward Summary of military duty in the 2nd U.S. Colored Troops. Civil War. 1862-1865, 1910. Spotswood, Alexander Typed transcript of letter to Edmund Pendleton, President of the Committee of Safety, at Mount Pleasant Camp, near Cobham, from Alexander Spotswood. November 16, 1775. Sprinkle, Charles, and Company Note from E.T.H. Warren asking him to pay back money. 1860. Spruill, B.I. Receipt for money given to B.F. Moore as an arbitrator. Tarboro, North Carolina. November 27, 1833. Stackhouse, Rosamond, Invoices and Property Tax. 6 items. Prince George County, Virginia. 1856-1867. Starke, Eliza N. Letter from Raphael Smith and a poem written on a doily, \"Aerostic by J.B. Dods.\" New York. April 17, 1854. Statute, Fanny Funeral cards. April 10, 1886. Stedman, Edmund Calling cards and a letter to Annie Carlisle of Charles City, Iowa. November 1891. Steele, Margaret Letter to Aunt Frances and Uncle Leigh describing her Christmas presents. Early 1900's. Stephen, Adam (General) Letter to Francis B. Jones from Charles James Faulkner, House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., about Adam Stephen of Berkeley County, Virginia. May 19, 1856. Notes by Charles James Faulkner on General Adam Stephen. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSterling, Joseph Receipt written by William Upshaw, Jr. for negroes. Possibly Gloucester, Virginia. March 15, 1757. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eStevens, S.N. (Miss) Letter to Miss Stevens in Norfolk, Virginia from Wakefield Rattan Company in Boston, Massachusetts about rugs. October 13, 1882 \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eStewart, Eliza Letter to her brother about Eliza's accounts. Mentions Richmond, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland. January 30, 1855. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eStoddard, Charles J. Appointment request for a job at the Office of Comptroller of Currency, Treasury Department, in Washington, D.C. Sent to Hon. A.B. Hepburn, Comptroller. 1892. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eStokes, D.R. Letter from William Hodges Mann , an attorney of Nottoway Courthouse, Virginia. June 17, 1890. Stone, Edward L. Pamphlet with letter from Edward L. Stone of Roanoke, Virginia, to W.E. Rudge about the Book Worm bug. Pamphlet entitled, \"All Hope Abandon, Ye Who Enter Here.\" Undated. Stott, Susan B. Receipt signed by Henry P. Irving. 1 item. Possibly Richmond or Cumberland County, Virginia. 1834-1838. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eStrachan, John B. Note from John B. Strachan which says Mr. Cosby will pay amount to bank. October 14, 1815. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSwann, Thompson Tax for Ordinary in Cumberland County, Virginia signed by Robert C. Nicholas. October 10, 1768. Swineford, H. Check to Clemmitt and Jones for printing order for Toppa Lodge. Richmond, Virginia. July 27, 1877. Ta Tabb, John B. Article, \"Some Notes of My Life\" by John B. Tabb, included in the December 1936, The Borromean, a publication of Saint Charles College, Catonsville, Maryland. Exerpt from the June 1937 Borromean, \"Summer vacations with Fathre Tabb at the Forest, His Virginia Plantation Home.\" Tabb, Phillip Photostat of a letter from Phillip Tabb to John Page at Rosewell, Virginia about men from British barges robbing houses. December 9, 1782. Original may be on National Park Service's possession. Tallmadge, D.B. (Judge) Funeral Notice. Richmond, Virginia. October 30, 1846. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTalmann (William) Typed translation and transcription from Latin of Commission to William Talmann as Controller of Works in England. Mentions King William and Queen Mary. Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTatham William Pamphlet on William Tatham, clerk of the Wataugan Settlement, by Samuel C. Williams. Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTayloe, Edward Thorton Obituary. Alabama. Undated. Taylor, Creed Receipt for Chancery Court advertisement in the Richmond Enquirer. Other names mentioned are Creed Taylor, Richie and Cook and W.G. Pendleton. Richmond, Virginia. February 26, 1830. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTaylor, J.S. Letter to Mr. Ladd, near Richmond, Virginia, about business accounts. 1780's. Letter to Thomas Mifflin Ladd, near Richmond, Virginia, concerning case of M. Spencer and business accounts. September 17, 1788. Taylor, Jesse Typed transcript of letter from Jesse Taylor to his cousin. Note about Taylor family history written on the transcript. February 1774. Taylor, Tazewell Letter from R. Rose of Washington, D.C. about \"Mason Farm: for sale o the James River, about 20-30 miles from Norfolk, Virginia. 2 items. August 1869. Tb - Tz Tennabalo or Tinnebale, William Receipts. 2 items. Norfolk, Virginia. 1765 and 1795. Thalheimer Instructions to the jury concerning J.W. Wimmer on the trial for the murder of Mr. Thalheimer. Virginia. Undated. Thompson, P. M. Invoice from Alsop, Mosby and Co. of Richmond, Virginia. June 6, 1893. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThompson, S.H. Typed copy of letter to Rev. Henry Thompson Louthan in Williamsburg, Virginia from Rev. Henry Thompson in Farmville, Virginia. May 20, 1902. Handwritten note at top of page, \"A Review of Tom Dixon's Leopard Spots by one of the K.K.K. boys himself.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThompson, W.T. Letter to W.B. Phillips from W.T. Thomson of the morning news office of the Savannah, News with instructions on length of letter and what kind of Washington, D.C. news they want for their newspaper, plus his political opinions. Savannah, Georgia. July 14, 1856. Thornton, James D. Letter to Hon. J.D. Thornton in Richmond, Virginia from Attorney W.E. Turner in Modesto, California about California case of Lightfoot who murdered Colonel Branch. February 1, 1881. Letter to Hunter from James D. Thornton, Judicial Department, Supreme Court of California, sending the previous letter. February 18, 1881. Terrell and Rayley Letter to Leonard B. Terrell of Weymouth, Massachusetts from Tiffany (possibly Tate) of Baltimore, Maryland, concerning invoice. March 11, 1843. Letter to Terrell and Bayley about an invoice. May 12, 1845. Todd, Mallory Obituary. Christchurch, Virginia. Undated. Torrence, William Clayton Letter to William Torrence from Mrs. J. M. Slaughter about new edition of book about St. George's Parish. December 31, 1903. Letter to Wm. C. Terrance from Raleigh L. Green of Culpeper, Virginia, about printing a book. December 19, 1903. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTownsen, James and Katherine Ann Letter to Jesse E. Parish of Drapersville, Virginia from James Townsen of Edmondson County, Kentucky, about family news. February 14, 1848. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTownsend, S.R. Letter to his wife in Waltham, Massachusetts while at a convention in Baltimore, Maryland. Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTucker, Benjamin F. Court document for a case in Richmond County, Georgia: Benjamin F. Tucker vs Hesekiah Odin and Jesse Walton. October 4, 1840.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTucker, Richard D. Letter to Murray Grinnan and Mundell of Fredericksburg, Virginia regarding selling flour. December 26, 1811. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTunstall, Alex (Dr.) Letter to Robert Mumford, Richmond, Virginia regarding genealogy of Colonel George Brooke and Catherine Tunstall. Mountain Lake Hotel, Virginia letterhead. July 22, 1899. Letter to Mr. James about genealogy. October 22, 1901. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTurner, Henry Bill from Bremen, Germany for items sent to Virginia. April 15, 1865. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTurner, Mary Letter is illegible. May 31, 1866 \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTurpin, Thomas J. Letter from Thomas J. Turpin of Woodlawn, Virginia to Edward T. James of Richmond, Virginia concerning Turpin estate. January 14, 1847. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eUnknown Correspondents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetter to Cousin Robert in Norfolk, Virginia from Mary B.A. in Washington, D.C., about family matters. February 1, 1936. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetter to Col. about \"bill which passed both branches of the Legislature but was not signed by his Presbyterian Majesty (the gov) as he considered it…\" Partial letter. Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to Peter. John Bolton written on the letter. Fragment. December 1856. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetter to \"My Dear Dear Sister\" from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania about family and the mood in Philadelphia. June 13, 1846. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetter to Cousin Maria from Julia. Letter is about their health, but there are notes written under the letter which say \"Pulaski\" and give genealogy of some people, but difficult to decipher names. Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eUpshur, Abel Parker Published in the William and Mary Quarterly. Original letter written by Abel Upshur while Secretary of State, to the Honorable John C. Calhoun of South Carolina. Upshur talks of Great Britain's tactics and predicts war over slaveholders. Thinks England will be involved, particularly with fabric commerce. Talks of abolitionists and the admission of Texas to the Union as a slave owning state. Washington, D.C. August 4, 1843 \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eValentine, Edward Virginius Newspaper article in the Richmond Standard about Valentine with byline, American Art Review – Margaret J. Preston. Richmond, Virginia. May 29, 1880. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVan Buren, Martin Authorization for the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to \"the envelope of a letter to the King of the Kingdom of the two Sicilies, congratulating him on the birth of Prince Alberto Maria Francesco...\" Signed by Martin Van Buren. Washington, D.C. January 10, 1840.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVanyard, B.A. Letter on side one: from James Mc D. Thrasher to friend. \"…you ought to be here just to see how the Yankees have treated the country in this vicinity. They have nearly desolated every house…\" Letter on other side: from B. A. Vanyard at Camp Latham, Roanoke Street, Tent…to My Old Friend. \"…great pleasure so you and John and brother come and see us what is cost is a matter of moon shine…\" March 17, 1861. Civil War. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVan Dusen, R.M. Advertisement for employment in Fernald's Newspaper Men's Exchange in Springfield, Massachusetts. Typed carbon copy with handwritten updates of job experience. After 1916. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVan Laun, J.A. Letter to Alfred Van Laun in Chicago, Illinois from his father in London, England about selling Lafayette and Chief Justice Marshall etchings and the printing of them from the plates. February 19, 1895. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVaughan (R.B.) Letter from R.B. Vaughn in Desota, Mississippi to his parents, A. Vaughan, in Brunswick County, Diamond Grove, Virginia about his experiences with settling in Mississippi. 1857. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVeale, George Photostat copy of letter about logging. Virginia. April 20, 1773. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWa-We \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWalker, Benjamin I. Letter to Edmunds Store about selling items. Mecklenburg, Virginia. September 25, 1842 \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWalker, Edwin List of debts, notes and bonds due. Near Richmond, Virginia, 1857. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWalker, Francis A. (General) Announcement of Parlor Lectures by General Walker at residence of Mrs. Henry Draper, 271 Madison Avenue, New York, NY. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWallace, Ann Note giving Caroline Miller permission to go to Centenary Church. January 26, 1859. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWaller, Charles (Mrs.) Ledger sheet of Mrs. Charles Waller for Dr. John Lindsey. 1869-70. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWaller, William M. Sarah A. Waller giving William Spencer permission to give Mr. Duncan's slave a \"turn of corn.\" Undated. Other requests for produce. 1842-1844. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWalthall, Telitha A copy of her will, possibly written at the time of the will. Mentions Martha and William Nunnerly. October 1, 1846. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWarner, A.L. (Dr.) Receipts and checks to Richmond, Virginia businesses. 9 items. 1837-1846. Season pass to M.A.R. Lectures. Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWarren and Quarles Advertisement brochure with bond information. Richmond, Virginia. 1882. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWashington, Booker T. Typed letter to Rev. H.E. Lombard from Booker T. Washington, principal of The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, soliciting funds. Signed by Booker T. Washington. April 6, 1914. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWashington, L.W. L.W. Washington of Halltown, Jefferson County, Virginia to Samuel T. Stone of Rockville, Maryland about money from the Forrest Estate. April 28, 1846. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWatson, Josiah Letter from Josiah Watson in Alexandria, Virginia to John Hopkins in Richmond, Virginia regarding a missing horse that was found. August 1787. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWeaver, Mildred Letter to Mildred Weaver of Waynesboro, Virginia from Tehran, Persia. Mentions Titanic tragedy. April 22, 1912. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWeavor, John (Weaver) Indenture of John Weaver to Elijah Sparks as a Merchant Apprentice. Shepherdstown, Virginia. 1796. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWenger, L. Tannie (Fannie) Recipe for red dye for yarn. October 24, 1867. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest, Francis Newspaper article by Rev. Edward D. Neill about Francis West. Richmond Dispatch in Richmond, Virginia. 1878. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest, John Newspaper article by Rev. Edward D. Neill about John West. Richmond Dispatch in Richmond, Virginia. June 15, 1878. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest, Mattie J. Letter from Cousin Bess about visit and her household activities. Gravel Hill, Virginia. Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest, Thomas B. 40 shares of Exchange Bank of Virginia, No. 3216. Norfolk, Virginia. July 28, 1856. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWestmoreland, (E.D.) Letters to his cousin about pretty girls, sweethearts and family news. Petersburg, Virginia. April and June 1868. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWf-Wq \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhite, Louise E. Receipts, some with Dr. Margaret Scellen. York, Virginia. 1831 and undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhittle, C and F. Shipment laden order for tobacco to C. and F. Whittle. Richmond, Virginia. March 16, 1810. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilkinson, E. Letter from E. Wilkinson, superintendent of Allison White and Company, a lumber company in West Point, Virginia, to Austin Smith, a lawyer in Richmond, Virginia, about insurance with Great Western Insurance Company of New Orleans, Louisiana. February 3, 1874. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilcox, Philo F. Correspondence about buying cans and tin plates. 3 items. Springfield, Massachusetts. 1835. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilkins, William Bond to W.A. Marks. 1 item. 1857-1858. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliams, J.J. Letter about sending gloves. Richmond, Virginia. June 6, 1857. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliams, John M. Letter about the book, \"First Year at the Piano.\" New York, New York. Early 1900's. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilson, Francis Letter from T.R. Lounsbury in Paris, France to Francis Wilson about his health and book. November 25, 1906. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilson, James \"Nomber of Bills.\" Undated. Wilson, James Pamphlet, \"James Wilson and St. Andrews\" by Randolph G. Adams. Given to Earl Gregg Swem by Randolph G. Adams. Reprint of 1931 article. Wilson, Joseph (Dr.) Invoices and accounts of patients. 3 items. 1848-1866. Wilson, Woodrow (President) Letter to John Hart in Richmond, Virginia from Woodrow Wilson, the White House, Washington, D.C. about a copy of an address by Wilson's father, given before the Societies of Hampden-Sidney Virginia, published in Richmond 1857. September 8, 1913. Newspaper articles about Woodrow Wilson. 2 articles. November 21, 1926 and Undated. Windsor, Duke and Duchess Notes from the secretary of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor to Miss Elizabeth Cary Williamson of Richmond, Virginia thanking her for her cards. 1938 and 1941. Winston, Nathaniel Genealogical information on the family of Nathaniel Winston from a newspaper column. Richmond, Virginia. 1816. Wirt, William Pages 136-152 from a book about William Wirt. Wise, H.A. Envelope addressed to John Snelling and Henry A. Wise in Richmond, Virginia. Note on envelope, \"The Executives of N.C. replies to us that he is not authorized to appt a joint court. H.A. Wise. July 3rd.\" Undated. Wise, John Newspaper article about John Wise, Liberal Candidate from Richmond, Virginia. Undated. Woolfolk, Y.H. Post card to N.B. Cocke of Taylorsville, Hanover County, Virginia regarding bond due to W.W. Mallory estate. Louisa County, Virginia. February 19, 1846. Wr - Wz Wren, Joseph Letter to John News about himself and a request for money. Lynchburg, Virginia. February 28, 1868. Wright, Marcus J. Marcus J. Wright of the War Department, Adjutant General's Office to a doctor. Returning medical books. November 29, 1878. Wright, William Notes. To Capt. Wm J. Waller, \"Let Benjamin Wright have Two and a half bushels corn…August 3, 1843. To Wm. Spencer, \"let David Rippatoe have for me three \u0026amp; a half bushels corn…September 9, 1863. Wyatt, Francis (Sir) Handwritten copies of manuscripts. Originals are in the possession of the Earl of Romney. Order giving power to Capt. William Tucker to sail into Virginia, explore, fight Indians and punish…\" 1621-1622. Other commissions to: Capts. Roger Smith, Ralph Hamour and George Yardley. Group of manuscripts subtitled: No. 5. No. 6. Appear to be about all aspects of military matters and leadship. No. 16. About 1000 pounds due Sir Francis Wiatt when he was the Governor of Virginia, from the King. 1747. Wyman, J. (Dr.) Shipment Laden for Dr. J. Wyman for four boxes from the Port of Boston to the Port of Richmond. Massachusetts and Virginia. October 1843. Wythe, George Pages from William and Mary Quarterly, \"An Englishman's Tribute to Chancellor Wythe\" by R.B. Munford, Jr., undated, and a typed transcript of a letter from W.A. Rino to George Wythe about the \"loan of his Electrical Machine for the purpose of electrifying a Mulatto girl who hath had a lockd Jaw for some time\" dated August 12, 1800. X, Y and Z Yancey, David Codicil of will of David Yancey, of Virginia, now of Kingston, making nephew, William Kimbrough , his executor. Mentions brother Robert, Marry Garrett, Campbell Whittle and Dabney Minor. Addressed to Warren Ashley, Norfolk, Virginia. December 7, 1807. Yancey Family May Term 1792, Culpeper Court. Financial account for Patrick Rourk against Charles Yancey. Appointment of Thomas Yancey as Ensign to the First Battalion, signed by James Monroe. October 7, 1800. Stock for Thornton's Gap Turnpike Company to John W. Yancey of Woodville, Virginia. September 25, 1852 Receipts and notesbetween Philip Slaughter and Brother Yancey from Philip Slaughter, Th. Deane and W.W. Grimman. 1849, 1853, 1861 and undated. Letter to John W. Yancey in Woodville, Rappahannock County, Virginia from Alexander Stephens regarding Old South Liberty Church. August 12, 1880. Letter from M.K. Grimsley to Bro' Yancey about gifts he has received and thankfulness. January 31, 1884 Yardley, Argoll Typed transcript of will dated October 28, 1640. Yates, Bartholomew Letter from Williamsburg saying his father died and his mothers and sisters are moving to Williamsburg. March 16, 1806. Yates, John Letter from John Yates of Halltown, Virginia, to William Benton, near Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia about his family and his planned trip to Liverpool in May. Notation on letter from William Burton that John Yates died in England. March 25, 1851. Yeagan, L.H. Letter about genealogy and a book on the Yeagan family. 1890's. Yeardley, Frances Typed copy of a transcript where Sir William Berkeley appoints Francis Yeardley to be Captain \"…from the lower side of Hungars Creeke to the King's Creeke and all along the Bayes Side from Leeing's to the Old Plantacon.\" James City County, Virginia. July 2, 1642. Young, N.P. Letter to his children about family, children's education and travels. He has just moved to Millwood and will get them soon. Millwood, Virginia. November 28, 1862. Young, W. Letter to Mollie Young in Fortsville from her mother regarding visiting and negro, Tom, who is sick. Undated. Zenger, John Peter An article in the Boston Daily Probe by Uncle Dudley, \"Lesson from the Life of John Peter Zenger.\" 3 copies. 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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.","Alphabetical by last name.","An artificial collection of papers created from material acquired during the 1930's and 1940's.  Mostly letters, financial records, published material and official records of individuals in Virginia and elsewhere.  Includes documents and signatures of well known people, such as Benjamin Harrison, John Randolph and Franklin D. Roosevelt.","Branden (Brandon), John Accounts. Accounts between John Branden and Company and Stimpson and Hall, possibly in Petersburg. Virginia. 1791-1796. Purchased from Mrs. C.W. Moorman, April 1944. 1827 and undated account fragments. ","Cauthorn, Ethelbert G., American Legal Assocoiation Document for Ethelbert G. Cauthorn of Dunnsville, Virginia. June 14, 1851. ","Davies, Samuel 1946 reprint of April 14, 1747 speech by W.H.T. Squires \"Samuel Davies before The King's Council for the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia.\" ","Davis, J.R. Letter from J.R. Davis of Purcell House in Norfolk, Virginia, to Major C.M. Stedman, Wilmington, North Carolina regarding the sale of furniture. November 6, 1879. ","Davis, Jefferson Letter to W.E. Mitchell from Jefferson Davis. Mississippi. July 21, 1887. Photograph of Jefferson Davis. #4935 on the back. Backed with cloth. Pamphlet \"The Jefferson Davis Casemate,\" distributed at Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, Virginia.\" ","Davis, Millie Letter to her daughter in Macon, North Carolina. December 5, 1892. ","Denby, Charles Receipt from John Hurt to Charles Denby for burying John Hurt's wife. February 21, 1772. ","Devon, F. W. Invoice. 1855. Dew, J. Harvie (Dr.) Pamphlet written by J. Harvie Dew, M.D., \"Fox Hunting in Old Virginia in the Days Gone By\" and \"The Yankee and Rebel Yells.\" 1904 Reprints. ","Dickinson, A.E. Letter from A.E. Dickinson of Colportage in Richmond, Virginia asking for a donation for their ministry program. July 15, 1859. ","Dinges, G. H. Accounts. Mount Crawford, Virginia. 1860-1867. See also: George W. Dinges Account Books and Ledgers under MsV. ","Dinwiddie Family Newspaper column, Genealogies of Bermuda, with notes on Andrew Auchinleck and family. Undated. Newspaper article, \"Glasgow's Link with George Washington\" with a photograph of a painting of the Dinwiddie Sisters. Undated. ","Dodds, Matthew L. Letter from T.M.R. Talcott of Richmond, Virginia to the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department asking for \"tidings\" of Matthew L. Dodds, and a note from the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department to Mrs. Mary A. Dodds giving the address of her son in the Philippine Islands. October 11, 1910 and April 24, 1912. ","Dodge, Cleveland J. Letter to Hon. John W. Foster about a meeting. Both are in New York City, New York. April 15, 1907. ","Dow Family Edgar R. Dow Of Portland, Maine to Isaac Dow asking him if he is a descendant of Isaac Dow who married Elizabeth and if he knew if Isaac's father was Daniel Dow of Hampton who married Rachael Brown on November 27, 1749. October 14, 1889. ","Downs, W.J. Receipt for ticket paid in Fort Republic, Virginia to Southern Express Company. December 2, 1898. ","Drinkard, Samuel B. Receipts. Possibly from Richmond, Virginia. 1867. ","Duesberry, James P. Letter from James P. Duesberry of Richmond, Virginia to James Rog of Albemarle, Virginia about hunting and his activities, plus a page where someone begins a letter to his \"gramma.\" November 4, 1852. ","Dufferin, Lord Handwritten copy of speech, in Latin, given by Lord Dufferin at a dinner in Ireland. \"A Hamilton\" has written his signature a few times at the beginning of the document. Undated. ","Duprey, James B. Receipt and invoice for household items. Richmond, Virginia. 1848. ","E Eason, Isaac Letter to Isaac Eason, attorney in Norfolk, Virginia, from the National Mercantile Agency, The Bankers Commercial League of America. February 5, 1900. Edes, S.C. United States of America Passport Entries include England, United States, Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and others. 1851-1852. ","Edson, P. Om. Letter from G.G. Benedict of The Burlington, Vermont Press regarding the order for VII, Proceedings of the Reunion Society. December 1, 1906. Letter to C.W. C. Rhoades regarding meetings with old military friends and remembering the Civil War. Poetically written. Possibly tongue-in-cheek about these meetings and the war. March 30, 1911. Letter from ? Cheney, Washington, Vermont regarding 49 years ago. August 3, 1911. ","Edwards, James L. Receipt for Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7. 1831 or 1851. ","Edwards, Lewis Receipts to Sloop Lewis. Possibly Washington, D.C. 1833 and 1837. ","Edwards, Lizzie Letter to Miss Lizzie Edwards in Indian Town, King William County, Virginia from her friend Miss Susan Langeston in New Kent County, Virginia regarding her illness, the cold and her new home. \"I have not so much as a fire to warm by.\" September 26,1867. ","Edwards, Morgan Letter to D.S. Horney regarding money and hardship after the Civil War. Horney lives in Independence, Virginia but is writing from North Carolina where his Father lives. April 9, 1866. Edwards, T. Brook Hand drawn calendar for April-July, 1849 and January-March, 1850. Brook Edwards, Columbia College, Washington, D.C. 1849 and 1850. Eliot, Charles William Letter and program for the celebration of the 90th birthday of President Emeritus of Harvard University, Charles William Eliot. March 1924. Emery, Harriet Letter to her cousin about her winter activities. Written April 9, 1855 and delivered September 3, 1856 Entler, Joseph Receipts, Correspondence, estate sale and a \"List of Democratic Votes…Northern and Western District of Shepherdstown…\" Shepherdstown, West Virginia. 1851, 1863, 1874, 1875 and undated Eppes Family Robertson Eppes, a student at William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia to his sister, Miss Polly Eppes of Richmond, Virginia and City Point, Virginia. 3 original letters with typed and handwritten transcripts. March 26, 1799 and undated. Eskridge, George Brochure for Eskridge Memorial Tree. Fredericksburg, Virginia. April 29, 1937. Ewald, William (Dr. and Mrs.) \"At Home\" card. Portsmouth, Virginia July 15, 1893. F Faber, F. W. F.W. Faber writes about God on black bordered note paper. Undated. Fauntleroy, S. G. List of items, mostly farm and building items, either an order or an invoice, for Dr. S.G. Fauntleroy from Dunn and Burch. 1889. Farmer, Abner Legatees of Abner Farmer allow $40 from the estate for Samuel P. Farmer. Signed by all legatees. March 30, 1849. Finley, John H. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from Dr. John H. Finley, editor from the New York Times, enclosing his poem, \"To a Book Worm.\" January 13, 1931. Finley, Samuel Agreement between Samuel and John Finley for a mercantile business. Rockbridge County, Virginia. Undated Account for Jane Tate's estate by Samuel Finley. July 1835. Note from Ruth Finley about the Missionary Herald. Undated. Account by Samuel Finley on how much money he has advanced to his children. December 31, 1842 Fish, Hamilton Partial Document with Presidential Seal. Hamilton Fish was Secretary of State under President Grant, 1869-1877. Undated. Fitzgerald, H.E. Letter from H.E. Fitzgerald, Secretary of Virginia, about a letter he inadvertently did not return. Undated. Fleming, John Receipt. 1834. Flood, Ann Pension claim of Ann Flood from the Department of the Interior, Pension Office, Washington, D.C. One signature is by James L. Anderson of Buckingham Courthouse, Virginia. December 19, 1872 Flournoys, Thomas L. Letter to his brother in Yolo County, California about his trip across the country and news of the family. \"…I have been informed that Dr. P.G. Flournoy has moved back to Virginia since the war closed. If so he can give you all of the news…\" December 16, 1866. Forrer Family Legal documents for Forrer, Orndorff, Geary, Propes, Merica and Lucas families. Page County, Virginia. 1859, 1866 and 1868. Francisco, Peter Proposal by Js. Webster of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and J. Warrell of Richmond, Virginia to publish a print representing Peter Francisco's action with Tarleton's men. Includes description of battle and biography of Francisco. 1813. Franklin, Benjamin Silhouette of Benjamin Franklin on a packet from the National Graphic Arts Education Guild honoring Franklin's birthday week, January 17-21, 1938. Fraser, Thomas Letter to A.K. Shurtliff of Portland, Maine about shipping leather. 1849. Frost, Edwin H. Advertisement for his business as a dealer in manuscripts. Yonkers, New York. Undated. Galli-Curci, Amelita Letter to Albert Sydney Edmonds of Kansas. St. Louis, Missouri. 1931. Garfield, James A. The Washington Star, Washington, D.C. account of the death of President James A. Garfield. July 2, 1933. Garfield, Lucretia R. Letters from Lucretia R. Garfield, wife of President James A. Garfield, to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling accepting the title of Honorary Vice President of the United States Daughters. 1892. Gee, John Henry (Dr.) and Pattie Williams Gee Poems. Collected and mimeographed by W.J. Fletcher, compiler of \"The Gee Family.\" 1938. Gibbons, Churchill J. Letter from Churchill J. Gibbons, Petersburg, Virginia to Mr. Barton regarding baptism and other church ceremonies. November 3, 1868. Gilliam, Catherine B. Letter to Richard Eppes for City Point, Virginia. 1842. Gilmer, Anne E. Newspaper obituary and funeral description of Mrs. Anne E. Gilmer, widow of deceased Ex-Governor of Virginia, Thomas Walker Gilmer. April 1874. Gilmer, J.H. Letter from J.H. Gilmer of Charlottesville, Virginia asking for two tenements be made ready to sell. July 21, 1842. Givandon, R. Receipt for sessions in penmanship. Levi Dolbear. Natchez. 1848. Glascock, G.T., and sons Letter to Mr. W.G. Sneed of Mocksville, North Carolina about a delay in an iron pattern order. April 19, 1904. ","Glisson, O.L. (Captain) Letter to Capt. O.L. Glisson on the U.S.S. Kennedy from W.A. Macy. Macy sends reading material to men on the ship. Canton. October 19, 1855. ","Glover, John Handwritten, one page, biography of General John Glover, who died January 30, 1797. Copy of August 3, 1778 letter from Captain John Glover to his son, John Glover, about applying for a parole so he can come home. Letter addressed to Marblehead, Massachusetts, but General John Glover writes, \"should this letter find you in England.\" Copy of letter from John Glover to his father, General John Glover, which says, \"my being impress'd on board of one of his Majesties ships…\". November 3, 1776. Glover, T. Jacob Recognition in astronomy and math for T. Jacob Glover from St. Mary's College in Baltimore, Maryland. July 1840. Goddin, Adolphus A Bank of Virginia Note, dated February 1, 1834, to Thomas M. Johnson for $175 with an additional Note that cannot be repaid. August 4, 1834. Signed by Samuel J. Blair. Richmond, Virginia. 1834. Gold, Thomas D. Letter to insurance company about his difficulty in paying premiums on his wife's insurance and wants the money returned. Berryville, Virginia. January 24, 1876. Gordin, John Discharge order in \"invalid ridgment\" (Invalid Regiment) by Colonel Lewis Nicola. April 21, 1778. Gore, Thomas P. Typed and signed letter from Thomas P. Gore, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, to unknown, saying he requested the Secretary of the Interior to grant an extension on payments for the unallotted land. October 25, 1914. Graham, E.A. Permission for slave, Amanda, to stay in Ann Wallace's yard. April 18, 1854. Grant, Julia D. Letter to Mrs. Darling stating she has no claim as a member of the U.S. Daughters of 1812, but her grandfather, Captain George Dent of Maryland, was in the revolution and they have a company roll-call of a Captain Grant, one of General Grant's direct ancestors. January 28, 1892. Grant, Ulysses S. Signature of Ulysses S. Grant on a partial document. February 3, 1875. General Orders, No. 10, from State of Minnesota. July 23, 1885. Program for Memorial Service for \"General U.S. Grant by the Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic, Metropolitan M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. October 4, 1885. Invitation by Mayor of New York City on the occasion of the formal transfer of Grant's Tomb to New York City. April 27, 1897. Gray, William A. Matriculation card for William A. Gray of Virginia from the University of Pennsylvania Medical Department. 1829-1830. Matriculation Card for William A. Gray, \"Surgical Anatomy and Operative Surgery,\" Philadelphia Anatomical Rooms. ","Greenhow, John Letter from Greenhow in Richmond, Virginia to his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Greenhow in Gloucester, Virginia about family. August 15, 1794. Greenway, James (Doctor) Notes and Correspondence of Earl Gregg Swem about biography of James Greenway, a physician from England. 1922. Griffin, Bradney and Thomas Photostat copy of a letter from J. Bradney Griffin at Gloucester Heights, Virginia, to his father describing Yorktown, Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary. September 13, 1863. Photostat copy of a letter from Thomas Griffin to his son, Bradney Griffin. May 29, 1864. Griffin, Esther Josselyn Graduation Certificate from Lincoln Jefferson University in Hammond, Indiana. October 12, 1910 Griffiths, David M. Letter to Radio Liberty, Munich, Germany about a citation in the journal Russkaya Starina about a September 1, 1785 letter from Feodor Vasilievich Karzhavin to his father about living in Virginia for 6 or 7 years where he had the intention of being \"the Ambassador to the Russian Empress in a public character from the American Congress.\" He also mentions sending reports to Russia about battles in Philadelphia. Grove, Abraham Correspondence and receipts of Abraham Grove of Shenandoah County, Cedar's Creek and Saumsville Store in Virginia. Includes a math equation for building a chimney. 1822, 1826, 1850, 1854 and 1871. Gwathmey, G. Taylor Letter to Dr. E.C. Smith of Richmond, Virginia about law and wills. Norfolk, Virginia. June 1910. H Hale, Nathan Leaflets signed by Great Granddaughters of Nathan Hale refuting article, written by George Dudley Seymour, in the June 13, 1926 \"Hartford Courant\" which said the poem, Alicia, was not written by Nathan or Enoch Hale. Note: George Dudley Seymour, a Connecticut antiquarian, furnished the Homestead, Hale's home. Letter to President of the College of William and Mary from Mary E. Hastings, granddaughter of Nathan Hale, asking William and Mary to keep the documents for the family. The problem appears to be about the engagement of Alice Adams to Nathan Hale and the loss of a miniature of Nathan Hale. Statement or affidavit of the Great Granddaughters about the veracity of the material they sent. Copies of the material also sent to other historical societies and libraries. Other granddaughter's name is Isabel Hastings Shriver. 1927. Hall, John (Lieutenant) Navy Pension for widow, Mary Kelly Hall. John Hall died of insanity contracted while in line of duty. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Undated, but after 1860. Hallock, H.G. C. (Rev.) Circular letter from Rev. H.G. C. Hallock in Shanghai, China about the belief in Monkey Gods in China. Enclosed paper \"placemat\" with an illustration of the monkey god. September 28, 1928. Rev. Hallock was a missionary in China. Typed mimeograph copy, but signed by Hallock. Hamilton, James Letter to Wood J. Hamblin of Warren City, North Carolina regarding cotton prices. July 25, 1878 Hammond, Charles Henry Indenture for land between Hammond and Samuel Betts Junior of St. Lawrence County, New York and Henry Hayden of Canada. February 28, 1822.","Scope and Contents Hancock, John Facsimile of letter from John Hancock to his wife dated June 21, 1775, entitled \"The Historical Love Letter\" and printed Christmas 1938. ","Hancock, Nathaniel Sermon by Nathaniel Hancock, Pastor of the Church of Christ in Tisbury, Massachusetts for 30 years and a 1721 graduate of Harvard College. \"Original Manuscript by Rev. Nathl Hancock of Tisbury 1714.\" ","Haney, John Letter to his sister in \"Middlebrook\" in Augusta County, Virginia, regarding his wishes for the property and land after he dies. August 13. Letter to John Haney from unknown of Edwardsville, Missouri regarding prices of port and corn. December 9, 18--. ","Hankins, James Gustavus Memorial pamphlet for John Gustavus Hankins of Halifax County, Virginia printed by the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Virginia. 1929. ","Hanks, Nancy Blueprint of plat of land near Antioch, West Virginia. 1784. ","Harcourt, Algemon Letter from Unknown Ritchie. September 4. No year. ","Harline, Thomas Thomas Harline to Alex M. Holada regarding City Taxes Receipts. Virginia. December 28, 1866. ","Harper and Brothers Robert J. French of Williamsburg, Virginia to Harper and Brothers, New York about division of publishing proceeds. January 5, 1836. ","Harris, Christopher Charles W. Harris of Millgrove to E.P. Marsh, Petersburg, Virginia explaining why he has not been able to pay him. October 30, 1842. ","Harrison Family Letter from Isabella Harrison, Baltimore, Maryland to Mr. Dalton regar.ding damage done to her farm and food stores by General Butler. November 3, 1865 Letter from S.A. Dalton, Connecticut, to Miss Harrison, wanting to return her brother Robert's Bible that he took when her house was burned \"unintentional.\" September 13, 1865. Letter from Thomas H. Wynne in Richmond, Virginia to Mrs. Harrison returning the Mss volume that he has had reprinted. Letter from John C. Underwood to Isabella H. Harrison about the genealogy of the Byrd Family. November 27, 1896. Letters between Mrs. E. Randolph Cocke of Oakland, Cartersville, Virginia and Dr. Swem and Dr. Bryan of The College of William and Mary regarding the gift of letters and portrait. 1939. Black bordered resolution from the Virginia Historical Society \"In Memoriam\" to the death of \"Thomas Hicks Wynne, late corresponding Secretary of the Virginia Historical Society...\" Undated. ","Harrison, Benjamin President of the United States. Signed thank you letter to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling. May 28, 1889. ","Harrison, Benjamin Governor of Virginia. Two pamphlets on Berkeley Plantation. Appointment of John Powell as Justice of Peace in Fluvanna County, Virginia, signed by Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia. November 3, 1783. ","Harrison, J.R. (Doctor) Funeral card for Dr. J.R. Harrison. ","Harrison, M.M. (Doctor) Invoices. 1853-1855. ","Harrison, Randolph Note to Branch Cunningham from Randolph Harrison. \"Hoping we may meet soon and often.\" Hartman, Melkail Summons for Melkail Hartman to appear before a justice to answer complaint of Goff and Smith. Monongalia County, Virginia. September 17, 1819. Harvey, John (Sir) Handwritten essay on \"The First Revolution in Virginia\" by unknown. Essay concerns the removal of Sir. John Harvey as Governor of Virginia. Undated. Havens, Hiram Letter regarding payment of bill. Connecticut. November 22, 1848. Hay, George Letter to Thomas Miller of Powhatan, Virginia regarding the Freeland Case. June 13, 1813. Hayes, Rutherford Bottom half of a document, signed by R.B. Hayes, President, and the Acting Secretary of State, Hay. Has Presidential Seal. September 1, 1880. Helper, H.R. Letter to E.M. Davis. New York. April 18, 1859. Henderson, William W. Receipt for L. Williams for a colt. October 1, 1856. Highland, Lucinda Earle Patton Booklet, \"Record of the Colonial Forebears-Descendants, Kinsmen and Childhood Friends and Schoolmates of the late Lucinda Earle Patton Highland of West Milford, West Virginia by Scotland G. Highland, Clarksburg, West Virginia. 1929. Hill, Alice Certificate of Dismission of Mrs. Alice Hill of First Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Virginia to St. Andrews Protestant Episcopal Church of Richmond, Virginia. May 7, 1892. Hill, Dabney Order slip for corn written to William Spencer of Dabney Hill for William Evans. September 1, 1843. Hix Receipt for items bought from B.H. Powell. 1848. Holladay Family Letter from A. Holladay to his mother, Patsy Holladay of Louisa County, Virginia. He tells her of his visit to Baltimore, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Cape May, New Jersey. July 23, 1850. Poll Tax Receipt for Mrs. P.Z. Holladay of Joseph, Missouri. December 27, 1861. Invoices of Alexander Holladay. Virginia. 1853, 1856 and 1867. Hollen, Archibald Receipt for payment to Daniel Thomas. September 30, 1868. Holloway, John Tobacco Warehouse Receipt. Appomattox River. Virginia. December 12, 1777. Holstead, R.B. Letters of Recommendation for Holstead as an Educator. Virginia. June 30, 1860. Hood, John B. John B. Hood, New Orleans, Louisiana to a friend, where he talks of family and the insurance business. November 24, 1875. Hopkins, W.A. Appointment of W.A. Hopkins as a Corporal in Company E, 70th Regimental Infantry, Virginia Volunteer. June 9, 1901. Horner, Inman Letter to James E. Heath of Richmond, Virginia regarding accounts of James English. April 23, 1830. Hornsby, L.A.. \"Friendly Facts\" pamphlet from L.A. Hornsby (store) in Hornsbyville, Virginia. Hubbard, Susanna Invoice for goods from Dr. Rives J.V. Gilliam. 1817-1818. Hutcheson, Benjamin Money exchange document paid to Benjamin Hutcheson, in London, in account for Hunter and Alexander, Merchants, Liverpool, England. Richmond, Virginia. January 11, 1817. Hyde, E.S. Invoice from Henry May and Brother, a watch business, of Baltimore, Maryland. May 25, 1858. I-J Jackson, Andrew Copy of letter from Andrew Jackson to Major William B. Lewis informing him that Mr. Clay has been offered the Office of Secretary of State. Washington, D.C. February 14, 1825. Jackson, James Letter to Redmond G. Slafter at the Theological Seminary in Andover, Massachusetts from James Jackson in Fairfax, Virginia. Descriptions of Washington, D.C.'s social life and Daniel Webster's voice and style, plus his opinion on government and education. March 5, 1844. Jackson, Thomas J. (Stonewall Jackson) Copies of letters by Stonewall Jackson written a few days before his death in 1863. Bottom of page has notation: Copyright 1884. H.W. Flournoy, Sect'y of Commonwealth. Newspaper Article on Stonewall Jackson, written by a childhood friend. 1880. James, Ollie M. Letter from Ollie M. James, Senator from Kentucky, to Samuel J. McCracken, turning down a lecture invitation. July 30, 1913. Jennings, E. and Sarah Letter from ___ Advocate regarding a payment. Paris and Lacy's Spring, Virginia. February 7, 1854. Johnson, Andrew Signature on a partial document. Undated. Impeachment of the President Gallery Tickets to the U.S. Senate. 5 tickets. May 13, 1868. Johnson, G. W. Legal letters to G.W. Johnson of Farmington, North Carolina. 4 letters. 1843-1844.. Johnson, Susannah Personal Property Tax receipt for Susannah Armstrong, wife of Peter Johnson. 1824. Johnston, James Photocopy of a handwritten biography of James Johnston written by his daughter. James Johnston was born 1749 in Scotland and died 1829 in Fleming County, Kentucky. He was a Baptist Minister in Virginia and Kentucky. He married Margaret Wirth of Fauquier County, Virginia. Undated. Johnston, Robert Letter to Peter Lyons, Jr. of Richmond, Virginia about selling wheat. November 20, 1790. Jones, John Paul Tissue Paper reproduction of John Paul Jones' appointment as Captain in the Navy on October 10, 1776. Handwritten manuscript by Charles H. Taylor on the John Paul Jones Flag. Undated. Jones, Thomas Catesby Thomas H. Carter's certification that Catesby was a member of \"The King William (Virginia) Artillery\" and \"Carter's Artillery Battalion.\" Undated. Jones, Thomas P. (Doctor) Letter from Dr. Thomas P. Jones of Washington, D.C. to James A. Dow of Boston, Massachusetts concerning a patent on a knitting frame. November 21, 1844. Jones, W. B., and Company Letter to Edward B. Smith of Richmond, Virginia regarding a disputed account. February 234, 1868. Jones, Walker (Doctor) Notes from patients requesting his help. Receipts. Richmond, Virginia. 1841, 1848 and 1853. K Kagey, Henry N. Accounts. 10 items. New Market, Virginia. 1853-1878. Kent (Doctor) Two letters from Dr. Kent of Warm Springs, (Virginia) to William H. Terube. 1847 and 1848. October 8, 1847: Purchase of a negro from Mr. H. Wade and the lawsuit of Benjamin Douglas' Legatees vs William Douglas executors. March 17, 1848: Hugh McDonald and Mr. Wade's fraud in purchase of a negro. ","Kent, Hugh McG.Certification listing the books that Kent read at Greenville College, signed by President Charles Coffin. February 15, 1820. Order for Hugh Kent, as overseer of the poor in Montgomery County, to collect money. June 7, 1831. Letter from Kent to Mr. Price to pay Col. Miller the obligation due Col. Crockett. Nicholasville, Kentucky. January 8, 1835. Kent, Robert Bill from Robert Kent, Jr. sent to Robert Kent of Wytheville, Virginia from Francis Vespre, Treasurer of Georgetown College, Washington, D.C. April 12, 1847. Letter to Robert Kent from his son, Robert Kent, Jr. about a money draft. January 17, 1848. Kent, William Receipt. 1858. Letter to William Kent from William A. Moncure, Second Auditors Office of Virginia, saying the the \"Ordinance of the Convention does not apply to the money in the hands of the superintendents; that such money should be expended for educational purposes…\" August 5, 1861. Letter from Powell saying that Mary Arrington has applied for aid for bread. May 17, 1864. Kerr, John (Rev.) \"At Home\" card for Rev. John Kerr of Petersburg, Virginia. May 12. No year. ","Kibler, Mary Ann Letter to Rubin and Manuel Varner of Luray, Page County, Virginia from his sister and brother-in-law, Mary Ann and Daniel Kibler, of Jasper County, Illinois where they tell in great detail their future plans about clearing land and building fences and buildings. Also talks of his money problems. April 22, 1854. King, Daniel In letter written from Matansa (Matanses), Daniel King tells Ira R. Steward of New York about his 21 day voyage and asks for prays for a seaman who was aboard the ship. July 15, 1848. Kirk, George W. Agreement between George W. Kirk, Dahlouga, Lumpkin County, Georgia and Max Georgii, Arthur P. Steward and Thomas G. Steward, all of Washington, D.C., for land in Hall County, Georgia. February 12, 1884. Kyle, H. (Doctor) Accounts and judgment payments. 3 items. Possibly Baltimore, Maryland. 1857-1861. Lacouture, E. Printed copy of a State Rights Paper by E. Lacouture to Virginia Legislature about establishing the proposed line of Franco-Virginia Steamships. March10, 1858. Langley, James Accounts. Lists his medical treatments and illnesses beside each name. Other purchased such as brandy and shoes. Possibly Norfolk, Virginia. 1772-1790. Lamb, William W. Printed list of bonds stolen from William Lamb by Rev. William G. Hoben of Portland, Maine. Bonds of State of Missouri and City of Sacramento, California. Printed in Norfolk, Virginia. May 30, 1868. Lancaster, Robert A. Petition for better conditions at Virginia's Penitentiaries to be presented at a special session of the General Assembly. Richmond, Virginia. January 15, 1901. Lawless, J.T. Real estate closing account. Richmond, Virginia. June 9, 1933. Lawson, Rob Promissory note by Thornton Taylor to Robert Lawson. July 1783. Lee, Henry Governor of Virginia. Letter from Governor Henry Lee, while in New York, about the legality of Mr. Gibson's testimony again the claim of Mr. Phelps. July 14, 1802. Transcription of a letter by Henry Lee about a land and money transaction. Undated. Lee, James Papers of James Lee of Williamsburg, Virginia. Names and business mentioned are: James Gibbons - a bond for 5 slaves, I. I. (J.J.) Bowden - letter about the book \"Brougham's Sketches,\" John Hockaday – note about his son missing school and William Power of Richmond, Virginia – letter. 4 items. 1807, 1842 and 1844. ","Lee, Richard, II Booklet, \"Richard Lee, II Belated Elizabethan in Virginian\" by Louis B. Wright. Reprinted from Huntington Library Quarterly. October 1938. ","Lee, Robert E. Copy of June 1, 1859 letter from Robert E. Lee and Col. Carter to Col. S. Cooper in Washington, D.C., saying he will be in Alexandria…then posted in Texas. \nBroadside with a copy of a June 2, 1863 letter from R.E. Lee, Genl, to his Excy Jefferson Davis. \nGeneral Order No. 9, copy. April 10, 1865, Headquarters, Army, Northern Virginia. Seal. \n\"Lee: The Final Achievement,\" by Francis Pendleton Gaines, a bulletin about Robert E. Lee's presidency of Washington and Lee University, copyright 1933. Letter from Francis P. Gaines, President of Washington and Lee University, to Judge John Barton Payne of Washington, D.C. . June 14, 1933. \nNew York Sun article on \"Quest of the Robert E. Lee Bible…\" May, 1942. October 12, 1934 reprint of pamphlet, \"Lee: The Background of a Great Decision,\" August, 1865. ","Lee, Warner Accounts. Virginia. 1765. 3 items. Leitch, James F., and Company A Liverpool, England company. A check on a New York Bank to John Matter and Company. January 7, 1817. Lewis, Andrew (General) 1897 reprint of newspaper article \"General Andrew Lewis, re-interment of the Hero of Point Pleasant…\" Lewis, Fielding (Colonel) Letter to Honorable David Jameson of Williamsburg, Virginia concerning exchanging Antigua money for Virginia money and the hiring of Mr. Riddick for their business (in the West Indies). January 7, 1777.","Lewis, Thomas, Jr. Papers relating to the estate of Thomas Lewis. 1840-1859. Lincoln, Abraham New York Herald with articles on President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and Jefferson Davis being in Danville, Virginia. April 15, 1865. 4 copies. Copy of a November 21, 1864 condolence letter to Mrs. Bixby published by American Historical Documents. Reprinted of an article from The Spectator, Staunton, Virginia, about President Abraham Lincoln. March 19, 1909. Copy of page 4 of autobiographical sketch by Abraham Lincoln, written 1860. March 20, 1872. Lincoln, Levi Letter from Levi Lincoln of Massachusetts to Honorable Caesar A. Rodney, Attorney General of the United States, thanking him and Thomas Jefferson for wanting him to be part of the Administration. He declines due to poor eyesight. January 26, 1811. Lightfoot, Philip Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from Virginia Dorsey Lightfoot with attached report written by Virginia Dorsey Lightfoot, \"The Military Records of Major Philip Lightfoot.\" August 18, 1935 Lineaweaver, Jacob Accounts. 3 pieces. Rockingham County, Virginia. 1858 and 1871 Locke, E.A. Letters from E.A. Locke of Tehama County, California to his cousin in Virginia where he writes about farming, prices and his experiences in California. 1883 and 1884. Lomat, Judy Judy Lomat of Port Tobago writes to unknown Barbour of Virginia. She is sister of Mann Page Lomax. February 22, 1810. Long, John Photograph. Per note on back of photograph, \"grave of Captain John Long, of Ramsgate County, Kent, England, marked by marble slab. Warrange Church, New Kent.\" Lord, Frank B. Letters to Frank B. Lord, of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. from C.S. Steward, Dept. of Justice; Otto Praeger, Post Office; Frank Doremus, Michigan Representative and Albert Johnson, Washington Representative. 1916 and 1917. Love, Charles Promissory note from Charles Love to William Wilson. Alexandria, Virginia. March 7, 1799. Lowery, J.T., Store Button envelope from J.T. Lowery and Company, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Undated. Lubin, David Letter to the editor of \"World\" in Cleveland, Ohio, sending a copy of his book, \"Let there be Light\" about Amelioration. New York, New York. April 28, 1900. Luchs, L. Letter from L.Luchs, Washington, D.C., to John T. Allen of Washington, D.C. sending a $500 draft for Mr. Flournoy. September 11, 1868. Lucia, J.H. Letter to Miss Frances Bartlett about sadness of holidays. Montpelier, Virginia. December 12, 1905. Lundeen, Ernest Form letter from Ernest Lundeen, U.S. Representative from Minnesota, asking his constituents from Minneapolis to complete form, \"I believe that the people should be consulted before Congress declares war.\" March 30, 1917. Lyle, George Receipt for Henry M. Conrad owner of a transfer, livery, feed and sale stable in Radford, Virginia. October 9, 1908. Lyle, James A. College Diploma for James A. Lyle of Hartford, Maryland to teach in the public schools. September 1, 1879. Lyons, John W. Notes. One note has return address of Galveston, Texas. 3 items. M MaCaulay, Alex Biography of Alexander MaCaulay by Enrique Naranjo, reprinted from The Hispanic American Historical Review, November 1845. Autographed by Naranjo. Magill, Charles T. Funeral announcement. Rockland, Virginia. September 12, 1870. Madeira (Miss) Printed invitation to a recital at Rauscher's. Undated. Magniloquus, Roscoe 4 poems. Undated. Mallet, J.O. Intermediate Greek exam. February 1, 1876. Mann, Robert Account of money from John Webb to Sgt. Robert Mann. October 15, 1781. Marshall, William Accounts with William Johnson. Edinburgh, Virginia. 1773 and 1775. Marchpund, Alex Certificate of discharge from the Civilian Conservation Corps. Pembroke, Virginia. March 25, 1935. Mason, George Address by Honorable R. Walton Moore at House of Delegates, Richmond, Virginia, on unveiling of marble bust of George Mason. September 27, 1932. Mason, L. R. Acceptance letter as Rector of Grace Church in Richmond, Virginia. Written from Marietta, Georgia. December 30, 1890. Mason, M.E. Letter to Dr. G.A. (Mencci), Alexandria, Virginia regarding allegations that Mr. Mason spoke badly about Dr. (Mencci). February 19, 1843. Mason, Maud M. Letter to Mrs. Spiers regarding decorating colors. New York. New York. Undated. Masters, L. Letter from L. Masters of Boston, Massachusetts to Giles Unknown regarding a chemical experiment, the \"Freer Lovites\" club in New York and the \"Venus\" Club. October 18, 1855. Maury, Matthew Fontaine Prayer by C.M. Maury. Undated. Invitation to unveiling of bust of Matthew Fontaine Maury. Richmond, Virginia. November 15, 1932. Invitation to unveiling of monument of Matthew Fontaine Maury. Richmond, Virginia. November 11, 1929. Booklets on Matthew Fontaine Maury. Mayo, George Accounting by John Preston to Henrico Superior Court about estate of George Mayo. Henrico, Virginia. 1811. Mayo, John Receipt for claims upon Manchester Mills by Elira A. Mayo to John Mayo. March 28, 1811. Letter from Dr. J.D. Moncure, Superintendent of Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia to William P. Poythrep of Richmond, Virginia about John Mayo's condition. February 15, 1886. McAdams, George B. Letter from McAdams and Berry's Clothiery, Richmond, Virginia regarding money. February 15, 1893. McAllister, J.T. Liar's License. June 20, 1894. McAdoo, W.G. Letter to Rev. C.W. Lane regarding plants. Midway. July 17, 1867 McCabe, W. Gordon \"Real and Ideal: A Poem\" by W. Gordon McCabe. Printed, possibly pages from a book. Undated. McCormick, Cyrus H. Printed copy of \"Memorandum on renewal of his patent, now before Congress.\" Two copies. March 20, 1854. McCormick, D.M. Note between J.M. and D.M. McCormick, Johnsonville, Harnett County, North Carolina. 1858. McGill, Martha Letter from Martha McGill, Williamsburg, Virginia, to John D. McGill in Shacklefords, King and Queen County, Virginia about staying with him during the cold season. January 1838. McGraw, J.B. (Dr.) $70 check from Colonel Cunningham of Richmond, Virginia. January 1, 1880. McGuire, E.C. (Rev.) Obituary. Born in Winchester, Virginia 1793 and died 1858. 1858. McGriffin, John L. Receipt. Augusta, Virginia. December 26, 1857. McIntosh, Lachlan Placard reproduction of letter from McIntosh to Colonel John Laurence regarding a historic duel and the death of Button Gwinnett by the American Autograph Shop. Christmas 1937. McKinley, William Death announcement of William McKinley, President of the United States, written by Charles H. Ourand, Major and Inspector-General. General Orders No. 13. Headquarters District of Columbia Militia, Washington, D.C. September 15, 1901. McKown, Mary Ann Printed \"Tribute of Respect.\" Gerardstown, West Virginia. November, 1972. Mercer, Hugh (General) Reprint from Princeton Whig, \"Biographical sketch of General Hugh Mercer\" dated January 1834. \"The Battle of Princeton, and Death of Gen. Mercer\" article with a handwritten note \"presented by Colonel Hugh Mercer to Miss C. Grinnan.\" Undated. Meyers, Samuel Receipt and Bank Drafts. 2 items. Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia. 1816. 1819. Meyers, William R. Telegraph from Washington, D.C. to William R. Meyers of Richmond, Virginia. July 26, 1949. Middleton, Walter R. Letter from Ammon Hancock, Lynchburg, Virginia, to Colonel Abram Staples of Patrick Courthouse regarding debts owed by Walter R. Middleton. December 20, 1829. Miles, William Porcher Letter to Francis Lawley about meeting for dinner and lack of meat for (General Robert E. Lee) Lee's army. Richmond, Virginia. January 5, 1864. Miller, John M., Jr. Carbon copies of letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal about government bonds and securities by John M. Miller, Jr., President of First National Bank of Richmond, Virginia and correspondence concerning his letter, one from George J. Seay. February and March 1918. Miller, Lizzie Post Office Registry receipt for Miss Lizzie Miller. Elkton, Virginia. February 16, 1885. Montgomery, George Pardon granted by the Secretary of State, Franklin Pierce. Washington, D.C. March 3, 1857. Moody, Thomas Legal Receipts. 2 items. Prince George County. 1833, 1856 and 1857. Moore, R. Walter Letter to Mr. Coleman from someone in Fairfax, Virginia regarding a meeting. June 1919. Copy of typed press release of an address by R. Walton Moore of Virginia at York, Pennsylvania at the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Continental Congress Session in York. 17 pages. October 14, 1927. Copy of typed press release of an address by R. Walton Moore, Assistant Secretary of State, at the National University, Washington, D.C. June 11, 1935. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from R. Walton Moore. June 19, 1935. Morrill, Samuel Patent for a beehive. January 16, 1835. Morris, Stuart Receipt. December 17, 1844. Morrison, Alfred James Essay \"Root and Neil: Virginians as it were\" by Alfred James Morrison. Typed carbon biography of Dr. Alfred James Morrison with a list of his works. Undated. Mosby, Charles L. Obituary. Lynchburg, Virginia. March 17, 1879. Moseley, William William Langley's executor account of William Moseley. Norfolk, Virginia. 1810. Mundy Receipts of Mr. Mundy. 3 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1860's and 1870's. Murray, George, and Company Letter regarding a accounts and a negro boy. Norfolk, Virginia. December 1803.","Scope and Contents Myers, G.A. Papers, including 3 invitations to Mason meetings. 7 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1850's and 1860's. Receipt for one bag received of A.S. Pendleton of G. Myers. Southern Express Company. Richmond, Virginia. November 6, 1863. Note recall to G.A. Myers, Bank of Virginia. Richmond, Virginia. January 1842. 2 items. ","Myers, Gustavus Letter to Gustavus Myers of Richmond, Virginia from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania about making a screen or a chair. Written on a shipping order. December 1841. Myers, Gustavus A. Publications of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, membership request. January 28, 1856. Myers, H. (Dr.) Letter from D. Sendner ? in Virginia to Dr. Myers. Undated. Myers, William B. Commission for William B. Myers to be Second Lieutenant, for engineer duty, of the Provisional Army of Virginia. May 24, 1861. Nance, Z.F. Letter to Richard M. Graves of Potter's Field regarding paying Trower. November 2, 1847. Naylor, A.F. Business card and a pamphlet, with a dogwood poem, advertising A.F. Naylor as a Oriental Rug Specialist. After 1935. Neff, Henry Papers of Dr. Henry Neff of Rockingham County, Virginia. 7 items. 1840's, 1850's and 1885. New, J.S. Account of estate of Unknown Branch. 1856. Newman, Clark, and Company Monthly Statement of Montgomery and Wilson. Norfolk, Virginia. October 1879. Nicholas, W.C. and Robert C. Photostat copies of letters from W.C. Nicholas and Robert C. Nicholas from Warren, Kentucky and Gallatin County, Kentucky to nephews in Lexington, Kentucky about land in Texas. 1806 and 1827. Nicholson, Francis True copy of 1710 Proclamation of Sir Francis Nicholson Typed carbon copy of manuscript of biography of Sir Francis Nicholson by Croom Partridge. 1937. Norwood, Winifred Funeral Announcement, St. Paul's Church. July 17, 1851. Norwood Family Taxable property at Norwood Estate. 1870. Oemler, Marie Conway Letter from Ms. Oemler of Savannah, Georgia to Mrs. Sizer, about her father in the post civil war years. June 12, 1927. P-Q Pace, W. William Receipt. Richmond, Virginia. November 20, 1821. Page, Charles (Captain) Typescript of letters from Captain Page in Staunton, Virginia where he tells of his experience during the War of 1812. October 31, 1812 and June 21, 1814. Page, Mann An accounting of the legal issues between Mann Page and Mr. Morton, brother of Dr. George Morton. Undated. Page Mann, Jr. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to his brother, W. Page, in Virginia about his opinion that the delegates to congress should decline foreign commerce…to keep honest. Writes of seal being made in Virginia. May 26, 1777. He was delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia. Transcript included. \"Memo as to the facts in relation to the differences between Mr. Morton and Messrs Willis and Madison.\" Memo mentions land or deed problem with William Shepherd, Mr. Willis and Major Madison. September 23, 1840. Typed carbon copy summary of the lawsuit between Maria Wilson Page, Relict and Administratrix of Mann Page, Deceased and John Lloyd, Executor of Osgood Hanbury, surviving partner of Capel and Osgood Hanbury; Robert Patton, Administrator with the will annexed of Mann Page, John T. Page; Lewis Burwell, Administrator of Robert C. Page and John Minor. 1931. Page, Martha Receipt from Miss Martha Page to John Edgar for music instruction. January 1, 1844. Palmer Note regarding debts due. October 15, 1865. Palmer, Charles Letter from Charles Palmer to C. Dunn regarding money owed. Petersburg, Virginia. 1871. Pane, Selia (Mrs.) Receipt signed by Thomas Sweeney for package delivered to Mrs. Selia A. Pane, Petersburg, Virginia, by Adams Express Company. June 8, 1865. Paradise, Lucy Typed transcript of letter from Samuel Johnson to Mrs. Thrale about the Paradise Family. April 1, 1775. Park, Edward Invoice of William Thelabell to Edward Park. Fragments. 1767. Partridge, Allen (1785 to 1854) Pages from a book with an article by Captain Partridge on Education. Captain Partridge established a military academy in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1839). Undated. Payne (Judge) Personal letter from Charles L. Strobel to Judge Payne. December 19, 1922. Pennington, Charles H. Washington, D.C. Treasury Department document transferring C.H. Pennington as a temporary clerk. May 20, 1878. Letter from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, regarding pension of Charles H. Pennington. February 24, 1915. Perkins, Eli Regarding estate. Other names mentioned are Sarah Snoddy, John Perkins and Alexander Perkins. 1 item. North Carolina. 1833 and 1835. Perkins, Nathaniel Letter to Arch. Bryce from ? Perkins, Diamond Mills, regarding court of appeals' case, possibly in Buckingham County, Virginia. October 2, 1820. Peyton, John Howe Letter in a newspaper to Colonel John Lewis Peyton, son of John Howe Peyton, from David S. Young of Staunton, Virginia, who says \"you request me to write out my recollections of him.\" January 31, 1879. Article in Newspaper written for the Valley Virginian, \"My Recollections of the Late John Howe Peyton\" by W.F. 1878. Phillips, William Receipt for hiring of negroes. 1834. Receipt for monthly subscription to Old Dominion Chronicle. Portsmouth, Virginia. July 27, 1841. Pilson, Matthew Receipts, invoices, estate accounts. Some horse related. 3 items. Rocky Springs. 1861-1864. Pittman, Newsom J. (Dr.) Accounts. Rocky Mount, North Carolina. 1840-1843. Plato, John \"Protection for a Coloured Person\" document stating that John Plato was born in Mathews County, Virginia. Signed by Conway Whittle. July 9, 1836. Pocahontas Newspaper articles: \"The Standard,\" Richmond, Virginia, November 5, 1881. \"Interesting particulars regarding Pocahontas and Captain John Smith and their burial places. \"The Standard,\" November 12, 1881. Part 2. \"The Standard,\" August 27, 1881. \"Pocahontas.\" \"Richmond Times-Dispatch editorials on Pocahantas and an original portrait. June 10, 1883. \"New York Times,\" 1890, \"Maids in Bermuda.\" Poe, Edgar Allen Portrait print of Edgar Allen Poe, possibly a page from a book. Newspaper articles about Poe and advertisements for his work. 1880, 1911 and undated. Poindexter, Henry P. Receipts. 5 pieces. Richmond, Virginia. 1838, 1840 and 1853. Poindexter, Jane Receipt for purchase of negroes from estate of William Quarles. 1 item. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. February 1835. Pollard, John Garland Flyers of article from the \"Winchester Evening Star\" on John Garland Pollard, \"Out of Thine Own Mouth Will I Judge Thee\" by Dabney Carr Harrison. 10 items. July 25, 1917. Porter, George L. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from Henry W. Lamb, Williamsburg, Virginia, about George L. Porter's ancestry and Civil War experiences, from \"Genealogy of Lincoln, Pearce, Porter, Agers.\" March 27, 1939. Powers, Pike (Rev.) Letter from Rev. T.G. Dashiell of Richmond, Virginia to Rev. Pike Powers regarding Miss Algia Napier. April, 22, 1890. Letter from Marian E. Dickinson of Richmond, Virginia to Rev. Pike Powers asking to be taken off the books of St. Andrews. February 25, 1887 Price, Lucy S. Letter to Miss Mary Ladd regarding her carriage accident. July 4, 1841. Purdy, Nannie Sutton Prayer typed onto a beige silk cloth with fringed edges. 4.5 x 15\". 3 crosses printed on it. Nannie Sutton Purdy printed on the bottom. Q-R Quarles, Patsy Receipts, including a Doctor's accounting of his visits to the negros belonging to Patsy Quarles. 3 items. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. 1838, 1841 and 1842. Quarles, Sarah Property receipts. 2 items. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. 1838 and 1847. Randolph, J.C. and Company Invoice from Dr. E.J. Higgins, wholesale liquor dealer from Norfolk, Virginia for J.C. Randolph and Co. 1878. Randolph, John John Randolph of Roanoke. Photostat of letter from William Hughes to John Randolph. January 17, 1822. Chancery suit between Corbin Braxton, executor of St. George Tucker Coalter, deceased, plus others and William Leigh, executor of John Randolph, deceased plus others. Lawsuit regarding Wyatt Cardwell, agent for John Randolph's heirs. December 4, 1847. Newspaper articles on John Randolph. 1878 and 1881. Randolph Family List of land holdings in Virginia during the Colonial days of the Randolph Family for the William and Mary Quarterly. Undated. Rawlings, James H. Accounts for physician, Dr. J. H. Minor and J. L.Burrus. 3 items. Possibly Caroline County, Virginia. 1843 and 1847. Reed, Henry L. (Mr. and Mrs.) Golden wedding invitation. Chambersburgh, Pennsylvania. 1876. Reed, John L. Letter to his cousin in Baltimore, Maryland about directions for which train station to get his ticket. September 26, 1873. Reurs, Thomas Receipt. Undated. Richards, Charles J. Letters to Charles J. Richards from family and friends. Subjects include the Young Men's Society and debates in Lynchburg, Virginia, lecture on Natural Photography, and the Richmond Lyceum. 1838-1840. Robertson Family Letter to John T. Robertson about laws on will probate, dated May 24, 1878. Accounts of Robertson Family. Many are fragments. Names mentioned are James Robertson, Col. George Robertson, Michael Robertson, John Roberson, Thomas Emond and John Ireland. 1785, 1802, 1805 and 1878. Richardson, George Account paid for George Richardson by Murray, Mundell and Grinnan. Signed by Hugh Mercer. August 3, 1804. Richardson, W.W. Deposition of Ada J. Richardson of New Hanover County, North Carolina. She states that her deceased husband was a private in Captain Williams' Company and entered service in Stafford County, Virginia and killed at Malvern Hill. She wants the $50 he had with him when he died. November 23, 1863. Richelieu Fragments of a copy of a letter from Cardinal Richelieu to the French Ambassador. Paris, France to Rome, Italy. 1638. Rinedollar Receipt from William Giles, Jr. March 2, 1808. Ritter, William L. Pamphlet \"Biographical Sketch\" by Dr. Samuel H. Higgins. William Ritter was born August 11, 1835 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Roach, Libby Letter about lawsuit from boarders of Libby Roach, in Norfolk, Virginia, from Hubard and Hubard. September 23, 1892. Robertson Account of sale of property at Mr. Robertson's estate, Providence. Sale by Carter Braxton. Middlesex County, Virginia. 1836. Robertson Family Letter to John T. Robertson about laws on will probates. May 24, 1878. 16 items. Account fragment of Col. George Robertson. Accounts of Robertson Family. Many of them are fragments. Some names mentioned: James Robertson, Michael Robertson, John Robertson, Thomas Emond and John Ireland. Petersburg, Virginia. 1785, 1802 and 1805. Robinson, Conway Receipt for Hening and Mumford's reports bought at James Heron's auction. Signed by James R. MacMurdo. May 12, 1823. Robinson, John M. A wedding invitation for Champe Conway and John M. Robinson at Saint Paul's Church. Addressed to Miss Stott. Undated. Rochelle, Martha Letter to Mrs. Martha Rochelle in Jerusalem, Southampton, Virginia from her son in Concord. February 1836. Rochelle, R.De Letter from de Rochelle written in French. Note on back of letter, \"about the French Claim.\" Washington, D.C. February 3, 1831. Rogers, M.C. Letter from M.C. Rogers in Huntsville, Texas to S.C. Rogers of Tennessee regarding family matters, particularly after the war along with his opinion of the war. Gives name of Grandfather, Henry Roger and Specer Clark. Family originally from Fauquier and Loudoun Counties, Virginia. February 14, 1866. Roney, Isaac Accounts and Letters of Isaac Roney of Dinwiddie County, Virginia. 1836-1871. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Inauguration ceremony program and invitation. 1933. Printed ballad, \"If Roosevelt Ruled Ireland,\" by William V. McKenny sung at the Irish Night Clover Club. 1936. Rosenwald, E. Receipt for merchandise on the Harnden's Southern Express. Richmond, Virginia. August 4, 1862. Ross, Charlie Brewster Pamphlet by Allan Pinkerton, with photo, about abduction of Charlie Brewster Ross in Germantown, Pennsylvania. July 1, 1874. Ross, G. (Dr.) Prescription written by Dr. G. Ross to H.G. Forstmann, a Druggist in Richmond, Virginia. Undated. Rowe, R. Semple Letter from R. Semple Rowe of Baltimore, Maryland to a friend in Richmond, Virginia about travel plans. July 24, 1865 or 1866. Rowland, Kate Masson Letter to Bishop Randolph regarding the ancestry of Benjamin Harrison. June 17, 1895. Photograph of \"The Honourable Sir William Thomson...\" Royal, William L. Court case in Richmond, Virginia about 1890. Russell, Margaret Postcard to Mr. and Mrs. Hearue of Drakes Branch, Virginia. Post card has drawing of a YMCA in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Undated. Rutherford, J.C. Receipt. April 18, 1849. Sander Family \"Extracts, etc., from Records of Clerk's Office of Northumberland Co., Virginia\" made by W.S. Cralle, Clerk of the County Court for said County. June 1888. Sandidge, Dabney Note to William Wallace requesting him to feed his workmen from his mill. Amherst, Virginia. September 1, 1843.","Sargent, Eliza F. Norfolk, Virginia Office of Board of Health to Mrs. Eliza F. Sargent regarding connection to the ( ) server. September 10, 1890. ","Saunders, George D. Note requesting meal for his hands who are working (with, near, for) someone. New Store, Buckingham, Virginia. November 12, 1862.","Saunders, John Receipt for a subscription to the Virginia Patriot, Richmond, Virginia. February 7, 1814. ","Savage, N.R. Checks written by N.R. Savage. 4 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1876. ","Scattergood, Thomas Letter to Thomas Scattergood from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, mostly regarding possible unchristian influences in Richmond, Virginia and elsewhere. Faded. Fragments. 1794. ","Schneider, John B. John B. Schneider in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Mr. Allen and Co. requesting 10 pounds of tobacco. May 17, 1869. ","Schuricht, Herrmann Letter written from Herrmann Schuricht of Idlewild, Cabham, Virginia. to John S. Irby in Richmond, Virginia, sending a copy of his historical publication. October 20, 1898. ","Scoville, S.C. Letter to Lyman Kinsley regarding bank and Birkshire Railroad stock. November 23, 1854. ","Scruggs, H.B. Accounts and Receipts of H.B. Scruggs to E.E. White, Thomas Johnson, James W. Snoddy, John M. Torrey, Charles F. Torrey and Edmund Torrey. He appears to be an ironworker. Buckingham County, Virginia. 1858-1866.","Seaton, W.W. Notes on birth and deaths of W.W. Seaton (died January 11, 1785) and Joseph Gales. (1786-1860). ","Shaver, David (Rev.) Seven handwritten sermons by Rev. David Shaver, editor of the Richmond Religious Herald. 1864-1865. ","Sheetz, George C. Pages from a journal which includes newspaper social column about the Sheetz Family and a page from a book about horse medicines. Near Dorcus, Virginia. 1902 and Undated. Sheridan, Philip Henry (General) War Department announcement of General Sheridan's death. August 6, 1888. Funeral invitation. Death Announcement by Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Sherman, William Tecumseh (General) Pamphlet with details of the funeral of William Tecumseh Sherman. February 17, 1891. Sherrard, John M. Invitation to the funeral of John M. Sherrard at the United Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia. Addressed to Gus A. Myers and Family. June 23, 1858. Shields and Somerville Letter from Shields and Somerville of Richmond, Virginia to N.O. and C.H. Cram of Portland, Maine about a flour shipment. June 28, 1850 Shore, John Photostat of the 1777 title page \"Dr. Isaac Hall's Graduate Thesis on Joannes Shore\" along with handwritten notes. Si - Sz Smith, D.G. Letter to Andrew Brown, Charlottesville, Virginia, a distributor of salt. Civil War. September 19, 1862. Smith, E.C. Leave of absence permission from University of Virginia. December 21, 1878. Certificate from University of Virginia for Applied Mathematics. July 3, 1879. Smith, Jacob B. Letter to brother, Jacob Smith, from H. Mohler in Park County, Indiana where he says how wonderful it is in Indiana, particularly the people as compared to home. On back of the November 9, 1867 letter, another letter from Fannie E. Mohler to Mrs. Sarah Smith. Smith, John (Captain) Section of a book on Captain John Smith written about 1889. Two copies. Newspaper editorials by R. Howison and Alexander Brown on early United States and Captain John Smith. Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. February 1891. Typed biographical material on Captain John Smith with a photograph and a placard of a plaque with an epitaph to Captain John Smith located in St. Sepulchre's Church, Smithfield, London. Smith, Lucy P. Letter to her cousin while at Salt Springs, Virginia. August 14, 1856. Smith, William William Smith was a Brig. Gen. in the CSA and Governor of Virginia. Letters from William Smith: Recommending T.J. Murphy to the Secretary of Treasury, R.J. Walker. Written from Warrenton, Virginia on March 16, 1848. To possibly the Enquirer, asking that his speech be published. Written from Washington, D.C. on May 17, 1852. To possibly the Enquirer, about the Hunter Bill and the West. August 3, 1854. ","Smyth, John Ferdinand Dalziel A report by R. Leroy Hilldrup \"A Tory's Account of Certain Virginia Patriots.\" Correspondence between Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and R. Leroy Hilldrup for a William and Mary Quarterly article. Virginia. 1934. ","Snickers, Edward One document that includes a copy of a 1785 bond whereby Martin Ashby of Louisa County agrees to pay one thousand pounds to George Noble of Frederick County, Virginia for 350 acres. a 1784 bond to Edward Snickers for an exchange of land between Snickers and Ashby for 306 acres in Frederick County and 350 acres in Loudoun County and letters from Edward Snickers about his land transactions with Ashby. The copy is possibly also dated about 1785. Gift of Dr. Thomas G. Pullen. ","Somervails, C.R. Money exchange for sterling. Richmond, Virginia. Dec. 19, 1865. ","Southall, Elianna Letter from Ms. Southall of Baltimore, Maryland, to her father, Robert Anderson in Richmond, Virginia. Mentions William and Mary where \"only four students at Commencement\" and proposed the college move to Richmond. November 9, 1833. Southward Family Invoices. 8 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1867-1873. Southworth, Edward Summary of military duty in the 2nd U.S. Colored Troops. Civil War. 1862-1865, 1910. Spotswood, Alexander Typed transcript of letter to Edmund Pendleton, President of the Committee of Safety, at Mount Pleasant Camp, near Cobham, from Alexander Spotswood. November 16, 1775. Sprinkle, Charles, and Company Note from E.T.H. Warren asking him to pay back money. 1860. Spruill, B.I. Receipt for money given to B.F. Moore as an arbitrator. Tarboro, North Carolina. November 27, 1833. Stackhouse, Rosamond, Invoices and Property Tax. 6 items. Prince George County, Virginia. 1856-1867. Starke, Eliza N. Letter from Raphael Smith and a poem written on a doily, \"Aerostic by J.B. Dods.\" New York. April 17, 1854. Statute, Fanny Funeral cards. April 10, 1886. Stedman, Edmund Calling cards and a letter to Annie Carlisle of Charles City, Iowa. November 1891. Steele, Margaret Letter to Aunt Frances and Uncle Leigh describing her Christmas presents. Early 1900's. Stephen, Adam (General) Letter to Francis B. Jones from Charles James Faulkner, House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., about Adam Stephen of Berkeley County, Virginia. May 19, 1856. Notes by Charles James Faulkner on General Adam Stephen. ","Sterling, Joseph Receipt written by William Upshaw, Jr. for negroes. Possibly Gloucester, Virginia. March 15, 1757. ","Stevens, S.N. (Miss) Letter to Miss Stevens in Norfolk, Virginia from Wakefield Rattan Company in Boston, Massachusetts about rugs. October 13, 1882 ","Stewart, Eliza Letter to her brother about Eliza's accounts. Mentions Richmond, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland. January 30, 1855. ","Stoddard, Charles J. Appointment request for a job at the Office of Comptroller of Currency, Treasury Department, in Washington, D.C. Sent to Hon. A.B. Hepburn, Comptroller. 1892. ","Stokes, D.R. Letter from William Hodges Mann , an attorney of Nottoway Courthouse, Virginia. June 17, 1890. Stone, Edward L. Pamphlet with letter from Edward L. Stone of Roanoke, Virginia, to W.E. Rudge about the Book Worm bug. Pamphlet entitled, \"All Hope Abandon, Ye Who Enter Here.\" Undated. Stott, Susan B. Receipt signed by Henry P. Irving. 1 item. Possibly Richmond or Cumberland County, Virginia. 1834-1838. ","Strachan, John B. Note from John B. Strachan which says Mr. Cosby will pay amount to bank. October 14, 1815. ","Swann, Thompson Tax for Ordinary in Cumberland County, Virginia signed by Robert C. Nicholas. October 10, 1768. Swineford, H. Check to Clemmitt and Jones for printing order for Toppa Lodge. Richmond, Virginia. July 27, 1877. Ta Tabb, John B. Article, \"Some Notes of My Life\" by John B. Tabb, included in the December 1936, The Borromean, a publication of Saint Charles College, Catonsville, Maryland. Exerpt from the June 1937 Borromean, \"Summer vacations with Fathre Tabb at the Forest, His Virginia Plantation Home.\" Tabb, Phillip Photostat of a letter from Phillip Tabb to John Page at Rosewell, Virginia about men from British barges robbing houses. December 9, 1782. Original may be on National Park Service's possession. Tallmadge, D.B. (Judge) Funeral Notice. Richmond, Virginia. October 30, 1846. ","Talmann (William) Typed translation and transcription from Latin of Commission to William Talmann as Controller of Works in England. Mentions King William and Queen Mary. Undated. ","Tatham William Pamphlet on William Tatham, clerk of the Wataugan Settlement, by Samuel C. Williams. Undated. ","Tayloe, Edward Thorton Obituary. Alabama. Undated. Taylor, Creed Receipt for Chancery Court advertisement in the Richmond Enquirer. Other names mentioned are Creed Taylor, Richie and Cook and W.G. Pendleton. Richmond, Virginia. February 26, 1830. ","Taylor, J.S. Letter to Mr. Ladd, near Richmond, Virginia, about business accounts. 1780's. Letter to Thomas Mifflin Ladd, near Richmond, Virginia, concerning case of M. Spencer and business accounts. September 17, 1788. Taylor, Jesse Typed transcript of letter from Jesse Taylor to his cousin. Note about Taylor family history written on the transcript. February 1774. Taylor, Tazewell Letter from R. Rose of Washington, D.C. about \"Mason Farm: for sale o the James River, about 20-30 miles from Norfolk, Virginia. 2 items. August 1869. Tb - Tz Tennabalo or Tinnebale, William Receipts. 2 items. Norfolk, Virginia. 1765 and 1795. Thalheimer Instructions to the jury concerning J.W. Wimmer on the trial for the murder of Mr. Thalheimer. Virginia. Undated. Thompson, P. M. Invoice from Alsop, Mosby and Co. of Richmond, Virginia. June 6, 1893. ","Thompson, S.H. Typed copy of letter to Rev. Henry Thompson Louthan in Williamsburg, Virginia from Rev. Henry Thompson in Farmville, Virginia. May 20, 1902. Handwritten note at top of page, \"A Review of Tom Dixon's Leopard Spots by one of the K.K.K. boys himself.\" ","Thompson, W.T. Letter to W.B. Phillips from W.T. Thomson of the morning news office of the Savannah, News with instructions on length of letter and what kind of Washington, D.C. news they want for their newspaper, plus his political opinions. Savannah, Georgia. July 14, 1856. Thornton, James D. Letter to Hon. J.D. Thornton in Richmond, Virginia from Attorney W.E. Turner in Modesto, California about California case of Lightfoot who murdered Colonel Branch. February 1, 1881. Letter to Hunter from James D. Thornton, Judicial Department, Supreme Court of California, sending the previous letter. February 18, 1881. Terrell and Rayley Letter to Leonard B. Terrell of Weymouth, Massachusetts from Tiffany (possibly Tate) of Baltimore, Maryland, concerning invoice. March 11, 1843. Letter to Terrell and Bayley about an invoice. May 12, 1845. Todd, Mallory Obituary. Christchurch, Virginia. Undated. Torrence, William Clayton Letter to William Torrence from Mrs. J. M. Slaughter about new edition of book about St. George's Parish. December 31, 1903. Letter to Wm. C. Terrance from Raleigh L. Green of Culpeper, Virginia, about printing a book. December 19, 1903. ","Townsen, James and Katherine Ann Letter to Jesse E. Parish of Drapersville, Virginia from James Townsen of Edmondson County, Kentucky, about family news. February 14, 1848. ","Townsend, S.R. Letter to his wife in Waltham, Massachusetts while at a convention in Baltimore, Maryland. Undated. ","Tucker, Benjamin F. Court document for a case in Richmond County, Georgia: Benjamin F. Tucker vs Hesekiah Odin and Jesse Walton. October 4, 1840.","Tucker, Richard D. Letter to Murray Grinnan and Mundell of Fredericksburg, Virginia regarding selling flour. December 26, 1811. ","Tunstall, Alex (Dr.) Letter to Robert Mumford, Richmond, Virginia regarding genealogy of Colonel George Brooke and Catherine Tunstall. Mountain Lake Hotel, Virginia letterhead. July 22, 1899. Letter to Mr. James about genealogy. October 22, 1901. ","Turner, Henry Bill from Bremen, Germany for items sent to Virginia. April 15, 1865. ","Turner, Mary Letter is illegible. May 31, 1866 ","Turpin, Thomas J. Letter from Thomas J. Turpin of Woodlawn, Virginia to Edward T. James of Richmond, Virginia concerning Turpin estate. January 14, 1847. ","Unknown Correspondents","Letter to Cousin Robert in Norfolk, Virginia from Mary B.A. in Washington, D.C., about family matters. February 1, 1936. ","Letter to Col. about \"bill which passed both branches of the Legislature but was not signed by his Presbyterian Majesty (the gov) as he considered it…\" Partial letter. Undated. ","Letter addressed to Peter. John Bolton written on the letter. Fragment. December 1856. ","Letter to \"My Dear Dear Sister\" from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania about family and the mood in Philadelphia. June 13, 1846. ","Letter to Cousin Maria from Julia. Letter is about their health, but there are notes written under the letter which say \"Pulaski\" and give genealogy of some people, but difficult to decipher names. Undated. ","Upshur, Abel Parker Published in the William and Mary Quarterly. Original letter written by Abel Upshur while Secretary of State, to the Honorable John C. Calhoun of South Carolina. Upshur talks of Great Britain's tactics and predicts war over slaveholders. Thinks England will be involved, particularly with fabric commerce. Talks of abolitionists and the admission of Texas to the Union as a slave owning state. Washington, D.C. August 4, 1843 ","Valentine, Edward Virginius Newspaper article in the Richmond Standard about Valentine with byline, American Art Review – Margaret J. Preston. Richmond, Virginia. May 29, 1880. ","Van Buren, Martin Authorization for the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to \"the envelope of a letter to the King of the Kingdom of the two Sicilies, congratulating him on the birth of Prince Alberto Maria Francesco...\" Signed by Martin Van Buren. Washington, D.C. January 10, 1840.","Vanyard, B.A. Letter on side one: from James Mc D. Thrasher to friend. \"…you ought to be here just to see how the Yankees have treated the country in this vicinity. They have nearly desolated every house…\" Letter on other side: from B. A. Vanyard at Camp Latham, Roanoke Street, Tent…to My Old Friend. \"…great pleasure so you and John and brother come and see us what is cost is a matter of moon shine…\" March 17, 1861. Civil War. ","Van Dusen, R.M. Advertisement for employment in Fernald's Newspaper Men's Exchange in Springfield, Massachusetts. Typed carbon copy with handwritten updates of job experience. After 1916. ","Van Laun, J.A. Letter to Alfred Van Laun in Chicago, Illinois from his father in London, England about selling Lafayette and Chief Justice Marshall etchings and the printing of them from the plates. February 19, 1895. ","Vaughan (R.B.) Letter from R.B. Vaughn in Desota, Mississippi to his parents, A. Vaughan, in Brunswick County, Diamond Grove, Virginia about his experiences with settling in Mississippi. 1857. ","Veale, George Photostat copy of letter about logging. Virginia. April 20, 1773. ","Wa-We ","Walker, Benjamin I. Letter to Edmunds Store about selling items. Mecklenburg, Virginia. September 25, 1842 ","Walker, Edwin List of debts, notes and bonds due. Near Richmond, Virginia, 1857. ","Walker, Francis A. (General) Announcement of Parlor Lectures by General Walker at residence of Mrs. Henry Draper, 271 Madison Avenue, New York, NY. Undated.","Wallace, Ann Note giving Caroline Miller permission to go to Centenary Church. January 26, 1859. ","Waller, Charles (Mrs.) Ledger sheet of Mrs. Charles Waller for Dr. John Lindsey. 1869-70. ","Waller, William M. Sarah A. Waller giving William Spencer permission to give Mr. Duncan's slave a \"turn of corn.\" Undated. Other requests for produce. 1842-1844. ","Walthall, Telitha A copy of her will, possibly written at the time of the will. Mentions Martha and William Nunnerly. October 1, 1846. ","Warner, A.L. (Dr.) Receipts and checks to Richmond, Virginia businesses. 9 items. 1837-1846. Season pass to M.A.R. Lectures. Undated. ","Warren and Quarles Advertisement brochure with bond information. Richmond, Virginia. 1882. ","Washington, Booker T. Typed letter to Rev. H.E. Lombard from Booker T. Washington, principal of The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, soliciting funds. Signed by Booker T. Washington. April 6, 1914. ","Washington, L.W. L.W. Washington of Halltown, Jefferson County, Virginia to Samuel T. Stone of Rockville, Maryland about money from the Forrest Estate. April 28, 1846. ","Watson, Josiah Letter from Josiah Watson in Alexandria, Virginia to John Hopkins in Richmond, Virginia regarding a missing horse that was found. August 1787. ","Weaver, Mildred Letter to Mildred Weaver of Waynesboro, Virginia from Tehran, Persia. Mentions Titanic tragedy. April 22, 1912. ","Weavor, John (Weaver) Indenture of John Weaver to Elijah Sparks as a Merchant Apprentice. Shepherdstown, Virginia. 1796. ","Wenger, L. Tannie (Fannie) Recipe for red dye for yarn. October 24, 1867. ","West, Francis Newspaper article by Rev. Edward D. Neill about Francis West. Richmond Dispatch in Richmond, Virginia. 1878. ","West, John Newspaper article by Rev. Edward D. Neill about John West. Richmond Dispatch in Richmond, Virginia. June 15, 1878. ","West, Mattie J. Letter from Cousin Bess about visit and her household activities. Gravel Hill, Virginia. Undated. ","West, Thomas B. 40 shares of Exchange Bank of Virginia, No. 3216. Norfolk, Virginia. July 28, 1856. ","Westmoreland, (E.D.) Letters to his cousin about pretty girls, sweethearts and family news. Petersburg, Virginia. April and June 1868. ","Wf-Wq ","White, Louise E. Receipts, some with Dr. Margaret Scellen. York, Virginia. 1831 and undated. ","Whittle, C and F. Shipment laden order for tobacco to C. and F. Whittle. Richmond, Virginia. March 16, 1810. ","Wilkinson, E. Letter from E. Wilkinson, superintendent of Allison White and Company, a lumber company in West Point, Virginia, to Austin Smith, a lawyer in Richmond, Virginia, about insurance with Great Western Insurance Company of New Orleans, Louisiana. February 3, 1874. ","Wilcox, Philo F. Correspondence about buying cans and tin plates. 3 items. Springfield, Massachusetts. 1835. ","Wilkins, William Bond to W.A. Marks. 1 item. 1857-1858. ","Williams, J.J. Letter about sending gloves. Richmond, Virginia. June 6, 1857. ","Williams, John M. Letter about the book, \"First Year at the Piano.\" New York, New York. Early 1900's. ","Wilson, Francis Letter from T.R. Lounsbury in Paris, France to Francis Wilson about his health and book. November 25, 1906. ","Wilson, James \"Nomber of Bills.\" Undated. Wilson, James Pamphlet, \"James Wilson and St. Andrews\" by Randolph G. Adams. Given to Earl Gregg Swem by Randolph G. Adams. Reprint of 1931 article. Wilson, Joseph (Dr.) Invoices and accounts of patients. 3 items. 1848-1866. Wilson, Woodrow (President) Letter to John Hart in Richmond, Virginia from Woodrow Wilson, the White House, Washington, D.C. about a copy of an address by Wilson's father, given before the Societies of Hampden-Sidney Virginia, published in Richmond 1857. September 8, 1913. Newspaper articles about Woodrow Wilson. 2 articles. November 21, 1926 and Undated. Windsor, Duke and Duchess Notes from the secretary of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor to Miss Elizabeth Cary Williamson of Richmond, Virginia thanking her for her cards. 1938 and 1941. Winston, Nathaniel Genealogical information on the family of Nathaniel Winston from a newspaper column. Richmond, Virginia. 1816. Wirt, William Pages 136-152 from a book about William Wirt. Wise, H.A. Envelope addressed to John Snelling and Henry A. Wise in Richmond, Virginia. Note on envelope, \"The Executives of N.C. replies to us that he is not authorized to appt a joint court. H.A. Wise. July 3rd.\" Undated. Wise, John Newspaper article about John Wise, Liberal Candidate from Richmond, Virginia. Undated. Woolfolk, Y.H. Post card to N.B. Cocke of Taylorsville, Hanover County, Virginia regarding bond due to W.W. Mallory estate. Louisa County, Virginia. February 19, 1846. Wr - Wz Wren, Joseph Letter to John News about himself and a request for money. Lynchburg, Virginia. February 28, 1868. Wright, Marcus J. Marcus J. Wright of the War Department, Adjutant General's Office to a doctor. Returning medical books. November 29, 1878. Wright, William Notes. To Capt. Wm J. Waller, \"Let Benjamin Wright have Two and a half bushels corn…August 3, 1843. To Wm. Spencer, \"let David Rippatoe have for me three \u0026 a half bushels corn…September 9, 1863. Wyatt, Francis (Sir) Handwritten copies of manuscripts. Originals are in the possession of the Earl of Romney. Order giving power to Capt. William Tucker to sail into Virginia, explore, fight Indians and punish…\" 1621-1622. Other commissions to: Capts. Roger Smith, Ralph Hamour and George Yardley. Group of manuscripts subtitled: No. 5. No. 6. Appear to be about all aspects of military matters and leadship. No. 16. About 1000 pounds due Sir Francis Wiatt when he was the Governor of Virginia, from the King. 1747. Wyman, J. (Dr.) Shipment Laden for Dr. J. Wyman for four boxes from the Port of Boston to the Port of Richmond. Massachusetts and Virginia. October 1843. Wythe, George Pages from William and Mary Quarterly, \"An Englishman's Tribute to Chancellor Wythe\" by R.B. Munford, Jr., undated, and a typed transcript of a letter from W.A. Rino to George Wythe about the \"loan of his Electrical Machine for the purpose of electrifying a Mulatto girl who hath had a lockd Jaw for some time\" dated August 12, 1800. X, Y and Z Yancey, David Codicil of will of David Yancey, of Virginia, now of Kingston, making nephew, William Kimbrough , his executor. Mentions brother Robert, Marry Garrett, Campbell Whittle and Dabney Minor. Addressed to Warren Ashley, Norfolk, Virginia. December 7, 1807. Yancey Family May Term 1792, Culpeper Court. Financial account for Patrick Rourk against Charles Yancey. Appointment of Thomas Yancey as Ensign to the First Battalion, signed by James Monroe. October 7, 1800. Stock for Thornton's Gap Turnpike Company to John W. Yancey of Woodville, Virginia. September 25, 1852 Receipts and notesbetween Philip Slaughter and Brother Yancey from Philip Slaughter, Th. Deane and W.W. Grimman. 1849, 1853, 1861 and undated. Letter to John W. Yancey in Woodville, Rappahannock County, Virginia from Alexander Stephens regarding Old South Liberty Church. August 12, 1880. Letter from M.K. Grimsley to Bro' Yancey about gifts he has received and thankfulness. January 31, 1884 Yardley, Argoll Typed transcript of will dated October 28, 1640. Yates, Bartholomew Letter from Williamsburg saying his father died and his mothers and sisters are moving to Williamsburg. March 16, 1806. Yates, John Letter from John Yates of Halltown, Virginia, to William Benton, near Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia about his family and his planned trip to Liverpool in May. Notation on letter from William Burton that John Yates died in England. March 25, 1851. Yeagan, L.H. Letter about genealogy and a book on the Yeagan family. 1890's. Yeardley, Frances Typed copy of a transcript where Sir William Berkeley appoints Francis Yeardley to be Captain \"…from the lower side of Hungars Creeke to the King's Creeke and all along the Bayes Side from Leeing's to the Old Plantacon.\" James City County, Virginia. July 2, 1642. Young, N.P. Letter to his children about family, children's education and travels. He has just moved to Millwood and will get them soon. Millwood, Virginia. November 28, 1862. Young, W. Letter to Mollie Young in Fortsville from her mother regarding visiting and negro, Tom, who is sick. Undated. Zenger, John Peter An article in the Boston Daily Probe by Uncle Dudley, \"Lesson from the Life of John Peter Zenger.\" 3 copies. 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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 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\u003eAlphabetical by last name.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["Alphabetical by last name."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eManuscripts - Group 3 - People, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Manuscripts - Group 3 - People, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["An artificial collection of papers created from material acquired during the 1930's and 1940's.  Mostly letters, financial records, published material and official records of individuals in Virginia and elsewhere.  Includes documents and signatures of well known people, such as Benjamin Harrison, John Randolph and Franklin D. Roosevelt.","Branden (Brandon), John Accounts. Accounts between John Branden and Company and Stimpson and Hall, possibly in Petersburg. Virginia. 1791-1796. Purchased from Mrs. C.W. Moorman, April 1944. 1827 and undated account fragments. ","Cauthorn, Ethelbert G., American Legal Assocoiation Document for Ethelbert G. Cauthorn of Dunnsville, Virginia. June 14, 1851. ","Davies, Samuel 1946 reprint of April 14, 1747 speech by W.H.T. Squires \"Samuel Davies before The King's Council for the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia.\" ","Davis, J.R. Letter from J.R. Davis of Purcell House in Norfolk, Virginia, to Major C.M. Stedman, Wilmington, North Carolina regarding the sale of furniture. November 6, 1879. ","Davis, Jefferson Letter to W.E. Mitchell from Jefferson Davis. Mississippi. July 21, 1887. Photograph of Jefferson Davis. #4935 on the back. Backed with cloth. Pamphlet \"The Jefferson Davis Casemate,\" distributed at Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, Virginia.\" ","Davis, Millie Letter to her daughter in Macon, North Carolina. December 5, 1892. ","Denby, Charles Receipt from John Hurt to Charles Denby for burying John Hurt's wife. February 21, 1772. ","Devon, F. W. Invoice. 1855. Dew, J. Harvie (Dr.) Pamphlet written by J. Harvie Dew, M.D., \"Fox Hunting in Old Virginia in the Days Gone By\" and \"The Yankee and Rebel Yells.\" 1904 Reprints. ","Dickinson, A.E. Letter from A.E. Dickinson of Colportage in Richmond, Virginia asking for a donation for their ministry program. July 15, 1859. ","Dinges, G. H. Accounts. Mount Crawford, Virginia. 1860-1867. See also: George W. Dinges Account Books and Ledgers under MsV. ","Dinwiddie Family Newspaper column, Genealogies of Bermuda, with notes on Andrew Auchinleck and family. Undated. Newspaper article, \"Glasgow's Link with George Washington\" with a photograph of a painting of the Dinwiddie Sisters. Undated. ","Dodds, Matthew L. Letter from T.M.R. Talcott of Richmond, Virginia to the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department asking for \"tidings\" of Matthew L. Dodds, and a note from the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department to Mrs. Mary A. Dodds giving the address of her son in the Philippine Islands. October 11, 1910 and April 24, 1912. ","Dodge, Cleveland J. Letter to Hon. John W. Foster about a meeting. Both are in New York City, New York. April 15, 1907. ","Dow Family Edgar R. Dow Of Portland, Maine to Isaac Dow asking him if he is a descendant of Isaac Dow who married Elizabeth and if he knew if Isaac's father was Daniel Dow of Hampton who married Rachael Brown on November 27, 1749. October 14, 1889. ","Downs, W.J. Receipt for ticket paid in Fort Republic, Virginia to Southern Express Company. December 2, 1898. ","Drinkard, Samuel B. Receipts. Possibly from Richmond, Virginia. 1867. ","Duesberry, James P. Letter from James P. Duesberry of Richmond, Virginia to James Rog of Albemarle, Virginia about hunting and his activities, plus a page where someone begins a letter to his \"gramma.\" November 4, 1852. ","Dufferin, Lord Handwritten copy of speech, in Latin, given by Lord Dufferin at a dinner in Ireland. \"A Hamilton\" has written his signature a few times at the beginning of the document. Undated. ","Duprey, James B. Receipt and invoice for household items. Richmond, Virginia. 1848. ","E Eason, Isaac Letter to Isaac Eason, attorney in Norfolk, Virginia, from the National Mercantile Agency, The Bankers Commercial League of America. February 5, 1900. Edes, S.C. United States of America Passport Entries include England, United States, Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and others. 1851-1852. ","Edson, P. Om. Letter from G.G. Benedict of The Burlington, Vermont Press regarding the order for VII, Proceedings of the Reunion Society. December 1, 1906. Letter to C.W. C. Rhoades regarding meetings with old military friends and remembering the Civil War. Poetically written. Possibly tongue-in-cheek about these meetings and the war. March 30, 1911. Letter from ? Cheney, Washington, Vermont regarding 49 years ago. August 3, 1911. ","Edwards, James L. Receipt for Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7. 1831 or 1851. ","Edwards, Lewis Receipts to Sloop Lewis. Possibly Washington, D.C. 1833 and 1837. ","Edwards, Lizzie Letter to Miss Lizzie Edwards in Indian Town, King William County, Virginia from her friend Miss Susan Langeston in New Kent County, Virginia regarding her illness, the cold and her new home. \"I have not so much as a fire to warm by.\" September 26,1867. ","Edwards, Morgan Letter to D.S. Horney regarding money and hardship after the Civil War. Horney lives in Independence, Virginia but is writing from North Carolina where his Father lives. April 9, 1866. Edwards, T. Brook Hand drawn calendar for April-July, 1849 and January-March, 1850. Brook Edwards, Columbia College, Washington, D.C. 1849 and 1850. Eliot, Charles William Letter and program for the celebration of the 90th birthday of President Emeritus of Harvard University, Charles William Eliot. March 1924. Emery, Harriet Letter to her cousin about her winter activities. Written April 9, 1855 and delivered September 3, 1856 Entler, Joseph Receipts, Correspondence, estate sale and a \"List of Democratic Votes…Northern and Western District of Shepherdstown…\" Shepherdstown, West Virginia. 1851, 1863, 1874, 1875 and undated Eppes Family Robertson Eppes, a student at William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia to his sister, Miss Polly Eppes of Richmond, Virginia and City Point, Virginia. 3 original letters with typed and handwritten transcripts. March 26, 1799 and undated. Eskridge, George Brochure for Eskridge Memorial Tree. Fredericksburg, Virginia. April 29, 1937. Ewald, William (Dr. and Mrs.) \"At Home\" card. Portsmouth, Virginia July 15, 1893. F Faber, F. W. F.W. Faber writes about God on black bordered note paper. Undated. Fauntleroy, S. G. List of items, mostly farm and building items, either an order or an invoice, for Dr. S.G. Fauntleroy from Dunn and Burch. 1889. Farmer, Abner Legatees of Abner Farmer allow $40 from the estate for Samuel P. Farmer. Signed by all legatees. March 30, 1849. Finley, John H. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from Dr. John H. Finley, editor from the New York Times, enclosing his poem, \"To a Book Worm.\" January 13, 1931. Finley, Samuel Agreement between Samuel and John Finley for a mercantile business. Rockbridge County, Virginia. Undated Account for Jane Tate's estate by Samuel Finley. July 1835. Note from Ruth Finley about the Missionary Herald. Undated. Account by Samuel Finley on how much money he has advanced to his children. December 31, 1842 Fish, Hamilton Partial Document with Presidential Seal. Hamilton Fish was Secretary of State under President Grant, 1869-1877. Undated. Fitzgerald, H.E. Letter from H.E. Fitzgerald, Secretary of Virginia, about a letter he inadvertently did not return. Undated. Fleming, John Receipt. 1834. Flood, Ann Pension claim of Ann Flood from the Department of the Interior, Pension Office, Washington, D.C. One signature is by James L. Anderson of Buckingham Courthouse, Virginia. December 19, 1872 Flournoys, Thomas L. Letter to his brother in Yolo County, California about his trip across the country and news of the family. \"…I have been informed that Dr. P.G. Flournoy has moved back to Virginia since the war closed. If so he can give you all of the news…\" December 16, 1866. Forrer Family Legal documents for Forrer, Orndorff, Geary, Propes, Merica and Lucas families. Page County, Virginia. 1859, 1866 and 1868. Francisco, Peter Proposal by Js. Webster of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and J. Warrell of Richmond, Virginia to publish a print representing Peter Francisco's action with Tarleton's men. Includes description of battle and biography of Francisco. 1813. Franklin, Benjamin Silhouette of Benjamin Franklin on a packet from the National Graphic Arts Education Guild honoring Franklin's birthday week, January 17-21, 1938. Fraser, Thomas Letter to A.K. Shurtliff of Portland, Maine about shipping leather. 1849. Frost, Edwin H. Advertisement for his business as a dealer in manuscripts. Yonkers, New York. Undated. Galli-Curci, Amelita Letter to Albert Sydney Edmonds of Kansas. St. Louis, Missouri. 1931. Garfield, James A. The Washington Star, Washington, D.C. account of the death of President James A. Garfield. July 2, 1933. Garfield, Lucretia R. Letters from Lucretia R. Garfield, wife of President James A. Garfield, to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling accepting the title of Honorary Vice President of the United States Daughters. 1892. Gee, John Henry (Dr.) and Pattie Williams Gee Poems. Collected and mimeographed by W.J. Fletcher, compiler of \"The Gee Family.\" 1938. Gibbons, Churchill J. Letter from Churchill J. Gibbons, Petersburg, Virginia to Mr. Barton regarding baptism and other church ceremonies. November 3, 1868. Gilliam, Catherine B. Letter to Richard Eppes for City Point, Virginia. 1842. Gilmer, Anne E. Newspaper obituary and funeral description of Mrs. Anne E. Gilmer, widow of deceased Ex-Governor of Virginia, Thomas Walker Gilmer. April 1874. Gilmer, J.H. Letter from J.H. Gilmer of Charlottesville, Virginia asking for two tenements be made ready to sell. July 21, 1842. Givandon, R. Receipt for sessions in penmanship. Levi Dolbear. Natchez. 1848. Glascock, G.T., and sons Letter to Mr. W.G. Sneed of Mocksville, North Carolina about a delay in an iron pattern order. April 19, 1904. ","Glisson, O.L. (Captain) Letter to Capt. O.L. Glisson on the U.S.S. Kennedy from W.A. Macy. Macy sends reading material to men on the ship. Canton. October 19, 1855. ","Glover, John Handwritten, one page, biography of General John Glover, who died January 30, 1797. Copy of August 3, 1778 letter from Captain John Glover to his son, John Glover, about applying for a parole so he can come home. Letter addressed to Marblehead, Massachusetts, but General John Glover writes, \"should this letter find you in England.\" Copy of letter from John Glover to his father, General John Glover, which says, \"my being impress'd on board of one of his Majesties ships…\". November 3, 1776. Glover, T. Jacob Recognition in astronomy and math for T. Jacob Glover from St. Mary's College in Baltimore, Maryland. July 1840. Goddin, Adolphus A Bank of Virginia Note, dated February 1, 1834, to Thomas M. Johnson for $175 with an additional Note that cannot be repaid. August 4, 1834. Signed by Samuel J. Blair. Richmond, Virginia. 1834. Gold, Thomas D. Letter to insurance company about his difficulty in paying premiums on his wife's insurance and wants the money returned. Berryville, Virginia. January 24, 1876. Gordin, John Discharge order in \"invalid ridgment\" (Invalid Regiment) by Colonel Lewis Nicola. April 21, 1778. Gore, Thomas P. Typed and signed letter from Thomas P. Gore, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, to unknown, saying he requested the Secretary of the Interior to grant an extension on payments for the unallotted land. October 25, 1914. Graham, E.A. Permission for slave, Amanda, to stay in Ann Wallace's yard. April 18, 1854. Grant, Julia D. Letter to Mrs. Darling stating she has no claim as a member of the U.S. Daughters of 1812, but her grandfather, Captain George Dent of Maryland, was in the revolution and they have a company roll-call of a Captain Grant, one of General Grant's direct ancestors. January 28, 1892. Grant, Ulysses S. Signature of Ulysses S. Grant on a partial document. February 3, 1875. General Orders, No. 10, from State of Minnesota. July 23, 1885. Program for Memorial Service for \"General U.S. Grant by the Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic, Metropolitan M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. October 4, 1885. Invitation by Mayor of New York City on the occasion of the formal transfer of Grant's Tomb to New York City. April 27, 1897. Gray, William A. Matriculation card for William A. Gray of Virginia from the University of Pennsylvania Medical Department. 1829-1830. Matriculation Card for William A. Gray, \"Surgical Anatomy and Operative Surgery,\" Philadelphia Anatomical Rooms. ","Greenhow, John Letter from Greenhow in Richmond, Virginia to his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Greenhow in Gloucester, Virginia about family. August 15, 1794. Greenway, James (Doctor) Notes and Correspondence of Earl Gregg Swem about biography of James Greenway, a physician from England. 1922. Griffin, Bradney and Thomas Photostat copy of a letter from J. Bradney Griffin at Gloucester Heights, Virginia, to his father describing Yorktown, Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary. September 13, 1863. Photostat copy of a letter from Thomas Griffin to his son, Bradney Griffin. May 29, 1864. Griffin, Esther Josselyn Graduation Certificate from Lincoln Jefferson University in Hammond, Indiana. October 12, 1910 Griffiths, David M. Letter to Radio Liberty, Munich, Germany about a citation in the journal Russkaya Starina about a September 1, 1785 letter from Feodor Vasilievich Karzhavin to his father about living in Virginia for 6 or 7 years where he had the intention of being \"the Ambassador to the Russian Empress in a public character from the American Congress.\" He also mentions sending reports to Russia about battles in Philadelphia. Grove, Abraham Correspondence and receipts of Abraham Grove of Shenandoah County, Cedar's Creek and Saumsville Store in Virginia. Includes a math equation for building a chimney. 1822, 1826, 1850, 1854 and 1871. Gwathmey, G. Taylor Letter to Dr. E.C. Smith of Richmond, Virginia about law and wills. Norfolk, Virginia. June 1910. H Hale, Nathan Leaflets signed by Great Granddaughters of Nathan Hale refuting article, written by George Dudley Seymour, in the June 13, 1926 \"Hartford Courant\" which said the poem, Alicia, was not written by Nathan or Enoch Hale. Note: George Dudley Seymour, a Connecticut antiquarian, furnished the Homestead, Hale's home. Letter to President of the College of William and Mary from Mary E. Hastings, granddaughter of Nathan Hale, asking William and Mary to keep the documents for the family. The problem appears to be about the engagement of Alice Adams to Nathan Hale and the loss of a miniature of Nathan Hale. Statement or affidavit of the Great Granddaughters about the veracity of the material they sent. Copies of the material also sent to other historical societies and libraries. Other granddaughter's name is Isabel Hastings Shriver. 1927. Hall, John (Lieutenant) Navy Pension for widow, Mary Kelly Hall. John Hall died of insanity contracted while in line of duty. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Undated, but after 1860. Hallock, H.G. C. (Rev.) Circular letter from Rev. H.G. C. Hallock in Shanghai, China about the belief in Monkey Gods in China. Enclosed paper \"placemat\" with an illustration of the monkey god. September 28, 1928. Rev. Hallock was a missionary in China. Typed mimeograph copy, but signed by Hallock. Hamilton, James Letter to Wood J. Hamblin of Warren City, North Carolina regarding cotton prices. July 25, 1878 Hammond, Charles Henry Indenture for land between Hammond and Samuel Betts Junior of St. Lawrence County, New York and Henry Hayden of Canada. February 28, 1822.","Scope and Contents Hancock, John Facsimile of letter from John Hancock to his wife dated June 21, 1775, entitled \"The Historical Love Letter\" and printed Christmas 1938. ","Hancock, Nathaniel Sermon by Nathaniel Hancock, Pastor of the Church of Christ in Tisbury, Massachusetts for 30 years and a 1721 graduate of Harvard College. \"Original Manuscript by Rev. Nathl Hancock of Tisbury 1714.\" ","Haney, John Letter to his sister in \"Middlebrook\" in Augusta County, Virginia, regarding his wishes for the property and land after he dies. August 13. Letter to John Haney from unknown of Edwardsville, Missouri regarding prices of port and corn. December 9, 18--. ","Hankins, James Gustavus Memorial pamphlet for John Gustavus Hankins of Halifax County, Virginia printed by the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Virginia. 1929. ","Hanks, Nancy Blueprint of plat of land near Antioch, West Virginia. 1784. ","Harcourt, Algemon Letter from Unknown Ritchie. September 4. No year. ","Harline, Thomas Thomas Harline to Alex M. Holada regarding City Taxes Receipts. Virginia. December 28, 1866. ","Harper and Brothers Robert J. French of Williamsburg, Virginia to Harper and Brothers, New York about division of publishing proceeds. January 5, 1836. ","Harris, Christopher Charles W. Harris of Millgrove to E.P. Marsh, Petersburg, Virginia explaining why he has not been able to pay him. October 30, 1842. ","Harrison Family Letter from Isabella Harrison, Baltimore, Maryland to Mr. Dalton regar.ding damage done to her farm and food stores by General Butler. November 3, 1865 Letter from S.A. Dalton, Connecticut, to Miss Harrison, wanting to return her brother Robert's Bible that he took when her house was burned \"unintentional.\" September 13, 1865. Letter from Thomas H. Wynne in Richmond, Virginia to Mrs. Harrison returning the Mss volume that he has had reprinted. Letter from John C. Underwood to Isabella H. Harrison about the genealogy of the Byrd Family. November 27, 1896. Letters between Mrs. E. Randolph Cocke of Oakland, Cartersville, Virginia and Dr. Swem and Dr. Bryan of The College of William and Mary regarding the gift of letters and portrait. 1939. Black bordered resolution from the Virginia Historical Society \"In Memoriam\" to the death of \"Thomas Hicks Wynne, late corresponding Secretary of the Virginia Historical Society...\" Undated. ","Harrison, Benjamin President of the United States. Signed thank you letter to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling. May 28, 1889. ","Harrison, Benjamin Governor of Virginia. Two pamphlets on Berkeley Plantation. Appointment of John Powell as Justice of Peace in Fluvanna County, Virginia, signed by Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia. November 3, 1783. ","Harrison, J.R. (Doctor) Funeral card for Dr. J.R. Harrison. ","Harrison, M.M. (Doctor) Invoices. 1853-1855. ","Harrison, Randolph Note to Branch Cunningham from Randolph Harrison. \"Hoping we may meet soon and often.\" Hartman, Melkail Summons for Melkail Hartman to appear before a justice to answer complaint of Goff and Smith. Monongalia County, Virginia. September 17, 1819. Harvey, John (Sir) Handwritten essay on \"The First Revolution in Virginia\" by unknown. Essay concerns the removal of Sir. John Harvey as Governor of Virginia. Undated. Havens, Hiram Letter regarding payment of bill. Connecticut. November 22, 1848. Hay, George Letter to Thomas Miller of Powhatan, Virginia regarding the Freeland Case. June 13, 1813. Hayes, Rutherford Bottom half of a document, signed by R.B. Hayes, President, and the Acting Secretary of State, Hay. Has Presidential Seal. September 1, 1880. Helper, H.R. Letter to E.M. Davis. New York. April 18, 1859. Henderson, William W. Receipt for L. Williams for a colt. October 1, 1856. Highland, Lucinda Earle Patton Booklet, \"Record of the Colonial Forebears-Descendants, Kinsmen and Childhood Friends and Schoolmates of the late Lucinda Earle Patton Highland of West Milford, West Virginia by Scotland G. Highland, Clarksburg, West Virginia. 1929. Hill, Alice Certificate of Dismission of Mrs. Alice Hill of First Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Virginia to St. Andrews Protestant Episcopal Church of Richmond, Virginia. May 7, 1892. Hill, Dabney Order slip for corn written to William Spencer of Dabney Hill for William Evans. September 1, 1843. Hix Receipt for items bought from B.H. Powell. 1848. Holladay Family Letter from A. Holladay to his mother, Patsy Holladay of Louisa County, Virginia. He tells her of his visit to Baltimore, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Cape May, New Jersey. July 23, 1850. Poll Tax Receipt for Mrs. P.Z. Holladay of Joseph, Missouri. December 27, 1861. Invoices of Alexander Holladay. Virginia. 1853, 1856 and 1867. Hollen, Archibald Receipt for payment to Daniel Thomas. September 30, 1868. Holloway, John Tobacco Warehouse Receipt. Appomattox River. Virginia. December 12, 1777. Holstead, R.B. Letters of Recommendation for Holstead as an Educator. Virginia. June 30, 1860. Hood, John B. John B. Hood, New Orleans, Louisiana to a friend, where he talks of family and the insurance business. November 24, 1875. Hopkins, W.A. Appointment of W.A. Hopkins as a Corporal in Company E, 70th Regimental Infantry, Virginia Volunteer. June 9, 1901. Horner, Inman Letter to James E. Heath of Richmond, Virginia regarding accounts of James English. April 23, 1830. Hornsby, L.A.. \"Friendly Facts\" pamphlet from L.A. Hornsby (store) in Hornsbyville, Virginia. Hubbard, Susanna Invoice for goods from Dr. Rives J.V. Gilliam. 1817-1818. Hutcheson, Benjamin Money exchange document paid to Benjamin Hutcheson, in London, in account for Hunter and Alexander, Merchants, Liverpool, England. Richmond, Virginia. January 11, 1817. Hyde, E.S. Invoice from Henry May and Brother, a watch business, of Baltimore, Maryland. May 25, 1858. I-J Jackson, Andrew Copy of letter from Andrew Jackson to Major William B. Lewis informing him that Mr. Clay has been offered the Office of Secretary of State. Washington, D.C. February 14, 1825. Jackson, James Letter to Redmond G. Slafter at the Theological Seminary in Andover, Massachusetts from James Jackson in Fairfax, Virginia. Descriptions of Washington, D.C.'s social life and Daniel Webster's voice and style, plus his opinion on government and education. March 5, 1844. Jackson, Thomas J. (Stonewall Jackson) Copies of letters by Stonewall Jackson written a few days before his death in 1863. Bottom of page has notation: Copyright 1884. H.W. Flournoy, Sect'y of Commonwealth. Newspaper Article on Stonewall Jackson, written by a childhood friend. 1880. James, Ollie M. Letter from Ollie M. James, Senator from Kentucky, to Samuel J. McCracken, turning down a lecture invitation. July 30, 1913. Jennings, E. and Sarah Letter from ___ Advocate regarding a payment. Paris and Lacy's Spring, Virginia. February 7, 1854. Johnson, Andrew Signature on a partial document. Undated. Impeachment of the President Gallery Tickets to the U.S. Senate. 5 tickets. May 13, 1868. Johnson, G. W. Legal letters to G.W. Johnson of Farmington, North Carolina. 4 letters. 1843-1844.. Johnson, Susannah Personal Property Tax receipt for Susannah Armstrong, wife of Peter Johnson. 1824. Johnston, James Photocopy of a handwritten biography of James Johnston written by his daughter. James Johnston was born 1749 in Scotland and died 1829 in Fleming County, Kentucky. He was a Baptist Minister in Virginia and Kentucky. He married Margaret Wirth of Fauquier County, Virginia. Undated. Johnston, Robert Letter to Peter Lyons, Jr. of Richmond, Virginia about selling wheat. November 20, 1790. Jones, John Paul Tissue Paper reproduction of John Paul Jones' appointment as Captain in the Navy on October 10, 1776. Handwritten manuscript by Charles H. Taylor on the John Paul Jones Flag. Undated. Jones, Thomas Catesby Thomas H. Carter's certification that Catesby was a member of \"The King William (Virginia) Artillery\" and \"Carter's Artillery Battalion.\" Undated. Jones, Thomas P. (Doctor) Letter from Dr. Thomas P. Jones of Washington, D.C. to James A. Dow of Boston, Massachusetts concerning a patent on a knitting frame. November 21, 1844. Jones, W. B., and Company Letter to Edward B. Smith of Richmond, Virginia regarding a disputed account. February 234, 1868. Jones, Walker (Doctor) Notes from patients requesting his help. Receipts. Richmond, Virginia. 1841, 1848 and 1853. K Kagey, Henry N. Accounts. 10 items. New Market, Virginia. 1853-1878. Kent (Doctor) Two letters from Dr. Kent of Warm Springs, (Virginia) to William H. Terube. 1847 and 1848. October 8, 1847: Purchase of a negro from Mr. H. Wade and the lawsuit of Benjamin Douglas' Legatees vs William Douglas executors. March 17, 1848: Hugh McDonald and Mr. Wade's fraud in purchase of a negro. ","Kent, Hugh McG.Certification listing the books that Kent read at Greenville College, signed by President Charles Coffin. February 15, 1820. Order for Hugh Kent, as overseer of the poor in Montgomery County, to collect money. June 7, 1831. Letter from Kent to Mr. Price to pay Col. Miller the obligation due Col. Crockett. Nicholasville, Kentucky. January 8, 1835. Kent, Robert Bill from Robert Kent, Jr. sent to Robert Kent of Wytheville, Virginia from Francis Vespre, Treasurer of Georgetown College, Washington, D.C. April 12, 1847. Letter to Robert Kent from his son, Robert Kent, Jr. about a money draft. January 17, 1848. Kent, William Receipt. 1858. Letter to William Kent from William A. Moncure, Second Auditors Office of Virginia, saying the the \"Ordinance of the Convention does not apply to the money in the hands of the superintendents; that such money should be expended for educational purposes…\" August 5, 1861. Letter from Powell saying that Mary Arrington has applied for aid for bread. May 17, 1864. Kerr, John (Rev.) \"At Home\" card for Rev. John Kerr of Petersburg, Virginia. May 12. No year. ","Kibler, Mary Ann Letter to Rubin and Manuel Varner of Luray, Page County, Virginia from his sister and brother-in-law, Mary Ann and Daniel Kibler, of Jasper County, Illinois where they tell in great detail their future plans about clearing land and building fences and buildings. Also talks of his money problems. April 22, 1854. King, Daniel In letter written from Matansa (Matanses), Daniel King tells Ira R. Steward of New York about his 21 day voyage and asks for prays for a seaman who was aboard the ship. July 15, 1848. Kirk, George W. Agreement between George W. Kirk, Dahlouga, Lumpkin County, Georgia and Max Georgii, Arthur P. Steward and Thomas G. Steward, all of Washington, D.C., for land in Hall County, Georgia. February 12, 1884. Kyle, H. (Doctor) Accounts and judgment payments. 3 items. Possibly Baltimore, Maryland. 1857-1861. Lacouture, E. Printed copy of a State Rights Paper by E. Lacouture to Virginia Legislature about establishing the proposed line of Franco-Virginia Steamships. March10, 1858. Langley, James Accounts. Lists his medical treatments and illnesses beside each name. Other purchased such as brandy and shoes. Possibly Norfolk, Virginia. 1772-1790. Lamb, William W. Printed list of bonds stolen from William Lamb by Rev. William G. Hoben of Portland, Maine. Bonds of State of Missouri and City of Sacramento, California. Printed in Norfolk, Virginia. May 30, 1868. Lancaster, Robert A. Petition for better conditions at Virginia's Penitentiaries to be presented at a special session of the General Assembly. Richmond, Virginia. January 15, 1901. Lawless, J.T. Real estate closing account. Richmond, Virginia. June 9, 1933. Lawson, Rob Promissory note by Thornton Taylor to Robert Lawson. July 1783. Lee, Henry Governor of Virginia. Letter from Governor Henry Lee, while in New York, about the legality of Mr. Gibson's testimony again the claim of Mr. Phelps. July 14, 1802. Transcription of a letter by Henry Lee about a land and money transaction. Undated. Lee, James Papers of James Lee of Williamsburg, Virginia. Names and business mentioned are: James Gibbons - a bond for 5 slaves, I. I. (J.J.) Bowden - letter about the book \"Brougham's Sketches,\" John Hockaday – note about his son missing school and William Power of Richmond, Virginia – letter. 4 items. 1807, 1842 and 1844. ","Lee, Richard, II Booklet, \"Richard Lee, II Belated Elizabethan in Virginian\" by Louis B. Wright. Reprinted from Huntington Library Quarterly. October 1938. ","Lee, Robert E. Copy of June 1, 1859 letter from Robert E. Lee and Col. Carter to Col. S. Cooper in Washington, D.C., saying he will be in Alexandria…then posted in Texas. \nBroadside with a copy of a June 2, 1863 letter from R.E. Lee, Genl, to his Excy Jefferson Davis. \nGeneral Order No. 9, copy. April 10, 1865, Headquarters, Army, Northern Virginia. Seal. \n\"Lee: The Final Achievement,\" by Francis Pendleton Gaines, a bulletin about Robert E. Lee's presidency of Washington and Lee University, copyright 1933. Letter from Francis P. Gaines, President of Washington and Lee University, to Judge John Barton Payne of Washington, D.C. . June 14, 1933. \nNew York Sun article on \"Quest of the Robert E. Lee Bible…\" May, 1942. October 12, 1934 reprint of pamphlet, \"Lee: The Background of a Great Decision,\" August, 1865. ","Lee, Warner Accounts. Virginia. 1765. 3 items. Leitch, James F., and Company A Liverpool, England company. A check on a New York Bank to John Matter and Company. January 7, 1817. Lewis, Andrew (General) 1897 reprint of newspaper article \"General Andrew Lewis, re-interment of the Hero of Point Pleasant…\" Lewis, Fielding (Colonel) Letter to Honorable David Jameson of Williamsburg, Virginia concerning exchanging Antigua money for Virginia money and the hiring of Mr. Riddick for their business (in the West Indies). January 7, 1777.","Lewis, Thomas, Jr. Papers relating to the estate of Thomas Lewis. 1840-1859. Lincoln, Abraham New York Herald with articles on President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and Jefferson Davis being in Danville, Virginia. April 15, 1865. 4 copies. Copy of a November 21, 1864 condolence letter to Mrs. Bixby published by American Historical Documents. Reprinted of an article from The Spectator, Staunton, Virginia, about President Abraham Lincoln. March 19, 1909. Copy of page 4 of autobiographical sketch by Abraham Lincoln, written 1860. March 20, 1872. Lincoln, Levi Letter from Levi Lincoln of Massachusetts to Honorable Caesar A. Rodney, Attorney General of the United States, thanking him and Thomas Jefferson for wanting him to be part of the Administration. He declines due to poor eyesight. January 26, 1811. Lightfoot, Philip Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from Virginia Dorsey Lightfoot with attached report written by Virginia Dorsey Lightfoot, \"The Military Records of Major Philip Lightfoot.\" August 18, 1935 Lineaweaver, Jacob Accounts. 3 pieces. Rockingham County, Virginia. 1858 and 1871 Locke, E.A. Letters from E.A. Locke of Tehama County, California to his cousin in Virginia where he writes about farming, prices and his experiences in California. 1883 and 1884. Lomat, Judy Judy Lomat of Port Tobago writes to unknown Barbour of Virginia. She is sister of Mann Page Lomax. February 22, 1810. Long, John Photograph. Per note on back of photograph, \"grave of Captain John Long, of Ramsgate County, Kent, England, marked by marble slab. Warrange Church, New Kent.\" Lord, Frank B. Letters to Frank B. Lord, of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. from C.S. Steward, Dept. of Justice; Otto Praeger, Post Office; Frank Doremus, Michigan Representative and Albert Johnson, Washington Representative. 1916 and 1917. Love, Charles Promissory note from Charles Love to William Wilson. Alexandria, Virginia. March 7, 1799. Lowery, J.T., Store Button envelope from J.T. Lowery and Company, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Undated. Lubin, David Letter to the editor of \"World\" in Cleveland, Ohio, sending a copy of his book, \"Let there be Light\" about Amelioration. New York, New York. April 28, 1900. Luchs, L. Letter from L.Luchs, Washington, D.C., to John T. Allen of Washington, D.C. sending a $500 draft for Mr. Flournoy. September 11, 1868. Lucia, J.H. Letter to Miss Frances Bartlett about sadness of holidays. Montpelier, Virginia. December 12, 1905. Lundeen, Ernest Form letter from Ernest Lundeen, U.S. Representative from Minnesota, asking his constituents from Minneapolis to complete form, \"I believe that the people should be consulted before Congress declares war.\" March 30, 1917. Lyle, George Receipt for Henry M. Conrad owner of a transfer, livery, feed and sale stable in Radford, Virginia. October 9, 1908. Lyle, James A. College Diploma for James A. Lyle of Hartford, Maryland to teach in the public schools. September 1, 1879. Lyons, John W. Notes. One note has return address of Galveston, Texas. 3 items. M MaCaulay, Alex Biography of Alexander MaCaulay by Enrique Naranjo, reprinted from The Hispanic American Historical Review, November 1845. Autographed by Naranjo. Magill, Charles T. Funeral announcement. Rockland, Virginia. September 12, 1870. Madeira (Miss) Printed invitation to a recital at Rauscher's. Undated. Magniloquus, Roscoe 4 poems. Undated. Mallet, J.O. Intermediate Greek exam. February 1, 1876. Mann, Robert Account of money from John Webb to Sgt. Robert Mann. October 15, 1781. Marshall, William Accounts with William Johnson. Edinburgh, Virginia. 1773 and 1775. Marchpund, Alex Certificate of discharge from the Civilian Conservation Corps. Pembroke, Virginia. March 25, 1935. Mason, George Address by Honorable R. Walton Moore at House of Delegates, Richmond, Virginia, on unveiling of marble bust of George Mason. September 27, 1932. Mason, L. R. Acceptance letter as Rector of Grace Church in Richmond, Virginia. Written from Marietta, Georgia. December 30, 1890. Mason, M.E. Letter to Dr. G.A. (Mencci), Alexandria, Virginia regarding allegations that Mr. Mason spoke badly about Dr. (Mencci). February 19, 1843. Mason, Maud M. Letter to Mrs. Spiers regarding decorating colors. New York. New York. Undated. Masters, L. Letter from L. Masters of Boston, Massachusetts to Giles Unknown regarding a chemical experiment, the \"Freer Lovites\" club in New York and the \"Venus\" Club. October 18, 1855. Maury, Matthew Fontaine Prayer by C.M. Maury. Undated. Invitation to unveiling of bust of Matthew Fontaine Maury. Richmond, Virginia. November 15, 1932. Invitation to unveiling of monument of Matthew Fontaine Maury. Richmond, Virginia. November 11, 1929. Booklets on Matthew Fontaine Maury. Mayo, George Accounting by John Preston to Henrico Superior Court about estate of George Mayo. Henrico, Virginia. 1811. Mayo, John Receipt for claims upon Manchester Mills by Elira A. Mayo to John Mayo. March 28, 1811. Letter from Dr. J.D. Moncure, Superintendent of Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia to William P. Poythrep of Richmond, Virginia about John Mayo's condition. February 15, 1886. McAdams, George B. Letter from McAdams and Berry's Clothiery, Richmond, Virginia regarding money. February 15, 1893. McAllister, J.T. Liar's License. June 20, 1894. McAdoo, W.G. Letter to Rev. C.W. Lane regarding plants. Midway. July 17, 1867 McCabe, W. Gordon \"Real and Ideal: A Poem\" by W. Gordon McCabe. Printed, possibly pages from a book. Undated. McCormick, Cyrus H. Printed copy of \"Memorandum on renewal of his patent, now before Congress.\" Two copies. March 20, 1854. McCormick, D.M. Note between J.M. and D.M. McCormick, Johnsonville, Harnett County, North Carolina. 1858. McGill, Martha Letter from Martha McGill, Williamsburg, Virginia, to John D. McGill in Shacklefords, King and Queen County, Virginia about staying with him during the cold season. January 1838. McGraw, J.B. (Dr.) $70 check from Colonel Cunningham of Richmond, Virginia. January 1, 1880. McGuire, E.C. (Rev.) Obituary. Born in Winchester, Virginia 1793 and died 1858. 1858. McGriffin, John L. Receipt. Augusta, Virginia. December 26, 1857. McIntosh, Lachlan Placard reproduction of letter from McIntosh to Colonel John Laurence regarding a historic duel and the death of Button Gwinnett by the American Autograph Shop. Christmas 1937. McKinley, William Death announcement of William McKinley, President of the United States, written by Charles H. Ourand, Major and Inspector-General. General Orders No. 13. Headquarters District of Columbia Militia, Washington, D.C. September 15, 1901. McKown, Mary Ann Printed \"Tribute of Respect.\" Gerardstown, West Virginia. November, 1972. Mercer, Hugh (General) Reprint from Princeton Whig, \"Biographical sketch of General Hugh Mercer\" dated January 1834. \"The Battle of Princeton, and Death of Gen. Mercer\" article with a handwritten note \"presented by Colonel Hugh Mercer to Miss C. Grinnan.\" Undated. Meyers, Samuel Receipt and Bank Drafts. 2 items. Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia. 1816. 1819. Meyers, William R. Telegraph from Washington, D.C. to William R. Meyers of Richmond, Virginia. July 26, 1949. Middleton, Walter R. Letter from Ammon Hancock, Lynchburg, Virginia, to Colonel Abram Staples of Patrick Courthouse regarding debts owed by Walter R. Middleton. December 20, 1829. Miles, William Porcher Letter to Francis Lawley about meeting for dinner and lack of meat for (General Robert E. Lee) Lee's army. Richmond, Virginia. January 5, 1864. Miller, John M., Jr. Carbon copies of letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal about government bonds and securities by John M. Miller, Jr., President of First National Bank of Richmond, Virginia and correspondence concerning his letter, one from George J. Seay. February and March 1918. Miller, Lizzie Post Office Registry receipt for Miss Lizzie Miller. Elkton, Virginia. February 16, 1885. Montgomery, George Pardon granted by the Secretary of State, Franklin Pierce. Washington, D.C. March 3, 1857. Moody, Thomas Legal Receipts. 2 items. Prince George County. 1833, 1856 and 1857. Moore, R. Walter Letter to Mr. Coleman from someone in Fairfax, Virginia regarding a meeting. June 1919. Copy of typed press release of an address by R. Walton Moore of Virginia at York, Pennsylvania at the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Continental Congress Session in York. 17 pages. October 14, 1927. Copy of typed press release of an address by R. Walton Moore, Assistant Secretary of State, at the National University, Washington, D.C. June 11, 1935. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from R. Walton Moore. June 19, 1935. Morrill, Samuel Patent for a beehive. January 16, 1835. Morris, Stuart Receipt. December 17, 1844. Morrison, Alfred James Essay \"Root and Neil: Virginians as it were\" by Alfred James Morrison. Typed carbon biography of Dr. Alfred James Morrison with a list of his works. Undated. Mosby, Charles L. Obituary. Lynchburg, Virginia. March 17, 1879. Moseley, William William Langley's executor account of William Moseley. Norfolk, Virginia. 1810. Mundy Receipts of Mr. Mundy. 3 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1860's and 1870's. Murray, George, and Company Letter regarding a accounts and a negro boy. Norfolk, Virginia. December 1803.","Scope and Contents Myers, G.A. Papers, including 3 invitations to Mason meetings. 7 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1850's and 1860's. Receipt for one bag received of A.S. Pendleton of G. Myers. Southern Express Company. Richmond, Virginia. November 6, 1863. Note recall to G.A. Myers, Bank of Virginia. Richmond, Virginia. January 1842. 2 items. ","Myers, Gustavus Letter to Gustavus Myers of Richmond, Virginia from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania about making a screen or a chair. Written on a shipping order. December 1841. Myers, Gustavus A. Publications of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, membership request. January 28, 1856. Myers, H. (Dr.) Letter from D. Sendner ? in Virginia to Dr. Myers. Undated. Myers, William B. Commission for William B. Myers to be Second Lieutenant, for engineer duty, of the Provisional Army of Virginia. May 24, 1861. Nance, Z.F. Letter to Richard M. Graves of Potter's Field regarding paying Trower. November 2, 1847. Naylor, A.F. Business card and a pamphlet, with a dogwood poem, advertising A.F. Naylor as a Oriental Rug Specialist. After 1935. Neff, Henry Papers of Dr. Henry Neff of Rockingham County, Virginia. 7 items. 1840's, 1850's and 1885. New, J.S. Account of estate of Unknown Branch. 1856. Newman, Clark, and Company Monthly Statement of Montgomery and Wilson. Norfolk, Virginia. October 1879. Nicholas, W.C. and Robert C. Photostat copies of letters from W.C. Nicholas and Robert C. Nicholas from Warren, Kentucky and Gallatin County, Kentucky to nephews in Lexington, Kentucky about land in Texas. 1806 and 1827. Nicholson, Francis True copy of 1710 Proclamation of Sir Francis Nicholson Typed carbon copy of manuscript of biography of Sir Francis Nicholson by Croom Partridge. 1937. Norwood, Winifred Funeral Announcement, St. Paul's Church. July 17, 1851. Norwood Family Taxable property at Norwood Estate. 1870. Oemler, Marie Conway Letter from Ms. Oemler of Savannah, Georgia to Mrs. Sizer, about her father in the post civil war years. June 12, 1927. P-Q Pace, W. William Receipt. Richmond, Virginia. November 20, 1821. Page, Charles (Captain) Typescript of letters from Captain Page in Staunton, Virginia where he tells of his experience during the War of 1812. October 31, 1812 and June 21, 1814. Page, Mann An accounting of the legal issues between Mann Page and Mr. Morton, brother of Dr. George Morton. Undated. Page Mann, Jr. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to his brother, W. Page, in Virginia about his opinion that the delegates to congress should decline foreign commerce…to keep honest. Writes of seal being made in Virginia. May 26, 1777. He was delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia. Transcript included. \"Memo as to the facts in relation to the differences between Mr. Morton and Messrs Willis and Madison.\" Memo mentions land or deed problem with William Shepherd, Mr. Willis and Major Madison. September 23, 1840. Typed carbon copy summary of the lawsuit between Maria Wilson Page, Relict and Administratrix of Mann Page, Deceased and John Lloyd, Executor of Osgood Hanbury, surviving partner of Capel and Osgood Hanbury; Robert Patton, Administrator with the will annexed of Mann Page, John T. Page; Lewis Burwell, Administrator of Robert C. Page and John Minor. 1931. Page, Martha Receipt from Miss Martha Page to John Edgar for music instruction. January 1, 1844. Palmer Note regarding debts due. October 15, 1865. Palmer, Charles Letter from Charles Palmer to C. Dunn regarding money owed. Petersburg, Virginia. 1871. Pane, Selia (Mrs.) Receipt signed by Thomas Sweeney for package delivered to Mrs. Selia A. Pane, Petersburg, Virginia, by Adams Express Company. June 8, 1865. Paradise, Lucy Typed transcript of letter from Samuel Johnson to Mrs. Thrale about the Paradise Family. April 1, 1775. Park, Edward Invoice of William Thelabell to Edward Park. Fragments. 1767. Partridge, Allen (1785 to 1854) Pages from a book with an article by Captain Partridge on Education. Captain Partridge established a military academy in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1839). Undated. Payne (Judge) Personal letter from Charles L. Strobel to Judge Payne. December 19, 1922. Pennington, Charles H. Washington, D.C. Treasury Department document transferring C.H. Pennington as a temporary clerk. May 20, 1878. Letter from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, regarding pension of Charles H. Pennington. February 24, 1915. Perkins, Eli Regarding estate. Other names mentioned are Sarah Snoddy, John Perkins and Alexander Perkins. 1 item. North Carolina. 1833 and 1835. Perkins, Nathaniel Letter to Arch. Bryce from ? Perkins, Diamond Mills, regarding court of appeals' case, possibly in Buckingham County, Virginia. October 2, 1820. Peyton, John Howe Letter in a newspaper to Colonel John Lewis Peyton, son of John Howe Peyton, from David S. Young of Staunton, Virginia, who says \"you request me to write out my recollections of him.\" January 31, 1879. Article in Newspaper written for the Valley Virginian, \"My Recollections of the Late John Howe Peyton\" by W.F. 1878. Phillips, William Receipt for hiring of negroes. 1834. Receipt for monthly subscription to Old Dominion Chronicle. Portsmouth, Virginia. July 27, 1841. Pilson, Matthew Receipts, invoices, estate accounts. Some horse related. 3 items. Rocky Springs. 1861-1864. Pittman, Newsom J. (Dr.) Accounts. Rocky Mount, North Carolina. 1840-1843. Plato, John \"Protection for a Coloured Person\" document stating that John Plato was born in Mathews County, Virginia. Signed by Conway Whittle. July 9, 1836. Pocahontas Newspaper articles: \"The Standard,\" Richmond, Virginia, November 5, 1881. \"Interesting particulars regarding Pocahontas and Captain John Smith and their burial places. \"The Standard,\" November 12, 1881. Part 2. \"The Standard,\" August 27, 1881. \"Pocahontas.\" \"Richmond Times-Dispatch editorials on Pocahantas and an original portrait. June 10, 1883. \"New York Times,\" 1890, \"Maids in Bermuda.\" Poe, Edgar Allen Portrait print of Edgar Allen Poe, possibly a page from a book. Newspaper articles about Poe and advertisements for his work. 1880, 1911 and undated. Poindexter, Henry P. Receipts. 5 pieces. Richmond, Virginia. 1838, 1840 and 1853. Poindexter, Jane Receipt for purchase of negroes from estate of William Quarles. 1 item. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. February 1835. Pollard, John Garland Flyers of article from the \"Winchester Evening Star\" on John Garland Pollard, \"Out of Thine Own Mouth Will I Judge Thee\" by Dabney Carr Harrison. 10 items. July 25, 1917. Porter, George L. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from Henry W. Lamb, Williamsburg, Virginia, about George L. Porter's ancestry and Civil War experiences, from \"Genealogy of Lincoln, Pearce, Porter, Agers.\" March 27, 1939. Powers, Pike (Rev.) Letter from Rev. T.G. Dashiell of Richmond, Virginia to Rev. Pike Powers regarding Miss Algia Napier. April, 22, 1890. Letter from Marian E. Dickinson of Richmond, Virginia to Rev. Pike Powers asking to be taken off the books of St. Andrews. February 25, 1887 Price, Lucy S. Letter to Miss Mary Ladd regarding her carriage accident. July 4, 1841. Purdy, Nannie Sutton Prayer typed onto a beige silk cloth with fringed edges. 4.5 x 15\". 3 crosses printed on it. Nannie Sutton Purdy printed on the bottom. Q-R Quarles, Patsy Receipts, including a Doctor's accounting of his visits to the negros belonging to Patsy Quarles. 3 items. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. 1838, 1841 and 1842. Quarles, Sarah Property receipts. 2 items. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. 1838 and 1847. Randolph, J.C. and Company Invoice from Dr. E.J. Higgins, wholesale liquor dealer from Norfolk, Virginia for J.C. Randolph and Co. 1878. Randolph, John John Randolph of Roanoke. Photostat of letter from William Hughes to John Randolph. January 17, 1822. Chancery suit between Corbin Braxton, executor of St. George Tucker Coalter, deceased, plus others and William Leigh, executor of John Randolph, deceased plus others. Lawsuit regarding Wyatt Cardwell, agent for John Randolph's heirs. December 4, 1847. Newspaper articles on John Randolph. 1878 and 1881. Randolph Family List of land holdings in Virginia during the Colonial days of the Randolph Family for the William and Mary Quarterly. Undated. Rawlings, James H. Accounts for physician, Dr. J. H. Minor and J. L.Burrus. 3 items. Possibly Caroline County, Virginia. 1843 and 1847. Reed, Henry L. (Mr. and Mrs.) Golden wedding invitation. Chambersburgh, Pennsylvania. 1876. Reed, John L. Letter to his cousin in Baltimore, Maryland about directions for which train station to get his ticket. September 26, 1873. Reurs, Thomas Receipt. Undated. Richards, Charles J. Letters to Charles J. Richards from family and friends. Subjects include the Young Men's Society and debates in Lynchburg, Virginia, lecture on Natural Photography, and the Richmond Lyceum. 1838-1840. Robertson Family Letter to John T. Robertson about laws on will probate, dated May 24, 1878. Accounts of Robertson Family. Many are fragments. Names mentioned are James Robertson, Col. George Robertson, Michael Robertson, John Roberson, Thomas Emond and John Ireland. 1785, 1802, 1805 and 1878. Richardson, George Account paid for George Richardson by Murray, Mundell and Grinnan. Signed by Hugh Mercer. August 3, 1804. Richardson, W.W. Deposition of Ada J. Richardson of New Hanover County, North Carolina. She states that her deceased husband was a private in Captain Williams' Company and entered service in Stafford County, Virginia and killed at Malvern Hill. She wants the $50 he had with him when he died. November 23, 1863. Richelieu Fragments of a copy of a letter from Cardinal Richelieu to the French Ambassador. Paris, France to Rome, Italy. 1638. Rinedollar Receipt from William Giles, Jr. March 2, 1808. Ritter, William L. Pamphlet \"Biographical Sketch\" by Dr. Samuel H. Higgins. William Ritter was born August 11, 1835 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Roach, Libby Letter about lawsuit from boarders of Libby Roach, in Norfolk, Virginia, from Hubard and Hubard. September 23, 1892. Robertson Account of sale of property at Mr. Robertson's estate, Providence. Sale by Carter Braxton. Middlesex County, Virginia. 1836. Robertson Family Letter to John T. Robertson about laws on will probates. May 24, 1878. 16 items. Account fragment of Col. George Robertson. Accounts of Robertson Family. Many of them are fragments. Some names mentioned: James Robertson, Michael Robertson, John Robertson, Thomas Emond and John Ireland. Petersburg, Virginia. 1785, 1802 and 1805. Robinson, Conway Receipt for Hening and Mumford's reports bought at James Heron's auction. Signed by James R. MacMurdo. May 12, 1823. Robinson, John M. A wedding invitation for Champe Conway and John M. Robinson at Saint Paul's Church. Addressed to Miss Stott. Undated. Rochelle, Martha Letter to Mrs. Martha Rochelle in Jerusalem, Southampton, Virginia from her son in Concord. February 1836. Rochelle, R.De Letter from de Rochelle written in French. Note on back of letter, \"about the French Claim.\" Washington, D.C. February 3, 1831. Rogers, M.C. Letter from M.C. Rogers in Huntsville, Texas to S.C. Rogers of Tennessee regarding family matters, particularly after the war along with his opinion of the war. Gives name of Grandfather, Henry Roger and Specer Clark. Family originally from Fauquier and Loudoun Counties, Virginia. February 14, 1866. Roney, Isaac Accounts and Letters of Isaac Roney of Dinwiddie County, Virginia. 1836-1871. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Inauguration ceremony program and invitation. 1933. Printed ballad, \"If Roosevelt Ruled Ireland,\" by William V. McKenny sung at the Irish Night Clover Club. 1936. Rosenwald, E. Receipt for merchandise on the Harnden's Southern Express. Richmond, Virginia. August 4, 1862. Ross, Charlie Brewster Pamphlet by Allan Pinkerton, with photo, about abduction of Charlie Brewster Ross in Germantown, Pennsylvania. July 1, 1874. Ross, G. (Dr.) Prescription written by Dr. G. Ross to H.G. Forstmann, a Druggist in Richmond, Virginia. Undated. Rowe, R. Semple Letter from R. Semple Rowe of Baltimore, Maryland to a friend in Richmond, Virginia about travel plans. July 24, 1865 or 1866. Rowland, Kate Masson Letter to Bishop Randolph regarding the ancestry of Benjamin Harrison. June 17, 1895. Photograph of \"The Honourable Sir William Thomson...\" Royal, William L. Court case in Richmond, Virginia about 1890. Russell, Margaret Postcard to Mr. and Mrs. Hearue of Drakes Branch, Virginia. Post card has drawing of a YMCA in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Undated. Rutherford, J.C. Receipt. April 18, 1849. Sander Family \"Extracts, etc., from Records of Clerk's Office of Northumberland Co., Virginia\" made by W.S. Cralle, Clerk of the County Court for said County. June 1888. Sandidge, Dabney Note to William Wallace requesting him to feed his workmen from his mill. Amherst, Virginia. September 1, 1843.","Sargent, Eliza F. Norfolk, Virginia Office of Board of Health to Mrs. Eliza F. Sargent regarding connection to the ( ) server. September 10, 1890. ","Saunders, George D. Note requesting meal for his hands who are working (with, near, for) someone. New Store, Buckingham, Virginia. November 12, 1862.","Saunders, John Receipt for a subscription to the Virginia Patriot, Richmond, Virginia. February 7, 1814. ","Savage, N.R. Checks written by N.R. Savage. 4 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1876. ","Scattergood, Thomas Letter to Thomas Scattergood from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, mostly regarding possible unchristian influences in Richmond, Virginia and elsewhere. Faded. Fragments. 1794. ","Schneider, John B. John B. Schneider in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Mr. Allen and Co. requesting 10 pounds of tobacco. May 17, 1869. ","Schuricht, Herrmann Letter written from Herrmann Schuricht of Idlewild, Cabham, Virginia. to John S. Irby in Richmond, Virginia, sending a copy of his historical publication. October 20, 1898. ","Scoville, S.C. Letter to Lyman Kinsley regarding bank and Birkshire Railroad stock. November 23, 1854. ","Scruggs, H.B. Accounts and Receipts of H.B. Scruggs to E.E. White, Thomas Johnson, James W. Snoddy, John M. Torrey, Charles F. Torrey and Edmund Torrey. He appears to be an ironworker. Buckingham County, Virginia. 1858-1866.","Seaton, W.W. Notes on birth and deaths of W.W. Seaton (died January 11, 1785) and Joseph Gales. (1786-1860). ","Shaver, David (Rev.) Seven handwritten sermons by Rev. David Shaver, editor of the Richmond Religious Herald. 1864-1865. ","Sheetz, George C. Pages from a journal which includes newspaper social column about the Sheetz Family and a page from a book about horse medicines. Near Dorcus, Virginia. 1902 and Undated. Sheridan, Philip Henry (General) War Department announcement of General Sheridan's death. August 6, 1888. Funeral invitation. Death Announcement by Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Sherman, William Tecumseh (General) Pamphlet with details of the funeral of William Tecumseh Sherman. February 17, 1891. Sherrard, John M. Invitation to the funeral of John M. Sherrard at the United Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia. Addressed to Gus A. Myers and Family. June 23, 1858. Shields and Somerville Letter from Shields and Somerville of Richmond, Virginia to N.O. and C.H. Cram of Portland, Maine about a flour shipment. June 28, 1850 Shore, John Photostat of the 1777 title page \"Dr. Isaac Hall's Graduate Thesis on Joannes Shore\" along with handwritten notes. Si - Sz Smith, D.G. Letter to Andrew Brown, Charlottesville, Virginia, a distributor of salt. Civil War. September 19, 1862. Smith, E.C. Leave of absence permission from University of Virginia. December 21, 1878. Certificate from University of Virginia for Applied Mathematics. July 3, 1879. Smith, Jacob B. Letter to brother, Jacob Smith, from H. Mohler in Park County, Indiana where he says how wonderful it is in Indiana, particularly the people as compared to home. On back of the November 9, 1867 letter, another letter from Fannie E. Mohler to Mrs. Sarah Smith. Smith, John (Captain) Section of a book on Captain John Smith written about 1889. Two copies. Newspaper editorials by R. Howison and Alexander Brown on early United States and Captain John Smith. Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. February 1891. Typed biographical material on Captain John Smith with a photograph and a placard of a plaque with an epitaph to Captain John Smith located in St. Sepulchre's Church, Smithfield, London. Smith, Lucy P. Letter to her cousin while at Salt Springs, Virginia. August 14, 1856. Smith, William William Smith was a Brig. Gen. in the CSA and Governor of Virginia. Letters from William Smith: Recommending T.J. Murphy to the Secretary of Treasury, R.J. Walker. Written from Warrenton, Virginia on March 16, 1848. To possibly the Enquirer, asking that his speech be published. Written from Washington, D.C. on May 17, 1852. To possibly the Enquirer, about the Hunter Bill and the West. August 3, 1854. ","Smyth, John Ferdinand Dalziel A report by R. Leroy Hilldrup \"A Tory's Account of Certain Virginia Patriots.\" Correspondence between Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and R. Leroy Hilldrup for a William and Mary Quarterly article. Virginia. 1934. ","Snickers, Edward One document that includes a copy of a 1785 bond whereby Martin Ashby of Louisa County agrees to pay one thousand pounds to George Noble of Frederick County, Virginia for 350 acres. a 1784 bond to Edward Snickers for an exchange of land between Snickers and Ashby for 306 acres in Frederick County and 350 acres in Loudoun County and letters from Edward Snickers about his land transactions with Ashby. The copy is possibly also dated about 1785. Gift of Dr. Thomas G. Pullen. ","Somervails, C.R. Money exchange for sterling. Richmond, Virginia. Dec. 19, 1865. ","Southall, Elianna Letter from Ms. Southall of Baltimore, Maryland, to her father, Robert Anderson in Richmond, Virginia. Mentions William and Mary where \"only four students at Commencement\" and proposed the college move to Richmond. November 9, 1833. Southward Family Invoices. 8 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1867-1873. Southworth, Edward Summary of military duty in the 2nd U.S. Colored Troops. Civil War. 1862-1865, 1910. Spotswood, Alexander Typed transcript of letter to Edmund Pendleton, President of the Committee of Safety, at Mount Pleasant Camp, near Cobham, from Alexander Spotswood. November 16, 1775. Sprinkle, Charles, and Company Note from E.T.H. Warren asking him to pay back money. 1860. Spruill, B.I. Receipt for money given to B.F. Moore as an arbitrator. Tarboro, North Carolina. November 27, 1833. Stackhouse, Rosamond, Invoices and Property Tax. 6 items. Prince George County, Virginia. 1856-1867. Starke, Eliza N. Letter from Raphael Smith and a poem written on a doily, \"Aerostic by J.B. Dods.\" New York. April 17, 1854. Statute, Fanny Funeral cards. April 10, 1886. Stedman, Edmund Calling cards and a letter to Annie Carlisle of Charles City, Iowa. November 1891. Steele, Margaret Letter to Aunt Frances and Uncle Leigh describing her Christmas presents. Early 1900's. Stephen, Adam (General) Letter to Francis B. Jones from Charles James Faulkner, House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., about Adam Stephen of Berkeley County, Virginia. May 19, 1856. Notes by Charles James Faulkner on General Adam Stephen. ","Sterling, Joseph Receipt written by William Upshaw, Jr. for negroes. Possibly Gloucester, Virginia. March 15, 1757. ","Stevens, S.N. (Miss) Letter to Miss Stevens in Norfolk, Virginia from Wakefield Rattan Company in Boston, Massachusetts about rugs. October 13, 1882 ","Stewart, Eliza Letter to her brother about Eliza's accounts. Mentions Richmond, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland. January 30, 1855. ","Stoddard, Charles J. Appointment request for a job at the Office of Comptroller of Currency, Treasury Department, in Washington, D.C. Sent to Hon. A.B. Hepburn, Comptroller. 1892. ","Stokes, D.R. Letter from William Hodges Mann , an attorney of Nottoway Courthouse, Virginia. June 17, 1890. Stone, Edward L. Pamphlet with letter from Edward L. Stone of Roanoke, Virginia, to W.E. Rudge about the Book Worm bug. Pamphlet entitled, \"All Hope Abandon, Ye Who Enter Here.\" Undated. Stott, Susan B. Receipt signed by Henry P. Irving. 1 item. Possibly Richmond or Cumberland County, Virginia. 1834-1838. ","Strachan, John B. Note from John B. Strachan which says Mr. Cosby will pay amount to bank. October 14, 1815. ","Swann, Thompson Tax for Ordinary in Cumberland County, Virginia signed by Robert C. Nicholas. October 10, 1768. Swineford, H. Check to Clemmitt and Jones for printing order for Toppa Lodge. Richmond, Virginia. July 27, 1877. Ta Tabb, John B. Article, \"Some Notes of My Life\" by John B. Tabb, included in the December 1936, The Borromean, a publication of Saint Charles College, Catonsville, Maryland. Exerpt from the June 1937 Borromean, \"Summer vacations with Fathre Tabb at the Forest, His Virginia Plantation Home.\" Tabb, Phillip Photostat of a letter from Phillip Tabb to John Page at Rosewell, Virginia about men from British barges robbing houses. December 9, 1782. Original may be on National Park Service's possession. Tallmadge, D.B. (Judge) Funeral Notice. Richmond, Virginia. October 30, 1846. ","Talmann (William) Typed translation and transcription from Latin of Commission to William Talmann as Controller of Works in England. Mentions King William and Queen Mary. Undated. ","Tatham William Pamphlet on William Tatham, clerk of the Wataugan Settlement, by Samuel C. Williams. Undated. ","Tayloe, Edward Thorton Obituary. Alabama. Undated. Taylor, Creed Receipt for Chancery Court advertisement in the Richmond Enquirer. Other names mentioned are Creed Taylor, Richie and Cook and W.G. Pendleton. Richmond, Virginia. February 26, 1830. ","Taylor, J.S. Letter to Mr. Ladd, near Richmond, Virginia, about business accounts. 1780's. Letter to Thomas Mifflin Ladd, near Richmond, Virginia, concerning case of M. Spencer and business accounts. September 17, 1788. Taylor, Jesse Typed transcript of letter from Jesse Taylor to his cousin. Note about Taylor family history written on the transcript. February 1774. Taylor, Tazewell Letter from R. Rose of Washington, D.C. about \"Mason Farm: for sale o the James River, about 20-30 miles from Norfolk, Virginia. 2 items. August 1869. Tb - Tz Tennabalo or Tinnebale, William Receipts. 2 items. Norfolk, Virginia. 1765 and 1795. Thalheimer Instructions to the jury concerning J.W. Wimmer on the trial for the murder of Mr. Thalheimer. Virginia. Undated. Thompson, P. M. Invoice from Alsop, Mosby and Co. of Richmond, Virginia. June 6, 1893. ","Thompson, S.H. Typed copy of letter to Rev. Henry Thompson Louthan in Williamsburg, Virginia from Rev. Henry Thompson in Farmville, Virginia. May 20, 1902. Handwritten note at top of page, \"A Review of Tom Dixon's Leopard Spots by one of the K.K.K. boys himself.\" ","Thompson, W.T. Letter to W.B. Phillips from W.T. Thomson of the morning news office of the Savannah, News with instructions on length of letter and what kind of Washington, D.C. news they want for their newspaper, plus his political opinions. Savannah, Georgia. July 14, 1856. Thornton, James D. Letter to Hon. J.D. Thornton in Richmond, Virginia from Attorney W.E. Turner in Modesto, California about California case of Lightfoot who murdered Colonel Branch. February 1, 1881. Letter to Hunter from James D. Thornton, Judicial Department, Supreme Court of California, sending the previous letter. February 18, 1881. Terrell and Rayley Letter to Leonard B. Terrell of Weymouth, Massachusetts from Tiffany (possibly Tate) of Baltimore, Maryland, concerning invoice. March 11, 1843. Letter to Terrell and Bayley about an invoice. May 12, 1845. Todd, Mallory Obituary. Christchurch, Virginia. Undated. Torrence, William Clayton Letter to William Torrence from Mrs. J. M. Slaughter about new edition of book about St. George's Parish. December 31, 1903. Letter to Wm. C. Terrance from Raleigh L. Green of Culpeper, Virginia, about printing a book. December 19, 1903. ","Townsen, James and Katherine Ann Letter to Jesse E. Parish of Drapersville, Virginia from James Townsen of Edmondson County, Kentucky, about family news. February 14, 1848. ","Townsend, S.R. Letter to his wife in Waltham, Massachusetts while at a convention in Baltimore, Maryland. Undated. ","Tucker, Benjamin F. Court document for a case in Richmond County, Georgia: Benjamin F. Tucker vs Hesekiah Odin and Jesse Walton. October 4, 1840.","Tucker, Richard D. Letter to Murray Grinnan and Mundell of Fredericksburg, Virginia regarding selling flour. December 26, 1811. ","Tunstall, Alex (Dr.) Letter to Robert Mumford, Richmond, Virginia regarding genealogy of Colonel George Brooke and Catherine Tunstall. Mountain Lake Hotel, Virginia letterhead. July 22, 1899. Letter to Mr. James about genealogy. October 22, 1901. ","Turner, Henry Bill from Bremen, Germany for items sent to Virginia. April 15, 1865. ","Turner, Mary Letter is illegible. May 31, 1866 ","Turpin, Thomas J. Letter from Thomas J. Turpin of Woodlawn, Virginia to Edward T. James of Richmond, Virginia concerning Turpin estate. January 14, 1847. ","Unknown Correspondents","Letter to Cousin Robert in Norfolk, Virginia from Mary B.A. in Washington, D.C., about family matters. February 1, 1936. ","Letter to Col. about \"bill which passed both branches of the Legislature but was not signed by his Presbyterian Majesty (the gov) as he considered it…\" Partial letter. Undated. ","Letter addressed to Peter. John Bolton written on the letter. Fragment. December 1856. ","Letter to \"My Dear Dear Sister\" from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania about family and the mood in Philadelphia. June 13, 1846. ","Letter to Cousin Maria from Julia. Letter is about their health, but there are notes written under the letter which say \"Pulaski\" and give genealogy of some people, but difficult to decipher names. Undated. ","Upshur, Abel Parker Published in the William and Mary Quarterly. Original letter written by Abel Upshur while Secretary of State, to the Honorable John C. Calhoun of South Carolina. Upshur talks of Great Britain's tactics and predicts war over slaveholders. Thinks England will be involved, particularly with fabric commerce. Talks of abolitionists and the admission of Texas to the Union as a slave owning state. Washington, D.C. August 4, 1843 ","Valentine, Edward Virginius Newspaper article in the Richmond Standard about Valentine with byline, American Art Review – Margaret J. Preston. Richmond, Virginia. May 29, 1880. ","Van Buren, Martin Authorization for the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to \"the envelope of a letter to the King of the Kingdom of the two Sicilies, congratulating him on the birth of Prince Alberto Maria Francesco...\" Signed by Martin Van Buren. Washington, D.C. January 10, 1840.","Vanyard, B.A. Letter on side one: from James Mc D. Thrasher to friend. \"…you ought to be here just to see how the Yankees have treated the country in this vicinity. They have nearly desolated every house…\" Letter on other side: from B. A. Vanyard at Camp Latham, Roanoke Street, Tent…to My Old Friend. \"…great pleasure so you and John and brother come and see us what is cost is a matter of moon shine…\" March 17, 1861. Civil War. ","Van Dusen, R.M. Advertisement for employment in Fernald's Newspaper Men's Exchange in Springfield, Massachusetts. Typed carbon copy with handwritten updates of job experience. After 1916. ","Van Laun, J.A. Letter to Alfred Van Laun in Chicago, Illinois from his father in London, England about selling Lafayette and Chief Justice Marshall etchings and the printing of them from the plates. February 19, 1895. ","Vaughan (R.B.) Letter from R.B. Vaughn in Desota, Mississippi to his parents, A. Vaughan, in Brunswick County, Diamond Grove, Virginia about his experiences with settling in Mississippi. 1857. ","Veale, George Photostat copy of letter about logging. Virginia. April 20, 1773. ","Wa-We ","Walker, Benjamin I. Letter to Edmunds Store about selling items. Mecklenburg, Virginia. September 25, 1842 ","Walker, Edwin List of debts, notes and bonds due. Near Richmond, Virginia, 1857. ","Walker, Francis A. (General) Announcement of Parlor Lectures by General Walker at residence of Mrs. Henry Draper, 271 Madison Avenue, New York, NY. Undated.","Wallace, Ann Note giving Caroline Miller permission to go to Centenary Church. January 26, 1859. ","Waller, Charles (Mrs.) Ledger sheet of Mrs. Charles Waller for Dr. John Lindsey. 1869-70. ","Waller, William M. Sarah A. Waller giving William Spencer permission to give Mr. Duncan's slave a \"turn of corn.\" Undated. Other requests for produce. 1842-1844. ","Walthall, Telitha A copy of her will, possibly written at the time of the will. Mentions Martha and William Nunnerly. October 1, 1846. ","Warner, A.L. (Dr.) Receipts and checks to Richmond, Virginia businesses. 9 items. 1837-1846. Season pass to M.A.R. Lectures. Undated. ","Warren and Quarles Advertisement brochure with bond information. Richmond, Virginia. 1882. ","Washington, Booker T. Typed letter to Rev. H.E. Lombard from Booker T. Washington, principal of The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, soliciting funds. Signed by Booker T. Washington. April 6, 1914. ","Washington, L.W. L.W. Washington of Halltown, Jefferson County, Virginia to Samuel T. Stone of Rockville, Maryland about money from the Forrest Estate. April 28, 1846. ","Watson, Josiah Letter from Josiah Watson in Alexandria, Virginia to John Hopkins in Richmond, Virginia regarding a missing horse that was found. August 1787. ","Weaver, Mildred Letter to Mildred Weaver of Waynesboro, Virginia from Tehran, Persia. Mentions Titanic tragedy. April 22, 1912. ","Weavor, John (Weaver) Indenture of John Weaver to Elijah Sparks as a Merchant Apprentice. Shepherdstown, Virginia. 1796. ","Wenger, L. Tannie (Fannie) Recipe for red dye for yarn. October 24, 1867. ","West, Francis Newspaper article by Rev. Edward D. Neill about Francis West. Richmond Dispatch in Richmond, Virginia. 1878. ","West, John Newspaper article by Rev. Edward D. Neill about John West. Richmond Dispatch in Richmond, Virginia. June 15, 1878. ","West, Mattie J. Letter from Cousin Bess about visit and her household activities. Gravel Hill, Virginia. Undated. ","West, Thomas B. 40 shares of Exchange Bank of Virginia, No. 3216. Norfolk, Virginia. July 28, 1856. ","Westmoreland, (E.D.) Letters to his cousin about pretty girls, sweethearts and family news. Petersburg, Virginia. April and June 1868. ","Wf-Wq ","White, Louise E. Receipts, some with Dr. Margaret Scellen. York, Virginia. 1831 and undated. ","Whittle, C and F. Shipment laden order for tobacco to C. and F. Whittle. Richmond, Virginia. March 16, 1810. ","Wilkinson, E. Letter from E. Wilkinson, superintendent of Allison White and Company, a lumber company in West Point, Virginia, to Austin Smith, a lawyer in Richmond, Virginia, about insurance with Great Western Insurance Company of New Orleans, Louisiana. February 3, 1874. ","Wilcox, Philo F. Correspondence about buying cans and tin plates. 3 items. Springfield, Massachusetts. 1835. ","Wilkins, William Bond to W.A. Marks. 1 item. 1857-1858. ","Williams, J.J. Letter about sending gloves. Richmond, Virginia. June 6, 1857. ","Williams, John M. Letter about the book, \"First Year at the Piano.\" New York, New York. Early 1900's. ","Wilson, Francis Letter from T.R. Lounsbury in Paris, France to Francis Wilson about his health and book. November 25, 1906. ","Wilson, James \"Nomber of Bills.\" Undated. Wilson, James Pamphlet, \"James Wilson and St. Andrews\" by Randolph G. Adams. Given to Earl Gregg Swem by Randolph G. Adams. Reprint of 1931 article. Wilson, Joseph (Dr.) Invoices and accounts of patients. 3 items. 1848-1866. Wilson, Woodrow (President) Letter to John Hart in Richmond, Virginia from Woodrow Wilson, the White House, Washington, D.C. about a copy of an address by Wilson's father, given before the Societies of Hampden-Sidney Virginia, published in Richmond 1857. September 8, 1913. Newspaper articles about Woodrow Wilson. 2 articles. November 21, 1926 and Undated. Windsor, Duke and Duchess Notes from the secretary of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor to Miss Elizabeth Cary Williamson of Richmond, Virginia thanking her for her cards. 1938 and 1941. Winston, Nathaniel Genealogical information on the family of Nathaniel Winston from a newspaper column. Richmond, Virginia. 1816. Wirt, William Pages 136-152 from a book about William Wirt. Wise, H.A. Envelope addressed to John Snelling and Henry A. Wise in Richmond, Virginia. Note on envelope, \"The Executives of N.C. replies to us that he is not authorized to appt a joint court. H.A. Wise. July 3rd.\" Undated. Wise, John Newspaper article about John Wise, Liberal Candidate from Richmond, Virginia. Undated. Woolfolk, Y.H. Post card to N.B. Cocke of Taylorsville, Hanover County, Virginia regarding bond due to W.W. Mallory estate. Louisa County, Virginia. February 19, 1846. Wr - Wz Wren, Joseph Letter to John News about himself and a request for money. Lynchburg, Virginia. February 28, 1868. Wright, Marcus J. Marcus J. Wright of the War Department, Adjutant General's Office to a doctor. Returning medical books. November 29, 1878. Wright, William Notes. To Capt. Wm J. Waller, \"Let Benjamin Wright have Two and a half bushels corn…August 3, 1843. To Wm. Spencer, \"let David Rippatoe have for me three \u0026 a half bushels corn…September 9, 1863. Wyatt, Francis (Sir) Handwritten copies of manuscripts. Originals are in the possession of the Earl of Romney. Order giving power to Capt. William Tucker to sail into Virginia, explore, fight Indians and punish…\" 1621-1622. Other commissions to: Capts. Roger Smith, Ralph Hamour and George Yardley. Group of manuscripts subtitled: No. 5. No. 6. Appear to be about all aspects of military matters and leadship. No. 16. About 1000 pounds due Sir Francis Wiatt when he was the Governor of Virginia, from the King. 1747. Wyman, J. (Dr.) Shipment Laden for Dr. J. Wyman for four boxes from the Port of Boston to the Port of Richmond. Massachusetts and Virginia. October 1843. Wythe, George Pages from William and Mary Quarterly, \"An Englishman's Tribute to Chancellor Wythe\" by R.B. Munford, Jr., undated, and a typed transcript of a letter from W.A. Rino to George Wythe about the \"loan of his Electrical Machine for the purpose of electrifying a Mulatto girl who hath had a lockd Jaw for some time\" dated August 12, 1800. X, Y and Z Yancey, David Codicil of will of David Yancey, of Virginia, now of Kingston, making nephew, William Kimbrough , his executor. Mentions brother Robert, Marry Garrett, Campbell Whittle and Dabney Minor. Addressed to Warren Ashley, Norfolk, Virginia. December 7, 1807. Yancey Family May Term 1792, Culpeper Court. Financial account for Patrick Rourk against Charles Yancey. Appointment of Thomas Yancey as Ensign to the First Battalion, signed by James Monroe. October 7, 1800. Stock for Thornton's Gap Turnpike Company to John W. Yancey of Woodville, Virginia. September 25, 1852 Receipts and notesbetween Philip Slaughter and Brother Yancey from Philip Slaughter, Th. Deane and W.W. Grimman. 1849, 1853, 1861 and undated. Letter to John W. Yancey in Woodville, Rappahannock County, Virginia from Alexander Stephens regarding Old South Liberty Church. August 12, 1880. Letter from M.K. Grimsley to Bro' Yancey about gifts he has received and thankfulness. January 31, 1884 Yardley, Argoll Typed transcript of will dated October 28, 1640. Yates, Bartholomew Letter from Williamsburg saying his father died and his mothers and sisters are moving to Williamsburg. March 16, 1806. Yates, John Letter from John Yates of Halltown, Virginia, to William Benton, near Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia about his family and his planned trip to Liverpool in May. Notation on letter from William Burton that John Yates died in England. March 25, 1851. Yeagan, L.H. Letter about genealogy and a book on the Yeagan family. 1890's. Yeardley, Frances Typed copy of a transcript where Sir William Berkeley appoints Francis Yeardley to be Captain \"…from the lower side of Hungars Creeke to the King's Creeke and all along the Bayes Side from Leeing's to the Old Plantacon.\" James City County, Virginia. July 2, 1642. Young, N.P. Letter to his children about family, children's education and travels. He has just moved to Millwood and will get them soon. Millwood, Virginia. November 28, 1862. Young, W. Letter to Mollie Young in Fortsville from her mother regarding visiting and negro, Tom, who is sick. Undated. Zenger, John Peter An article in the Boston Daily Probe by Uncle Dudley, \"Lesson from the Life of John Peter Zenger.\" 3 copies. 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Roosevelt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBranden (Brandon), John Accounts. Accounts between John Branden and Company and Stimpson and Hall, possibly in Petersburg. Virginia. 1791-1796. Purchased from Mrs. C.W. Moorman, April 1944. 1827 and undated account fragments. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCauthorn, Ethelbert G., American Legal Assocoiation Document for Ethelbert G. Cauthorn of Dunnsville, Virginia. June 14, 1851. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDavies, Samuel 1946 reprint of April 14, 1747 speech by W.H.T. Squires \"Samuel Davies before The King's Council for the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDavis, J.R. Letter from J.R. Davis of Purcell House in Norfolk, Virginia, to Major C.M. Stedman, Wilmington, North Carolina regarding the sale of furniture. November 6, 1879. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDavis, Jefferson Letter to W.E. Mitchell from Jefferson Davis. Mississippi. July 21, 1887. Photograph of Jefferson Davis. #4935 on the back. Backed with cloth. Pamphlet \"The Jefferson Davis Casemate,\" distributed at Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, Virginia.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDavis, Millie Letter to her daughter in Macon, North Carolina. December 5, 1892. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDenby, Charles Receipt from John Hurt to Charles Denby for burying John Hurt's wife. February 21, 1772. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDevon, F. W. Invoice. 1855. Dew, J. Harvie (Dr.) Pamphlet written by J. Harvie Dew, M.D., \"Fox Hunting in Old Virginia in the Days Gone By\" and \"The Yankee and Rebel Yells.\" 1904 Reprints. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDickinson, A.E. Letter from A.E. Dickinson of Colportage in Richmond, Virginia asking for a donation for their ministry program. July 15, 1859. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDinges, G. H. Accounts. Mount Crawford, Virginia. 1860-1867. See also: George W. Dinges Account Books and Ledgers under MsV. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDinwiddie Family Newspaper column, Genealogies of Bermuda, with notes on Andrew Auchinleck and family. Undated. Newspaper article, \"Glasgow's Link with George Washington\" with a photograph of a painting of the Dinwiddie Sisters. Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDodds, Matthew L. Letter from T.M.R. Talcott of Richmond, Virginia to the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department asking for \"tidings\" of Matthew L. Dodds, and a note from the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department to Mrs. Mary A. Dodds giving the address of her son in the Philippine Islands. October 11, 1910 and April 24, 1912. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDodge, Cleveland J. Letter to Hon. John W. Foster about a meeting. Both are in New York City, New York. April 15, 1907. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDow Family Edgar R. Dow Of Portland, Maine to Isaac Dow asking him if he is a descendant of Isaac Dow who married Elizabeth and if he knew if Isaac's father was Daniel Dow of Hampton who married Rachael Brown on November 27, 1749. October 14, 1889. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDowns, W.J. Receipt for ticket paid in Fort Republic, Virginia to Southern Express Company. December 2, 1898. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDrinkard, Samuel B. Receipts. Possibly from Richmond, Virginia. 1867. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDuesberry, James P. Letter from James P. Duesberry of Richmond, Virginia to James Rog of Albemarle, Virginia about hunting and his activities, plus a page where someone begins a letter to his \"gramma.\" November 4, 1852. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDufferin, Lord Handwritten copy of speech, in Latin, given by Lord Dufferin at a dinner in Ireland. \"A Hamilton\" has written his signature a few times at the beginning of the document. Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDuprey, James B. Receipt and invoice for household items. Richmond, Virginia. 1848. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eE Eason, Isaac Letter to Isaac Eason, attorney in Norfolk, Virginia, from the National Mercantile Agency, The Bankers Commercial League of America. February 5, 1900. Edes, S.C. United States of America Passport Entries include England, United States, Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and others. 1851-1852. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdson, P. Om. Letter from G.G. Benedict of The Burlington, Vermont Press regarding the order for VII, Proceedings of the Reunion Society. December 1, 1906. Letter to C.W. C. Rhoades regarding meetings with old military friends and remembering the Civil War. Poetically written. Possibly tongue-in-cheek about these meetings and the war. March 30, 1911. Letter from ? Cheney, Washington, Vermont regarding 49 years ago. August 3, 1911. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdwards, James L. Receipt for Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7. 1831 or 1851. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdwards, Lewis Receipts to Sloop Lewis. Possibly Washington, D.C. 1833 and 1837. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdwards, Lizzie Letter to Miss Lizzie Edwards in Indian Town, King William County, Virginia from her friend Miss Susan Langeston in New Kent County, Virginia regarding her illness, the cold and her new home. \"I have not so much as a fire to warm by.\" September 26,1867. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdwards, Morgan Letter to D.S. Horney regarding money and hardship after the Civil War. Horney lives in Independence, Virginia but is writing from North Carolina where his Father lives. April 9, 1866. Edwards, T. Brook Hand drawn calendar for April-July, 1849 and January-March, 1850. Brook Edwards, Columbia College, Washington, D.C. 1849 and 1850. Eliot, Charles William Letter and program for the celebration of the 90th birthday of President Emeritus of Harvard University, Charles William Eliot. March 1924. Emery, Harriet Letter to her cousin about her winter activities. Written April 9, 1855 and delivered September 3, 1856 Entler, Joseph Receipts, Correspondence, estate sale and a \"List of Democratic Votes…Northern and Western District of Shepherdstown…\" Shepherdstown, West Virginia. 1851, 1863, 1874, 1875 and undated Eppes Family Robertson Eppes, a student at William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia to his sister, Miss Polly Eppes of Richmond, Virginia and City Point, Virginia. 3 original letters with typed and handwritten transcripts. March 26, 1799 and undated. Eskridge, George Brochure for Eskridge Memorial Tree. Fredericksburg, Virginia. April 29, 1937. Ewald, William (Dr. and Mrs.) \"At Home\" card. Portsmouth, Virginia July 15, 1893. F Faber, F. W. F.W. Faber writes about God on black bordered note paper. Undated. Fauntleroy, S. G. List of items, mostly farm and building items, either an order or an invoice, for Dr. S.G. Fauntleroy from Dunn and Burch. 1889. Farmer, Abner Legatees of Abner Farmer allow $40 from the estate for Samuel P. Farmer. Signed by all legatees. March 30, 1849. Finley, John H. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from Dr. John H. Finley, editor from the New York Times, enclosing his poem, \"To a Book Worm.\" January 13, 1931. Finley, Samuel Agreement between Samuel and John Finley for a mercantile business. Rockbridge County, Virginia. Undated Account for Jane Tate's estate by Samuel Finley. July 1835. Note from Ruth Finley about the Missionary Herald. Undated. Account by Samuel Finley on how much money he has advanced to his children. December 31, 1842 Fish, Hamilton Partial Document with Presidential Seal. Hamilton Fish was Secretary of State under President Grant, 1869-1877. Undated. Fitzgerald, H.E. Letter from H.E. Fitzgerald, Secretary of Virginia, about a letter he inadvertently did not return. Undated. Fleming, John Receipt. 1834. Flood, Ann Pension claim of Ann Flood from the Department of the Interior, Pension Office, Washington, D.C. One signature is by James L. Anderson of Buckingham Courthouse, Virginia. December 19, 1872 Flournoys, Thomas L. Letter to his brother in Yolo County, California about his trip across the country and news of the family. \"…I have been informed that Dr. P.G. Flournoy has moved back to Virginia since the war closed. If so he can give you all of the news…\" December 16, 1866. Forrer Family Legal documents for Forrer, Orndorff, Geary, Propes, Merica and Lucas families. Page County, Virginia. 1859, 1866 and 1868. Francisco, Peter Proposal by Js. Webster of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and J. Warrell of Richmond, Virginia to publish a print representing Peter Francisco's action with Tarleton's men. Includes description of battle and biography of Francisco. 1813. Franklin, Benjamin Silhouette of Benjamin Franklin on a packet from the National Graphic Arts Education Guild honoring Franklin's birthday week, January 17-21, 1938. Fraser, Thomas Letter to A.K. Shurtliff of Portland, Maine about shipping leather. 1849. Frost, Edwin H. Advertisement for his business as a dealer in manuscripts. Yonkers, New York. Undated. Galli-Curci, Amelita Letter to Albert Sydney Edmonds of Kansas. St. Louis, Missouri. 1931. Garfield, James A. The Washington Star, Washington, D.C. account of the death of President James A. Garfield. July 2, 1933. Garfield, Lucretia R. Letters from Lucretia R. Garfield, wife of President James A. Garfield, to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling accepting the title of Honorary Vice President of the United States Daughters. 1892. Gee, John Henry (Dr.) and Pattie Williams Gee Poems. Collected and mimeographed by W.J. Fletcher, compiler of \"The Gee Family.\" 1938. Gibbons, Churchill J. Letter from Churchill J. Gibbons, Petersburg, Virginia to Mr. Barton regarding baptism and other church ceremonies. November 3, 1868. Gilliam, Catherine B. Letter to Richard Eppes for City Point, Virginia. 1842. Gilmer, Anne E. Newspaper obituary and funeral description of Mrs. Anne E. Gilmer, widow of deceased Ex-Governor of Virginia, Thomas Walker Gilmer. April 1874. Gilmer, J.H. Letter from J.H. Gilmer of Charlottesville, Virginia asking for two tenements be made ready to sell. July 21, 1842. Givandon, R. Receipt for sessions in penmanship. Levi Dolbear. Natchez. 1848. Glascock, G.T., and sons Letter to Mr. W.G. Sneed of Mocksville, North Carolina about a delay in an iron pattern order. April 19, 1904. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGlisson, O.L. (Captain) Letter to Capt. O.L. Glisson on the U.S.S. Kennedy from W.A. Macy. Macy sends reading material to men on the ship. Canton. October 19, 1855. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGlover, John Handwritten, one page, biography of General John Glover, who died January 30, 1797. Copy of August 3, 1778 letter from Captain John Glover to his son, John Glover, about applying for a parole so he can come home. Letter addressed to Marblehead, Massachusetts, but General John Glover writes, \"should this letter find you in England.\" Copy of letter from John Glover to his father, General John Glover, which says, \"my being impress'd on board of one of his Majesties ships…\". November 3, 1776. Glover, T. Jacob Recognition in astronomy and math for T. Jacob Glover from St. Mary's College in Baltimore, Maryland. July 1840. Goddin, Adolphus A Bank of Virginia Note, dated February 1, 1834, to Thomas M. Johnson for $175 with an additional Note that cannot be repaid. August 4, 1834. Signed by Samuel J. Blair. Richmond, Virginia. 1834. Gold, Thomas D. Letter to insurance company about his difficulty in paying premiums on his wife's insurance and wants the money returned. Berryville, Virginia. January 24, 1876. Gordin, John Discharge order in \"invalid ridgment\" (Invalid Regiment) by Colonel Lewis Nicola. April 21, 1778. Gore, Thomas P. Typed and signed letter from Thomas P. Gore, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, to unknown, saying he requested the Secretary of the Interior to grant an extension on payments for the unallotted land. October 25, 1914. Graham, E.A. Permission for slave, Amanda, to stay in Ann Wallace's yard. April 18, 1854. Grant, Julia D. Letter to Mrs. Darling stating she has no claim as a member of the U.S. Daughters of 1812, but her grandfather, Captain George Dent of Maryland, was in the revolution and they have a company roll-call of a Captain Grant, one of General Grant's direct ancestors. January 28, 1892. Grant, Ulysses S. Signature of Ulysses S. Grant on a partial document. February 3, 1875. General Orders, No. 10, from State of Minnesota. July 23, 1885. Program for Memorial Service for \"General U.S. Grant by the Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic, Metropolitan M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. October 4, 1885. Invitation by Mayor of New York City on the occasion of the formal transfer of Grant's Tomb to New York City. April 27, 1897. Gray, William A. Matriculation card for William A. Gray of Virginia from the University of Pennsylvania Medical Department. 1829-1830. Matriculation Card for William A. Gray, \"Surgical Anatomy and Operative Surgery,\" Philadelphia Anatomical Rooms. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGreenhow, John Letter from Greenhow in Richmond, Virginia to his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Greenhow in Gloucester, Virginia about family. August 15, 1794. Greenway, James (Doctor) Notes and Correspondence of Earl Gregg Swem about biography of James Greenway, a physician from England. 1922. Griffin, Bradney and Thomas Photostat copy of a letter from J. Bradney Griffin at Gloucester Heights, Virginia, to his father describing Yorktown, Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary. September 13, 1863. Photostat copy of a letter from Thomas Griffin to his son, Bradney Griffin. May 29, 1864. Griffin, Esther Josselyn Graduation Certificate from Lincoln Jefferson University in Hammond, Indiana. October 12, 1910 Griffiths, David M. Letter to Radio Liberty, Munich, Germany about a citation in the journal Russkaya Starina about a September 1, 1785 letter from Feodor Vasilievich Karzhavin to his father about living in Virginia for 6 or 7 years where he had the intention of being \"the Ambassador to the Russian Empress in a public character from the American Congress.\" He also mentions sending reports to Russia about battles in Philadelphia. Grove, Abraham Correspondence and receipts of Abraham Grove of Shenandoah County, Cedar's Creek and Saumsville Store in Virginia. Includes a math equation for building a chimney. 1822, 1826, 1850, 1854 and 1871. Gwathmey, G. Taylor Letter to Dr. E.C. Smith of Richmond, Virginia about law and wills. Norfolk, Virginia. June 1910. H Hale, Nathan Leaflets signed by Great Granddaughters of Nathan Hale refuting article, written by George Dudley Seymour, in the June 13, 1926 \"Hartford Courant\" which said the poem, Alicia, was not written by Nathan or Enoch Hale. Note: George Dudley Seymour, a Connecticut antiquarian, furnished the Homestead, Hale's home. Letter to President of the College of William and Mary from Mary E. Hastings, granddaughter of Nathan Hale, asking William and Mary to keep the documents for the family. The problem appears to be about the engagement of Alice Adams to Nathan Hale and the loss of a miniature of Nathan Hale. Statement or affidavit of the Great Granddaughters about the veracity of the material they sent. Copies of the material also sent to other historical societies and libraries. Other granddaughter's name is Isabel Hastings Shriver. 1927. Hall, John (Lieutenant) Navy Pension for widow, Mary Kelly Hall. John Hall died of insanity contracted while in line of duty. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Undated, but after 1860. Hallock, H.G. C. (Rev.) Circular letter from Rev. H.G. C. Hallock in Shanghai, China about the belief in Monkey Gods in China. Enclosed paper \"placemat\" with an illustration of the monkey god. September 28, 1928. Rev. Hallock was a missionary in China. Typed mimeograph copy, but signed by Hallock. Hamilton, James Letter to Wood J. Hamblin of Warren City, North Carolina regarding cotton prices. July 25, 1878 Hammond, Charles Henry Indenture for land between Hammond and Samuel Betts Junior of St. Lawrence County, New York and Henry Hayden of Canada. February 28, 1822.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Hancock, John Facsimile of letter from John Hancock to his wife dated June 21, 1775, entitled \"The Historical Love Letter\" and printed Christmas 1938. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHancock, Nathaniel Sermon by Nathaniel Hancock, Pastor of the Church of Christ in Tisbury, Massachusetts for 30 years and a 1721 graduate of Harvard College. \"Original Manuscript by Rev. Nathl Hancock of Tisbury 1714.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHaney, John Letter to his sister in \"Middlebrook\" in Augusta County, Virginia, regarding his wishes for the property and land after he dies. August 13. Letter to John Haney from unknown of Edwardsville, Missouri regarding prices of port and corn. December 9, 18--. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHankins, James Gustavus Memorial pamphlet for John Gustavus Hankins of Halifax County, Virginia printed by the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Virginia. 1929. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHanks, Nancy Blueprint of plat of land near Antioch, West Virginia. 1784. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarcourt, Algemon Letter from Unknown Ritchie. September 4. No year. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarline, Thomas Thomas Harline to Alex M. Holada regarding City Taxes Receipts. Virginia. December 28, 1866. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarper and Brothers Robert J. French of Williamsburg, Virginia to Harper and Brothers, New York about division of publishing proceeds. January 5, 1836. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarris, Christopher Charles W. Harris of Millgrove to E.P. Marsh, Petersburg, Virginia explaining why he has not been able to pay him. October 30, 1842. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarrison Family Letter from Isabella Harrison, Baltimore, Maryland to Mr. Dalton regar.ding damage done to her farm and food stores by General Butler. November 3, 1865 Letter from S.A. Dalton, Connecticut, to Miss Harrison, wanting to return her brother Robert's Bible that he took when her house was burned \"unintentional.\" September 13, 1865. Letter from Thomas H. Wynne in Richmond, Virginia to Mrs. Harrison returning the Mss volume that he has had reprinted. Letter from John C. Underwood to Isabella H. Harrison about the genealogy of the Byrd Family. November 27, 1896. Letters between Mrs. E. Randolph Cocke of Oakland, Cartersville, Virginia and Dr. Swem and Dr. Bryan of The College of William and Mary regarding the gift of letters and portrait. 1939. Black bordered resolution from the Virginia Historical Society \"In Memoriam\" to the death of \"Thomas Hicks Wynne, late corresponding Secretary of the Virginia Historical Society...\" Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarrison, Benjamin President of the United States. Signed thank you letter to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling. May 28, 1889. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarrison, Benjamin Governor of Virginia. Two pamphlets on Berkeley Plantation. Appointment of John Powell as Justice of Peace in Fluvanna County, Virginia, signed by Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia. November 3, 1783. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarrison, J.R. (Doctor) Funeral card for Dr. J.R. Harrison. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarrison, M.M. (Doctor) Invoices. 1853-1855. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarrison, Randolph Note to Branch Cunningham from Randolph Harrison. \"Hoping we may meet soon and often.\" Hartman, Melkail Summons for Melkail Hartman to appear before a justice to answer complaint of Goff and Smith. Monongalia County, Virginia. September 17, 1819. Harvey, John (Sir) Handwritten essay on \"The First Revolution in Virginia\" by unknown. Essay concerns the removal of Sir. John Harvey as Governor of Virginia. Undated. Havens, Hiram Letter regarding payment of bill. Connecticut. November 22, 1848. Hay, George Letter to Thomas Miller of Powhatan, Virginia regarding the Freeland Case. June 13, 1813. Hayes, Rutherford Bottom half of a document, signed by R.B. Hayes, President, and the Acting Secretary of State, Hay. Has Presidential Seal. September 1, 1880. Helper, H.R. Letter to E.M. Davis. New York. April 18, 1859. Henderson, William W. Receipt for L. Williams for a colt. October 1, 1856. Highland, Lucinda Earle Patton Booklet, \"Record of the Colonial Forebears-Descendants, Kinsmen and Childhood Friends and Schoolmates of the late Lucinda Earle Patton Highland of West Milford, West Virginia by Scotland G. Highland, Clarksburg, West Virginia. 1929. Hill, Alice Certificate of Dismission of Mrs. Alice Hill of First Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Virginia to St. Andrews Protestant Episcopal Church of Richmond, Virginia. May 7, 1892. Hill, Dabney Order slip for corn written to William Spencer of Dabney Hill for William Evans. September 1, 1843. Hix Receipt for items bought from B.H. Powell. 1848. Holladay Family Letter from A. Holladay to his mother, Patsy Holladay of Louisa County, Virginia. He tells her of his visit to Baltimore, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Cape May, New Jersey. July 23, 1850. Poll Tax Receipt for Mrs. P.Z. Holladay of Joseph, Missouri. December 27, 1861. Invoices of Alexander Holladay. Virginia. 1853, 1856 and 1867. Hollen, Archibald Receipt for payment to Daniel Thomas. September 30, 1868. Holloway, John Tobacco Warehouse Receipt. Appomattox River. Virginia. December 12, 1777. Holstead, R.B. Letters of Recommendation for Holstead as an Educator. Virginia. June 30, 1860. Hood, John B. John B. Hood, New Orleans, Louisiana to a friend, where he talks of family and the insurance business. November 24, 1875. Hopkins, W.A. Appointment of W.A. Hopkins as a Corporal in Company E, 70th Regimental Infantry, Virginia Volunteer. June 9, 1901. Horner, Inman Letter to James E. Heath of Richmond, Virginia regarding accounts of James English. April 23, 1830. Hornsby, L.A.. \"Friendly Facts\" pamphlet from L.A. Hornsby (store) in Hornsbyville, Virginia. Hubbard, Susanna Invoice for goods from Dr. Rives J.V. Gilliam. 1817-1818. Hutcheson, Benjamin Money exchange document paid to Benjamin Hutcheson, in London, in account for Hunter and Alexander, Merchants, Liverpool, England. Richmond, Virginia. January 11, 1817. Hyde, E.S. Invoice from Henry May and Brother, a watch business, of Baltimore, Maryland. May 25, 1858. I-J Jackson, Andrew Copy of letter from Andrew Jackson to Major William B. Lewis informing him that Mr. Clay has been offered the Office of Secretary of State. Washington, D.C. February 14, 1825. Jackson, James Letter to Redmond G. Slafter at the Theological Seminary in Andover, Massachusetts from James Jackson in Fairfax, Virginia. Descriptions of Washington, D.C.'s social life and Daniel Webster's voice and style, plus his opinion on government and education. March 5, 1844. Jackson, Thomas J. (Stonewall Jackson) Copies of letters by Stonewall Jackson written a few days before his death in 1863. Bottom of page has notation: Copyright 1884. H.W. Flournoy, Sect'y of Commonwealth. Newspaper Article on Stonewall Jackson, written by a childhood friend. 1880. James, Ollie M. Letter from Ollie M. James, Senator from Kentucky, to Samuel J. McCracken, turning down a lecture invitation. July 30, 1913. Jennings, E. and Sarah Letter from ___ Advocate regarding a payment. Paris and Lacy's Spring, Virginia. February 7, 1854. Johnson, Andrew Signature on a partial document. Undated. Impeachment of the President Gallery Tickets to the U.S. Senate. 5 tickets. May 13, 1868. Johnson, G. W. Legal letters to G.W. Johnson of Farmington, North Carolina. 4 letters. 1843-1844.. Johnson, Susannah Personal Property Tax receipt for Susannah Armstrong, wife of Peter Johnson. 1824. Johnston, James Photocopy of a handwritten biography of James Johnston written by his daughter. James Johnston was born 1749 in Scotland and died 1829 in Fleming County, Kentucky. He was a Baptist Minister in Virginia and Kentucky. He married Margaret Wirth of Fauquier County, Virginia. Undated. Johnston, Robert Letter to Peter Lyons, Jr. of Richmond, Virginia about selling wheat. November 20, 1790. Jones, John Paul Tissue Paper reproduction of John Paul Jones' appointment as Captain in the Navy on October 10, 1776. Handwritten manuscript by Charles H. Taylor on the John Paul Jones Flag. Undated. Jones, Thomas Catesby Thomas H. Carter's certification that Catesby was a member of \"The King William (Virginia) Artillery\" and \"Carter's Artillery Battalion.\" Undated. Jones, Thomas P. (Doctor) Letter from Dr. Thomas P. Jones of Washington, D.C. to James A. Dow of Boston, Massachusetts concerning a patent on a knitting frame. November 21, 1844. Jones, W. B., and Company Letter to Edward B. Smith of Richmond, Virginia regarding a disputed account. February 234, 1868. Jones, Walker (Doctor) Notes from patients requesting his help. Receipts. Richmond, Virginia. 1841, 1848 and 1853. K Kagey, Henry N. Accounts. 10 items. New Market, Virginia. 1853-1878. Kent (Doctor) Two letters from Dr. Kent of Warm Springs, (Virginia) to William H. Terube. 1847 and 1848. October 8, 1847: Purchase of a negro from Mr. H. Wade and the lawsuit of Benjamin Douglas' Legatees vs William Douglas executors. March 17, 1848: Hugh McDonald and Mr. Wade's fraud in purchase of a negro. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eKent, Hugh McG.Certification listing the books that Kent read at Greenville College, signed by President Charles Coffin. February 15, 1820. Order for Hugh Kent, as overseer of the poor in Montgomery County, to collect money. June 7, 1831. Letter from Kent to Mr. Price to pay Col. Miller the obligation due Col. Crockett. Nicholasville, Kentucky. January 8, 1835. Kent, Robert Bill from Robert Kent, Jr. sent to Robert Kent of Wytheville, Virginia from Francis Vespre, Treasurer of Georgetown College, Washington, D.C. April 12, 1847. Letter to Robert Kent from his son, Robert Kent, Jr. about a money draft. January 17, 1848. Kent, William Receipt. 1858. Letter to William Kent from William A. Moncure, Second Auditors Office of Virginia, saying the the \"Ordinance of the Convention does not apply to the money in the hands of the superintendents; that such money should be expended for educational purposes…\" August 5, 1861. Letter from Powell saying that Mary Arrington has applied for aid for bread. May 17, 1864. Kerr, John (Rev.) \"At Home\" card for Rev. John Kerr of Petersburg, Virginia. May 12. No year. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eKibler, Mary Ann Letter to Rubin and Manuel Varner of Luray, Page County, Virginia from his sister and brother-in-law, Mary Ann and Daniel Kibler, of Jasper County, Illinois where they tell in great detail their future plans about clearing land and building fences and buildings. Also talks of his money problems. April 22, 1854. King, Daniel In letter written from Matansa (Matanses), Daniel King tells Ira R. Steward of New York about his 21 day voyage and asks for prays for a seaman who was aboard the ship. July 15, 1848. Kirk, George W. Agreement between George W. Kirk, Dahlouga, Lumpkin County, Georgia and Max Georgii, Arthur P. Steward and Thomas G. Steward, all of Washington, D.C., for land in Hall County, Georgia. February 12, 1884. Kyle, H. (Doctor) Accounts and judgment payments. 3 items. Possibly Baltimore, Maryland. 1857-1861. Lacouture, E. Printed copy of a State Rights Paper by E. Lacouture to Virginia Legislature about establishing the proposed line of Franco-Virginia Steamships. March10, 1858. Langley, James Accounts. Lists his medical treatments and illnesses beside each name. Other purchased such as brandy and shoes. Possibly Norfolk, Virginia. 1772-1790. Lamb, William W. Printed list of bonds stolen from William Lamb by Rev. William G. Hoben of Portland, Maine. Bonds of State of Missouri and City of Sacramento, California. Printed in Norfolk, Virginia. May 30, 1868. Lancaster, Robert A. Petition for better conditions at Virginia's Penitentiaries to be presented at a special session of the General Assembly. Richmond, Virginia. January 15, 1901. Lawless, J.T. Real estate closing account. Richmond, Virginia. June 9, 1933. Lawson, Rob Promissory note by Thornton Taylor to Robert Lawson. July 1783. Lee, Henry Governor of Virginia. Letter from Governor Henry Lee, while in New York, about the legality of Mr. Gibson's testimony again the claim of Mr. Phelps. July 14, 1802. Transcription of a letter by Henry Lee about a land and money transaction. Undated. Lee, James Papers of James Lee of Williamsburg, Virginia. Names and business mentioned are: James Gibbons - a bond for 5 slaves, I. I. (J.J.) Bowden - letter about the book \"Brougham's Sketches,\" John Hockaday – note about his son missing school and William Power of Richmond, Virginia – letter. 4 items. 1807, 1842 and 1844. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLee, Richard, II Booklet, \"Richard Lee, II Belated Elizabethan in Virginian\" by Louis B. Wright. Reprinted from Huntington Library Quarterly. October 1938. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLee, Robert E. Copy of June 1, 1859 letter from Robert E. Lee and Col. Carter to Col. S. Cooper in Washington, D.C., saying he will be in Alexandria…then posted in Texas. \nBroadside with a copy of a June 2, 1863 letter from R.E. Lee, Genl, to his Excy Jefferson Davis. \nGeneral Order No. 9, copy. April 10, 1865, Headquarters, Army, Northern Virginia. Seal. \n\"Lee: The Final Achievement,\" by Francis Pendleton Gaines, a bulletin about Robert E. Lee's presidency of Washington and Lee University, copyright 1933. Letter from Francis P. Gaines, President of Washington and Lee University, to Judge John Barton Payne of Washington, D.C. . June 14, 1933. \nNew York Sun article on \"Quest of the Robert E. Lee Bible…\" May, 1942. October 12, 1934 reprint of pamphlet, \"Lee: The Background of a Great Decision,\" August, 1865. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLee, Warner Accounts. Virginia. 1765. 3 items. Leitch, James F., and Company A Liverpool, England company. A check on a New York Bank to John Matter and Company. January 7, 1817. Lewis, Andrew (General) 1897 reprint of newspaper article \"General Andrew Lewis, re-interment of the Hero of Point Pleasant…\" Lewis, Fielding (Colonel) Letter to Honorable David Jameson of Williamsburg, Virginia concerning exchanging Antigua money for Virginia money and the hiring of Mr. Riddick for their business (in the West Indies). January 7, 1777.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLewis, Thomas, Jr. Papers relating to the estate of Thomas Lewis. 1840-1859. Lincoln, Abraham New York Herald with articles on President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and Jefferson Davis being in Danville, Virginia. April 15, 1865. 4 copies. Copy of a November 21, 1864 condolence letter to Mrs. Bixby published by American Historical Documents. Reprinted of an article from The Spectator, Staunton, Virginia, about President Abraham Lincoln. March 19, 1909. Copy of page 4 of autobiographical sketch by Abraham Lincoln, written 1860. March 20, 1872. Lincoln, Levi Letter from Levi Lincoln of Massachusetts to Honorable Caesar A. Rodney, Attorney General of the United States, thanking him and Thomas Jefferson for wanting him to be part of the Administration. He declines due to poor eyesight. January 26, 1811. Lightfoot, Philip Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from Virginia Dorsey Lightfoot with attached report written by Virginia Dorsey Lightfoot, \"The Military Records of Major Philip Lightfoot.\" August 18, 1935 Lineaweaver, Jacob Accounts. 3 pieces. Rockingham County, Virginia. 1858 and 1871 Locke, E.A. Letters from E.A. Locke of Tehama County, California to his cousin in Virginia where he writes about farming, prices and his experiences in California. 1883 and 1884. Lomat, Judy Judy Lomat of Port Tobago writes to unknown Barbour of Virginia. She is sister of Mann Page Lomax. February 22, 1810. Long, John Photograph. Per note on back of photograph, \"grave of Captain John Long, of Ramsgate County, Kent, England, marked by marble slab. Warrange Church, New Kent.\" Lord, Frank B. Letters to Frank B. Lord, of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. from C.S. Steward, Dept. of Justice; Otto Praeger, Post Office; Frank Doremus, Michigan Representative and Albert Johnson, Washington Representative. 1916 and 1917. Love, Charles Promissory note from Charles Love to William Wilson. Alexandria, Virginia. March 7, 1799. Lowery, J.T., Store Button envelope from J.T. Lowery and Company, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Undated. Lubin, David Letter to the editor of \"World\" in Cleveland, Ohio, sending a copy of his book, \"Let there be Light\" about Amelioration. New York, New York. April 28, 1900. Luchs, L. Letter from L.Luchs, Washington, D.C., to John T. Allen of Washington, D.C. sending a $500 draft for Mr. Flournoy. September 11, 1868. Lucia, J.H. Letter to Miss Frances Bartlett about sadness of holidays. Montpelier, Virginia. December 12, 1905. Lundeen, Ernest Form letter from Ernest Lundeen, U.S. Representative from Minnesota, asking his constituents from Minneapolis to complete form, \"I believe that the people should be consulted before Congress declares war.\" March 30, 1917. Lyle, George Receipt for Henry M. Conrad owner of a transfer, livery, feed and sale stable in Radford, Virginia. October 9, 1908. Lyle, James A. College Diploma for James A. Lyle of Hartford, Maryland to teach in the public schools. September 1, 1879. Lyons, John W. Notes. One note has return address of Galveston, Texas. 3 items. M MaCaulay, Alex Biography of Alexander MaCaulay by Enrique Naranjo, reprinted from The Hispanic American Historical Review, November 1845. Autographed by Naranjo. Magill, Charles T. Funeral announcement. Rockland, Virginia. September 12, 1870. Madeira (Miss) Printed invitation to a recital at Rauscher's. Undated. Magniloquus, Roscoe 4 poems. Undated. Mallet, J.O. Intermediate Greek exam. February 1, 1876. Mann, Robert Account of money from John Webb to Sgt. Robert Mann. October 15, 1781. Marshall, William Accounts with William Johnson. Edinburgh, Virginia. 1773 and 1775. Marchpund, Alex Certificate of discharge from the Civilian Conservation Corps. Pembroke, Virginia. March 25, 1935. Mason, George Address by Honorable R. Walton Moore at House of Delegates, Richmond, Virginia, on unveiling of marble bust of George Mason. September 27, 1932. Mason, L. R. Acceptance letter as Rector of Grace Church in Richmond, Virginia. Written from Marietta, Georgia. December 30, 1890. Mason, M.E. Letter to Dr. G.A. (Mencci), Alexandria, Virginia regarding allegations that Mr. Mason spoke badly about Dr. (Mencci). February 19, 1843. Mason, Maud M. Letter to Mrs. Spiers regarding decorating colors. New York. New York. Undated. Masters, L. Letter from L. Masters of Boston, Massachusetts to Giles Unknown regarding a chemical experiment, the \"Freer Lovites\" club in New York and the \"Venus\" Club. October 18, 1855. Maury, Matthew Fontaine Prayer by C.M. Maury. Undated. Invitation to unveiling of bust of Matthew Fontaine Maury. Richmond, Virginia. November 15, 1932. Invitation to unveiling of monument of Matthew Fontaine Maury. Richmond, Virginia. November 11, 1929. Booklets on Matthew Fontaine Maury. Mayo, George Accounting by John Preston to Henrico Superior Court about estate of George Mayo. Henrico, Virginia. 1811. Mayo, John Receipt for claims upon Manchester Mills by Elira A. Mayo to John Mayo. March 28, 1811. Letter from Dr. J.D. Moncure, Superintendent of Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia to William P. Poythrep of Richmond, Virginia about John Mayo's condition. February 15, 1886. McAdams, George B. Letter from McAdams and Berry's Clothiery, Richmond, Virginia regarding money. February 15, 1893. McAllister, J.T. Liar's License. June 20, 1894. McAdoo, W.G. Letter to Rev. C.W. Lane regarding plants. Midway. July 17, 1867 McCabe, W. Gordon \"Real and Ideal: A Poem\" by W. Gordon McCabe. Printed, possibly pages from a book. Undated. McCormick, Cyrus H. Printed copy of \"Memorandum on renewal of his patent, now before Congress.\" Two copies. March 20, 1854. McCormick, D.M. Note between J.M. and D.M. McCormick, Johnsonville, Harnett County, North Carolina. 1858. McGill, Martha Letter from Martha McGill, Williamsburg, Virginia, to John D. McGill in Shacklefords, King and Queen County, Virginia about staying with him during the cold season. January 1838. McGraw, J.B. (Dr.) $70 check from Colonel Cunningham of Richmond, Virginia. January 1, 1880. McGuire, E.C. (Rev.) Obituary. Born in Winchester, Virginia 1793 and died 1858. 1858. McGriffin, John L. Receipt. Augusta, Virginia. December 26, 1857. McIntosh, Lachlan Placard reproduction of letter from McIntosh to Colonel John Laurence regarding a historic duel and the death of Button Gwinnett by the American Autograph Shop. Christmas 1937. McKinley, William Death announcement of William McKinley, President of the United States, written by Charles H. Ourand, Major and Inspector-General. General Orders No. 13. Headquarters District of Columbia Militia, Washington, D.C. September 15, 1901. McKown, Mary Ann Printed \"Tribute of Respect.\" Gerardstown, West Virginia. November, 1972. Mercer, Hugh (General) Reprint from Princeton Whig, \"Biographical sketch of General Hugh Mercer\" dated January 1834. \"The Battle of Princeton, and Death of Gen. Mercer\" article with a handwritten note \"presented by Colonel Hugh Mercer to Miss C. Grinnan.\" Undated. Meyers, Samuel Receipt and Bank Drafts. 2 items. Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia. 1816. 1819. Meyers, William R. Telegraph from Washington, D.C. to William R. Meyers of Richmond, Virginia. July 26, 1949. Middleton, Walter R. Letter from Ammon Hancock, Lynchburg, Virginia, to Colonel Abram Staples of Patrick Courthouse regarding debts owed by Walter R. Middleton. December 20, 1829. Miles, William Porcher Letter to Francis Lawley about meeting for dinner and lack of meat for (General Robert E. Lee) Lee's army. Richmond, Virginia. January 5, 1864. Miller, John M., Jr. Carbon copies of letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal about government bonds and securities by John M. Miller, Jr., President of First National Bank of Richmond, Virginia and correspondence concerning his letter, one from George J. Seay. February and March 1918. Miller, Lizzie Post Office Registry receipt for Miss Lizzie Miller. Elkton, Virginia. February 16, 1885. Montgomery, George Pardon granted by the Secretary of State, Franklin Pierce. Washington, D.C. March 3, 1857. Moody, Thomas Legal Receipts. 2 items. Prince George County. 1833, 1856 and 1857. Moore, R. Walter Letter to Mr. Coleman from someone in Fairfax, Virginia regarding a meeting. June 1919. Copy of typed press release of an address by R. Walton Moore of Virginia at York, Pennsylvania at the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Continental Congress Session in York. 17 pages. October 14, 1927. Copy of typed press release of an address by R. Walton Moore, Assistant Secretary of State, at the National University, Washington, D.C. June 11, 1935. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from R. Walton Moore. June 19, 1935. Morrill, Samuel Patent for a beehive. January 16, 1835. Morris, Stuart Receipt. December 17, 1844. Morrison, Alfred James Essay \"Root and Neil: Virginians as it were\" by Alfred James Morrison. Typed carbon biography of Dr. Alfred James Morrison with a list of his works. Undated. Mosby, Charles L. Obituary. Lynchburg, Virginia. March 17, 1879. Moseley, William William Langley's executor account of William Moseley. Norfolk, Virginia. 1810. Mundy Receipts of Mr. Mundy. 3 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1860's and 1870's. Murray, George, and Company Letter regarding a accounts and a negro boy. Norfolk, Virginia. December 1803.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Myers, G.A. Papers, including 3 invitations to Mason meetings. 7 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1850's and 1860's. Receipt for one bag received of A.S. Pendleton of G. Myers. Southern Express Company. Richmond, Virginia. November 6, 1863. Note recall to G.A. Myers, Bank of Virginia. Richmond, Virginia. January 1842. 2 items. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMyers, Gustavus Letter to Gustavus Myers of Richmond, Virginia from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania about making a screen or a chair. Written on a shipping order. December 1841. Myers, Gustavus A. Publications of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, membership request. January 28, 1856. Myers, H. (Dr.) Letter from D. Sendner ? in Virginia to Dr. Myers. Undated. Myers, William B. Commission for William B. Myers to be Second Lieutenant, for engineer duty, of the Provisional Army of Virginia. May 24, 1861. Nance, Z.F. Letter to Richard M. Graves of Potter's Field regarding paying Trower. November 2, 1847. Naylor, A.F. Business card and a pamphlet, with a dogwood poem, advertising A.F. Naylor as a Oriental Rug Specialist. After 1935. Neff, Henry Papers of Dr. Henry Neff of Rockingham County, Virginia. 7 items. 1840's, 1850's and 1885. New, J.S. Account of estate of Unknown Branch. 1856. Newman, Clark, and Company Monthly Statement of Montgomery and Wilson. Norfolk, Virginia. October 1879. Nicholas, W.C. and Robert C. Photostat copies of letters from W.C. Nicholas and Robert C. Nicholas from Warren, Kentucky and Gallatin County, Kentucky to nephews in Lexington, Kentucky about land in Texas. 1806 and 1827. Nicholson, Francis True copy of 1710 Proclamation of Sir Francis Nicholson Typed carbon copy of manuscript of biography of Sir Francis Nicholson by Croom Partridge. 1937. Norwood, Winifred Funeral Announcement, St. Paul's Church. July 17, 1851. Norwood Family Taxable property at Norwood Estate. 1870. Oemler, Marie Conway Letter from Ms. Oemler of Savannah, Georgia to Mrs. Sizer, about her father in the post civil war years. June 12, 1927. P-Q Pace, W. William Receipt. Richmond, Virginia. November 20, 1821. Page, Charles (Captain) Typescript of letters from Captain Page in Staunton, Virginia where he tells of his experience during the War of 1812. October 31, 1812 and June 21, 1814. Page, Mann An accounting of the legal issues between Mann Page and Mr. Morton, brother of Dr. George Morton. Undated. Page Mann, Jr. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to his brother, W. Page, in Virginia about his opinion that the delegates to congress should decline foreign commerce…to keep honest. Writes of seal being made in Virginia. May 26, 1777. He was delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia. Transcript included. \"Memo as to the facts in relation to the differences between Mr. Morton and Messrs Willis and Madison.\" Memo mentions land or deed problem with William Shepherd, Mr. Willis and Major Madison. September 23, 1840. Typed carbon copy summary of the lawsuit between Maria Wilson Page, Relict and Administratrix of Mann Page, Deceased and John Lloyd, Executor of Osgood Hanbury, surviving partner of Capel and Osgood Hanbury; Robert Patton, Administrator with the will annexed of Mann Page, John T. Page; Lewis Burwell, Administrator of Robert C. Page and John Minor. 1931. Page, Martha Receipt from Miss Martha Page to John Edgar for music instruction. January 1, 1844. Palmer Note regarding debts due. October 15, 1865. Palmer, Charles Letter from Charles Palmer to C. Dunn regarding money owed. Petersburg, Virginia. 1871. Pane, Selia (Mrs.) Receipt signed by Thomas Sweeney for package delivered to Mrs. Selia A. Pane, Petersburg, Virginia, by Adams Express Company. June 8, 1865. Paradise, Lucy Typed transcript of letter from Samuel Johnson to Mrs. Thrale about the Paradise Family. April 1, 1775. Park, Edward Invoice of William Thelabell to Edward Park. Fragments. 1767. Partridge, Allen (1785 to 1854) Pages from a book with an article by Captain Partridge on Education. Captain Partridge established a military academy in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1839). Undated. Payne (Judge) Personal letter from Charles L. Strobel to Judge Payne. December 19, 1922. Pennington, Charles H. Washington, D.C. Treasury Department document transferring C.H. Pennington as a temporary clerk. May 20, 1878. Letter from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, regarding pension of Charles H. Pennington. February 24, 1915. Perkins, Eli Regarding estate. Other names mentioned are Sarah Snoddy, John Perkins and Alexander Perkins. 1 item. North Carolina. 1833 and 1835. Perkins, Nathaniel Letter to Arch. Bryce from ? Perkins, Diamond Mills, regarding court of appeals' case, possibly in Buckingham County, Virginia. October 2, 1820. Peyton, John Howe Letter in a newspaper to Colonel John Lewis Peyton, son of John Howe Peyton, from David S. Young of Staunton, Virginia, who says \"you request me to write out my recollections of him.\" January 31, 1879. Article in Newspaper written for the Valley Virginian, \"My Recollections of the Late John Howe Peyton\" by W.F. 1878. Phillips, William Receipt for hiring of negroes. 1834. Receipt for monthly subscription to Old Dominion Chronicle. Portsmouth, Virginia. July 27, 1841. Pilson, Matthew Receipts, invoices, estate accounts. Some horse related. 3 items. Rocky Springs. 1861-1864. Pittman, Newsom J. (Dr.) Accounts. Rocky Mount, North Carolina. 1840-1843. Plato, John \"Protection for a Coloured Person\" document stating that John Plato was born in Mathews County, Virginia. Signed by Conway Whittle. July 9, 1836. Pocahontas Newspaper articles: \"The Standard,\" Richmond, Virginia, November 5, 1881. \"Interesting particulars regarding Pocahontas and Captain John Smith and their burial places. \"The Standard,\" November 12, 1881. Part 2. \"The Standard,\" August 27, 1881. \"Pocahontas.\" \"Richmond Times-Dispatch editorials on Pocahantas and an original portrait. June 10, 1883. \"New York Times,\" 1890, \"Maids in Bermuda.\" Poe, Edgar Allen Portrait print of Edgar Allen Poe, possibly a page from a book. Newspaper articles about Poe and advertisements for his work. 1880, 1911 and undated. Poindexter, Henry P. Receipts. 5 pieces. Richmond, Virginia. 1838, 1840 and 1853. Poindexter, Jane Receipt for purchase of negroes from estate of William Quarles. 1 item. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. February 1835. Pollard, John Garland Flyers of article from the \"Winchester Evening Star\" on John Garland Pollard, \"Out of Thine Own Mouth Will I Judge Thee\" by Dabney Carr Harrison. 10 items. July 25, 1917. Porter, George L. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from Henry W. Lamb, Williamsburg, Virginia, about George L. Porter's ancestry and Civil War experiences, from \"Genealogy of Lincoln, Pearce, Porter, Agers.\" March 27, 1939. Powers, Pike (Rev.) Letter from Rev. T.G. Dashiell of Richmond, Virginia to Rev. Pike Powers regarding Miss Algia Napier. April, 22, 1890. Letter from Marian E. Dickinson of Richmond, Virginia to Rev. Pike Powers asking to be taken off the books of St. Andrews. February 25, 1887 Price, Lucy S. Letter to Miss Mary Ladd regarding her carriage accident. July 4, 1841. Purdy, Nannie Sutton Prayer typed onto a beige silk cloth with fringed edges. 4.5 x 15\". 3 crosses printed on it. Nannie Sutton Purdy printed on the bottom. Q-R Quarles, Patsy Receipts, including a Doctor's accounting of his visits to the negros belonging to Patsy Quarles. 3 items. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. 1838, 1841 and 1842. Quarles, Sarah Property receipts. 2 items. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. 1838 and 1847. Randolph, J.C. and Company Invoice from Dr. E.J. Higgins, wholesale liquor dealer from Norfolk, Virginia for J.C. Randolph and Co. 1878. Randolph, John John Randolph of Roanoke. Photostat of letter from William Hughes to John Randolph. January 17, 1822. Chancery suit between Corbin Braxton, executor of St. George Tucker Coalter, deceased, plus others and William Leigh, executor of John Randolph, deceased plus others. Lawsuit regarding Wyatt Cardwell, agent for John Randolph's heirs. December 4, 1847. Newspaper articles on John Randolph. 1878 and 1881. Randolph Family List of land holdings in Virginia during the Colonial days of the Randolph Family for the William and Mary Quarterly. Undated. Rawlings, James H. Accounts for physician, Dr. J. H. Minor and J. L.Burrus. 3 items. Possibly Caroline County, Virginia. 1843 and 1847. Reed, Henry L. (Mr. and Mrs.) Golden wedding invitation. Chambersburgh, Pennsylvania. 1876. Reed, John L. Letter to his cousin in Baltimore, Maryland about directions for which train station to get his ticket. September 26, 1873. Reurs, Thomas Receipt. Undated. Richards, Charles J. Letters to Charles J. Richards from family and friends. Subjects include the Young Men's Society and debates in Lynchburg, Virginia, lecture on Natural Photography, and the Richmond Lyceum. 1838-1840. Robertson Family Letter to John T. Robertson about laws on will probate, dated May 24, 1878. Accounts of Robertson Family. Many are fragments. Names mentioned are James Robertson, Col. George Robertson, Michael Robertson, John Roberson, Thomas Emond and John Ireland. 1785, 1802, 1805 and 1878. Richardson, George Account paid for George Richardson by Murray, Mundell and Grinnan. Signed by Hugh Mercer. August 3, 1804. Richardson, W.W. Deposition of Ada J. Richardson of New Hanover County, North Carolina. She states that her deceased husband was a private in Captain Williams' Company and entered service in Stafford County, Virginia and killed at Malvern Hill. She wants the $50 he had with him when he died. November 23, 1863. Richelieu Fragments of a copy of a letter from Cardinal Richelieu to the French Ambassador. Paris, France to Rome, Italy. 1638. Rinedollar Receipt from William Giles, Jr. March 2, 1808. Ritter, William L. Pamphlet \"Biographical Sketch\" by Dr. Samuel H. Higgins. William Ritter was born August 11, 1835 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Roach, Libby Letter about lawsuit from boarders of Libby Roach, in Norfolk, Virginia, from Hubard and Hubard. September 23, 1892. Robertson Account of sale of property at Mr. Robertson's estate, Providence. Sale by Carter Braxton. Middlesex County, Virginia. 1836. Robertson Family Letter to John T. Robertson about laws on will probates. May 24, 1878. 16 items. Account fragment of Col. George Robertson. Accounts of Robertson Family. Many of them are fragments. Some names mentioned: James Robertson, Michael Robertson, John Robertson, Thomas Emond and John Ireland. Petersburg, Virginia. 1785, 1802 and 1805. Robinson, Conway Receipt for Hening and Mumford's reports bought at James Heron's auction. Signed by James R. MacMurdo. May 12, 1823. Robinson, John M. A wedding invitation for Champe Conway and John M. Robinson at Saint Paul's Church. Addressed to Miss Stott. Undated. Rochelle, Martha Letter to Mrs. Martha Rochelle in Jerusalem, Southampton, Virginia from her son in Concord. February 1836. Rochelle, R.De Letter from de Rochelle written in French. Note on back of letter, \"about the French Claim.\" Washington, D.C. February 3, 1831. Rogers, M.C. Letter from M.C. Rogers in Huntsville, Texas to S.C. Rogers of Tennessee regarding family matters, particularly after the war along with his opinion of the war. Gives name of Grandfather, Henry Roger and Specer Clark. Family originally from Fauquier and Loudoun Counties, Virginia. February 14, 1866. Roney, Isaac Accounts and Letters of Isaac Roney of Dinwiddie County, Virginia. 1836-1871. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Inauguration ceremony program and invitation. 1933. Printed ballad, \"If Roosevelt Ruled Ireland,\" by William V. McKenny sung at the Irish Night Clover Club. 1936. Rosenwald, E. Receipt for merchandise on the Harnden's Southern Express. Richmond, Virginia. August 4, 1862. Ross, Charlie Brewster Pamphlet by Allan Pinkerton, with photo, about abduction of Charlie Brewster Ross in Germantown, Pennsylvania. July 1, 1874. Ross, G. (Dr.) Prescription written by Dr. G. Ross to H.G. Forstmann, a Druggist in Richmond, Virginia. Undated. Rowe, R. Semple Letter from R. Semple Rowe of Baltimore, Maryland to a friend in Richmond, Virginia about travel plans. July 24, 1865 or 1866. Rowland, Kate Masson Letter to Bishop Randolph regarding the ancestry of Benjamin Harrison. June 17, 1895. Photograph of \"The Honourable Sir William Thomson...\" Royal, William L. Court case in Richmond, Virginia about 1890. Russell, Margaret Postcard to Mr. and Mrs. Hearue of Drakes Branch, Virginia. Post card has drawing of a YMCA in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Undated. Rutherford, J.C. Receipt. April 18, 1849. Sander Family \"Extracts, etc., from Records of Clerk's Office of Northumberland Co., Virginia\" made by W.S. Cralle, Clerk of the County Court for said County. June 1888. Sandidge, Dabney Note to William Wallace requesting him to feed his workmen from his mill. Amherst, Virginia. September 1, 1843.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSargent, Eliza F. Norfolk, Virginia Office of Board of Health to Mrs. Eliza F. Sargent regarding connection to the ( ) server. September 10, 1890. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSaunders, George D. Note requesting meal for his hands who are working (with, near, for) someone. New Store, Buckingham, Virginia. November 12, 1862.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSaunders, John Receipt for a subscription to the Virginia Patriot, Richmond, Virginia. February 7, 1814. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSavage, N.R. Checks written by N.R. Savage. 4 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1876. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eScattergood, Thomas Letter to Thomas Scattergood from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, mostly regarding possible unchristian influences in Richmond, Virginia and elsewhere. Faded. Fragments. 1794. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSchneider, John B. John B. Schneider in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Mr. Allen and Co. requesting 10 pounds of tobacco. May 17, 1869. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSchuricht, Herrmann Letter written from Herrmann Schuricht of Idlewild, Cabham, Virginia. to John S. Irby in Richmond, Virginia, sending a copy of his historical publication. October 20, 1898. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eScoville, S.C. Letter to Lyman Kinsley regarding bank and Birkshire Railroad stock. November 23, 1854. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eScruggs, H.B. Accounts and Receipts of H.B. Scruggs to E.E. White, Thomas Johnson, James W. Snoddy, John M. Torrey, Charles F. Torrey and Edmund Torrey. He appears to be an ironworker. Buckingham County, Virginia. 1858-1866.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeaton, W.W. Notes on birth and deaths of W.W. Seaton (died January 11, 1785) and Joseph Gales. (1786-1860). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eShaver, David (Rev.) Seven handwritten sermons by Rev. David Shaver, editor of the Richmond Religious Herald. 1864-1865. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSheetz, George C. Pages from a journal which includes newspaper social column about the Sheetz Family and a page from a book about horse medicines. Near Dorcus, Virginia. 1902 and Undated. Sheridan, Philip Henry (General) War Department announcement of General Sheridan's death. August 6, 1888. Funeral invitation. Death Announcement by Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Sherman, William Tecumseh (General) Pamphlet with details of the funeral of William Tecumseh Sherman. February 17, 1891. Sherrard, John M. Invitation to the funeral of John M. Sherrard at the United Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia. Addressed to Gus A. Myers and Family. June 23, 1858. Shields and Somerville Letter from Shields and Somerville of Richmond, Virginia to N.O. and C.H. Cram of Portland, Maine about a flour shipment. June 28, 1850 Shore, John Photostat of the 1777 title page \"Dr. Isaac Hall's Graduate Thesis on Joannes Shore\" along with handwritten notes. Si - Sz Smith, D.G. Letter to Andrew Brown, Charlottesville, Virginia, a distributor of salt. Civil War. September 19, 1862. Smith, E.C. Leave of absence permission from University of Virginia. December 21, 1878. Certificate from University of Virginia for Applied Mathematics. July 3, 1879. Smith, Jacob B. Letter to brother, Jacob Smith, from H. Mohler in Park County, Indiana where he says how wonderful it is in Indiana, particularly the people as compared to home. On back of the November 9, 1867 letter, another letter from Fannie E. Mohler to Mrs. Sarah Smith. Smith, John (Captain) Section of a book on Captain John Smith written about 1889. Two copies. Newspaper editorials by R. Howison and Alexander Brown on early United States and Captain John Smith. Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. February 1891. Typed biographical material on Captain John Smith with a photograph and a placard of a plaque with an epitaph to Captain John Smith located in St. Sepulchre's Church, Smithfield, London. Smith, Lucy P. Letter to her cousin while at Salt Springs, Virginia. August 14, 1856. Smith, William William Smith was a Brig. Gen. in the CSA and Governor of Virginia. Letters from William Smith: Recommending T.J. Murphy to the Secretary of Treasury, R.J. Walker. Written from Warrenton, Virginia on March 16, 1848. To possibly the Enquirer, asking that his speech be published. Written from Washington, D.C. on May 17, 1852. To possibly the Enquirer, about the Hunter Bill and the West. August 3, 1854. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSmyth, John Ferdinand Dalziel A report by R. Leroy Hilldrup \"A Tory's Account of Certain Virginia Patriots.\" Correspondence between Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and R. Leroy Hilldrup for a William and Mary Quarterly article. Virginia. 1934. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSnickers, Edward One document that includes a copy of a 1785 bond whereby Martin Ashby of Louisa County agrees to pay one thousand pounds to George Noble of Frederick County, Virginia for 350 acres. a 1784 bond to Edward Snickers for an exchange of land between Snickers and Ashby for 306 acres in Frederick County and 350 acres in Loudoun County and letters from Edward Snickers about his land transactions with Ashby. The copy is possibly also dated about 1785. Gift of Dr. Thomas G. Pullen. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSomervails, C.R. Money exchange for sterling. Richmond, Virginia. Dec. 19, 1865. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSouthall, Elianna Letter from Ms. Southall of Baltimore, Maryland, to her father, Robert Anderson in Richmond, Virginia. Mentions William and Mary where \"only four students at Commencement\" and proposed the college move to Richmond. November 9, 1833. Southward Family Invoices. 8 items. Richmond, Virginia. 1867-1873. Southworth, Edward Summary of military duty in the 2nd U.S. Colored Troops. Civil War. 1862-1865, 1910. Spotswood, Alexander Typed transcript of letter to Edmund Pendleton, President of the Committee of Safety, at Mount Pleasant Camp, near Cobham, from Alexander Spotswood. November 16, 1775. Sprinkle, Charles, and Company Note from E.T.H. Warren asking him to pay back money. 1860. Spruill, B.I. Receipt for money given to B.F. Moore as an arbitrator. Tarboro, North Carolina. November 27, 1833. Stackhouse, Rosamond, Invoices and Property Tax. 6 items. Prince George County, Virginia. 1856-1867. Starke, Eliza N. Letter from Raphael Smith and a poem written on a doily, \"Aerostic by J.B. Dods.\" New York. April 17, 1854. Statute, Fanny Funeral cards. April 10, 1886. Stedman, Edmund Calling cards and a letter to Annie Carlisle of Charles City, Iowa. November 1891. Steele, Margaret Letter to Aunt Frances and Uncle Leigh describing her Christmas presents. Early 1900's. Stephen, Adam (General) Letter to Francis B. Jones from Charles James Faulkner, House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., about Adam Stephen of Berkeley County, Virginia. May 19, 1856. Notes by Charles James Faulkner on General Adam Stephen. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSterling, Joseph Receipt written by William Upshaw, Jr. for negroes. Possibly Gloucester, Virginia. March 15, 1757. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eStevens, S.N. (Miss) Letter to Miss Stevens in Norfolk, Virginia from Wakefield Rattan Company in Boston, Massachusetts about rugs. October 13, 1882 \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eStewart, Eliza Letter to her brother about Eliza's accounts. Mentions Richmond, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland. January 30, 1855. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eStoddard, Charles J. Appointment request for a job at the Office of Comptroller of Currency, Treasury Department, in Washington, D.C. Sent to Hon. A.B. Hepburn, Comptroller. 1892. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eStokes, D.R. Letter from William Hodges Mann , an attorney of Nottoway Courthouse, Virginia. June 17, 1890. Stone, Edward L. Pamphlet with letter from Edward L. Stone of Roanoke, Virginia, to W.E. Rudge about the Book Worm bug. Pamphlet entitled, \"All Hope Abandon, Ye Who Enter Here.\" Undated. Stott, Susan B. Receipt signed by Henry P. Irving. 1 item. Possibly Richmond or Cumberland County, Virginia. 1834-1838. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eStrachan, John B. Note from John B. Strachan which says Mr. Cosby will pay amount to bank. October 14, 1815. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSwann, Thompson Tax for Ordinary in Cumberland County, Virginia signed by Robert C. Nicholas. October 10, 1768. Swineford, H. Check to Clemmitt and Jones for printing order for Toppa Lodge. Richmond, Virginia. July 27, 1877. Ta Tabb, John B. Article, \"Some Notes of My Life\" by John B. Tabb, included in the December 1936, The Borromean, a publication of Saint Charles College, Catonsville, Maryland. Exerpt from the June 1937 Borromean, \"Summer vacations with Fathre Tabb at the Forest, His Virginia Plantation Home.\" Tabb, Phillip Photostat of a letter from Phillip Tabb to John Page at Rosewell, Virginia about men from British barges robbing houses. December 9, 1782. Original may be on National Park Service's possession. Tallmadge, D.B. (Judge) Funeral Notice. Richmond, Virginia. October 30, 1846. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTalmann (William) Typed translation and transcription from Latin of Commission to William Talmann as Controller of Works in England. Mentions King William and Queen Mary. Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTatham William Pamphlet on William Tatham, clerk of the Wataugan Settlement, by Samuel C. Williams. Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTayloe, Edward Thorton Obituary. Alabama. Undated. Taylor, Creed Receipt for Chancery Court advertisement in the Richmond Enquirer. Other names mentioned are Creed Taylor, Richie and Cook and W.G. Pendleton. Richmond, Virginia. February 26, 1830. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTaylor, J.S. Letter to Mr. Ladd, near Richmond, Virginia, about business accounts. 1780's. Letter to Thomas Mifflin Ladd, near Richmond, Virginia, concerning case of M. Spencer and business accounts. September 17, 1788. Taylor, Jesse Typed transcript of letter from Jesse Taylor to his cousin. Note about Taylor family history written on the transcript. February 1774. Taylor, Tazewell Letter from R. Rose of Washington, D.C. about \"Mason Farm: for sale o the James River, about 20-30 miles from Norfolk, Virginia. 2 items. August 1869. Tb - Tz Tennabalo or Tinnebale, William Receipts. 2 items. Norfolk, Virginia. 1765 and 1795. Thalheimer Instructions to the jury concerning J.W. Wimmer on the trial for the murder of Mr. Thalheimer. Virginia. Undated. Thompson, P. M. Invoice from Alsop, Mosby and Co. of Richmond, Virginia. June 6, 1893. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThompson, S.H. Typed copy of letter to Rev. Henry Thompson Louthan in Williamsburg, Virginia from Rev. Henry Thompson in Farmville, Virginia. May 20, 1902. Handwritten note at top of page, \"A Review of Tom Dixon's Leopard Spots by one of the K.K.K. boys himself.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThompson, W.T. Letter to W.B. Phillips from W.T. Thomson of the morning news office of the Savannah, News with instructions on length of letter and what kind of Washington, D.C. news they want for their newspaper, plus his political opinions. Savannah, Georgia. July 14, 1856. Thornton, James D. Letter to Hon. J.D. Thornton in Richmond, Virginia from Attorney W.E. Turner in Modesto, California about California case of Lightfoot who murdered Colonel Branch. February 1, 1881. Letter to Hunter from James D. Thornton, Judicial Department, Supreme Court of California, sending the previous letter. February 18, 1881. Terrell and Rayley Letter to Leonard B. Terrell of Weymouth, Massachusetts from Tiffany (possibly Tate) of Baltimore, Maryland, concerning invoice. March 11, 1843. Letter to Terrell and Bayley about an invoice. May 12, 1845. Todd, Mallory Obituary. Christchurch, Virginia. Undated. Torrence, William Clayton Letter to William Torrence from Mrs. J. M. Slaughter about new edition of book about St. George's Parish. December 31, 1903. Letter to Wm. C. Terrance from Raleigh L. Green of Culpeper, Virginia, about printing a book. December 19, 1903. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTownsen, James and Katherine Ann Letter to Jesse E. Parish of Drapersville, Virginia from James Townsen of Edmondson County, Kentucky, about family news. February 14, 1848. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTownsend, S.R. Letter to his wife in Waltham, Massachusetts while at a convention in Baltimore, Maryland. Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTucker, Benjamin F. Court document for a case in Richmond County, Georgia: Benjamin F. Tucker vs Hesekiah Odin and Jesse Walton. October 4, 1840.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTucker, Richard D. Letter to Murray Grinnan and Mundell of Fredericksburg, Virginia regarding selling flour. December 26, 1811. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTunstall, Alex (Dr.) Letter to Robert Mumford, Richmond, Virginia regarding genealogy of Colonel George Brooke and Catherine Tunstall. Mountain Lake Hotel, Virginia letterhead. July 22, 1899. Letter to Mr. James about genealogy. October 22, 1901. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTurner, Henry Bill from Bremen, Germany for items sent to Virginia. April 15, 1865. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTurner, Mary Letter is illegible. May 31, 1866 \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTurpin, Thomas J. Letter from Thomas J. Turpin of Woodlawn, Virginia to Edward T. James of Richmond, Virginia concerning Turpin estate. January 14, 1847. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eUnknown Correspondents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetter to Cousin Robert in Norfolk, Virginia from Mary B.A. in Washington, D.C., about family matters. February 1, 1936. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetter to Col. about \"bill which passed both branches of the Legislature but was not signed by his Presbyterian Majesty (the gov) as he considered it…\" Partial letter. Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to Peter. John Bolton written on the letter. Fragment. December 1856. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetter to \"My Dear Dear Sister\" from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania about family and the mood in Philadelphia. June 13, 1846. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetter to Cousin Maria from Julia. Letter is about their health, but there are notes written under the letter which say \"Pulaski\" and give genealogy of some people, but difficult to decipher names. Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eUpshur, Abel Parker Published in the William and Mary Quarterly. Original letter written by Abel Upshur while Secretary of State, to the Honorable John C. Calhoun of South Carolina. Upshur talks of Great Britain's tactics and predicts war over slaveholders. Thinks England will be involved, particularly with fabric commerce. Talks of abolitionists and the admission of Texas to the Union as a slave owning state. Washington, D.C. August 4, 1843 \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eValentine, Edward Virginius Newspaper article in the Richmond Standard about Valentine with byline, American Art Review – Margaret J. Preston. Richmond, Virginia. May 29, 1880. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVan Buren, Martin Authorization for the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to \"the envelope of a letter to the King of the Kingdom of the two Sicilies, congratulating him on the birth of Prince Alberto Maria Francesco...\" Signed by Martin Van Buren. Washington, D.C. January 10, 1840.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVanyard, B.A. Letter on side one: from James Mc D. Thrasher to friend. \"…you ought to be here just to see how the Yankees have treated the country in this vicinity. They have nearly desolated every house…\" Letter on other side: from B. A. Vanyard at Camp Latham, Roanoke Street, Tent…to My Old Friend. \"…great pleasure so you and John and brother come and see us what is cost is a matter of moon shine…\" March 17, 1861. Civil War. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVan Dusen, R.M. Advertisement for employment in Fernald's Newspaper Men's Exchange in Springfield, Massachusetts. Typed carbon copy with handwritten updates of job experience. After 1916. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVan Laun, J.A. Letter to Alfred Van Laun in Chicago, Illinois from his father in London, England about selling Lafayette and Chief Justice Marshall etchings and the printing of them from the plates. February 19, 1895. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVaughan (R.B.) Letter from R.B. Vaughn in Desota, Mississippi to his parents, A. Vaughan, in Brunswick County, Diamond Grove, Virginia about his experiences with settling in Mississippi. 1857. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVeale, George Photostat copy of letter about logging. Virginia. April 20, 1773. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWa-We \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWalker, Benjamin I. Letter to Edmunds Store about selling items. Mecklenburg, Virginia. September 25, 1842 \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWalker, Edwin List of debts, notes and bonds due. Near Richmond, Virginia, 1857. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWalker, Francis A. (General) Announcement of Parlor Lectures by General Walker at residence of Mrs. Henry Draper, 271 Madison Avenue, New York, NY. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWallace, Ann Note giving Caroline Miller permission to go to Centenary Church. January 26, 1859. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWaller, Charles (Mrs.) Ledger sheet of Mrs. Charles Waller for Dr. John Lindsey. 1869-70. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWaller, William M. Sarah A. Waller giving William Spencer permission to give Mr. Duncan's slave a \"turn of corn.\" Undated. Other requests for produce. 1842-1844. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWalthall, Telitha A copy of her will, possibly written at the time of the will. Mentions Martha and William Nunnerly. October 1, 1846. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWarner, A.L. (Dr.) Receipts and checks to Richmond, Virginia businesses. 9 items. 1837-1846. Season pass to M.A.R. Lectures. Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWarren and Quarles Advertisement brochure with bond information. Richmond, Virginia. 1882. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWashington, Booker T. Typed letter to Rev. H.E. Lombard from Booker T. Washington, principal of The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, soliciting funds. Signed by Booker T. Washington. April 6, 1914. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWashington, L.W. L.W. Washington of Halltown, Jefferson County, Virginia to Samuel T. Stone of Rockville, Maryland about money from the Forrest Estate. April 28, 1846. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWatson, Josiah Letter from Josiah Watson in Alexandria, Virginia to John Hopkins in Richmond, Virginia regarding a missing horse that was found. August 1787. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWeaver, Mildred Letter to Mildred Weaver of Waynesboro, Virginia from Tehran, Persia. Mentions Titanic tragedy. April 22, 1912. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWeavor, John (Weaver) Indenture of John Weaver to Elijah Sparks as a Merchant Apprentice. Shepherdstown, Virginia. 1796. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWenger, L. Tannie (Fannie) Recipe for red dye for yarn. October 24, 1867. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest, Francis Newspaper article by Rev. Edward D. Neill about Francis West. Richmond Dispatch in Richmond, Virginia. 1878. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest, John Newspaper article by Rev. Edward D. Neill about John West. Richmond Dispatch in Richmond, Virginia. June 15, 1878. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest, Mattie J. Letter from Cousin Bess about visit and her household activities. Gravel Hill, Virginia. Undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest, Thomas B. 40 shares of Exchange Bank of Virginia, No. 3216. Norfolk, Virginia. July 28, 1856. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWestmoreland, (E.D.) Letters to his cousin about pretty girls, sweethearts and family news. Petersburg, Virginia. April and June 1868. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWf-Wq \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhite, Louise E. Receipts, some with Dr. Margaret Scellen. York, Virginia. 1831 and undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhittle, C and F. Shipment laden order for tobacco to C. and F. Whittle. Richmond, Virginia. March 16, 1810. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilkinson, E. Letter from E. Wilkinson, superintendent of Allison White and Company, a lumber company in West Point, Virginia, to Austin Smith, a lawyer in Richmond, Virginia, about insurance with Great Western Insurance Company of New Orleans, Louisiana. February 3, 1874. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilcox, Philo F. Correspondence about buying cans and tin plates. 3 items. Springfield, Massachusetts. 1835. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilkins, William Bond to W.A. Marks. 1 item. 1857-1858. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliams, J.J. Letter about sending gloves. Richmond, Virginia. June 6, 1857. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliams, John M. Letter about the book, \"First Year at the Piano.\" New York, New York. Early 1900's. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilson, Francis Letter from T.R. Lounsbury in Paris, France to Francis Wilson about his health and book. November 25, 1906. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilson, James \"Nomber of Bills.\" Undated. Wilson, James Pamphlet, \"James Wilson and St. Andrews\" by Randolph G. Adams. Given to Earl Gregg Swem by Randolph G. Adams. Reprint of 1931 article. Wilson, Joseph (Dr.) Invoices and accounts of patients. 3 items. 1848-1866. Wilson, Woodrow (President) Letter to John Hart in Richmond, Virginia from Woodrow Wilson, the White House, Washington, D.C. about a copy of an address by Wilson's father, given before the Societies of Hampden-Sidney Virginia, published in Richmond 1857. September 8, 1913. Newspaper articles about Woodrow Wilson. 2 articles. November 21, 1926 and Undated. Windsor, Duke and Duchess Notes from the secretary of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor to Miss Elizabeth Cary Williamson of Richmond, Virginia thanking her for her cards. 1938 and 1941. Winston, Nathaniel Genealogical information on the family of Nathaniel Winston from a newspaper column. Richmond, Virginia. 1816. Wirt, William Pages 136-152 from a book about William Wirt. Wise, H.A. Envelope addressed to John Snelling and Henry A. Wise in Richmond, Virginia. Note on envelope, \"The Executives of N.C. replies to us that he is not authorized to appt a joint court. H.A. Wise. July 3rd.\" Undated. Wise, John Newspaper article about John Wise, Liberal Candidate from Richmond, Virginia. Undated. Woolfolk, Y.H. Post card to N.B. Cocke of Taylorsville, Hanover County, Virginia regarding bond due to W.W. Mallory estate. Louisa County, Virginia. February 19, 1846. Wr - Wz Wren, Joseph Letter to John News about himself and a request for money. Lynchburg, Virginia. February 28, 1868. Wright, Marcus J. Marcus J. Wright of the War Department, Adjutant General's Office to a doctor. Returning medical books. November 29, 1878. Wright, William Notes. To Capt. Wm J. Waller, \"Let Benjamin Wright have Two and a half bushels corn…August 3, 1843. To Wm. Spencer, \"let David Rippatoe have for me three \u0026amp; a half bushels corn…September 9, 1863. Wyatt, Francis (Sir) Handwritten copies of manuscripts. Originals are in the possession of the Earl of Romney. Order giving power to Capt. William Tucker to sail into Virginia, explore, fight Indians and punish…\" 1621-1622. Other commissions to: Capts. Roger Smith, Ralph Hamour and George Yardley. Group of manuscripts subtitled: No. 5. No. 6. Appear to be about all aspects of military matters and leadship. No. 16. About 1000 pounds due Sir Francis Wiatt when he was the Governor of Virginia, from the King. 1747. Wyman, J. (Dr.) Shipment Laden for Dr. J. Wyman for four boxes from the Port of Boston to the Port of Richmond. Massachusetts and Virginia. October 1843. Wythe, George Pages from William and Mary Quarterly, \"An Englishman's Tribute to Chancellor Wythe\" by R.B. Munford, Jr., undated, and a typed transcript of a letter from W.A. Rino to George Wythe about the \"loan of his Electrical Machine for the purpose of electrifying a Mulatto girl who hath had a lockd Jaw for some time\" dated August 12, 1800. X, Y and Z Yancey, David Codicil of will of David Yancey, of Virginia, now of Kingston, making nephew, William Kimbrough , his executor. Mentions brother Robert, Marry Garrett, Campbell Whittle and Dabney Minor. Addressed to Warren Ashley, Norfolk, Virginia. December 7, 1807. Yancey Family May Term 1792, Culpeper Court. Financial account for Patrick Rourk against Charles Yancey. Appointment of Thomas Yancey as Ensign to the First Battalion, signed by James Monroe. October 7, 1800. Stock for Thornton's Gap Turnpike Company to John W. Yancey of Woodville, Virginia. September 25, 1852 Receipts and notesbetween Philip Slaughter and Brother Yancey from Philip Slaughter, Th. Deane and W.W. Grimman. 1849, 1853, 1861 and undated. Letter to John W. Yancey in Woodville, Rappahannock County, Virginia from Alexander Stephens regarding Old South Liberty Church. August 12, 1880. Letter from M.K. Grimsley to Bro' Yancey about gifts he has received and thankfulness. January 31, 1884 Yardley, Argoll Typed transcript of will dated October 28, 1640. Yates, Bartholomew Letter from Williamsburg saying his father died and his mothers and sisters are moving to Williamsburg. March 16, 1806. Yates, John Letter from John Yates of Halltown, Virginia, to William Benton, near Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia about his family and his planned trip to Liverpool in May. Notation on letter from William Burton that John Yates died in England. March 25, 1851. Yeagan, L.H. Letter about genealogy and a book on the Yeagan family. 1890's. Yeardley, Frances Typed copy of a transcript where Sir William Berkeley appoints Francis Yeardley to be Captain \"…from the lower side of Hungars Creeke to the King's Creeke and all along the Bayes Side from Leeing's to the Old Plantacon.\" James City County, Virginia. July 2, 1642. Young, N.P. Letter to his children about family, children's education and travels. He has just moved to Millwood and will get them soon. Millwood, Virginia. November 28, 1862. Young, W. Letter to Mollie Young in Fortsville from her mother regarding visiting and negro, Tom, who is sick. Undated. Zenger, John Peter An article in the Boston Daily Probe by Uncle Dudley, \"Lesson from the Life of John Peter Zenger.\" 3 copies. October 11, 1933\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_2322"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8560","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Richard G. 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Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts"],"unitdate_ssm":["1593-2015 and undated"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1593-2015 and undated"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MS 00032","/repositories/2/resources/8560"],"text":["MS 00032","/repositories/2/resources/8560","Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts","Great Britain--History","Great Britain--History, Naval","Legal documents","Cabinet photographs","Carte de visite photographs","Engravings (Prints)","Indentures","Letters (correspondence)","Orders (military records)","Portraits","signatures (names)","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.","Loosely arranged by genre and size of material except the signatures which are in alphabetical order (box 1, folder 2).","Accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in March 2015. Processing and item descriptions completed in December 2015 by Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant.","Richard G. Joynt's collection of British manuscripts, from the 15th to the 20th century, of 88 letters and documents, 41 cut signatures, and many book engravings.  The authors and signatures include kings, queens, prime ministers, nobles, military officers, authors, and other dignitaries. Personal matters, military orders and letters, religion, treaties, politics, intrique, and much more are covered in these letters, often interwoven with current events.","Remarks by Victoria \"Tori\" J. Bossé during the presentation luncheon in 2015. She reflects on the significance to her, as the daughter of the collector, Richard George Joynt who she calls a \"historical Anglophile.\"","Signatures of British Prime Ministers beginning with Robert Wadpole, Prime Minister 1721-1742, and ending with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister 1979-1991.  Most signatures are cut signatures from letters, documents or envelopes.  The signatures are organized alphabetically by the surname of the Prime Minister rather than their titles, though the titles are noted in the descriptions.  The descriptions also include the dates each person served as Prime Minister.","Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth. Signed \"Sidmouth.\" Prime Minister, 1801-1804.","Herbert Asquith. Signed \"H H Asquith.\" Prime Minister 1908-1916.","Clement Richard Atlee, 1st Earl Attlee. Signed \"Clement Richard Atlee.\" Prime Minister, 1945-1951.","Stanley Baldwin. Signed \"Stanley Baldwin\" on stationery with embossed 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1.\" Prime Minister 1923-1924, 1924-1929, and 1936-1937.","Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour. Signed \"Arthur James Balfour.\" Prime Minister 1902-1905.","James Callaghan. Signed \"Jim Callaghan\" on stationery of The Chancellor of the Exchequer, 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1. Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967. Prime Minister 1976-1979.","George Canning. Signed \"Geo. Canning.\" Prime Minister 1827.","William Cavendish-Bentinck, Third Duke of Portland. Paper seal of George III, attached on reverse. Signed \"Portland.\" Prime Minister 1783 and 1807-1809.","Winston Churchill. Midland Bank Limited check, dated October 22, 1945, written to The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill and endorsed \"Winston Churchill.\" Prime Minister 1940-1945, 1951-1955.","Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington. Signed \"Wilmington, ?.\" Prime Minister 1742-1743. Date on document fragment is July 19, 1734, with a partial order written on the reverse.","Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Signed \"Benj Disraeli.\" \"Henry Colburn, Esq\" written on reverse. Prime Minister 1868, 1874-1880. Includes carte de visite of a portrait of Disraeli.","2nd Earl Shelbourne and 1st Marquis of Landsdowne.  Also known as William Petty-Fitzmaurice.  Signed \"Shelbourne.\" Prime Minister 1782-1783.","Augustus Fitzroy, Third Duke of Grafton. Signed \"Grafton.\" Appears to be an envelope addressed to Lady Mary Lindsay Campbell, Edinburgh. Prime Minister 1767-1770.","Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Salisbury-Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury. Signed \"Salisbury.\" Prime Minister 1885-1886, 1886-1892, and 1895-1902.","David Lloyd George. Signed \"D. Lloyd George\" on reverse of a request for his signature by Ruth Adler of Rochelle, New York, dated April 19, 1924. Prime Minister 1916-1922.","William E. Gladstone. Signature \"WE Gladstone\" on envelope, with August 1881 cancel date, addressed to Mrs. DC Philbrooke, Bangor, Maine. Prime Minister 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886 and 1892-1894.","Frederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Signed \"Goderich.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828.","Frederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Franking signature \"FJ Robinson, Esq. Ripon\" and sender's signature \"FJ Robinson.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828. The fragment is an envelope, postmarked 27 Feb 1821, and addressed to Lady Sullivan, Surry","Lord William Grenville. Signed \"Grenville.\" Prime Minister 1806-1807.","George Grenville.  Signed \"George Grenville.\" Fragment of a letter with date of January 14, 1752 and other signatures of \"?. Campbell\" and George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (signed \"G. Lyttelton.\" Prime Minister 1763-1765.","Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey. Signed \"Grey.\" Prime Minister 1830-1834. Appears to be an envelope addressed to Sir John Key, Baronet, 14 Bedford Square. Sir John Key was a member of Parliament in 1833. A date, 16 Nov 33, is handwritten on the fragment.","George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. Signed \"Aberdeen.\" Prime Minister 1852-1855.","Edward Richard George Heath. Signed \"Edward Heath\" and dated 27 March '74. Prime Minister 1970-1974.","(Sir) Alec Douglas Home, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel. Signed \"Alec Douglas-Home.\" Prime Minister 1963-1964.","Robert Banks Jenkinson, Second Duke of Liverpool. Signed \"Liverpool.\" Prime Minister 1812-1827.","A. Bonar Law. Signed \"A.B. Law.\" Prime Minister 1922.","James Ramsay MacDonald. Signed \"J. Ramsay MacDonald.\" Prime Minister 1924 and 1929-1935.","Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton. Signed \"Hon Macmillan.\" Prime Minister 1957-1963. Written on letterhead, \"From the Rt. Hon.Harold Macmillan, St. Martin's Street, London.","William Lamb Melbourne, Second Viscount. Signed \"Melbourne.\" Prime Minister 1834, 1835-1842. Clipped from ALS. Envelope addressed to Mrs. George Lawrence, Liverpool and hand dated \"London, November five, 1832\" with the same date on stamped postmark.","Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, usually known as Lord North. Signed \"North.\" Prime Minister 1770-1782. Also, the signature of Lord Lyttelton, Baron of Frankley, signed as \"Westcote.\" A date, May 2, 1760 is on the paper, but not necessarily the date of the document.","(Sir) Robert Peel. Signed \"Robert Peel.\" Prime Minister 1834-1835 and 1841-1846.","Henry Pelham. Signed \"H. Pelham.\" Prime Minister 1743-1754.","Thomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, also called Thomas Pelham-Holles. Signed \"Holles Newcastle.\" Prime Minister 1754-1756 and 1757-1762. Other signatures on paper: \"H.B. Legge\" (Henry Bilson Legge) and \"?. Nugent.\"","William Pitt (the Younger). Signed \"W. Pitt.\" Prime Minister 1783-1801 and 1804-1805.","Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian. Signed \"Roseberry.\" Prime Minister 1894-1895.","John Russell, 1st Earl Russell. Signed J. Russell. Prime Minister 1865-1866.","Scope and Contents Henry John Temple, Third Viscount of Palmerston. Signed \"Palmerston\" with another signature on the reverse, \"Lord Palmerston.\" Prime Minister 1855-1858 and 1859-1865. Palmerston and Ashley. Signatures \"The Honble E. Ashley, Treasury\" and \"Palmerston.\"","Margaret Thatcher. Signed \"Margaret Thatcher\" on stationery with House of Commons embossed crest. Prime Minister 1979-1991.","Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. Signed \"Walpole.\" Prime Minister 1721-1742. Considered the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.","Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Signed \"W. Wellington.\" Prime Minister 1828-1830.","Harold Wilson, Prime Minister 1964-1970, 1974-1976, on card with date \"9.ix.60.\"","Scope and Contents Letter from Lord Eldon John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Corfe Castle, to his daughter Lady Elizabeth Repton, London, dated September 8, 1829. Asks her to send any political news she might hear and love to her and his grandson. Book page with print of \"John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of England\" engraved by HY Robinson.","Scope and Contents Letter with heading \"Lettre de Nouvelle Annee\" from George II to the Duke of Lorraine, dated January 10, 1728. George II writes that he is responding to a New Year's letter from the Duke of Lorraine and wishes him and his family a prosperous New Year. The Salutation is \"Mon Frere\" and the closing is \"Votre bon frere, George R.\" The letter is written in French and includes 2 black wax seals. Includes a page from a book with a print of George II.","Letter written by Charles James Fox, St. Anne's Hill, to William Smith, M.P., Park Street, Westminister, postmarked May 12, 1800. He thanks William Smith for the two volumes, commenting \"I take notice of the proceedings in France...\" Includes a book print of Charles James Fox.","Printed receipt for investments, dated June 1, 1725, which includes handwritten interest entries totalling one thousand six hundred Eighty Seven pounds and ten shillings.  \"By order dated 21st Day of Febry, 1723, ...Wm Pawlett, one of the Four tellers of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer...being for fifteen months interest.....  The interest was received by Sarah Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough, Francis Earl of Godolphin and William Clayton Esqr, three of the acting Exors \u0026 Trustees of John, Late Duke of Marlborough.  Signed by S. Marlborough, Godolphin, and Wm Clayton.  Includes a book pring of Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough.","Scope and Contents Official document to \"Capnd Brian Mansergh Lieutenant\" from \"George, Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Torrington, Baron Monck of Potheridge\" about Capt. Thomas Hopkins and the Troop of Horse. Signed Albemarle. November 2, 1660. Paper seal attached. Includes a book print of George Monck, Duke of Albemarle.","Signed poem by Daniel O'Connell M.P. for Mrs. Weld, dated May 27, 1838. Appears to be a love letter, but possibly as a rejected suitor. Includes a book print of Daniel O'Connell.","Scope and Contents A travel pass by Charles II ordering his \"Magistrates, Officers, Ministers and loving Subjects\" to allow Henry Compton to travel to Tangier without \"search, molestation, or hinderance ...  August 14, 14th Year of Our Reigne.\"  Signed by Edw. Nicholas and \"Charles R.\" Paper seal attached.  Print of Charles II included.","Letter from Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester to an unknown friend, sending her a gift of turquoise stones. June 13. Year unknown.","Scope and Contents Prince Albert, Windsor Castle, to \"My dear Lord\" about the proposed Indian Trophies Room at Windsor Castle. Prince Albert thanks him for his communication with Sir Edward Bowater, his presents sent to Sir Edward Bowater and the anticipated gift of the dispatches sent from India. He notes that the Queen will be glad to receive his contributions and that his pictures and the pictures of the Duke of Wellington \"will be most interesting additions to the historical collection of Portraits in the corridor.\" March [29], [18??]. Includes a carte de visite of Prince Albert.","Letter from Prince Augustus Frederick, Prince of Sussex, Kensington Palace to J. [Hartley], Bridge Street, saying he received the letter with the opinions of Mr. Denman and Holt. Send him the case and he will give his determination. March 4, 1824. Letter and envelope attached to mounting paper. Includes book print of His Royal Highness Prince Augustus-Frederick, Duke of Sussex.","Scope and Contents December 29, 1593 letter from Robert Devereux to a \"loving friend\" in Norfolk. Handwriting is difficult to read. Note received with accession mentions that he was a favorite of Elizabeth I. Includes book print of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.","Scope and Contents Letter from T.B. Macaulay, Albany, to \"Sir\" returning a corrected revision of an unknown written work.  October 8, 1842.  Includes book print of T.B. Macaulay.","Letter from George III to Lord Fauconberg referring to his \"severe and tedious illness.\" It has prevented him from handling public or private business which is why he hasn't responded to the letter received from Mr. Clarke the Apothecary at Cheltenham. Letter deals with bills from the work at Bayshill house and asks that they be sent to Mr. Gorton at Windsor. Also involves money going to Mr. Clarke to pay workmen. March 10, 1789. Includes book print of \"His Most Gracious Majesty George-William-Frederick the Third.\" In 1788, George III stayed with Lord Fauconberg at Cheltenham for spa treatment for his illness. Later, he paid for 17 more rooms to be added to Bayshill for more guests.","William IV complains to the Duke of Clarence of the near loss of a ship due to the lack of a chronometer. He writes that Commander Colonel Fox wrote him a letter about the incident, where an American ship informed them of the danger on their way to Halifax, so they were able to escape. \"Private and Confidential\" noted on top of page. November 15, 1829.","William IV, writing from Brighton, states that Baron [A?] is the \"fittest person\" and that \"Baron [A?] will proceed from London to the Congress.\" 1833. Includes an engraving of King William IV, by J. Cochran, from 'National Portrait Gallery, volume III' published c.1835 by Henry Dawe.","Wilberforce, at Sir Charles Middleton's, sends a list of \"unhappy people\" who he wants to \"secure a place in the Fleet now preparing for Botany Bay.\" This letter is in response to the recipient's earlier refusal to take these female convicts unless their care was by the County and not the Government. Wilberforce encourages the recipient's cooperation by stating \"I trust \u0026 believe that in your office I shall find official feelings so tempered with personal ones that you will not press any objections, which tend to detain a number of poor wretches in a crowded prison, where from necessity perhaps they have been kept too long.\" The female convicts are at York Castle and are to be sent to N.S. Wales. April 13, 1789.","Earl of Cardigan James Brudenell, at Deene, writes to an unknown neighbor acknowledging the receipt of his letter about the allegedly stolen pheasants and disagreeing with the accusation. February 7, 1868.","Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain thanks R.R. Ulyate for the gift of stationery, on which he is writing his thanks. The stationery is an advertisement for Arusha, decorated with printed small maps of Africa and Arusha, written directions and a letterhead with the address \"Neville Chamberlain, P.O. Arusha, Tanganyika.\" He mentions that he thinks the \"High Commissioner, if and when appointed, will have a new residence.\" February 4, 1930. Ray Ulyate was a resident of Arusha where he led tours into the jungle, and one of the first to emphasize photography, and operated The New Arusha Hotel.","Order from Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, at Victory off Cagliari, to Captain Frank Sotheron that the dispatcher Captain Boyle be sent away immediately after his dispatches are delivered because Nelson doesn't want the Seahorse to anchor or be detained in the Bay. Includes a short message to Mr. Elliott to \"act with caution.\" Signed \"Nelson and Bronte.\" January 25, 1805. Notation at end of letter \"Received by the Seahorse on the morning of the 28th of January in Naples Bay.\"","Order from Fourth Earl of Sandwich John Montagu to Captain Vaughan, Commander of his Majesty's hired ship the Whitehaven to \"proceed immediately to Alross Bay with His Majesty's ship under your command, or wherever else you shall hear Capt. Noel to be [of the sloop Greyhound]…\" for a future attack. The order is written by the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland and signed by \"Sandwich\" and others. The order gives the particulars and location of two French Men of War near Arisaig on the Western Coast of North Britain, both of which were recently attacked by the British sloops the Greyhound, the Terror and Baltimore. May 13, 1746.","Typed letter from Lady Nancy Astor, The Hoe, Plymouth to Frank Doubleday (American Publishers) about her fight with the Drink Trade and her opinion that her speeches aren't worth publishing. November 2, 1922.","A \"private\" letter from Lord Charles Cornwallis in Calcutta to Viscount Sydney in which he gives his thoughts on India and some of the earlier administrators: \"…there are many very able \u0026 very honest men in the Company's service in Bengal.\" He comments that his conduct \"…of this war or that war, \u0026 I believe I have made very few enemies by it.\" February 19, 1787.","William Grenville, Whitehall, to Alexander Straton, Charge d'Affaires at Vienna, informing Straton of the death of King Louis XVI: \"his Most Christian Majesty…was inhumanly executed in the Place De Louis 15: on Monday last, pursuant to a Decree of the National Convention\" and the King ordered in Council for the departure of Monsr Chauvelin from this Kingdom within eight days.\" William Grenville was the Foreign Secretary at the time and the Marquis was a French Ambassador who no longer had legal credentials. January 25, 1793.","Original cabinet photograph of Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton who claimed to be Roger Tichborne, the son of Lady Doughty-Tichborne. An abbreviated history of the Tichborne Family and \"The Claimant\" trial is written on the sheet of paper to which the photograph is glued. Roger Tichborne was presumed drowned near Australia, but his Mother, hoping he was still alive, advertised for his whereabouts in Australia. Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton came to England claiming to be Roger Tichborne. He was eventually tried and convicted of perjury. He became known as \"The Claimant.\" Includes a carte de visite of Mary Ann Bryant (Mrs Tom Castro), but it is labeled as Lady Roger Tichborne. 1873.","Duke of Wellington, in Paris, to an unknown person concerning an unpaid bill and his opinion of decisions he made in the past. Draft of a reply from the unknown person in Cambia, stating \"Greatly as I feel the condescension of …letter of the 17th, I should not again have trespassed upon you, even with my thanks, did I not fear that some inaccuracy of expression may have misled your….as to the nature of the feelings which I stated to have been …\" Memo on the reverse states \"the difference of opinion between Wm. [Buhel] [Bikel] and myself - with draft of answer.\" January 17, 1817.","Spencer Perceval to \"Madam\" concerning his financial obligations for the care of Mrs. Perceval. He mentions Mrs. Perceval's pension versus her income and his willingness to give her about 40 pounds a month for meals and lodging if it won't interfere with the pension. The rental agreement should be no longer than a year, but also one that he can \"put an end to it upon some much shorter notice…\" He comments that he thinks the price for her lodging should include laying in her coal, particularly since she isn't well, but it is up to Mrs. Perceval to arrange her own terms. He thinks Mrs. Perceval is too ill to change lodgings. He thanks \"Madame\" for helping. Mrs. Perceval might be his mother. October 24, 1807.","William Prescott, in Boston, sends William Cullen Bryant an article on Bryant's writings written by the Count de Circourt. Prescott describes M. de Circourt as \"…one of the most accomplished critics in France…it might be gratifying to you, as it is always to your countrymen, to see in what manner your writings are appreciated by intelligent foreigners.\" February 3, 1848. Includes a print of a drawing of William H. Prescott by George Richmond, from a drawing in the possession of the Earl of Carlisle, engraved by H. Wright Smith. Possibly from the book 'Biographical and citical miscellanies' by W.H. Prescott, published 1859.","Charles S. Gordon, in London, informs Mr. [Stab] that Gordon's luggage will be arriving in Constantinople and gives him instructions for the disbursement of some of the items (gun, gun case, photographic tent, camera stand) to Biddulph and Gordon. At the end of the letter, Gordon changes his mind and requests that the items be returned to him except the gun and gun case which [Stab] can keep as souvenirs. This letter was written shortly after Charles S. Gordon returned from his commission to mark the new border between the Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire up into Asia Minor. January 26, 1859. Charles S. Gordon was later known as Charles S. \"Chinese\" Gordon.","William E. Gladstone, writing on House of Commons Library embossed letterhead, to an unknown American about the United States and the current \"imperfect\" bill to recognize the principle of International Copyright. Concedes that the bill should help both American and foreign authors. March 25, 1890. Includes stereoscopic card of Gladstone.","Cecil John Rhodes, on Burlington Hotel.W. London stationery, to \"My dear Thomas\" saying he is going out of town and to thank Bonnor for his invitation. Undated.","Embossed form with seal for Bahama-Islands, New-Providence and heading \"By His Excellency the Right Honorable John, Earl of Dunmore, Governor-General, and Commander in Chief of the said Bahama-Islands\" giving Peleg Latham a license for the sloop, Matsey, to sail and depart from this \"Port and Government\" for New York. Signed by Dunmore and Adam Christie, Secry. Dated June 24, 1793.","Piece of paper with signatures of Lord (Field Marshal Horatio Herbert) Kitchener and Louis Botha. Other signatures are unclear, but two are possibly Haig (Douglas Haig) and Smuts (John Christian Smuts). Dated October 4, 1922. These men were participants in the Boer War.","Lord John Russell, Pembroke Lodge, to the author of an essay on Thomas Macaulay, praising his writing and hoping he would edit a book by Macaulay with his essay as an introduction. Russell also cites his praises for Macaulay, then adding \"perhaps in painting his characters he made his lights too bright, \u0026 his shade too deep, a defect perhaps inseparable from his wonderful powers of …\" November 2, 18??. Macaulay died on December 28, 1859.","Prince Albert, Windsor Castle to Sir James (last name unknown) returning \"the admiral's voluminous correspondence with my best thanks and can only say that I agree in the feelings expressed in your answer to him. [January] 20, 1854.","Two envelopes with picture of Sir Winston Churchill headed with \"First Day of Issue\" and stamped with U.S. 5 cents stamps with Churchill's image, both dated May 13, 1965, postmarked Fulton, Missouri. One envelope has 4 stamps and is signed by Sir Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister from 1955-1957. The second envelope has one stamp and is signed by Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery.","\"William Henry Cavendish, Duke of Portland, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter … authorizes in His Majesty's name\" the seizure of [Lord] Gregory for treason. Warrant issued at Whitehall on March 19, 1788. Warrant addressed to Anthony Fabiani, one of the Majesty's Messengers, and 3 other. Red wax seal on the warrant.","William Petty Shelburne (Second Earl) (First Marquis of Landsdowne), London, to an unknown gentleman about handling the affairs of Shelburne's nephew and deceased brother. Shelburne says he is \"determined not to interfere\" but \"promised the exors that I would give them my opinion whenever they called on me\" and that Sir William Petty has advised that they pay their lawyer and apothecary well. Shelburne wishes the recipient to take over his brother's affairs because he is close to his nephew's Mother's family, even though Mr. Morwley has done a good job. January 26, 1795. Lord Lansdowne's brother was the Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice (1742-1793) of Cliveden and a Member of Parliament.","Lord Randolph S. Churchill asks Mr. [J.I.] Minchin to excuse him from attending the Chess Tournament dinner on May 19 because he needs rest after a hard work session in Parliament and will be traveling to Ireland during the Whitsuntide Holidays. May 5, 1883. The letter is written on 2 Connaught Place stationary. The London 1883 chess tournament was an international tournament. Lord Randolph S. Churchill is the father of Winston Churchill.","Warren Hastings, Dalyesford House writes to The Rev. William Johnson, Parley Place, Croydon, Surry about an assignment, possibly as an executor of an estate. He asks for Rev. Johnson's help in acquiring financial and other information with questions about the current finances. April 25, 1798.","Sir Robert Peel responds to a proposal to help Ireland during the potato famine. The proposal appears to involve asking for money from the government or borrowing it, possibly confiscating land as collateral. He thinks the proposal will be hard to enforce and will be a source of \"dissatisfaction and discontent.\" He notes \"It's difficult to argue calamity in the immediate presence of famine and disease.\"","Signature of Earl of Godolphin Sidney, Lord High Treasurer under Queen Anne, on a warrant for Tallys and Revenue of Excise. Other names mentioned are William Gregory and William Wardour. Partial document. December 9, 1693.","King George IV requests that the Master of the Stag Hounds keep 6 horses for Lord Maryborough (William Wellesley-Pole). \"The King is aware that this additional allowance has not been the practice but in consequence of Lord Maryborough's removal from his late office, for the convenience of Lord Liverpool, the King does not think it right that he should be, so decided…[this] present indulgence is by the King's express command, but not to be extended to my future Master of the Stag Hounds.\" November 19, 1824.","Lord Palmerston writes that the \"Duke of Wellington has accepted the Office of 1st Lord of the Treasury and we are to give up the seals of office at St. James's tomorrow.\" November 15, 1834.","Lord Palmerton, Prime Minister, to Henry Labouchere, Secretary of State for the Colonies, about the charge by Thomas Chisholm Anstey, Attorney General of Hong Kong, that John Walter Hulme, Chief Justice in Hong Kong, was drunk at the Governor's table. He repeats comments by Bowring [Sir John Bowring] who was at the dinner. He warns that this matter needs to be handled carefully since Anstey's correspondence is damaging and Hong Kong is not a \"very favorite establishment in our House.\" He suggests investigating Hulme's character and the prejudices of those bringing the charge, especially Anstey who is \"violent and intemperate.\" August 27, 1856. Carte de visite of Lord Palmerton is included.","December 9, 1765 letter from William Pitt (the elder) to \"Dear Sir\" asking him to forward the enclosed letter to Comte de Wallwoden \"by the first safe opportunity.\" The letter is the \"notification of the melancholy loss of Lady Yarmouth\" which he received on October 22. Lady Yarmouth (Amalie von Wendt) was the mistress of King George II and Wallmoden was their son. Includes an engraving of William Pitt.","George Canning, Foreign Office, to Lord John Fitzroy saying he'd received his letter about Sir Arthur Wellesley's victory over the French at Talavera de la Reina (Peninsula Campaign) before the arrival of Lord FitzRoy Somerset with Sir Arthur Wellesley's dispatches. August 15, 1809.","George Canning, Pavilion, Brighton, to the Prince de Polignac regarding his amazement of the arrest of the daughters of Sir Robert Wilson in Calais as they were leaving France. He asks Prince de Polignac to find out what happened and to \"redress it, as far as may be in your power.\" There is an abstract of the letter from Sir Robert Wilson to George Canning which gives the particulars of the arrest and his assurance that his daughters \"had nothing with them but their own private property.\" January 31, 1824. Jules de Polignac was Prime Minister of France from 8 August 1829 – 29 July 1830.","George Canning, Downing Street, to \"Sir\" giving the agenda of the November 14th Parliamentary session: \"obtain the sanction for admitting certain kinds of foreign grain for Home Consumption before they would have been by law regularly admissible for that purpose, and to elect a Speaker and complete the other formal proceedings incident to the opening of a New Parliament.\" \"No. 3\" is noted at the top of the page. September 7, 1826.","Edward VIII, Hotel Ritz, Paris, to Sir William Rootes, Piccadilly, thanking him for lending him a \"Humber and your driver Calvert\" during his visit, and giving details of other travel arrangements made during that visit plus his future November 5 trip on the \"Queen Mary.\" Edward VIII states, while visiting Eric Dudley and in London, he met people who share his pessimism over the Socialist havoc of the economy. He laments that Great Britain is losing its world position, but France has the anarchy of the Communist controlled unions with political discord. October 17, 1947.","Edward VIII, H.Q. Guards Division, accepts a Christmas Eve dinner invitation from \"My dear Colonel.\" December 21, 1915.","Edward VII, in Rome, to Dr. Chambers with thanks for the good wishes for his birthday and approaching marriage. \"When one reaches the age of 21, \u0026 is shortly to be married, one begins to feel responsibilities creeping one one…Much will be expected of me, but…if I keep the example of my Parents before me, I have not fear of going wrong.\" Edward VII lists the cities that he, his sister and brother-in-law have visited during their tour. Signed \"Albert Edward.\" November 23, 1862. Includes envelope addressed to T.K. Chambers, Grosvenor Square, London, black bordered, with a black wax seal. Includes carte de visites of Alexandra of Denmark (wife of Edward VII) and Edward VII.","Duchess of Kent (Victoria Mary Louisa), on embossed stationary, to Lady Barrington with thanks for making a beautiful bag which she will cherish as a souvenir. She is Queen Victoria's mother. A later note on letter states \"1847?\".","James VI requires the Earl Marischal to attend a national assembly to hinder increase of papacy. July 18, 1616. George Keith, the 5th Earl Marischal founded the Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1593. He held several offices under King James VI. Includes an attached paper seal.","Typed tribute to Winston Churchill, on parchment type paper, given by Field-Marshall Montgomery and signed \"Montgomery of Alamein F.M.\" Undated. 4 pages. Field-Marshall Montgomery's full title was \"Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.\"","Reply by Lord Palmerston to someone approving of the labors of the Foreign Office. Signed \"Palmerston.\" March 5, 1832. Henry John Temple Palmerston (Third Viscount).","Dinner menu of the Hotel de Crillon in Paris signed by David Lloyd George. January 27, 1921.","Charles Dickens asks the recipient to forward a note to his office in an envelope marked \"private\" and it will have his attention. Written on Athenaeum Club letterhead stationery. November 17, 1866. Includes an engraving of a portrait bust of Charles Dickens by J.H Baker after a photograph by Mason \u0026 Co.,1870.","Envelope addressed to Viscountess Barrington, Cassiobury Park with attached red wax seal and postmark of January 6, 1847.","Lord Halifax, British Embassy, Washington, D.C.to The Rt. Rev. Herbert Welch, New York City, New York responds to a request that the English Methodist Church fund credit in the United States be remitted to Uruguay. Lord Fairfax notes that the United Methodist Church should \"surrender to the Exchange Control at the Bank of England all its dollar funds.\" May 31, 1941. Lord Halifax was the British Ambassador to the United States in 1941. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax.","Permission signed by King William III and given \"by his Majtys command Nottingham\" to Sir Willoughby Aston, High Sheriffe of County of Chester, to \"give and grant you full license \u0026 permission during your said Office of Sheriffe to remaine or dwell out of our said County…\" December 29, 1690. A paper seal is attached to letter with red wax. Includes an engraving of King William III. Includes a steel engraving by W.Holl of a William III portrait, after a painting by Caspar Netscher.","Daniel O'Connell wants to put James [unknown] on the voting papers for St. George's Ward. \"I think you will not disavow us…but how useful an anti-slavery man may be in the council – with your help I think I could get our corporation to set an example to all the corporations in Great Britain on the subject.\" October 20, 1841. Includes an engraving of Daniel O'Connell, Esq. by Robert Cooper from a painting by T. Catterson Smith.","Signature of the First Earl of Halifax Charles Montagu on a declaration \"Wee allow of this bill of Incidents amounting to the sum….Whitehall Treasy Chambers.\" The document contains 5 signatures: Halifax, Richard Onslow, Paul Methuen, and Edward Wortley (Edward Wortley Montagu), husband of Mary Wortley Montagu. One signature is illegible. November 2, 1714.","Raglan accepts dinner invitation from Lady Henniken for Saturday, July 6. Written after 1852 when Fitzroy Somerset became First Baron the Lord of Raglan Fitzroy Somerset. Notation with letter says it was written during the Light Brigade.","B. White informs W. Pritchard of the London and County Bank of the death of his brother, Henry White. April 19, 1887. Envelope included. Pencil notes on envelope say this is Lt. Gen White, Hero of Balaclava Charge in the Charge of the Light Brigade. A Lt. Col. Henry White was with the 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons.","Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 6 Grosvenor Place, to Donaldson, enclosing a partially completed form or application (not included). He mentions that he is a member of the Bull Dog Club and is glad to hear \"good accounts of the keeps.\" March 19, 1896.","Viscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, Foreign Secretary, written while keeper of the Irish seal, to the Rt. Honorable John Beresford with the news that \"Lord Cornwallis has been engaged this week in sounding the principal Persons in town with the exception of Lord Pery, who sees the objections in a strong point of view, the others are dishonest to entertain the question – some with a greater degree of preference than others.\" He continues by saying the counties of Cork and Limerick are for it. He closes with the statement \"The county pretty much as you left it – the Orangemen and Catholics … in the County of Derry.\" \"Private\" is noted at the top of page one. November ? [1799].","Scope and Contents James III, \"the old pretender,\" letter written from O'Albano, about Arthur Dillon and signed \"Jacques R.\" Written in French. September 18, 1724. Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon, was a Jacobite soldier from Ireland who served in the French army, per the Compendium of Irish Biography. Per Wikipedia, Arthur Dillon was given the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by James III.  In 1711 Arthur was created \"Comte Dillon\" in France by Louis XIV; and was awarded the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by the monarch he recognized as James III.","Engraving of La Belle Hamilton by J.Thomson after an original painting by Sir Peter Lely.","Engraving of Lord Nelson by T Woolnoth from an original picture by Hoppner in her Majesty's Collection at St James's.","George III Appointment of Donald McDonald as \"Lieutenant in Captain William Pemble's Independent Company of Invalids doing Duty in North Britain\" given at St. James's Court on October 29, 1783. Signed by George III and Lord North.","Henry Trenwith, before leaving for the East-indies, appoints Elizabeth Trenwith to receive \"two months' pay of my Wages Yearly…during the whole time of my being forth.\" Dated November 3, 1753 with notation on reverse, \"Months paid the 10 January 1755…\" Document is glued to a paper backing.","William IV warrant which releases Richard Kettle, the younger from the Devon County Gaol where he is confined under a game law conviction with a 20 pound fine. The reason given is Kettle's lawyer's neglect and the length of time Kettle has been in prison. March 19, 1834. Signed by William IV and others.","Documents signed by Prince Regent George and King George IV.  An engraving of \"George IV, King of England\" by Charles Picart from an original drawing, is included.","Patent from Georg Prinz Regent Georg to Von Dreehsell, signed at Carlton House on January 29, 1814. Written in German. Attached paper seal.","George IV appoints Major General Sir Edward Barnes K.C.B. to the local rank of Lieutenant General in the Islands of Ceylon. Court held at Carlton House, May 20, 1823. A red wax on paper seal and blue seal are attached to the appointment.","First Duke of Marlborough John Churchill appoints John Danvers as a Captain in Brigadier Thomas Farrington's regiment to replace Captain Richard Nanfan. Signed \"Marlborough\" with other signatures. June 24, 1706. The appointment is written one month after the victory at Ramillies in which Thomas Farrington's regiment participated. An engraving \"John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough\" by H.T. Ryall is included.","A Safe Conduct Warrant for Colonel Roger Whitley to travel into France and other foreign countries, \"having served us with great dilligence during all these troubles.\" Signed by Charles I. January 14, 1646. A colored engraving of \"Charles 1st. King of England, Scotland, France \u0026 Ireland\" engraved for \"Harrison's Edition of Rapin's History of England\" is included.","Indenture from Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Principal Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, to John [Aloxdo] , signed by Lord Burghley. November 23, 1753. Written in English and Latin. An engraving of \"William Cecil, Lord Burghley\" by S. Freeman from the original of Mark Gerard is included.","Second Duke of Grafton Charles appoints Richard St. George as Lieutenant Colonel in His Majesty's First Regiment of Carabiniers under the Command of Richard Lord Viscount Shannon in His Majesty's Army in Ireland and also to be Captain of a Troop in the said Regiment in the room of John Petry Esqr. Deceased.\" July 6, 1723. Signed by Edward Hopkins and \"Grafton\" by the Duke. Lord Shannon's regiment was a Regiment of Horse. Written on vellum with the \"Great Seal of Great Britain\" attached.","George VI appoints Peter Murray, Esquire as an \"Officer of the Seventh Grade of Our Foreign Service at any of Our Diplomatic or Consular Establishments…\" Dated October 20, 1948 but effective beginning July 1, 1947. Signed by \"George R.\" and Clement R. Atlee. Embossed seal.","Queen Anne gives her representatives \"Full Power for the Treaty of Peace with Spain\" during the negotiations of the Treaty of Ultrecht. 1713. Written in Latin and signed \"Anna R.\" A descriptive note, later added in pencil, says \"Re: treaty of Utrecht Instructions to Commissioners to sign treaty ending War of Spanish Succession ceding Gibraltar.\" Engraving of \"Queen Anne\" by J. Cochran from the original by Kneller is included.","George V appoints Frederick Samuel Beaumont as a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, given at Buckingham Palace on July 1, 1916. Signed by George V. Red embossed seal on the certificate.","Letter from Samuel Pepys to \"My Lord\" about his arrangements made with Captain Salmon on behalf of the King \"for transporting the Muscovite envoy to Licoorne.\" December 5, 1687. A typed transcript of the letter and an engraving of Samuel Pepys is included. These items are glued on pages in a red leather bound book made especially for the collection.","July 8, 1857 indenture for the division of the estate of Benjamin Handy between various individuals and family members, who include: Henrietta and Henry Almond Thorpe, Louisa Handy, Mary Handy, George and Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland, Alfred Ainge and Sophia Harris, John Daniel Clarke, Henry Hand, Joseph Southby, Walter Charles Venning, Emma Jane Venning and William Ord Marshall. The document is 13 pages and written on vellum with 21 signatures beside red wax seals and attached official stamped seals. Note on reverse, \"High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Estate of Benjamin Hardy, dec'd, Rowland vs Hardy....this is exhibit marked A referred to in the affidavit of William Holmes and William Pearse by the said William Holmes this 13th day of July 1883 before me,\" signed by a commissioner.","August 30, 1836 indenture between William Sawbridge, Mary Abel and George Peach selling property to Theophilus Jeyes. Land is located in Market Hill in the town of Northampton. 2 pages on vellum.","Handwritten in Latin on vellum with signature \"Jacobus R.\" Notation on reverse side, \"....for tryall of My L Delamer.\"","Signature of Joseph Smyth with red wax seal.","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","Joynt, Richard G.","English French Latin"],"unitid_tesim":["MS 00032","/repositories/2/resources/8560"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts"],"collection_title_tesim":["Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts"],"collection_ssim":["Richard G. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLoosely arranged by genre and size of material except the signatures which are in alphabetical order (box 1, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["Loosely arranged by genre and size of material except the signatures which are in alphabetical order (box 1, folder 2)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRichard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAccessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in March 2015. Processing and item descriptions completed in December 2015 by Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information:"],"processinfo_tesim":["Accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in March 2015. Processing and item descriptions completed in December 2015 by Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRichard G. Joynt's collection of British manuscripts, from the 15th to the 20th century, of 88 letters and documents, 41 cut signatures, and many book engravings.  The authors and signatures include kings, queens, prime ministers, nobles, military officers, authors, and other dignitaries. Personal matters, military orders and letters, religion, treaties, politics, intrique, and much more are covered in these letters, often interwoven with current events.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRemarks by Victoria \"Tori\" J. Bossé during the presentation luncheon in 2015. She reflects on the significance to her, as the daughter of the collector, Richard George Joynt who she calls a \"historical Anglophile.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignatures of British Prime Ministers beginning with Robert Wadpole, Prime Minister 1721-1742, and ending with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister 1979-1991.  Most signatures are cut signatures from letters, documents or envelopes.  The signatures are organized alphabetically by the surname of the Prime Minister rather than their titles, though the titles are noted in the descriptions.  The descriptions also include the dates each person served as Prime Minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth. Signed \"Sidmouth.\" Prime Minister, 1801-1804.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHerbert Asquith. Signed \"H H Asquith.\" Prime Minister 1908-1916.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClement Richard Atlee, 1st Earl Attlee. Signed \"Clement Richard Atlee.\" Prime Minister, 1945-1951.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStanley Baldwin. Signed \"Stanley Baldwin\" on stationery with embossed 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1.\" Prime Minister 1923-1924, 1924-1929, and 1936-1937.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour. Signed \"Arthur James Balfour.\" Prime Minister 1902-1905.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Callaghan. Signed \"Jim Callaghan\" on stationery of The Chancellor of the Exchequer, 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1. Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967. Prime Minister 1976-1979.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Canning. Signed \"Geo. Canning.\" Prime Minister 1827.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Cavendish-Bentinck, Third Duke of Portland. Paper seal of George III, attached on reverse. Signed \"Portland.\" Prime Minister 1783 and 1807-1809.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWinston Churchill. Midland Bank Limited check, dated October 22, 1945, written to The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill and endorsed \"Winston Churchill.\" Prime Minister 1940-1945, 1951-1955.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington. Signed \"Wilmington, ?.\" Prime Minister 1742-1743. Date on document fragment is July 19, 1734, with a partial order written on the reverse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Signed \"Benj Disraeli.\" \"Henry Colburn, Esq\" written on reverse. Prime Minister 1868, 1874-1880. Includes carte de visite of a portrait of Disraeli.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2nd Earl Shelbourne and 1st Marquis of Landsdowne.  Also known as William Petty-Fitzmaurice.  Signed \"Shelbourne.\" Prime Minister 1782-1783.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAugustus Fitzroy, Third Duke of Grafton. Signed \"Grafton.\" Appears to be an envelope addressed to Lady Mary Lindsay Campbell, Edinburgh. Prime Minister 1767-1770.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Salisbury-Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury. Signed \"Salisbury.\" Prime Minister 1885-1886, 1886-1892, and 1895-1902.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavid Lloyd George. Signed \"D. Lloyd George\" on reverse of a request for his signature by Ruth Adler of Rochelle, New York, dated April 19, 1924. Prime Minister 1916-1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam E. Gladstone. Signature \"WE Gladstone\" on envelope, with August 1881 cancel date, addressed to Mrs. DC Philbrooke, Bangor, Maine. Prime Minister 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886 and 1892-1894.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Signed \"Goderich.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Franking signature \"FJ Robinson, Esq. Ripon\" and sender's signature \"FJ Robinson.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828. The fragment is an envelope, postmarked 27 Feb 1821, and addressed to Lady Sullivan, Surry\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord William Grenville. Signed \"Grenville.\" Prime Minister 1806-1807.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Grenville.  Signed \"George Grenville.\" Fragment of a letter with date of January 14, 1752 and other signatures of \"?. Campbell\" and George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (signed \"G. Lyttelton.\" Prime Minister 1763-1765.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Grey, Second Earl Grey. Signed \"Grey.\" Prime Minister 1830-1834. Appears to be an envelope addressed to Sir John Key, Baronet, 14 Bedford Square. Sir John Key was a member of Parliament in 1833. A date, 16 Nov 33, is handwritten on the fragment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. Signed \"Aberdeen.\" Prime Minister 1852-1855.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward Richard George Heath. Signed \"Edward Heath\" and dated 27 March '74. Prime Minister 1970-1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Sir) Alec Douglas Home, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel. Signed \"Alec Douglas-Home.\" Prime Minister 1963-1964.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Banks Jenkinson, Second Duke of Liverpool. Signed \"Liverpool.\" Prime Minister 1812-1827.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. Bonar Law. Signed \"A.B. Law.\" Prime Minister 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Ramsay MacDonald. Signed \"J. Ramsay MacDonald.\" Prime Minister 1924 and 1929-1935.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton. Signed \"Hon Macmillan.\" Prime Minister 1957-1963. Written on letterhead, \"From the Rt. Hon.Harold Macmillan, St. Martin's Street, London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Lamb Melbourne, Second Viscount. Signed \"Melbourne.\" Prime Minister 1834, 1835-1842. Clipped from ALS. Envelope addressed to Mrs. George Lawrence, Liverpool and hand dated \"London, November five, 1832\" with the same date on stamped postmark.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, usually known as Lord North. Signed \"North.\" Prime Minister 1770-1782. Also, the signature of Lord Lyttelton, Baron of Frankley, signed as \"Westcote.\" A date, May 2, 1760 is on the paper, but not necessarily the date of the document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Sir) Robert Peel. Signed \"Robert Peel.\" Prime Minister 1834-1835 and 1841-1846.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Pelham. Signed \"H. Pelham.\" Prime Minister 1743-1754.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, also called Thomas Pelham-Holles. Signed \"Holles Newcastle.\" Prime Minister 1754-1756 and 1757-1762. Other signatures on paper: \"H.B. Legge\" (Henry Bilson Legge) and \"?. Nugent.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Pitt (the Younger). Signed \"W. Pitt.\" Prime Minister 1783-1801 and 1804-1805.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian. Signed \"Roseberry.\" Prime Minister 1894-1895.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Russell, 1st Earl Russell. Signed J. Russell. Prime Minister 1865-1866.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Henry John Temple, Third Viscount of Palmerston. Signed \"Palmerston\" with another signature on the reverse, \"Lord Palmerston.\" Prime Minister 1855-1858 and 1859-1865. Palmerston and Ashley. Signatures \"The Honble E. Ashley, Treasury\" and \"Palmerston.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Thatcher. Signed \"Margaret Thatcher\" on stationery with House of Commons embossed crest. Prime Minister 1979-1991.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. Signed \"Walpole.\" Prime Minister 1721-1742. Considered the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Signed \"W. Wellington.\" Prime Minister 1828-1830.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarold Wilson, Prime Minister 1964-1970, 1974-1976, on card with date \"9.ix.60.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Letter from Lord Eldon John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Corfe Castle, to his daughter Lady Elizabeth Repton, London, dated September 8, 1829. Asks her to send any political news she might hear and love to her and his grandson. Book page with print of \"John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of England\" engraved by HY Robinson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Letter with heading \"Lettre de Nouvelle Annee\" from George II to the Duke of Lorraine, dated January 10, 1728. George II writes that he is responding to a New Year's letter from the Duke of Lorraine and wishes him and his family a prosperous New Year. The Salutation is \"Mon Frere\" and the closing is \"Votre bon frere, George R.\" The letter is written in French and includes 2 black wax seals. Includes a page from a book with a print of George II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter written by Charles James Fox, St. Anne's Hill, to William Smith, M.P., Park Street, Westminister, postmarked May 12, 1800. He thanks William Smith for the two volumes, commenting \"I take notice of the proceedings in France...\" Includes a book print of Charles James Fox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted receipt for investments, dated June 1, 1725, which includes handwritten interest entries totalling one thousand six hundred Eighty Seven pounds and ten shillings.  \"By order dated 21st Day of Febry, 1723, ...Wm Pawlett, one of the Four tellers of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer...being for fifteen months interest.....  The interest was received by Sarah Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough, Francis Earl of Godolphin and William Clayton Esqr, three of the acting Exors \u0026amp; Trustees of John, Late Duke of Marlborough.  Signed by S. Marlborough, Godolphin, and Wm Clayton.  Includes a book pring of Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Official document to \"Capnd Brian Mansergh Lieutenant\" from \"George, Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Torrington, Baron Monck of Potheridge\" about Capt. Thomas Hopkins and the Troop of Horse. Signed Albemarle. November 2, 1660. Paper seal attached. Includes a book print of George Monck, Duke of Albemarle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned poem by Daniel O'Connell M.P. for Mrs. Weld, dated May 27, 1838. Appears to be a love letter, but possibly as a rejected suitor. Includes a book print of Daniel O'Connell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents A travel pass by Charles II ordering his \"Magistrates, Officers, Ministers and loving Subjects\" to allow Henry Compton to travel to Tangier without \"search, molestation, or hinderance ...  August 14, 14th Year of Our Reigne.\"  Signed by Edw. Nicholas and \"Charles R.\" Paper seal attached.  Print of Charles II included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester to an unknown friend, sending her a gift of turquoise stones. June 13. Year unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Prince Albert, Windsor Castle, to \"My dear Lord\" about the proposed Indian Trophies Room at Windsor Castle. Prince Albert thanks him for his communication with Sir Edward Bowater, his presents sent to Sir Edward Bowater and the anticipated gift of the dispatches sent from India. He notes that the Queen will be glad to receive his contributions and that his pictures and the pictures of the Duke of Wellington \"will be most interesting additions to the historical collection of Portraits in the corridor.\" March [29], [18??]. Includes a carte de visite of Prince Albert.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Prince Augustus Frederick, Prince of Sussex, Kensington Palace to J. [Hartley], Bridge Street, saying he received the letter with the opinions of Mr. Denman and Holt. Send him the case and he will give his determination. March 4, 1824. Letter and envelope attached to mounting paper. Includes book print of His Royal Highness Prince Augustus-Frederick, Duke of Sussex.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents December 29, 1593 letter from Robert Devereux to a \"loving friend\" in Norfolk. Handwriting is difficult to read. Note received with accession mentions that he was a favorite of Elizabeth I. Includes book print of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Letter from T.B. Macaulay, Albany, to \"Sir\" returning a corrected revision of an unknown written work.  October 8, 1842.  Includes book print of T.B. Macaulay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from George III to Lord Fauconberg referring to his \"severe and tedious illness.\" It has prevented him from handling public or private business which is why he hasn't responded to the letter received from Mr. Clarke the Apothecary at Cheltenham. Letter deals with bills from the work at Bayshill house and asks that they be sent to Mr. Gorton at Windsor. Also involves money going to Mr. Clarke to pay workmen. March 10, 1789. Includes book print of \"His Most Gracious Majesty George-William-Frederick the Third.\" In 1788, George III stayed with Lord Fauconberg at Cheltenham for spa treatment for his illness. Later, he paid for 17 more rooms to be added to Bayshill for more guests.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam IV complains to the Duke of Clarence of the near loss of a ship due to the lack of a chronometer. He writes that Commander Colonel Fox wrote him a letter about the incident, where an American ship informed them of the danger on their way to Halifax, so they were able to escape. \"Private and Confidential\" noted on top of page. November 15, 1829.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam IV, writing from Brighton, states that Baron [A?] is the \"fittest person\" and that \"Baron [A?] will proceed from London to the Congress.\" 1833. Includes an engraving of King William IV, by J. Cochran, from 'National Portrait Gallery, volume III' published c.1835 by Henry Dawe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilberforce, at Sir Charles Middleton's, sends a list of \"unhappy people\" who he wants to \"secure a place in the Fleet now preparing for Botany Bay.\" This letter is in response to the recipient's earlier refusal to take these female convicts unless their care was by the County and not the Government. Wilberforce encourages the recipient's cooperation by stating \"I trust \u0026amp; believe that in your office I shall find official feelings so tempered with personal ones that you will not press any objections, which tend to detain a number of poor wretches in a crowded prison, where from necessity perhaps they have been kept too long.\" The female convicts are at York Castle and are to be sent to N.S. Wales. April 13, 1789.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl of Cardigan James Brudenell, at Deene, writes to an unknown neighbor acknowledging the receipt of his letter about the allegedly stolen pheasants and disagreeing with the accusation. February 7, 1868.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrime Minister Neville Chamberlain thanks R.R. Ulyate for the gift of stationery, on which he is writing his thanks. The stationery is an advertisement for Arusha, decorated with printed small maps of Africa and Arusha, written directions and a letterhead with the address \"Neville Chamberlain, P.O. Arusha, Tanganyika.\" He mentions that he thinks the \"High Commissioner, if and when appointed, will have a new residence.\" February 4, 1930. Ray Ulyate was a resident of Arusha where he led tours into the jungle, and one of the first to emphasize photography, and operated The New Arusha Hotel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder from Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, at Victory off Cagliari, to Captain Frank Sotheron that the dispatcher Captain Boyle be sent away immediately after his dispatches are delivered because Nelson doesn't want the Seahorse to anchor or be detained in the Bay. Includes a short message to Mr. Elliott to \"act with caution.\" Signed \"Nelson and Bronte.\" January 25, 1805. Notation at end of letter \"Received by the Seahorse on the morning of the 28th of January in Naples Bay.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder from Fourth Earl of Sandwich John Montagu to Captain Vaughan, Commander of his Majesty's hired ship the Whitehaven to \"proceed immediately to Alross Bay with His Majesty's ship under your command, or wherever else you shall hear Capt. Noel to be [of the sloop Greyhound]…\" for a future attack. The order is written by the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland and signed by \"Sandwich\" and others. The order gives the particulars and location of two French Men of War near Arisaig on the Western Coast of North Britain, both of which were recently attacked by the British sloops the Greyhound, the Terror and Baltimore. May 13, 1746.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped letter from Lady Nancy Astor, The Hoe, Plymouth to Frank Doubleday (American Publishers) about her fight with the Drink Trade and her opinion that her speeches aren't worth publishing. November 2, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA \"private\" letter from Lord Charles Cornwallis in Calcutta to Viscount Sydney in which he gives his thoughts on India and some of the earlier administrators: \"…there are many very able \u0026amp; very honest men in the Company's service in Bengal.\" He comments that his conduct \"…of this war or that war, \u0026amp; I believe I have made very few enemies by it.\" February 19, 1787.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Grenville, Whitehall, to Alexander Straton, Charge d'Affaires at Vienna, informing Straton of the death of King Louis XVI: \"his Most Christian Majesty…was inhumanly executed in the Place De Louis 15: on Monday last, pursuant to a Decree of the National Convention\" and the King ordered in Council for the departure of Monsr Chauvelin from this Kingdom within eight days.\" William Grenville was the Foreign Secretary at the time and the Marquis was a French Ambassador who no longer had legal credentials. January 25, 1793.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal cabinet photograph of Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton who claimed to be Roger Tichborne, the son of Lady Doughty-Tichborne. An abbreviated history of the Tichborne Family and \"The Claimant\" trial is written on the sheet of paper to which the photograph is glued. Roger Tichborne was presumed drowned near Australia, but his Mother, hoping he was still alive, advertised for his whereabouts in Australia. Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton came to England claiming to be Roger Tichborne. He was eventually tried and convicted of perjury. He became known as \"The Claimant.\" Includes a carte de visite of Mary Ann Bryant (Mrs Tom Castro), but it is labeled as Lady Roger Tichborne. 1873.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuke of Wellington, in Paris, to an unknown person concerning an unpaid bill and his opinion of decisions he made in the past. Draft of a reply from the unknown person in Cambia, stating \"Greatly as I feel the condescension of …letter of the 17th, I should not again have trespassed upon you, even with my thanks, did I not fear that some inaccuracy of expression may have misled your….as to the nature of the feelings which I stated to have been …\" Memo on the reverse states \"the difference of opinion between Wm. [Buhel] [Bikel] and myself - with draft of answer.\" January 17, 1817.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpencer Perceval to \"Madam\" concerning his financial obligations for the care of Mrs. Perceval. He mentions Mrs. Perceval's pension versus her income and his willingness to give her about 40 pounds a month for meals and lodging if it won't interfere with the pension. The rental agreement should be no longer than a year, but also one that he can \"put an end to it upon some much shorter notice…\" He comments that he thinks the price for her lodging should include laying in her coal, particularly since she isn't well, but it is up to Mrs. Perceval to arrange her own terms. He thinks Mrs. Perceval is too ill to change lodgings. He thanks \"Madame\" for helping. Mrs. Perceval might be his mother. October 24, 1807.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Prescott, in Boston, sends William Cullen Bryant an article on Bryant's writings written by the Count de Circourt. Prescott describes M. de Circourt as \"…one of the most accomplished critics in France…it might be gratifying to you, as it is always to your countrymen, to see in what manner your writings are appreciated by intelligent foreigners.\" February 3, 1848. Includes a print of a drawing of William H. Prescott by George Richmond, from a drawing in the possession of the Earl of Carlisle, engraved by H. Wright Smith. Possibly from the book 'Biographical and citical miscellanies' by W.H. Prescott, published 1859.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles S. Gordon, in London, informs Mr. [Stab] that Gordon's luggage will be arriving in Constantinople and gives him instructions for the disbursement of some of the items (gun, gun case, photographic tent, camera stand) to Biddulph and Gordon. At the end of the letter, Gordon changes his mind and requests that the items be returned to him except the gun and gun case which [Stab] can keep as souvenirs. This letter was written shortly after Charles S. Gordon returned from his commission to mark the new border between the Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire up into Asia Minor. January 26, 1859. Charles S. Gordon was later known as Charles S. \"Chinese\" Gordon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam E. Gladstone, writing on House of Commons Library embossed letterhead, to an unknown American about the United States and the current \"imperfect\" bill to recognize the principle of International Copyright. Concedes that the bill should help both American and foreign authors. March 25, 1890. Includes stereoscopic card of Gladstone.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCecil John Rhodes, on Burlington Hotel.W. London stationery, to \"My dear Thomas\" saying he is going out of town and to thank Bonnor for his invitation. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmbossed form with seal for Bahama-Islands, New-Providence and heading \"By His Excellency the Right Honorable John, Earl of Dunmore, Governor-General, and Commander in Chief of the said Bahama-Islands\" giving Peleg Latham a license for the sloop, Matsey, to sail and depart from this \"Port and Government\" for New York. Signed by Dunmore and Adam Christie, Secry. Dated June 24, 1793.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePiece of paper with signatures of Lord (Field Marshal Horatio Herbert) Kitchener and Louis Botha. Other signatures are unclear, but two are possibly Haig (Douglas Haig) and Smuts (John Christian Smuts). Dated October 4, 1922. These men were participants in the Boer War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord John Russell, Pembroke Lodge, to the author of an essay on Thomas Macaulay, praising his writing and hoping he would edit a book by Macaulay with his essay as an introduction. Russell also cites his praises for Macaulay, then adding \"perhaps in painting his characters he made his lights too bright, \u0026amp; his shade too deep, a defect perhaps inseparable from his wonderful powers of …\" November 2, 18??. Macaulay died on December 28, 1859.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrince Albert, Windsor Castle to Sir James (last name unknown) returning \"the admiral's voluminous correspondence with my best thanks and can only say that I agree in the feelings expressed in your answer to him. [January] 20, 1854.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo envelopes with picture of Sir Winston Churchill headed with \"First Day of Issue\" and stamped with U.S. 5 cents stamps with Churchill's image, both dated May 13, 1965, postmarked Fulton, Missouri. One envelope has 4 stamps and is signed by Sir Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister from 1955-1957. The second envelope has one stamp and is signed by Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"William Henry Cavendish, Duke of Portland, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter … authorizes in His Majesty's name\" the seizure of [Lord] Gregory for treason. Warrant issued at Whitehall on March 19, 1788. Warrant addressed to Anthony Fabiani, one of the Majesty's Messengers, and 3 other. Red wax seal on the warrant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Petty Shelburne (Second Earl) (First Marquis of Landsdowne), London, to an unknown gentleman about handling the affairs of Shelburne's nephew and deceased brother. Shelburne says he is \"determined not to interfere\" but \"promised the exors that I would give them my opinion whenever they called on me\" and that Sir William Petty has advised that they pay their lawyer and apothecary well. Shelburne wishes the recipient to take over his brother's affairs because he is close to his nephew's Mother's family, even though Mr. Morwley has done a good job. January 26, 1795. Lord Lansdowne's brother was the Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice (1742-1793) of Cliveden and a Member of Parliament.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord Randolph S. Churchill asks Mr. [J.I.] Minchin to excuse him from attending the Chess Tournament dinner on May 19 because he needs rest after a hard work session in Parliament and will be traveling to Ireland during the Whitsuntide Holidays. May 5, 1883. The letter is written on 2 Connaught Place stationary. The London 1883 chess tournament was an international tournament. Lord Randolph S. Churchill is the father of Winston Churchill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWarren Hastings, Dalyesford House writes to The Rev. William Johnson, Parley Place, Croydon, Surry about an assignment, possibly as an executor of an estate. He asks for Rev. Johnson's help in acquiring financial and other information with questions about the current finances. April 25, 1798.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSir Robert Peel responds to a proposal to help Ireland during the potato famine. The proposal appears to involve asking for money from the government or borrowing it, possibly confiscating land as collateral. He thinks the proposal will be hard to enforce and will be a source of \"dissatisfaction and discontent.\" He notes \"It's difficult to argue calamity in the immediate presence of famine and disease.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature of Earl of Godolphin Sidney, Lord High Treasurer under Queen Anne, on a warrant for Tallys and Revenue of Excise. Other names mentioned are William Gregory and William Wardour. Partial document. December 9, 1693.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKing George IV requests that the Master of the Stag Hounds keep 6 horses for Lord Maryborough (William Wellesley-Pole). \"The King is aware that this additional allowance has not been the practice but in consequence of Lord Maryborough's removal from his late office, for the convenience of Lord Liverpool, the King does not think it right that he should be, so decided…[this] present indulgence is by the King's express command, but not to be extended to my future Master of the Stag Hounds.\" November 19, 1824.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord Palmerston writes that the \"Duke of Wellington has accepted the Office of 1st Lord of the Treasury and we are to give up the seals of office at St. James's tomorrow.\" November 15, 1834.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord Palmerton, Prime Minister, to Henry Labouchere, Secretary of State for the Colonies, about the charge by Thomas Chisholm Anstey, Attorney General of Hong Kong, that John Walter Hulme, Chief Justice in Hong Kong, was drunk at the Governor's table. He repeats comments by Bowring [Sir John Bowring] who was at the dinner. He warns that this matter needs to be handled carefully since Anstey's correspondence is damaging and Hong Kong is not a \"very favorite establishment in our House.\" He suggests investigating Hulme's character and the prejudices of those bringing the charge, especially Anstey who is \"violent and intemperate.\" August 27, 1856. Carte de visite of Lord Palmerton is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDecember 9, 1765 letter from William Pitt (the elder) to \"Dear Sir\" asking him to forward the enclosed letter to Comte de Wallwoden \"by the first safe opportunity.\" The letter is the \"notification of the melancholy loss of Lady Yarmouth\" which he received on October 22. Lady Yarmouth (Amalie von Wendt) was the mistress of King George II and Wallmoden was their son. Includes an engraving of William Pitt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Canning, Foreign Office, to Lord John Fitzroy saying he'd received his letter about Sir Arthur Wellesley's victory over the French at Talavera de la Reina (Peninsula Campaign) before the arrival of Lord FitzRoy Somerset with Sir Arthur Wellesley's dispatches. August 15, 1809.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Canning, Pavilion, Brighton, to the Prince de Polignac regarding his amazement of the arrest of the daughters of Sir Robert Wilson in Calais as they were leaving France. He asks Prince de Polignac to find out what happened and to \"redress it, as far as may be in your power.\" There is an abstract of the letter from Sir Robert Wilson to George Canning which gives the particulars of the arrest and his assurance that his daughters \"had nothing with them but their own private property.\" January 31, 1824. Jules de Polignac was Prime Minister of France from 8 August 1829 – 29 July 1830.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Canning, Downing Street, to \"Sir\" giving the agenda of the November 14th Parliamentary session: \"obtain the sanction for admitting certain kinds of foreign grain for Home Consumption before they would have been by law regularly admissible for that purpose, and to elect a Speaker and complete the other formal proceedings incident to the opening of a New Parliament.\" \"No. 3\" is noted at the top of the page. September 7, 1826.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward VIII, Hotel Ritz, Paris, to Sir William Rootes, Piccadilly, thanking him for lending him a \"Humber and your driver Calvert\" during his visit, and giving details of other travel arrangements made during that visit plus his future November 5 trip on the \"Queen Mary.\" Edward VIII states, while visiting Eric Dudley and in London, he met people who share his pessimism over the Socialist havoc of the economy. He laments that Great Britain is losing its world position, but France has the anarchy of the Communist controlled unions with political discord. October 17, 1947.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward VIII, H.Q. Guards Division, accepts a Christmas Eve dinner invitation from \"My dear Colonel.\" December 21, 1915.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward VII, in Rome, to Dr. Chambers with thanks for the good wishes for his birthday and approaching marriage. \"When one reaches the age of 21, \u0026amp; is shortly to be married, one begins to feel responsibilities creeping one one…Much will be expected of me, but…if I keep the example of my Parents before me, I have not fear of going wrong.\" Edward VII lists the cities that he, his sister and brother-in-law have visited during their tour. Signed \"Albert Edward.\" November 23, 1862. Includes envelope addressed to T.K. Chambers, Grosvenor Square, London, black bordered, with a black wax seal. Includes carte de visites of Alexandra of Denmark (wife of Edward VII) and Edward VII.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuchess of Kent (Victoria Mary Louisa), on embossed stationary, to Lady Barrington with thanks for making a beautiful bag which she will cherish as a souvenir. She is Queen Victoria's mother. A later note on letter states \"1847?\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames VI requires the Earl Marischal to attend a national assembly to hinder increase of papacy. July 18, 1616. George Keith, the 5th Earl Marischal founded the Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1593. He held several offices under King James VI. Includes an attached paper seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped tribute to Winston Churchill, on parchment type paper, given by Field-Marshall Montgomery and signed \"Montgomery of Alamein F.M.\" Undated. 4 pages. Field-Marshall Montgomery's full title was \"Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReply by Lord Palmerston to someone approving of the labors of the Foreign Office. Signed \"Palmerston.\" March 5, 1832. Henry John Temple Palmerston (Third Viscount).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDinner menu of the Hotel de Crillon in Paris signed by David Lloyd George. January 27, 1921.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Dickens asks the recipient to forward a note to his office in an envelope marked \"private\" and it will have his attention. Written on Athenaeum Club letterhead stationery. November 17, 1866. Includes an engraving of a portrait bust of Charles Dickens by J.H Baker after a photograph by Mason \u0026amp; Co.,1870.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnvelope addressed to Viscountess Barrington, Cassiobury Park with attached red wax seal and postmark of January 6, 1847.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord Halifax, British Embassy, Washington, D.C.to The Rt. Rev. Herbert Welch, New York City, New York responds to a request that the English Methodist Church fund credit in the United States be remitted to Uruguay. Lord Fairfax notes that the United Methodist Church should \"surrender to the Exchange Control at the Bank of England all its dollar funds.\" May 31, 1941. Lord Halifax was the British Ambassador to the United States in 1941. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePermission signed by King William III and given \"by his Majtys command Nottingham\" to Sir Willoughby Aston, High Sheriffe of County of Chester, to \"give and grant you full license \u0026amp; permission during your said Office of Sheriffe to remaine or dwell out of our said County…\" December 29, 1690. A paper seal is attached to letter with red wax. Includes an engraving of King William III. Includes a steel engraving by W.Holl of a William III portrait, after a painting by Caspar Netscher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDaniel O'Connell wants to put James [unknown] on the voting papers for St. George's Ward. \"I think you will not disavow us…but how useful an anti-slavery man may be in the council – with your help I think I could get our corporation to set an example to all the corporations in Great Britain on the subject.\" October 20, 1841. Includes an engraving of Daniel O'Connell, Esq. by Robert Cooper from a painting by T. Catterson Smith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature of the First Earl of Halifax Charles Montagu on a declaration \"Wee allow of this bill of Incidents amounting to the sum….Whitehall Treasy Chambers.\" The document contains 5 signatures: Halifax, Richard Onslow, Paul Methuen, and Edward Wortley (Edward Wortley Montagu), husband of Mary Wortley Montagu. One signature is illegible. November 2, 1714.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRaglan accepts dinner invitation from Lady Henniken for Saturday, July 6. Written after 1852 when Fitzroy Somerset became First Baron the Lord of Raglan Fitzroy Somerset. Notation with letter says it was written during the Light Brigade.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB. White informs W. Pritchard of the London and County Bank of the death of his brother, Henry White. April 19, 1887. Envelope included. Pencil notes on envelope say this is Lt. Gen White, Hero of Balaclava Charge in the Charge of the Light Brigade. A Lt. Col. Henry White was with the 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Campbell-Bannerman, 6 Grosvenor Place, to Donaldson, enclosing a partially completed form or application (not included). He mentions that he is a member of the Bull Dog Club and is glad to hear \"good accounts of the keeps.\" March 19, 1896.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eViscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, Foreign Secretary, written while keeper of the Irish seal, to the Rt. Honorable John Beresford with the news that \"Lord Cornwallis has been engaged this week in sounding the principal Persons in town with the exception of Lord Pery, who sees the objections in a strong point of view, the others are dishonest to entertain the question – some with a greater degree of preference than others.\" He continues by saying the counties of Cork and Limerick are for it. He closes with the statement \"The county pretty much as you left it – the Orangemen and Catholics … in the County of Derry.\" \"Private\" is noted at the top of page one. November ? [1799].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents James III, \"the old pretender,\" letter written from O'Albano, about Arthur Dillon and signed \"Jacques R.\" Written in French. September 18, 1724. Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon, was a Jacobite soldier from Ireland who served in the French army, per the Compendium of Irish Biography. Per Wikipedia, Arthur Dillon was given the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by James III.  In 1711 Arthur was created \"Comte Dillon\" in France by Louis XIV; and was awarded the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by the monarch he recognized as James III.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEngraving of La Belle Hamilton by J.Thomson after an original painting by Sir Peter Lely.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEngraving of Lord Nelson by T Woolnoth from an original picture by Hoppner in her Majesty's Collection at St James's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge III Appointment of Donald McDonald as \"Lieutenant in Captain William Pemble's Independent Company of Invalids doing Duty in North Britain\" given at St. James's Court on October 29, 1783. Signed by George III and Lord North.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Trenwith, before leaving for the East-indies, appoints Elizabeth Trenwith to receive \"two months' pay of my Wages Yearly…during the whole time of my being forth.\" Dated November 3, 1753 with notation on reverse, \"Months paid the 10 January 1755…\" Document is glued to a paper backing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam IV warrant which releases Richard Kettle, the younger from the Devon County Gaol where he is confined under a game law conviction with a 20 pound fine. The reason given is Kettle's lawyer's neglect and the length of time Kettle has been in prison. March 19, 1834. Signed by William IV and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments signed by Prince Regent George and King George IV.  An engraving of \"George IV, King of England\" by Charles Picart from an original drawing, is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatent from Georg Prinz Regent Georg to Von Dreehsell, signed at Carlton House on January 29, 1814. Written in German. Attached paper seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge IV appoints Major General Sir Edward Barnes K.C.B. to the local rank of Lieutenant General in the Islands of Ceylon. Court held at Carlton House, May 20, 1823. A red wax on paper seal and blue seal are attached to the appointment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst Duke of Marlborough John Churchill appoints John Danvers as a Captain in Brigadier Thomas Farrington's regiment to replace Captain Richard Nanfan. Signed \"Marlborough\" with other signatures. June 24, 1706. The appointment is written one month after the victory at Ramillies in which Thomas Farrington's regiment participated. An engraving \"John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough\" by H.T. Ryall is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Safe Conduct Warrant for Colonel Roger Whitley to travel into France and other foreign countries, \"having served us with great dilligence during all these troubles.\" Signed by Charles I. January 14, 1646. A colored engraving of \"Charles 1st. King of England, Scotland, France \u0026amp; Ireland\" engraved for \"Harrison's Edition of Rapin's History of England\" is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture from Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Principal Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, to John [Aloxdo] , signed by Lord Burghley. November 23, 1753. Written in English and Latin. An engraving of \"William Cecil, Lord Burghley\" by S. Freeman from the original of Mark Gerard is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSecond Duke of Grafton Charles appoints Richard St. George as Lieutenant Colonel in His Majesty's First Regiment of Carabiniers under the Command of Richard Lord Viscount Shannon in His Majesty's Army in Ireland and also to be Captain of a Troop in the said Regiment in the room of John Petry Esqr. Deceased.\" July 6, 1723. Signed by Edward Hopkins and \"Grafton\" by the Duke. Lord Shannon's regiment was a Regiment of Horse. Written on vellum with the \"Great Seal of Great Britain\" attached.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge VI appoints Peter Murray, Esquire as an \"Officer of the Seventh Grade of Our Foreign Service at any of Our Diplomatic or Consular Establishments…\" Dated October 20, 1948 but effective beginning July 1, 1947. Signed by \"George R.\" and Clement R. Atlee. Embossed seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQueen Anne gives her representatives \"Full Power for the Treaty of Peace with Spain\" during the negotiations of the Treaty of Ultrecht. 1713. Written in Latin and signed \"Anna R.\" A descriptive note, later added in pencil, says \"Re: treaty of Utrecht Instructions to Commissioners to sign treaty ending War of Spanish Succession ceding Gibraltar.\" Engraving of \"Queen Anne\" by J. Cochran from the original by Kneller is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge V appoints Frederick Samuel Beaumont as a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, given at Buckingham Palace on July 1, 1916. Signed by George V. Red embossed seal on the certificate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Samuel Pepys to \"My Lord\" about his arrangements made with Captain Salmon on behalf of the King \"for transporting the Muscovite envoy to Licoorne.\" December 5, 1687. A typed transcript of the letter and an engraving of Samuel Pepys is included. These items are glued on pages in a red leather bound book made especially for the collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJuly 8, 1857 indenture for the division of the estate of Benjamin Handy between various individuals and family members, who include: Henrietta and Henry Almond Thorpe, Louisa Handy, Mary Handy, George and Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland, Alfred Ainge and Sophia Harris, John Daniel Clarke, Henry Hand, Joseph Southby, Walter Charles Venning, Emma Jane Venning and William Ord Marshall. The document is 13 pages and written on vellum with 21 signatures beside red wax seals and attached official stamped seals. Note on reverse, \"High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Estate of Benjamin Hardy, dec'd, Rowland vs Hardy....this is exhibit marked A referred to in the affidavit of William Holmes and William Pearse by the said William Holmes this 13th day of July 1883 before me,\" signed by a commissioner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAugust 30, 1836 indenture between William Sawbridge, Mary Abel and George Peach selling property to Theophilus Jeyes. 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Joynt's collection of British manuscripts, from the 15th to the 20th century, of 88 letters and documents, 41 cut signatures, and many book engravings.  The authors and signatures include kings, queens, prime ministers, nobles, military officers, authors, and other dignitaries. Personal matters, military orders and letters, religion, treaties, politics, intrique, and much more are covered in these letters, often interwoven with current events.","Remarks by Victoria \"Tori\" J. Bossé during the presentation luncheon in 2015. She reflects on the significance to her, as the daughter of the collector, Richard George Joynt who she calls a \"historical Anglophile.\"","Signatures of British Prime Ministers beginning with Robert Wadpole, Prime Minister 1721-1742, and ending with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister 1979-1991.  Most signatures are cut signatures from letters, documents or envelopes.  The signatures are organized alphabetically by the surname of the Prime Minister rather than their titles, though the titles are noted in the descriptions.  The descriptions also include the dates each person served as Prime Minister.","Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth. Signed \"Sidmouth.\" Prime Minister, 1801-1804.","Herbert Asquith. Signed \"H H Asquith.\" Prime Minister 1908-1916.","Clement Richard Atlee, 1st Earl Attlee. Signed \"Clement Richard Atlee.\" Prime Minister, 1945-1951.","Stanley Baldwin. Signed \"Stanley Baldwin\" on stationery with embossed 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1.\" Prime Minister 1923-1924, 1924-1929, and 1936-1937.","Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour. Signed \"Arthur James Balfour.\" Prime Minister 1902-1905.","James Callaghan. Signed \"Jim Callaghan\" on stationery of The Chancellor of the Exchequer, 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1. Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967. Prime Minister 1976-1979.","George Canning. Signed \"Geo. Canning.\" Prime Minister 1827.","William Cavendish-Bentinck, Third Duke of Portland. Paper seal of George III, attached on reverse. Signed \"Portland.\" Prime Minister 1783 and 1807-1809.","Winston Churchill. Midland Bank Limited check, dated October 22, 1945, written to The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill and endorsed \"Winston Churchill.\" Prime Minister 1940-1945, 1951-1955.","Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington. Signed \"Wilmington, ?.\" Prime Minister 1742-1743. Date on document fragment is July 19, 1734, with a partial order written on the reverse.","Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Signed \"Benj Disraeli.\" \"Henry Colburn, Esq\" written on reverse. Prime Minister 1868, 1874-1880. Includes carte de visite of a portrait of Disraeli.","2nd Earl Shelbourne and 1st Marquis of Landsdowne.  Also known as William Petty-Fitzmaurice.  Signed \"Shelbourne.\" Prime Minister 1782-1783.","Augustus Fitzroy, Third Duke of Grafton. Signed \"Grafton.\" Appears to be an envelope addressed to Lady Mary Lindsay Campbell, Edinburgh. Prime Minister 1767-1770.","Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Salisbury-Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury. Signed \"Salisbury.\" Prime Minister 1885-1886, 1886-1892, and 1895-1902.","David Lloyd George. Signed \"D. Lloyd George\" on reverse of a request for his signature by Ruth Adler of Rochelle, New York, dated April 19, 1924. Prime Minister 1916-1922.","William E. Gladstone. Signature \"WE Gladstone\" on envelope, with August 1881 cancel date, addressed to Mrs. DC Philbrooke, Bangor, Maine. Prime Minister 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886 and 1892-1894.","Frederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Signed \"Goderich.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828.","Frederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Franking signature \"FJ Robinson, Esq. Ripon\" and sender's signature \"FJ Robinson.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828. The fragment is an envelope, postmarked 27 Feb 1821, and addressed to Lady Sullivan, Surry","Lord William Grenville. Signed \"Grenville.\" Prime Minister 1806-1807.","George Grenville.  Signed \"George Grenville.\" Fragment of a letter with date of January 14, 1752 and other signatures of \"?. Campbell\" and George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (signed \"G. Lyttelton.\" Prime Minister 1763-1765.","Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey. Signed \"Grey.\" Prime Minister 1830-1834. Appears to be an envelope addressed to Sir John Key, Baronet, 14 Bedford Square. Sir John Key was a member of Parliament in 1833. A date, 16 Nov 33, is handwritten on the fragment.","George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. Signed \"Aberdeen.\" Prime Minister 1852-1855.","Edward Richard George Heath. Signed \"Edward Heath\" and dated 27 March '74. Prime Minister 1970-1974.","(Sir) Alec Douglas Home, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel. Signed \"Alec Douglas-Home.\" Prime Minister 1963-1964.","Robert Banks Jenkinson, Second Duke of Liverpool. Signed \"Liverpool.\" Prime Minister 1812-1827.","A. Bonar Law. Signed \"A.B. Law.\" Prime Minister 1922.","James Ramsay MacDonald. Signed \"J. Ramsay MacDonald.\" Prime Minister 1924 and 1929-1935.","Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton. Signed \"Hon Macmillan.\" Prime Minister 1957-1963. Written on letterhead, \"From the Rt. Hon.Harold Macmillan, St. Martin's Street, London.","William Lamb Melbourne, Second Viscount. Signed \"Melbourne.\" Prime Minister 1834, 1835-1842. Clipped from ALS. Envelope addressed to Mrs. George Lawrence, Liverpool and hand dated \"London, November five, 1832\" with the same date on stamped postmark.","Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, usually known as Lord North. Signed \"North.\" Prime Minister 1770-1782. Also, the signature of Lord Lyttelton, Baron of Frankley, signed as \"Westcote.\" A date, May 2, 1760 is on the paper, but not necessarily the date of the document.","(Sir) Robert Peel. Signed \"Robert Peel.\" Prime Minister 1834-1835 and 1841-1846.","Henry Pelham. Signed \"H. Pelham.\" Prime Minister 1743-1754.","Thomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, also called Thomas Pelham-Holles. Signed \"Holles Newcastle.\" Prime Minister 1754-1756 and 1757-1762. Other signatures on paper: \"H.B. Legge\" (Henry Bilson Legge) and \"?. Nugent.\"","William Pitt (the Younger). Signed \"W. Pitt.\" Prime Minister 1783-1801 and 1804-1805.","Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian. Signed \"Roseberry.\" Prime Minister 1894-1895.","John Russell, 1st Earl Russell. Signed J. Russell. Prime Minister 1865-1866.","Scope and Contents Henry John Temple, Third Viscount of Palmerston. Signed \"Palmerston\" with another signature on the reverse, \"Lord Palmerston.\" Prime Minister 1855-1858 and 1859-1865. Palmerston and Ashley. Signatures \"The Honble E. Ashley, Treasury\" and \"Palmerston.\"","Margaret Thatcher. Signed \"Margaret Thatcher\" on stationery with House of Commons embossed crest. Prime Minister 1979-1991.","Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. Signed \"Walpole.\" Prime Minister 1721-1742. Considered the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.","Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Signed \"W. Wellington.\" Prime Minister 1828-1830.","Harold Wilson, Prime Minister 1964-1970, 1974-1976, on card with date \"9.ix.60.\"","Scope and Contents Letter from Lord Eldon John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Corfe Castle, to his daughter Lady Elizabeth Repton, London, dated September 8, 1829. Asks her to send any political news she might hear and love to her and his grandson. Book page with print of \"John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of England\" engraved by HY Robinson.","Scope and Contents Letter with heading \"Lettre de Nouvelle Annee\" from George II to the Duke of Lorraine, dated January 10, 1728. George II writes that he is responding to a New Year's letter from the Duke of Lorraine and wishes him and his family a prosperous New Year. The Salutation is \"Mon Frere\" and the closing is \"Votre bon frere, George R.\" The letter is written in French and includes 2 black wax seals. Includes a page from a book with a print of George II.","Letter written by Charles James Fox, St. Anne's Hill, to William Smith, M.P., Park Street, Westminister, postmarked May 12, 1800. He thanks William Smith for the two volumes, commenting \"I take notice of the proceedings in France...\" Includes a book print of Charles James Fox.","Printed receipt for investments, dated June 1, 1725, which includes handwritten interest entries totalling one thousand six hundred Eighty Seven pounds and ten shillings.  \"By order dated 21st Day of Febry, 1723, ...Wm Pawlett, one of the Four tellers of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer...being for fifteen months interest.....  The interest was received by Sarah Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough, Francis Earl of Godolphin and William Clayton Esqr, three of the acting Exors \u0026 Trustees of John, Late Duke of Marlborough.  Signed by S. Marlborough, Godolphin, and Wm Clayton.  Includes a book pring of Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough.","Scope and Contents Official document to \"Capnd Brian Mansergh Lieutenant\" from \"George, Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Torrington, Baron Monck of Potheridge\" about Capt. Thomas Hopkins and the Troop of Horse. Signed Albemarle. November 2, 1660. Paper seal attached. Includes a book print of George Monck, Duke of Albemarle.","Signed poem by Daniel O'Connell M.P. for Mrs. Weld, dated May 27, 1838. Appears to be a love letter, but possibly as a rejected suitor. Includes a book print of Daniel O'Connell.","Scope and Contents A travel pass by Charles II ordering his \"Magistrates, Officers, Ministers and loving Subjects\" to allow Henry Compton to travel to Tangier without \"search, molestation, or hinderance ...  August 14, 14th Year of Our Reigne.\"  Signed by Edw. Nicholas and \"Charles R.\" Paper seal attached.  Print of Charles II included.","Letter from Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester to an unknown friend, sending her a gift of turquoise stones. June 13. Year unknown.","Scope and Contents Prince Albert, Windsor Castle, to \"My dear Lord\" about the proposed Indian Trophies Room at Windsor Castle. Prince Albert thanks him for his communication with Sir Edward Bowater, his presents sent to Sir Edward Bowater and the anticipated gift of the dispatches sent from India. He notes that the Queen will be glad to receive his contributions and that his pictures and the pictures of the Duke of Wellington \"will be most interesting additions to the historical collection of Portraits in the corridor.\" March [29], [18??]. Includes a carte de visite of Prince Albert.","Letter from Prince Augustus Frederick, Prince of Sussex, Kensington Palace to J. [Hartley], Bridge Street, saying he received the letter with the opinions of Mr. Denman and Holt. Send him the case and he will give his determination. March 4, 1824. Letter and envelope attached to mounting paper. Includes book print of His Royal Highness Prince Augustus-Frederick, Duke of Sussex.","Scope and Contents December 29, 1593 letter from Robert Devereux to a \"loving friend\" in Norfolk. Handwriting is difficult to read. Note received with accession mentions that he was a favorite of Elizabeth I. Includes book print of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.","Scope and Contents Letter from T.B. Macaulay, Albany, to \"Sir\" returning a corrected revision of an unknown written work.  October 8, 1842.  Includes book print of T.B. Macaulay.","Letter from George III to Lord Fauconberg referring to his \"severe and tedious illness.\" It has prevented him from handling public or private business which is why he hasn't responded to the letter received from Mr. Clarke the Apothecary at Cheltenham. Letter deals with bills from the work at Bayshill house and asks that they be sent to Mr. Gorton at Windsor. Also involves money going to Mr. Clarke to pay workmen. March 10, 1789. Includes book print of \"His Most Gracious Majesty George-William-Frederick the Third.\" In 1788, George III stayed with Lord Fauconberg at Cheltenham for spa treatment for his illness. Later, he paid for 17 more rooms to be added to Bayshill for more guests.","William IV complains to the Duke of Clarence of the near loss of a ship due to the lack of a chronometer. He writes that Commander Colonel Fox wrote him a letter about the incident, where an American ship informed them of the danger on their way to Halifax, so they were able to escape. \"Private and Confidential\" noted on top of page. November 15, 1829.","William IV, writing from Brighton, states that Baron [A?] is the \"fittest person\" and that \"Baron [A?] will proceed from London to the Congress.\" 1833. Includes an engraving of King William IV, by J. Cochran, from 'National Portrait Gallery, volume III' published c.1835 by Henry Dawe.","Wilberforce, at Sir Charles Middleton's, sends a list of \"unhappy people\" who he wants to \"secure a place in the Fleet now preparing for Botany Bay.\" This letter is in response to the recipient's earlier refusal to take these female convicts unless their care was by the County and not the Government. Wilberforce encourages the recipient's cooperation by stating \"I trust \u0026 believe that in your office I shall find official feelings so tempered with personal ones that you will not press any objections, which tend to detain a number of poor wretches in a crowded prison, where from necessity perhaps they have been kept too long.\" The female convicts are at York Castle and are to be sent to N.S. Wales. April 13, 1789.","Earl of Cardigan James Brudenell, at Deene, writes to an unknown neighbor acknowledging the receipt of his letter about the allegedly stolen pheasants and disagreeing with the accusation. February 7, 1868.","Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain thanks R.R. Ulyate for the gift of stationery, on which he is writing his thanks. The stationery is an advertisement for Arusha, decorated with printed small maps of Africa and Arusha, written directions and a letterhead with the address \"Neville Chamberlain, P.O. Arusha, Tanganyika.\" He mentions that he thinks the \"High Commissioner, if and when appointed, will have a new residence.\" February 4, 1930. Ray Ulyate was a resident of Arusha where he led tours into the jungle, and one of the first to emphasize photography, and operated The New Arusha Hotel.","Order from Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, at Victory off Cagliari, to Captain Frank Sotheron that the dispatcher Captain Boyle be sent away immediately after his dispatches are delivered because Nelson doesn't want the Seahorse to anchor or be detained in the Bay. Includes a short message to Mr. Elliott to \"act with caution.\" Signed \"Nelson and Bronte.\" January 25, 1805. Notation at end of letter \"Received by the Seahorse on the morning of the 28th of January in Naples Bay.\"","Order from Fourth Earl of Sandwich John Montagu to Captain Vaughan, Commander of his Majesty's hired ship the Whitehaven to \"proceed immediately to Alross Bay with His Majesty's ship under your command, or wherever else you shall hear Capt. Noel to be [of the sloop Greyhound]…\" for a future attack. The order is written by the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland and signed by \"Sandwich\" and others. The order gives the particulars and location of two French Men of War near Arisaig on the Western Coast of North Britain, both of which were recently attacked by the British sloops the Greyhound, the Terror and Baltimore. May 13, 1746.","Typed letter from Lady Nancy Astor, The Hoe, Plymouth to Frank Doubleday (American Publishers) about her fight with the Drink Trade and her opinion that her speeches aren't worth publishing. November 2, 1922.","A \"private\" letter from Lord Charles Cornwallis in Calcutta to Viscount Sydney in which he gives his thoughts on India and some of the earlier administrators: \"…there are many very able \u0026 very honest men in the Company's service in Bengal.\" He comments that his conduct \"…of this war or that war, \u0026 I believe I have made very few enemies by it.\" February 19, 1787.","William Grenville, Whitehall, to Alexander Straton, Charge d'Affaires at Vienna, informing Straton of the death of King Louis XVI: \"his Most Christian Majesty…was inhumanly executed in the Place De Louis 15: on Monday last, pursuant to a Decree of the National Convention\" and the King ordered in Council for the departure of Monsr Chauvelin from this Kingdom within eight days.\" William Grenville was the Foreign Secretary at the time and the Marquis was a French Ambassador who no longer had legal credentials. January 25, 1793.","Original cabinet photograph of Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton who claimed to be Roger Tichborne, the son of Lady Doughty-Tichborne. An abbreviated history of the Tichborne Family and \"The Claimant\" trial is written on the sheet of paper to which the photograph is glued. Roger Tichborne was presumed drowned near Australia, but his Mother, hoping he was still alive, advertised for his whereabouts in Australia. Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton came to England claiming to be Roger Tichborne. He was eventually tried and convicted of perjury. He became known as \"The Claimant.\" Includes a carte de visite of Mary Ann Bryant (Mrs Tom Castro), but it is labeled as Lady Roger Tichborne. 1873.","Duke of Wellington, in Paris, to an unknown person concerning an unpaid bill and his opinion of decisions he made in the past. Draft of a reply from the unknown person in Cambia, stating \"Greatly as I feel the condescension of …letter of the 17th, I should not again have trespassed upon you, even with my thanks, did I not fear that some inaccuracy of expression may have misled your….as to the nature of the feelings which I stated to have been …\" Memo on the reverse states \"the difference of opinion between Wm. [Buhel] [Bikel] and myself - with draft of answer.\" January 17, 1817.","Spencer Perceval to \"Madam\" concerning his financial obligations for the care of Mrs. Perceval. He mentions Mrs. Perceval's pension versus her income and his willingness to give her about 40 pounds a month for meals and lodging if it won't interfere with the pension. The rental agreement should be no longer than a year, but also one that he can \"put an end to it upon some much shorter notice…\" He comments that he thinks the price for her lodging should include laying in her coal, particularly since she isn't well, but it is up to Mrs. Perceval to arrange her own terms. He thinks Mrs. Perceval is too ill to change lodgings. He thanks \"Madame\" for helping. Mrs. Perceval might be his mother. October 24, 1807.","William Prescott, in Boston, sends William Cullen Bryant an article on Bryant's writings written by the Count de Circourt. Prescott describes M. de Circourt as \"…one of the most accomplished critics in France…it might be gratifying to you, as it is always to your countrymen, to see in what manner your writings are appreciated by intelligent foreigners.\" February 3, 1848. Includes a print of a drawing of William H. Prescott by George Richmond, from a drawing in the possession of the Earl of Carlisle, engraved by H. Wright Smith. Possibly from the book 'Biographical and citical miscellanies' by W.H. Prescott, published 1859.","Charles S. Gordon, in London, informs Mr. [Stab] that Gordon's luggage will be arriving in Constantinople and gives him instructions for the disbursement of some of the items (gun, gun case, photographic tent, camera stand) to Biddulph and Gordon. At the end of the letter, Gordon changes his mind and requests that the items be returned to him except the gun and gun case which [Stab] can keep as souvenirs. This letter was written shortly after Charles S. Gordon returned from his commission to mark the new border between the Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire up into Asia Minor. January 26, 1859. Charles S. Gordon was later known as Charles S. \"Chinese\" Gordon.","William E. Gladstone, writing on House of Commons Library embossed letterhead, to an unknown American about the United States and the current \"imperfect\" bill to recognize the principle of International Copyright. Concedes that the bill should help both American and foreign authors. March 25, 1890. Includes stereoscopic card of Gladstone.","Cecil John Rhodes, on Burlington Hotel.W. London stationery, to \"My dear Thomas\" saying he is going out of town and to thank Bonnor for his invitation. Undated.","Embossed form with seal for Bahama-Islands, New-Providence and heading \"By His Excellency the Right Honorable John, Earl of Dunmore, Governor-General, and Commander in Chief of the said Bahama-Islands\" giving Peleg Latham a license for the sloop, Matsey, to sail and depart from this \"Port and Government\" for New York. Signed by Dunmore and Adam Christie, Secry. Dated June 24, 1793.","Piece of paper with signatures of Lord (Field Marshal Horatio Herbert) Kitchener and Louis Botha. Other signatures are unclear, but two are possibly Haig (Douglas Haig) and Smuts (John Christian Smuts). Dated October 4, 1922. These men were participants in the Boer War.","Lord John Russell, Pembroke Lodge, to the author of an essay on Thomas Macaulay, praising his writing and hoping he would edit a book by Macaulay with his essay as an introduction. Russell also cites his praises for Macaulay, then adding \"perhaps in painting his characters he made his lights too bright, \u0026 his shade too deep, a defect perhaps inseparable from his wonderful powers of …\" November 2, 18??. Macaulay died on December 28, 1859.","Prince Albert, Windsor Castle to Sir James (last name unknown) returning \"the admiral's voluminous correspondence with my best thanks and can only say that I agree in the feelings expressed in your answer to him. [January] 20, 1854.","Two envelopes with picture of Sir Winston Churchill headed with \"First Day of Issue\" and stamped with U.S. 5 cents stamps with Churchill's image, both dated May 13, 1965, postmarked Fulton, Missouri. One envelope has 4 stamps and is signed by Sir Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister from 1955-1957. The second envelope has one stamp and is signed by Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery.","\"William Henry Cavendish, Duke of Portland, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter … authorizes in His Majesty's name\" the seizure of [Lord] Gregory for treason. Warrant issued at Whitehall on March 19, 1788. Warrant addressed to Anthony Fabiani, one of the Majesty's Messengers, and 3 other. Red wax seal on the warrant.","William Petty Shelburne (Second Earl) (First Marquis of Landsdowne), London, to an unknown gentleman about handling the affairs of Shelburne's nephew and deceased brother. Shelburne says he is \"determined not to interfere\" but \"promised the exors that I would give them my opinion whenever they called on me\" and that Sir William Petty has advised that they pay their lawyer and apothecary well. Shelburne wishes the recipient to take over his brother's affairs because he is close to his nephew's Mother's family, even though Mr. Morwley has done a good job. January 26, 1795. Lord Lansdowne's brother was the Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice (1742-1793) of Cliveden and a Member of Parliament.","Lord Randolph S. Churchill asks Mr. [J.I.] Minchin to excuse him from attending the Chess Tournament dinner on May 19 because he needs rest after a hard work session in Parliament and will be traveling to Ireland during the Whitsuntide Holidays. May 5, 1883. The letter is written on 2 Connaught Place stationary. The London 1883 chess tournament was an international tournament. Lord Randolph S. Churchill is the father of Winston Churchill.","Warren Hastings, Dalyesford House writes to The Rev. William Johnson, Parley Place, Croydon, Surry about an assignment, possibly as an executor of an estate. He asks for Rev. Johnson's help in acquiring financial and other information with questions about the current finances. April 25, 1798.","Sir Robert Peel responds to a proposal to help Ireland during the potato famine. The proposal appears to involve asking for money from the government or borrowing it, possibly confiscating land as collateral. He thinks the proposal will be hard to enforce and will be a source of \"dissatisfaction and discontent.\" He notes \"It's difficult to argue calamity in the immediate presence of famine and disease.\"","Signature of Earl of Godolphin Sidney, Lord High Treasurer under Queen Anne, on a warrant for Tallys and Revenue of Excise. Other names mentioned are William Gregory and William Wardour. Partial document. December 9, 1693.","King George IV requests that the Master of the Stag Hounds keep 6 horses for Lord Maryborough (William Wellesley-Pole). \"The King is aware that this additional allowance has not been the practice but in consequence of Lord Maryborough's removal from his late office, for the convenience of Lord Liverpool, the King does not think it right that he should be, so decided…[this] present indulgence is by the King's express command, but not to be extended to my future Master of the Stag Hounds.\" November 19, 1824.","Lord Palmerston writes that the \"Duke of Wellington has accepted the Office of 1st Lord of the Treasury and we are to give up the seals of office at St. James's tomorrow.\" November 15, 1834.","Lord Palmerton, Prime Minister, to Henry Labouchere, Secretary of State for the Colonies, about the charge by Thomas Chisholm Anstey, Attorney General of Hong Kong, that John Walter Hulme, Chief Justice in Hong Kong, was drunk at the Governor's table. He repeats comments by Bowring [Sir John Bowring] who was at the dinner. He warns that this matter needs to be handled carefully since Anstey's correspondence is damaging and Hong Kong is not a \"very favorite establishment in our House.\" He suggests investigating Hulme's character and the prejudices of those bringing the charge, especially Anstey who is \"violent and intemperate.\" August 27, 1856. Carte de visite of Lord Palmerton is included.","December 9, 1765 letter from William Pitt (the elder) to \"Dear Sir\" asking him to forward the enclosed letter to Comte de Wallwoden \"by the first safe opportunity.\" The letter is the \"notification of the melancholy loss of Lady Yarmouth\" which he received on October 22. Lady Yarmouth (Amalie von Wendt) was the mistress of King George II and Wallmoden was their son. Includes an engraving of William Pitt.","George Canning, Foreign Office, to Lord John Fitzroy saying he'd received his letter about Sir Arthur Wellesley's victory over the French at Talavera de la Reina (Peninsula Campaign) before the arrival of Lord FitzRoy Somerset with Sir Arthur Wellesley's dispatches. August 15, 1809.","George Canning, Pavilion, Brighton, to the Prince de Polignac regarding his amazement of the arrest of the daughters of Sir Robert Wilson in Calais as they were leaving France. He asks Prince de Polignac to find out what happened and to \"redress it, as far as may be in your power.\" There is an abstract of the letter from Sir Robert Wilson to George Canning which gives the particulars of the arrest and his assurance that his daughters \"had nothing with them but their own private property.\" January 31, 1824. Jules de Polignac was Prime Minister of France from 8 August 1829 – 29 July 1830.","George Canning, Downing Street, to \"Sir\" giving the agenda of the November 14th Parliamentary session: \"obtain the sanction for admitting certain kinds of foreign grain for Home Consumption before they would have been by law regularly admissible for that purpose, and to elect a Speaker and complete the other formal proceedings incident to the opening of a New Parliament.\" \"No. 3\" is noted at the top of the page. September 7, 1826.","Edward VIII, Hotel Ritz, Paris, to Sir William Rootes, Piccadilly, thanking him for lending him a \"Humber and your driver Calvert\" during his visit, and giving details of other travel arrangements made during that visit plus his future November 5 trip on the \"Queen Mary.\" Edward VIII states, while visiting Eric Dudley and in London, he met people who share his pessimism over the Socialist havoc of the economy. He laments that Great Britain is losing its world position, but France has the anarchy of the Communist controlled unions with political discord. October 17, 1947.","Edward VIII, H.Q. Guards Division, accepts a Christmas Eve dinner invitation from \"My dear Colonel.\" December 21, 1915.","Edward VII, in Rome, to Dr. Chambers with thanks for the good wishes for his birthday and approaching marriage. \"When one reaches the age of 21, \u0026 is shortly to be married, one begins to feel responsibilities creeping one one…Much will be expected of me, but…if I keep the example of my Parents before me, I have not fear of going wrong.\" Edward VII lists the cities that he, his sister and brother-in-law have visited during their tour. Signed \"Albert Edward.\" November 23, 1862. Includes envelope addressed to T.K. Chambers, Grosvenor Square, London, black bordered, with a black wax seal. Includes carte de visites of Alexandra of Denmark (wife of Edward VII) and Edward VII.","Duchess of Kent (Victoria Mary Louisa), on embossed stationary, to Lady Barrington with thanks for making a beautiful bag which she will cherish as a souvenir. She is Queen Victoria's mother. A later note on letter states \"1847?\".","James VI requires the Earl Marischal to attend a national assembly to hinder increase of papacy. July 18, 1616. George Keith, the 5th Earl Marischal founded the Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1593. He held several offices under King James VI. Includes an attached paper seal.","Typed tribute to Winston Churchill, on parchment type paper, given by Field-Marshall Montgomery and signed \"Montgomery of Alamein F.M.\" Undated. 4 pages. Field-Marshall Montgomery's full title was \"Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.\"","Reply by Lord Palmerston to someone approving of the labors of the Foreign Office. Signed \"Palmerston.\" March 5, 1832. Henry John Temple Palmerston (Third Viscount).","Dinner menu of the Hotel de Crillon in Paris signed by David Lloyd George. January 27, 1921.","Charles Dickens asks the recipient to forward a note to his office in an envelope marked \"private\" and it will have his attention. Written on Athenaeum Club letterhead stationery. November 17, 1866. Includes an engraving of a portrait bust of Charles Dickens by J.H Baker after a photograph by Mason \u0026 Co.,1870.","Envelope addressed to Viscountess Barrington, Cassiobury Park with attached red wax seal and postmark of January 6, 1847.","Lord Halifax, British Embassy, Washington, D.C.to The Rt. Rev. Herbert Welch, New York City, New York responds to a request that the English Methodist Church fund credit in the United States be remitted to Uruguay. Lord Fairfax notes that the United Methodist Church should \"surrender to the Exchange Control at the Bank of England all its dollar funds.\" May 31, 1941. Lord Halifax was the British Ambassador to the United States in 1941. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax.","Permission signed by King William III and given \"by his Majtys command Nottingham\" to Sir Willoughby Aston, High Sheriffe of County of Chester, to \"give and grant you full license \u0026 permission during your said Office of Sheriffe to remaine or dwell out of our said County…\" December 29, 1690. A paper seal is attached to letter with red wax. Includes an engraving of King William III. Includes a steel engraving by W.Holl of a William III portrait, after a painting by Caspar Netscher.","Daniel O'Connell wants to put James [unknown] on the voting papers for St. George's Ward. \"I think you will not disavow us…but how useful an anti-slavery man may be in the council – with your help I think I could get our corporation to set an example to all the corporations in Great Britain on the subject.\" October 20, 1841. Includes an engraving of Daniel O'Connell, Esq. by Robert Cooper from a painting by T. Catterson Smith.","Signature of the First Earl of Halifax Charles Montagu on a declaration \"Wee allow of this bill of Incidents amounting to the sum….Whitehall Treasy Chambers.\" The document contains 5 signatures: Halifax, Richard Onslow, Paul Methuen, and Edward Wortley (Edward Wortley Montagu), husband of Mary Wortley Montagu. One signature is illegible. November 2, 1714.","Raglan accepts dinner invitation from Lady Henniken for Saturday, July 6. Written after 1852 when Fitzroy Somerset became First Baron the Lord of Raglan Fitzroy Somerset. Notation with letter says it was written during the Light Brigade.","B. White informs W. Pritchard of the London and County Bank of the death of his brother, Henry White. April 19, 1887. Envelope included. Pencil notes on envelope say this is Lt. Gen White, Hero of Balaclava Charge in the Charge of the Light Brigade. A Lt. Col. Henry White was with the 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons.","Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 6 Grosvenor Place, to Donaldson, enclosing a partially completed form or application (not included). He mentions that he is a member of the Bull Dog Club and is glad to hear \"good accounts of the keeps.\" March 19, 1896.","Viscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, Foreign Secretary, written while keeper of the Irish seal, to the Rt. Honorable John Beresford with the news that \"Lord Cornwallis has been engaged this week in sounding the principal Persons in town with the exception of Lord Pery, who sees the objections in a strong point of view, the others are dishonest to entertain the question – some with a greater degree of preference than others.\" He continues by saying the counties of Cork and Limerick are for it. He closes with the statement \"The county pretty much as you left it – the Orangemen and Catholics … in the County of Derry.\" \"Private\" is noted at the top of page one. November ? [1799].","Scope and Contents James III, \"the old pretender,\" letter written from O'Albano, about Arthur Dillon and signed \"Jacques R.\" Written in French. September 18, 1724. Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon, was a Jacobite soldier from Ireland who served in the French army, per the Compendium of Irish Biography. Per Wikipedia, Arthur Dillon was given the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by James III.  In 1711 Arthur was created \"Comte Dillon\" in France by Louis XIV; and was awarded the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by the monarch he recognized as James III.","Engraving of La Belle Hamilton by J.Thomson after an original painting by Sir Peter Lely.","Engraving of Lord Nelson by T Woolnoth from an original picture by Hoppner in her Majesty's Collection at St James's.","George III Appointment of Donald McDonald as \"Lieutenant in Captain William Pemble's Independent Company of Invalids doing Duty in North Britain\" given at St. James's Court on October 29, 1783. Signed by George III and Lord North.","Henry Trenwith, before leaving for the East-indies, appoints Elizabeth Trenwith to receive \"two months' pay of my Wages Yearly…during the whole time of my being forth.\" Dated November 3, 1753 with notation on reverse, \"Months paid the 10 January 1755…\" Document is glued to a paper backing.","William IV warrant which releases Richard Kettle, the younger from the Devon County Gaol where he is confined under a game law conviction with a 20 pound fine. The reason given is Kettle's lawyer's neglect and the length of time Kettle has been in prison. March 19, 1834. Signed by William IV and others.","Documents signed by Prince Regent George and King George IV.  An engraving of \"George IV, King of England\" by Charles Picart from an original drawing, is included.","Patent from Georg Prinz Regent Georg to Von Dreehsell, signed at Carlton House on January 29, 1814. Written in German. Attached paper seal.","George IV appoints Major General Sir Edward Barnes K.C.B. to the local rank of Lieutenant General in the Islands of Ceylon. Court held at Carlton House, May 20, 1823. A red wax on paper seal and blue seal are attached to the appointment.","First Duke of Marlborough John Churchill appoints John Danvers as a Captain in Brigadier Thomas Farrington's regiment to replace Captain Richard Nanfan. Signed \"Marlborough\" with other signatures. June 24, 1706. The appointment is written one month after the victory at Ramillies in which Thomas Farrington's regiment participated. An engraving \"John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough\" by H.T. Ryall is included.","A Safe Conduct Warrant for Colonel Roger Whitley to travel into France and other foreign countries, \"having served us with great dilligence during all these troubles.\" Signed by Charles I. January 14, 1646. A colored engraving of \"Charles 1st. King of England, Scotland, France \u0026 Ireland\" engraved for \"Harrison's Edition of Rapin's History of England\" is included.","Indenture from Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Principal Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, to John [Aloxdo] , signed by Lord Burghley. November 23, 1753. Written in English and Latin. An engraving of \"William Cecil, Lord Burghley\" by S. Freeman from the original of Mark Gerard is included.","Second Duke of Grafton Charles appoints Richard St. George as Lieutenant Colonel in His Majesty's First Regiment of Carabiniers under the Command of Richard Lord Viscount Shannon in His Majesty's Army in Ireland and also to be Captain of a Troop in the said Regiment in the room of John Petry Esqr. Deceased.\" July 6, 1723. Signed by Edward Hopkins and \"Grafton\" by the Duke. Lord Shannon's regiment was a Regiment of Horse. Written on vellum with the \"Great Seal of Great Britain\" attached.","George VI appoints Peter Murray, Esquire as an \"Officer of the Seventh Grade of Our Foreign Service at any of Our Diplomatic or Consular Establishments…\" Dated October 20, 1948 but effective beginning July 1, 1947. Signed by \"George R.\" and Clement R. Atlee. Embossed seal.","Queen Anne gives her representatives \"Full Power for the Treaty of Peace with Spain\" during the negotiations of the Treaty of Ultrecht. 1713. Written in Latin and signed \"Anna R.\" A descriptive note, later added in pencil, says \"Re: treaty of Utrecht Instructions to Commissioners to sign treaty ending War of Spanish Succession ceding Gibraltar.\" Engraving of \"Queen Anne\" by J. Cochran from the original by Kneller is included.","George V appoints Frederick Samuel Beaumont as a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, given at Buckingham Palace on July 1, 1916. Signed by George V. Red embossed seal on the certificate.","Letter from Samuel Pepys to \"My Lord\" about his arrangements made with Captain Salmon on behalf of the King \"for transporting the Muscovite envoy to Licoorne.\" December 5, 1687. A typed transcript of the letter and an engraving of Samuel Pepys is included. These items are glued on pages in a red leather bound book made especially for the collection.","July 8, 1857 indenture for the division of the estate of Benjamin Handy between various individuals and family members, who include: Henrietta and Henry Almond Thorpe, Louisa Handy, Mary Handy, George and Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland, Alfred Ainge and Sophia Harris, John Daniel Clarke, Henry Hand, Joseph Southby, Walter Charles Venning, Emma Jane Venning and William Ord Marshall. The document is 13 pages and written on vellum with 21 signatures beside red wax seals and attached official stamped seals. Note on reverse, \"High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Estate of Benjamin Hardy, dec'd, Rowland vs Hardy....this is exhibit marked A referred to in the affidavit of William Holmes and William Pearse by the said William Holmes this 13th day of July 1883 before me,\" signed by a commissioner.","August 30, 1836 indenture between William Sawbridge, Mary Abel and George Peach selling property to Theophilus Jeyes. Land is located in Market Hill in the town of Northampton. 2 pages on vellum.","Handwritten in Latin on vellum with signature \"Jacobus R.\" Notation on reverse side, \"....for tryall of My L Delamer.\"","Signature of Joseph Smyth with red wax seal."],"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."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Joynt, Richard G."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"persname_ssim":["Joynt, Richard G."],"language_ssim":["English French Latin"],"total_component_count_is":134,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T03:06:11.750Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8560","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8560","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8560","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8560","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8560.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Joynt, Richard G. Collection of British Manuscripts","title_ssm":["Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts"],"title_tesim":["Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts"],"unitdate_ssm":["1593-2015 and undated"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1593-2015 and undated"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MS 00032","/repositories/2/resources/8560"],"text":["MS 00032","/repositories/2/resources/8560","Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts","Great Britain--History","Great Britain--History, Naval","Legal documents","Cabinet photographs","Carte de visite photographs","Engravings (Prints)","Indentures","Letters (correspondence)","Orders (military records)","Portraits","signatures (names)","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.","Loosely arranged by genre and size of material except the signatures which are in alphabetical order (box 1, folder 2).","Accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in March 2015. Processing and item descriptions completed in December 2015 by Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant.","Richard G. Joynt's collection of British manuscripts, from the 15th to the 20th century, of 88 letters and documents, 41 cut signatures, and many book engravings.  The authors and signatures include kings, queens, prime ministers, nobles, military officers, authors, and other dignitaries. Personal matters, military orders and letters, religion, treaties, politics, intrique, and much more are covered in these letters, often interwoven with current events.","Remarks by Victoria \"Tori\" J. Bossé during the presentation luncheon in 2015. She reflects on the significance to her, as the daughter of the collector, Richard George Joynt who she calls a \"historical Anglophile.\"","Signatures of British Prime Ministers beginning with Robert Wadpole, Prime Minister 1721-1742, and ending with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister 1979-1991.  Most signatures are cut signatures from letters, documents or envelopes.  The signatures are organized alphabetically by the surname of the Prime Minister rather than their titles, though the titles are noted in the descriptions.  The descriptions also include the dates each person served as Prime Minister.","Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth. Signed \"Sidmouth.\" Prime Minister, 1801-1804.","Herbert Asquith. Signed \"H H Asquith.\" Prime Minister 1908-1916.","Clement Richard Atlee, 1st Earl Attlee. Signed \"Clement Richard Atlee.\" Prime Minister, 1945-1951.","Stanley Baldwin. Signed \"Stanley Baldwin\" on stationery with embossed 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1.\" Prime Minister 1923-1924, 1924-1929, and 1936-1937.","Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour. Signed \"Arthur James Balfour.\" Prime Minister 1902-1905.","James Callaghan. Signed \"Jim Callaghan\" on stationery of The Chancellor of the Exchequer, 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1. Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967. Prime Minister 1976-1979.","George Canning. Signed \"Geo. Canning.\" Prime Minister 1827.","William Cavendish-Bentinck, Third Duke of Portland. Paper seal of George III, attached on reverse. Signed \"Portland.\" Prime Minister 1783 and 1807-1809.","Winston Churchill. Midland Bank Limited check, dated October 22, 1945, written to The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill and endorsed \"Winston Churchill.\" Prime Minister 1940-1945, 1951-1955.","Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington. Signed \"Wilmington, ?.\" Prime Minister 1742-1743. Date on document fragment is July 19, 1734, with a partial order written on the reverse.","Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Signed \"Benj Disraeli.\" \"Henry Colburn, Esq\" written on reverse. Prime Minister 1868, 1874-1880. Includes carte de visite of a portrait of Disraeli.","2nd Earl Shelbourne and 1st Marquis of Landsdowne.  Also known as William Petty-Fitzmaurice.  Signed \"Shelbourne.\" Prime Minister 1782-1783.","Augustus Fitzroy, Third Duke of Grafton. Signed \"Grafton.\" Appears to be an envelope addressed to Lady Mary Lindsay Campbell, Edinburgh. Prime Minister 1767-1770.","Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Salisbury-Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury. Signed \"Salisbury.\" Prime Minister 1885-1886, 1886-1892, and 1895-1902.","David Lloyd George. Signed \"D. Lloyd George\" on reverse of a request for his signature by Ruth Adler of Rochelle, New York, dated April 19, 1924. Prime Minister 1916-1922.","William E. Gladstone. Signature \"WE Gladstone\" on envelope, with August 1881 cancel date, addressed to Mrs. DC Philbrooke, Bangor, Maine. Prime Minister 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886 and 1892-1894.","Frederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Signed \"Goderich.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828.","Frederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Franking signature \"FJ Robinson, Esq. Ripon\" and sender's signature \"FJ Robinson.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828. The fragment is an envelope, postmarked 27 Feb 1821, and addressed to Lady Sullivan, Surry","Lord William Grenville. Signed \"Grenville.\" Prime Minister 1806-1807.","George Grenville.  Signed \"George Grenville.\" Fragment of a letter with date of January 14, 1752 and other signatures of \"?. Campbell\" and George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (signed \"G. Lyttelton.\" Prime Minister 1763-1765.","Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey. Signed \"Grey.\" Prime Minister 1830-1834. Appears to be an envelope addressed to Sir John Key, Baronet, 14 Bedford Square. Sir John Key was a member of Parliament in 1833. A date, 16 Nov 33, is handwritten on the fragment.","George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. Signed \"Aberdeen.\" Prime Minister 1852-1855.","Edward Richard George Heath. Signed \"Edward Heath\" and dated 27 March '74. Prime Minister 1970-1974.","(Sir) Alec Douglas Home, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel. Signed \"Alec Douglas-Home.\" Prime Minister 1963-1964.","Robert Banks Jenkinson, Second Duke of Liverpool. Signed \"Liverpool.\" Prime Minister 1812-1827.","A. Bonar Law. Signed \"A.B. Law.\" Prime Minister 1922.","James Ramsay MacDonald. Signed \"J. Ramsay MacDonald.\" Prime Minister 1924 and 1929-1935.","Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton. Signed \"Hon Macmillan.\" Prime Minister 1957-1963. Written on letterhead, \"From the Rt. Hon.Harold Macmillan, St. Martin's Street, London.","William Lamb Melbourne, Second Viscount. Signed \"Melbourne.\" Prime Minister 1834, 1835-1842. Clipped from ALS. Envelope addressed to Mrs. George Lawrence, Liverpool and hand dated \"London, November five, 1832\" with the same date on stamped postmark.","Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, usually known as Lord North. Signed \"North.\" Prime Minister 1770-1782. Also, the signature of Lord Lyttelton, Baron of Frankley, signed as \"Westcote.\" A date, May 2, 1760 is on the paper, but not necessarily the date of the document.","(Sir) Robert Peel. Signed \"Robert Peel.\" Prime Minister 1834-1835 and 1841-1846.","Henry Pelham. Signed \"H. Pelham.\" Prime Minister 1743-1754.","Thomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, also called Thomas Pelham-Holles. Signed \"Holles Newcastle.\" Prime Minister 1754-1756 and 1757-1762. Other signatures on paper: \"H.B. Legge\" (Henry Bilson Legge) and \"?. Nugent.\"","William Pitt (the Younger). Signed \"W. Pitt.\" Prime Minister 1783-1801 and 1804-1805.","Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian. Signed \"Roseberry.\" Prime Minister 1894-1895.","John Russell, 1st Earl Russell. Signed J. Russell. Prime Minister 1865-1866.","Scope and Contents Henry John Temple, Third Viscount of Palmerston. Signed \"Palmerston\" with another signature on the reverse, \"Lord Palmerston.\" Prime Minister 1855-1858 and 1859-1865. Palmerston and Ashley. Signatures \"The Honble E. Ashley, Treasury\" and \"Palmerston.\"","Margaret Thatcher. Signed \"Margaret Thatcher\" on stationery with House of Commons embossed crest. Prime Minister 1979-1991.","Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. Signed \"Walpole.\" Prime Minister 1721-1742. Considered the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.","Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Signed \"W. Wellington.\" Prime Minister 1828-1830.","Harold Wilson, Prime Minister 1964-1970, 1974-1976, on card with date \"9.ix.60.\"","Scope and Contents Letter from Lord Eldon John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Corfe Castle, to his daughter Lady Elizabeth Repton, London, dated September 8, 1829. Asks her to send any political news she might hear and love to her and his grandson. Book page with print of \"John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of England\" engraved by HY Robinson.","Scope and Contents Letter with heading \"Lettre de Nouvelle Annee\" from George II to the Duke of Lorraine, dated January 10, 1728. George II writes that he is responding to a New Year's letter from the Duke of Lorraine and wishes him and his family a prosperous New Year. The Salutation is \"Mon Frere\" and the closing is \"Votre bon frere, George R.\" The letter is written in French and includes 2 black wax seals. Includes a page from a book with a print of George II.","Letter written by Charles James Fox, St. Anne's Hill, to William Smith, M.P., Park Street, Westminister, postmarked May 12, 1800. He thanks William Smith for the two volumes, commenting \"I take notice of the proceedings in France...\" Includes a book print of Charles James Fox.","Printed receipt for investments, dated June 1, 1725, which includes handwritten interest entries totalling one thousand six hundred Eighty Seven pounds and ten shillings.  \"By order dated 21st Day of Febry, 1723, ...Wm Pawlett, one of the Four tellers of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer...being for fifteen months interest.....  The interest was received by Sarah Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough, Francis Earl of Godolphin and William Clayton Esqr, three of the acting Exors \u0026 Trustees of John, Late Duke of Marlborough.  Signed by S. Marlborough, Godolphin, and Wm Clayton.  Includes a book pring of Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough.","Scope and Contents Official document to \"Capnd Brian Mansergh Lieutenant\" from \"George, Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Torrington, Baron Monck of Potheridge\" about Capt. Thomas Hopkins and the Troop of Horse. Signed Albemarle. November 2, 1660. Paper seal attached. Includes a book print of George Monck, Duke of Albemarle.","Signed poem by Daniel O'Connell M.P. for Mrs. Weld, dated May 27, 1838. Appears to be a love letter, but possibly as a rejected suitor. Includes a book print of Daniel O'Connell.","Scope and Contents A travel pass by Charles II ordering his \"Magistrates, Officers, Ministers and loving Subjects\" to allow Henry Compton to travel to Tangier without \"search, molestation, or hinderance ...  August 14, 14th Year of Our Reigne.\"  Signed by Edw. Nicholas and \"Charles R.\" Paper seal attached.  Print of Charles II included.","Letter from Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester to an unknown friend, sending her a gift of turquoise stones. June 13. Year unknown.","Scope and Contents Prince Albert, Windsor Castle, to \"My dear Lord\" about the proposed Indian Trophies Room at Windsor Castle. Prince Albert thanks him for his communication with Sir Edward Bowater, his presents sent to Sir Edward Bowater and the anticipated gift of the dispatches sent from India. He notes that the Queen will be glad to receive his contributions and that his pictures and the pictures of the Duke of Wellington \"will be most interesting additions to the historical collection of Portraits in the corridor.\" March [29], [18??]. Includes a carte de visite of Prince Albert.","Letter from Prince Augustus Frederick, Prince of Sussex, Kensington Palace to J. [Hartley], Bridge Street, saying he received the letter with the opinions of Mr. Denman and Holt. Send him the case and he will give his determination. March 4, 1824. Letter and envelope attached to mounting paper. Includes book print of His Royal Highness Prince Augustus-Frederick, Duke of Sussex.","Scope and Contents December 29, 1593 letter from Robert Devereux to a \"loving friend\" in Norfolk. Handwriting is difficult to read. Note received with accession mentions that he was a favorite of Elizabeth I. Includes book print of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.","Scope and Contents Letter from T.B. Macaulay, Albany, to \"Sir\" returning a corrected revision of an unknown written work.  October 8, 1842.  Includes book print of T.B. Macaulay.","Letter from George III to Lord Fauconberg referring to his \"severe and tedious illness.\" It has prevented him from handling public or private business which is why he hasn't responded to the letter received from Mr. Clarke the Apothecary at Cheltenham. Letter deals with bills from the work at Bayshill house and asks that they be sent to Mr. Gorton at Windsor. Also involves money going to Mr. Clarke to pay workmen. March 10, 1789. Includes book print of \"His Most Gracious Majesty George-William-Frederick the Third.\" In 1788, George III stayed with Lord Fauconberg at Cheltenham for spa treatment for his illness. Later, he paid for 17 more rooms to be added to Bayshill for more guests.","William IV complains to the Duke of Clarence of the near loss of a ship due to the lack of a chronometer. He writes that Commander Colonel Fox wrote him a letter about the incident, where an American ship informed them of the danger on their way to Halifax, so they were able to escape. \"Private and Confidential\" noted on top of page. November 15, 1829.","William IV, writing from Brighton, states that Baron [A?] is the \"fittest person\" and that \"Baron [A?] will proceed from London to the Congress.\" 1833. Includes an engraving of King William IV, by J. Cochran, from 'National Portrait Gallery, volume III' published c.1835 by Henry Dawe.","Wilberforce, at Sir Charles Middleton's, sends a list of \"unhappy people\" who he wants to \"secure a place in the Fleet now preparing for Botany Bay.\" This letter is in response to the recipient's earlier refusal to take these female convicts unless their care was by the County and not the Government. Wilberforce encourages the recipient's cooperation by stating \"I trust \u0026 believe that in your office I shall find official feelings so tempered with personal ones that you will not press any objections, which tend to detain a number of poor wretches in a crowded prison, where from necessity perhaps they have been kept too long.\" The female convicts are at York Castle and are to be sent to N.S. Wales. April 13, 1789.","Earl of Cardigan James Brudenell, at Deene, writes to an unknown neighbor acknowledging the receipt of his letter about the allegedly stolen pheasants and disagreeing with the accusation. February 7, 1868.","Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain thanks R.R. Ulyate for the gift of stationery, on which he is writing his thanks. The stationery is an advertisement for Arusha, decorated with printed small maps of Africa and Arusha, written directions and a letterhead with the address \"Neville Chamberlain, P.O. Arusha, Tanganyika.\" He mentions that he thinks the \"High Commissioner, if and when appointed, will have a new residence.\" February 4, 1930. Ray Ulyate was a resident of Arusha where he led tours into the jungle, and one of the first to emphasize photography, and operated The New Arusha Hotel.","Order from Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, at Victory off Cagliari, to Captain Frank Sotheron that the dispatcher Captain Boyle be sent away immediately after his dispatches are delivered because Nelson doesn't want the Seahorse to anchor or be detained in the Bay. Includes a short message to Mr. Elliott to \"act with caution.\" Signed \"Nelson and Bronte.\" January 25, 1805. Notation at end of letter \"Received by the Seahorse on the morning of the 28th of January in Naples Bay.\"","Order from Fourth Earl of Sandwich John Montagu to Captain Vaughan, Commander of his Majesty's hired ship the Whitehaven to \"proceed immediately to Alross Bay with His Majesty's ship under your command, or wherever else you shall hear Capt. Noel to be [of the sloop Greyhound]…\" for a future attack. The order is written by the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland and signed by \"Sandwich\" and others. The order gives the particulars and location of two French Men of War near Arisaig on the Western Coast of North Britain, both of which were recently attacked by the British sloops the Greyhound, the Terror and Baltimore. May 13, 1746.","Typed letter from Lady Nancy Astor, The Hoe, Plymouth to Frank Doubleday (American Publishers) about her fight with the Drink Trade and her opinion that her speeches aren't worth publishing. November 2, 1922.","A \"private\" letter from Lord Charles Cornwallis in Calcutta to Viscount Sydney in which he gives his thoughts on India and some of the earlier administrators: \"…there are many very able \u0026 very honest men in the Company's service in Bengal.\" He comments that his conduct \"…of this war or that war, \u0026 I believe I have made very few enemies by it.\" February 19, 1787.","William Grenville, Whitehall, to Alexander Straton, Charge d'Affaires at Vienna, informing Straton of the death of King Louis XVI: \"his Most Christian Majesty…was inhumanly executed in the Place De Louis 15: on Monday last, pursuant to a Decree of the National Convention\" and the King ordered in Council for the departure of Monsr Chauvelin from this Kingdom within eight days.\" William Grenville was the Foreign Secretary at the time and the Marquis was a French Ambassador who no longer had legal credentials. January 25, 1793.","Original cabinet photograph of Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton who claimed to be Roger Tichborne, the son of Lady Doughty-Tichborne. An abbreviated history of the Tichborne Family and \"The Claimant\" trial is written on the sheet of paper to which the photograph is glued. Roger Tichborne was presumed drowned near Australia, but his Mother, hoping he was still alive, advertised for his whereabouts in Australia. Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton came to England claiming to be Roger Tichborne. He was eventually tried and convicted of perjury. He became known as \"The Claimant.\" Includes a carte de visite of Mary Ann Bryant (Mrs Tom Castro), but it is labeled as Lady Roger Tichborne. 1873.","Duke of Wellington, in Paris, to an unknown person concerning an unpaid bill and his opinion of decisions he made in the past. Draft of a reply from the unknown person in Cambia, stating \"Greatly as I feel the condescension of …letter of the 17th, I should not again have trespassed upon you, even with my thanks, did I not fear that some inaccuracy of expression may have misled your….as to the nature of the feelings which I stated to have been …\" Memo on the reverse states \"the difference of opinion between Wm. [Buhel] [Bikel] and myself - with draft of answer.\" January 17, 1817.","Spencer Perceval to \"Madam\" concerning his financial obligations for the care of Mrs. Perceval. He mentions Mrs. Perceval's pension versus her income and his willingness to give her about 40 pounds a month for meals and lodging if it won't interfere with the pension. The rental agreement should be no longer than a year, but also one that he can \"put an end to it upon some much shorter notice…\" He comments that he thinks the price for her lodging should include laying in her coal, particularly since she isn't well, but it is up to Mrs. Perceval to arrange her own terms. He thinks Mrs. Perceval is too ill to change lodgings. He thanks \"Madame\" for helping. Mrs. Perceval might be his mother. October 24, 1807.","William Prescott, in Boston, sends William Cullen Bryant an article on Bryant's writings written by the Count de Circourt. Prescott describes M. de Circourt as \"…one of the most accomplished critics in France…it might be gratifying to you, as it is always to your countrymen, to see in what manner your writings are appreciated by intelligent foreigners.\" February 3, 1848. Includes a print of a drawing of William H. Prescott by George Richmond, from a drawing in the possession of the Earl of Carlisle, engraved by H. Wright Smith. Possibly from the book 'Biographical and citical miscellanies' by W.H. Prescott, published 1859.","Charles S. Gordon, in London, informs Mr. [Stab] that Gordon's luggage will be arriving in Constantinople and gives him instructions for the disbursement of some of the items (gun, gun case, photographic tent, camera stand) to Biddulph and Gordon. At the end of the letter, Gordon changes his mind and requests that the items be returned to him except the gun and gun case which [Stab] can keep as souvenirs. This letter was written shortly after Charles S. Gordon returned from his commission to mark the new border between the Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire up into Asia Minor. January 26, 1859. Charles S. Gordon was later known as Charles S. \"Chinese\" Gordon.","William E. Gladstone, writing on House of Commons Library embossed letterhead, to an unknown American about the United States and the current \"imperfect\" bill to recognize the principle of International Copyright. Concedes that the bill should help both American and foreign authors. March 25, 1890. Includes stereoscopic card of Gladstone.","Cecil John Rhodes, on Burlington Hotel.W. London stationery, to \"My dear Thomas\" saying he is going out of town and to thank Bonnor for his invitation. Undated.","Embossed form with seal for Bahama-Islands, New-Providence and heading \"By His Excellency the Right Honorable John, Earl of Dunmore, Governor-General, and Commander in Chief of the said Bahama-Islands\" giving Peleg Latham a license for the sloop, Matsey, to sail and depart from this \"Port and Government\" for New York. Signed by Dunmore and Adam Christie, Secry. Dated June 24, 1793.","Piece of paper with signatures of Lord (Field Marshal Horatio Herbert) Kitchener and Louis Botha. Other signatures are unclear, but two are possibly Haig (Douglas Haig) and Smuts (John Christian Smuts). Dated October 4, 1922. These men were participants in the Boer War.","Lord John Russell, Pembroke Lodge, to the author of an essay on Thomas Macaulay, praising his writing and hoping he would edit a book by Macaulay with his essay as an introduction. Russell also cites his praises for Macaulay, then adding \"perhaps in painting his characters he made his lights too bright, \u0026 his shade too deep, a defect perhaps inseparable from his wonderful powers of …\" November 2, 18??. Macaulay died on December 28, 1859.","Prince Albert, Windsor Castle to Sir James (last name unknown) returning \"the admiral's voluminous correspondence with my best thanks and can only say that I agree in the feelings expressed in your answer to him. [January] 20, 1854.","Two envelopes with picture of Sir Winston Churchill headed with \"First Day of Issue\" and stamped with U.S. 5 cents stamps with Churchill's image, both dated May 13, 1965, postmarked Fulton, Missouri. One envelope has 4 stamps and is signed by Sir Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister from 1955-1957. The second envelope has one stamp and is signed by Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery.","\"William Henry Cavendish, Duke of Portland, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter … authorizes in His Majesty's name\" the seizure of [Lord] Gregory for treason. Warrant issued at Whitehall on March 19, 1788. Warrant addressed to Anthony Fabiani, one of the Majesty's Messengers, and 3 other. Red wax seal on the warrant.","William Petty Shelburne (Second Earl) (First Marquis of Landsdowne), London, to an unknown gentleman about handling the affairs of Shelburne's nephew and deceased brother. Shelburne says he is \"determined not to interfere\" but \"promised the exors that I would give them my opinion whenever they called on me\" and that Sir William Petty has advised that they pay their lawyer and apothecary well. Shelburne wishes the recipient to take over his brother's affairs because he is close to his nephew's Mother's family, even though Mr. Morwley has done a good job. January 26, 1795. Lord Lansdowne's brother was the Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice (1742-1793) of Cliveden and a Member of Parliament.","Lord Randolph S. Churchill asks Mr. [J.I.] Minchin to excuse him from attending the Chess Tournament dinner on May 19 because he needs rest after a hard work session in Parliament and will be traveling to Ireland during the Whitsuntide Holidays. May 5, 1883. The letter is written on 2 Connaught Place stationary. The London 1883 chess tournament was an international tournament. Lord Randolph S. Churchill is the father of Winston Churchill.","Warren Hastings, Dalyesford House writes to The Rev. William Johnson, Parley Place, Croydon, Surry about an assignment, possibly as an executor of an estate. He asks for Rev. Johnson's help in acquiring financial and other information with questions about the current finances. April 25, 1798.","Sir Robert Peel responds to a proposal to help Ireland during the potato famine. The proposal appears to involve asking for money from the government or borrowing it, possibly confiscating land as collateral. He thinks the proposal will be hard to enforce and will be a source of \"dissatisfaction and discontent.\" He notes \"It's difficult to argue calamity in the immediate presence of famine and disease.\"","Signature of Earl of Godolphin Sidney, Lord High Treasurer under Queen Anne, on a warrant for Tallys and Revenue of Excise. Other names mentioned are William Gregory and William Wardour. Partial document. December 9, 1693.","King George IV requests that the Master of the Stag Hounds keep 6 horses for Lord Maryborough (William Wellesley-Pole). \"The King is aware that this additional allowance has not been the practice but in consequence of Lord Maryborough's removal from his late office, for the convenience of Lord Liverpool, the King does not think it right that he should be, so decided…[this] present indulgence is by the King's express command, but not to be extended to my future Master of the Stag Hounds.\" November 19, 1824.","Lord Palmerston writes that the \"Duke of Wellington has accepted the Office of 1st Lord of the Treasury and we are to give up the seals of office at St. James's tomorrow.\" November 15, 1834.","Lord Palmerton, Prime Minister, to Henry Labouchere, Secretary of State for the Colonies, about the charge by Thomas Chisholm Anstey, Attorney General of Hong Kong, that John Walter Hulme, Chief Justice in Hong Kong, was drunk at the Governor's table. He repeats comments by Bowring [Sir John Bowring] who was at the dinner. He warns that this matter needs to be handled carefully since Anstey's correspondence is damaging and Hong Kong is not a \"very favorite establishment in our House.\" He suggests investigating Hulme's character and the prejudices of those bringing the charge, especially Anstey who is \"violent and intemperate.\" August 27, 1856. Carte de visite of Lord Palmerton is included.","December 9, 1765 letter from William Pitt (the elder) to \"Dear Sir\" asking him to forward the enclosed letter to Comte de Wallwoden \"by the first safe opportunity.\" The letter is the \"notification of the melancholy loss of Lady Yarmouth\" which he received on October 22. Lady Yarmouth (Amalie von Wendt) was the mistress of King George II and Wallmoden was their son. Includes an engraving of William Pitt.","George Canning, Foreign Office, to Lord John Fitzroy saying he'd received his letter about Sir Arthur Wellesley's victory over the French at Talavera de la Reina (Peninsula Campaign) before the arrival of Lord FitzRoy Somerset with Sir Arthur Wellesley's dispatches. August 15, 1809.","George Canning, Pavilion, Brighton, to the Prince de Polignac regarding his amazement of the arrest of the daughters of Sir Robert Wilson in Calais as they were leaving France. He asks Prince de Polignac to find out what happened and to \"redress it, as far as may be in your power.\" There is an abstract of the letter from Sir Robert Wilson to George Canning which gives the particulars of the arrest and his assurance that his daughters \"had nothing with them but their own private property.\" January 31, 1824. Jules de Polignac was Prime Minister of France from 8 August 1829 – 29 July 1830.","George Canning, Downing Street, to \"Sir\" giving the agenda of the November 14th Parliamentary session: \"obtain the sanction for admitting certain kinds of foreign grain for Home Consumption before they would have been by law regularly admissible for that purpose, and to elect a Speaker and complete the other formal proceedings incident to the opening of a New Parliament.\" \"No. 3\" is noted at the top of the page. September 7, 1826.","Edward VIII, Hotel Ritz, Paris, to Sir William Rootes, Piccadilly, thanking him for lending him a \"Humber and your driver Calvert\" during his visit, and giving details of other travel arrangements made during that visit plus his future November 5 trip on the \"Queen Mary.\" Edward VIII states, while visiting Eric Dudley and in London, he met people who share his pessimism over the Socialist havoc of the economy. He laments that Great Britain is losing its world position, but France has the anarchy of the Communist controlled unions with political discord. October 17, 1947.","Edward VIII, H.Q. Guards Division, accepts a Christmas Eve dinner invitation from \"My dear Colonel.\" December 21, 1915.","Edward VII, in Rome, to Dr. Chambers with thanks for the good wishes for his birthday and approaching marriage. \"When one reaches the age of 21, \u0026 is shortly to be married, one begins to feel responsibilities creeping one one…Much will be expected of me, but…if I keep the example of my Parents before me, I have not fear of going wrong.\" Edward VII lists the cities that he, his sister and brother-in-law have visited during their tour. Signed \"Albert Edward.\" November 23, 1862. Includes envelope addressed to T.K. Chambers, Grosvenor Square, London, black bordered, with a black wax seal. Includes carte de visites of Alexandra of Denmark (wife of Edward VII) and Edward VII.","Duchess of Kent (Victoria Mary Louisa), on embossed stationary, to Lady Barrington with thanks for making a beautiful bag which she will cherish as a souvenir. She is Queen Victoria's mother. A later note on letter states \"1847?\".","James VI requires the Earl Marischal to attend a national assembly to hinder increase of papacy. July 18, 1616. George Keith, the 5th Earl Marischal founded the Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1593. He held several offices under King James VI. Includes an attached paper seal.","Typed tribute to Winston Churchill, on parchment type paper, given by Field-Marshall Montgomery and signed \"Montgomery of Alamein F.M.\" Undated. 4 pages. Field-Marshall Montgomery's full title was \"Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.\"","Reply by Lord Palmerston to someone approving of the labors of the Foreign Office. Signed \"Palmerston.\" March 5, 1832. Henry John Temple Palmerston (Third Viscount).","Dinner menu of the Hotel de Crillon in Paris signed by David Lloyd George. January 27, 1921.","Charles Dickens asks the recipient to forward a note to his office in an envelope marked \"private\" and it will have his attention. Written on Athenaeum Club letterhead stationery. November 17, 1866. Includes an engraving of a portrait bust of Charles Dickens by J.H Baker after a photograph by Mason \u0026 Co.,1870.","Envelope addressed to Viscountess Barrington, Cassiobury Park with attached red wax seal and postmark of January 6, 1847.","Lord Halifax, British Embassy, Washington, D.C.to The Rt. Rev. Herbert Welch, New York City, New York responds to a request that the English Methodist Church fund credit in the United States be remitted to Uruguay. Lord Fairfax notes that the United Methodist Church should \"surrender to the Exchange Control at the Bank of England all its dollar funds.\" May 31, 1941. Lord Halifax was the British Ambassador to the United States in 1941. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax.","Permission signed by King William III and given \"by his Majtys command Nottingham\" to Sir Willoughby Aston, High Sheriffe of County of Chester, to \"give and grant you full license \u0026 permission during your said Office of Sheriffe to remaine or dwell out of our said County…\" December 29, 1690. A paper seal is attached to letter with red wax. Includes an engraving of King William III. Includes a steel engraving by W.Holl of a William III portrait, after a painting by Caspar Netscher.","Daniel O'Connell wants to put James [unknown] on the voting papers for St. George's Ward. \"I think you will not disavow us…but how useful an anti-slavery man may be in the council – with your help I think I could get our corporation to set an example to all the corporations in Great Britain on the subject.\" October 20, 1841. Includes an engraving of Daniel O'Connell, Esq. by Robert Cooper from a painting by T. Catterson Smith.","Signature of the First Earl of Halifax Charles Montagu on a declaration \"Wee allow of this bill of Incidents amounting to the sum….Whitehall Treasy Chambers.\" The document contains 5 signatures: Halifax, Richard Onslow, Paul Methuen, and Edward Wortley (Edward Wortley Montagu), husband of Mary Wortley Montagu. One signature is illegible. November 2, 1714.","Raglan accepts dinner invitation from Lady Henniken for Saturday, July 6. Written after 1852 when Fitzroy Somerset became First Baron the Lord of Raglan Fitzroy Somerset. Notation with letter says it was written during the Light Brigade.","B. White informs W. Pritchard of the London and County Bank of the death of his brother, Henry White. April 19, 1887. Envelope included. Pencil notes on envelope say this is Lt. Gen White, Hero of Balaclava Charge in the Charge of the Light Brigade. A Lt. Col. Henry White was with the 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons.","Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 6 Grosvenor Place, to Donaldson, enclosing a partially completed form or application (not included). He mentions that he is a member of the Bull Dog Club and is glad to hear \"good accounts of the keeps.\" March 19, 1896.","Viscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, Foreign Secretary, written while keeper of the Irish seal, to the Rt. Honorable John Beresford with the news that \"Lord Cornwallis has been engaged this week in sounding the principal Persons in town with the exception of Lord Pery, who sees the objections in a strong point of view, the others are dishonest to entertain the question – some with a greater degree of preference than others.\" He continues by saying the counties of Cork and Limerick are for it. He closes with the statement \"The county pretty much as you left it – the Orangemen and Catholics … in the County of Derry.\" \"Private\" is noted at the top of page one. November ? [1799].","Scope and Contents James III, \"the old pretender,\" letter written from O'Albano, about Arthur Dillon and signed \"Jacques R.\" Written in French. September 18, 1724. Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon, was a Jacobite soldier from Ireland who served in the French army, per the Compendium of Irish Biography. Per Wikipedia, Arthur Dillon was given the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by James III.  In 1711 Arthur was created \"Comte Dillon\" in France by Louis XIV; and was awarded the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by the monarch he recognized as James III.","Engraving of La Belle Hamilton by J.Thomson after an original painting by Sir Peter Lely.","Engraving of Lord Nelson by T Woolnoth from an original picture by Hoppner in her Majesty's Collection at St James's.","George III Appointment of Donald McDonald as \"Lieutenant in Captain William Pemble's Independent Company of Invalids doing Duty in North Britain\" given at St. James's Court on October 29, 1783. Signed by George III and Lord North.","Henry Trenwith, before leaving for the East-indies, appoints Elizabeth Trenwith to receive \"two months' pay of my Wages Yearly…during the whole time of my being forth.\" Dated November 3, 1753 with notation on reverse, \"Months paid the 10 January 1755…\" Document is glued to a paper backing.","William IV warrant which releases Richard Kettle, the younger from the Devon County Gaol where he is confined under a game law conviction with a 20 pound fine. The reason given is Kettle's lawyer's neglect and the length of time Kettle has been in prison. March 19, 1834. Signed by William IV and others.","Documents signed by Prince Regent George and King George IV.  An engraving of \"George IV, King of England\" by Charles Picart from an original drawing, is included.","Patent from Georg Prinz Regent Georg to Von Dreehsell, signed at Carlton House on January 29, 1814. Written in German. Attached paper seal.","George IV appoints Major General Sir Edward Barnes K.C.B. to the local rank of Lieutenant General in the Islands of Ceylon. Court held at Carlton House, May 20, 1823. A red wax on paper seal and blue seal are attached to the appointment.","First Duke of Marlborough John Churchill appoints John Danvers as a Captain in Brigadier Thomas Farrington's regiment to replace Captain Richard Nanfan. Signed \"Marlborough\" with other signatures. June 24, 1706. The appointment is written one month after the victory at Ramillies in which Thomas Farrington's regiment participated. An engraving \"John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough\" by H.T. Ryall is included.","A Safe Conduct Warrant for Colonel Roger Whitley to travel into France and other foreign countries, \"having served us with great dilligence during all these troubles.\" Signed by Charles I. January 14, 1646. A colored engraving of \"Charles 1st. King of England, Scotland, France \u0026 Ireland\" engraved for \"Harrison's Edition of Rapin's History of England\" is included.","Indenture from Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Principal Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, to John [Aloxdo] , signed by Lord Burghley. November 23, 1753. Written in English and Latin. An engraving of \"William Cecil, Lord Burghley\" by S. Freeman from the original of Mark Gerard is included.","Second Duke of Grafton Charles appoints Richard St. George as Lieutenant Colonel in His Majesty's First Regiment of Carabiniers under the Command of Richard Lord Viscount Shannon in His Majesty's Army in Ireland and also to be Captain of a Troop in the said Regiment in the room of John Petry Esqr. Deceased.\" July 6, 1723. Signed by Edward Hopkins and \"Grafton\" by the Duke. Lord Shannon's regiment was a Regiment of Horse. Written on vellum with the \"Great Seal of Great Britain\" attached.","George VI appoints Peter Murray, Esquire as an \"Officer of the Seventh Grade of Our Foreign Service at any of Our Diplomatic or Consular Establishments…\" Dated October 20, 1948 but effective beginning July 1, 1947. Signed by \"George R.\" and Clement R. Atlee. Embossed seal.","Queen Anne gives her representatives \"Full Power for the Treaty of Peace with Spain\" during the negotiations of the Treaty of Ultrecht. 1713. Written in Latin and signed \"Anna R.\" A descriptive note, later added in pencil, says \"Re: treaty of Utrecht Instructions to Commissioners to sign treaty ending War of Spanish Succession ceding Gibraltar.\" Engraving of \"Queen Anne\" by J. Cochran from the original by Kneller is included.","George V appoints Frederick Samuel Beaumont as a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, given at Buckingham Palace on July 1, 1916. Signed by George V. Red embossed seal on the certificate.","Letter from Samuel Pepys to \"My Lord\" about his arrangements made with Captain Salmon on behalf of the King \"for transporting the Muscovite envoy to Licoorne.\" December 5, 1687. A typed transcript of the letter and an engraving of Samuel Pepys is included. These items are glued on pages in a red leather bound book made especially for the collection.","July 8, 1857 indenture for the division of the estate of Benjamin Handy between various individuals and family members, who include: Henrietta and Henry Almond Thorpe, Louisa Handy, Mary Handy, George and Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland, Alfred Ainge and Sophia Harris, John Daniel Clarke, Henry Hand, Joseph Southby, Walter Charles Venning, Emma Jane Venning and William Ord Marshall. The document is 13 pages and written on vellum with 21 signatures beside red wax seals and attached official stamped seals. Note on reverse, \"High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Estate of Benjamin Hardy, dec'd, Rowland vs Hardy....this is exhibit marked A referred to in the affidavit of William Holmes and William Pearse by the said William Holmes this 13th day of July 1883 before me,\" signed by a commissioner.","August 30, 1836 indenture between William Sawbridge, Mary Abel and George Peach selling property to Theophilus Jeyes. Land is located in Market Hill in the town of Northampton. 2 pages on vellum.","Handwritten in Latin on vellum with signature \"Jacobus R.\" Notation on reverse side, \"....for tryall of My L Delamer.\"","Signature of Joseph Smyth with red wax seal.","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","Joynt, Richard G.","English French Latin"],"unitid_tesim":["MS 00032","/repositories/2/resources/8560"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts"],"collection_title_tesim":["Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts"],"collection_ssim":["Richard G. 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Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAccessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in March 2015. Processing and item descriptions completed in December 2015 by Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information:"],"processinfo_tesim":["Accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in March 2015. Processing and item descriptions completed in December 2015 by Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRichard G. Joynt's collection of British manuscripts, from the 15th to the 20th century, of 88 letters and documents, 41 cut signatures, and many book engravings.  The authors and signatures include kings, queens, prime ministers, nobles, military officers, authors, and other dignitaries. Personal matters, military orders and letters, religion, treaties, politics, intrique, and much more are covered in these letters, often interwoven with current events.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRemarks by Victoria \"Tori\" J. Bossé during the presentation luncheon in 2015. She reflects on the significance to her, as the daughter of the collector, Richard George Joynt who she calls a \"historical Anglophile.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignatures of British Prime Ministers beginning with Robert Wadpole, Prime Minister 1721-1742, and ending with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister 1979-1991.  Most signatures are cut signatures from letters, documents or envelopes.  The signatures are organized alphabetically by the surname of the Prime Minister rather than their titles, though the titles are noted in the descriptions.  The descriptions also include the dates each person served as Prime Minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth. Signed \"Sidmouth.\" Prime Minister, 1801-1804.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHerbert Asquith. Signed \"H H Asquith.\" Prime Minister 1908-1916.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClement Richard Atlee, 1st Earl Attlee. Signed \"Clement Richard Atlee.\" Prime Minister, 1945-1951.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStanley Baldwin. Signed \"Stanley Baldwin\" on stationery with embossed 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1.\" Prime Minister 1923-1924, 1924-1929, and 1936-1937.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour. Signed \"Arthur James Balfour.\" Prime Minister 1902-1905.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Callaghan. Signed \"Jim Callaghan\" on stationery of The Chancellor of the Exchequer, 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1. Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967. Prime Minister 1976-1979.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Canning. Signed \"Geo. Canning.\" Prime Minister 1827.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Cavendish-Bentinck, Third Duke of Portland. Paper seal of George III, attached on reverse. Signed \"Portland.\" Prime Minister 1783 and 1807-1809.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWinston Churchill. Midland Bank Limited check, dated October 22, 1945, written to The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill and endorsed \"Winston Churchill.\" Prime Minister 1940-1945, 1951-1955.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington. Signed \"Wilmington, ?.\" Prime Minister 1742-1743. Date on document fragment is July 19, 1734, with a partial order written on the reverse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Signed \"Benj Disraeli.\" \"Henry Colburn, Esq\" written on reverse. Prime Minister 1868, 1874-1880. Includes carte de visite of a portrait of Disraeli.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2nd Earl Shelbourne and 1st Marquis of Landsdowne.  Also known as William Petty-Fitzmaurice.  Signed \"Shelbourne.\" Prime Minister 1782-1783.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAugustus Fitzroy, Third Duke of Grafton. Signed \"Grafton.\" Appears to be an envelope addressed to Lady Mary Lindsay Campbell, Edinburgh. Prime Minister 1767-1770.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Salisbury-Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury. Signed \"Salisbury.\" Prime Minister 1885-1886, 1886-1892, and 1895-1902.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavid Lloyd George. Signed \"D. Lloyd George\" on reverse of a request for his signature by Ruth Adler of Rochelle, New York, dated April 19, 1924. Prime Minister 1916-1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam E. Gladstone. Signature \"WE Gladstone\" on envelope, with August 1881 cancel date, addressed to Mrs. DC Philbrooke, Bangor, Maine. Prime Minister 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886 and 1892-1894.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Signed \"Goderich.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Franking signature \"FJ Robinson, Esq. Ripon\" and sender's signature \"FJ Robinson.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828. The fragment is an envelope, postmarked 27 Feb 1821, and addressed to Lady Sullivan, Surry\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord William Grenville. Signed \"Grenville.\" Prime Minister 1806-1807.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Grenville.  Signed \"George Grenville.\" Fragment of a letter with date of January 14, 1752 and other signatures of \"?. Campbell\" and George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (signed \"G. Lyttelton.\" Prime Minister 1763-1765.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Grey, Second Earl Grey. Signed \"Grey.\" Prime Minister 1830-1834. Appears to be an envelope addressed to Sir John Key, Baronet, 14 Bedford Square. Sir John Key was a member of Parliament in 1833. A date, 16 Nov 33, is handwritten on the fragment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. Signed \"Aberdeen.\" Prime Minister 1852-1855.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward Richard George Heath. Signed \"Edward Heath\" and dated 27 March '74. Prime Minister 1970-1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Sir) Alec Douglas Home, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel. Signed \"Alec Douglas-Home.\" Prime Minister 1963-1964.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Banks Jenkinson, Second Duke of Liverpool. Signed \"Liverpool.\" Prime Minister 1812-1827.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. Bonar Law. Signed \"A.B. Law.\" Prime Minister 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Ramsay MacDonald. Signed \"J. Ramsay MacDonald.\" Prime Minister 1924 and 1929-1935.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton. Signed \"Hon Macmillan.\" Prime Minister 1957-1963. Written on letterhead, \"From the Rt. Hon.Harold Macmillan, St. Martin's Street, London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Lamb Melbourne, Second Viscount. Signed \"Melbourne.\" Prime Minister 1834, 1835-1842. Clipped from ALS. Envelope addressed to Mrs. George Lawrence, Liverpool and hand dated \"London, November five, 1832\" with the same date on stamped postmark.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, usually known as Lord North. Signed \"North.\" Prime Minister 1770-1782. Also, the signature of Lord Lyttelton, Baron of Frankley, signed as \"Westcote.\" A date, May 2, 1760 is on the paper, but not necessarily the date of the document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Sir) Robert Peel. Signed \"Robert Peel.\" Prime Minister 1834-1835 and 1841-1846.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Pelham. Signed \"H. Pelham.\" Prime Minister 1743-1754.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, also called Thomas Pelham-Holles. Signed \"Holles Newcastle.\" Prime Minister 1754-1756 and 1757-1762. Other signatures on paper: \"H.B. Legge\" (Henry Bilson Legge) and \"?. Nugent.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Pitt (the Younger). Signed \"W. Pitt.\" Prime Minister 1783-1801 and 1804-1805.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian. Signed \"Roseberry.\" Prime Minister 1894-1895.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Russell, 1st Earl Russell. Signed J. Russell. Prime Minister 1865-1866.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Henry John Temple, Third Viscount of Palmerston. Signed \"Palmerston\" with another signature on the reverse, \"Lord Palmerston.\" Prime Minister 1855-1858 and 1859-1865. Palmerston and Ashley. Signatures \"The Honble E. Ashley, Treasury\" and \"Palmerston.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Thatcher. Signed \"Margaret Thatcher\" on stationery with House of Commons embossed crest. Prime Minister 1979-1991.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. Signed \"Walpole.\" Prime Minister 1721-1742. Considered the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Signed \"W. Wellington.\" Prime Minister 1828-1830.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarold Wilson, Prime Minister 1964-1970, 1974-1976, on card with date \"9.ix.60.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Letter from Lord Eldon John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Corfe Castle, to his daughter Lady Elizabeth Repton, London, dated September 8, 1829. Asks her to send any political news she might hear and love to her and his grandson. Book page with print of \"John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of England\" engraved by HY Robinson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Letter with heading \"Lettre de Nouvelle Annee\" from George II to the Duke of Lorraine, dated January 10, 1728. George II writes that he is responding to a New Year's letter from the Duke of Lorraine and wishes him and his family a prosperous New Year. The Salutation is \"Mon Frere\" and the closing is \"Votre bon frere, George R.\" The letter is written in French and includes 2 black wax seals. Includes a page from a book with a print of George II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter written by Charles James Fox, St. Anne's Hill, to William Smith, M.P., Park Street, Westminister, postmarked May 12, 1800. He thanks William Smith for the two volumes, commenting \"I take notice of the proceedings in France...\" Includes a book print of Charles James Fox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted receipt for investments, dated June 1, 1725, which includes handwritten interest entries totalling one thousand six hundred Eighty Seven pounds and ten shillings.  \"By order dated 21st Day of Febry, 1723, ...Wm Pawlett, one of the Four tellers of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer...being for fifteen months interest.....  The interest was received by Sarah Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough, Francis Earl of Godolphin and William Clayton Esqr, three of the acting Exors \u0026amp; Trustees of John, Late Duke of Marlborough.  Signed by S. Marlborough, Godolphin, and Wm Clayton.  Includes a book pring of Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Official document to \"Capnd Brian Mansergh Lieutenant\" from \"George, Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Torrington, Baron Monck of Potheridge\" about Capt. Thomas Hopkins and the Troop of Horse. Signed Albemarle. November 2, 1660. Paper seal attached. Includes a book print of George Monck, Duke of Albemarle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned poem by Daniel O'Connell M.P. for Mrs. Weld, dated May 27, 1838. Appears to be a love letter, but possibly as a rejected suitor. Includes a book print of Daniel O'Connell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents A travel pass by Charles II ordering his \"Magistrates, Officers, Ministers and loving Subjects\" to allow Henry Compton to travel to Tangier without \"search, molestation, or hinderance ...  August 14, 14th Year of Our Reigne.\"  Signed by Edw. Nicholas and \"Charles R.\" Paper seal attached.  Print of Charles II included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester to an unknown friend, sending her a gift of turquoise stones. June 13. Year unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Prince Albert, Windsor Castle, to \"My dear Lord\" about the proposed Indian Trophies Room at Windsor Castle. Prince Albert thanks him for his communication with Sir Edward Bowater, his presents sent to Sir Edward Bowater and the anticipated gift of the dispatches sent from India. He notes that the Queen will be glad to receive his contributions and that his pictures and the pictures of the Duke of Wellington \"will be most interesting additions to the historical collection of Portraits in the corridor.\" March [29], [18??]. Includes a carte de visite of Prince Albert.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Prince Augustus Frederick, Prince of Sussex, Kensington Palace to J. [Hartley], Bridge Street, saying he received the letter with the opinions of Mr. Denman and Holt. Send him the case and he will give his determination. March 4, 1824. Letter and envelope attached to mounting paper. Includes book print of His Royal Highness Prince Augustus-Frederick, Duke of Sussex.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents December 29, 1593 letter from Robert Devereux to a \"loving friend\" in Norfolk. Handwriting is difficult to read. Note received with accession mentions that he was a favorite of Elizabeth I. Includes book print of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Letter from T.B. Macaulay, Albany, to \"Sir\" returning a corrected revision of an unknown written work.  October 8, 1842.  Includes book print of T.B. Macaulay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from George III to Lord Fauconberg referring to his \"severe and tedious illness.\" It has prevented him from handling public or private business which is why he hasn't responded to the letter received from Mr. Clarke the Apothecary at Cheltenham. Letter deals with bills from the work at Bayshill house and asks that they be sent to Mr. Gorton at Windsor. Also involves money going to Mr. Clarke to pay workmen. March 10, 1789. Includes book print of \"His Most Gracious Majesty George-William-Frederick the Third.\" In 1788, George III stayed with Lord Fauconberg at Cheltenham for spa treatment for his illness. Later, he paid for 17 more rooms to be added to Bayshill for more guests.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam IV complains to the Duke of Clarence of the near loss of a ship due to the lack of a chronometer. He writes that Commander Colonel Fox wrote him a letter about the incident, where an American ship informed them of the danger on their way to Halifax, so they were able to escape. \"Private and Confidential\" noted on top of page. November 15, 1829.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam IV, writing from Brighton, states that Baron [A?] is the \"fittest person\" and that \"Baron [A?] will proceed from London to the Congress.\" 1833. Includes an engraving of King William IV, by J. Cochran, from 'National Portrait Gallery, volume III' published c.1835 by Henry Dawe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilberforce, at Sir Charles Middleton's, sends a list of \"unhappy people\" who he wants to \"secure a place in the Fleet now preparing for Botany Bay.\" This letter is in response to the recipient's earlier refusal to take these female convicts unless their care was by the County and not the Government. Wilberforce encourages the recipient's cooperation by stating \"I trust \u0026amp; believe that in your office I shall find official feelings so tempered with personal ones that you will not press any objections, which tend to detain a number of poor wretches in a crowded prison, where from necessity perhaps they have been kept too long.\" The female convicts are at York Castle and are to be sent to N.S. Wales. April 13, 1789.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl of Cardigan James Brudenell, at Deene, writes to an unknown neighbor acknowledging the receipt of his letter about the allegedly stolen pheasants and disagreeing with the accusation. February 7, 1868.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrime Minister Neville Chamberlain thanks R.R. Ulyate for the gift of stationery, on which he is writing his thanks. The stationery is an advertisement for Arusha, decorated with printed small maps of Africa and Arusha, written directions and a letterhead with the address \"Neville Chamberlain, P.O. Arusha, Tanganyika.\" He mentions that he thinks the \"High Commissioner, if and when appointed, will have a new residence.\" February 4, 1930. Ray Ulyate was a resident of Arusha where he led tours into the jungle, and one of the first to emphasize photography, and operated The New Arusha Hotel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder from Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, at Victory off Cagliari, to Captain Frank Sotheron that the dispatcher Captain Boyle be sent away immediately after his dispatches are delivered because Nelson doesn't want the Seahorse to anchor or be detained in the Bay. Includes a short message to Mr. Elliott to \"act with caution.\" Signed \"Nelson and Bronte.\" January 25, 1805. Notation at end of letter \"Received by the Seahorse on the morning of the 28th of January in Naples Bay.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder from Fourth Earl of Sandwich John Montagu to Captain Vaughan, Commander of his Majesty's hired ship the Whitehaven to \"proceed immediately to Alross Bay with His Majesty's ship under your command, or wherever else you shall hear Capt. Noel to be [of the sloop Greyhound]…\" for a future attack. The order is written by the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland and signed by \"Sandwich\" and others. The order gives the particulars and location of two French Men of War near Arisaig on the Western Coast of North Britain, both of which were recently attacked by the British sloops the Greyhound, the Terror and Baltimore. May 13, 1746.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped letter from Lady Nancy Astor, The Hoe, Plymouth to Frank Doubleday (American Publishers) about her fight with the Drink Trade and her opinion that her speeches aren't worth publishing. November 2, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA \"private\" letter from Lord Charles Cornwallis in Calcutta to Viscount Sydney in which he gives his thoughts on India and some of the earlier administrators: \"…there are many very able \u0026amp; very honest men in the Company's service in Bengal.\" He comments that his conduct \"…of this war or that war, \u0026amp; I believe I have made very few enemies by it.\" February 19, 1787.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Grenville, Whitehall, to Alexander Straton, Charge d'Affaires at Vienna, informing Straton of the death of King Louis XVI: \"his Most Christian Majesty…was inhumanly executed in the Place De Louis 15: on Monday last, pursuant to a Decree of the National Convention\" and the King ordered in Council for the departure of Monsr Chauvelin from this Kingdom within eight days.\" William Grenville was the Foreign Secretary at the time and the Marquis was a French Ambassador who no longer had legal credentials. January 25, 1793.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal cabinet photograph of Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton who claimed to be Roger Tichborne, the son of Lady Doughty-Tichborne. An abbreviated history of the Tichborne Family and \"The Claimant\" trial is written on the sheet of paper to which the photograph is glued. Roger Tichborne was presumed drowned near Australia, but his Mother, hoping he was still alive, advertised for his whereabouts in Australia. Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton came to England claiming to be Roger Tichborne. He was eventually tried and convicted of perjury. He became known as \"The Claimant.\" Includes a carte de visite of Mary Ann Bryant (Mrs Tom Castro), but it is labeled as Lady Roger Tichborne. 1873.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuke of Wellington, in Paris, to an unknown person concerning an unpaid bill and his opinion of decisions he made in the past. Draft of a reply from the unknown person in Cambia, stating \"Greatly as I feel the condescension of …letter of the 17th, I should not again have trespassed upon you, even with my thanks, did I not fear that some inaccuracy of expression may have misled your….as to the nature of the feelings which I stated to have been …\" Memo on the reverse states \"the difference of opinion between Wm. [Buhel] [Bikel] and myself - with draft of answer.\" January 17, 1817.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpencer Perceval to \"Madam\" concerning his financial obligations for the care of Mrs. Perceval. He mentions Mrs. Perceval's pension versus her income and his willingness to give her about 40 pounds a month for meals and lodging if it won't interfere with the pension. The rental agreement should be no longer than a year, but also one that he can \"put an end to it upon some much shorter notice…\" He comments that he thinks the price for her lodging should include laying in her coal, particularly since she isn't well, but it is up to Mrs. Perceval to arrange her own terms. He thinks Mrs. Perceval is too ill to change lodgings. He thanks \"Madame\" for helping. Mrs. Perceval might be his mother. October 24, 1807.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Prescott, in Boston, sends William Cullen Bryant an article on Bryant's writings written by the Count de Circourt. Prescott describes M. de Circourt as \"…one of the most accomplished critics in France…it might be gratifying to you, as it is always to your countrymen, to see in what manner your writings are appreciated by intelligent foreigners.\" February 3, 1848. Includes a print of a drawing of William H. Prescott by George Richmond, from a drawing in the possession of the Earl of Carlisle, engraved by H. Wright Smith. Possibly from the book 'Biographical and citical miscellanies' by W.H. Prescott, published 1859.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles S. Gordon, in London, informs Mr. [Stab] that Gordon's luggage will be arriving in Constantinople and gives him instructions for the disbursement of some of the items (gun, gun case, photographic tent, camera stand) to Biddulph and Gordon. At the end of the letter, Gordon changes his mind and requests that the items be returned to him except the gun and gun case which [Stab] can keep as souvenirs. This letter was written shortly after Charles S. Gordon returned from his commission to mark the new border between the Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire up into Asia Minor. January 26, 1859. Charles S. Gordon was later known as Charles S. \"Chinese\" Gordon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam E. Gladstone, writing on House of Commons Library embossed letterhead, to an unknown American about the United States and the current \"imperfect\" bill to recognize the principle of International Copyright. Concedes that the bill should help both American and foreign authors. March 25, 1890. Includes stereoscopic card of Gladstone.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCecil John Rhodes, on Burlington Hotel.W. London stationery, to \"My dear Thomas\" saying he is going out of town and to thank Bonnor for his invitation. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmbossed form with seal for Bahama-Islands, New-Providence and heading \"By His Excellency the Right Honorable John, Earl of Dunmore, Governor-General, and Commander in Chief of the said Bahama-Islands\" giving Peleg Latham a license for the sloop, Matsey, to sail and depart from this \"Port and Government\" for New York. Signed by Dunmore and Adam Christie, Secry. Dated June 24, 1793.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePiece of paper with signatures of Lord (Field Marshal Horatio Herbert) Kitchener and Louis Botha. Other signatures are unclear, but two are possibly Haig (Douglas Haig) and Smuts (John Christian Smuts). Dated October 4, 1922. These men were participants in the Boer War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord John Russell, Pembroke Lodge, to the author of an essay on Thomas Macaulay, praising his writing and hoping he would edit a book by Macaulay with his essay as an introduction. Russell also cites his praises for Macaulay, then adding \"perhaps in painting his characters he made his lights too bright, \u0026amp; his shade too deep, a defect perhaps inseparable from his wonderful powers of …\" November 2, 18??. Macaulay died on December 28, 1859.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrince Albert, Windsor Castle to Sir James (last name unknown) returning \"the admiral's voluminous correspondence with my best thanks and can only say that I agree in the feelings expressed in your answer to him. [January] 20, 1854.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo envelopes with picture of Sir Winston Churchill headed with \"First Day of Issue\" and stamped with U.S. 5 cents stamps with Churchill's image, both dated May 13, 1965, postmarked Fulton, Missouri. One envelope has 4 stamps and is signed by Sir Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister from 1955-1957. The second envelope has one stamp and is signed by Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"William Henry Cavendish, Duke of Portland, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter … authorizes in His Majesty's name\" the seizure of [Lord] Gregory for treason. Warrant issued at Whitehall on March 19, 1788. Warrant addressed to Anthony Fabiani, one of the Majesty's Messengers, and 3 other. Red wax seal on the warrant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Petty Shelburne (Second Earl) (First Marquis of Landsdowne), London, to an unknown gentleman about handling the affairs of Shelburne's nephew and deceased brother. Shelburne says he is \"determined not to interfere\" but \"promised the exors that I would give them my opinion whenever they called on me\" and that Sir William Petty has advised that they pay their lawyer and apothecary well. Shelburne wishes the recipient to take over his brother's affairs because he is close to his nephew's Mother's family, even though Mr. Morwley has done a good job. January 26, 1795. Lord Lansdowne's brother was the Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice (1742-1793) of Cliveden and a Member of Parliament.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord Randolph S. Churchill asks Mr. [J.I.] Minchin to excuse him from attending the Chess Tournament dinner on May 19 because he needs rest after a hard work session in Parliament and will be traveling to Ireland during the Whitsuntide Holidays. May 5, 1883. The letter is written on 2 Connaught Place stationary. The London 1883 chess tournament was an international tournament. Lord Randolph S. Churchill is the father of Winston Churchill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWarren Hastings, Dalyesford House writes to The Rev. William Johnson, Parley Place, Croydon, Surry about an assignment, possibly as an executor of an estate. He asks for Rev. Johnson's help in acquiring financial and other information with questions about the current finances. April 25, 1798.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSir Robert Peel responds to a proposal to help Ireland during the potato famine. The proposal appears to involve asking for money from the government or borrowing it, possibly confiscating land as collateral. He thinks the proposal will be hard to enforce and will be a source of \"dissatisfaction and discontent.\" He notes \"It's difficult to argue calamity in the immediate presence of famine and disease.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature of Earl of Godolphin Sidney, Lord High Treasurer under Queen Anne, on a warrant for Tallys and Revenue of Excise. Other names mentioned are William Gregory and William Wardour. Partial document. December 9, 1693.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKing George IV requests that the Master of the Stag Hounds keep 6 horses for Lord Maryborough (William Wellesley-Pole). \"The King is aware that this additional allowance has not been the practice but in consequence of Lord Maryborough's removal from his late office, for the convenience of Lord Liverpool, the King does not think it right that he should be, so decided…[this] present indulgence is by the King's express command, but not to be extended to my future Master of the Stag Hounds.\" November 19, 1824.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord Palmerston writes that the \"Duke of Wellington has accepted the Office of 1st Lord of the Treasury and we are to give up the seals of office at St. James's tomorrow.\" November 15, 1834.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord Palmerton, Prime Minister, to Henry Labouchere, Secretary of State for the Colonies, about the charge by Thomas Chisholm Anstey, Attorney General of Hong Kong, that John Walter Hulme, Chief Justice in Hong Kong, was drunk at the Governor's table. He repeats comments by Bowring [Sir John Bowring] who was at the dinner. He warns that this matter needs to be handled carefully since Anstey's correspondence is damaging and Hong Kong is not a \"very favorite establishment in our House.\" He suggests investigating Hulme's character and the prejudices of those bringing the charge, especially Anstey who is \"violent and intemperate.\" August 27, 1856. Carte de visite of Lord Palmerton is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDecember 9, 1765 letter from William Pitt (the elder) to \"Dear Sir\" asking him to forward the enclosed letter to Comte de Wallwoden \"by the first safe opportunity.\" The letter is the \"notification of the melancholy loss of Lady Yarmouth\" which he received on October 22. Lady Yarmouth (Amalie von Wendt) was the mistress of King George II and Wallmoden was their son. Includes an engraving of William Pitt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Canning, Foreign Office, to Lord John Fitzroy saying he'd received his letter about Sir Arthur Wellesley's victory over the French at Talavera de la Reina (Peninsula Campaign) before the arrival of Lord FitzRoy Somerset with Sir Arthur Wellesley's dispatches. August 15, 1809.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Canning, Pavilion, Brighton, to the Prince de Polignac regarding his amazement of the arrest of the daughters of Sir Robert Wilson in Calais as they were leaving France. He asks Prince de Polignac to find out what happened and to \"redress it, as far as may be in your power.\" There is an abstract of the letter from Sir Robert Wilson to George Canning which gives the particulars of the arrest and his assurance that his daughters \"had nothing with them but their own private property.\" January 31, 1824. Jules de Polignac was Prime Minister of France from 8 August 1829 – 29 July 1830.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Canning, Downing Street, to \"Sir\" giving the agenda of the November 14th Parliamentary session: \"obtain the sanction for admitting certain kinds of foreign grain for Home Consumption before they would have been by law regularly admissible for that purpose, and to elect a Speaker and complete the other formal proceedings incident to the opening of a New Parliament.\" \"No. 3\" is noted at the top of the page. September 7, 1826.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward VIII, Hotel Ritz, Paris, to Sir William Rootes, Piccadilly, thanking him for lending him a \"Humber and your driver Calvert\" during his visit, and giving details of other travel arrangements made during that visit plus his future November 5 trip on the \"Queen Mary.\" Edward VIII states, while visiting Eric Dudley and in London, he met people who share his pessimism over the Socialist havoc of the economy. He laments that Great Britain is losing its world position, but France has the anarchy of the Communist controlled unions with political discord. October 17, 1947.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward VIII, H.Q. Guards Division, accepts a Christmas Eve dinner invitation from \"My dear Colonel.\" December 21, 1915.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward VII, in Rome, to Dr. Chambers with thanks for the good wishes for his birthday and approaching marriage. \"When one reaches the age of 21, \u0026amp; is shortly to be married, one begins to feel responsibilities creeping one one…Much will be expected of me, but…if I keep the example of my Parents before me, I have not fear of going wrong.\" Edward VII lists the cities that he, his sister and brother-in-law have visited during their tour. Signed \"Albert Edward.\" November 23, 1862. Includes envelope addressed to T.K. Chambers, Grosvenor Square, London, black bordered, with a black wax seal. Includes carte de visites of Alexandra of Denmark (wife of Edward VII) and Edward VII.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuchess of Kent (Victoria Mary Louisa), on embossed stationary, to Lady Barrington with thanks for making a beautiful bag which she will cherish as a souvenir. She is Queen Victoria's mother. A later note on letter states \"1847?\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames VI requires the Earl Marischal to attend a national assembly to hinder increase of papacy. July 18, 1616. George Keith, the 5th Earl Marischal founded the Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1593. He held several offices under King James VI. Includes an attached paper seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped tribute to Winston Churchill, on parchment type paper, given by Field-Marshall Montgomery and signed \"Montgomery of Alamein F.M.\" Undated. 4 pages. Field-Marshall Montgomery's full title was \"Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReply by Lord Palmerston to someone approving of the labors of the Foreign Office. Signed \"Palmerston.\" March 5, 1832. Henry John Temple Palmerston (Third Viscount).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDinner menu of the Hotel de Crillon in Paris signed by David Lloyd George. January 27, 1921.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Dickens asks the recipient to forward a note to his office in an envelope marked \"private\" and it will have his attention. Written on Athenaeum Club letterhead stationery. November 17, 1866. Includes an engraving of a portrait bust of Charles Dickens by J.H Baker after a photograph by Mason \u0026amp; Co.,1870.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnvelope addressed to Viscountess Barrington, Cassiobury Park with attached red wax seal and postmark of January 6, 1847.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord Halifax, British Embassy, Washington, D.C.to The Rt. Rev. Herbert Welch, New York City, New York responds to a request that the English Methodist Church fund credit in the United States be remitted to Uruguay. Lord Fairfax notes that the United Methodist Church should \"surrender to the Exchange Control at the Bank of England all its dollar funds.\" May 31, 1941. Lord Halifax was the British Ambassador to the United States in 1941. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePermission signed by King William III and given \"by his Majtys command Nottingham\" to Sir Willoughby Aston, High Sheriffe of County of Chester, to \"give and grant you full license \u0026amp; permission during your said Office of Sheriffe to remaine or dwell out of our said County…\" December 29, 1690. A paper seal is attached to letter with red wax. Includes an engraving of King William III. Includes a steel engraving by W.Holl of a William III portrait, after a painting by Caspar Netscher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDaniel O'Connell wants to put James [unknown] on the voting papers for St. George's Ward. \"I think you will not disavow us…but how useful an anti-slavery man may be in the council – with your help I think I could get our corporation to set an example to all the corporations in Great Britain on the subject.\" October 20, 1841. Includes an engraving of Daniel O'Connell, Esq. by Robert Cooper from a painting by T. Catterson Smith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature of the First Earl of Halifax Charles Montagu on a declaration \"Wee allow of this bill of Incidents amounting to the sum….Whitehall Treasy Chambers.\" The document contains 5 signatures: Halifax, Richard Onslow, Paul Methuen, and Edward Wortley (Edward Wortley Montagu), husband of Mary Wortley Montagu. One signature is illegible. November 2, 1714.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRaglan accepts dinner invitation from Lady Henniken for Saturday, July 6. Written after 1852 when Fitzroy Somerset became First Baron the Lord of Raglan Fitzroy Somerset. Notation with letter says it was written during the Light Brigade.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB. White informs W. Pritchard of the London and County Bank of the death of his brother, Henry White. April 19, 1887. Envelope included. Pencil notes on envelope say this is Lt. Gen White, Hero of Balaclava Charge in the Charge of the Light Brigade. A Lt. Col. Henry White was with the 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Campbell-Bannerman, 6 Grosvenor Place, to Donaldson, enclosing a partially completed form or application (not included). He mentions that he is a member of the Bull Dog Club and is glad to hear \"good accounts of the keeps.\" March 19, 1896.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eViscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, Foreign Secretary, written while keeper of the Irish seal, to the Rt. Honorable John Beresford with the news that \"Lord Cornwallis has been engaged this week in sounding the principal Persons in town with the exception of Lord Pery, who sees the objections in a strong point of view, the others are dishonest to entertain the question – some with a greater degree of preference than others.\" He continues by saying the counties of Cork and Limerick are for it. He closes with the statement \"The county pretty much as you left it – the Orangemen and Catholics … in the County of Derry.\" \"Private\" is noted at the top of page one. November ? [1799].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents James III, \"the old pretender,\" letter written from O'Albano, about Arthur Dillon and signed \"Jacques R.\" Written in French. September 18, 1724. Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon, was a Jacobite soldier from Ireland who served in the French army, per the Compendium of Irish Biography. Per Wikipedia, Arthur Dillon was given the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by James III.  In 1711 Arthur was created \"Comte Dillon\" in France by Louis XIV; and was awarded the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by the monarch he recognized as James III.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEngraving of La Belle Hamilton by J.Thomson after an original painting by Sir Peter Lely.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEngraving of Lord Nelson by T Woolnoth from an original picture by Hoppner in her Majesty's Collection at St James's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge III Appointment of Donald McDonald as \"Lieutenant in Captain William Pemble's Independent Company of Invalids doing Duty in North Britain\" given at St. James's Court on October 29, 1783. Signed by George III and Lord North.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Trenwith, before leaving for the East-indies, appoints Elizabeth Trenwith to receive \"two months' pay of my Wages Yearly…during the whole time of my being forth.\" Dated November 3, 1753 with notation on reverse, \"Months paid the 10 January 1755…\" Document is glued to a paper backing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam IV warrant which releases Richard Kettle, the younger from the Devon County Gaol where he is confined under a game law conviction with a 20 pound fine. The reason given is Kettle's lawyer's neglect and the length of time Kettle has been in prison. March 19, 1834. Signed by William IV and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments signed by Prince Regent George and King George IV.  An engraving of \"George IV, King of England\" by Charles Picart from an original drawing, is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatent from Georg Prinz Regent Georg to Von Dreehsell, signed at Carlton House on January 29, 1814. Written in German. Attached paper seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge IV appoints Major General Sir Edward Barnes K.C.B. to the local rank of Lieutenant General in the Islands of Ceylon. Court held at Carlton House, May 20, 1823. A red wax on paper seal and blue seal are attached to the appointment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst Duke of Marlborough John Churchill appoints John Danvers as a Captain in Brigadier Thomas Farrington's regiment to replace Captain Richard Nanfan. Signed \"Marlborough\" with other signatures. June 24, 1706. The appointment is written one month after the victory at Ramillies in which Thomas Farrington's regiment participated. An engraving \"John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough\" by H.T. Ryall is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Safe Conduct Warrant for Colonel Roger Whitley to travel into France and other foreign countries, \"having served us with great dilligence during all these troubles.\" Signed by Charles I. January 14, 1646. A colored engraving of \"Charles 1st. King of England, Scotland, France \u0026amp; Ireland\" engraved for \"Harrison's Edition of Rapin's History of England\" is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture from Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Principal Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, to John [Aloxdo] , signed by Lord Burghley. November 23, 1753. Written in English and Latin. An engraving of \"William Cecil, Lord Burghley\" by S. Freeman from the original of Mark Gerard is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSecond Duke of Grafton Charles appoints Richard St. George as Lieutenant Colonel in His Majesty's First Regiment of Carabiniers under the Command of Richard Lord Viscount Shannon in His Majesty's Army in Ireland and also to be Captain of a Troop in the said Regiment in the room of John Petry Esqr. Deceased.\" July 6, 1723. Signed by Edward Hopkins and \"Grafton\" by the Duke. Lord Shannon's regiment was a Regiment of Horse. Written on vellum with the \"Great Seal of Great Britain\" attached.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge VI appoints Peter Murray, Esquire as an \"Officer of the Seventh Grade of Our Foreign Service at any of Our Diplomatic or Consular Establishments…\" Dated October 20, 1948 but effective beginning July 1, 1947. Signed by \"George R.\" and Clement R. Atlee. Embossed seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQueen Anne gives her representatives \"Full Power for the Treaty of Peace with Spain\" during the negotiations of the Treaty of Ultrecht. 1713. Written in Latin and signed \"Anna R.\" A descriptive note, later added in pencil, says \"Re: treaty of Utrecht Instructions to Commissioners to sign treaty ending War of Spanish Succession ceding Gibraltar.\" Engraving of \"Queen Anne\" by J. Cochran from the original by Kneller is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge V appoints Frederick Samuel Beaumont as a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, given at Buckingham Palace on July 1, 1916. Signed by George V. Red embossed seal on the certificate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Samuel Pepys to \"My Lord\" about his arrangements made with Captain Salmon on behalf of the King \"for transporting the Muscovite envoy to Licoorne.\" December 5, 1687. A typed transcript of the letter and an engraving of Samuel Pepys is included. These items are glued on pages in a red leather bound book made especially for the collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJuly 8, 1857 indenture for the division of the estate of Benjamin Handy between various individuals and family members, who include: Henrietta and Henry Almond Thorpe, Louisa Handy, Mary Handy, George and Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland, Alfred Ainge and Sophia Harris, John Daniel Clarke, Henry Hand, Joseph Southby, Walter Charles Venning, Emma Jane Venning and William Ord Marshall. The document is 13 pages and written on vellum with 21 signatures beside red wax seals and attached official stamped seals. Note on reverse, \"High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Estate of Benjamin Hardy, dec'd, Rowland vs Hardy....this is exhibit marked A referred to in the affidavit of William Holmes and William Pearse by the said William Holmes this 13th day of July 1883 before me,\" signed by a commissioner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAugust 30, 1836 indenture between William Sawbridge, Mary Abel and George Peach selling property to Theophilus Jeyes. Land is located in Market Hill in the town of Northampton. 2 pages on vellum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten in Latin on vellum with signature \"Jacobus R.\" Notation on reverse side, \"....for tryall of My L Delamer.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature of Joseph Smyth with red wax seal.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Richard G. Joynt's collection of British manuscripts, from the 15th to the 20th century, of 88 letters and documents, 41 cut signatures, and many book engravings.  The authors and signatures include kings, queens, prime ministers, nobles, military officers, authors, and other dignitaries. Personal matters, military orders and letters, religion, treaties, politics, intrique, and much more are covered in these letters, often interwoven with current events.","Remarks by Victoria \"Tori\" J. Bossé during the presentation luncheon in 2015. She reflects on the significance to her, as the daughter of the collector, Richard George Joynt who she calls a \"historical Anglophile.\"","Signatures of British Prime Ministers beginning with Robert Wadpole, Prime Minister 1721-1742, and ending with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister 1979-1991.  Most signatures are cut signatures from letters, documents or envelopes.  The signatures are organized alphabetically by the surname of the Prime Minister rather than their titles, though the titles are noted in the descriptions.  The descriptions also include the dates each person served as Prime Minister.","Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth. Signed \"Sidmouth.\" Prime Minister, 1801-1804.","Herbert Asquith. Signed \"H H Asquith.\" Prime Minister 1908-1916.","Clement Richard Atlee, 1st Earl Attlee. Signed \"Clement Richard Atlee.\" Prime Minister, 1945-1951.","Stanley Baldwin. Signed \"Stanley Baldwin\" on stationery with embossed 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1.\" Prime Minister 1923-1924, 1924-1929, and 1936-1937.","Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour. Signed \"Arthur James Balfour.\" Prime Minister 1902-1905.","James Callaghan. Signed \"Jim Callaghan\" on stationery of The Chancellor of the Exchequer, 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1. Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967. Prime Minister 1976-1979.","George Canning. Signed \"Geo. Canning.\" Prime Minister 1827.","William Cavendish-Bentinck, Third Duke of Portland. Paper seal of George III, attached on reverse. Signed \"Portland.\" Prime Minister 1783 and 1807-1809.","Winston Churchill. Midland Bank Limited check, dated October 22, 1945, written to The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill and endorsed \"Winston Churchill.\" Prime Minister 1940-1945, 1951-1955.","Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington. Signed \"Wilmington, ?.\" Prime Minister 1742-1743. Date on document fragment is July 19, 1734, with a partial order written on the reverse.","Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Signed \"Benj Disraeli.\" \"Henry Colburn, Esq\" written on reverse. Prime Minister 1868, 1874-1880. Includes carte de visite of a portrait of Disraeli.","2nd Earl Shelbourne and 1st Marquis of Landsdowne.  Also known as William Petty-Fitzmaurice.  Signed \"Shelbourne.\" Prime Minister 1782-1783.","Augustus Fitzroy, Third Duke of Grafton. Signed \"Grafton.\" Appears to be an envelope addressed to Lady Mary Lindsay Campbell, Edinburgh. Prime Minister 1767-1770.","Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Salisbury-Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury. Signed \"Salisbury.\" Prime Minister 1885-1886, 1886-1892, and 1895-1902.","David Lloyd George. Signed \"D. Lloyd George\" on reverse of a request for his signature by Ruth Adler of Rochelle, New York, dated April 19, 1924. Prime Minister 1916-1922.","William E. Gladstone. Signature \"WE Gladstone\" on envelope, with August 1881 cancel date, addressed to Mrs. DC Philbrooke, Bangor, Maine. Prime Minister 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886 and 1892-1894.","Frederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Signed \"Goderich.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828.","Frederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Franking signature \"FJ Robinson, Esq. Ripon\" and sender's signature \"FJ Robinson.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828. The fragment is an envelope, postmarked 27 Feb 1821, and addressed to Lady Sullivan, Surry","Lord William Grenville. Signed \"Grenville.\" Prime Minister 1806-1807.","George Grenville.  Signed \"George Grenville.\" Fragment of a letter with date of January 14, 1752 and other signatures of \"?. Campbell\" and George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (signed \"G. Lyttelton.\" Prime Minister 1763-1765.","Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey. Signed \"Grey.\" Prime Minister 1830-1834. Appears to be an envelope addressed to Sir John Key, Baronet, 14 Bedford Square. Sir John Key was a member of Parliament in 1833. A date, 16 Nov 33, is handwritten on the fragment.","George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. Signed \"Aberdeen.\" Prime Minister 1852-1855.","Edward Richard George Heath. Signed \"Edward Heath\" and dated 27 March '74. Prime Minister 1970-1974.","(Sir) Alec Douglas Home, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel. Signed \"Alec Douglas-Home.\" Prime Minister 1963-1964.","Robert Banks Jenkinson, Second Duke of Liverpool. Signed \"Liverpool.\" Prime Minister 1812-1827.","A. Bonar Law. Signed \"A.B. Law.\" Prime Minister 1922.","James Ramsay MacDonald. Signed \"J. Ramsay MacDonald.\" Prime Minister 1924 and 1929-1935.","Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton. Signed \"Hon Macmillan.\" Prime Minister 1957-1963. Written on letterhead, \"From the Rt. Hon.Harold Macmillan, St. Martin's Street, London.","William Lamb Melbourne, Second Viscount. Signed \"Melbourne.\" Prime Minister 1834, 1835-1842. Clipped from ALS. Envelope addressed to Mrs. George Lawrence, Liverpool and hand dated \"London, November five, 1832\" with the same date on stamped postmark.","Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, usually known as Lord North. Signed \"North.\" Prime Minister 1770-1782. Also, the signature of Lord Lyttelton, Baron of Frankley, signed as \"Westcote.\" A date, May 2, 1760 is on the paper, but not necessarily the date of the document.","(Sir) Robert Peel. Signed \"Robert Peel.\" Prime Minister 1834-1835 and 1841-1846.","Henry Pelham. Signed \"H. Pelham.\" Prime Minister 1743-1754.","Thomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, also called Thomas Pelham-Holles. Signed \"Holles Newcastle.\" Prime Minister 1754-1756 and 1757-1762. Other signatures on paper: \"H.B. Legge\" (Henry Bilson Legge) and \"?. Nugent.\"","William Pitt (the Younger). Signed \"W. Pitt.\" Prime Minister 1783-1801 and 1804-1805.","Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian. Signed \"Roseberry.\" Prime Minister 1894-1895.","John Russell, 1st Earl Russell. Signed J. Russell. Prime Minister 1865-1866.","Scope and Contents Henry John Temple, Third Viscount of Palmerston. Signed \"Palmerston\" with another signature on the reverse, \"Lord Palmerston.\" Prime Minister 1855-1858 and 1859-1865. Palmerston and Ashley. Signatures \"The Honble E. Ashley, Treasury\" and \"Palmerston.\"","Margaret Thatcher. Signed \"Margaret Thatcher\" on stationery with House of Commons embossed crest. Prime Minister 1979-1991.","Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. Signed \"Walpole.\" Prime Minister 1721-1742. Considered the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.","Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Signed \"W. Wellington.\" Prime Minister 1828-1830.","Harold Wilson, Prime Minister 1964-1970, 1974-1976, on card with date \"9.ix.60.\"","Scope and Contents Letter from Lord Eldon John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Corfe Castle, to his daughter Lady Elizabeth Repton, London, dated September 8, 1829. Asks her to send any political news she might hear and love to her and his grandson. Book page with print of \"John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of England\" engraved by HY Robinson.","Scope and Contents Letter with heading \"Lettre de Nouvelle Annee\" from George II to the Duke of Lorraine, dated January 10, 1728. George II writes that he is responding to a New Year's letter from the Duke of Lorraine and wishes him and his family a prosperous New Year. The Salutation is \"Mon Frere\" and the closing is \"Votre bon frere, George R.\" The letter is written in French and includes 2 black wax seals. Includes a page from a book with a print of George II.","Letter written by Charles James Fox, St. Anne's Hill, to William Smith, M.P., Park Street, Westminister, postmarked May 12, 1800. He thanks William Smith for the two volumes, commenting \"I take notice of the proceedings in France...\" Includes a book print of Charles James Fox.","Printed receipt for investments, dated June 1, 1725, which includes handwritten interest entries totalling one thousand six hundred Eighty Seven pounds and ten shillings.  \"By order dated 21st Day of Febry, 1723, ...Wm Pawlett, one of the Four tellers of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer...being for fifteen months interest.....  The interest was received by Sarah Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough, Francis Earl of Godolphin and William Clayton Esqr, three of the acting Exors \u0026 Trustees of John, Late Duke of Marlborough.  Signed by S. Marlborough, Godolphin, and Wm Clayton.  Includes a book pring of Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough.","Scope and Contents Official document to \"Capnd Brian Mansergh Lieutenant\" from \"George, Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Torrington, Baron Monck of Potheridge\" about Capt. Thomas Hopkins and the Troop of Horse. Signed Albemarle. November 2, 1660. Paper seal attached. Includes a book print of George Monck, Duke of Albemarle.","Signed poem by Daniel O'Connell M.P. for Mrs. Weld, dated May 27, 1838. Appears to be a love letter, but possibly as a rejected suitor. Includes a book print of Daniel O'Connell.","Scope and Contents A travel pass by Charles II ordering his \"Magistrates, Officers, Ministers and loving Subjects\" to allow Henry Compton to travel to Tangier without \"search, molestation, or hinderance ...  August 14, 14th Year of Our Reigne.\"  Signed by Edw. Nicholas and \"Charles R.\" Paper seal attached.  Print of Charles II included.","Letter from Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester to an unknown friend, sending her a gift of turquoise stones. June 13. Year unknown.","Scope and Contents Prince Albert, Windsor Castle, to \"My dear Lord\" about the proposed Indian Trophies Room at Windsor Castle. Prince Albert thanks him for his communication with Sir Edward Bowater, his presents sent to Sir Edward Bowater and the anticipated gift of the dispatches sent from India. He notes that the Queen will be glad to receive his contributions and that his pictures and the pictures of the Duke of Wellington \"will be most interesting additions to the historical collection of Portraits in the corridor.\" March [29], [18??]. Includes a carte de visite of Prince Albert.","Letter from Prince Augustus Frederick, Prince of Sussex, Kensington Palace to J. [Hartley], Bridge Street, saying he received the letter with the opinions of Mr. Denman and Holt. Send him the case and he will give his determination. March 4, 1824. Letter and envelope attached to mounting paper. Includes book print of His Royal Highness Prince Augustus-Frederick, Duke of Sussex.","Scope and Contents December 29, 1593 letter from Robert Devereux to a \"loving friend\" in Norfolk. Handwriting is difficult to read. Note received with accession mentions that he was a favorite of Elizabeth I. Includes book print of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.","Scope and Contents Letter from T.B. Macaulay, Albany, to \"Sir\" returning a corrected revision of an unknown written work.  October 8, 1842.  Includes book print of T.B. Macaulay.","Letter from George III to Lord Fauconberg referring to his \"severe and tedious illness.\" It has prevented him from handling public or private business which is why he hasn't responded to the letter received from Mr. Clarke the Apothecary at Cheltenham. Letter deals with bills from the work at Bayshill house and asks that they be sent to Mr. Gorton at Windsor. Also involves money going to Mr. Clarke to pay workmen. March 10, 1789. Includes book print of \"His Most Gracious Majesty George-William-Frederick the Third.\" In 1788, George III stayed with Lord Fauconberg at Cheltenham for spa treatment for his illness. Later, he paid for 17 more rooms to be added to Bayshill for more guests.","William IV complains to the Duke of Clarence of the near loss of a ship due to the lack of a chronometer. He writes that Commander Colonel Fox wrote him a letter about the incident, where an American ship informed them of the danger on their way to Halifax, so they were able to escape. \"Private and Confidential\" noted on top of page. November 15, 1829.","William IV, writing from Brighton, states that Baron [A?] is the \"fittest person\" and that \"Baron [A?] will proceed from London to the Congress.\" 1833. Includes an engraving of King William IV, by J. Cochran, from 'National Portrait Gallery, volume III' published c.1835 by Henry Dawe.","Wilberforce, at Sir Charles Middleton's, sends a list of \"unhappy people\" who he wants to \"secure a place in the Fleet now preparing for Botany Bay.\" This letter is in response to the recipient's earlier refusal to take these female convicts unless their care was by the County and not the Government. Wilberforce encourages the recipient's cooperation by stating \"I trust \u0026 believe that in your office I shall find official feelings so tempered with personal ones that you will not press any objections, which tend to detain a number of poor wretches in a crowded prison, where from necessity perhaps they have been kept too long.\" The female convicts are at York Castle and are to be sent to N.S. Wales. April 13, 1789.","Earl of Cardigan James Brudenell, at Deene, writes to an unknown neighbor acknowledging the receipt of his letter about the allegedly stolen pheasants and disagreeing with the accusation. February 7, 1868.","Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain thanks R.R. Ulyate for the gift of stationery, on which he is writing his thanks. The stationery is an advertisement for Arusha, decorated with printed small maps of Africa and Arusha, written directions and a letterhead with the address \"Neville Chamberlain, P.O. Arusha, Tanganyika.\" He mentions that he thinks the \"High Commissioner, if and when appointed, will have a new residence.\" February 4, 1930. Ray Ulyate was a resident of Arusha where he led tours into the jungle, and one of the first to emphasize photography, and operated The New Arusha Hotel.","Order from Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, at Victory off Cagliari, to Captain Frank Sotheron that the dispatcher Captain Boyle be sent away immediately after his dispatches are delivered because Nelson doesn't want the Seahorse to anchor or be detained in the Bay. Includes a short message to Mr. Elliott to \"act with caution.\" Signed \"Nelson and Bronte.\" January 25, 1805. Notation at end of letter \"Received by the Seahorse on the morning of the 28th of January in Naples Bay.\"","Order from Fourth Earl of Sandwich John Montagu to Captain Vaughan, Commander of his Majesty's hired ship the Whitehaven to \"proceed immediately to Alross Bay with His Majesty's ship under your command, or wherever else you shall hear Capt. Noel to be [of the sloop Greyhound]…\" for a future attack. The order is written by the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland and signed by \"Sandwich\" and others. The order gives the particulars and location of two French Men of War near Arisaig on the Western Coast of North Britain, both of which were recently attacked by the British sloops the Greyhound, the Terror and Baltimore. May 13, 1746.","Typed letter from Lady Nancy Astor, The Hoe, Plymouth to Frank Doubleday (American Publishers) about her fight with the Drink Trade and her opinion that her speeches aren't worth publishing. November 2, 1922.","A \"private\" letter from Lord Charles Cornwallis in Calcutta to Viscount Sydney in which he gives his thoughts on India and some of the earlier administrators: \"…there are many very able \u0026 very honest men in the Company's service in Bengal.\" He comments that his conduct \"…of this war or that war, \u0026 I believe I have made very few enemies by it.\" February 19, 1787.","William Grenville, Whitehall, to Alexander Straton, Charge d'Affaires at Vienna, informing Straton of the death of King Louis XVI: \"his Most Christian Majesty…was inhumanly executed in the Place De Louis 15: on Monday last, pursuant to a Decree of the National Convention\" and the King ordered in Council for the departure of Monsr Chauvelin from this Kingdom within eight days.\" William Grenville was the Foreign Secretary at the time and the Marquis was a French Ambassador who no longer had legal credentials. January 25, 1793.","Original cabinet photograph of Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton who claimed to be Roger Tichborne, the son of Lady Doughty-Tichborne. An abbreviated history of the Tichborne Family and \"The Claimant\" trial is written on the sheet of paper to which the photograph is glued. Roger Tichborne was presumed drowned near Australia, but his Mother, hoping he was still alive, advertised for his whereabouts in Australia. Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton came to England claiming to be Roger Tichborne. He was eventually tried and convicted of perjury. He became known as \"The Claimant.\" Includes a carte de visite of Mary Ann Bryant (Mrs Tom Castro), but it is labeled as Lady Roger Tichborne. 1873.","Duke of Wellington, in Paris, to an unknown person concerning an unpaid bill and his opinion of decisions he made in the past. Draft of a reply from the unknown person in Cambia, stating \"Greatly as I feel the condescension of …letter of the 17th, I should not again have trespassed upon you, even with my thanks, did I not fear that some inaccuracy of expression may have misled your….as to the nature of the feelings which I stated to have been …\" Memo on the reverse states \"the difference of opinion between Wm. [Buhel] [Bikel] and myself - with draft of answer.\" January 17, 1817.","Spencer Perceval to \"Madam\" concerning his financial obligations for the care of Mrs. Perceval. He mentions Mrs. Perceval's pension versus her income and his willingness to give her about 40 pounds a month for meals and lodging if it won't interfere with the pension. The rental agreement should be no longer than a year, but also one that he can \"put an end to it upon some much shorter notice…\" He comments that he thinks the price for her lodging should include laying in her coal, particularly since she isn't well, but it is up to Mrs. Perceval to arrange her own terms. He thinks Mrs. Perceval is too ill to change lodgings. He thanks \"Madame\" for helping. Mrs. Perceval might be his mother. October 24, 1807.","William Prescott, in Boston, sends William Cullen Bryant an article on Bryant's writings written by the Count de Circourt. Prescott describes M. de Circourt as \"…one of the most accomplished critics in France…it might be gratifying to you, as it is always to your countrymen, to see in what manner your writings are appreciated by intelligent foreigners.\" February 3, 1848. Includes a print of a drawing of William H. Prescott by George Richmond, from a drawing in the possession of the Earl of Carlisle, engraved by H. Wright Smith. Possibly from the book 'Biographical and citical miscellanies' by W.H. Prescott, published 1859.","Charles S. Gordon, in London, informs Mr. [Stab] that Gordon's luggage will be arriving in Constantinople and gives him instructions for the disbursement of some of the items (gun, gun case, photographic tent, camera stand) to Biddulph and Gordon. At the end of the letter, Gordon changes his mind and requests that the items be returned to him except the gun and gun case which [Stab] can keep as souvenirs. This letter was written shortly after Charles S. Gordon returned from his commission to mark the new border between the Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire up into Asia Minor. January 26, 1859. Charles S. Gordon was later known as Charles S. \"Chinese\" Gordon.","William E. Gladstone, writing on House of Commons Library embossed letterhead, to an unknown American about the United States and the current \"imperfect\" bill to recognize the principle of International Copyright. Concedes that the bill should help both American and foreign authors. March 25, 1890. Includes stereoscopic card of Gladstone.","Cecil John Rhodes, on Burlington Hotel.W. London stationery, to \"My dear Thomas\" saying he is going out of town and to thank Bonnor for his invitation. Undated.","Embossed form with seal for Bahama-Islands, New-Providence and heading \"By His Excellency the Right Honorable John, Earl of Dunmore, Governor-General, and Commander in Chief of the said Bahama-Islands\" giving Peleg Latham a license for the sloop, Matsey, to sail and depart from this \"Port and Government\" for New York. Signed by Dunmore and Adam Christie, Secry. Dated June 24, 1793.","Piece of paper with signatures of Lord (Field Marshal Horatio Herbert) Kitchener and Louis Botha. Other signatures are unclear, but two are possibly Haig (Douglas Haig) and Smuts (John Christian Smuts). Dated October 4, 1922. These men were participants in the Boer War.","Lord John Russell, Pembroke Lodge, to the author of an essay on Thomas Macaulay, praising his writing and hoping he would edit a book by Macaulay with his essay as an introduction. Russell also cites his praises for Macaulay, then adding \"perhaps in painting his characters he made his lights too bright, \u0026 his shade too deep, a defect perhaps inseparable from his wonderful powers of …\" November 2, 18??. Macaulay died on December 28, 1859.","Prince Albert, Windsor Castle to Sir James (last name unknown) returning \"the admiral's voluminous correspondence with my best thanks and can only say that I agree in the feelings expressed in your answer to him. [January] 20, 1854.","Two envelopes with picture of Sir Winston Churchill headed with \"First Day of Issue\" and stamped with U.S. 5 cents stamps with Churchill's image, both dated May 13, 1965, postmarked Fulton, Missouri. One envelope has 4 stamps and is signed by Sir Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister from 1955-1957. The second envelope has one stamp and is signed by Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery.","\"William Henry Cavendish, Duke of Portland, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter … authorizes in His Majesty's name\" the seizure of [Lord] Gregory for treason. Warrant issued at Whitehall on March 19, 1788. Warrant addressed to Anthony Fabiani, one of the Majesty's Messengers, and 3 other. Red wax seal on the warrant.","William Petty Shelburne (Second Earl) (First Marquis of Landsdowne), London, to an unknown gentleman about handling the affairs of Shelburne's nephew and deceased brother. Shelburne says he is \"determined not to interfere\" but \"promised the exors that I would give them my opinion whenever they called on me\" and that Sir William Petty has advised that they pay their lawyer and apothecary well. Shelburne wishes the recipient to take over his brother's affairs because he is close to his nephew's Mother's family, even though Mr. Morwley has done a good job. January 26, 1795. Lord Lansdowne's brother was the Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice (1742-1793) of Cliveden and a Member of Parliament.","Lord Randolph S. Churchill asks Mr. [J.I.] Minchin to excuse him from attending the Chess Tournament dinner on May 19 because he needs rest after a hard work session in Parliament and will be traveling to Ireland during the Whitsuntide Holidays. May 5, 1883. The letter is written on 2 Connaught Place stationary. The London 1883 chess tournament was an international tournament. Lord Randolph S. Churchill is the father of Winston Churchill.","Warren Hastings, Dalyesford House writes to The Rev. William Johnson, Parley Place, Croydon, Surry about an assignment, possibly as an executor of an estate. He asks for Rev. Johnson's help in acquiring financial and other information with questions about the current finances. April 25, 1798.","Sir Robert Peel responds to a proposal to help Ireland during the potato famine. The proposal appears to involve asking for money from the government or borrowing it, possibly confiscating land as collateral. He thinks the proposal will be hard to enforce and will be a source of \"dissatisfaction and discontent.\" He notes \"It's difficult to argue calamity in the immediate presence of famine and disease.\"","Signature of Earl of Godolphin Sidney, Lord High Treasurer under Queen Anne, on a warrant for Tallys and Revenue of Excise. Other names mentioned are William Gregory and William Wardour. Partial document. December 9, 1693.","King George IV requests that the Master of the Stag Hounds keep 6 horses for Lord Maryborough (William Wellesley-Pole). \"The King is aware that this additional allowance has not been the practice but in consequence of Lord Maryborough's removal from his late office, for the convenience of Lord Liverpool, the King does not think it right that he should be, so decided…[this] present indulgence is by the King's express command, but not to be extended to my future Master of the Stag Hounds.\" November 19, 1824.","Lord Palmerston writes that the \"Duke of Wellington has accepted the Office of 1st Lord of the Treasury and we are to give up the seals of office at St. James's tomorrow.\" November 15, 1834.","Lord Palmerton, Prime Minister, to Henry Labouchere, Secretary of State for the Colonies, about the charge by Thomas Chisholm Anstey, Attorney General of Hong Kong, that John Walter Hulme, Chief Justice in Hong Kong, was drunk at the Governor's table. He repeats comments by Bowring [Sir John Bowring] who was at the dinner. He warns that this matter needs to be handled carefully since Anstey's correspondence is damaging and Hong Kong is not a \"very favorite establishment in our House.\" He suggests investigating Hulme's character and the prejudices of those bringing the charge, especially Anstey who is \"violent and intemperate.\" August 27, 1856. Carte de visite of Lord Palmerton is included.","December 9, 1765 letter from William Pitt (the elder) to \"Dear Sir\" asking him to forward the enclosed letter to Comte de Wallwoden \"by the first safe opportunity.\" The letter is the \"notification of the melancholy loss of Lady Yarmouth\" which he received on October 22. Lady Yarmouth (Amalie von Wendt) was the mistress of King George II and Wallmoden was their son. Includes an engraving of William Pitt.","George Canning, Foreign Office, to Lord John Fitzroy saying he'd received his letter about Sir Arthur Wellesley's victory over the French at Talavera de la Reina (Peninsula Campaign) before the arrival of Lord FitzRoy Somerset with Sir Arthur Wellesley's dispatches. August 15, 1809.","George Canning, Pavilion, Brighton, to the Prince de Polignac regarding his amazement of the arrest of the daughters of Sir Robert Wilson in Calais as they were leaving France. He asks Prince de Polignac to find out what happened and to \"redress it, as far as may be in your power.\" There is an abstract of the letter from Sir Robert Wilson to George Canning which gives the particulars of the arrest and his assurance that his daughters \"had nothing with them but their own private property.\" January 31, 1824. Jules de Polignac was Prime Minister of France from 8 August 1829 – 29 July 1830.","George Canning, Downing Street, to \"Sir\" giving the agenda of the November 14th Parliamentary session: \"obtain the sanction for admitting certain kinds of foreign grain for Home Consumption before they would have been by law regularly admissible for that purpose, and to elect a Speaker and complete the other formal proceedings incident to the opening of a New Parliament.\" \"No. 3\" is noted at the top of the page. September 7, 1826.","Edward VIII, Hotel Ritz, Paris, to Sir William Rootes, Piccadilly, thanking him for lending him a \"Humber and your driver Calvert\" during his visit, and giving details of other travel arrangements made during that visit plus his future November 5 trip on the \"Queen Mary.\" Edward VIII states, while visiting Eric Dudley and in London, he met people who share his pessimism over the Socialist havoc of the economy. He laments that Great Britain is losing its world position, but France has the anarchy of the Communist controlled unions with political discord. October 17, 1947.","Edward VIII, H.Q. Guards Division, accepts a Christmas Eve dinner invitation from \"My dear Colonel.\" December 21, 1915.","Edward VII, in Rome, to Dr. Chambers with thanks for the good wishes for his birthday and approaching marriage. \"When one reaches the age of 21, \u0026 is shortly to be married, one begins to feel responsibilities creeping one one…Much will be expected of me, but…if I keep the example of my Parents before me, I have not fear of going wrong.\" Edward VII lists the cities that he, his sister and brother-in-law have visited during their tour. Signed \"Albert Edward.\" November 23, 1862. Includes envelope addressed to T.K. Chambers, Grosvenor Square, London, black bordered, with a black wax seal. Includes carte de visites of Alexandra of Denmark (wife of Edward VII) and Edward VII.","Duchess of Kent (Victoria Mary Louisa), on embossed stationary, to Lady Barrington with thanks for making a beautiful bag which she will cherish as a souvenir. She is Queen Victoria's mother. A later note on letter states \"1847?\".","James VI requires the Earl Marischal to attend a national assembly to hinder increase of papacy. July 18, 1616. George Keith, the 5th Earl Marischal founded the Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1593. He held several offices under King James VI. Includes an attached paper seal.","Typed tribute to Winston Churchill, on parchment type paper, given by Field-Marshall Montgomery and signed \"Montgomery of Alamein F.M.\" Undated. 4 pages. Field-Marshall Montgomery's full title was \"Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.\"","Reply by Lord Palmerston to someone approving of the labors of the Foreign Office. Signed \"Palmerston.\" March 5, 1832. Henry John Temple Palmerston (Third Viscount).","Dinner menu of the Hotel de Crillon in Paris signed by David Lloyd George. January 27, 1921.","Charles Dickens asks the recipient to forward a note to his office in an envelope marked \"private\" and it will have his attention. Written on Athenaeum Club letterhead stationery. November 17, 1866. Includes an engraving of a portrait bust of Charles Dickens by J.H Baker after a photograph by Mason \u0026 Co.,1870.","Envelope addressed to Viscountess Barrington, Cassiobury Park with attached red wax seal and postmark of January 6, 1847.","Lord Halifax, British Embassy, Washington, D.C.to The Rt. Rev. Herbert Welch, New York City, New York responds to a request that the English Methodist Church fund credit in the United States be remitted to Uruguay. Lord Fairfax notes that the United Methodist Church should \"surrender to the Exchange Control at the Bank of England all its dollar funds.\" May 31, 1941. Lord Halifax was the British Ambassador to the United States in 1941. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax.","Permission signed by King William III and given \"by his Majtys command Nottingham\" to Sir Willoughby Aston, High Sheriffe of County of Chester, to \"give and grant you full license \u0026 permission during your said Office of Sheriffe to remaine or dwell out of our said County…\" December 29, 1690. A paper seal is attached to letter with red wax. Includes an engraving of King William III. Includes a steel engraving by W.Holl of a William III portrait, after a painting by Caspar Netscher.","Daniel O'Connell wants to put James [unknown] on the voting papers for St. George's Ward. \"I think you will not disavow us…but how useful an anti-slavery man may be in the council – with your help I think I could get our corporation to set an example to all the corporations in Great Britain on the subject.\" October 20, 1841. Includes an engraving of Daniel O'Connell, Esq. by Robert Cooper from a painting by T. Catterson Smith.","Signature of the First Earl of Halifax Charles Montagu on a declaration \"Wee allow of this bill of Incidents amounting to the sum….Whitehall Treasy Chambers.\" The document contains 5 signatures: Halifax, Richard Onslow, Paul Methuen, and Edward Wortley (Edward Wortley Montagu), husband of Mary Wortley Montagu. One signature is illegible. November 2, 1714.","Raglan accepts dinner invitation from Lady Henniken for Saturday, July 6. Written after 1852 when Fitzroy Somerset became First Baron the Lord of Raglan Fitzroy Somerset. Notation with letter says it was written during the Light Brigade.","B. White informs W. Pritchard of the London and County Bank of the death of his brother, Henry White. April 19, 1887. Envelope included. Pencil notes on envelope say this is Lt. Gen White, Hero of Balaclava Charge in the Charge of the Light Brigade. A Lt. Col. Henry White was with the 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons.","Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 6 Grosvenor Place, to Donaldson, enclosing a partially completed form or application (not included). He mentions that he is a member of the Bull Dog Club and is glad to hear \"good accounts of the keeps.\" March 19, 1896.","Viscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, Foreign Secretary, written while keeper of the Irish seal, to the Rt. Honorable John Beresford with the news that \"Lord Cornwallis has been engaged this week in sounding the principal Persons in town with the exception of Lord Pery, who sees the objections in a strong point of view, the others are dishonest to entertain the question – some with a greater degree of preference than others.\" He continues by saying the counties of Cork and Limerick are for it. He closes with the statement \"The county pretty much as you left it – the Orangemen and Catholics … in the County of Derry.\" \"Private\" is noted at the top of page one. November ? [1799].","Scope and Contents James III, \"the old pretender,\" letter written from O'Albano, about Arthur Dillon and signed \"Jacques R.\" Written in French. September 18, 1724. Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon, was a Jacobite soldier from Ireland who served in the French army, per the Compendium of Irish Biography. Per Wikipedia, Arthur Dillon was given the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by James III.  In 1711 Arthur was created \"Comte Dillon\" in France by Louis XIV; and was awarded the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by the monarch he recognized as James III.","Engraving of La Belle Hamilton by J.Thomson after an original painting by Sir Peter Lely.","Engraving of Lord Nelson by T Woolnoth from an original picture by Hoppner in her Majesty's Collection at St James's.","George III Appointment of Donald McDonald as \"Lieutenant in Captain William Pemble's Independent Company of Invalids doing Duty in North Britain\" given at St. James's Court on October 29, 1783. Signed by George III and Lord North.","Henry Trenwith, before leaving for the East-indies, appoints Elizabeth Trenwith to receive \"two months' pay of my Wages Yearly…during the whole time of my being forth.\" Dated November 3, 1753 with notation on reverse, \"Months paid the 10 January 1755…\" Document is glued to a paper backing.","William IV warrant which releases Richard Kettle, the younger from the Devon County Gaol where he is confined under a game law conviction with a 20 pound fine. The reason given is Kettle's lawyer's neglect and the length of time Kettle has been in prison. March 19, 1834. Signed by William IV and others.","Documents signed by Prince Regent George and King George IV.  An engraving of \"George IV, King of England\" by Charles Picart from an original drawing, is included.","Patent from Georg Prinz Regent Georg to Von Dreehsell, signed at Carlton House on January 29, 1814. Written in German. Attached paper seal.","George IV appoints Major General Sir Edward Barnes K.C.B. to the local rank of Lieutenant General in the Islands of Ceylon. Court held at Carlton House, May 20, 1823. A red wax on paper seal and blue seal are attached to the appointment.","First Duke of Marlborough John Churchill appoints John Danvers as a Captain in Brigadier Thomas Farrington's regiment to replace Captain Richard Nanfan. Signed \"Marlborough\" with other signatures. June 24, 1706. The appointment is written one month after the victory at Ramillies in which Thomas Farrington's regiment participated. An engraving \"John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough\" by H.T. Ryall is included.","A Safe Conduct Warrant for Colonel Roger Whitley to travel into France and other foreign countries, \"having served us with great dilligence during all these troubles.\" Signed by Charles I. January 14, 1646. A colored engraving of \"Charles 1st. King of England, Scotland, France \u0026 Ireland\" engraved for \"Harrison's Edition of Rapin's History of England\" is included.","Indenture from Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Principal Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, to John [Aloxdo] , signed by Lord Burghley. November 23, 1753. Written in English and Latin. An engraving of \"William Cecil, Lord Burghley\" by S. Freeman from the original of Mark Gerard is included.","Second Duke of Grafton Charles appoints Richard St. George as Lieutenant Colonel in His Majesty's First Regiment of Carabiniers under the Command of Richard Lord Viscount Shannon in His Majesty's Army in Ireland and also to be Captain of a Troop in the said Regiment in the room of John Petry Esqr. Deceased.\" July 6, 1723. Signed by Edward Hopkins and \"Grafton\" by the Duke. Lord Shannon's regiment was a Regiment of Horse. Written on vellum with the \"Great Seal of Great Britain\" attached.","George VI appoints Peter Murray, Esquire as an \"Officer of the Seventh Grade of Our Foreign Service at any of Our Diplomatic or Consular Establishments…\" Dated October 20, 1948 but effective beginning July 1, 1947. Signed by \"George R.\" and Clement R. Atlee. Embossed seal.","Queen Anne gives her representatives \"Full Power for the Treaty of Peace with Spain\" during the negotiations of the Treaty of Ultrecht. 1713. Written in Latin and signed \"Anna R.\" A descriptive note, later added in pencil, says \"Re: treaty of Utrecht Instructions to Commissioners to sign treaty ending War of Spanish Succession ceding Gibraltar.\" Engraving of \"Queen Anne\" by J. Cochran from the original by Kneller is included.","George V appoints Frederick Samuel Beaumont as a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, given at Buckingham Palace on July 1, 1916. Signed by George V. Red embossed seal on the certificate.","Letter from Samuel Pepys to \"My Lord\" about his arrangements made with Captain Salmon on behalf of the King \"for transporting the Muscovite envoy to Licoorne.\" December 5, 1687. A typed transcript of the letter and an engraving of Samuel Pepys is included. These items are glued on pages in a red leather bound book made especially for the collection.","July 8, 1857 indenture for the division of the estate of Benjamin Handy between various individuals and family members, who include: Henrietta and Henry Almond Thorpe, Louisa Handy, Mary Handy, George and Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland, Alfred Ainge and Sophia Harris, John Daniel Clarke, Henry Hand, Joseph Southby, Walter Charles Venning, Emma Jane Venning and William Ord Marshall. The document is 13 pages and written on vellum with 21 signatures beside red wax seals and attached official stamped seals. Note on reverse, \"High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Estate of Benjamin Hardy, dec'd, Rowland vs Hardy....this is exhibit marked A referred to in the affidavit of William Holmes and William Pearse by the said William Holmes this 13th day of July 1883 before me,\" signed by a commissioner.","August 30, 1836 indenture between William Sawbridge, Mary Abel and George Peach selling property to Theophilus Jeyes. Land is located in Market Hill in the town of Northampton. 2 pages on vellum.","Handwritten in Latin on vellum with signature \"Jacobus R.\" Notation on reverse side, \"....for tryall of My L Delamer.\"","Signature of Joseph Smyth with red wax seal."],"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."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Joynt, Richard G."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"persname_ssim":["Joynt, Richard G."],"language_ssim":["English French Latin"],"total_component_count_is":134,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T03:06:11.750Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8560"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9281","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Stanford Family Legal Papers","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9281#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Stanford family","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9281#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eTwo legal documents from members of the Stanford family of Abbotts Salford, located in the county of Warwickshire, England. Includes an indenture, 1639, made between John Stanford and William Courteen for a piece of land called Honyham. The indenture was for a period of 7 years. The collection also contains a legal patent for William Stanford dated 1720. Documents are fragile.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9281#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9281","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9281","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9281","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9281","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_9281.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Stanford Family Legal Papers","title_ssm":["Stanford Family Legal Papers"],"title_tesim":["Stanford Family Legal Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1639, 1720"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1639, 1720"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. Acc. 2014.007","/repositories/2/resources/9281"],"text":["Mss. Acc. 2014.007","/repositories/2/resources/9281","Stanford Family Legal Papers","England -- Economic conditions -- 17th century","Legal documents","Patents","Indentures","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.","Two legal documents from members of the Stanford family of Abbotts Salford, located in the county of Warwickshire, England. Includes an indenture, 1639, made between John Stanford and William Courteen for a piece of land called  Honyham. The indenture was for a period of 7 years. The collection also contains a legal patent for William Stanford dated 1720.  Documents are fragile.","An indenture, 1639, made between John Stanford and William Courteen for a piece of land called  Honyham. 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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.","Alphabetical by name of city.","Reprocessed by Anne Johnson in 2011.","Added to collection in 2019 from backlog ephemera.","Mss. 39.4 V82co Virginia Counties Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library"," Mss. 65 V82 Virginia Quitrents Collection, 1704-1705, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library"," Many other accessions relating to cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia are in the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library.  Please check the subject index for the name of the city. Also, you can use the search box on the top right corner, being sure to check the \"Include Box Lists.\""," Artifacts tranferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection include: Presbyterian Student Choir Badge (39.4V82.A01.1), Presbyterian Junior Choir Badges (39.4V82.A01.2a-e), York River Ink Wash Drawing (39.4V82ci.02), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Medal (39.4V82ci.03), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin (39.4V82ci.04)","Artificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.","A newspaper clipping concerning dead towns in Virginia.  1 piece.","Scope and Contents History of Christ Church. 3 p. 15 1/2 cm. Christmas card from Old Presbyterian Meeting House from William Buckner and Mr. Croarty. undated. Letter to Earl Gregg Swem from Josephine Weeks about buying a newly made print from Colonel Gilpin's \"Plan of Alexandria, 1798.\" June 17,1944. Alexandria businesses papers: envelope from Garrett and Monroe, card from Gwin, Beckham and Company Commission Merchants and Andrews Studios. undated. List of names and inscriptions on gravestones at Christ Church, Old Presbyterian Meeting House and Bethlehem Cemetery by George Magruder Battey. Carbon Copy. June 1, 1944. History of St. Paul's Church, Fairfax Parish, 1810-1932 by Margery Arden Hall. Copy. \"Financial statement and report and list of subscribers and pewholders of Saint Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church in Fairfax","Bath is in present day Berkeley County, West Virginia.","Papers of Thomas Marshall Hunter, Morgantown, W.Va. Typed copy of an act for establishing a town at the Warm Springs in the county of Berkeley.  October 1776. 1 piece. A list of original purchasers of lots in Bath, Berkeley County.  1 piece.  Extracts from the minutes of the trustees of Bath.  1 piece. An excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Notes of Virginia.  1793. 1 piece. Copies of newspaper advertisements of stores and boarding houses. 1781.  3 pieces.","Scope and Contents Advertisement card for travel from Lynchburg, Virginia. undated.","Scope and Contents Music festival 1931. Advertising folder. Letter inviting people to visit a new academy established at the Midway under Mr. Pike Powers, formerly professor of Mathematics at Hampton Sydney. Signed by the nine professors. July 17, 1838. Affidavit signed by the Librarian of the Library of the University of Virginia on July 10, 1848 that the letter was copied from the Richmond Enquirer collection on July 10, 1848. Brochure of photographs of the buildings at the University of Virginia. A 1\" x 3.5\" calendar for 1927 from President Alderman is attached. 1927. Prints of engravings: \"View of the University of Virginia\" and \"University of Virginia, Charlottesville.\" undated. Letter from W.W. Gilmer of Charlottesville to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia recommending A.P. Abell as Proctor of the University. Partial letter from an unknown person at the University about new professorships, lack of money, who might be retiring and the increase from 32 to 50 Virginia students. April 4, 1856. Letter from Edwin M. Mann of the Chambers of the Judge of the Hustings Court in Petersburg, Virginia to Capt. W. Roane Ruffin, Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia about recommending Mayor R.W. Jones for Chair of General and Applied Chemistry and Pharmacy. September 23, 1884. \"College Topics\", Volume VII, Number 4, a publication of the University of Virginia which gives and account of the burning of the Rotunda. November 4, 1895. Sent by John Stewart Bryan on February 10, 1936. Editorial to the Enquirer by W.A. Turner about a proposed bill to consolidate the medical department at the University of Virginia and the Medical College at Richmond. undated. Mimeograph copy of a letter to Miss Nannie from Sallie J. Doswell about the advertising costs in her new edition of the condensed history of the University. March 21, 1911. A small book of \"A Partial Roster of Eminent Alumni\" of the \"University of Virginia in the Service of the Republic.\" undated. University of Virginia Alumni News. December 1926. University of Virginia commencement programs. June 29, 1855, June 27, 1856 (2 copies), June 29,1857 (2 copies) and July 4, 1860 (2 copies).","Scope and Contents A historical and descriptive article. undated. 1 piece. Typed copy of an act incorporating the town, 1749. 1 piece. Typed copy of a list of residents of Dumfries found in the ledger of Daniel Payne, merchant. 1758-1761. 1 piece. Typed list of merchants residing in Dumfries. 1789. 1 piece. A Short historical sketch of the Dumfries lodge of Masons, 1797-1830, including a list of members in 1798. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents A print, \"Fortress Monroe, Va. and Its Vicinity\" with a numbered legend of places on the picture. undated.","Day book of the corporation of Fredericksbug, Virginia. 28 April 1802 -- 28 February 1812. 80 pages. 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. List of voters and militia in the corporation of Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1855. 48 pages. 13 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. An illustrated descriptive folder. 1 piece. An envelope printed with six views of buildings. 1 piece. 1787-1840 Fredericksburg District Court Records: See Mss. Acc. 2008.319 Fredericksburg, Virginia District Court.","Scope and Contents Fredericksburg Street lottery tickets signed by Beck (sic) Welford. Over 50 tickets. Some tickets have the name of purchaser on the reverse side. 1826. 1 lottery ticket from St. Louis, dated March 6, 1817. Pages with photographs of State Teachers College. (Mary Washington University). 4 pages. undated. Printed letter to the \"communicants of St. George's Church\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia, asking for funds. undated. Statement of current expenses of St. George's Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia. February 19, 1872. Advertisement for \"Johnston and Company, Druggists and Apothecaries\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia. undated.","Numerical list of blanks and prizes in the Fredericksburg Female Charity School Lottery.  1805.  48 pages.  15 1/2 x 10 inches.","July 5, 1953 Daily Press newspaper clipping \"Historical Approach Used in the Selection of New Names for Hampton City Streets.\" Annual reports for the Committee for the Fort Monroe Museum and its successor, the Casemate Museum. 1951-1974.","Engraving of Hanover Court-House, possibly removed from a book.","Two prints of Harper's Ferry by W.H. Bartlett, 1838, showing different views. One newspaper print reproduction, \"Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Company.  1854. Three prints by G. Perkins, 1874, \"Harper's Ferry by Moonlight.\"","5 printed reproductions of photographs of buildings at the \"State Teacher's College\" in Harrisonburg, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Flyers advertising \"Gooch\" and \"Little Miss Spruce\" trees by Winslow L. Gooch of Hopewell, Virginia.","Related material: See the Jamestown Corporation Records, 1946-1979, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary; and the Jamestowne Society Papers, 1930-1966, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Papers, 1629-1952, relating to Jamestown, Va. Note: Items relating to Colonial National Historical Park and to Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown are filed under Williamsburg. See also: Map Collection.\n    Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town.  13 pieces.","    Landing at Jamestown.  An engraving.  1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America.  James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\"  (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828).  2 items.","    Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City.  1629.  4 pieces.","    Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island.  4 photostats.","    Log houses at Jamestown.  By George C. Gregory.  Blueprint of a typed article.  1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682.","    Photographs of buildings and foundations.  13 pieces. Undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase.","    Photograph of a section of the church yard.  Undated. 1 piece.","    Objects unearthed.  6 photographs and an illustrated article. Undated.","    Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952.  7 pieces.","    Monument.  Copy of architect's sketch.  1 piece.","    Philopena Album.  New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026 Allen, undated.  Includes engraving of Jamestown.","Photostat of Richmond TImes Dispatch, 1936 Jamestown Day\n        Photostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13.  From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936. ","John Page to William Sherwood Deed. 1681/2.","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"","Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Postcard of rear view of Jamestown Church.  1930's newspaper article entitled \"National Memorial to the Progress of the Colored Race in America\" about Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux building a memorial at Jamestown.","Scope and Contents Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town. 13 pieces. Landing at Jamestown. An engraving. 1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America. James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\" (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828). 2 items. Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City. 1629. 4 pieces. Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island. 4 photostats. Log houses at Jamestown. By George C. Gregory. Blueprint of a typed article. 1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682. Photographs of buildings and foundations. 13 pieces. undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase. Photograph of a section of the church yard. undated. 1 piece. Objects unearthed. 6 photographs and an illustrated article. undated. Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952. 7 pieces. Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece. Philopena Album. New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026 Allen, undated. Includes engraving of Jamestown.\nPhotostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13. From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936.","Photostat copies: letter from Ellen M. Bagby of the Jamestown Committee of the APVA to Mr. Warner S. McCall of Gibson City, Illinois inviting him to Jamestown for the installation of the plaque honoring Edward Maria Wingfield; memo by Warner McCall read by Bishop Brown at the Annual meeting of the APVA and newspaper clippings of the event with picture of plaque.","Photostat copies of two early deeds from Jamestown from the Ambler Papers at the Library of Congress, \"Virginia:  Jamestown--Land Patents, Deeds, etc.\"         Four photographs from the National Park Service:         Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,         Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,         Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and         Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Scope and Contents Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"","Four photographs from the National Park Service:","Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,","Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,","Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and","Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.","Ephemera from the 350th Anniversary of Jamestown.  Includes the Virginia Department of Highways report on \"Traffic and the Jamestown Festival,\" \"Jamestown Festival Official Program,\" programs for the musical program at PBK in Williamsburg and the christening of the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, brochure entitled \"Souvenir of the Jamestown Festival 1957, Old World Heritage,\"Jamestown Festival brochure, brochure for \"The Founders,\" ticket stub for the festivities, and a Jamestown Anniversary Issue of the magazine \"Forth\".","Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown, undated for probably early 20th century.  2 copies of the Supplement to the Virginia Gazette, dated June 28, 1957, about the Jamestown Festival.\nJohn Page to William Sherwood Deed, 1681/82.","Lexington Lottery Tickets, signed by Fisher and Jordan. 5 tickets.","Scope and Contents Lynchburg art club. Catalog of exhibition, 1929. 1 sheet. Flyer for \"Lynchburg Institute for Young Ladies\" conducted by Mr. And Mrs. Meany. undated. A flyer for the Morgantown Female Academy which is to be run by Mr. and Mrs. Meany, 1845, and a flyer for St. Mary's Female Seminary (Maryland) written by E.J. Meany, Principal. undated.","Scope and Contents Envelope from the business, Messrs. Lee Taylor and Co., Leaf Tobacco. undated. Receipt of William Turner and John F. Powell. August 22, 1795. Receipt of Capt. William Turner and John Poe, July 21, 1821. Receipt of Walter Irvine, Samuel Irvine and Proper Powell, July 11, 1796.","Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Virginia branch of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1937.  1 piece. Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece. News letter of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece.","A note giving the wording of the act of incorporation. 1799. 1 piece.","An airplane view. 1 piece.","To the pioneers of Newport News, Va. A historical sketch by George B. West. 1911. Typed copy. 1 piece. The Mariners' Museum. By Homer L. Ferguson. 9 p. illus. 28 cm. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of merchants. 2 pieces.","Receipt for George [illegible] who lives at 453-21 Street, Newport News, Virginia.","Miscellaneous letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people, including an 1804 letter describing a fire in Norfolk, an 1826 polling list, and an 1830 funeral invitation.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1804-1950, relating to Norfolk, Va. An artificial collection of letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people. Includes letter, 1804, concerning fire in Norfolk; list, 1826, of votes for General Assembly election; funeral invitation, 1830; and printed material (Gray Lines Motor Tours schedule and advertisement, \"The Tidewater Trail,\" \"Norfolk's Historic Mace\" (1935), \"Christ Church Congregation\" by Robert Morton Hughes and program of \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's Most Unusual Church [First Baptist]); broadside describing exhibitions and activities of Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science; and photograph of woodcut showing Market Square. 14 items.","Original, printed and miscellaneous material. W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp. ALS. March 24, 1804. Includes typescript. 1 p. List of voters casting their vote for either George Loyall of John S. Steed as the next delegate from Norfolk to the General Assembly. April 24, 1826 1 p. PD. Invitation to attend the funeral of Col. William Anderson, Norfolk, Va. June 13, 1830. 1 item. PC. Pamphlet entitled, \"Christ Church Congregation,\" by Robert Morton Hughes. 1937. 13 pp. PM. Program of the \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's most Unusual Church, [First Baptist].\" 1950. 57 pp. PM. Schedule of Gray Line Motor Tours of the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area. 1929. 1 p. PM. \"The Tidewater Trail, a chronicle for Groups for Service Women in this Community,\" featuring an article about the Barton Myers home in Norfolk, Va. January 1, 1931. 16 pp. PM. A brief history and description of the Mace of Norfolk, entitled \"Norfolk's Historic Mace.\" 1935. 14 pp. PM. Advertising bill for Gray Line Motor Tours. n.d. 1 p. PM Advertisement of John B. Loughran, \"dealer in picture frames, looking glasses...and clocks,\" No. 182 Church St., Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 p. PM. Handbill describing exhibitions and activities of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. n.d. 1 p. PM. Black and white photograph, 8\" x 10\", of a woodcut of Market Square, Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 item. Ph.","Scope and Contents S.W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp.  ALS.  Including typescript.  1 p.","Advertisement for subscription to the \"Day Book\" for Norfolk and Portsmouth residents. Ca. 1870. Note: Photographs from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia are filed under James City County, Virginia in the Virginia Counties Collection.","Scope and Contents Pocahontas Playbill. undated.","A letter from P.H. Drewry, 13 September 1922, regarding his proposed history of Petersburg. 1 piece. Tabb Street Presbyterian Church. List of members, 1867. Printed. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of business houses. 3 pieces.","Scope and Contents Photographs of the Virginia State College for Negroes in Petersburg, Virginia. undated. Account book from the Petersburg area. Earliest legible date is 1765. Partial. Fragile. Some names legible. Fragments of invoices from the Petersburg area. Fragile. Legible names: Mr. Buchanan, John Smith, Charles Hudson, Littlebury White, Buckner Raney, Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph and William Hamlin. 1759-1789. 8 items. Advertising card form the Davis Carriage Company. undated. Article on Blandford's Church from \"The Commonwealth Magazine\". June 1954. Report by the Association Preservation Petersburg Antiquities on the Pride Family and Pride's Field. Includes newspaper articles and photographs. February 4, 1938. Copy of legal document about moving a road near Blandford. Includes plat and list of all tithables on the land of Bollingbrook Ward. May 1787.","History of Portsmouth. By Mildred M. Holladay. In the Portsmouth Star, 19 January 1936. 1 piece. A deed given by Tapley Webb and others conveying a tract of land in Portsmouth to Purnal Pitts. 1812. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Six black and white photographs of the Providence Forge Mill showing inside and outside of mill. undated.","Papers, ca. 1793-1931, relating to Richmond, Va. Includes photographs, engravings, broadsides, programs of art exhibits, advertising cards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.","Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping - \"Richmond, Virginia, in 1793, an unpublished manuscript of the Reverend Henry Toulmin, a visiting English clergyman (information obtained from Colonel Gamble, a merchant of Richmond). 1 item. [concluding article only]. Newspaper clipping of a letter, 17 April 1878, from S. Bassett French to John Letcher concerning the riot in Richmond, 2 April 1863. 1 item. Two copies of articles on the history of Richmond by Edward V. Valentine, William G. Stanard, Mary Newton Stanard, Douglas S. Freeman, H. J. Eckenrode and Sally Nelson Robbins, in the Richmond News-Leader, 29 December 1924. Advertising sheet of Richmond's business, enterprise and attractions. undated. 1 item. Prospectus of...Richmond, capital of Virginia [approaches to its history]...Whittet and Shepperson, 1937. 1 item. Photograph of an engraved view of Richmond. Engravings (2 copies) of \"Richmond from the James.\" New York: D. Appleton \u0026 Co., 1871. Engraving of Richmond, n.d.","Typescript (carbon copy) concerning Richmond Academy of Fine Arts. Printed card concerning Memorial Volume of Virginia Historical Portraiture, 1585-1830. Broadside, 1937, concerning exhibit of chapbooks and battledores at the Valentine Museum. Program, 1938, for Steuben Glass exhibit at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Program, 1939, of exhibit of watercolors by Edmund S. Campbell. Agreement (unexecuted carbon copy), 1918, between Manchester National Bank of Richmond and Bank of Commerce and Trusts. Photographs (printed) of Richmond buildings. Engravings of capitol building Richmond (London: Published 1831, I. T. Hinton \u0026 Simpkin and Marshall). Newspaper clipping, 1925, concerning Virginia House. Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell]. Filed in Mapcase. Advertising materials (cards, broadsides and blotters). 37 items. (One item, re: Dietz Publishing Company is filed in Mapcase).","Scope and Contents Broadside, 1 April 1875, of First Baptist Church, Richmond. Invitation, 1859, to Monumental Church. Invitation, 1865, to St. Paul's Church. Bulletin, 23 November 1930, of Second Baptist Church. Letter, 1846, concerning schooner, Caroline. Broadside (copies) concerning \"Civic Association\" and \"Committee on Charter Changes.\"","Scope and Contents 29 January 1882 J. A. Cantrell, [?] to Carrie Irwin, Grace Chapel. Impending visit of [?] Doggett and [?] Saunders. 1 p. ALS. 4 November 1890 Milton F. Paddock, Rector, St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, Pa., to Thomas Browder, Richmond, Va. Since Grace Church is to lose Dr. [?] Jackson, recommends Charles A. Rickseeker. 3 pp. ALS. 7 January 1895 Mary E. Warren [Richmond, Va.] to Dr. Jno. R. Wheat, [Richmond, Va.] Account of money spent fro Christmas decorations. 4 pp. ALS. 6 April 1895 Gynne A. Lyell, Richmond, Va., to President of the Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Expiration of terms of members of musical committee. 8 April 1895 Virginia M. Robinson, [Richmond, Va.], to President, Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church [Richmond, Va.] Music committee. 3 pp. ALS. 5 March 1917 Robert A. Goodwin, Richmond, Va., to Vestry of Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Resignation as assistant minister. 1 p. ALS. January 1918 Memorial to Lucy Ambler Mason by Vestry of Grace Church. 2 pp. TD. 15 March 1918 Alms Boxes Report. 1 p. D. 5 March 1918 Report of Junior Auxiliary. 2 pp. D. 16 January 1919 L. U. McCabe, The Chancel Chapter, Grace Church, Richmond, Va., to Mrs. E. O. McCabe et al. Solicitation for contributing members. 1 p. TL. Verso bears agenda for a meeting. 1 p. D. 25 March 1919 Report of Grace Church Auxiliary of the Red Cross. Signed Mary A. Randolph. 5 pp. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Chancel Guild. By L. U. McCabe. 4 pp. on 1 leaf. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Woman's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church. Lists donations to War Relief Fund, to Lucy Ambler Mason Leper Memorial Fund, to aid in Influenza Epidemic (soup and milk), to adopt French orphan, and given to Richmond charities. 3 pp. DS. 7 July 1919 William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Leaves town for a prolonged stay. 1 p. ALS. Encloses letter, 3 July 1919, of William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Vestry, Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va. Resigning as vestryman. 1 p. ALS. 4 August 1919 William H. Palmer, Blacksburg, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Prevented by ill-health from attending vestry meetings and unable to attend duties as senior warden. 1 p. ALS. 5 January 1920; 8 March 1920 Minutes of vestry meetings. 4 pp. D. undated Report of Junior Auxiliary, signed by Maude Cooke, treasurer. 1 p. DS. undated Report of Chancel Chapter. Signed Lily Urquhart McCabe. 4 pp. ADS. undated Report of Primary Department, Grace Church Sunday School. 1 p. TD. undated Report of Grace Church Chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Paul. Signed by Stuart Cooke. 2pp. DS.","Organizations Letters, 1883, concerning Amateur Dramatic Club. Reports, 1856-1857, of board of directresses of Female Humane Association. Invitation, 1847, of Home Club [to meet at home of Joseph R. Anderson]. Four letters, 1853-1854, to Richmond Athenaeum (from Philip Slaughter, James F. Field, and J. Wood Johns). Announcement, 1884, of meeting of Richmond Microscopic Society. Broadside, 1931, concerning Virginia Historical Society. Two letters, 1911, of Grace M. Dodge re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of A. Beirne Blair re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of L. S. Joffe re: YMCA. Program, 1903, of Academy of Music. Program, 3 February 1930, The Artists Series of Concerts (Boston Symphony Orchestra). Legal Petition, ca. 1887, of A. A. Branch, executrix of her husband Thomas Branch's estate to award his daughter her annuity in one lump sum. Deed, 1858, of confirmation between Francis J. Brand, Willie Graseser, and Mary Selle and Charles Selle for a lot in Richmond [Brand was trustee for Mary Selle]. Deed, 1880, of confirmation by Joseph Francis Beyer to Glaser. Deed, 1907, between Isaac Digges and Benj. Barret for Isaac Digges interest in Va. Corporation Digest. Memorandum, 1823, re: John Van Lew \u0026 Co. Petition, 1869, of James Duke for a re-hearing in case of John Van Lew v. Duke. Account, 1836, re: selling of Swan Tavern. Third person letter re: lot on 12th St. Judgement, 1833, in Crump vs. Wren administrator, etc. Judgement, 1833, in Cotton \u0026 Clark. Notice, 1870, of motion for injunction in Ruper v. Sedgewick. Order, 1807, to pay Peter Gordon for defense of Alexander Spotswood. Deed, 1807, from Samuel McCraw and Geo. Fisher, trustees and Margretta West to Samuel Myers for Quesnay's Academy ground. Lease, 1861, from Spiro Zetila to Alfred Paul. Negative photocopy of letter, 1784, of Turner [?] to Clerk of Henrico re: lots in Richmond. Notes, 1888, concerning correspondence concerning a house and lot in Richmond.","Administrator, executor or guardian, 1856-1870. 46 items. Commissioner of revenue for the city of Richmond, 1856-1860. 3 items. Inspector of tobacco in the city of Richmond, 1871-1873. 3 items. Minister, 1861-1888. 18 items. Notary public for the city of Richmond, Hanover and Henrico counties, 1856-1893. 125 items. Sergeant of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Sheriff of the city of Richmond, 1856. 2 items. Treasurer of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Fragments of bonds. 2 items.","Scope and Contents Advertisements Advertisement, n.d., for a lecture by A. Edward Newton. Filed in Mapcase. Advertisement, 1939, Musicians Club of Richmond. Advertisement for lectures at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Advertisement for the Cavalcade of the Cavaliers Pageant. Advertisement for \"Strange Interlude\" by Eugene O'Neill at Lyric Theater. Advertisement, 1931, for Westinghouse Salutes Richmond. Posters Poster for San Carlo Opera at the Mosque. Filed in Mapcase. Poster, 18-19 May 1928, for Adventure Days in Richmond. Filed in Mapcase. Richard Adams Papers Accounts, 1785-1811, of Richard Adams [probably two men, one of whom died in 1800]. Bond, 1787, of Richard Adams (executor of Thomas B. Adams). Letter, 1792, to Richard Adams. Order, 1811, of Richard Adams. Bond, 1805, of Cyrus Griffin to Richard Adams. Order, 1810, of Cyrus Griffin. Bonds Fidelity bond, 1867, of Samuel C. Greenhow and William H. Haxall to administer estate. Fidelity bond, 1868, of John Johns, Jr., and Bradley T. Johnson. Bond, 1802, of John Mayo with Edward Carrington, trustee for Elizabeth Anne Mayo. Bond, 1854, of J. B. Morton, Hugh W. Fry, Arthur A. Morson, and John M. Patton with Richmond and York River Railroad. Bond, 1816, of Richard E. Parker and William Foushee, Sr, with trustees of Richmond Academy. Correspondence Letter, 1841, of George Jones to Committee of the Marshall Theater Request, 1822, of L. W. Dandridge, J. E. Dandridge, and James Rawlings, attorney for Rob. F. Dandridge, trustee for S. A. Williams. Correspondence, 1912, of Ordway Puller to Samuel B. Dunstan and statement of Dunstan re: sale of property. Programs Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (Johann Strauss). Program, 1930, of Adventure Days. Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (\"The Newly-Weds and their Baby.\") Program, 1905, of \"Magda\" at Lyric Theatre. Program, 1929, \"Marco Millions\" and other plays. Photographic images of Richmond Schools.","Scope and Contents History of Richmond's Social Service Societies of the 19th and 20th Centuries by Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fun handwritten cover by J. Luther Kibler when radio addresses acquired. Copies of typed radio addresses, Numbers 1-11 and 17 to 56, given by Elwood Street from 1942 to 1948. Includes correspondence between Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fund, and J. Luther Kibler about Mr. Street's articles in Virginia's county courthouses. Business card for \"Moore \u0026 Scott, Commission Merchants\" located at Nos. 1316 and 1318 Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Numbers 1 - 31 of the radio addresses entitled \"Richmond's Home Fires\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1942 and 1943.","Scope and Contents Numbers 23 - 56 of the radio addresses entitled \"War and Community\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1943.","Scope and Contents Brochures \"A Tour of Historic Richmond\" arranged for the convenience of guests in Richmond by Hotel John Marshall.  1940. \"Picturesque Richmond, Richmond, VA and her Suburbs\", published by the J.L. Hill Printing Company.  1891. \"Footpaths in Historic Richmond.\"  1944. Cardboard placard, \"This Virginia State Flag,\" about a flag made at No. 1 West Franklin Street in the winter of 1864-1865 by Sallie Radford Munford.  Placed by the Richmond Chaper, United Daughters of the  Confederacy.  1941. Buildings and Scenes Small pamphlet on the Virginia House in Winsor Farms. Copies of engravings of scenes in Richmond by Margeret Dasheill, Episcopal Home in Richmond, Virginia.  1940. Note card of St. John's Church.  undated. Copy of a woodcut of the Virginia Capitol Building by Frieda Koontz.  1939. Account of stewardship at the Craig House.  1937. Newspaper article on the Old Mud House in Powhatan County.  undated. Businesses and Advertisements Blank checks from Office of the Greenwood Mining Company on the Farmer's Bank of Virginia in 1800's, Citizen's Bank of Richmond in the 1880's, Mechanics' Bank in New York in the 1830's and George D. Mayo on the First National Bank in Richmond, Virginia in 1910. Writing paper from Murphy's Hotel (3 sheets) and an advertisement or paper covering for \"Dove's Comp. Fluid\" by S.E. Dove of Richmond, Virginia.  undated. Broadside for a sideshow presented by George J. Johnson and Son, Richmond.  Acts are Gazzell, Mermaid and the Sea and Punch and Judy.  undated. Brochure advertising the sale of \"Richmond, Capital of Virginia (Approaches to its History) by Various Hands\" published by Whittet and Shepperson.  1937. Gary's Autographic Tablet advertisement, manufactured and sold by A.J. Gary, Richmond, Virginia.  undated. \"Catalogue of Mme. Demorest's reliable Patterns of the Fashion.\"  1875. \"Richmond Produce Price Current\"  of  W.D. Tompkins and Bro., General Commission Merchants.  June 18, 1868. Advertisement for the sale of books by Richmond Authors in Historic Linden Row.  Linden Corner Book Sellers.  1953. Advertisement for William C. West, Architect and Superintendent.  1892. WRVA Brochures on their daily radio programs.  May 1947 – March 1951.","Scope and Contents Museums and Historical Societies Pamphlet and cards from the Valentine Museum. 4 items. Ca 1940's. Invitations and other material from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Ca 1940's. Papers General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking people and businesses in Richmond for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly. February 29, 1924. Subscription to \"Hillyer's American Railroad Magazine\" from a subscriber in Richmond, Virginia. March 1, 1859. Legal Receipt from Thomas W. Doswell, Sheriff of Richmond. James L. and J.W. Richardson are mentioned. 1856. Religion Baptism certificate for Mary Latham Willis in the Broad Street Station in Richmond, Virginia by a member of the Virginia Conf. , M.E. Church, South. 1874. Card about \"A Popular Lecture by Rev. J.J. Lafferty\" at the Clay-Street Methodist Church. September 13. Back cover of a book from the Clay Street Sunday School Library. Social Miller and Rhoads announcement for a \"Book and Author Dinner.\" undated. Richmond Lodge, No. 10, request, \"Brother, You are requested to attend your Brethren at their Lodge Room, on Tuesday evening next, at 7 o'clock. By order of the Master. John Fox, Sec'y. Richmond, September 7, 1799. Memorial Bazaar flyer for bazaar to raise money for the Confederate Museum and monument. April 11, 1893. Invitation letter from the Junior League of Richmond for a Book and Author Dinner. March 26, 1948. Brochures from concerts and plays: \"A Streetcar named Desire,\" 1950; \"Carousel\"by the Astra Company of Richmond, undated; \"Annie Get Your Gun with Mary Martin,\" undated; \"The Howards of Virginia\", undated; newspaper review of La Argentina, undated; Boston Symphony Orchestra in 193 and T. Michaux Moody productions, \"Conchita Supervia\" in 1932, \"The Bluebird\" newspaper review and a brochure, \"Lawrence Tibbett\" in 1931. Proclamation by the Mayor of Richmond, J. Fulmer Bright, about the creation of \"The Virginia Capital Bicentennial Commission\" and proclaiming a Home-Coming Fortnight to be held September 12th, 1937. 2 copies. Brochure for \"Adventure Days\" conducted by Inter-Club Council. 1930. Brochure for \"Cavalcade of the Cavaliers\" at the Hotel John Marshall. September 13 to 25.","General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking certain people and businesses for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly.  February 29, 1924.","Scope and Contents Three programs for the Richmond Theatre, undated, but probably the late 19th century. 1881 price list for John Laird's Green-houses, located at Grace and Broad, between Henry and Smith Streets. Also called Grace Street Gardens. Front cover of \"Catalogue of the Southern Female Institute\" in Richmond, Virginia for Session 1866-1867. D. Lee Powell, A.M., was the principal.","Scope and Contents Removed from Folder 2 Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell] Certificate of Master Craftsman for August A. Dietz, Jr. Removed from Folder 6 Poster for E. Edward Newton Lecture Handwritten San Carlo Opera poster \"Adventure Days in Richmond, Va\" poster.","Deed given by George D. White and wife, 12 March 1895, conveying certain lots in the city of Roanoke to Mrs. E. C. Barksdale. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Advertising card for \"Miss Millie Booz\" a \"fashionable Milliner and Mantuajaker.\" Found in 1830 Staunton Spectator. undated.","Contract with Isaac Sheetz to build the Strasburg Academy.","A note regarding the burning of Suffolk in 1779. 1 item.","Brochure on Washington, Virginia.","Scope and Contents An artificial grouping of papers, 1632-1973, relating to Williamsburg, Va. Includes maps, articles, drawings, letters, material concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, papers concerning the Black population, photographs of buildings, church bulletins, papers concerning civic organizations, deeds, leases, tax receipts, advertisements, papers concerning education and items relating to Colonial National Historical Park. The materials that comprise this collection were donated in batches to W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center by John D. Haskell, Jr., John Lawrence, Brian Blouet, Parke Rouse, and Staunton Aylor between the years of 1993 and 2001. Some materials in this collection were purchased by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center. Related material: Material given by the Williamsburg Historic Records Association has been accessioned and filed individually. Enter \"Williamsburg Historic Records Association\" as \"Creator\" to see these accessions. Mss. 79 Sw4 Earl Gregg Swem Papers, 2008.364 addition: this group may originally have been part of folders 4 and 7 of the Williamsburg Papers. Mss. 1.09 Williamsburg (Va.) Ephemera Collection, 1892-[ongoing] Mss. 91 B38 Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) Records, 1662-[ongoing] Mss. Acc. 1991.43 Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown (Va.) Photographs, circa 1890-1930 Some newspaper runs were removed from this collection and added the newspaper collection.","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town (in chronological order). Includes transcripts from printed sources.","Pencil sketch of the view of Williamsburg from the south (about 1860) by Mary Wall Christian from original by J. A. Graham.","Watercolor view of Williamsburg from the south by Emily Sneed from original by J. A. Graham.","Scope and Contents Blueprints of maps of Williamsburg. \"Palisades 1632-83\" (Colonial Williamsburg Research and Development Office, 1 November 1933). \"Maps showing location of Palisades 1632-83 in relation to Bland's Survey of 1699 and the layout of the City of Williamsburg\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., February 1949). \"Map showing approximate location of the 17th century horse path which went through Williamsburg prior to 1699 when this are was known as Middle Plantation\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., 3 October 1942).","Transcript of Earl Dunmore's letter - a historical and general view of Williamsburg.","Transcript of letters to George Washington concerning defense of Williamsburg from Charles Lee, 1776.","List of arms removed from Governor's Palace on 24 June 1775, by American colonists after Lord Dunmore's escape.","Scope and Contents Various articles from \"The Virginia Argus\" in early 19th century.","Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, dated 15 October 1881, with an article and illustrations of Williamsburg at that time period.","Ordinances of the City of Williamsburg in effect 1 October 1895.","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.","National Geographic articles about Colonial Williamsburg dated 1954 and 1968.","Several programs from services commemorating I-Day and victory of WWII.","Booklet entitled Facts about Williamsburg and vicinity, dated 1900.","Booklet entitled Richmond to Jamestown via America's most historic river, dated 1938.","The Journal of American History, 1919, includes several photographs of Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary.","Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Filed in Locked Section.","Pen and ink sketch, photgraphic copies and correspondence with Earl Gregg Swem concerning the seal.","Photostatic copy of ten pages from Cornwallis' orderly book when he was in Williamsburg in 1781. A note concerning Pennsylvania officers near Williamsburg in the summer of 1781. A sketch of Patrick Henry addressing the Virginia Assembly.","Scope and Contents Papers relating to the Civil War. See also, addition Mss. Acc. 1995.39. Diary: 1861 Photographic copy of a diary and memorandum book of Samuel E. Holt, surgeon in the Confederate Army, stationed at Williamsburg and Yorktown, 3 September - 23 October 1861. (The original is in the possession of Mrs. Eva Rosseau, Williamsburg, Va.) Typescripts of letters: 1862 Typescripts of letter of Gen. Philip Kearny to his wife, 7 May 1862, and 15 May 1862. (Originals in the Library of Congress.) Letter: 4 October 1862 Robert F. Cole, Williamsburg, Va., to [?], certifying that his iron grey mare was taken from him by order of Lt. Col. Smith. Letter: 7 October 1862 Major J. P. Wilson, Head Quarters 5th Penna. Cavalry, to Captain G. C. Johnston, A.A.G., Yorktown, Va. stating when he will make a report of all the horses taken from citizens of Williamsburg. Letter: November 19, 1862. Mrs. M.N. Munford, Williamsburg, to Gen. [Henry A.] Naglee requesting his aid against thefts by runaway negroes and soldiers, especially the use of a government wagon to haul fuel and his assistance, in obtaining medicine for herself. Letter: 16 May 1865 Sallie Munford, at Tazewell Hall, to Lizzie Ewell, describing conditions in Williamsburg. Letter: 8 April 1866 Robert M. West at North East P.O., Cecil County, Maryland, to Benjamin S. Ewell concerning the theft of valuables from the home of Miss Gabriella Galt and destruction at the College of William and Mary by Union troops. Engraving: Engraving of the \"Battle of Williamsburg\" from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers (Johnson, Fry \u0026 Co., Publishers, N.Y.) Correspondence and notes of Dr. Earl G. Swem about the Battle of Williamsburg.","Scope and Contents 1862 articles concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862: New York Daily Tribune, 8 May 1862; New York Daily Tribune,10 May 1862, Pages 7-8; New York Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 1-2; New York Daily Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 11-12; New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 3-4 and New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 5-6. Brochure: \"Williamsburg in the Civil War\" published by the Williamsburg Civil War Committee. Photographs of drawings of Williamsburg and Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-Works, 6 May 1862. Description of the Battle of Williamsburg, Comte De Paris. Article on Fall of Fort Magruder.","The Peninsula Guide, 1936; The Cradle of the Republic - Williamsburg, Jamestown, \u0026 Yorktown, 1924; The Cradle of the Nation, 1931 and a brochure, \"When Washington's Sweetheart Fainted.\"","Scope and Contents Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, June 1939-November 1941 Antiques Forum with an index of people, places, things, events and more. undated. Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1928 and December 1929.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from January - March, 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from April - June, 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from July - December 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1931 and December 1932.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between January 1933 and July 1935.","Minutes of the Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated.","Circulars, 1930-1939. Exhibition of American Folk Art bulletin","Scope and Contents September 1866 John Anderson, Claremont [?] to J. H. Crump, n.p. Asks him to reserve half his wages until 12 June 1868 V. C. Armstrong, Fort Monroe, Va., to Rev. A. Dunlop. Notification that repairs will be made to the church of which he is the pastor. 1 p. ALS. 26 May 1869 Appointment as Registering Officer for 3rd Registration Precinct for Alexander Dunlop. Signed by Edward [Richard Sprigg] Canby. 1 p. DS. 24 March 1874 Inventory of personal property of W. W. Cumber. Taken by Frank Smith, Norton Moses Weaver, \u0026 Samuel Smith. Appraised by County of York. 2 pp. D. undated Receipt for rent of school house to the Trustees of Public School No. 3 (A. Dunlop and F. S. Norton). 1 p. DS. debt to Alexander Dunlop [Williamsburg, Va.] is paid. 1 p. ALS. Obituary of Dr. James Blaine Blayton, Sr., a physician in Williamsburg, Virginia. December 18, 2002.","List to be sold by Dixon \u0026 Hunter, 11 February 1775 Dietz Press Listing","Photographs and descriptive material of buildings: Michel's drawing of Williamsburg buildings. 2 copies. Prints of buildings. Audrey House.","Capitol Court House (Old) Eastern Lunatic Asylum","Governor's Palace","Kerr-Vest Kitchen Market Square Tavern Masonic Hall Methodist Episcopal Church Powder Magazine Providence Hall","Data on the Public Prison compiled from original sources for The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities by Elizabeth Schmucker Stubbs, 1929.","Raleigh Tavern Tazewell Hall Theater Travis House Tucker House Tyler House Benjamin Waller House Williamsburg Inn (Old) Williamsburg Inn (New) Wythe House Unidentified Buildings Williamsburg Property  Scrapbook of photographs of Williamsburg houses taken about 1921. Mounted photographs of Williamsburg houses.","Advertising sheets, brochures, cards, and newspaper accounts of banks and business houses.","Progress report.","Auction advertisements.","Factory catalog, 1991 (first catalog).","Controversy concerning sermon by the Rev. Cotesworth P. Lewis, 12 November 1967, before President Lyndon B. Johnson. Includes copy of sermon, newspaper clippings, statements from the Congressional Record. History of Bruton Parish Church. Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 13).","Organ recital programs, 1939-1941. One poster, 1943, filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 14). Weekley bulletins, 1928-1945.","Booklets, 1947 \u0026 1949.","Poster, 1951. Announcements, 1944-1946. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg. (folder 15a).","Announcements.","Bulletins, 1936-1938 \u0026 1942","Bulletins, 1943-1948","Bulletins, 1949-1953.","Announcements, brochures, bulletins, 1949. Brochure, Methodist Sites in Historic Williamsburg.","Bulletins.","Bulletins","Bulletins.","Epworth League program.  Winter 1924.","Scope and Contents Pamphlet for \"A Call to Prayer\" on the wsorld Day of Prayer sponsored by the United Council of Church Women. March 4, 1949. \"Bicentennial of Worship\" article from the Daily Press about the First Baptist Church formed by African Americans. 1996.","American Civic Association Correspondence. Cleaning up. n.d. Community Center, 1954. Community Christmas Events. Community Counvil. Community Fund, 1953. Community Sings. County Council of Women's Clubs. Youth Welfare Council.","American Association of University Women. Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Colonial Capitol Branch: List of members, 1916. Notice, 1939. Business Men's Association, 1901. Chautauqua Association. Exchange Club flyers. (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 17). Garden Club: Garden Week. Newspaper articles, 1973. Programs, 1935-1936. Brochures, 1950-1956. Yearbook, 1941-1942. Garden Symposium.","Lion's Club. Officers' Wives Club. Pulaski Club: Two letter heads and one newspaper clipping. Red Cross: One membership card, 1929. Soroptimist Club. Swimming Club. Tidewater Guidance Clinic. United Service Organizaitons Club. United World Federalists. Virginia Federation Home Demonstration Club. Williamsburg Film Study Group. Williamsburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. Williamsburg Regional Library Association. Young Women's Club.","Programs.","American Association of University Women: Program and ballot, 1930. Hampton Roads Chemists' Club: Circular, 1931. National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Poetry Society: Programs, 1928-1936. Society of American Archivists. Southeastern Regional Conference of Law Teachers. Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution.","Scope and Contents Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of John Dameron with Secretary Thomas Nelson, with account of certificate recorded by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Castleton Harper and John Curd in account with Secretary Thomas Nelson, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of Colonel Joshua Fry with Secretary Nelson. Signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, April 1768 Account of Samuel Havistone, 1766, with the auditors with statement of account by Robert Prentis, Williamsburg. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1768 Account of John \u0026 Gerry Smith with Secretary Thomas Nelson with account of recording certificate for probating Smith's bill, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Bassett, William, 1717 Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883 Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Photostatic copy of indenture, 1 February 1823, between Thomas Nelson, Jr., George Washington Nelson, William Meade, and Thomasia (Nelson) Meade, his wife, and Dr. Alexander Galt for the purchase of a house and lot by Dr. Galt. 2 pp. Cy of DS. John T. James, 1859 Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. (Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Receipt of Samuel R. Mouzon for his share of the estate of William Nelson of Williamsburg, $218.64 1/2. 1 p. DS. Tyler [ ], 1812 Typed copy of an advertisement by in the Richmond Enquirer, 2 October 1812, offering for rent a dwelling in Williamsburg, recently occupied by Chancellor Tyler.","Teterel, Francis: Policies and premium receipts. 1807-1925 Waters, Sarah: Policies and premium receipts. 1796-1799 Webb, Walter W.: Receipt for premium. 1825.","Wedding Announcement, 1939","Deed given by the trustees on the city of Williamsburg to John Custis conveying three lots in the city. Signed by John Clayton and William Robertson","Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883","Anderson, Robert A contract for purchase of corn and fodder from John T. Marston. 1835. Cocke, Doctor Doctor Cocke of old Williamsburg. A printed article. Reprinted form the Medical Times, October 1936. Fresheau [Freneau], Peter Peter Fresheau [Freneau], Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Maryanne Scott, New York, 25 April 1749. Order to pay Charles Stewart the sum of five pounds sterling. Hundley, Jack \"They've sold the town.\" poem. 1929. Hunter, William Typed memoranda concerning William Hunter. Johnson, James James Johnson vs. Henry Wilson. Suit. 1842. Parks, Eleanor Typed copy of renunciation of benefit from will of William Parks. 1750. Parks, William Typed copy of will. 1750. Correspondence concerning a memorial to William Parks. 1922. Pelham, Ann Creese Silhouette of Ann Creese Pelham, wife of Peter Pelham. Richard, Milly Vicksburg, Miss., to Captain Thomas Russell, n.p., Va. 8 July 1868. A former slave who belonged to Scervant Jones inquires about her relations. She was Milly Armstrong. 2 pp. ALS. Rind, William Copy of inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Rind. 1773. Scott, Robert G. Typed copy of an advertisement of Robert G. Scott, attorney. In the Richmond Enquirer, 27 October 1812. Smith, Sydney Williamsburg, Va., to Henry Smith, 1/2 Way House, York Co., Va., 23 February 1854. Discusses local grassroots politics and his intention to run for Commonwealths attorney. 3 pp. ALS. Taliaferro, Charles Typescript about portrait. Warwick, Eliza Typed copies of correspondence of Eliza Warwick of Williamsburg, Va., 1801-1803. Originals in the Valentine Museum.","Affidavits denying that demonstrations were made against the United States by Williamsburg militia.  1872.","Announcements, newspaper clippings, etc.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Scope and Contents Advertisements and other written material for moving pictures. Poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" is filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 29).","Garland of Spring Carols.","Receipt for the subscription to the Virginia Gazette., 1930 Outline of W. J. Johnston as editor of the Virginia Gazette.","Programs and posters.","Sheet of paper made by the Williamsburg Restoration illustrating the water mark of William Parks.","Barter Theater and Children's Theater Programs, announcements. Little Theater League., 1929-1938 Programs, announcements, and posters. Other Organizations, 1785, 1925-1930 Notes, programs, circulars, and posters.","Addresses and cards.  1875, 1924, 1931, 1948","Dedication program, 12 May 1962.","The Evening Press. Catalog of type specimens. The Williamsburg Bulletin (1945), Gardiners Virginia Gazette (1942) and The Evening Press (July 1942).  All of the above were edited and printed by Joseph Rowe Gardiner.","Scope and Contents Souvenir booklet of the Williamsburg Pre-Restoration Old-Timers reunion, November 1-2, 1980 (Samuel \"Billy\" D. Royall, printer).","Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy. Letters of application and recommendation for teaching position in the proposed male and female schools, 1849. Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy.","Photostats, 1811 Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia to Carter Berkeley, pertaining to schools in Williamsburg, 1811. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 32). Advertisement, 1805 A newspaper advertisement concerning Mr. Anderson's school for young ladies. Photostatic copy. April 30, 1805, Richmond Enquirer. Letter, 1820 A letter from Margaret Page, at Williamsburg, to John Page, at Union Town, Monroe County, Virginia, 19 January 1820, mentioning the opening of Mr. Morse's school for young ladies. (See Page-Saunders Papers, Folder 1). Letter, 1849 William Hodges, Washington, D.C., to Robert McCandlish, Williamsburg, Va., concerning the rental of his house for the Female School. 10 June 1849. 2 pp. ALS Williamsburg Female Academy, 1849-1852, 1862 A circular letter from Hubert P. LeFebvre, at Richmond, 21 August 1849. Catalog. 1851-1852. Typescript of a letter application from John K. Noel for a teaching position, noting his experience as principal of both the Williamsburg Female and Male Academies. 1862. Williamsburg Male Academy, 1855 Printed circular. 1855. Williamsburg Military School (Morressett \u0026 Peyton), 1852-1853 Letter, 1840 A letter from E.G. and M.R. Gatliff, at Williamsburg, to James Baytop, at Springfield, Gloucester Court House, 7 April 1840, concerning a girls' school. (See Gloucester County Papers, Folder 3). Bills, 1848, 1868 Bills for school supplies and tuition. 1848 and 1868. Copies. Book List A list of school books. Copy from a paper of Judge Frank Armistead of Williamsburg, Virginia. Female Seminary, 1880 See Armistead Papers, Folder 1.","Matthew Whaley, 1923-1931, 1943, 1945 Circulars and programs. 1923-1931. (new MW opened 15 September 1930, per The Powder Horn, October 1930). Dramatic Club bulletins and poster. Graduation invitation, 1945. Programs, 1943. Program for the George Washington Bicentennial, 1932. The Powder Horn, the school newspaper, March 1928, October - December 1930. Bruton Heights School Commencement invitation, concert program. Miscellaneous Rawls Byrd, History of the Public Schools in Williamsburg. Facts on Public Schools brochures, 1972-1973. 1984. \"Pride in the Past,\" American Education Week, November 11-17. From the Virginia Gazette. Teachers' Guides \"Eighteenth Century Life in Williamsburg, Virginia.\" \"The War and Elementary School Instruction in American Colonial Life.\"","1 photograph.","List of paid Capitation Taxes for 1946, 1947 and 1948 on or before May 7, 1949 and for 1947, 1948 and 1949 on or before December 12, 1949.","Scope and Contents \"A Bibliography on the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg\" by Elsie Alderson.","Scope and Contents Flyers, pamphlets and more on the Colonial National Monument, \"A Brief History of and Guide Book to Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown\" by Rutherfoord Goodwin (signed by the author), \"A Historic Old Virginia Pilgrimage\" brochure for taking a cruise to the Williamsburg area on April 29 - May 1, 1930 and brochures and reprints about Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown. Tourist hardback book, \"Historic Peninsula of Virginia,\" distributed by Stone and Webster, Inc. in 1928. Photostatic copy of newspaper account of Jamestown Day, May 13. Year unknown.","A Proposed Zoning Ordinance for the City of Williamsburg, 1945. Zoning Ordinance Adopted 1947.","Scope and Contents Oversized items removed from Mss. 39.4 V82ci Williamsburg Papers. Organized by the folder from which they were removed. Folder 3: Williamsburg Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Folder 13: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Folder 14: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster for \"Lecture Recital at Bruton Parish Church...Dr. David McK. Williams.\" 1943. Folder 15a: Churches - Christian Science Monitor, 1951 poster for a lecture by Claire Rauthe and 1944-45 free lecture announcements. Folder 17: Clubs and Organizations - The Exchange Club flyers, 1949-1954. Folder 19: Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. Folder 29: Moving Pictures - Large poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" to be held at the Williamsburg Theater. undated. Folder 32: Schools - Private Schools - Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia, to Carter Berkeley pertaining to schools in Williamsburg. 1811","Letter written by W. Fred Andrews of Gahanna, Ohio to Parke Rouse, Jr. reminiscing about his days as a student at the College of William and Mary. 3 pp. June 22, 1974.","ALS of C.P. Armistead, Williamsburg to the Hon. R. Taylor Scott, Richmond, Virginia, dated 27 May 1893 regarding his brother running for office, probably the Electoral Board of James City County.","Photocopies of newsclippings, journal articles, and Bruton Parish Bulletins about the 1991 dig by New Agers to search for evidence in the Bruton Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Virginia, to support the controversial claim that Sir Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays plus a formula for establishing world peace. August 20, 1992 photographs of Bruton Parish Churchyard digs with Marley Brown, archaelogist of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. One photograph shows the Middleton Vault.","Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from Samuel Putnam, Union soldier and Orderly in the 25th Massachusetts Volunteers while at Camp West near Williamsburg to his father. Putnam writes about the occupation of Williamsburg by Union soldiers, the destruction of the College of William and Mary, the \"insane asylum\" and his theft from a Williamsburg home of several letters by Thomas Jefferson, several letters by \"revolutionary maidens\" and one letter by Richard H. Lee.","One page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of March 10, 1887, entitled \"Virginia a day in a historic town--views of old Williamsburg.\"","Scope and Contents Fragment of a receipt signed by Abram. Loc[ke]tt and \"Wmsburg Dist\" noted on the bottom of the page. undated.","Signed Williamsburg Tricentennial poster, 1999.","Handwritten letter from O. F. Helner of the 33rd regiment, at a camp near Williamsburg to Mr. Abbott. He writes about the Battle of Williamsburg and a visit by General McClellan to the camp. May 1862. Transcript included.","Scope and Contents Playbills, 1891-1896 and undated, from plays staged at Cameron Hall at Eastern State Hospital with actors and actresses from the College of William and Mary and the local community. Some programs list \"The Virginia Comedians\" as the producer. Playbills, 1910 and 1916, from plays staged at the College of William and Mary.","Scope and Contents Union soldier's letter, \"John\" to his sweetheart \"Mary,\" 12 May (1862), regarding the occupation of Williamsburg by the North. Mention of Northern dead in Williamsburg after the battle and burying soldiers. Excerpt, \"...there are some very pretty girls here but I noticed that some of them were [wear] the rebel flag on their bosom.\" Stereoscopic card, \"War Views, View of Court House and Church, Hospital of the 2nd Corps, Yorktown, Va.\" No. 2374, published by E. \u0026 H.T. Anthony \u0026 Co. Negative by Brady \u0026 Co., Washington. Someone has crossed out \"Yorktown\" and written \"Williamsburg.\"","Four pamphlets: Catalogue of the Williamsburg Female Academy, 1851-1852; two copies of the catalogue of the Williamsburg Military School, Richmond, 1853; prospectus and catalogue of the Williamsburg Male Academy, 1852-1853.","Broadside dated December 14th, [1941], announcing a Citizen's Mass Meeting...at the Williamsburg Theatre.","Scope and Contents Photostat copies of newspaper articles about the Battle of Williamsburg from the New York Daily Tribune, May 10, 12 and 13, 1862, photostat copies of a map of the \"Lower Peninsula,\"  and \"Battle of Williamsburg\" and both a negative and a positive photocopies entitled \"Charge of Hancock's Brigade at Williamsburgh,\" \"Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-works in front of Williamsburg from sketches made May 6, 1862,\" \"Williamsburg, Va.\"  These prints have notes on them and might be partial proofs for a publication.","Three photographs of the Dedication of Ft. Magruder, May 5, 1952 by Von Dubell Studio.    Publication of a letter by The Business Men's Association of the City of Williamsburg about \"taking early steps for the proper  celebration at Jamestown of the Tercentennial Anniversary...did on the September 7, 1900, in the name of the citizens of Williamsburg, pass resolutions for the appointment of a committee...\"  On inside of pamphlet, resolutions are listed.","G.W. Thorpe Plat, surveyed March 1916; Pine Grest Subdivision blue print plat, owned and developed by Ernest G. Vaughan and sold to Carrie V. Williams, surveyed November/December 1939; Capitol Heights property blueprint plat of Frank G. Linekin, June 26, 1930; W.L. Jones blueprint plat,May 1926; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, August 10, 1939; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, December 10, 1920; Powhatan Park blueprint plat, property of York Land Corporation, April 1916; blueprint plat of property conveyed by Celia Maxton to others,land between route 60 and the railroad, September 7, 1952; and plat of property of H.D. Bozarth between Clay and Harrison Streets, June 19, 1925.","Posters for performances at the Matthew Whaley Auditorium in 1936, poster for \"Middle Plantation Art \u0026 Handcraft Exhibition\" at Casey's Annex (undated), poster for exhibit of \"Walt Disney's Original Paintings used in Snow White\" at the Bruton Parish House (undated), Williamsburg Tricentennial Poster, Colonial Williamsburg concert posters, Williamsburg Theatre posters (undated, possibly 1930's), and other posters for entertainment at Williamsburg High School and the Presbyterian Church (undated, possibly 1930's).","Two aerial photographs of South Henry Street area of Williamsburg, Virginia.  Undated.","Photograph of a print \"Loudon-street, Winchester.\"","Scope and Contents Many of these papers appear to be from the Clerk of Court office in Winchester, Virginia. Clerk of Court signatures include John Peyton, Clerk of Hustings, Winchester, Virginia and Algernon R. Wood. Organized in date order. Account for Nicholas Scheren to David Michael Rutter. May 1786 Payment from Dr. Robert Colvin to Philip Bush. October 12, 1786 Accounts for Robert Sherrard to James Murry. 1787 Payment from Robert Sherrard to John Hamilton for waggonage from Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] to Winchester, Virginia. 1787 Document about refund of payment made by Tejamus ? Dowdall to Robert Colvin, who opened a school. April 12, 1787 Court summons for Josiah Jackson and Zebediah Hollingsworth for James Murray in case with Robert Sherrard, Defendant. August 9, 1787 Indenture. James and Eleanor Wood of Davidson, North Carolina and David Dedderick, for Lot 9 on West side of Loudon (Loudoun) Street in Borough of Winchester. September 22, 1789 Marriage Bond between Enos Roberts and Mary Kendrick. January 13, 1790 Marriage bond of Conrad House and Susannah Shusher. December 27, 1790 Bond for James Walls as executor of last Will and Testament of John Wynn. June 30, 1794 Charter between Shreve Lawson of Baltimore, Maryland and James Moseley, Merchant on freight on the ship Alexandria. July 4, 1796 Marriage license between James A. Nelson and Polly M. Donald. April 26, 1802 Manumission papers from Peter Lauck to Peter Bisick. March 14, 1806 Affidavit. Josiah Massy took oath of Lieutenant in 31st Regiment, 16th Brigade. Signed by A. (B.) Miller. May 2, 1812. Register of sale of Louisa Robinson (wife of Jonathan Robinson) to Doctor Daniel Conrad. August 3, 1818. Act \"to amend the Act incorporating the Town of Winchester.\" Complete handwritten text of the act as presented to the General Assembly in Richmond, Virginia. Copied by William Munford, Keeper of the Rolls. Document bound with string. Dated December 12, 1818 and passed January 9, 1819 Inquest. \"Inquisition on the body of Robert Cockerton (?) who died at the house of Elizabeth Pendleton, Innkeeper. November 1, 1820 Contract/letter of attorney between John Holland of Gosney Manor of Shenandoah County, Virginia, woolan manufacturer, and George Hadfield of Old Hall, County of Chester, in England to Hugh Shaw. June 8, 1827 Manumission papers where Margaret Galloway emancipates negro woman, Maria, wife of William Tuckrin, a free negro. October 17, 1827 Manumission papers or Certification of Freedom for Negro Lucy under the will of Alexander White of Woodville. June 13, 1832 Certificate of Freedom, or Manumission papers, signed by Phebe Coubourn that she raised Nancy Sabro, a \"dark Muluto\" who was born of free parents. September 21, 1835 Notice to Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester for summons of Jonathan Cox, Davy Johnson, Thomas Pollard, James Pollard, Richard Strange, Lewis Smith, David Washington and Rose Williams for \"remaining within this corporation and Commonwealth more than 12 months of their right to freedom…\" May 5, 1846 Bill of sale to William H. Brown from George R. Long for sale of negro man, Abraham Washington. August 24, 1846 Court Case. Algernon R. Wood, prosecutor for Commonwealth of Virginia, against James Pollard, a free negro or mulatto who remained in Virginia after he was freed. October 3, 1846 Court summons for Sally Field for remaining in Winchester after being freed. June 23, 1848 Mary, negro slave of Joseph Baker, charged with trying to poison Nancy Lindsey with tea. June 1, 1849 Notarized statements of Amelia Ann Buck of Warren County, Virginia regarding copartnership with John R. Ricards, John N. Buck of Baltimore, Maryland and Thomas L. Blakemon of Warren County regarding hotel, Mountain House in Hampshire County, Virginia. John R. Buck sells his interest to his brother, William M. Buck. July 3, 1850 Letter from Baltimore, Maryland regarding his father's estate. Author unknown. February 20, 1851 Recording of last will and testament of Addison B. Riely in Baltimore, Maryland. Endorsed by Ann R. Riely. September 27, 1852 Certificate for R.B. Allen to sell wine at his store on Cameron Street.September 1, 1855 Court summons in case of Patrick Conner vs John H. Anderson, Conner's apprentice. October 8, 1856 Letter from John Quanten ? to Robert L. Brookings asking for servant woman Lucy who was part of the estate of Mrs. Emmets?. May 27, 1857 Indictment. John Howard, alias John Newman, a free negro, was accused of assault by Rachel Ann Holler, a white woman and jailed. Indictment against James W. Jones, the jailor, for allowing the prisoner to escape. March 17, 1860 Command to the Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester to take \"…Maria Ball [Colored]…her safely keep…until May indictment … for remaining in the State of Virginia…without lawful permission. April 21, 1860 Notice to Sheriff of Berkeley County, Virginia to imprison Elizabeth Farrow if she is found in Berkeley County. She is charged with having a \"…house of ill fame for the purpose of prostitution and lewedness.\" April 17, 1861 Note from Clerk of Court in Winchester where he says he has been notified by a military order that he is no longer the Clerk. June 5, 1868 Court case with John Vilwig regarding two coffins. June 1886. Republican Ticket for Virginia. 1892. Letter from George S. Bowers of Laurell, Maryland, about \"Willie\" accepting Christ [in the Lutheran Church]. December 13, 1918 Instructions to lawyer or court about charges of larceny against a free negro. undated. Fragment. \"Twelve days have been expended in loading.\"","Circular for the Woodstock Male and Female Academy. July 21, 1866.","Papers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.  7 pieces.","Two facsimilies of the parole of Cornwallis. 2 pieces. Journal of the siege of York-Town...as recorded in the hand of Gaspard de Gallatin and translated by the French department of the College of William and Mary...Washington, United States Printing Office. 1931. 48 p. 24 cm. (71st Congress, 3rd Session. Senate. Document no. 322.) 1 piece. Un geste patriotique des Strasbourgeois au cours de la guerre d'Independence americaine. Printed. 1 piece. Ceux de Yorktown par Servan Malo, with English translation. 2 pieces. Memorandum on J.C. Louis, Baron von Closen. By Ruth E. Butler. 4 typed pages. 1 piece. Photographs showing restoration of French and American fortifications around Yorktown. About 1935. 3 pieces. Photographs of a painting of the siege of Yorktown. 3 copies. Also an enlargement. Map of the siege of Yorktown. 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches. 1 piece. An engraving of the surrender at Yorktown. 1 piece. List of Confederate Soldiers buried at Yorktown which includes Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Williamsburg. (Copy from the National Park Service. Original at the Yorktown Visitor Center).","Printed topographical map of the Colonial National monument, Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia. Made by the U.S. Geological Survey 1931. 30 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. 1 piece. Three newspaper clippings concerning the siege of Yorktown. Other papers. 5 pieces. Walking stick made from the flag staff of the 80th British Regiment, Yorktown, 1781. Returned to donor (Nellie Deans Greaves) in either 1960's or 1970's. Printed announcement, dated at Montpellier, 9? December 1781, signed by Le Comte de Perigord, stating that the King has ordered a Te Deum sung in all the churches of France for the Yorktown victory. Purchased from Thomas L. Suter, 16 October 1952.","Buildings Photographs and prints: Customs House; Lord Cornwallis' Cave; Main Street; Monument Lodge (1 piece); Moore House (4 pieces--3 photographs in Mapcase); Shield House (oldest house) and Nelson House (1 piece); Yorktown wharf (1 piece). Monument Photographs. 1 piece. 2 newspapers with history of the building and opening of the George P. Coleman Bridge. Located in mapcase.","6 pieces including 1 photograph. See also Folders 6-8.","Scope and Contents Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Includes a photograph album entitled \"Views of The Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, Virginia, October 16-17-18-19, 1931\" presented to The College of William and Mary in Virginia by the Yorktown Sesquicentenniail Association, Inc. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Views of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, VA, October 16-19,1931 from the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Inc","Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931:  Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration.  20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981:  Official commemorative program.  Official booklet:  \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Yorktown National Military Park June 6, 1921 ...In the Senate of the United States.  June 6, 1921.. A bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...7 p.  28 cm.  1 piece. 1921 Hearings before the subcommittee of the committee on appropriations United States Senate...on a bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...Washington, Government printing office, 1921.  16 p.  23 1/2 cm.  1 piece. Navy Mine Depot Navy Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia By Commander A. H. Miles, U.S. Navy.  (Reprinted from the United States Naval Institute Proceedings v. 54, no. 4, whole no. 302.)  1 piece. In the matter of Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia...Brief submitted on behalf of owners of property...Newport News, Franklin Printing Co.  21 p.  23 cm.  1 piece.","Material relating to the annual celebrations of Yorktown Day, sometimes called Yorktown Fete.","Fete in honor of General La Fayette.  Printed pamphlet by R.G. Scott on what happened during planning of the Yorktown Fete of 1824 and why he should not be responsible. 1827.","Centennial.  \"An Appeal to the Country for a National Centennial Celebration of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.\"  Printed by Virginian Print, Norfolk, Va. 1879. Special Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Virginia at Yorktown 1881. Celebration of Yorktown Centennial- a pamphlet containing incidents and speeches from event. 10/19/1881. A History, Surrender of the British Forces to the Americans and French at Yorktown, Va., Program for the Centennial Anniversary Celebration on October 18th, 1881.","\"Admiral Francis Joseph Paul De Grasse, Hero of Yorktown\" by Louis A Culvillier 1931Invitation and tickets to Yorktown Celebration 1931List of European Guests at Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Newsletter on Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Official Program of Yorktown Celebration.  1931Some Old Yorktown Maps by K.W. Trimble.  Reprint from The Military Engineer, 1931Tentative Program of Yorktown Celebration byYorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931Ticket Stubs-Yorktown 150 year Celebration 1931Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931","Program of Celebration of 155th Anniversary of the Victory at Yorktown under the Joint Auspices…  10/19/1936","Program of Yorktown Celebration, October 18-19, 1934.","Letter from A.A. Folsone to Hon. Lyon G. Tyler enclosing engraving of a view of Yorktown, \"Yorktown Battlefield\" by John B. Chapman per Graham's Magazine, 1814.","Scope and Contents Photograph of House in Yorktown undatedPhotograph of Yorktown Battlefield and Moore House undatedSketch of Yorktown- View from the River (Copy) undatedYorktown Homes (6 photographs on cardboard) undatedGreeting Cards -Prints of Moore House and Nelson House  1934","Original ink wash drawing by a federal soldier in 1862. View of the York River waterfront. Transferred to artifact librarian in 2011.","Scope and Contents Plats of Yorktown, Photostats (2)  undated Sign - Guided Tour of Yorktown (10\"x7\" cardboard sign) 1941 \"Establishment of the American Army.\"  Photostat of May 27, 1778 Congressional Order.","Available online via the Library catalog for William and Mary users; alternate access is available via the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/journalofsiegeof00gall.","\"Yorktown Church Said Third Oldest in Virginia,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  May 9, 1960.\"Historic Nelson House,\" January 31, 1973\"Battle Lines Will Be Reconstructed at Yorktown,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  January 31, 1973.","Scope and Contents Christmas Dinner Menu, U.S. Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia.  1950.Colonial National Historic Park brochure by US Department of Interior (2 Copies).  1940Old Yorktown and its History by Mrs. Sydney Smith.  1920Salvaging Relics from York River.  1939U.S. 17 George Washington Memorial Highway Map, Tidewater, Virginia, into Colonial National Historical Park.  undated.Views of Yorktown and Gloucester Town—Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia.  1946Virginia Gazette Supplement, The Public Observer, \"Yorktown Day of Yesteryear.\"  October 1972\"Yorktown-Climax of the Revolution,\" National Park Service, Source Book Series, Number 1 (2 copies).  1941","\"Henri de Saint-Simon at Yorktown; A French Prophet of Modern Industrialism in America,\" The Franco-American Review, Autumn 1937.\"A Neglected French Collaborator in the Victory of Yorktown\" by Harold A. Larrabee.  1932.","Yorktown Sesquicentennial medal commemorating the surrender of Lord Cornwallis in 1781. Transferred to Artifact Collection.","Eighteen early photographs of monuments in Yorktown, Virginia, many with descriptions written on the reverse side.","Photographs of: the Victory monument,  the monument on the spot where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, Lafayette Coach at Bremo, Spring where Washington got his water, marker of French soldiers' graves (2), plaque for site of the Home of Nicolas Martiau,  plaque for \"Baron Gaspard de Gallatin,\" walk along top of old earthworks (3), where Washington had his tent, spot marked where a tablet once was, plaque for \"french soldiers and sailors,\" where Lafayette had his tent, plaque for Thomas Nelson, Jr. and artists conception of celebration (ships in harbour). 17 photographs.","Photograph of Battery; print of \"Reddotopm de L'armee du Lord Cornwallis; 3 photograph of inside and outside of the Moore House, 1911; two copies of the Gloucester-Mathews newspaper, May 7, 1952, with the history of the building of the George P. Coleman Bridge; and one copy of the Daily Press, May 7, 1952, about the Coleman Bridge.","Artifacts tranferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection include: Presbyterian Student Choir Badge (39.4V82.A01.1), Presbyterian Junior Choir Badges (39.4V82.A01.2a-e), York River Ink Wash Drawing (39.4V82ci.02), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Medal (39.4V82ci.03), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin (39.4V82ci.04)","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","Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Grace Street Gardens (Richmond, Va.)","Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.)","The Virginia Comedians","United States. Army. 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Also, you can use the search box on the top right corner, being sure to check the \"Include Box Lists.\""," Artifacts tranferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection include: Presbyterian Student Choir Badge (39.4V82.A01.1), Presbyterian Junior Choir Badges (39.4V82.A01.2a-e), York River Ink Wash Drawing (39.4V82ci.02), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Medal (39.4V82ci.03), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin (39.4V82ci.04)"],"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 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Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Artificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.","A newspaper clipping concerning dead towns in Virginia.  1 piece.","Scope and Contents History of Christ Church. 3 p. 15 1/2 cm. Christmas card from Old Presbyterian Meeting House from William Buckner and Mr. Croarty. undated. Letter to Earl Gregg Swem from Josephine Weeks about buying a newly made print from Colonel Gilpin's \"Plan of Alexandria, 1798.\" June 17,1944. Alexandria businesses papers: envelope from Garrett and Monroe, card from Gwin, Beckham and Company Commission Merchants and Andrews Studios. undated. List of names and inscriptions on gravestones at Christ Church, Old Presbyterian Meeting House and Bethlehem Cemetery by George Magruder Battey. Carbon Copy. June 1, 1944. History of St. Paul's Church, Fairfax Parish, 1810-1932 by Margery Arden Hall. Copy. \"Financial statement and report and list of subscribers and pewholders of Saint Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church in Fairfax","Bath is in present day Berkeley County, West Virginia.","Papers of Thomas Marshall Hunter, Morgantown, W.Va. Typed copy of an act for establishing a town at the Warm Springs in the county of Berkeley.  October 1776. 1 piece. A list of original purchasers of lots in Bath, Berkeley County.  1 piece.  Extracts from the minutes of the trustees of Bath.  1 piece. An excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Notes of Virginia.  1793. 1 piece. Copies of newspaper advertisements of stores and boarding houses. 1781.  3 pieces.","Scope and Contents Advertisement card for travel from Lynchburg, Virginia. undated.","Scope and Contents Music festival 1931. Advertising folder. Letter inviting people to visit a new academy established at the Midway under Mr. Pike Powers, formerly professor of Mathematics at Hampton Sydney. Signed by the nine professors. July 17, 1838. Affidavit signed by the Librarian of the Library of the University of Virginia on July 10, 1848 that the letter was copied from the Richmond Enquirer collection on July 10, 1848. Brochure of photographs of the buildings at the University of Virginia. A 1\" x 3.5\" calendar for 1927 from President Alderman is attached. 1927. Prints of engravings: \"View of the University of Virginia\" and \"University of Virginia, Charlottesville.\" undated. Letter from W.W. Gilmer of Charlottesville to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia recommending A.P. Abell as Proctor of the University. Partial letter from an unknown person at the University about new professorships, lack of money, who might be retiring and the increase from 32 to 50 Virginia students. April 4, 1856. Letter from Edwin M. Mann of the Chambers of the Judge of the Hustings Court in Petersburg, Virginia to Capt. W. Roane Ruffin, Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia about recommending Mayor R.W. Jones for Chair of General and Applied Chemistry and Pharmacy. September 23, 1884. \"College Topics\", Volume VII, Number 4, a publication of the University of Virginia which gives and account of the burning of the Rotunda. November 4, 1895. Sent by John Stewart Bryan on February 10, 1936. Editorial to the Enquirer by W.A. Turner about a proposed bill to consolidate the medical department at the University of Virginia and the Medical College at Richmond. undated. Mimeograph copy of a letter to Miss Nannie from Sallie J. Doswell about the advertising costs in her new edition of the condensed history of the University. March 21, 1911. A small book of \"A Partial Roster of Eminent Alumni\" of the \"University of Virginia in the Service of the Republic.\" undated. University of Virginia Alumni News. December 1926. University of Virginia commencement programs. June 29, 1855, June 27, 1856 (2 copies), June 29,1857 (2 copies) and July 4, 1860 (2 copies).","Scope and Contents A historical and descriptive article. undated. 1 piece. Typed copy of an act incorporating the town, 1749. 1 piece. Typed copy of a list of residents of Dumfries found in the ledger of Daniel Payne, merchant. 1758-1761. 1 piece. Typed list of merchants residing in Dumfries. 1789. 1 piece. A Short historical sketch of the Dumfries lodge of Masons, 1797-1830, including a list of members in 1798. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents A print, \"Fortress Monroe, Va. and Its Vicinity\" with a numbered legend of places on the picture. undated.","Day book of the corporation of Fredericksbug, Virginia. 28 April 1802 -- 28 February 1812. 80 pages. 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. List of voters and militia in the corporation of Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1855. 48 pages. 13 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. An illustrated descriptive folder. 1 piece. An envelope printed with six views of buildings. 1 piece. 1787-1840 Fredericksburg District Court Records: See Mss. Acc. 2008.319 Fredericksburg, Virginia District Court.","Scope and Contents Fredericksburg Street lottery tickets signed by Beck (sic) Welford. Over 50 tickets. Some tickets have the name of purchaser on the reverse side. 1826. 1 lottery ticket from St. Louis, dated March 6, 1817. Pages with photographs of State Teachers College. (Mary Washington University). 4 pages. undated. Printed letter to the \"communicants of St. George's Church\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia, asking for funds. undated. Statement of current expenses of St. George's Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia. February 19, 1872. Advertisement for \"Johnston and Company, Druggists and Apothecaries\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia. undated.","Numerical list of blanks and prizes in the Fredericksburg Female Charity School Lottery.  1805.  48 pages.  15 1/2 x 10 inches.","July 5, 1953 Daily Press newspaper clipping \"Historical Approach Used in the Selection of New Names for Hampton City Streets.\" Annual reports for the Committee for the Fort Monroe Museum and its successor, the Casemate Museum. 1951-1974.","Engraving of Hanover Court-House, possibly removed from a book.","Two prints of Harper's Ferry by W.H. Bartlett, 1838, showing different views. One newspaper print reproduction, \"Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Company.  1854. Three prints by G. Perkins, 1874, \"Harper's Ferry by Moonlight.\"","5 printed reproductions of photographs of buildings at the \"State Teacher's College\" in Harrisonburg, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Flyers advertising \"Gooch\" and \"Little Miss Spruce\" trees by Winslow L. Gooch of Hopewell, Virginia.","Related material: See the Jamestown Corporation Records, 1946-1979, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary; and the Jamestowne Society Papers, 1930-1966, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Papers, 1629-1952, relating to Jamestown, Va. Note: Items relating to Colonial National Historical Park and to Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown are filed under Williamsburg. See also: Map Collection.\n    Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town.  13 pieces.","    Landing at Jamestown.  An engraving.  1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America.  James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\"  (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828).  2 items.","    Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City.  1629.  4 pieces.","    Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island.  4 photostats.","    Log houses at Jamestown.  By George C. Gregory.  Blueprint of a typed article.  1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682.","    Photographs of buildings and foundations.  13 pieces. Undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase.","    Photograph of a section of the church yard.  Undated. 1 piece.","    Objects unearthed.  6 photographs and an illustrated article. Undated.","    Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952.  7 pieces.","    Monument.  Copy of architect's sketch.  1 piece.","    Philopena Album.  New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026 Allen, undated.  Includes engraving of Jamestown.","Photostat of Richmond TImes Dispatch, 1936 Jamestown Day\n        Photostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13.  From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936. ","John Page to William Sherwood Deed. 1681/2.","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"","Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Postcard of rear view of Jamestown Church.  1930's newspaper article entitled \"National Memorial to the Progress of the Colored Race in America\" about Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux building a memorial at Jamestown.","Scope and Contents Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town. 13 pieces. Landing at Jamestown. An engraving. 1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America. James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\" (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828). 2 items. Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City. 1629. 4 pieces. Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island. 4 photostats. Log houses at Jamestown. By George C. Gregory. Blueprint of a typed article. 1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682. Photographs of buildings and foundations. 13 pieces. undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase. Photograph of a section of the church yard. undated. 1 piece. Objects unearthed. 6 photographs and an illustrated article. undated. Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952. 7 pieces. Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece. Philopena Album. New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026 Allen, undated. Includes engraving of Jamestown.\nPhotostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13. From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936.","Photostat copies: letter from Ellen M. Bagby of the Jamestown Committee of the APVA to Mr. Warner S. McCall of Gibson City, Illinois inviting him to Jamestown for the installation of the plaque honoring Edward Maria Wingfield; memo by Warner McCall read by Bishop Brown at the Annual meeting of the APVA and newspaper clippings of the event with picture of plaque.","Photostat copies of two early deeds from Jamestown from the Ambler Papers at the Library of Congress, \"Virginia:  Jamestown--Land Patents, Deeds, etc.\"         Four photographs from the National Park Service:         Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,         Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,         Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and         Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Scope and Contents Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"","Four photographs from the National Park Service:","Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,","Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,","Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and","Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.","Ephemera from the 350th Anniversary of Jamestown.  Includes the Virginia Department of Highways report on \"Traffic and the Jamestown Festival,\" \"Jamestown Festival Official Program,\" programs for the musical program at PBK in Williamsburg and the christening of the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, brochure entitled \"Souvenir of the Jamestown Festival 1957, Old World Heritage,\"Jamestown Festival brochure, brochure for \"The Founders,\" ticket stub for the festivities, and a Jamestown Anniversary Issue of the magazine \"Forth\".","Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown, undated for probably early 20th century.  2 copies of the Supplement to the Virginia Gazette, dated June 28, 1957, about the Jamestown Festival.\nJohn Page to William Sherwood Deed, 1681/82.","Lexington Lottery Tickets, signed by Fisher and Jordan. 5 tickets.","Scope and Contents Lynchburg art club. Catalog of exhibition, 1929. 1 sheet. Flyer for \"Lynchburg Institute for Young Ladies\" conducted by Mr. And Mrs. Meany. undated. A flyer for the Morgantown Female Academy which is to be run by Mr. and Mrs. Meany, 1845, and a flyer for St. Mary's Female Seminary (Maryland) written by E.J. Meany, Principal. undated.","Scope and Contents Envelope from the business, Messrs. Lee Taylor and Co., Leaf Tobacco. undated. Receipt of William Turner and John F. Powell. August 22, 1795. Receipt of Capt. William Turner and John Poe, July 21, 1821. Receipt of Walter Irvine, Samuel Irvine and Proper Powell, July 11, 1796.","Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Virginia branch of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1937.  1 piece. Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece. News letter of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece.","A note giving the wording of the act of incorporation. 1799. 1 piece.","An airplane view. 1 piece.","To the pioneers of Newport News, Va. A historical sketch by George B. West. 1911. Typed copy. 1 piece. The Mariners' Museum. By Homer L. Ferguson. 9 p. illus. 28 cm. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of merchants. 2 pieces.","Receipt for George [illegible] who lives at 453-21 Street, Newport News, Virginia.","Miscellaneous letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people, including an 1804 letter describing a fire in Norfolk, an 1826 polling list, and an 1830 funeral invitation.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1804-1950, relating to Norfolk, Va. An artificial collection of letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people. Includes letter, 1804, concerning fire in Norfolk; list, 1826, of votes for General Assembly election; funeral invitation, 1830; and printed material (Gray Lines Motor Tours schedule and advertisement, \"The Tidewater Trail,\" \"Norfolk's Historic Mace\" (1935), \"Christ Church Congregation\" by Robert Morton Hughes and program of \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's Most Unusual Church [First Baptist]); broadside describing exhibitions and activities of Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science; and photograph of woodcut showing Market Square. 14 items.","Original, printed and miscellaneous material. W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp. ALS. March 24, 1804. Includes typescript. 1 p. List of voters casting their vote for either George Loyall of John S. Steed as the next delegate from Norfolk to the General Assembly. April 24, 1826 1 p. PD. Invitation to attend the funeral of Col. William Anderson, Norfolk, Va. June 13, 1830. 1 item. PC. Pamphlet entitled, \"Christ Church Congregation,\" by Robert Morton Hughes. 1937. 13 pp. PM. Program of the \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's most Unusual Church, [First Baptist].\" 1950. 57 pp. PM. Schedule of Gray Line Motor Tours of the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area. 1929. 1 p. PM. \"The Tidewater Trail, a chronicle for Groups for Service Women in this Community,\" featuring an article about the Barton Myers home in Norfolk, Va. January 1, 1931. 16 pp. PM. A brief history and description of the Mace of Norfolk, entitled \"Norfolk's Historic Mace.\" 1935. 14 pp. PM. Advertising bill for Gray Line Motor Tours. n.d. 1 p. PM Advertisement of John B. Loughran, \"dealer in picture frames, looking glasses...and clocks,\" No. 182 Church St., Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 p. PM. Handbill describing exhibitions and activities of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. n.d. 1 p. PM. Black and white photograph, 8\" x 10\", of a woodcut of Market Square, Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 item. Ph.","Scope and Contents S.W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp.  ALS.  Including typescript.  1 p.","Advertisement for subscription to the \"Day Book\" for Norfolk and Portsmouth residents. Ca. 1870. Note: Photographs from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia are filed under James City County, Virginia in the Virginia Counties Collection.","Scope and Contents Pocahontas Playbill. undated.","A letter from P.H. Drewry, 13 September 1922, regarding his proposed history of Petersburg. 1 piece. Tabb Street Presbyterian Church. List of members, 1867. Printed. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of business houses. 3 pieces.","Scope and Contents Photographs of the Virginia State College for Negroes in Petersburg, Virginia. undated. Account book from the Petersburg area. Earliest legible date is 1765. Partial. Fragile. Some names legible. Fragments of invoices from the Petersburg area. Fragile. Legible names: Mr. Buchanan, John Smith, Charles Hudson, Littlebury White, Buckner Raney, Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph and William Hamlin. 1759-1789. 8 items. Advertising card form the Davis Carriage Company. undated. Article on Blandford's Church from \"The Commonwealth Magazine\". June 1954. Report by the Association Preservation Petersburg Antiquities on the Pride Family and Pride's Field. Includes newspaper articles and photographs. February 4, 1938. Copy of legal document about moving a road near Blandford. Includes plat and list of all tithables on the land of Bollingbrook Ward. May 1787.","History of Portsmouth. By Mildred M. Holladay. In the Portsmouth Star, 19 January 1936. 1 piece. A deed given by Tapley Webb and others conveying a tract of land in Portsmouth to Purnal Pitts. 1812. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Six black and white photographs of the Providence Forge Mill showing inside and outside of mill. undated.","Papers, ca. 1793-1931, relating to Richmond, Va. Includes photographs, engravings, broadsides, programs of art exhibits, advertising cards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.","Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping - \"Richmond, Virginia, in 1793, an unpublished manuscript of the Reverend Henry Toulmin, a visiting English clergyman (information obtained from Colonel Gamble, a merchant of Richmond). 1 item. [concluding article only]. Newspaper clipping of a letter, 17 April 1878, from S. Bassett French to John Letcher concerning the riot in Richmond, 2 April 1863. 1 item. Two copies of articles on the history of Richmond by Edward V. Valentine, William G. Stanard, Mary Newton Stanard, Douglas S. Freeman, H. J. Eckenrode and Sally Nelson Robbins, in the Richmond News-Leader, 29 December 1924. Advertising sheet of Richmond's business, enterprise and attractions. undated. 1 item. Prospectus of...Richmond, capital of Virginia [approaches to its history]...Whittet and Shepperson, 1937. 1 item. Photograph of an engraved view of Richmond. Engravings (2 copies) of \"Richmond from the James.\" New York: D. Appleton \u0026 Co., 1871. Engraving of Richmond, n.d.","Typescript (carbon copy) concerning Richmond Academy of Fine Arts. Printed card concerning Memorial Volume of Virginia Historical Portraiture, 1585-1830. Broadside, 1937, concerning exhibit of chapbooks and battledores at the Valentine Museum. Program, 1938, for Steuben Glass exhibit at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Program, 1939, of exhibit of watercolors by Edmund S. Campbell. Agreement (unexecuted carbon copy), 1918, between Manchester National Bank of Richmond and Bank of Commerce and Trusts. Photographs (printed) of Richmond buildings. Engravings of capitol building Richmond (London: Published 1831, I. T. Hinton \u0026 Simpkin and Marshall). Newspaper clipping, 1925, concerning Virginia House. Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell]. Filed in Mapcase. Advertising materials (cards, broadsides and blotters). 37 items. (One item, re: Dietz Publishing Company is filed in Mapcase).","Scope and Contents Broadside, 1 April 1875, of First Baptist Church, Richmond. Invitation, 1859, to Monumental Church. Invitation, 1865, to St. Paul's Church. Bulletin, 23 November 1930, of Second Baptist Church. Letter, 1846, concerning schooner, Caroline. Broadside (copies) concerning \"Civic Association\" and \"Committee on Charter Changes.\"","Scope and Contents 29 January 1882 J. A. Cantrell, [?] to Carrie Irwin, Grace Chapel. Impending visit of [?] Doggett and [?] Saunders. 1 p. ALS. 4 November 1890 Milton F. Paddock, Rector, St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, Pa., to Thomas Browder, Richmond, Va. Since Grace Church is to lose Dr. [?] Jackson, recommends Charles A. Rickseeker. 3 pp. ALS. 7 January 1895 Mary E. Warren [Richmond, Va.] to Dr. Jno. R. Wheat, [Richmond, Va.] Account of money spent fro Christmas decorations. 4 pp. ALS. 6 April 1895 Gynne A. Lyell, Richmond, Va., to President of the Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Expiration of terms of members of musical committee. 8 April 1895 Virginia M. Robinson, [Richmond, Va.], to President, Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church [Richmond, Va.] Music committee. 3 pp. ALS. 5 March 1917 Robert A. Goodwin, Richmond, Va., to Vestry of Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Resignation as assistant minister. 1 p. ALS. January 1918 Memorial to Lucy Ambler Mason by Vestry of Grace Church. 2 pp. TD. 15 March 1918 Alms Boxes Report. 1 p. D. 5 March 1918 Report of Junior Auxiliary. 2 pp. D. 16 January 1919 L. U. McCabe, The Chancel Chapter, Grace Church, Richmond, Va., to Mrs. E. O. McCabe et al. Solicitation for contributing members. 1 p. TL. Verso bears agenda for a meeting. 1 p. D. 25 March 1919 Report of Grace Church Auxiliary of the Red Cross. Signed Mary A. Randolph. 5 pp. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Chancel Guild. By L. U. McCabe. 4 pp. on 1 leaf. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Woman's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church. Lists donations to War Relief Fund, to Lucy Ambler Mason Leper Memorial Fund, to aid in Influenza Epidemic (soup and milk), to adopt French orphan, and given to Richmond charities. 3 pp. DS. 7 July 1919 William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Leaves town for a prolonged stay. 1 p. ALS. Encloses letter, 3 July 1919, of William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Vestry, Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va. Resigning as vestryman. 1 p. ALS. 4 August 1919 William H. Palmer, Blacksburg, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Prevented by ill-health from attending vestry meetings and unable to attend duties as senior warden. 1 p. ALS. 5 January 1920; 8 March 1920 Minutes of vestry meetings. 4 pp. D. undated Report of Junior Auxiliary, signed by Maude Cooke, treasurer. 1 p. DS. undated Report of Chancel Chapter. Signed Lily Urquhart McCabe. 4 pp. ADS. undated Report of Primary Department, Grace Church Sunday School. 1 p. TD. undated Report of Grace Church Chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Paul. Signed by Stuart Cooke. 2pp. DS.","Organizations Letters, 1883, concerning Amateur Dramatic Club. Reports, 1856-1857, of board of directresses of Female Humane Association. Invitation, 1847, of Home Club [to meet at home of Joseph R. Anderson]. Four letters, 1853-1854, to Richmond Athenaeum (from Philip Slaughter, James F. Field, and J. Wood Johns). Announcement, 1884, of meeting of Richmond Microscopic Society. Broadside, 1931, concerning Virginia Historical Society. Two letters, 1911, of Grace M. Dodge re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of A. Beirne Blair re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of L. S. Joffe re: YMCA. Program, 1903, of Academy of Music. Program, 3 February 1930, The Artists Series of Concerts (Boston Symphony Orchestra). Legal Petition, ca. 1887, of A. A. Branch, executrix of her husband Thomas Branch's estate to award his daughter her annuity in one lump sum. Deed, 1858, of confirmation between Francis J. Brand, Willie Graseser, and Mary Selle and Charles Selle for a lot in Richmond [Brand was trustee for Mary Selle]. Deed, 1880, of confirmation by Joseph Francis Beyer to Glaser. Deed, 1907, between Isaac Digges and Benj. Barret for Isaac Digges interest in Va. Corporation Digest. Memorandum, 1823, re: John Van Lew \u0026 Co. Petition, 1869, of James Duke for a re-hearing in case of John Van Lew v. Duke. Account, 1836, re: selling of Swan Tavern. Third person letter re: lot on 12th St. Judgement, 1833, in Crump vs. Wren administrator, etc. Judgement, 1833, in Cotton \u0026 Clark. Notice, 1870, of motion for injunction in Ruper v. Sedgewick. Order, 1807, to pay Peter Gordon for defense of Alexander Spotswood. Deed, 1807, from Samuel McCraw and Geo. Fisher, trustees and Margretta West to Samuel Myers for Quesnay's Academy ground. Lease, 1861, from Spiro Zetila to Alfred Paul. Negative photocopy of letter, 1784, of Turner [?] to Clerk of Henrico re: lots in Richmond. Notes, 1888, concerning correspondence concerning a house and lot in Richmond.","Administrator, executor or guardian, 1856-1870. 46 items. Commissioner of revenue for the city of Richmond, 1856-1860. 3 items. Inspector of tobacco in the city of Richmond, 1871-1873. 3 items. Minister, 1861-1888. 18 items. Notary public for the city of Richmond, Hanover and Henrico counties, 1856-1893. 125 items. Sergeant of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Sheriff of the city of Richmond, 1856. 2 items. Treasurer of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Fragments of bonds. 2 items.","Scope and Contents Advertisements Advertisement, n.d., for a lecture by A. Edward Newton. Filed in Mapcase. Advertisement, 1939, Musicians Club of Richmond. Advertisement for lectures at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Advertisement for the Cavalcade of the Cavaliers Pageant. Advertisement for \"Strange Interlude\" by Eugene O'Neill at Lyric Theater. Advertisement, 1931, for Westinghouse Salutes Richmond. Posters Poster for San Carlo Opera at the Mosque. Filed in Mapcase. Poster, 18-19 May 1928, for Adventure Days in Richmond. Filed in Mapcase. Richard Adams Papers Accounts, 1785-1811, of Richard Adams [probably two men, one of whom died in 1800]. Bond, 1787, of Richard Adams (executor of Thomas B. Adams). Letter, 1792, to Richard Adams. Order, 1811, of Richard Adams. Bond, 1805, of Cyrus Griffin to Richard Adams. Order, 1810, of Cyrus Griffin. Bonds Fidelity bond, 1867, of Samuel C. Greenhow and William H. Haxall to administer estate. Fidelity bond, 1868, of John Johns, Jr., and Bradley T. Johnson. Bond, 1802, of John Mayo with Edward Carrington, trustee for Elizabeth Anne Mayo. Bond, 1854, of J. B. Morton, Hugh W. Fry, Arthur A. Morson, and John M. Patton with Richmond and York River Railroad. Bond, 1816, of Richard E. Parker and William Foushee, Sr, with trustees of Richmond Academy. Correspondence Letter, 1841, of George Jones to Committee of the Marshall Theater Request, 1822, of L. W. Dandridge, J. E. Dandridge, and James Rawlings, attorney for Rob. F. Dandridge, trustee for S. A. Williams. Correspondence, 1912, of Ordway Puller to Samuel B. Dunstan and statement of Dunstan re: sale of property. Programs Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (Johann Strauss). Program, 1930, of Adventure Days. Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (\"The Newly-Weds and their Baby.\") Program, 1905, of \"Magda\" at Lyric Theatre. Program, 1929, \"Marco Millions\" and other plays. Photographic images of Richmond Schools.","Scope and Contents History of Richmond's Social Service Societies of the 19th and 20th Centuries by Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fun handwritten cover by J. Luther Kibler when radio addresses acquired. Copies of typed radio addresses, Numbers 1-11 and 17 to 56, given by Elwood Street from 1942 to 1948. Includes correspondence between Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fund, and J. Luther Kibler about Mr. Street's articles in Virginia's county courthouses. Business card for \"Moore \u0026 Scott, Commission Merchants\" located at Nos. 1316 and 1318 Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Numbers 1 - 31 of the radio addresses entitled \"Richmond's Home Fires\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1942 and 1943.","Scope and Contents Numbers 23 - 56 of the radio addresses entitled \"War and Community\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1943.","Scope and Contents Brochures \"A Tour of Historic Richmond\" arranged for the convenience of guests in Richmond by Hotel John Marshall.  1940. \"Picturesque Richmond, Richmond, VA and her Suburbs\", published by the J.L. Hill Printing Company.  1891. \"Footpaths in Historic Richmond.\"  1944. Cardboard placard, \"This Virginia State Flag,\" about a flag made at No. 1 West Franklin Street in the winter of 1864-1865 by Sallie Radford Munford.  Placed by the Richmond Chaper, United Daughters of the  Confederacy.  1941. Buildings and Scenes Small pamphlet on the Virginia House in Winsor Farms. Copies of engravings of scenes in Richmond by Margeret Dasheill, Episcopal Home in Richmond, Virginia.  1940. Note card of St. John's Church.  undated. Copy of a woodcut of the Virginia Capitol Building by Frieda Koontz.  1939. Account of stewardship at the Craig House.  1937. Newspaper article on the Old Mud House in Powhatan County.  undated. Businesses and Advertisements Blank checks from Office of the Greenwood Mining Company on the Farmer's Bank of Virginia in 1800's, Citizen's Bank of Richmond in the 1880's, Mechanics' Bank in New York in the 1830's and George D. Mayo on the First National Bank in Richmond, Virginia in 1910. Writing paper from Murphy's Hotel (3 sheets) and an advertisement or paper covering for \"Dove's Comp. Fluid\" by S.E. Dove of Richmond, Virginia.  undated. Broadside for a sideshow presented by George J. Johnson and Son, Richmond.  Acts are Gazzell, Mermaid and the Sea and Punch and Judy.  undated. Brochure advertising the sale of \"Richmond, Capital of Virginia (Approaches to its History) by Various Hands\" published by Whittet and Shepperson.  1937. Gary's Autographic Tablet advertisement, manufactured and sold by A.J. Gary, Richmond, Virginia.  undated. \"Catalogue of Mme. Demorest's reliable Patterns of the Fashion.\"  1875. \"Richmond Produce Price Current\"  of  W.D. Tompkins and Bro., General Commission Merchants.  June 18, 1868. Advertisement for the sale of books by Richmond Authors in Historic Linden Row.  Linden Corner Book Sellers.  1953. Advertisement for William C. West, Architect and Superintendent.  1892. WRVA Brochures on their daily radio programs.  May 1947 – March 1951.","Scope and Contents Museums and Historical Societies Pamphlet and cards from the Valentine Museum. 4 items. Ca 1940's. Invitations and other material from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Ca 1940's. Papers General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking people and businesses in Richmond for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly. February 29, 1924. Subscription to \"Hillyer's American Railroad Magazine\" from a subscriber in Richmond, Virginia. March 1, 1859. Legal Receipt from Thomas W. Doswell, Sheriff of Richmond. James L. and J.W. Richardson are mentioned. 1856. Religion Baptism certificate for Mary Latham Willis in the Broad Street Station in Richmond, Virginia by a member of the Virginia Conf. , M.E. Church, South. 1874. Card about \"A Popular Lecture by Rev. J.J. Lafferty\" at the Clay-Street Methodist Church. September 13. Back cover of a book from the Clay Street Sunday School Library. Social Miller and Rhoads announcement for a \"Book and Author Dinner.\" undated. Richmond Lodge, No. 10, request, \"Brother, You are requested to attend your Brethren at their Lodge Room, on Tuesday evening next, at 7 o'clock. By order of the Master. John Fox, Sec'y. Richmond, September 7, 1799. Memorial Bazaar flyer for bazaar to raise money for the Confederate Museum and monument. April 11, 1893. Invitation letter from the Junior League of Richmond for a Book and Author Dinner. March 26, 1948. Brochures from concerts and plays: \"A Streetcar named Desire,\" 1950; \"Carousel\"by the Astra Company of Richmond, undated; \"Annie Get Your Gun with Mary Martin,\" undated; \"The Howards of Virginia\", undated; newspaper review of La Argentina, undated; Boston Symphony Orchestra in 193 and T. Michaux Moody productions, \"Conchita Supervia\" in 1932, \"The Bluebird\" newspaper review and a brochure, \"Lawrence Tibbett\" in 1931. Proclamation by the Mayor of Richmond, J. Fulmer Bright, about the creation of \"The Virginia Capital Bicentennial Commission\" and proclaiming a Home-Coming Fortnight to be held September 12th, 1937. 2 copies. Brochure for \"Adventure Days\" conducted by Inter-Club Council. 1930. Brochure for \"Cavalcade of the Cavaliers\" at the Hotel John Marshall. September 13 to 25.","General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking certain people and businesses for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly.  February 29, 1924.","Scope and Contents Three programs for the Richmond Theatre, undated, but probably the late 19th century. 1881 price list for John Laird's Green-houses, located at Grace and Broad, between Henry and Smith Streets. Also called Grace Street Gardens. Front cover of \"Catalogue of the Southern Female Institute\" in Richmond, Virginia for Session 1866-1867. D. Lee Powell, A.M., was the principal.","Scope and Contents Removed from Folder 2 Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell] Certificate of Master Craftsman for August A. Dietz, Jr. Removed from Folder 6 Poster for E. Edward Newton Lecture Handwritten San Carlo Opera poster \"Adventure Days in Richmond, Va\" poster.","Deed given by George D. White and wife, 12 March 1895, conveying certain lots in the city of Roanoke to Mrs. E. C. Barksdale. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Advertising card for \"Miss Millie Booz\" a \"fashionable Milliner and Mantuajaker.\" Found in 1830 Staunton Spectator. undated.","Contract with Isaac Sheetz to build the Strasburg Academy.","A note regarding the burning of Suffolk in 1779. 1 item.","Brochure on Washington, Virginia.","Scope and Contents An artificial grouping of papers, 1632-1973, relating to Williamsburg, Va. Includes maps, articles, drawings, letters, material concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, papers concerning the Black population, photographs of buildings, church bulletins, papers concerning civic organizations, deeds, leases, tax receipts, advertisements, papers concerning education and items relating to Colonial National Historical Park. The materials that comprise this collection were donated in batches to W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center by John D. Haskell, Jr., John Lawrence, Brian Blouet, Parke Rouse, and Staunton Aylor between the years of 1993 and 2001. Some materials in this collection were purchased by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center. Related material: Material given by the Williamsburg Historic Records Association has been accessioned and filed individually. Enter \"Williamsburg Historic Records Association\" as \"Creator\" to see these accessions. Mss. 79 Sw4 Earl Gregg Swem Papers, 2008.364 addition: this group may originally have been part of folders 4 and 7 of the Williamsburg Papers. Mss. 1.09 Williamsburg (Va.) Ephemera Collection, 1892-[ongoing] Mss. 91 B38 Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) Records, 1662-[ongoing] Mss. Acc. 1991.43 Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown (Va.) Photographs, circa 1890-1930 Some newspaper runs were removed from this collection and added the newspaper collection.","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town (in chronological order). Includes transcripts from printed sources.","Pencil sketch of the view of Williamsburg from the south (about 1860) by Mary Wall Christian from original by J. A. Graham.","Watercolor view of Williamsburg from the south by Emily Sneed from original by J. A. Graham.","Scope and Contents Blueprints of maps of Williamsburg. \"Palisades 1632-83\" (Colonial Williamsburg Research and Development Office, 1 November 1933). \"Maps showing location of Palisades 1632-83 in relation to Bland's Survey of 1699 and the layout of the City of Williamsburg\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., February 1949). \"Map showing approximate location of the 17th century horse path which went through Williamsburg prior to 1699 when this are was known as Middle Plantation\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., 3 October 1942).","Transcript of Earl Dunmore's letter - a historical and general view of Williamsburg.","Transcript of letters to George Washington concerning defense of Williamsburg from Charles Lee, 1776.","List of arms removed from Governor's Palace on 24 June 1775, by American colonists after Lord Dunmore's escape.","Scope and Contents Various articles from \"The Virginia Argus\" in early 19th century.","Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, dated 15 October 1881, with an article and illustrations of Williamsburg at that time period.","Ordinances of the City of Williamsburg in effect 1 October 1895.","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.","National Geographic articles about Colonial Williamsburg dated 1954 and 1968.","Several programs from services commemorating I-Day and victory of WWII.","Booklet entitled Facts about Williamsburg and vicinity, dated 1900.","Booklet entitled Richmond to Jamestown via America's most historic river, dated 1938.","The Journal of American History, 1919, includes several photographs of Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary.","Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Filed in Locked Section.","Pen and ink sketch, photgraphic copies and correspondence with Earl Gregg Swem concerning the seal.","Photostatic copy of ten pages from Cornwallis' orderly book when he was in Williamsburg in 1781. A note concerning Pennsylvania officers near Williamsburg in the summer of 1781. A sketch of Patrick Henry addressing the Virginia Assembly.","Scope and Contents Papers relating to the Civil War. See also, addition Mss. Acc. 1995.39. Diary: 1861 Photographic copy of a diary and memorandum book of Samuel E. Holt, surgeon in the Confederate Army, stationed at Williamsburg and Yorktown, 3 September - 23 October 1861. (The original is in the possession of Mrs. Eva Rosseau, Williamsburg, Va.) Typescripts of letters: 1862 Typescripts of letter of Gen. Philip Kearny to his wife, 7 May 1862, and 15 May 1862. (Originals in the Library of Congress.) Letter: 4 October 1862 Robert F. Cole, Williamsburg, Va., to [?], certifying that his iron grey mare was taken from him by order of Lt. Col. Smith. Letter: 7 October 1862 Major J. P. Wilson, Head Quarters 5th Penna. Cavalry, to Captain G. C. Johnston, A.A.G., Yorktown, Va. stating when he will make a report of all the horses taken from citizens of Williamsburg. Letter: November 19, 1862. Mrs. M.N. Munford, Williamsburg, to Gen. [Henry A.] Naglee requesting his aid against thefts by runaway negroes and soldiers, especially the use of a government wagon to haul fuel and his assistance, in obtaining medicine for herself. Letter: 16 May 1865 Sallie Munford, at Tazewell Hall, to Lizzie Ewell, describing conditions in Williamsburg. Letter: 8 April 1866 Robert M. West at North East P.O., Cecil County, Maryland, to Benjamin S. Ewell concerning the theft of valuables from the home of Miss Gabriella Galt and destruction at the College of William and Mary by Union troops. Engraving: Engraving of the \"Battle of Williamsburg\" from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers (Johnson, Fry \u0026 Co., Publishers, N.Y.) Correspondence and notes of Dr. Earl G. Swem about the Battle of Williamsburg.","Scope and Contents 1862 articles concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862: New York Daily Tribune, 8 May 1862; New York Daily Tribune,10 May 1862, Pages 7-8; New York Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 1-2; New York Daily Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 11-12; New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 3-4 and New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 5-6. Brochure: \"Williamsburg in the Civil War\" published by the Williamsburg Civil War Committee. Photographs of drawings of Williamsburg and Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-Works, 6 May 1862. Description of the Battle of Williamsburg, Comte De Paris. Article on Fall of Fort Magruder.","The Peninsula Guide, 1936; The Cradle of the Republic - Williamsburg, Jamestown, \u0026 Yorktown, 1924; The Cradle of the Nation, 1931 and a brochure, \"When Washington's Sweetheart Fainted.\"","Scope and Contents Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, June 1939-November 1941 Antiques Forum with an index of people, places, things, events and more. undated. Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1928 and December 1929.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from January - March, 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from April - June, 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from July - December 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1931 and December 1932.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between January 1933 and July 1935.","Minutes of the Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated.","Circulars, 1930-1939. Exhibition of American Folk Art bulletin","Scope and Contents September 1866 John Anderson, Claremont [?] to J. H. Crump, n.p. Asks him to reserve half his wages until 12 June 1868 V. C. Armstrong, Fort Monroe, Va., to Rev. A. Dunlop. Notification that repairs will be made to the church of which he is the pastor. 1 p. ALS. 26 May 1869 Appointment as Registering Officer for 3rd Registration Precinct for Alexander Dunlop. Signed by Edward [Richard Sprigg] Canby. 1 p. DS. 24 March 1874 Inventory of personal property of W. W. Cumber. Taken by Frank Smith, Norton Moses Weaver, \u0026 Samuel Smith. Appraised by County of York. 2 pp. D. undated Receipt for rent of school house to the Trustees of Public School No. 3 (A. Dunlop and F. S. Norton). 1 p. DS. debt to Alexander Dunlop [Williamsburg, Va.] is paid. 1 p. ALS. Obituary of Dr. James Blaine Blayton, Sr., a physician in Williamsburg, Virginia. December 18, 2002.","List to be sold by Dixon \u0026 Hunter, 11 February 1775 Dietz Press Listing","Photographs and descriptive material of buildings: Michel's drawing of Williamsburg buildings. 2 copies. Prints of buildings. Audrey House.","Capitol Court House (Old) Eastern Lunatic Asylum","Governor's Palace","Kerr-Vest Kitchen Market Square Tavern Masonic Hall Methodist Episcopal Church Powder Magazine Providence Hall","Data on the Public Prison compiled from original sources for The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities by Elizabeth Schmucker Stubbs, 1929.","Raleigh Tavern Tazewell Hall Theater Travis House Tucker House Tyler House Benjamin Waller House Williamsburg Inn (Old) Williamsburg Inn (New) Wythe House Unidentified Buildings Williamsburg Property  Scrapbook of photographs of Williamsburg houses taken about 1921. Mounted photographs of Williamsburg houses.","Advertising sheets, brochures, cards, and newspaper accounts of banks and business houses.","Progress report.","Auction advertisements.","Factory catalog, 1991 (first catalog).","Controversy concerning sermon by the Rev. Cotesworth P. Lewis, 12 November 1967, before President Lyndon B. Johnson. Includes copy of sermon, newspaper clippings, statements from the Congressional Record. History of Bruton Parish Church. Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 13).","Organ recital programs, 1939-1941. One poster, 1943, filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 14). Weekley bulletins, 1928-1945.","Booklets, 1947 \u0026 1949.","Poster, 1951. Announcements, 1944-1946. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg. (folder 15a).","Announcements.","Bulletins, 1936-1938 \u0026 1942","Bulletins, 1943-1948","Bulletins, 1949-1953.","Announcements, brochures, bulletins, 1949. Brochure, Methodist Sites in Historic Williamsburg.","Bulletins.","Bulletins","Bulletins.","Epworth League program.  Winter 1924.","Scope and Contents Pamphlet for \"A Call to Prayer\" on the wsorld Day of Prayer sponsored by the United Council of Church Women. March 4, 1949. \"Bicentennial of Worship\" article from the Daily Press about the First Baptist Church formed by African Americans. 1996.","American Civic Association Correspondence. Cleaning up. n.d. Community Center, 1954. Community Christmas Events. Community Counvil. Community Fund, 1953. Community Sings. County Council of Women's Clubs. Youth Welfare Council.","American Association of University Women. Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Colonial Capitol Branch: List of members, 1916. Notice, 1939. Business Men's Association, 1901. Chautauqua Association. Exchange Club flyers. (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 17). Garden Club: Garden Week. Newspaper articles, 1973. Programs, 1935-1936. Brochures, 1950-1956. Yearbook, 1941-1942. Garden Symposium.","Lion's Club. Officers' Wives Club. Pulaski Club: Two letter heads and one newspaper clipping. Red Cross: One membership card, 1929. Soroptimist Club. Swimming Club. Tidewater Guidance Clinic. United Service Organizaitons Club. United World Federalists. Virginia Federation Home Demonstration Club. Williamsburg Film Study Group. Williamsburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. Williamsburg Regional Library Association. Young Women's Club.","Programs.","American Association of University Women: Program and ballot, 1930. Hampton Roads Chemists' Club: Circular, 1931. National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Poetry Society: Programs, 1928-1936. Society of American Archivists. Southeastern Regional Conference of Law Teachers. Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution.","Scope and Contents Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of John Dameron with Secretary Thomas Nelson, with account of certificate recorded by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Castleton Harper and John Curd in account with Secretary Thomas Nelson, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of Colonel Joshua Fry with Secretary Nelson. Signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, April 1768 Account of Samuel Havistone, 1766, with the auditors with statement of account by Robert Prentis, Williamsburg. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1768 Account of John \u0026 Gerry Smith with Secretary Thomas Nelson with account of recording certificate for probating Smith's bill, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Bassett, William, 1717 Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883 Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Photostatic copy of indenture, 1 February 1823, between Thomas Nelson, Jr., George Washington Nelson, William Meade, and Thomasia (Nelson) Meade, his wife, and Dr. Alexander Galt for the purchase of a house and lot by Dr. Galt. 2 pp. Cy of DS. John T. James, 1859 Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. (Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Receipt of Samuel R. Mouzon for his share of the estate of William Nelson of Williamsburg, $218.64 1/2. 1 p. DS. Tyler [ ], 1812 Typed copy of an advertisement by in the Richmond Enquirer, 2 October 1812, offering for rent a dwelling in Williamsburg, recently occupied by Chancellor Tyler.","Teterel, Francis: Policies and premium receipts. 1807-1925 Waters, Sarah: Policies and premium receipts. 1796-1799 Webb, Walter W.: Receipt for premium. 1825.","Wedding Announcement, 1939","Deed given by the trustees on the city of Williamsburg to John Custis conveying three lots in the city. Signed by John Clayton and William Robertson","Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883","Anderson, Robert A contract for purchase of corn and fodder from John T. Marston. 1835. Cocke, Doctor Doctor Cocke of old Williamsburg. A printed article. Reprinted form the Medical Times, October 1936. Fresheau [Freneau], Peter Peter Fresheau [Freneau], Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Maryanne Scott, New York, 25 April 1749. Order to pay Charles Stewart the sum of five pounds sterling. Hundley, Jack \"They've sold the town.\" poem. 1929. Hunter, William Typed memoranda concerning William Hunter. Johnson, James James Johnson vs. Henry Wilson. Suit. 1842. Parks, Eleanor Typed copy of renunciation of benefit from will of William Parks. 1750. Parks, William Typed copy of will. 1750. Correspondence concerning a memorial to William Parks. 1922. Pelham, Ann Creese Silhouette of Ann Creese Pelham, wife of Peter Pelham. Richard, Milly Vicksburg, Miss., to Captain Thomas Russell, n.p., Va. 8 July 1868. A former slave who belonged to Scervant Jones inquires about her relations. She was Milly Armstrong. 2 pp. ALS. Rind, William Copy of inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Rind. 1773. Scott, Robert G. Typed copy of an advertisement of Robert G. Scott, attorney. In the Richmond Enquirer, 27 October 1812. Smith, Sydney Williamsburg, Va., to Henry Smith, 1/2 Way House, York Co., Va., 23 February 1854. Discusses local grassroots politics and his intention to run for Commonwealths attorney. 3 pp. ALS. Taliaferro, Charles Typescript about portrait. Warwick, Eliza Typed copies of correspondence of Eliza Warwick of Williamsburg, Va., 1801-1803. Originals in the Valentine Museum.","Affidavits denying that demonstrations were made against the United States by Williamsburg militia.  1872.","Announcements, newspaper clippings, etc.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Scope and Contents Advertisements and other written material for moving pictures. Poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" is filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 29).","Garland of Spring Carols.","Receipt for the subscription to the Virginia Gazette., 1930 Outline of W. J. Johnston as editor of the Virginia Gazette.","Programs and posters.","Sheet of paper made by the Williamsburg Restoration illustrating the water mark of William Parks.","Barter Theater and Children's Theater Programs, announcements. Little Theater League., 1929-1938 Programs, announcements, and posters. Other Organizations, 1785, 1925-1930 Notes, programs, circulars, and posters.","Addresses and cards.  1875, 1924, 1931, 1948","Dedication program, 12 May 1962.","The Evening Press. Catalog of type specimens. The Williamsburg Bulletin (1945), Gardiners Virginia Gazette (1942) and The Evening Press (July 1942).  All of the above were edited and printed by Joseph Rowe Gardiner.","Scope and Contents Souvenir booklet of the Williamsburg Pre-Restoration Old-Timers reunion, November 1-2, 1980 (Samuel \"Billy\" D. Royall, printer).","Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy. Letters of application and recommendation for teaching position in the proposed male and female schools, 1849. Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy.","Photostats, 1811 Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia to Carter Berkeley, pertaining to schools in Williamsburg, 1811. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 32). Advertisement, 1805 A newspaper advertisement concerning Mr. Anderson's school for young ladies. Photostatic copy. April 30, 1805, Richmond Enquirer. Letter, 1820 A letter from Margaret Page, at Williamsburg, to John Page, at Union Town, Monroe County, Virginia, 19 January 1820, mentioning the opening of Mr. Morse's school for young ladies. (See Page-Saunders Papers, Folder 1). Letter, 1849 William Hodges, Washington, D.C., to Robert McCandlish, Williamsburg, Va., concerning the rental of his house for the Female School. 10 June 1849. 2 pp. ALS Williamsburg Female Academy, 1849-1852, 1862 A circular letter from Hubert P. LeFebvre, at Richmond, 21 August 1849. Catalog. 1851-1852. Typescript of a letter application from John K. Noel for a teaching position, noting his experience as principal of both the Williamsburg Female and Male Academies. 1862. Williamsburg Male Academy, 1855 Printed circular. 1855. Williamsburg Military School (Morressett \u0026 Peyton), 1852-1853 Letter, 1840 A letter from E.G. and M.R. Gatliff, at Williamsburg, to James Baytop, at Springfield, Gloucester Court House, 7 April 1840, concerning a girls' school. (See Gloucester County Papers, Folder 3). Bills, 1848, 1868 Bills for school supplies and tuition. 1848 and 1868. Copies. Book List A list of school books. Copy from a paper of Judge Frank Armistead of Williamsburg, Virginia. Female Seminary, 1880 See Armistead Papers, Folder 1.","Matthew Whaley, 1923-1931, 1943, 1945 Circulars and programs. 1923-1931. (new MW opened 15 September 1930, per The Powder Horn, October 1930). Dramatic Club bulletins and poster. Graduation invitation, 1945. Programs, 1943. Program for the George Washington Bicentennial, 1932. The Powder Horn, the school newspaper, March 1928, October - December 1930. Bruton Heights School Commencement invitation, concert program. Miscellaneous Rawls Byrd, History of the Public Schools in Williamsburg. Facts on Public Schools brochures, 1972-1973. 1984. \"Pride in the Past,\" American Education Week, November 11-17. From the Virginia Gazette. Teachers' Guides \"Eighteenth Century Life in Williamsburg, Virginia.\" \"The War and Elementary School Instruction in American Colonial Life.\"","1 photograph.","List of paid Capitation Taxes for 1946, 1947 and 1948 on or before May 7, 1949 and for 1947, 1948 and 1949 on or before December 12, 1949.","Scope and Contents \"A Bibliography on the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg\" by Elsie Alderson.","Scope and Contents Flyers, pamphlets and more on the Colonial National Monument, \"A Brief History of and Guide Book to Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown\" by Rutherfoord Goodwin (signed by the author), \"A Historic Old Virginia Pilgrimage\" brochure for taking a cruise to the Williamsburg area on April 29 - May 1, 1930 and brochures and reprints about Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown. Tourist hardback book, \"Historic Peninsula of Virginia,\" distributed by Stone and Webster, Inc. in 1928. Photostatic copy of newspaper account of Jamestown Day, May 13. Year unknown.","A Proposed Zoning Ordinance for the City of Williamsburg, 1945. Zoning Ordinance Adopted 1947.","Scope and Contents Oversized items removed from Mss. 39.4 V82ci Williamsburg Papers. Organized by the folder from which they were removed. Folder 3: Williamsburg Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Folder 13: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Folder 14: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster for \"Lecture Recital at Bruton Parish Church...Dr. David McK. Williams.\" 1943. Folder 15a: Churches - Christian Science Monitor, 1951 poster for a lecture by Claire Rauthe and 1944-45 free lecture announcements. Folder 17: Clubs and Organizations - The Exchange Club flyers, 1949-1954. Folder 19: Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. Folder 29: Moving Pictures - Large poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" to be held at the Williamsburg Theater. undated. Folder 32: Schools - Private Schools - Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia, to Carter Berkeley pertaining to schools in Williamsburg. 1811","Letter written by W. Fred Andrews of Gahanna, Ohio to Parke Rouse, Jr. reminiscing about his days as a student at the College of William and Mary. 3 pp. June 22, 1974.","ALS of C.P. Armistead, Williamsburg to the Hon. R. Taylor Scott, Richmond, Virginia, dated 27 May 1893 regarding his brother running for office, probably the Electoral Board of James City County.","Photocopies of newsclippings, journal articles, and Bruton Parish Bulletins about the 1991 dig by New Agers to search for evidence in the Bruton Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Virginia, to support the controversial claim that Sir Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays plus a formula for establishing world peace. August 20, 1992 photographs of Bruton Parish Churchyard digs with Marley Brown, archaelogist of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. One photograph shows the Middleton Vault.","Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from Samuel Putnam, Union soldier and Orderly in the 25th Massachusetts Volunteers while at Camp West near Williamsburg to his father. Putnam writes about the occupation of Williamsburg by Union soldiers, the destruction of the College of William and Mary, the \"insane asylum\" and his theft from a Williamsburg home of several letters by Thomas Jefferson, several letters by \"revolutionary maidens\" and one letter by Richard H. Lee.","One page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of March 10, 1887, entitled \"Virginia a day in a historic town--views of old Williamsburg.\"","Scope and Contents Fragment of a receipt signed by Abram. Loc[ke]tt and \"Wmsburg Dist\" noted on the bottom of the page. undated.","Signed Williamsburg Tricentennial poster, 1999.","Handwritten letter from O. F. Helner of the 33rd regiment, at a camp near Williamsburg to Mr. Abbott. He writes about the Battle of Williamsburg and a visit by General McClellan to the camp. May 1862. Transcript included.","Scope and Contents Playbills, 1891-1896 and undated, from plays staged at Cameron Hall at Eastern State Hospital with actors and actresses from the College of William and Mary and the local community. Some programs list \"The Virginia Comedians\" as the producer. Playbills, 1910 and 1916, from plays staged at the College of William and Mary.","Scope and Contents Union soldier's letter, \"John\" to his sweetheart \"Mary,\" 12 May (1862), regarding the occupation of Williamsburg by the North. Mention of Northern dead in Williamsburg after the battle and burying soldiers. Excerpt, \"...there are some very pretty girls here but I noticed that some of them were [wear] the rebel flag on their bosom.\" Stereoscopic card, \"War Views, View of Court House and Church, Hospital of the 2nd Corps, Yorktown, Va.\" No. 2374, published by E. \u0026 H.T. Anthony \u0026 Co. Negative by Brady \u0026 Co., Washington. Someone has crossed out \"Yorktown\" and written \"Williamsburg.\"","Four pamphlets: Catalogue of the Williamsburg Female Academy, 1851-1852; two copies of the catalogue of the Williamsburg Military School, Richmond, 1853; prospectus and catalogue of the Williamsburg Male Academy, 1852-1853.","Broadside dated December 14th, [1941], announcing a Citizen's Mass Meeting...at the Williamsburg Theatre.","Scope and Contents Photostat copies of newspaper articles about the Battle of Williamsburg from the New York Daily Tribune, May 10, 12 and 13, 1862, photostat copies of a map of the \"Lower Peninsula,\"  and \"Battle of Williamsburg\" and both a negative and a positive photocopies entitled \"Charge of Hancock's Brigade at Williamsburgh,\" \"Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-works in front of Williamsburg from sketches made May 6, 1862,\" \"Williamsburg, Va.\"  These prints have notes on them and might be partial proofs for a publication.","Three photographs of the Dedication of Ft. Magruder, May 5, 1952 by Von Dubell Studio.    Publication of a letter by The Business Men's Association of the City of Williamsburg about \"taking early steps for the proper  celebration at Jamestown of the Tercentennial Anniversary...did on the September 7, 1900, in the name of the citizens of Williamsburg, pass resolutions for the appointment of a committee...\"  On inside of pamphlet, resolutions are listed.","G.W. Thorpe Plat, surveyed March 1916; Pine Grest Subdivision blue print plat, owned and developed by Ernest G. Vaughan and sold to Carrie V. Williams, surveyed November/December 1939; Capitol Heights property blueprint plat of Frank G. Linekin, June 26, 1930; W.L. Jones blueprint plat,May 1926; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, August 10, 1939; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, December 10, 1920; Powhatan Park blueprint plat, property of York Land Corporation, April 1916; blueprint plat of property conveyed by Celia Maxton to others,land between route 60 and the railroad, September 7, 1952; and plat of property of H.D. Bozarth between Clay and Harrison Streets, June 19, 1925.","Posters for performances at the Matthew Whaley Auditorium in 1936, poster for \"Middle Plantation Art \u0026 Handcraft Exhibition\" at Casey's Annex (undated), poster for exhibit of \"Walt Disney's Original Paintings used in Snow White\" at the Bruton Parish House (undated), Williamsburg Tricentennial Poster, Colonial Williamsburg concert posters, Williamsburg Theatre posters (undated, possibly 1930's), and other posters for entertainment at Williamsburg High School and the Presbyterian Church (undated, possibly 1930's).","Two aerial photographs of South Henry Street area of Williamsburg, Virginia.  Undated.","Photograph of a print \"Loudon-street, Winchester.\"","Scope and Contents Many of these papers appear to be from the Clerk of Court office in Winchester, Virginia. Clerk of Court signatures include John Peyton, Clerk of Hustings, Winchester, Virginia and Algernon R. Wood. Organized in date order. Account for Nicholas Scheren to David Michael Rutter. May 1786 Payment from Dr. Robert Colvin to Philip Bush. October 12, 1786 Accounts for Robert Sherrard to James Murry. 1787 Payment from Robert Sherrard to John Hamilton for waggonage from Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] to Winchester, Virginia. 1787 Document about refund of payment made by Tejamus ? Dowdall to Robert Colvin, who opened a school. April 12, 1787 Court summons for Josiah Jackson and Zebediah Hollingsworth for James Murray in case with Robert Sherrard, Defendant. August 9, 1787 Indenture. James and Eleanor Wood of Davidson, North Carolina and David Dedderick, for Lot 9 on West side of Loudon (Loudoun) Street in Borough of Winchester. September 22, 1789 Marriage Bond between Enos Roberts and Mary Kendrick. January 13, 1790 Marriage bond of Conrad House and Susannah Shusher. December 27, 1790 Bond for James Walls as executor of last Will and Testament of John Wynn. June 30, 1794 Charter between Shreve Lawson of Baltimore, Maryland and James Moseley, Merchant on freight on the ship Alexandria. July 4, 1796 Marriage license between James A. Nelson and Polly M. Donald. April 26, 1802 Manumission papers from Peter Lauck to Peter Bisick. March 14, 1806 Affidavit. Josiah Massy took oath of Lieutenant in 31st Regiment, 16th Brigade. Signed by A. (B.) Miller. May 2, 1812. Register of sale of Louisa Robinson (wife of Jonathan Robinson) to Doctor Daniel Conrad. August 3, 1818. Act \"to amend the Act incorporating the Town of Winchester.\" Complete handwritten text of the act as presented to the General Assembly in Richmond, Virginia. Copied by William Munford, Keeper of the Rolls. Document bound with string. Dated December 12, 1818 and passed January 9, 1819 Inquest. \"Inquisition on the body of Robert Cockerton (?) who died at the house of Elizabeth Pendleton, Innkeeper. November 1, 1820 Contract/letter of attorney between John Holland of Gosney Manor of Shenandoah County, Virginia, woolan manufacturer, and George Hadfield of Old Hall, County of Chester, in England to Hugh Shaw. June 8, 1827 Manumission papers where Margaret Galloway emancipates negro woman, Maria, wife of William Tuckrin, a free negro. October 17, 1827 Manumission papers or Certification of Freedom for Negro Lucy under the will of Alexander White of Woodville. June 13, 1832 Certificate of Freedom, or Manumission papers, signed by Phebe Coubourn that she raised Nancy Sabro, a \"dark Muluto\" who was born of free parents. September 21, 1835 Notice to Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester for summons of Jonathan Cox, Davy Johnson, Thomas Pollard, James Pollard, Richard Strange, Lewis Smith, David Washington and Rose Williams for \"remaining within this corporation and Commonwealth more than 12 months of their right to freedom…\" May 5, 1846 Bill of sale to William H. Brown from George R. Long for sale of negro man, Abraham Washington. August 24, 1846 Court Case. Algernon R. Wood, prosecutor for Commonwealth of Virginia, against James Pollard, a free negro or mulatto who remained in Virginia after he was freed. October 3, 1846 Court summons for Sally Field for remaining in Winchester after being freed. June 23, 1848 Mary, negro slave of Joseph Baker, charged with trying to poison Nancy Lindsey with tea. June 1, 1849 Notarized statements of Amelia Ann Buck of Warren County, Virginia regarding copartnership with John R. Ricards, John N. Buck of Baltimore, Maryland and Thomas L. Blakemon of Warren County regarding hotel, Mountain House in Hampshire County, Virginia. John R. Buck sells his interest to his brother, William M. Buck. July 3, 1850 Letter from Baltimore, Maryland regarding his father's estate. Author unknown. February 20, 1851 Recording of last will and testament of Addison B. Riely in Baltimore, Maryland. Endorsed by Ann R. Riely. September 27, 1852 Certificate for R.B. Allen to sell wine at his store on Cameron Street.September 1, 1855 Court summons in case of Patrick Conner vs John H. Anderson, Conner's apprentice. October 8, 1856 Letter from John Quanten ? to Robert L. Brookings asking for servant woman Lucy who was part of the estate of Mrs. Emmets?. May 27, 1857 Indictment. John Howard, alias John Newman, a free negro, was accused of assault by Rachel Ann Holler, a white woman and jailed. Indictment against James W. Jones, the jailor, for allowing the prisoner to escape. March 17, 1860 Command to the Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester to take \"…Maria Ball [Colored]…her safely keep…until May indictment … for remaining in the State of Virginia…without lawful permission. April 21, 1860 Notice to Sheriff of Berkeley County, Virginia to imprison Elizabeth Farrow if she is found in Berkeley County. She is charged with having a \"…house of ill fame for the purpose of prostitution and lewedness.\" April 17, 1861 Note from Clerk of Court in Winchester where he says he has been notified by a military order that he is no longer the Clerk. June 5, 1868 Court case with John Vilwig regarding two coffins. June 1886. Republican Ticket for Virginia. 1892. Letter from George S. Bowers of Laurell, Maryland, about \"Willie\" accepting Christ [in the Lutheran Church]. December 13, 1918 Instructions to lawyer or court about charges of larceny against a free negro. undated. Fragment. \"Twelve days have been expended in loading.\"","Circular for the Woodstock Male and Female Academy. July 21, 1866.","Papers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.  7 pieces.","Two facsimilies of the parole of Cornwallis. 2 pieces. Journal of the siege of York-Town...as recorded in the hand of Gaspard de Gallatin and translated by the French department of the College of William and Mary...Washington, United States Printing Office. 1931. 48 p. 24 cm. (71st Congress, 3rd Session. Senate. Document no. 322.) 1 piece. Un geste patriotique des Strasbourgeois au cours de la guerre d'Independence americaine. Printed. 1 piece. Ceux de Yorktown par Servan Malo, with English translation. 2 pieces. Memorandum on J.C. Louis, Baron von Closen. By Ruth E. Butler. 4 typed pages. 1 piece. Photographs showing restoration of French and American fortifications around Yorktown. About 1935. 3 pieces. Photographs of a painting of the siege of Yorktown. 3 copies. Also an enlargement. Map of the siege of Yorktown. 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches. 1 piece. An engraving of the surrender at Yorktown. 1 piece. List of Confederate Soldiers buried at Yorktown which includes Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Williamsburg. (Copy from the National Park Service. Original at the Yorktown Visitor Center).","Printed topographical map of the Colonial National monument, Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia. Made by the U.S. Geological Survey 1931. 30 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. 1 piece. Three newspaper clippings concerning the siege of Yorktown. Other papers. 5 pieces. Walking stick made from the flag staff of the 80th British Regiment, Yorktown, 1781. Returned to donor (Nellie Deans Greaves) in either 1960's or 1970's. Printed announcement, dated at Montpellier, 9? December 1781, signed by Le Comte de Perigord, stating that the King has ordered a Te Deum sung in all the churches of France for the Yorktown victory. Purchased from Thomas L. Suter, 16 October 1952.","Buildings Photographs and prints: Customs House; Lord Cornwallis' Cave; Main Street; Monument Lodge (1 piece); Moore House (4 pieces--3 photographs in Mapcase); Shield House (oldest house) and Nelson House (1 piece); Yorktown wharf (1 piece). Monument Photographs. 1 piece. 2 newspapers with history of the building and opening of the George P. Coleman Bridge. Located in mapcase.","6 pieces including 1 photograph. See also Folders 6-8.","Scope and Contents Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Includes a photograph album entitled \"Views of The Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, Virginia, October 16-17-18-19, 1931\" presented to The College of William and Mary in Virginia by the Yorktown Sesquicentenniail Association, Inc. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Views of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, VA, October 16-19,1931 from the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Inc","Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931:  Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration.  20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981:  Official commemorative program.  Official booklet:  \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Yorktown National Military Park June 6, 1921 ...In the Senate of the United States.  June 6, 1921.. A bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...7 p.  28 cm.  1 piece. 1921 Hearings before the subcommittee of the committee on appropriations United States Senate...on a bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...Washington, Government printing office, 1921.  16 p.  23 1/2 cm.  1 piece. Navy Mine Depot Navy Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia By Commander A. H. Miles, U.S. Navy.  (Reprinted from the United States Naval Institute Proceedings v. 54, no. 4, whole no. 302.)  1 piece. In the matter of Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia...Brief submitted on behalf of owners of property...Newport News, Franklin Printing Co.  21 p.  23 cm.  1 piece.","Material relating to the annual celebrations of Yorktown Day, sometimes called Yorktown Fete.","Fete in honor of General La Fayette.  Printed pamphlet by R.G. Scott on what happened during planning of the Yorktown Fete of 1824 and why he should not be responsible. 1827.","Centennial.  \"An Appeal to the Country for a National Centennial Celebration of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.\"  Printed by Virginian Print, Norfolk, Va. 1879. Special Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Virginia at Yorktown 1881. Celebration of Yorktown Centennial- a pamphlet containing incidents and speeches from event. 10/19/1881. A History, Surrender of the British Forces to the Americans and French at Yorktown, Va., Program for the Centennial Anniversary Celebration on October 18th, 1881.","\"Admiral Francis Joseph Paul De Grasse, Hero of Yorktown\" by Louis A Culvillier 1931Invitation and tickets to Yorktown Celebration 1931List of European Guests at Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Newsletter on Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Official Program of Yorktown Celebration.  1931Some Old Yorktown Maps by K.W. Trimble.  Reprint from The Military Engineer, 1931Tentative Program of Yorktown Celebration byYorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931Ticket Stubs-Yorktown 150 year Celebration 1931Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931","Program of Celebration of 155th Anniversary of the Victory at Yorktown under the Joint Auspices…  10/19/1936","Program of Yorktown Celebration, October 18-19, 1934.","Letter from A.A. Folsone to Hon. Lyon G. Tyler enclosing engraving of a view of Yorktown, \"Yorktown Battlefield\" by John B. Chapman per Graham's Magazine, 1814.","Scope and Contents Photograph of House in Yorktown undatedPhotograph of Yorktown Battlefield and Moore House undatedSketch of Yorktown- View from the River (Copy) undatedYorktown Homes (6 photographs on cardboard) undatedGreeting Cards -Prints of Moore House and Nelson House  1934","Original ink wash drawing by a federal soldier in 1862. View of the York River waterfront. Transferred to artifact librarian in 2011.","Scope and Contents Plats of Yorktown, Photostats (2)  undated Sign - Guided Tour of Yorktown (10\"x7\" cardboard sign) 1941 \"Establishment of the American Army.\"  Photostat of May 27, 1778 Congressional Order.","Available online via the Library catalog for William and Mary users; alternate access is available via the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/journalofsiegeof00gall.","\"Yorktown Church Said Third Oldest in Virginia,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  May 9, 1960.\"Historic Nelson House,\" January 31, 1973\"Battle Lines Will Be Reconstructed at Yorktown,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  January 31, 1973.","Scope and Contents Christmas Dinner Menu, U.S. Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia.  1950.Colonial National Historic Park brochure by US Department of Interior (2 Copies).  1940Old Yorktown and its History by Mrs. Sydney Smith.  1920Salvaging Relics from York River.  1939U.S. 17 George Washington Memorial Highway Map, Tidewater, Virginia, into Colonial National Historical Park.  undated.Views of Yorktown and Gloucester Town—Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia.  1946Virginia Gazette Supplement, The Public Observer, \"Yorktown Day of Yesteryear.\"  October 1972\"Yorktown-Climax of the Revolution,\" National Park Service, Source Book Series, Number 1 (2 copies).  1941","\"Henri de Saint-Simon at Yorktown; A French Prophet of Modern Industrialism in America,\" The Franco-American Review, Autumn 1937.\"A Neglected French Collaborator in the Victory of Yorktown\" by Harold A. Larrabee.  1932.","Yorktown Sesquicentennial medal commemorating the surrender of Lord Cornwallis in 1781. Transferred to Artifact Collection.","Eighteen early photographs of monuments in Yorktown, Virginia, many with descriptions written on the reverse side.","Photographs of: the Victory monument,  the monument on the spot where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, Lafayette Coach at Bremo, Spring where Washington got his water, marker of French soldiers' graves (2), plaque for site of the Home of Nicolas Martiau,  plaque for \"Baron Gaspard de Gallatin,\" walk along top of old earthworks (3), where Washington had his tent, spot marked where a tablet once was, plaque for \"french soldiers and sailors,\" where Lafayette had his tent, plaque for Thomas Nelson, Jr. and artists conception of celebration (ships in harbour). 17 photographs.","Photograph of Battery; print of \"Reddotopm de L'armee du Lord Cornwallis; 3 photograph of inside and outside of the Moore House, 1911; two copies of the Gloucester-Mathews newspaper, May 7, 1952, with the history of the building of the George P. Coleman Bridge; and one copy of the Daily Press, May 7, 1952, about the Coleman Bridge."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArtifacts tranferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection include: Presbyterian Student Choir Badge (39.4V82.A01.1), Presbyterian Junior Choir Badges (39.4V82.A01.2a-e), York River Ink Wash Drawing (39.4V82ci.02), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Medal (39.4V82ci.03), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin (39.4V82ci.04)\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials:"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Artifacts tranferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection include: Presbyterian Student Choir Badge (39.4V82.A01.1), Presbyterian Junior Choir Badges (39.4V82.A01.2a-e), York River Ink Wash Drawing (39.4V82ci.02), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Medal (39.4V82ci.03), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin (39.4V82ci.04)"],"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."],"names_coll_ssim":["Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Grace Street Gardens (Richmond, Va.)","Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.)","The Virginia Comedians","United States. Army. Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 25th","Williamsburg Businessmen's Association (Va.)","Williamsburg Female Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Male Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Military School (Williamsburg, Va)","Crump family","Dunlop family","Blayton, James Blaine, Sr., (Dr.)","Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826","Michaux, Lightfoot Solomon"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Grace Street Gardens (Richmond, Va.)","Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.)","The Virginia Comedians","United States. Army. Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 25th","Williamsburg Businessmen's Association (Va.)","Williamsburg Female Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Male Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Military School (Williamsburg, Va)","Crump family","Dunlop family","Blayton, James Blaine, Sr., (Dr.)","Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826","Michaux, Lightfoot Solomon"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Grace Street Gardens (Richmond, Va.)","Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.)","The Virginia Comedians","United States. Army. Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 25th","Williamsburg Businessmen's Association (Va.)","Williamsburg Female Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Male Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Military School (Williamsburg, Va)"],"famname_ssim":["Crump family","Dunlop family"],"persname_ssim":["Blayton, James Blaine, Sr., (Dr.)","Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826","Michaux, Lightfoot Solomon"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":390,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:52:45.001Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArtificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA newspaper clipping concerning dead towns in Virginia.  1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents History of Christ Church. 3 p. 15 1/2 cm. Christmas card from Old Presbyterian Meeting House from William Buckner and Mr. Croarty. undated. Letter to Earl Gregg Swem from Josephine Weeks about buying a newly made print from Colonel Gilpin's \"Plan of Alexandria, 1798.\" June 17,1944. Alexandria businesses papers: envelope from Garrett and Monroe, card from Gwin, Beckham and Company Commission Merchants and Andrews Studios. undated. List of names and inscriptions on gravestones at Christ Church, Old Presbyterian Meeting House and Bethlehem Cemetery by George Magruder Battey. Carbon Copy. June 1, 1944. History of St. Paul's Church, Fairfax Parish, 1810-1932 by Margery Arden Hall. Copy. \"Financial statement and report and list of subscribers and pewholders of Saint Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church in Fairfax\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBath is in present day Berkeley County, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers of Thomas Marshall Hunter, Morgantown, W.Va. Typed copy of an act for establishing a town at the Warm Springs in the county of Berkeley.  October 1776. 1 piece. A list of original purchasers of lots in Bath, Berkeley County.  1 piece.  Extracts from the minutes of the trustees of Bath.  1 piece. An excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Notes of Virginia.  1793. 1 piece. Copies of newspaper advertisements of stores and boarding houses. 1781.  3 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advertisement card for travel from Lynchburg, Virginia. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Music festival 1931. Advertising folder. Letter inviting people to visit a new academy established at the Midway under Mr. Pike Powers, formerly professor of Mathematics at Hampton Sydney. Signed by the nine professors. July 17, 1838. Affidavit signed by the Librarian of the Library of the University of Virginia on July 10, 1848 that the letter was copied from the Richmond Enquirer collection on July 10, 1848. Brochure of photographs of the buildings at the University of Virginia. A 1\" x 3.5\" calendar for 1927 from President Alderman is attached. 1927. Prints of engravings: \"View of the University of Virginia\" and \"University of Virginia, Charlottesville.\" undated. Letter from W.W. Gilmer of Charlottesville to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia recommending A.P. Abell as Proctor of the University. Partial letter from an unknown person at the University about new professorships, lack of money, who might be retiring and the increase from 32 to 50 Virginia students. April 4, 1856. Letter from Edwin M. Mann of the Chambers of the Judge of the Hustings Court in Petersburg, Virginia to Capt. W. Roane Ruffin, Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia about recommending Mayor R.W. Jones for Chair of General and Applied Chemistry and Pharmacy. September 23, 1884. \"College Topics\", Volume VII, Number 4, a publication of the University of Virginia which gives and account of the burning of the Rotunda. November 4, 1895. Sent by John Stewart Bryan on February 10, 1936. Editorial to the Enquirer by W.A. Turner about a proposed bill to consolidate the medical department at the University of Virginia and the Medical College at Richmond. undated. Mimeograph copy of a letter to Miss Nannie from Sallie J. Doswell about the advertising costs in her new edition of the condensed history of the University. March 21, 1911. A small book of \"A Partial Roster of Eminent Alumni\" of the \"University of Virginia in the Service of the Republic.\" undated. University of Virginia Alumni News. December 1926. University of Virginia commencement programs. June 29, 1855, June 27, 1856 (2 copies), June 29,1857 (2 copies) and July 4, 1860 (2 copies).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents A historical and descriptive article. undated. 1 piece. Typed copy of an act incorporating the town, 1749. 1 piece. Typed copy of a list of residents of Dumfries found in the ledger of Daniel Payne, merchant. 1758-1761. 1 piece. Typed list of merchants residing in Dumfries. 1789. 1 piece. A Short historical sketch of the Dumfries lodge of Masons, 1797-1830, including a list of members in 1798. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents A print, \"Fortress Monroe, Va. and Its Vicinity\" with a numbered legend of places on the picture. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDay book of the corporation of Fredericksbug, Virginia. 28 April 1802 -- 28 February 1812. 80 pages. 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. List of voters and militia in the corporation of Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1855. 48 pages. 13 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. An illustrated descriptive folder. 1 piece. An envelope printed with six views of buildings. 1 piece. 1787-1840 Fredericksburg District Court Records: See Mss. Acc. 2008.319 Fredericksburg, Virginia District Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Fredericksburg Street lottery tickets signed by Beck (sic) Welford. Over 50 tickets. Some tickets have the name of purchaser on the reverse side. 1826. 1 lottery ticket from St. Louis, dated March 6, 1817. Pages with photographs of State Teachers College. (Mary Washington University). 4 pages. undated. Printed letter to the \"communicants of St. George's Church\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia, asking for funds. undated. Statement of current expenses of St. George's Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia. February 19, 1872. Advertisement for \"Johnston and Company, Druggists and Apothecaries\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNumerical list of blanks and prizes in the Fredericksburg Female Charity School Lottery.  1805.  48 pages.  15 1/2 x 10 inches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJuly 5, 1953 Daily Press newspaper clipping \"Historical Approach Used in the Selection of New Names for Hampton City Streets.\" Annual reports for the Committee for the Fort Monroe Museum and its successor, the Casemate Museum. 1951-1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEngraving of Hanover Court-House, possibly removed from a book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo prints of Harper's Ferry by W.H. Bartlett, 1838, showing different views. One newspaper print reproduction, \"Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Company.  1854. Three prints by G. Perkins, 1874, \"Harper's Ferry by Moonlight.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 printed reproductions of photographs of buildings at the \"State Teacher's College\" in Harrisonburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Flyers advertising \"Gooch\" and \"Little Miss Spruce\" trees by Winslow L. Gooch of Hopewell, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelated material: See the Jamestown Corporation Records, 1946-1979, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary; and the Jamestowne Society Papers, 1930-1966, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1629-1952, relating to Jamestown, Va. Note: Items relating to Colonial National Historical Park and to Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown are filed under Williamsburg. See also: Map Collection.\n    Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town.  13 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Landing at Jamestown.  An engraving.  1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America.  James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\"  (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828).  2 items.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City.  1629.  4 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island.  4 photostats.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Log houses at Jamestown.  By George C. Gregory.  Blueprint of a typed article.  1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Photographs of buildings and foundations.  13 pieces. Undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Photograph of a section of the church yard.  Undated. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Objects unearthed.  6 photographs and an illustrated article. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952.  7 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Monument.  Copy of architect's sketch.  1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Philopena Album.  New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026amp; Allen, undated.  Includes engraving of Jamestown.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat of Richmond TImes Dispatch, 1936 Jamestown Day\n        Photostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13.  From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Page to William Sherwood Deed. 1681/2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEphemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Postcard of rear view of Jamestown Church.  1930's newspaper article entitled \"National Memorial to the Progress of the Colored Race in America\" about Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux building a memorial at Jamestown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town. 13 pieces. Landing at Jamestown. An engraving. 1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America. James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\" (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828). 2 items. Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City. 1629. 4 pieces. Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island. 4 photostats. Log houses at Jamestown. By George C. Gregory. Blueprint of a typed article. 1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682. Photographs of buildings and foundations. 13 pieces. undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase. Photograph of a section of the church yard. undated. 1 piece. Objects unearthed. 6 photographs and an illustrated article. undated. Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952. 7 pieces. Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece. Philopena Album. New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026amp; Allen, undated. Includes engraving of Jamestown.\nPhotostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13. From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat copies: letter from Ellen M. Bagby of the Jamestown Committee of the APVA to Mr. Warner S. McCall of Gibson City, Illinois inviting him to Jamestown for the installation of the plaque honoring Edward Maria Wingfield; memo by Warner McCall read by Bishop Brown at the Annual meeting of the APVA and newspaper clippings of the event with picture of plaque.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat copies of two early deeds from Jamestown from the Ambler Papers at the Library of Congress, \"Virginia:  Jamestown--Land Patents, Deeds, etc.\"         Four photographs from the National Park Service:         Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,         Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,         Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and         Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour photographs from the National Park Service:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEphemera from the 350th Anniversary of Jamestown.  Includes the Virginia Department of Highways report on \"Traffic and the Jamestown Festival,\" \"Jamestown Festival Official Program,\" programs for the musical program at PBK in Williamsburg and the christening of the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, brochure entitled \"Souvenir of the Jamestown Festival 1957, Old World Heritage,\"Jamestown Festival brochure, brochure for \"The Founders,\" ticket stub for the festivities, and a Jamestown Anniversary Issue of the magazine \"Forth\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePanoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown, undated for probably early 20th century.  2 copies of the Supplement to the Virginia Gazette, dated June 28, 1957, about the Jamestown Festival.\nJohn Page to William Sherwood Deed, 1681/82.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLexington Lottery Tickets, signed by Fisher and Jordan. 5 tickets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Lynchburg art club. Catalog of exhibition, 1929. 1 sheet. Flyer for \"Lynchburg Institute for Young Ladies\" conducted by Mr. And Mrs. Meany. undated. A flyer for the Morgantown Female Academy which is to be run by Mr. and Mrs. Meany, 1845, and a flyer for St. Mary's Female Seminary (Maryland) written by E.J. Meany, Principal. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Envelope from the business, Messrs. Lee Taylor and Co., Leaf Tobacco. undated. Receipt of William Turner and John F. Powell. August 22, 1795. Receipt of Capt. William Turner and John Poe, July 21, 1821. Receipt of Walter Irvine, Samuel Irvine and Proper Powell, July 11, 1796.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram of the seventh annual assembly of the Virginia branch of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1937.  1 piece. Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece. News letter of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA note giving the wording of the act of incorporation. 1799. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn airplane view. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo the pioneers of Newport News, Va. A historical sketch by George B. West. 1911. Typed copy. 1 piece. The Mariners' Museum. By Homer L. Ferguson. 9 p. illus. 28 cm. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of merchants. 2 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for George [illegible] who lives at 453-21 Street, Newport News, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people, including an 1804 letter describing a fire in Norfolk, an 1826 polling list, and an 1830 funeral invitation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers, 1804-1950, relating to Norfolk, Va. An artificial collection of letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people. Includes letter, 1804, concerning fire in Norfolk; list, 1826, of votes for General Assembly election; funeral invitation, 1830; and printed material (Gray Lines Motor Tours schedule and advertisement, \"The Tidewater Trail,\" \"Norfolk's Historic Mace\" (1935), \"Christ Church Congregation\" by Robert Morton Hughes and program of \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's Most Unusual Church [First Baptist]); broadside describing exhibitions and activities of Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science; and photograph of woodcut showing Market Square. 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal, printed and miscellaneous material. W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp. ALS. March 24, 1804. Includes typescript. 1 p. List of voters casting their vote for either George Loyall of John S. Steed as the next delegate from Norfolk to the General Assembly. April 24, 1826 1 p. PD. Invitation to attend the funeral of Col. William Anderson, Norfolk, Va. June 13, 1830. 1 item. PC. Pamphlet entitled, \"Christ Church Congregation,\" by Robert Morton Hughes. 1937. 13 pp. PM. Program of the \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's most Unusual Church, [First Baptist].\" 1950. 57 pp. PM. Schedule of Gray Line Motor Tours of the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area. 1929. 1 p. PM. \"The Tidewater Trail, a chronicle for Groups for Service Women in this Community,\" featuring an article about the Barton Myers home in Norfolk, Va. January 1, 1931. 16 pp. PM. A brief history and description of the Mace of Norfolk, entitled \"Norfolk's Historic Mace.\" 1935. 14 pp. PM. Advertising bill for Gray Line Motor Tours. n.d. 1 p. PM Advertisement of John B. Loughran, \"dealer in picture frames, looking glasses...and clocks,\" No. 182 Church St., Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 p. PM. Handbill describing exhibitions and activities of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. n.d. 1 p. PM. Black and white photograph, 8\" x 10\", of a woodcut of Market Square, Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 item. Ph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents S.W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp.  ALS.  Including typescript.  1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisement for subscription to the \"Day Book\" for Norfolk and Portsmouth residents. Ca. 1870. Note: Photographs from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia are filed under James City County, Virginia in the Virginia Counties Collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Pocahontas Playbill. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter from P.H. Drewry, 13 September 1922, regarding his proposed history of Petersburg. 1 piece. Tabb Street Presbyterian Church. List of members, 1867. Printed. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of business houses. 3 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Photographs of the Virginia State College for Negroes in Petersburg, Virginia. undated. Account book from the Petersburg area. Earliest legible date is 1765. Partial. Fragile. Some names legible. Fragments of invoices from the Petersburg area. Fragile. Legible names: Mr. Buchanan, John Smith, Charles Hudson, Littlebury White, Buckner Raney, Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph and William Hamlin. 1759-1789. 8 items. Advertising card form the Davis Carriage Company. undated. Article on Blandford's Church from \"The Commonwealth Magazine\". June 1954. Report by the Association Preservation Petersburg Antiquities on the Pride Family and Pride's Field. Includes newspaper articles and photographs. February 4, 1938. Copy of legal document about moving a road near Blandford. Includes plat and list of all tithables on the land of Bollingbrook Ward. May 1787.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistory of Portsmouth. By Mildred M. Holladay. In the Portsmouth Star, 19 January 1936. 1 piece. A deed given by Tapley Webb and others conveying a tract of land in Portsmouth to Purnal Pitts. 1812. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Six black and white photographs of the Providence Forge Mill showing inside and outside of mill. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, ca. 1793-1931, relating to Richmond, Va. Includes photographs, engravings, broadsides, programs of art exhibits, advertising cards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Newspaper clipping - \"Richmond, Virginia, in 1793, an unpublished manuscript of the Reverend Henry Toulmin, a visiting English clergyman (information obtained from Colonel Gamble, a merchant of Richmond). 1 item. [concluding article only]. Newspaper clipping of a letter, 17 April 1878, from S. Bassett French to John Letcher concerning the riot in Richmond, 2 April 1863. 1 item. Two copies of articles on the history of Richmond by Edward V. Valentine, William G. Stanard, Mary Newton Stanard, Douglas S. Freeman, H. J. Eckenrode and Sally Nelson Robbins, in the Richmond News-Leader, 29 December 1924. Advertising sheet of Richmond's business, enterprise and attractions. undated. 1 item. Prospectus of...Richmond, capital of Virginia [approaches to its history]...Whittet and Shepperson, 1937. 1 item. Photograph of an engraved view of Richmond. Engravings (2 copies) of \"Richmond from the James.\" New York: D. Appleton \u0026amp; Co., 1871. Engraving of Richmond, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript (carbon copy) concerning Richmond Academy of Fine Arts. Printed card concerning Memorial Volume of Virginia Historical Portraiture, 1585-1830. Broadside, 1937, concerning exhibit of chapbooks and battledores at the Valentine Museum. Program, 1938, for Steuben Glass exhibit at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Program, 1939, of exhibit of watercolors by Edmund S. Campbell. Agreement (unexecuted carbon copy), 1918, between Manchester National Bank of Richmond and Bank of Commerce and Trusts. Photographs (printed) of Richmond buildings. Engravings of capitol building Richmond (London: Published 1831, I. T. Hinton \u0026amp; Simpkin and Marshall). Newspaper clipping, 1925, concerning Virginia House. Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell]. Filed in Mapcase. Advertising materials (cards, broadsides and blotters). 37 items. (One item, re: Dietz Publishing Company is filed in Mapcase).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Broadside, 1 April 1875, of First Baptist Church, Richmond. Invitation, 1859, to Monumental Church. Invitation, 1865, to St. Paul's Church. Bulletin, 23 November 1930, of Second Baptist Church. Letter, 1846, concerning schooner, Caroline. Broadside (copies) concerning \"Civic Association\" and \"Committee on Charter Changes.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 29 January 1882 J. A. Cantrell, [?] to Carrie Irwin, Grace Chapel. Impending visit of [?] Doggett and [?] Saunders. 1 p. ALS. 4 November 1890 Milton F. Paddock, Rector, St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, Pa., to Thomas Browder, Richmond, Va. Since Grace Church is to lose Dr. [?] Jackson, recommends Charles A. Rickseeker. 3 pp. ALS. 7 January 1895 Mary E. Warren [Richmond, Va.] to Dr. Jno. R. Wheat, [Richmond, Va.] Account of money spent fro Christmas decorations. 4 pp. ALS. 6 April 1895 Gynne A. Lyell, Richmond, Va., to President of the Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Expiration of terms of members of musical committee. 8 April 1895 Virginia M. Robinson, [Richmond, Va.], to President, Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church [Richmond, Va.] Music committee. 3 pp. ALS. 5 March 1917 Robert A. Goodwin, Richmond, Va., to Vestry of Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Resignation as assistant minister. 1 p. ALS. January 1918 Memorial to Lucy Ambler Mason by Vestry of Grace Church. 2 pp. TD. 15 March 1918 Alms Boxes Report. 1 p. D. 5 March 1918 Report of Junior Auxiliary. 2 pp. D. 16 January 1919 L. U. McCabe, The Chancel Chapter, Grace Church, Richmond, Va., to Mrs. E. O. McCabe et al. Solicitation for contributing members. 1 p. TL. Verso bears agenda for a meeting. 1 p. D. 25 March 1919 Report of Grace Church Auxiliary of the Red Cross. Signed Mary A. Randolph. 5 pp. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Chancel Guild. By L. U. McCabe. 4 pp. on 1 leaf. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Woman's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church. Lists donations to War Relief Fund, to Lucy Ambler Mason Leper Memorial Fund, to aid in Influenza Epidemic (soup and milk), to adopt French orphan, and given to Richmond charities. 3 pp. DS. 7 July 1919 William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Leaves town for a prolonged stay. 1 p. ALS. Encloses letter, 3 July 1919, of William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Vestry, Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va. Resigning as vestryman. 1 p. ALS. 4 August 1919 William H. Palmer, Blacksburg, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Prevented by ill-health from attending vestry meetings and unable to attend duties as senior warden. 1 p. ALS. 5 January 1920; 8 March 1920 Minutes of vestry meetings. 4 pp. D. undated Report of Junior Auxiliary, signed by Maude Cooke, treasurer. 1 p. DS. undated Report of Chancel Chapter. Signed Lily Urquhart McCabe. 4 pp. ADS. undated Report of Primary Department, Grace Church Sunday School. 1 p. TD. undated Report of Grace Church Chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Paul. Signed by Stuart Cooke. 2pp. DS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrganizations Letters, 1883, concerning Amateur Dramatic Club. Reports, 1856-1857, of board of directresses of Female Humane Association. Invitation, 1847, of Home Club [to meet at home of Joseph R. Anderson]. Four letters, 1853-1854, to Richmond Athenaeum (from Philip Slaughter, James F. Field, and J. Wood Johns). Announcement, 1884, of meeting of Richmond Microscopic Society. Broadside, 1931, concerning Virginia Historical Society. Two letters, 1911, of Grace M. Dodge re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of A. Beirne Blair re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of L. S. Joffe re: YMCA. Program, 1903, of Academy of Music. Program, 3 February 1930, The Artists Series of Concerts (Boston Symphony Orchestra). Legal Petition, ca. 1887, of A. A. Branch, executrix of her husband Thomas Branch's estate to award his daughter her annuity in one lump sum. Deed, 1858, of confirmation between Francis J. Brand, Willie Graseser, and Mary Selle and Charles Selle for a lot in Richmond [Brand was trustee for Mary Selle]. Deed, 1880, of confirmation by Joseph Francis Beyer to Glaser. Deed, 1907, between Isaac Digges and Benj. Barret for Isaac Digges interest in Va. Corporation Digest. Memorandum, 1823, re: John Van Lew \u0026amp; Co. Petition, 1869, of James Duke for a re-hearing in case of John Van Lew v. Duke. Account, 1836, re: selling of Swan Tavern. Third person letter re: lot on 12th St. Judgement, 1833, in Crump vs. Wren administrator, etc. Judgement, 1833, in Cotton \u0026amp; Clark. Notice, 1870, of motion for injunction in Ruper v. Sedgewick. Order, 1807, to pay Peter Gordon for defense of Alexander Spotswood. Deed, 1807, from Samuel McCraw and Geo. Fisher, trustees and Margretta West to Samuel Myers for Quesnay's Academy ground. Lease, 1861, from Spiro Zetila to Alfred Paul. Negative photocopy of letter, 1784, of Turner [?] to Clerk of Henrico re: lots in Richmond. Notes, 1888, concerning correspondence concerning a house and lot in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdministrator, executor or guardian, 1856-1870. 46 items. Commissioner of revenue for the city of Richmond, 1856-1860. 3 items. Inspector of tobacco in the city of Richmond, 1871-1873. 3 items. Minister, 1861-1888. 18 items. Notary public for the city of Richmond, Hanover and Henrico counties, 1856-1893. 125 items. Sergeant of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Sheriff of the city of Richmond, 1856. 2 items. Treasurer of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Fragments of bonds. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advertisements Advertisement, n.d., for a lecture by A. Edward Newton. Filed in Mapcase. Advertisement, 1939, Musicians Club of Richmond. Advertisement for lectures at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Advertisement for the Cavalcade of the Cavaliers Pageant. Advertisement for \"Strange Interlude\" by Eugene O'Neill at Lyric Theater. Advertisement, 1931, for Westinghouse Salutes Richmond. Posters Poster for San Carlo Opera at the Mosque. Filed in Mapcase. Poster, 18-19 May 1928, for Adventure Days in Richmond. Filed in Mapcase. Richard Adams Papers Accounts, 1785-1811, of Richard Adams [probably two men, one of whom died in 1800]. Bond, 1787, of Richard Adams (executor of Thomas B. Adams). Letter, 1792, to Richard Adams. Order, 1811, of Richard Adams. Bond, 1805, of Cyrus Griffin to Richard Adams. Order, 1810, of Cyrus Griffin. Bonds Fidelity bond, 1867, of Samuel C. Greenhow and William H. Haxall to administer estate. Fidelity bond, 1868, of John Johns, Jr., and Bradley T. Johnson. Bond, 1802, of John Mayo with Edward Carrington, trustee for Elizabeth Anne Mayo. Bond, 1854, of J. B. Morton, Hugh W. Fry, Arthur A. Morson, and John M. Patton with Richmond and York River Railroad. Bond, 1816, of Richard E. Parker and William Foushee, Sr, with trustees of Richmond Academy. Correspondence Letter, 1841, of George Jones to Committee of the Marshall Theater Request, 1822, of L. W. Dandridge, J. E. Dandridge, and James Rawlings, attorney for Rob. F. Dandridge, trustee for S. A. Williams. Correspondence, 1912, of Ordway Puller to Samuel B. Dunstan and statement of Dunstan re: sale of property. Programs Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (Johann Strauss). Program, 1930, of Adventure Days. Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (\"The Newly-Weds and their Baby.\") Program, 1905, of \"Magda\" at Lyric Theatre. Program, 1929, \"Marco Millions\" and other plays. Photographic images of Richmond Schools.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents History of Richmond's Social Service Societies of the 19th and 20th Centuries by Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fun handwritten cover by J. Luther Kibler when radio addresses acquired. Copies of typed radio addresses, Numbers 1-11 and 17 to 56, given by Elwood Street from 1942 to 1948. Includes correspondence between Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fund, and J. Luther Kibler about Mr. Street's articles in Virginia's county courthouses. Business card for \"Moore \u0026amp; Scott, Commission Merchants\" located at Nos. 1316 and 1318 Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Numbers 1 - 31 of the radio addresses entitled \"Richmond's Home Fires\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1942 and 1943.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Numbers 23 - 56 of the radio addresses entitled \"War and Community\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1943.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Brochures \"A Tour of Historic Richmond\" arranged for the convenience of guests in Richmond by Hotel John Marshall.  1940. \"Picturesque Richmond, Richmond, VA and her Suburbs\", published by the J.L. Hill Printing Company.  1891. \"Footpaths in Historic Richmond.\"  1944. Cardboard placard, \"This Virginia State Flag,\" about a flag made at No. 1 West Franklin Street in the winter of 1864-1865 by Sallie Radford Munford.  Placed by the Richmond Chaper, United Daughters of the  Confederacy.  1941. Buildings and Scenes Small pamphlet on the Virginia House in Winsor Farms. Copies of engravings of scenes in Richmond by Margeret Dasheill, Episcopal Home in Richmond, Virginia.  1940. Note card of St. John's Church.  undated. Copy of a woodcut of the Virginia Capitol Building by Frieda Koontz.  1939. Account of stewardship at the Craig House.  1937. Newspaper article on the Old Mud House in Powhatan County.  undated. Businesses and Advertisements Blank checks from Office of the Greenwood Mining Company on the Farmer's Bank of Virginia in 1800's, Citizen's Bank of Richmond in the 1880's, Mechanics' Bank in New York in the 1830's and George D. Mayo on the First National Bank in Richmond, Virginia in 1910. Writing paper from Murphy's Hotel (3 sheets) and an advertisement or paper covering for \"Dove's Comp. Fluid\" by S.E. Dove of Richmond, Virginia.  undated. Broadside for a sideshow presented by George J. Johnson and Son, Richmond.  Acts are Gazzell, Mermaid and the Sea and Punch and Judy.  undated. Brochure advertising the sale of \"Richmond, Capital of Virginia (Approaches to its History) by Various Hands\" published by Whittet and Shepperson.  1937. Gary's Autographic Tablet advertisement, manufactured and sold by A.J. Gary, Richmond, Virginia.  undated. \"Catalogue of Mme. Demorest's reliable Patterns of the Fashion.\"  1875. \"Richmond Produce Price Current\"  of  W.D. Tompkins and Bro., General Commission Merchants.  June 18, 1868. Advertisement for the sale of books by Richmond Authors in Historic Linden Row.  Linden Corner Book Sellers.  1953. Advertisement for William C. West, Architect and Superintendent.  1892. WRVA Brochures on their daily radio programs.  May 1947 – March 1951.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Museums and Historical Societies Pamphlet and cards from the Valentine Museum. 4 items. Ca 1940's. Invitations and other material from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Ca 1940's. Papers General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking people and businesses in Richmond for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly. February 29, 1924. Subscription to \"Hillyer's American Railroad Magazine\" from a subscriber in Richmond, Virginia. March 1, 1859. Legal Receipt from Thomas W. Doswell, Sheriff of Richmond. James L. and J.W. Richardson are mentioned. 1856. Religion Baptism certificate for Mary Latham Willis in the Broad Street Station in Richmond, Virginia by a member of the Virginia Conf. , M.E. Church, South. 1874. Card about \"A Popular Lecture by Rev. J.J. Lafferty\" at the Clay-Street Methodist Church. September 13. Back cover of a book from the Clay Street Sunday School Library. Social Miller and Rhoads announcement for a \"Book and Author Dinner.\" undated. Richmond Lodge, No. 10, request, \"Brother, You are requested to attend your Brethren at their Lodge Room, on Tuesday evening next, at 7 o'clock. By order of the Master. John Fox, Sec'y. Richmond, September 7, 1799. Memorial Bazaar flyer for bazaar to raise money for the Confederate Museum and monument. April 11, 1893. Invitation letter from the Junior League of Richmond for a Book and Author Dinner. March 26, 1948. Brochures from concerts and plays: \"A Streetcar named Desire,\" 1950; \"Carousel\"by the Astra Company of Richmond, undated; \"Annie Get Your Gun with Mary Martin,\" undated; \"The Howards of Virginia\", undated; newspaper review of La Argentina, undated; Boston Symphony Orchestra in 193 and T. Michaux Moody productions, \"Conchita Supervia\" in 1932, \"The Bluebird\" newspaper review and a brochure, \"Lawrence Tibbett\" in 1931. Proclamation by the Mayor of Richmond, J. Fulmer Bright, about the creation of \"The Virginia Capital Bicentennial Commission\" and proclaiming a Home-Coming Fortnight to be held September 12th, 1937. 2 copies. Brochure for \"Adventure Days\" conducted by Inter-Club Council. 1930. Brochure for \"Cavalcade of the Cavaliers\" at the Hotel John Marshall. September 13 to 25.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking certain people and businesses for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly.  February 29, 1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Three programs for the Richmond Theatre, undated, but probably the late 19th century. 1881 price list for John Laird's Green-houses, located at Grace and Broad, between Henry and Smith Streets. Also called Grace Street Gardens. Front cover of \"Catalogue of the Southern Female Institute\" in Richmond, Virginia for Session 1866-1867. D. Lee Powell, A.M., was the principal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Removed from Folder 2 Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell] Certificate of Master Craftsman for August A. Dietz, Jr. Removed from Folder 6 Poster for E. Edward Newton Lecture Handwritten San Carlo Opera poster \"Adventure Days in Richmond, Va\" poster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed given by George D. White and wife, 12 March 1895, conveying certain lots in the city of Roanoke to Mrs. E. C. Barksdale. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advertising card for \"Miss Millie Booz\" a \"fashionable Milliner and Mantuajaker.\" Found in 1830 Staunton Spectator. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract with Isaac Sheetz to build the Strasburg Academy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA note regarding the burning of Suffolk in 1779. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrochure on Washington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents An artificial grouping of papers, 1632-1973, relating to Williamsburg, Va. Includes maps, articles, drawings, letters, material concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, papers concerning the Black population, photographs of buildings, church bulletins, papers concerning civic organizations, deeds, leases, tax receipts, advertisements, papers concerning education and items relating to Colonial National Historical Park. The materials that comprise this collection were donated in batches to W\u0026amp;M Special Collections Research Center by John D. Haskell, Jr., John Lawrence, Brian Blouet, Parke Rouse, and Staunton Aylor between the years of 1993 and 2001. Some materials in this collection were purchased by W\u0026amp;M Special Collections Research Center. Related material: Material given by the Williamsburg Historic Records Association has been accessioned and filed individually. Enter \"Williamsburg Historic Records Association\" as \"Creator\" to see these accessions. Mss. 79 Sw4 Earl Gregg Swem Papers, 2008.364 addition: this group may originally have been part of folders 4 and 7 of the Williamsburg Papers. Mss. 1.09 Williamsburg (Va.) Ephemera Collection, 1892-[ongoing] Mss. 91 B38 Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) Records, 1662-[ongoing] Mss. Acc. 1991.43 Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown (Va.) Photographs, circa 1890-1930 Some newspaper runs were removed from this collection and added the newspaper collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistorical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town (in chronological order). Includes transcripts from printed sources.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePencil sketch of the view of Williamsburg from the south (about 1860) by Mary Wall Christian from original by J. A. Graham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWatercolor view of Williamsburg from the south by Emily Sneed from original by J. A. Graham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Blueprints of maps of Williamsburg. \"Palisades 1632-83\" (Colonial Williamsburg Research and Development Office, 1 November 1933). \"Maps showing location of Palisades 1632-83 in relation to Bland's Survey of 1699 and the layout of the City of Williamsburg\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., February 1949). \"Map showing approximate location of the 17th century horse path which went through Williamsburg prior to 1699 when this are was known as Middle Plantation\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., 3 October 1942).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript of Earl Dunmore's letter - a historical and general view of Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript of letters to George Washington concerning defense of Williamsburg from Charles Lee, 1776.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of arms removed from Governor's Palace on 24 June 1775, by American colonists after Lord Dunmore's escape.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Various articles from \"The Virginia Argus\" in early 19th century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, dated 15 October 1881, with an article and illustrations of Williamsburg at that time period.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrdinances of the City of Williamsburg in effect 1 October 1895.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistorical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNational Geographic articles about Colonial Williamsburg dated 1954 and 1968.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral programs from services commemorating I-Day and victory of WWII.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet entitled Facts about Williamsburg and vicinity, dated 1900.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet entitled Richmond to Jamestown via America's most historic river, dated 1938.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Journal of American History, 1919, includes several photographs of Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Filed in Locked Section.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePen and ink sketch, photgraphic copies and correspondence with Earl Gregg Swem concerning the seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostatic copy of ten pages from Cornwallis' orderly book when he was in Williamsburg in 1781. A note concerning Pennsylvania officers near Williamsburg in the summer of 1781. A sketch of Patrick Henry addressing the Virginia Assembly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers relating to the Civil War. See also, addition Mss. Acc. 1995.39. Diary: 1861 Photographic copy of a diary and memorandum book of Samuel E. Holt, surgeon in the Confederate Army, stationed at Williamsburg and Yorktown, 3 September - 23 October 1861. (The original is in the possession of Mrs. Eva Rosseau, Williamsburg, Va.) Typescripts of letters: 1862 Typescripts of letter of Gen. Philip Kearny to his wife, 7 May 1862, and 15 May 1862. (Originals in the Library of Congress.) Letter: 4 October 1862 Robert F. Cole, Williamsburg, Va., to [?], certifying that his iron grey mare was taken from him by order of Lt. Col. Smith. Letter: 7 October 1862 Major J. P. Wilson, Head Quarters 5th Penna. Cavalry, to Captain G. C. Johnston, A.A.G., Yorktown, Va. stating when he will make a report of all the horses taken from citizens of Williamsburg. Letter: November 19, 1862. Mrs. M.N. Munford, Williamsburg, to Gen. [Henry A.] Naglee requesting his aid against thefts by runaway negroes and soldiers, especially the use of a government wagon to haul fuel and his assistance, in obtaining medicine for herself. Letter: 16 May 1865 Sallie Munford, at Tazewell Hall, to Lizzie Ewell, describing conditions in Williamsburg. Letter: 8 April 1866 Robert M. West at North East P.O., Cecil County, Maryland, to Benjamin S. Ewell concerning the theft of valuables from the home of Miss Gabriella Galt and destruction at the College of William and Mary by Union troops. Engraving: Engraving of the \"Battle of Williamsburg\" from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers (Johnson, Fry \u0026amp; Co., Publishers, N.Y.) Correspondence and notes of Dr. Earl G. Swem about the Battle of Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 1862 articles concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862: New York Daily Tribune, 8 May 1862; New York Daily Tribune,10 May 1862, Pages 7-8; New York Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 1-2; New York Daily Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 11-12; New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 3-4 and New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 5-6. Brochure: \"Williamsburg in the Civil War\" published by the Williamsburg Civil War Committee. Photographs of drawings of Williamsburg and Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-Works, 6 May 1862. Description of the Battle of Williamsburg, Comte De Paris. Article on Fall of Fort Magruder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Peninsula Guide, 1936; The Cradle of the Republic - Williamsburg, Jamestown, \u0026amp; Yorktown, 1924; The Cradle of the Nation, 1931 and a brochure, \"When Washington's Sweetheart Fainted.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, June 1939-November 1941 Antiques Forum with an index of people, places, things, events and more. undated. Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1928 and December 1929.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from January - March, 1930.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from April - June, 1930.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from July - December 1930.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1931 and December 1932.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between January 1933 and July 1935.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinutes of the Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCirculars, 1930-1939. Exhibition of American Folk Art bulletin\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents September 1866 John Anderson, Claremont [?] to J. H. Crump, n.p. Asks him to reserve half his wages until 12 June 1868 V. C. Armstrong, Fort Monroe, Va., to Rev. A. Dunlop. Notification that repairs will be made to the church of which he is the pastor. 1 p. ALS. 26 May 1869 Appointment as Registering Officer for 3rd Registration Precinct for Alexander Dunlop. Signed by Edward [Richard Sprigg] Canby. 1 p. DS. 24 March 1874 Inventory of personal property of W. W. Cumber. Taken by Frank Smith, Norton Moses Weaver, \u0026amp; Samuel Smith. Appraised by County of York. 2 pp. D. undated Receipt for rent of school house to the Trustees of Public School No. 3 (A. Dunlop and F. S. Norton). 1 p. DS. debt to Alexander Dunlop [Williamsburg, Va.] is paid. 1 p. ALS. Obituary of Dr. James Blaine Blayton, Sr., a physician in Williamsburg, Virginia. December 18, 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList to be sold by Dixon \u0026amp; Hunter, 11 February 1775 Dietz Press Listing\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs and descriptive material of buildings: Michel's drawing of Williamsburg buildings. 2 copies. Prints of buildings. Audrey House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapitol Court House (Old) Eastern Lunatic Asylum\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor's Palace\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKerr-Vest Kitchen Market Square Tavern Masonic Hall Methodist Episcopal Church Powder Magazine Providence Hall\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eData on the Public Prison compiled from original sources for The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities by Elizabeth Schmucker Stubbs, 1929.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRaleigh Tavern Tazewell Hall Theater Travis House Tucker House Tyler House Benjamin Waller House Williamsburg Inn (Old) Williamsburg Inn (New) Wythe House Unidentified Buildings Williamsburg Property  Scrapbook of photographs of Williamsburg houses taken about 1921. Mounted photographs of Williamsburg houses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertising sheets, brochures, cards, and newspaper accounts of banks and business houses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgress report.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAuction advertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFactory catalog, 1991 (first catalog).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eControversy concerning sermon by the Rev. Cotesworth P. Lewis, 12 November 1967, before President Lyndon B. Johnson. Includes copy of sermon, newspaper clippings, statements from the Congressional Record. History of Bruton Parish Church. Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 13).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrgan recital programs, 1939-1941. One poster, 1943, filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 14). Weekley bulletins, 1928-1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklets, 1947 \u0026amp; 1949.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoster, 1951. Announcements, 1944-1946. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg. (folder 15a).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins, 1936-1938 \u0026amp; 1942\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins, 1943-1948\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins, 1949-1953.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncements, brochures, bulletins, 1949. Brochure, Methodist Sites in Historic Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEpworth League program.  Winter 1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Pamphlet for \"A Call to Prayer\" on the wsorld Day of Prayer sponsored by the United Council of Church Women. March 4, 1949. \"Bicentennial of Worship\" article from the Daily Press about the First Baptist Church formed by African Americans. 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Civic Association Correspondence. Cleaning up. n.d. Community Center, 1954. Community Christmas Events. Community Counvil. Community Fund, 1953. Community Sings. County Council of Women's Clubs. Youth Welfare Council.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Association of University Women. Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Colonial Capitol Branch: List of members, 1916. Notice, 1939. Business Men's Association, 1901. Chautauqua Association. Exchange Club flyers. (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 17). Garden Club: Garden Week. Newspaper articles, 1973. Programs, 1935-1936. Brochures, 1950-1956. Yearbook, 1941-1942. Garden Symposium.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLion's Club. Officers' Wives Club. Pulaski Club: Two letter heads and one newspaper clipping. Red Cross: One membership card, 1929. Soroptimist Club. Swimming Club. Tidewater Guidance Clinic. United Service Organizaitons Club. United World Federalists. Virginia Federation Home Demonstration Club. Williamsburg Film Study Group. Williamsburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. Williamsburg Regional Library Association. Young Women's Club.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrograms.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Association of University Women: Program and ballot, 1930. Hampton Roads Chemists' Club: Circular, 1931. National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Poetry Society: Programs, 1928-1936. Society of American Archivists. Southeastern Regional Conference of Law Teachers. Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of John Dameron with Secretary Thomas Nelson, with account of certificate recorded by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Castleton Harper and John Curd in account with Secretary Thomas Nelson, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of Colonel Joshua Fry with Secretary Nelson. Signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, April 1768 Account of Samuel Havistone, 1766, with the auditors with statement of account by Robert Prentis, Williamsburg. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1768 Account of John \u0026amp; Gerry Smith with Secretary Thomas Nelson with account of recording certificate for probating Smith's bill, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Bassett, William, 1717 Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883 Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Photostatic copy of indenture, 1 February 1823, between Thomas Nelson, Jr., George Washington Nelson, William Meade, and Thomasia (Nelson) Meade, his wife, and Dr. Alexander Galt for the purchase of a house and lot by Dr. Galt. 2 pp. Cy of DS. John T. James, 1859 Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. (Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Receipt of Samuel R. Mouzon for his share of the estate of William Nelson of Williamsburg, $218.64 1/2. 1 p. DS. Tyler [ ], 1812 Typed copy of an advertisement by in the Richmond Enquirer, 2 October 1812, offering for rent a dwelling in Williamsburg, recently occupied by Chancellor Tyler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTeterel, Francis: Policies and premium receipts. 1807-1925 Waters, Sarah: Policies and premium receipts. 1796-1799 Webb, Walter W.: Receipt for premium. 1825.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWedding Announcement, 1939\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed given by the trustees on the city of Williamsburg to John Custis conveying three lots in the city. Signed by John Clayton and William Robertson\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnderson, Robert A contract for purchase of corn and fodder from John T. Marston. 1835. Cocke, Doctor Doctor Cocke of old Williamsburg. A printed article. Reprinted form the Medical Times, October 1936. Fresheau [Freneau], Peter Peter Fresheau [Freneau], Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Maryanne Scott, New York, 25 April 1749. Order to pay Charles Stewart the sum of five pounds sterling. Hundley, Jack \"They've sold the town.\" poem. 1929. Hunter, William Typed memoranda concerning William Hunter. Johnson, James James Johnson vs. Henry Wilson. Suit. 1842. Parks, Eleanor Typed copy of renunciation of benefit from will of William Parks. 1750. Parks, William Typed copy of will. 1750. Correspondence concerning a memorial to William Parks. 1922. Pelham, Ann Creese Silhouette of Ann Creese Pelham, wife of Peter Pelham. Richard, Milly Vicksburg, Miss., to Captain Thomas Russell, n.p., Va. 8 July 1868. A former slave who belonged to Scervant Jones inquires about her relations. She was Milly Armstrong. 2 pp. ALS. Rind, William Copy of inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Rind. 1773. Scott, Robert G. Typed copy of an advertisement of Robert G. Scott, attorney. In the Richmond Enquirer, 27 October 1812. Smith, Sydney Williamsburg, Va., to Henry Smith, 1/2 Way House, York Co., Va., 23 February 1854. Discusses local grassroots politics and his intention to run for Commonwealths attorney. 3 pp. ALS. Taliaferro, Charles Typescript about portrait. Warwick, Eliza Typed copies of correspondence of Eliza Warwick of Williamsburg, Va., 1801-1803. Originals in the Valentine Museum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAffidavits denying that demonstrations were made against the United States by Williamsburg militia.  1872.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncements, newspaper clippings, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advertisements and other written material for moving pictures. Poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" is filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 29).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarland of Spring Carols.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the subscription to the Virginia Gazette., 1930 Outline of W. J. Johnston as editor of the Virginia Gazette.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrograms and posters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSheet of paper made by the Williamsburg Restoration illustrating the water mark of William Parks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarter Theater and Children's Theater Programs, announcements. Little Theater League., 1929-1938 Programs, announcements, and posters. Other Organizations, 1785, 1925-1930 Notes, programs, circulars, and posters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAddresses and cards.  1875, 1924, 1931, 1948\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDedication program, 12 May 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Evening Press. Catalog of type specimens. The Williamsburg Bulletin (1945), Gardiners Virginia Gazette (1942) and The Evening Press (July 1942).  All of the above were edited and printed by Joseph Rowe Gardiner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Souvenir booklet of the Williamsburg Pre-Restoration Old-Timers reunion, November 1-2, 1980 (Samuel \"Billy\" D. Royall, printer).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy. Letters of application and recommendation for teaching position in the proposed male and female schools, 1849. Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostats, 1811 Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia to Carter Berkeley, pertaining to schools in Williamsburg, 1811. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 32). Advertisement, 1805 A newspaper advertisement concerning Mr. Anderson's school for young ladies. Photostatic copy. April 30, 1805, Richmond Enquirer. Letter, 1820 A letter from Margaret Page, at Williamsburg, to John Page, at Union Town, Monroe County, Virginia, 19 January 1820, mentioning the opening of Mr. Morse's school for young ladies. (See Page-Saunders Papers, Folder 1). Letter, 1849 William Hodges, Washington, D.C., to Robert McCandlish, Williamsburg, Va., concerning the rental of his house for the Female School. 10 June 1849. 2 pp. ALS Williamsburg Female Academy, 1849-1852, 1862 A circular letter from Hubert P. LeFebvre, at Richmond, 21 August 1849. Catalog. 1851-1852. Typescript of a letter application from John K. Noel for a teaching position, noting his experience as principal of both the Williamsburg Female and Male Academies. 1862. Williamsburg Male Academy, 1855 Printed circular. 1855. Williamsburg Military School (Morressett \u0026amp; Peyton), 1852-1853 Letter, 1840 A letter from E.G. and M.R. Gatliff, at Williamsburg, to James Baytop, at Springfield, Gloucester Court House, 7 April 1840, concerning a girls' school. (See Gloucester County Papers, Folder 3). Bills, 1848, 1868 Bills for school supplies and tuition. 1848 and 1868. Copies. Book List A list of school books. Copy from a paper of Judge Frank Armistead of Williamsburg, Virginia. Female Seminary, 1880 See Armistead Papers, Folder 1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMatthew Whaley, 1923-1931, 1943, 1945 Circulars and programs. 1923-1931. (new MW opened 15 September 1930, per The Powder Horn, October 1930). Dramatic Club bulletins and poster. Graduation invitation, 1945. Programs, 1943. Program for the George Washington Bicentennial, 1932. The Powder Horn, the school newspaper, March 1928, October - December 1930. Bruton Heights School Commencement invitation, concert program. Miscellaneous Rawls Byrd, History of the Public Schools in Williamsburg. Facts on Public Schools brochures, 1972-1973. 1984. \"Pride in the Past,\" American Education Week, November 11-17. From the Virginia Gazette. Teachers' Guides \"Eighteenth Century Life in Williamsburg, Virginia.\" \"The War and Elementary School Instruction in American Colonial Life.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 photograph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of paid Capitation Taxes for 1946, 1947 and 1948 on or before May 7, 1949 and for 1947, 1948 and 1949 on or before December 12, 1949.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents \"A Bibliography on the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg\" by Elsie Alderson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Flyers, pamphlets and more on the Colonial National Monument, \"A Brief History of and Guide Book to Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown\" by Rutherfoord Goodwin (signed by the author), \"A Historic Old Virginia Pilgrimage\" brochure for taking a cruise to the Williamsburg area on April 29 - May 1, 1930 and brochures and reprints about Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown. Tourist hardback book, \"Historic Peninsula of Virginia,\" distributed by Stone and Webster, Inc. in 1928. Photostatic copy of newspaper account of Jamestown Day, May 13. Year unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Proposed Zoning Ordinance for the City of Williamsburg, 1945. Zoning Ordinance Adopted 1947.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Oversized items removed from Mss. 39.4 V82ci Williamsburg Papers. Organized by the folder from which they were removed. Folder 3: Williamsburg Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Folder 13: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Folder 14: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster for \"Lecture Recital at Bruton Parish Church...Dr. David McK. Williams.\" 1943. Folder 15a: Churches - Christian Science Monitor, 1951 poster for a lecture by Claire Rauthe and 1944-45 free lecture announcements. Folder 17: Clubs and Organizations - The Exchange Club flyers, 1949-1954. Folder 19: Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. Folder 29: Moving Pictures - Large poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" to be held at the Williamsburg Theater. undated. Folder 32: Schools - Private Schools - Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia, to Carter Berkeley pertaining to schools in Williamsburg. 1811\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter written by W. Fred Andrews of Gahanna, Ohio to Parke Rouse, Jr. reminiscing about his days as a student at the College of William and Mary. 3 pp. June 22, 1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eALS of C.P. Armistead, Williamsburg to the Hon. R. Taylor Scott, Richmond, Virginia, dated 27 May 1893 regarding his brother running for office, probably the Electoral Board of James City County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopies of newsclippings, journal articles, and Bruton Parish Bulletins about the 1991 dig by New Agers to search for evidence in the Bruton Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Virginia, to support the controversial claim that Sir Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays plus a formula for establishing world peace. August 20, 1992 photographs of Bruton Parish Churchyard digs with Marley Brown, archaelogist of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. One photograph shows the Middleton Vault.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Handwritten letter from Samuel Putnam, Union soldier and Orderly in the 25th Massachusetts Volunteers while at Camp West near Williamsburg to his father. Putnam writes about the occupation of Williamsburg by Union soldiers, the destruction of the College of William and Mary, the \"insane asylum\" and his theft from a Williamsburg home of several letters by Thomas Jefferson, several letters by \"revolutionary maidens\" and one letter by Richard H. Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of March 10, 1887, entitled \"Virginia a day in a historic town--views of old Williamsburg.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Fragment of a receipt signed by Abram. Loc[ke]tt and \"Wmsburg Dist\" noted on the bottom of the page. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned Williamsburg Tricentennial poster, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten letter from O. F. Helner of the 33rd regiment, at a camp near Williamsburg to Mr. Abbott. He writes about the Battle of Williamsburg and a visit by General McClellan to the camp. May 1862. Transcript included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Playbills, 1891-1896 and undated, from plays staged at Cameron Hall at Eastern State Hospital with actors and actresses from the College of William and Mary and the local community. Some programs list \"The Virginia Comedians\" as the producer. Playbills, 1910 and 1916, from plays staged at the College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Union soldier's letter, \"John\" to his sweetheart \"Mary,\" 12 May (1862), regarding the occupation of Williamsburg by the North. Mention of Northern dead in Williamsburg after the battle and burying soldiers. Excerpt, \"...there are some very pretty girls here but I noticed that some of them were [wear] the rebel flag on their bosom.\" Stereoscopic card, \"War Views, View of Court House and Church, Hospital of the 2nd Corps, Yorktown, Va.\" No. 2374, published by E. \u0026amp; H.T. Anthony \u0026amp; Co. Negative by Brady \u0026amp; Co., Washington. Someone has crossed out \"Yorktown\" and written \"Williamsburg.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour pamphlets: Catalogue of the Williamsburg Female Academy, 1851-1852; two copies of the catalogue of the Williamsburg Military School, Richmond, 1853; prospectus and catalogue of the Williamsburg Male Academy, 1852-1853.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBroadside dated December 14th, [1941], announcing a Citizen's Mass Meeting...at the Williamsburg Theatre.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Photostat copies of newspaper articles about the Battle of Williamsburg from the New York Daily Tribune, May 10, 12 and 13, 1862, photostat copies of a map of the \"Lower Peninsula,\"  and \"Battle of Williamsburg\" and both a negative and a positive photocopies entitled \"Charge of Hancock's Brigade at Williamsburgh,\" \"Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-works in front of Williamsburg from sketches made May 6, 1862,\" \"Williamsburg, Va.\"  These prints have notes on them and might be partial proofs for a publication.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree photographs of the Dedication of Ft. Magruder, May 5, 1952 by Von Dubell Studio.    Publication of a letter by The Business Men's Association of the City of Williamsburg about \"taking early steps for the proper  celebration at Jamestown of the Tercentennial Anniversary...did on the September 7, 1900, in the name of the citizens of Williamsburg, pass resolutions for the appointment of a committee...\"  On inside of pamphlet, resolutions are listed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG.W. Thorpe Plat, surveyed March 1916; Pine Grest Subdivision blue print plat, owned and developed by Ernest G. Vaughan and sold to Carrie V. Williams, surveyed November/December 1939; Capitol Heights property blueprint plat of Frank G. Linekin, June 26, 1930; W.L. Jones blueprint plat,May 1926; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, August 10, 1939; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, December 10, 1920; Powhatan Park blueprint plat, property of York Land Corporation, April 1916; blueprint plat of property conveyed by Celia Maxton to others,land between route 60 and the railroad, September 7, 1952; and plat of property of H.D. Bozarth between Clay and Harrison Streets, June 19, 1925.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePosters for performances at the Matthew Whaley Auditorium in 1936, poster for \"Middle Plantation Art \u0026amp; Handcraft Exhibition\" at Casey's Annex (undated), poster for exhibit of \"Walt Disney's Original Paintings used in Snow White\" at the Bruton Parish House (undated), Williamsburg Tricentennial Poster, Colonial Williamsburg concert posters, Williamsburg Theatre posters (undated, possibly 1930's), and other posters for entertainment at Williamsburg High School and the Presbyterian Church (undated, possibly 1930's).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo aerial photographs of South Henry Street area of Williamsburg, Virginia.  Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of a print \"Loudon-street, Winchester.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Many of these papers appear to be from the Clerk of Court office in Winchester, Virginia. Clerk of Court signatures include John Peyton, Clerk of Hustings, Winchester, Virginia and Algernon R. Wood. Organized in date order. Account for Nicholas Scheren to David Michael Rutter. May 1786 Payment from Dr. Robert Colvin to Philip Bush. October 12, 1786 Accounts for Robert Sherrard to James Murry. 1787 Payment from Robert Sherrard to John Hamilton for waggonage from Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] to Winchester, Virginia. 1787 Document about refund of payment made by Tejamus ? Dowdall to Robert Colvin, who opened a school. April 12, 1787 Court summons for Josiah Jackson and Zebediah Hollingsworth for James Murray in case with Robert Sherrard, Defendant. August 9, 1787 Indenture. James and Eleanor Wood of Davidson, North Carolina and David Dedderick, for Lot 9 on West side of Loudon (Loudoun) Street in Borough of Winchester. September 22, 1789 Marriage Bond between Enos Roberts and Mary Kendrick. January 13, 1790 Marriage bond of Conrad House and Susannah Shusher. December 27, 1790 Bond for James Walls as executor of last Will and Testament of John Wynn. June 30, 1794 Charter between Shreve Lawson of Baltimore, Maryland and James Moseley, Merchant on freight on the ship Alexandria. July 4, 1796 Marriage license between James A. Nelson and Polly M. Donald. April 26, 1802 Manumission papers from Peter Lauck to Peter Bisick. March 14, 1806 Affidavit. Josiah Massy took oath of Lieutenant in 31st Regiment, 16th Brigade. Signed by A. (B.) Miller. May 2, 1812. Register of sale of Louisa Robinson (wife of Jonathan Robinson) to Doctor Daniel Conrad. August 3, 1818. Act \"to amend the Act incorporating the Town of Winchester.\" Complete handwritten text of the act as presented to the General Assembly in Richmond, Virginia. Copied by William Munford, Keeper of the Rolls. Document bound with string. Dated December 12, 1818 and passed January 9, 1819 Inquest. \"Inquisition on the body of Robert Cockerton (?) who died at the house of Elizabeth Pendleton, Innkeeper. November 1, 1820 Contract/letter of attorney between John Holland of Gosney Manor of Shenandoah County, Virginia, woolan manufacturer, and George Hadfield of Old Hall, County of Chester, in England to Hugh Shaw. June 8, 1827 Manumission papers where Margaret Galloway emancipates negro woman, Maria, wife of William Tuckrin, a free negro. October 17, 1827 Manumission papers or Certification of Freedom for Negro Lucy under the will of Alexander White of Woodville. June 13, 1832 Certificate of Freedom, or Manumission papers, signed by Phebe Coubourn that she raised Nancy Sabro, a \"dark Muluto\" who was born of free parents. September 21, 1835 Notice to Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester for summons of Jonathan Cox, Davy Johnson, Thomas Pollard, James Pollard, Richard Strange, Lewis Smith, David Washington and Rose Williams for \"remaining within this corporation and Commonwealth more than 12 months of their right to freedom…\" May 5, 1846 Bill of sale to William H. Brown from George R. Long for sale of negro man, Abraham Washington. August 24, 1846 Court Case. Algernon R. Wood, prosecutor for Commonwealth of Virginia, against James Pollard, a free negro or mulatto who remained in Virginia after he was freed. October 3, 1846 Court summons for Sally Field for remaining in Winchester after being freed. June 23, 1848 Mary, negro slave of Joseph Baker, charged with trying to poison Nancy Lindsey with tea. June 1, 1849 Notarized statements of Amelia Ann Buck of Warren County, Virginia regarding copartnership with John R. Ricards, John N. Buck of Baltimore, Maryland and Thomas L. Blakemon of Warren County regarding hotel, Mountain House in Hampshire County, Virginia. John R. Buck sells his interest to his brother, William M. Buck. July 3, 1850 Letter from Baltimore, Maryland regarding his father's estate. Author unknown. February 20, 1851 Recording of last will and testament of Addison B. Riely in Baltimore, Maryland. Endorsed by Ann R. Riely. September 27, 1852 Certificate for R.B. Allen to sell wine at his store on Cameron Street.September 1, 1855 Court summons in case of Patrick Conner vs John H. Anderson, Conner's apprentice. October 8, 1856 Letter from John Quanten ? to Robert L. Brookings asking for servant woman Lucy who was part of the estate of Mrs. Emmets?. May 27, 1857 Indictment. John Howard, alias John Newman, a free negro, was accused of assault by Rachel Ann Holler, a white woman and jailed. Indictment against James W. Jones, the jailor, for allowing the prisoner to escape. March 17, 1860 Command to the Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester to take \"…Maria Ball [Colored]…her safely keep…until May indictment … for remaining in the State of Virginia…without lawful permission. April 21, 1860 Notice to Sheriff of Berkeley County, Virginia to imprison Elizabeth Farrow if she is found in Berkeley County. She is charged with having a \"…house of ill fame for the purpose of prostitution and lewedness.\" April 17, 1861 Note from Clerk of Court in Winchester where he says he has been notified by a military order that he is no longer the Clerk. June 5, 1868 Court case with John Vilwig regarding two coffins. June 1886. Republican Ticket for Virginia. 1892. Letter from George S. Bowers of Laurell, Maryland, about \"Willie\" accepting Christ [in the Lutheran Church]. December 13, 1918 Instructions to lawyer or court about charges of larceny against a free negro. undated. Fragment. \"Twelve days have been expended in loading.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCircular for the Woodstock Male and Female Academy. July 21, 1866.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistorical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.  7 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo facsimilies of the parole of Cornwallis. 2 pieces. Journal of the siege of York-Town...as recorded in the hand of Gaspard de Gallatin and translated by the French department of the College of William and Mary...Washington, United States Printing Office. 1931. 48 p. 24 cm. (71st Congress, 3rd Session. Senate. Document no. 322.) 1 piece. Un geste patriotique des Strasbourgeois au cours de la guerre d'Independence americaine. Printed. 1 piece. Ceux de Yorktown par Servan Malo, with English translation. 2 pieces. Memorandum on J.C. Louis, Baron von Closen. By Ruth E. Butler. 4 typed pages. 1 piece. Photographs showing restoration of French and American fortifications around Yorktown. About 1935. 3 pieces. Photographs of a painting of the siege of Yorktown. 3 copies. Also an enlargement. Map of the siege of Yorktown. 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches. 1 piece. An engraving of the surrender at Yorktown. 1 piece. List of Confederate Soldiers buried at Yorktown which includes Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Williamsburg. (Copy from the National Park Service. Original at the Yorktown Visitor Center).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted topographical map of the Colonial National monument, Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia. Made by the U.S. Geological Survey 1931. 30 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. 1 piece. Three newspaper clippings concerning the siege of Yorktown. Other papers. 5 pieces. Walking stick made from the flag staff of the 80th British Regiment, Yorktown, 1781. Returned to donor (Nellie Deans Greaves) in either 1960's or 1970's. Printed announcement, dated at Montpellier, 9? December 1781, signed by Le Comte de Perigord, stating that the King has ordered a Te Deum sung in all the churches of France for the Yorktown victory. Purchased from Thomas L. Suter, 16 October 1952.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuildings Photographs and prints: Customs House; Lord Cornwallis' Cave; Main Street; Monument Lodge (1 piece); Moore House (4 pieces--3 photographs in Mapcase); Shield House (oldest house) and Nelson House (1 piece); Yorktown wharf (1 piece). Monument Photographs. 1 piece. 2 newspapers with history of the building and opening of the George P. Coleman Bridge. Located in mapcase.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pieces including 1 photograph. See also Folders 6-8.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Includes a photograph album entitled \"Views of The Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, Virginia, October 16-17-18-19, 1931\" presented to The College of William and Mary in Virginia by the Yorktown Sesquicentenniail Association, Inc. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eViews of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, VA, October 16-19,1931 from the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Inc\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931:  Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration.  20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981:  Official commemorative program.  Official booklet:  \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYorktown National Military Park June 6, 1921 ...In the Senate of the United States.  June 6, 1921.. A bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...7 p.  28 cm.  1 piece. 1921 Hearings before the subcommittee of the committee on appropriations United States Senate...on a bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...Washington, Government printing office, 1921.  16 p.  23 1/2 cm.  1 piece. Navy Mine Depot Navy Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia By Commander A. H. Miles, U.S. Navy.  (Reprinted from the United States Naval Institute Proceedings v. 54, no. 4, whole no. 302.)  1 piece. In the matter of Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia...Brief submitted on behalf of owners of property...Newport News, Franklin Printing Co.  21 p.  23 cm.  1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterial relating to the annual celebrations of Yorktown Day, sometimes called Yorktown Fete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFete in honor of General La Fayette.  Printed pamphlet by R.G. Scott on what happened during planning of the Yorktown Fete of 1824 and why he should not be responsible. 1827.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCentennial.  \"An Appeal to the Country for a National Centennial Celebration of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.\"  Printed by Virginian Print, Norfolk, Va. 1879. Special Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Virginia at Yorktown 1881. Celebration of Yorktown Centennial- a pamphlet containing incidents and speeches from event. 10/19/1881. A History, Surrender of the British Forces to the Americans and French at Yorktown, Va., Program for the Centennial Anniversary Celebration on October 18th, 1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Admiral Francis Joseph Paul De Grasse, Hero of Yorktown\" by Louis A Culvillier 1931Invitation and tickets to Yorktown Celebration 1931List of European Guests at Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Newsletter on Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Official Program of Yorktown Celebration.  1931Some Old Yorktown Maps by K.W. Trimble.  Reprint from The Military Engineer, 1931Tentative Program of Yorktown Celebration byYorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931Ticket Stubs-Yorktown 150 year Celebration 1931Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram of Celebration of 155th Anniversary of the Victory at Yorktown under the Joint Auspices…  10/19/1936\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram of Yorktown Celebration, October 18-19, 1934.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from A.A. Folsone to Hon. Lyon G. Tyler enclosing engraving of a view of Yorktown, \"Yorktown Battlefield\" by John B. Chapman per Graham's Magazine, 1814.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Photograph of House in Yorktown undatedPhotograph of Yorktown Battlefield and Moore House undatedSketch of Yorktown- View from the River (Copy) undatedYorktown Homes (6 photographs on cardboard) undatedGreeting Cards -Prints of Moore House and Nelson House  1934\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal ink wash drawing by a federal soldier in 1862. View of the York River waterfront. Transferred to artifact librarian in 2011.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Plats of Yorktown, Photostats (2)  undated Sign - Guided Tour of Yorktown (10\"x7\" cardboard sign) 1941 \"Establishment of the American Army.\"  Photostat of May 27, 1778 Congressional Order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAvailable online via the Library catalog for William and Mary users; alternate access is available via the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/journalofsiegeof00gall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Yorktown Church Said Third Oldest in Virginia,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  May 9, 1960.\"Historic Nelson House,\" January 31, 1973\"Battle Lines Will Be Reconstructed at Yorktown,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  January 31, 1973.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Christmas Dinner Menu, U.S. Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia.  1950.Colonial National Historic Park brochure by US Department of Interior (2 Copies).  1940Old Yorktown and its History by Mrs. Sydney Smith.  1920Salvaging Relics from York River.  1939U.S. 17 George Washington Memorial Highway Map, Tidewater, Virginia, into Colonial National Historical Park.  undated.Views of Yorktown and Gloucester Town—Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia.  1946Virginia Gazette Supplement, The Public Observer, \"Yorktown Day of Yesteryear.\"  October 1972\"Yorktown-Climax of the Revolution,\" National Park Service, Source Book Series, Number 1 (2 copies).  1941\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Henri de Saint-Simon at Yorktown; A French Prophet of Modern Industrialism in America,\" The Franco-American Review, Autumn 1937.\"A Neglected French Collaborator in the Victory of Yorktown\" by Harold A. Larrabee.  1932.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYorktown Sesquicentennial medal commemorating the surrender of Lord Cornwallis in 1781. Transferred to Artifact Collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEighteen early photographs of monuments in Yorktown, Virginia, many with descriptions written on the reverse side.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs of: the Victory monument,  the monument on the spot where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, Lafayette Coach at Bremo, Spring where Washington got his water, marker of French soldiers' graves (2), plaque for site of the Home of Nicolas Martiau,  plaque for \"Baron Gaspard de Gallatin,\" walk along top of old earthworks (3), where Washington had his tent, spot marked where a tablet once was, plaque for \"french soldiers and sailors,\" where Lafayette had his tent, plaque for Thomas Nelson, Jr. and artists conception of celebration (ships in harbour). 17 photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of Battery; print of \"Reddotopm de L'armee du Lord Cornwallis; 3 photograph of inside and outside of the Moore House, 1911; two copies of the Gloucester-Mathews newspaper, May 7, 1952, with the history of the building of the George P. Coleman Bridge; and one copy of the Daily Press, May 7, 1952, about the Coleman Bridge.\u003c/p\u003e"],"collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8763","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8763","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8763","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8763","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8763.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Virginia Cities Collection","title_ssm":["Virginia Cities Collection"],"title_tesim":["Virginia Cities Collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1663-1980"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1663-1980"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 39.4 V82ci","/repositories/2/resources/8763"],"text":["Mss. 39.4 V82ci","/repositories/2/resources/8763","Virginia Cities Collection","Alexandria (Va.)--History","Blue Ridge Springs (Va.)","Charlottesville (Va.)--History","Danville (Va.)--History","Fredericksburg (Va.)--History","Hanover Courthouse (Va.)--History","Harrisonburg (Va.)--History","Hopewell (Va.)--History","James City County (Va.)--Tercentenary","Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century","Lexington (Va.)--History","Norfolk (Va.)--History","Petersburg (Va.)--History","Providence Forge (Va.)--History","Strasburg (Va.)--History","Virginia--History--17th century","Virginia--History--18th century","Virginia--History--19th century","Virginia--History--20th century","Washington (Va.)--History","Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","Woodstock (Va.)--History","African Americans--Virginia--Williamsburg","College of William and Mary--History--20th century","College of William and Mary--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","College of William and Mary--Students","College theater--United States","Community theater","Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--19th century","Gardening--Virginia","Horticultural literature","Jamestown Exposition (1907)","Jamestown Festival (1957)","Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)","Legal documents","Lynchburg (Va.)--History","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction and pillage","Williamsburg, Battle of, Williamsburg, Va., 1862","Physicians--Virginia--Williamsburg","African American physicians","Account books","Catalogs","Correspondence","Financial records","Petitions","Photographs","Receipts (financial records)","Surveys (documents)","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.","Alphabetical by name of city.","Reprocessed by Anne Johnson in 2011.","Added to collection in 2019 from backlog ephemera.","Mss. 39.4 V82co Virginia Counties Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library"," Mss. 65 V82 Virginia Quitrents Collection, 1704-1705, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library"," Many other accessions relating to cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia are in the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library.  Please check the subject index for the name of the city. Also, you can use the search box on the top right corner, being sure to check the \"Include Box Lists.\""," Artifacts tranferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection include: Presbyterian Student Choir Badge (39.4V82.A01.1), Presbyterian Junior Choir Badges (39.4V82.A01.2a-e), York River Ink Wash Drawing (39.4V82ci.02), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Medal (39.4V82ci.03), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin (39.4V82ci.04)","Artificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.","A newspaper clipping concerning dead towns in Virginia.  1 piece.","Scope and Contents History of Christ Church. 3 p. 15 1/2 cm. Christmas card from Old Presbyterian Meeting House from William Buckner and Mr. Croarty. undated. Letter to Earl Gregg Swem from Josephine Weeks about buying a newly made print from Colonel Gilpin's \"Plan of Alexandria, 1798.\" June 17,1944. Alexandria businesses papers: envelope from Garrett and Monroe, card from Gwin, Beckham and Company Commission Merchants and Andrews Studios. undated. List of names and inscriptions on gravestones at Christ Church, Old Presbyterian Meeting House and Bethlehem Cemetery by George Magruder Battey. Carbon Copy. June 1, 1944. History of St. Paul's Church, Fairfax Parish, 1810-1932 by Margery Arden Hall. Copy. \"Financial statement and report and list of subscribers and pewholders of Saint Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church in Fairfax","Bath is in present day Berkeley County, West Virginia.","Papers of Thomas Marshall Hunter, Morgantown, W.Va. Typed copy of an act for establishing a town at the Warm Springs in the county of Berkeley.  October 1776. 1 piece. A list of original purchasers of lots in Bath, Berkeley County.  1 piece.  Extracts from the minutes of the trustees of Bath.  1 piece. An excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Notes of Virginia.  1793. 1 piece. Copies of newspaper advertisements of stores and boarding houses. 1781.  3 pieces.","Scope and Contents Advertisement card for travel from Lynchburg, Virginia. undated.","Scope and Contents Music festival 1931. Advertising folder. Letter inviting people to visit a new academy established at the Midway under Mr. Pike Powers, formerly professor of Mathematics at Hampton Sydney. Signed by the nine professors. July 17, 1838. Affidavit signed by the Librarian of the Library of the University of Virginia on July 10, 1848 that the letter was copied from the Richmond Enquirer collection on July 10, 1848. Brochure of photographs of the buildings at the University of Virginia. A 1\" x 3.5\" calendar for 1927 from President Alderman is attached. 1927. Prints of engravings: \"View of the University of Virginia\" and \"University of Virginia, Charlottesville.\" undated. Letter from W.W. Gilmer of Charlottesville to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia recommending A.P. Abell as Proctor of the University. Partial letter from an unknown person at the University about new professorships, lack of money, who might be retiring and the increase from 32 to 50 Virginia students. April 4, 1856. Letter from Edwin M. Mann of the Chambers of the Judge of the Hustings Court in Petersburg, Virginia to Capt. W. Roane Ruffin, Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia about recommending Mayor R.W. Jones for Chair of General and Applied Chemistry and Pharmacy. September 23, 1884. \"College Topics\", Volume VII, Number 4, a publication of the University of Virginia which gives and account of the burning of the Rotunda. November 4, 1895. Sent by John Stewart Bryan on February 10, 1936. Editorial to the Enquirer by W.A. Turner about a proposed bill to consolidate the medical department at the University of Virginia and the Medical College at Richmond. undated. Mimeograph copy of a letter to Miss Nannie from Sallie J. Doswell about the advertising costs in her new edition of the condensed history of the University. March 21, 1911. A small book of \"A Partial Roster of Eminent Alumni\" of the \"University of Virginia in the Service of the Republic.\" undated. University of Virginia Alumni News. December 1926. University of Virginia commencement programs. June 29, 1855, June 27, 1856 (2 copies), June 29,1857 (2 copies) and July 4, 1860 (2 copies).","Scope and Contents A historical and descriptive article. undated. 1 piece. Typed copy of an act incorporating the town, 1749. 1 piece. Typed copy of a list of residents of Dumfries found in the ledger of Daniel Payne, merchant. 1758-1761. 1 piece. Typed list of merchants residing in Dumfries. 1789. 1 piece. A Short historical sketch of the Dumfries lodge of Masons, 1797-1830, including a list of members in 1798. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents A print, \"Fortress Monroe, Va. and Its Vicinity\" with a numbered legend of places on the picture. undated.","Day book of the corporation of Fredericksbug, Virginia. 28 April 1802 -- 28 February 1812. 80 pages. 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. List of voters and militia in the corporation of Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1855. 48 pages. 13 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. An illustrated descriptive folder. 1 piece. An envelope printed with six views of buildings. 1 piece. 1787-1840 Fredericksburg District Court Records: See Mss. Acc. 2008.319 Fredericksburg, Virginia District Court.","Scope and Contents Fredericksburg Street lottery tickets signed by Beck (sic) Welford. Over 50 tickets. Some tickets have the name of purchaser on the reverse side. 1826. 1 lottery ticket from St. Louis, dated March 6, 1817. Pages with photographs of State Teachers College. (Mary Washington University). 4 pages. undated. Printed letter to the \"communicants of St. George's Church\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia, asking for funds. undated. Statement of current expenses of St. George's Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia. February 19, 1872. Advertisement for \"Johnston and Company, Druggists and Apothecaries\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia. undated.","Numerical list of blanks and prizes in the Fredericksburg Female Charity School Lottery.  1805.  48 pages.  15 1/2 x 10 inches.","July 5, 1953 Daily Press newspaper clipping \"Historical Approach Used in the Selection of New Names for Hampton City Streets.\" Annual reports for the Committee for the Fort Monroe Museum and its successor, the Casemate Museum. 1951-1974.","Engraving of Hanover Court-House, possibly removed from a book.","Two prints of Harper's Ferry by W.H. Bartlett, 1838, showing different views. One newspaper print reproduction, \"Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Company.  1854. Three prints by G. Perkins, 1874, \"Harper's Ferry by Moonlight.\"","5 printed reproductions of photographs of buildings at the \"State Teacher's College\" in Harrisonburg, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Flyers advertising \"Gooch\" and \"Little Miss Spruce\" trees by Winslow L. Gooch of Hopewell, Virginia.","Related material: See the Jamestown Corporation Records, 1946-1979, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary; and the Jamestowne Society Papers, 1930-1966, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Papers, 1629-1952, relating to Jamestown, Va. Note: Items relating to Colonial National Historical Park and to Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown are filed under Williamsburg. See also: Map Collection.\n    Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town.  13 pieces.","    Landing at Jamestown.  An engraving.  1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America.  James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\"  (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828).  2 items.","    Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City.  1629.  4 pieces.","    Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island.  4 photostats.","    Log houses at Jamestown.  By George C. Gregory.  Blueprint of a typed article.  1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682.","    Photographs of buildings and foundations.  13 pieces. Undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase.","    Photograph of a section of the church yard.  Undated. 1 piece.","    Objects unearthed.  6 photographs and an illustrated article. Undated.","    Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952.  7 pieces.","    Monument.  Copy of architect's sketch.  1 piece.","    Philopena Album.  New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026 Allen, undated.  Includes engraving of Jamestown.","Photostat of Richmond TImes Dispatch, 1936 Jamestown Day\n        Photostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13.  From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936. ","John Page to William Sherwood Deed. 1681/2.","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"","Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Postcard of rear view of Jamestown Church.  1930's newspaper article entitled \"National Memorial to the Progress of the Colored Race in America\" about Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux building a memorial at Jamestown.","Scope and Contents Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town. 13 pieces. Landing at Jamestown. An engraving. 1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America. James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\" (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828). 2 items. Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City. 1629. 4 pieces. Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island. 4 photostats. Log houses at Jamestown. By George C. Gregory. Blueprint of a typed article. 1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682. Photographs of buildings and foundations. 13 pieces. undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase. Photograph of a section of the church yard. undated. 1 piece. Objects unearthed. 6 photographs and an illustrated article. undated. Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952. 7 pieces. Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece. Philopena Album. New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026 Allen, undated. Includes engraving of Jamestown.\nPhotostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13. From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936.","Photostat copies: letter from Ellen M. Bagby of the Jamestown Committee of the APVA to Mr. Warner S. McCall of Gibson City, Illinois inviting him to Jamestown for the installation of the plaque honoring Edward Maria Wingfield; memo by Warner McCall read by Bishop Brown at the Annual meeting of the APVA and newspaper clippings of the event with picture of plaque.","Photostat copies of two early deeds from Jamestown from the Ambler Papers at the Library of Congress, \"Virginia:  Jamestown--Land Patents, Deeds, etc.\"         Four photographs from the National Park Service:         Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,         Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,         Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and         Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Scope and Contents Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"","Four photographs from the National Park Service:","Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,","Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,","Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and","Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.","Ephemera from the 350th Anniversary of Jamestown.  Includes the Virginia Department of Highways report on \"Traffic and the Jamestown Festival,\" \"Jamestown Festival Official Program,\" programs for the musical program at PBK in Williamsburg and the christening of the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, brochure entitled \"Souvenir of the Jamestown Festival 1957, Old World Heritage,\"Jamestown Festival brochure, brochure for \"The Founders,\" ticket stub for the festivities, and a Jamestown Anniversary Issue of the magazine \"Forth\".","Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown, undated for probably early 20th century.  2 copies of the Supplement to the Virginia Gazette, dated June 28, 1957, about the Jamestown Festival.\nJohn Page to William Sherwood Deed, 1681/82.","Lexington Lottery Tickets, signed by Fisher and Jordan. 5 tickets.","Scope and Contents Lynchburg art club. Catalog of exhibition, 1929. 1 sheet. Flyer for \"Lynchburg Institute for Young Ladies\" conducted by Mr. And Mrs. Meany. undated. A flyer for the Morgantown Female Academy which is to be run by Mr. and Mrs. Meany, 1845, and a flyer for St. Mary's Female Seminary (Maryland) written by E.J. Meany, Principal. undated.","Scope and Contents Envelope from the business, Messrs. Lee Taylor and Co., Leaf Tobacco. undated. Receipt of William Turner and John F. Powell. August 22, 1795. Receipt of Capt. William Turner and John Poe, July 21, 1821. Receipt of Walter Irvine, Samuel Irvine and Proper Powell, July 11, 1796.","Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Virginia branch of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1937.  1 piece. Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece. News letter of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece.","A note giving the wording of the act of incorporation. 1799. 1 piece.","An airplane view. 1 piece.","To the pioneers of Newport News, Va. A historical sketch by George B. West. 1911. Typed copy. 1 piece. The Mariners' Museum. By Homer L. Ferguson. 9 p. illus. 28 cm. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of merchants. 2 pieces.","Receipt for George [illegible] who lives at 453-21 Street, Newport News, Virginia.","Miscellaneous letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people, including an 1804 letter describing a fire in Norfolk, an 1826 polling list, and an 1830 funeral invitation.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1804-1950, relating to Norfolk, Va. An artificial collection of letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people. Includes letter, 1804, concerning fire in Norfolk; list, 1826, of votes for General Assembly election; funeral invitation, 1830; and printed material (Gray Lines Motor Tours schedule and advertisement, \"The Tidewater Trail,\" \"Norfolk's Historic Mace\" (1935), \"Christ Church Congregation\" by Robert Morton Hughes and program of \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's Most Unusual Church [First Baptist]); broadside describing exhibitions and activities of Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science; and photograph of woodcut showing Market Square. 14 items.","Original, printed and miscellaneous material. W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp. ALS. March 24, 1804. Includes typescript. 1 p. List of voters casting their vote for either George Loyall of John S. Steed as the next delegate from Norfolk to the General Assembly. April 24, 1826 1 p. PD. Invitation to attend the funeral of Col. William Anderson, Norfolk, Va. June 13, 1830. 1 item. PC. Pamphlet entitled, \"Christ Church Congregation,\" by Robert Morton Hughes. 1937. 13 pp. PM. Program of the \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's most Unusual Church, [First Baptist].\" 1950. 57 pp. PM. Schedule of Gray Line Motor Tours of the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area. 1929. 1 p. PM. \"The Tidewater Trail, a chronicle for Groups for Service Women in this Community,\" featuring an article about the Barton Myers home in Norfolk, Va. January 1, 1931. 16 pp. PM. A brief history and description of the Mace of Norfolk, entitled \"Norfolk's Historic Mace.\" 1935. 14 pp. PM. Advertising bill for Gray Line Motor Tours. n.d. 1 p. PM Advertisement of John B. Loughran, \"dealer in picture frames, looking glasses...and clocks,\" No. 182 Church St., Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 p. PM. Handbill describing exhibitions and activities of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. n.d. 1 p. PM. Black and white photograph, 8\" x 10\", of a woodcut of Market Square, Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 item. Ph.","Scope and Contents S.W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp.  ALS.  Including typescript.  1 p.","Advertisement for subscription to the \"Day Book\" for Norfolk and Portsmouth residents. Ca. 1870. Note: Photographs from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia are filed under James City County, Virginia in the Virginia Counties Collection.","Scope and Contents Pocahontas Playbill. undated.","A letter from P.H. Drewry, 13 September 1922, regarding his proposed history of Petersburg. 1 piece. Tabb Street Presbyterian Church. List of members, 1867. Printed. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of business houses. 3 pieces.","Scope and Contents Photographs of the Virginia State College for Negroes in Petersburg, Virginia. undated. Account book from the Petersburg area. Earliest legible date is 1765. Partial. Fragile. Some names legible. Fragments of invoices from the Petersburg area. Fragile. Legible names: Mr. Buchanan, John Smith, Charles Hudson, Littlebury White, Buckner Raney, Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph and William Hamlin. 1759-1789. 8 items. Advertising card form the Davis Carriage Company. undated. Article on Blandford's Church from \"The Commonwealth Magazine\". June 1954. Report by the Association Preservation Petersburg Antiquities on the Pride Family and Pride's Field. Includes newspaper articles and photographs. February 4, 1938. Copy of legal document about moving a road near Blandford. Includes plat and list of all tithables on the land of Bollingbrook Ward. May 1787.","History of Portsmouth. By Mildred M. Holladay. In the Portsmouth Star, 19 January 1936. 1 piece. A deed given by Tapley Webb and others conveying a tract of land in Portsmouth to Purnal Pitts. 1812. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Six black and white photographs of the Providence Forge Mill showing inside and outside of mill. undated.","Papers, ca. 1793-1931, relating to Richmond, Va. Includes photographs, engravings, broadsides, programs of art exhibits, advertising cards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.","Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping - \"Richmond, Virginia, in 1793, an unpublished manuscript of the Reverend Henry Toulmin, a visiting English clergyman (information obtained from Colonel Gamble, a merchant of Richmond). 1 item. [concluding article only]. Newspaper clipping of a letter, 17 April 1878, from S. Bassett French to John Letcher concerning the riot in Richmond, 2 April 1863. 1 item. Two copies of articles on the history of Richmond by Edward V. Valentine, William G. Stanard, Mary Newton Stanard, Douglas S. Freeman, H. J. Eckenrode and Sally Nelson Robbins, in the Richmond News-Leader, 29 December 1924. Advertising sheet of Richmond's business, enterprise and attractions. undated. 1 item. Prospectus of...Richmond, capital of Virginia [approaches to its history]...Whittet and Shepperson, 1937. 1 item. Photograph of an engraved view of Richmond. Engravings (2 copies) of \"Richmond from the James.\" New York: D. Appleton \u0026 Co., 1871. Engraving of Richmond, n.d.","Typescript (carbon copy) concerning Richmond Academy of Fine Arts. Printed card concerning Memorial Volume of Virginia Historical Portraiture, 1585-1830. Broadside, 1937, concerning exhibit of chapbooks and battledores at the Valentine Museum. Program, 1938, for Steuben Glass exhibit at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Program, 1939, of exhibit of watercolors by Edmund S. Campbell. Agreement (unexecuted carbon copy), 1918, between Manchester National Bank of Richmond and Bank of Commerce and Trusts. Photographs (printed) of Richmond buildings. Engravings of capitol building Richmond (London: Published 1831, I. T. Hinton \u0026 Simpkin and Marshall). Newspaper clipping, 1925, concerning Virginia House. Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell]. Filed in Mapcase. Advertising materials (cards, broadsides and blotters). 37 items. (One item, re: Dietz Publishing Company is filed in Mapcase).","Scope and Contents Broadside, 1 April 1875, of First Baptist Church, Richmond. Invitation, 1859, to Monumental Church. Invitation, 1865, to St. Paul's Church. Bulletin, 23 November 1930, of Second Baptist Church. Letter, 1846, concerning schooner, Caroline. Broadside (copies) concerning \"Civic Association\" and \"Committee on Charter Changes.\"","Scope and Contents 29 January 1882 J. A. Cantrell, [?] to Carrie Irwin, Grace Chapel. Impending visit of [?] Doggett and [?] Saunders. 1 p. ALS. 4 November 1890 Milton F. Paddock, Rector, St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, Pa., to Thomas Browder, Richmond, Va. Since Grace Church is to lose Dr. [?] Jackson, recommends Charles A. Rickseeker. 3 pp. ALS. 7 January 1895 Mary E. Warren [Richmond, Va.] to Dr. Jno. R. Wheat, [Richmond, Va.] Account of money spent fro Christmas decorations. 4 pp. ALS. 6 April 1895 Gynne A. Lyell, Richmond, Va., to President of the Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Expiration of terms of members of musical committee. 8 April 1895 Virginia M. Robinson, [Richmond, Va.], to President, Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church [Richmond, Va.] Music committee. 3 pp. ALS. 5 March 1917 Robert A. Goodwin, Richmond, Va., to Vestry of Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Resignation as assistant minister. 1 p. ALS. January 1918 Memorial to Lucy Ambler Mason by Vestry of Grace Church. 2 pp. TD. 15 March 1918 Alms Boxes Report. 1 p. D. 5 March 1918 Report of Junior Auxiliary. 2 pp. D. 16 January 1919 L. U. McCabe, The Chancel Chapter, Grace Church, Richmond, Va., to Mrs. E. O. McCabe et al. Solicitation for contributing members. 1 p. TL. Verso bears agenda for a meeting. 1 p. D. 25 March 1919 Report of Grace Church Auxiliary of the Red Cross. Signed Mary A. Randolph. 5 pp. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Chancel Guild. By L. U. McCabe. 4 pp. on 1 leaf. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Woman's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church. Lists donations to War Relief Fund, to Lucy Ambler Mason Leper Memorial Fund, to aid in Influenza Epidemic (soup and milk), to adopt French orphan, and given to Richmond charities. 3 pp. DS. 7 July 1919 William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Leaves town for a prolonged stay. 1 p. ALS. Encloses letter, 3 July 1919, of William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Vestry, Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va. Resigning as vestryman. 1 p. ALS. 4 August 1919 William H. Palmer, Blacksburg, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Prevented by ill-health from attending vestry meetings and unable to attend duties as senior warden. 1 p. ALS. 5 January 1920; 8 March 1920 Minutes of vestry meetings. 4 pp. D. undated Report of Junior Auxiliary, signed by Maude Cooke, treasurer. 1 p. DS. undated Report of Chancel Chapter. Signed Lily Urquhart McCabe. 4 pp. ADS. undated Report of Primary Department, Grace Church Sunday School. 1 p. TD. undated Report of Grace Church Chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Paul. Signed by Stuart Cooke. 2pp. DS.","Organizations Letters, 1883, concerning Amateur Dramatic Club. Reports, 1856-1857, of board of directresses of Female Humane Association. Invitation, 1847, of Home Club [to meet at home of Joseph R. Anderson]. Four letters, 1853-1854, to Richmond Athenaeum (from Philip Slaughter, James F. Field, and J. Wood Johns). Announcement, 1884, of meeting of Richmond Microscopic Society. Broadside, 1931, concerning Virginia Historical Society. Two letters, 1911, of Grace M. Dodge re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of A. Beirne Blair re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of L. S. Joffe re: YMCA. Program, 1903, of Academy of Music. Program, 3 February 1930, The Artists Series of Concerts (Boston Symphony Orchestra). Legal Petition, ca. 1887, of A. A. Branch, executrix of her husband Thomas Branch's estate to award his daughter her annuity in one lump sum. Deed, 1858, of confirmation between Francis J. Brand, Willie Graseser, and Mary Selle and Charles Selle for a lot in Richmond [Brand was trustee for Mary Selle]. Deed, 1880, of confirmation by Joseph Francis Beyer to Glaser. Deed, 1907, between Isaac Digges and Benj. Barret for Isaac Digges interest in Va. Corporation Digest. Memorandum, 1823, re: John Van Lew \u0026 Co. Petition, 1869, of James Duke for a re-hearing in case of John Van Lew v. Duke. Account, 1836, re: selling of Swan Tavern. Third person letter re: lot on 12th St. Judgement, 1833, in Crump vs. Wren administrator, etc. Judgement, 1833, in Cotton \u0026 Clark. Notice, 1870, of motion for injunction in Ruper v. Sedgewick. Order, 1807, to pay Peter Gordon for defense of Alexander Spotswood. Deed, 1807, from Samuel McCraw and Geo. Fisher, trustees and Margretta West to Samuel Myers for Quesnay's Academy ground. Lease, 1861, from Spiro Zetila to Alfred Paul. Negative photocopy of letter, 1784, of Turner [?] to Clerk of Henrico re: lots in Richmond. Notes, 1888, concerning correspondence concerning a house and lot in Richmond.","Administrator, executor or guardian, 1856-1870. 46 items. Commissioner of revenue for the city of Richmond, 1856-1860. 3 items. Inspector of tobacco in the city of Richmond, 1871-1873. 3 items. Minister, 1861-1888. 18 items. Notary public for the city of Richmond, Hanover and Henrico counties, 1856-1893. 125 items. Sergeant of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Sheriff of the city of Richmond, 1856. 2 items. Treasurer of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Fragments of bonds. 2 items.","Scope and Contents Advertisements Advertisement, n.d., for a lecture by A. Edward Newton. Filed in Mapcase. Advertisement, 1939, Musicians Club of Richmond. Advertisement for lectures at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Advertisement for the Cavalcade of the Cavaliers Pageant. Advertisement for \"Strange Interlude\" by Eugene O'Neill at Lyric Theater. Advertisement, 1931, for Westinghouse Salutes Richmond. Posters Poster for San Carlo Opera at the Mosque. Filed in Mapcase. Poster, 18-19 May 1928, for Adventure Days in Richmond. Filed in Mapcase. Richard Adams Papers Accounts, 1785-1811, of Richard Adams [probably two men, one of whom died in 1800]. Bond, 1787, of Richard Adams (executor of Thomas B. Adams). Letter, 1792, to Richard Adams. Order, 1811, of Richard Adams. Bond, 1805, of Cyrus Griffin to Richard Adams. Order, 1810, of Cyrus Griffin. Bonds Fidelity bond, 1867, of Samuel C. Greenhow and William H. Haxall to administer estate. Fidelity bond, 1868, of John Johns, Jr., and Bradley T. Johnson. Bond, 1802, of John Mayo with Edward Carrington, trustee for Elizabeth Anne Mayo. Bond, 1854, of J. B. Morton, Hugh W. Fry, Arthur A. Morson, and John M. Patton with Richmond and York River Railroad. Bond, 1816, of Richard E. Parker and William Foushee, Sr, with trustees of Richmond Academy. Correspondence Letter, 1841, of George Jones to Committee of the Marshall Theater Request, 1822, of L. W. Dandridge, J. E. Dandridge, and James Rawlings, attorney for Rob. F. Dandridge, trustee for S. A. Williams. Correspondence, 1912, of Ordway Puller to Samuel B. Dunstan and statement of Dunstan re: sale of property. Programs Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (Johann Strauss). Program, 1930, of Adventure Days. Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (\"The Newly-Weds and their Baby.\") Program, 1905, of \"Magda\" at Lyric Theatre. Program, 1929, \"Marco Millions\" and other plays. Photographic images of Richmond Schools.","Scope and Contents History of Richmond's Social Service Societies of the 19th and 20th Centuries by Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fun handwritten cover by J. Luther Kibler when radio addresses acquired. Copies of typed radio addresses, Numbers 1-11 and 17 to 56, given by Elwood Street from 1942 to 1948. Includes correspondence between Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fund, and J. Luther Kibler about Mr. Street's articles in Virginia's county courthouses. Business card for \"Moore \u0026 Scott, Commission Merchants\" located at Nos. 1316 and 1318 Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Numbers 1 - 31 of the radio addresses entitled \"Richmond's Home Fires\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1942 and 1943.","Scope and Contents Numbers 23 - 56 of the radio addresses entitled \"War and Community\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1943.","Scope and Contents Brochures \"A Tour of Historic Richmond\" arranged for the convenience of guests in Richmond by Hotel John Marshall.  1940. \"Picturesque Richmond, Richmond, VA and her Suburbs\", published by the J.L. Hill Printing Company.  1891. \"Footpaths in Historic Richmond.\"  1944. Cardboard placard, \"This Virginia State Flag,\" about a flag made at No. 1 West Franklin Street in the winter of 1864-1865 by Sallie Radford Munford.  Placed by the Richmond Chaper, United Daughters of the  Confederacy.  1941. Buildings and Scenes Small pamphlet on the Virginia House in Winsor Farms. Copies of engravings of scenes in Richmond by Margeret Dasheill, Episcopal Home in Richmond, Virginia.  1940. Note card of St. John's Church.  undated. Copy of a woodcut of the Virginia Capitol Building by Frieda Koontz.  1939. Account of stewardship at the Craig House.  1937. Newspaper article on the Old Mud House in Powhatan County.  undated. Businesses and Advertisements Blank checks from Office of the Greenwood Mining Company on the Farmer's Bank of Virginia in 1800's, Citizen's Bank of Richmond in the 1880's, Mechanics' Bank in New York in the 1830's and George D. Mayo on the First National Bank in Richmond, Virginia in 1910. Writing paper from Murphy's Hotel (3 sheets) and an advertisement or paper covering for \"Dove's Comp. Fluid\" by S.E. Dove of Richmond, Virginia.  undated. Broadside for a sideshow presented by George J. Johnson and Son, Richmond.  Acts are Gazzell, Mermaid and the Sea and Punch and Judy.  undated. Brochure advertising the sale of \"Richmond, Capital of Virginia (Approaches to its History) by Various Hands\" published by Whittet and Shepperson.  1937. Gary's Autographic Tablet advertisement, manufactured and sold by A.J. Gary, Richmond, Virginia.  undated. \"Catalogue of Mme. Demorest's reliable Patterns of the Fashion.\"  1875. \"Richmond Produce Price Current\"  of  W.D. Tompkins and Bro., General Commission Merchants.  June 18, 1868. Advertisement for the sale of books by Richmond Authors in Historic Linden Row.  Linden Corner Book Sellers.  1953. Advertisement for William C. West, Architect and Superintendent.  1892. WRVA Brochures on their daily radio programs.  May 1947 – March 1951.","Scope and Contents Museums and Historical Societies Pamphlet and cards from the Valentine Museum. 4 items. Ca 1940's. Invitations and other material from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Ca 1940's. Papers General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking people and businesses in Richmond for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly. February 29, 1924. Subscription to \"Hillyer's American Railroad Magazine\" from a subscriber in Richmond, Virginia. March 1, 1859. Legal Receipt from Thomas W. Doswell, Sheriff of Richmond. James L. and J.W. Richardson are mentioned. 1856. Religion Baptism certificate for Mary Latham Willis in the Broad Street Station in Richmond, Virginia by a member of the Virginia Conf. , M.E. Church, South. 1874. Card about \"A Popular Lecture by Rev. J.J. Lafferty\" at the Clay-Street Methodist Church. September 13. Back cover of a book from the Clay Street Sunday School Library. Social Miller and Rhoads announcement for a \"Book and Author Dinner.\" undated. Richmond Lodge, No. 10, request, \"Brother, You are requested to attend your Brethren at their Lodge Room, on Tuesday evening next, at 7 o'clock. By order of the Master. John Fox, Sec'y. Richmond, September 7, 1799. Memorial Bazaar flyer for bazaar to raise money for the Confederate Museum and monument. April 11, 1893. Invitation letter from the Junior League of Richmond for a Book and Author Dinner. March 26, 1948. Brochures from concerts and plays: \"A Streetcar named Desire,\" 1950; \"Carousel\"by the Astra Company of Richmond, undated; \"Annie Get Your Gun with Mary Martin,\" undated; \"The Howards of Virginia\", undated; newspaper review of La Argentina, undated; Boston Symphony Orchestra in 193 and T. Michaux Moody productions, \"Conchita Supervia\" in 1932, \"The Bluebird\" newspaper review and a brochure, \"Lawrence Tibbett\" in 1931. Proclamation by the Mayor of Richmond, J. Fulmer Bright, about the creation of \"The Virginia Capital Bicentennial Commission\" and proclaiming a Home-Coming Fortnight to be held September 12th, 1937. 2 copies. Brochure for \"Adventure Days\" conducted by Inter-Club Council. 1930. Brochure for \"Cavalcade of the Cavaliers\" at the Hotel John Marshall. September 13 to 25.","General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking certain people and businesses for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly.  February 29, 1924.","Scope and Contents Three programs for the Richmond Theatre, undated, but probably the late 19th century. 1881 price list for John Laird's Green-houses, located at Grace and Broad, between Henry and Smith Streets. Also called Grace Street Gardens. Front cover of \"Catalogue of the Southern Female Institute\" in Richmond, Virginia for Session 1866-1867. D. Lee Powell, A.M., was the principal.","Scope and Contents Removed from Folder 2 Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell] Certificate of Master Craftsman for August A. Dietz, Jr. Removed from Folder 6 Poster for E. Edward Newton Lecture Handwritten San Carlo Opera poster \"Adventure Days in Richmond, Va\" poster.","Deed given by George D. White and wife, 12 March 1895, conveying certain lots in the city of Roanoke to Mrs. E. C. Barksdale. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Advertising card for \"Miss Millie Booz\" a \"fashionable Milliner and Mantuajaker.\" Found in 1830 Staunton Spectator. undated.","Contract with Isaac Sheetz to build the Strasburg Academy.","A note regarding the burning of Suffolk in 1779. 1 item.","Brochure on Washington, Virginia.","Scope and Contents An artificial grouping of papers, 1632-1973, relating to Williamsburg, Va. Includes maps, articles, drawings, letters, material concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, papers concerning the Black population, photographs of buildings, church bulletins, papers concerning civic organizations, deeds, leases, tax receipts, advertisements, papers concerning education and items relating to Colonial National Historical Park. The materials that comprise this collection were donated in batches to W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center by John D. Haskell, Jr., John Lawrence, Brian Blouet, Parke Rouse, and Staunton Aylor between the years of 1993 and 2001. Some materials in this collection were purchased by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center. Related material: Material given by the Williamsburg Historic Records Association has been accessioned and filed individually. Enter \"Williamsburg Historic Records Association\" as \"Creator\" to see these accessions. Mss. 79 Sw4 Earl Gregg Swem Papers, 2008.364 addition: this group may originally have been part of folders 4 and 7 of the Williamsburg Papers. Mss. 1.09 Williamsburg (Va.) Ephemera Collection, 1892-[ongoing] Mss. 91 B38 Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) Records, 1662-[ongoing] Mss. Acc. 1991.43 Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown (Va.) Photographs, circa 1890-1930 Some newspaper runs were removed from this collection and added the newspaper collection.","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town (in chronological order). Includes transcripts from printed sources.","Pencil sketch of the view of Williamsburg from the south (about 1860) by Mary Wall Christian from original by J. A. Graham.","Watercolor view of Williamsburg from the south by Emily Sneed from original by J. A. Graham.","Scope and Contents Blueprints of maps of Williamsburg. \"Palisades 1632-83\" (Colonial Williamsburg Research and Development Office, 1 November 1933). \"Maps showing location of Palisades 1632-83 in relation to Bland's Survey of 1699 and the layout of the City of Williamsburg\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., February 1949). \"Map showing approximate location of the 17th century horse path which went through Williamsburg prior to 1699 when this are was known as Middle Plantation\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., 3 October 1942).","Transcript of Earl Dunmore's letter - a historical and general view of Williamsburg.","Transcript of letters to George Washington concerning defense of Williamsburg from Charles Lee, 1776.","List of arms removed from Governor's Palace on 24 June 1775, by American colonists after Lord Dunmore's escape.","Scope and Contents Various articles from \"The Virginia Argus\" in early 19th century.","Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, dated 15 October 1881, with an article and illustrations of Williamsburg at that time period.","Ordinances of the City of Williamsburg in effect 1 October 1895.","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.","National Geographic articles about Colonial Williamsburg dated 1954 and 1968.","Several programs from services commemorating I-Day and victory of WWII.","Booklet entitled Facts about Williamsburg and vicinity, dated 1900.","Booklet entitled Richmond to Jamestown via America's most historic river, dated 1938.","The Journal of American History, 1919, includes several photographs of Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary.","Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Filed in Locked Section.","Pen and ink sketch, photgraphic copies and correspondence with Earl Gregg Swem concerning the seal.","Photostatic copy of ten pages from Cornwallis' orderly book when he was in Williamsburg in 1781. A note concerning Pennsylvania officers near Williamsburg in the summer of 1781. A sketch of Patrick Henry addressing the Virginia Assembly.","Scope and Contents Papers relating to the Civil War. See also, addition Mss. Acc. 1995.39. Diary: 1861 Photographic copy of a diary and memorandum book of Samuel E. Holt, surgeon in the Confederate Army, stationed at Williamsburg and Yorktown, 3 September - 23 October 1861. (The original is in the possession of Mrs. Eva Rosseau, Williamsburg, Va.) Typescripts of letters: 1862 Typescripts of letter of Gen. Philip Kearny to his wife, 7 May 1862, and 15 May 1862. (Originals in the Library of Congress.) Letter: 4 October 1862 Robert F. Cole, Williamsburg, Va., to [?], certifying that his iron grey mare was taken from him by order of Lt. Col. Smith. Letter: 7 October 1862 Major J. P. Wilson, Head Quarters 5th Penna. Cavalry, to Captain G. C. Johnston, A.A.G., Yorktown, Va. stating when he will make a report of all the horses taken from citizens of Williamsburg. Letter: November 19, 1862. Mrs. M.N. Munford, Williamsburg, to Gen. [Henry A.] Naglee requesting his aid against thefts by runaway negroes and soldiers, especially the use of a government wagon to haul fuel and his assistance, in obtaining medicine for herself. Letter: 16 May 1865 Sallie Munford, at Tazewell Hall, to Lizzie Ewell, describing conditions in Williamsburg. Letter: 8 April 1866 Robert M. West at North East P.O., Cecil County, Maryland, to Benjamin S. Ewell concerning the theft of valuables from the home of Miss Gabriella Galt and destruction at the College of William and Mary by Union troops. Engraving: Engraving of the \"Battle of Williamsburg\" from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers (Johnson, Fry \u0026 Co., Publishers, N.Y.) Correspondence and notes of Dr. Earl G. Swem about the Battle of Williamsburg.","Scope and Contents 1862 articles concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862: New York Daily Tribune, 8 May 1862; New York Daily Tribune,10 May 1862, Pages 7-8; New York Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 1-2; New York Daily Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 11-12; New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 3-4 and New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 5-6. Brochure: \"Williamsburg in the Civil War\" published by the Williamsburg Civil War Committee. Photographs of drawings of Williamsburg and Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-Works, 6 May 1862. Description of the Battle of Williamsburg, Comte De Paris. Article on Fall of Fort Magruder.","The Peninsula Guide, 1936; The Cradle of the Republic - Williamsburg, Jamestown, \u0026 Yorktown, 1924; The Cradle of the Nation, 1931 and a brochure, \"When Washington's Sweetheart Fainted.\"","Scope and Contents Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, June 1939-November 1941 Antiques Forum with an index of people, places, things, events and more. undated. Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1928 and December 1929.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from January - March, 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from April - June, 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from July - December 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1931 and December 1932.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between January 1933 and July 1935.","Minutes of the Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated.","Circulars, 1930-1939. Exhibition of American Folk Art bulletin","Scope and Contents September 1866 John Anderson, Claremont [?] to J. H. Crump, n.p. Asks him to reserve half his wages until 12 June 1868 V. C. Armstrong, Fort Monroe, Va., to Rev. A. Dunlop. Notification that repairs will be made to the church of which he is the pastor. 1 p. ALS. 26 May 1869 Appointment as Registering Officer for 3rd Registration Precinct for Alexander Dunlop. Signed by Edward [Richard Sprigg] Canby. 1 p. DS. 24 March 1874 Inventory of personal property of W. W. Cumber. Taken by Frank Smith, Norton Moses Weaver, \u0026 Samuel Smith. Appraised by County of York. 2 pp. D. undated Receipt for rent of school house to the Trustees of Public School No. 3 (A. Dunlop and F. S. Norton). 1 p. DS. debt to Alexander Dunlop [Williamsburg, Va.] is paid. 1 p. ALS. Obituary of Dr. James Blaine Blayton, Sr., a physician in Williamsburg, Virginia. December 18, 2002.","List to be sold by Dixon \u0026 Hunter, 11 February 1775 Dietz Press Listing","Photographs and descriptive material of buildings: Michel's drawing of Williamsburg buildings. 2 copies. Prints of buildings. Audrey House.","Capitol Court House (Old) Eastern Lunatic Asylum","Governor's Palace","Kerr-Vest Kitchen Market Square Tavern Masonic Hall Methodist Episcopal Church Powder Magazine Providence Hall","Data on the Public Prison compiled from original sources for The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities by Elizabeth Schmucker Stubbs, 1929.","Raleigh Tavern Tazewell Hall Theater Travis House Tucker House Tyler House Benjamin Waller House Williamsburg Inn (Old) Williamsburg Inn (New) Wythe House Unidentified Buildings Williamsburg Property  Scrapbook of photographs of Williamsburg houses taken about 1921. Mounted photographs of Williamsburg houses.","Advertising sheets, brochures, cards, and newspaper accounts of banks and business houses.","Progress report.","Auction advertisements.","Factory catalog, 1991 (first catalog).","Controversy concerning sermon by the Rev. Cotesworth P. Lewis, 12 November 1967, before President Lyndon B. Johnson. Includes copy of sermon, newspaper clippings, statements from the Congressional Record. History of Bruton Parish Church. Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 13).","Organ recital programs, 1939-1941. One poster, 1943, filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 14). Weekley bulletins, 1928-1945.","Booklets, 1947 \u0026 1949.","Poster, 1951. Announcements, 1944-1946. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg. (folder 15a).","Announcements.","Bulletins, 1936-1938 \u0026 1942","Bulletins, 1943-1948","Bulletins, 1949-1953.","Announcements, brochures, bulletins, 1949. Brochure, Methodist Sites in Historic Williamsburg.","Bulletins.","Bulletins","Bulletins.","Epworth League program.  Winter 1924.","Scope and Contents Pamphlet for \"A Call to Prayer\" on the wsorld Day of Prayer sponsored by the United Council of Church Women. March 4, 1949. \"Bicentennial of Worship\" article from the Daily Press about the First Baptist Church formed by African Americans. 1996.","American Civic Association Correspondence. Cleaning up. n.d. Community Center, 1954. Community Christmas Events. Community Counvil. Community Fund, 1953. Community Sings. County Council of Women's Clubs. Youth Welfare Council.","American Association of University Women. Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Colonial Capitol Branch: List of members, 1916. Notice, 1939. Business Men's Association, 1901. Chautauqua Association. Exchange Club flyers. (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 17). Garden Club: Garden Week. Newspaper articles, 1973. Programs, 1935-1936. Brochures, 1950-1956. Yearbook, 1941-1942. Garden Symposium.","Lion's Club. Officers' Wives Club. Pulaski Club: Two letter heads and one newspaper clipping. Red Cross: One membership card, 1929. Soroptimist Club. Swimming Club. Tidewater Guidance Clinic. United Service Organizaitons Club. United World Federalists. Virginia Federation Home Demonstration Club. Williamsburg Film Study Group. Williamsburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. Williamsburg Regional Library Association. Young Women's Club.","Programs.","American Association of University Women: Program and ballot, 1930. Hampton Roads Chemists' Club: Circular, 1931. National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Poetry Society: Programs, 1928-1936. Society of American Archivists. Southeastern Regional Conference of Law Teachers. Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution.","Scope and Contents Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of John Dameron with Secretary Thomas Nelson, with account of certificate recorded by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Castleton Harper and John Curd in account with Secretary Thomas Nelson, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of Colonel Joshua Fry with Secretary Nelson. Signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, April 1768 Account of Samuel Havistone, 1766, with the auditors with statement of account by Robert Prentis, Williamsburg. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1768 Account of John \u0026 Gerry Smith with Secretary Thomas Nelson with account of recording certificate for probating Smith's bill, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Bassett, William, 1717 Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883 Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Photostatic copy of indenture, 1 February 1823, between Thomas Nelson, Jr., George Washington Nelson, William Meade, and Thomasia (Nelson) Meade, his wife, and Dr. Alexander Galt for the purchase of a house and lot by Dr. Galt. 2 pp. Cy of DS. John T. James, 1859 Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. (Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Receipt of Samuel R. Mouzon for his share of the estate of William Nelson of Williamsburg, $218.64 1/2. 1 p. DS. Tyler [ ], 1812 Typed copy of an advertisement by in the Richmond Enquirer, 2 October 1812, offering for rent a dwelling in Williamsburg, recently occupied by Chancellor Tyler.","Teterel, Francis: Policies and premium receipts. 1807-1925 Waters, Sarah: Policies and premium receipts. 1796-1799 Webb, Walter W.: Receipt for premium. 1825.","Wedding Announcement, 1939","Deed given by the trustees on the city of Williamsburg to John Custis conveying three lots in the city. Signed by John Clayton and William Robertson","Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883","Anderson, Robert A contract for purchase of corn and fodder from John T. Marston. 1835. Cocke, Doctor Doctor Cocke of old Williamsburg. A printed article. Reprinted form the Medical Times, October 1936. Fresheau [Freneau], Peter Peter Fresheau [Freneau], Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Maryanne Scott, New York, 25 April 1749. Order to pay Charles Stewart the sum of five pounds sterling. Hundley, Jack \"They've sold the town.\" poem. 1929. Hunter, William Typed memoranda concerning William Hunter. Johnson, James James Johnson vs. Henry Wilson. Suit. 1842. Parks, Eleanor Typed copy of renunciation of benefit from will of William Parks. 1750. Parks, William Typed copy of will. 1750. Correspondence concerning a memorial to William Parks. 1922. Pelham, Ann Creese Silhouette of Ann Creese Pelham, wife of Peter Pelham. Richard, Milly Vicksburg, Miss., to Captain Thomas Russell, n.p., Va. 8 July 1868. A former slave who belonged to Scervant Jones inquires about her relations. She was Milly Armstrong. 2 pp. ALS. Rind, William Copy of inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Rind. 1773. Scott, Robert G. Typed copy of an advertisement of Robert G. Scott, attorney. In the Richmond Enquirer, 27 October 1812. Smith, Sydney Williamsburg, Va., to Henry Smith, 1/2 Way House, York Co., Va., 23 February 1854. Discusses local grassroots politics and his intention to run for Commonwealths attorney. 3 pp. ALS. Taliaferro, Charles Typescript about portrait. Warwick, Eliza Typed copies of correspondence of Eliza Warwick of Williamsburg, Va., 1801-1803. Originals in the Valentine Museum.","Affidavits denying that demonstrations were made against the United States by Williamsburg militia.  1872.","Announcements, newspaper clippings, etc.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Scope and Contents Advertisements and other written material for moving pictures. Poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" is filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 29).","Garland of Spring Carols.","Receipt for the subscription to the Virginia Gazette., 1930 Outline of W. J. Johnston as editor of the Virginia Gazette.","Programs and posters.","Sheet of paper made by the Williamsburg Restoration illustrating the water mark of William Parks.","Barter Theater and Children's Theater Programs, announcements. Little Theater League., 1929-1938 Programs, announcements, and posters. Other Organizations, 1785, 1925-1930 Notes, programs, circulars, and posters.","Addresses and cards.  1875, 1924, 1931, 1948","Dedication program, 12 May 1962.","The Evening Press. Catalog of type specimens. The Williamsburg Bulletin (1945), Gardiners Virginia Gazette (1942) and The Evening Press (July 1942).  All of the above were edited and printed by Joseph Rowe Gardiner.","Scope and Contents Souvenir booklet of the Williamsburg Pre-Restoration Old-Timers reunion, November 1-2, 1980 (Samuel \"Billy\" D. Royall, printer).","Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy. Letters of application and recommendation for teaching position in the proposed male and female schools, 1849. Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy.","Photostats, 1811 Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia to Carter Berkeley, pertaining to schools in Williamsburg, 1811. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 32). Advertisement, 1805 A newspaper advertisement concerning Mr. Anderson's school for young ladies. Photostatic copy. April 30, 1805, Richmond Enquirer. Letter, 1820 A letter from Margaret Page, at Williamsburg, to John Page, at Union Town, Monroe County, Virginia, 19 January 1820, mentioning the opening of Mr. Morse's school for young ladies. (See Page-Saunders Papers, Folder 1). Letter, 1849 William Hodges, Washington, D.C., to Robert McCandlish, Williamsburg, Va., concerning the rental of his house for the Female School. 10 June 1849. 2 pp. ALS Williamsburg Female Academy, 1849-1852, 1862 A circular letter from Hubert P. LeFebvre, at Richmond, 21 August 1849. Catalog. 1851-1852. Typescript of a letter application from John K. Noel for a teaching position, noting his experience as principal of both the Williamsburg Female and Male Academies. 1862. Williamsburg Male Academy, 1855 Printed circular. 1855. Williamsburg Military School (Morressett \u0026 Peyton), 1852-1853 Letter, 1840 A letter from E.G. and M.R. Gatliff, at Williamsburg, to James Baytop, at Springfield, Gloucester Court House, 7 April 1840, concerning a girls' school. (See Gloucester County Papers, Folder 3). Bills, 1848, 1868 Bills for school supplies and tuition. 1848 and 1868. Copies. Book List A list of school books. Copy from a paper of Judge Frank Armistead of Williamsburg, Virginia. Female Seminary, 1880 See Armistead Papers, Folder 1.","Matthew Whaley, 1923-1931, 1943, 1945 Circulars and programs. 1923-1931. (new MW opened 15 September 1930, per The Powder Horn, October 1930). Dramatic Club bulletins and poster. Graduation invitation, 1945. Programs, 1943. Program for the George Washington Bicentennial, 1932. The Powder Horn, the school newspaper, March 1928, October - December 1930. Bruton Heights School Commencement invitation, concert program. Miscellaneous Rawls Byrd, History of the Public Schools in Williamsburg. Facts on Public Schools brochures, 1972-1973. 1984. \"Pride in the Past,\" American Education Week, November 11-17. From the Virginia Gazette. Teachers' Guides \"Eighteenth Century Life in Williamsburg, Virginia.\" \"The War and Elementary School Instruction in American Colonial Life.\"","1 photograph.","List of paid Capitation Taxes for 1946, 1947 and 1948 on or before May 7, 1949 and for 1947, 1948 and 1949 on or before December 12, 1949.","Scope and Contents \"A Bibliography on the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg\" by Elsie Alderson.","Scope and Contents Flyers, pamphlets and more on the Colonial National Monument, \"A Brief History of and Guide Book to Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown\" by Rutherfoord Goodwin (signed by the author), \"A Historic Old Virginia Pilgrimage\" brochure for taking a cruise to the Williamsburg area on April 29 - May 1, 1930 and brochures and reprints about Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown. Tourist hardback book, \"Historic Peninsula of Virginia,\" distributed by Stone and Webster, Inc. in 1928. Photostatic copy of newspaper account of Jamestown Day, May 13. Year unknown.","A Proposed Zoning Ordinance for the City of Williamsburg, 1945. Zoning Ordinance Adopted 1947.","Scope and Contents Oversized items removed from Mss. 39.4 V82ci Williamsburg Papers. Organized by the folder from which they were removed. Folder 3: Williamsburg Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Folder 13: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Folder 14: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster for \"Lecture Recital at Bruton Parish Church...Dr. David McK. Williams.\" 1943. Folder 15a: Churches - Christian Science Monitor, 1951 poster for a lecture by Claire Rauthe and 1944-45 free lecture announcements. Folder 17: Clubs and Organizations - The Exchange Club flyers, 1949-1954. Folder 19: Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. Folder 29: Moving Pictures - Large poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" to be held at the Williamsburg Theater. undated. Folder 32: Schools - Private Schools - Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia, to Carter Berkeley pertaining to schools in Williamsburg. 1811","Letter written by W. Fred Andrews of Gahanna, Ohio to Parke Rouse, Jr. reminiscing about his days as a student at the College of William and Mary. 3 pp. June 22, 1974.","ALS of C.P. Armistead, Williamsburg to the Hon. R. Taylor Scott, Richmond, Virginia, dated 27 May 1893 regarding his brother running for office, probably the Electoral Board of James City County.","Photocopies of newsclippings, journal articles, and Bruton Parish Bulletins about the 1991 dig by New Agers to search for evidence in the Bruton Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Virginia, to support the controversial claim that Sir Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays plus a formula for establishing world peace. August 20, 1992 photographs of Bruton Parish Churchyard digs with Marley Brown, archaelogist of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. One photograph shows the Middleton Vault.","Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from Samuel Putnam, Union soldier and Orderly in the 25th Massachusetts Volunteers while at Camp West near Williamsburg to his father. Putnam writes about the occupation of Williamsburg by Union soldiers, the destruction of the College of William and Mary, the \"insane asylum\" and his theft from a Williamsburg home of several letters by Thomas Jefferson, several letters by \"revolutionary maidens\" and one letter by Richard H. Lee.","One page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of March 10, 1887, entitled \"Virginia a day in a historic town--views of old Williamsburg.\"","Scope and Contents Fragment of a receipt signed by Abram. Loc[ke]tt and \"Wmsburg Dist\" noted on the bottom of the page. undated.","Signed Williamsburg Tricentennial poster, 1999.","Handwritten letter from O. F. Helner of the 33rd regiment, at a camp near Williamsburg to Mr. Abbott. He writes about the Battle of Williamsburg and a visit by General McClellan to the camp. May 1862. Transcript included.","Scope and Contents Playbills, 1891-1896 and undated, from plays staged at Cameron Hall at Eastern State Hospital with actors and actresses from the College of William and Mary and the local community. Some programs list \"The Virginia Comedians\" as the producer. Playbills, 1910 and 1916, from plays staged at the College of William and Mary.","Scope and Contents Union soldier's letter, \"John\" to his sweetheart \"Mary,\" 12 May (1862), regarding the occupation of Williamsburg by the North. Mention of Northern dead in Williamsburg after the battle and burying soldiers. Excerpt, \"...there are some very pretty girls here but I noticed that some of them were [wear] the rebel flag on their bosom.\" Stereoscopic card, \"War Views, View of Court House and Church, Hospital of the 2nd Corps, Yorktown, Va.\" No. 2374, published by E. \u0026 H.T. Anthony \u0026 Co. Negative by Brady \u0026 Co., Washington. Someone has crossed out \"Yorktown\" and written \"Williamsburg.\"","Four pamphlets: Catalogue of the Williamsburg Female Academy, 1851-1852; two copies of the catalogue of the Williamsburg Military School, Richmond, 1853; prospectus and catalogue of the Williamsburg Male Academy, 1852-1853.","Broadside dated December 14th, [1941], announcing a Citizen's Mass Meeting...at the Williamsburg Theatre.","Scope and Contents Photostat copies of newspaper articles about the Battle of Williamsburg from the New York Daily Tribune, May 10, 12 and 13, 1862, photostat copies of a map of the \"Lower Peninsula,\"  and \"Battle of Williamsburg\" and both a negative and a positive photocopies entitled \"Charge of Hancock's Brigade at Williamsburgh,\" \"Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-works in front of Williamsburg from sketches made May 6, 1862,\" \"Williamsburg, Va.\"  These prints have notes on them and might be partial proofs for a publication.","Three photographs of the Dedication of Ft. Magruder, May 5, 1952 by Von Dubell Studio.    Publication of a letter by The Business Men's Association of the City of Williamsburg about \"taking early steps for the proper  celebration at Jamestown of the Tercentennial Anniversary...did on the September 7, 1900, in the name of the citizens of Williamsburg, pass resolutions for the appointment of a committee...\"  On inside of pamphlet, resolutions are listed.","G.W. Thorpe Plat, surveyed March 1916; Pine Grest Subdivision blue print plat, owned and developed by Ernest G. Vaughan and sold to Carrie V. Williams, surveyed November/December 1939; Capitol Heights property blueprint plat of Frank G. Linekin, June 26, 1930; W.L. Jones blueprint plat,May 1926; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, August 10, 1939; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, December 10, 1920; Powhatan Park blueprint plat, property of York Land Corporation, April 1916; blueprint plat of property conveyed by Celia Maxton to others,land between route 60 and the railroad, September 7, 1952; and plat of property of H.D. Bozarth between Clay and Harrison Streets, June 19, 1925.","Posters for performances at the Matthew Whaley Auditorium in 1936, poster for \"Middle Plantation Art \u0026 Handcraft Exhibition\" at Casey's Annex (undated), poster for exhibit of \"Walt Disney's Original Paintings used in Snow White\" at the Bruton Parish House (undated), Williamsburg Tricentennial Poster, Colonial Williamsburg concert posters, Williamsburg Theatre posters (undated, possibly 1930's), and other posters for entertainment at Williamsburg High School and the Presbyterian Church (undated, possibly 1930's).","Two aerial photographs of South Henry Street area of Williamsburg, Virginia.  Undated.","Photograph of a print \"Loudon-street, Winchester.\"","Scope and Contents Many of these papers appear to be from the Clerk of Court office in Winchester, Virginia. Clerk of Court signatures include John Peyton, Clerk of Hustings, Winchester, Virginia and Algernon R. Wood. Organized in date order. Account for Nicholas Scheren to David Michael Rutter. May 1786 Payment from Dr. Robert Colvin to Philip Bush. October 12, 1786 Accounts for Robert Sherrard to James Murry. 1787 Payment from Robert Sherrard to John Hamilton for waggonage from Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] to Winchester, Virginia. 1787 Document about refund of payment made by Tejamus ? Dowdall to Robert Colvin, who opened a school. April 12, 1787 Court summons for Josiah Jackson and Zebediah Hollingsworth for James Murray in case with Robert Sherrard, Defendant. August 9, 1787 Indenture. James and Eleanor Wood of Davidson, North Carolina and David Dedderick, for Lot 9 on West side of Loudon (Loudoun) Street in Borough of Winchester. September 22, 1789 Marriage Bond between Enos Roberts and Mary Kendrick. January 13, 1790 Marriage bond of Conrad House and Susannah Shusher. December 27, 1790 Bond for James Walls as executor of last Will and Testament of John Wynn. June 30, 1794 Charter between Shreve Lawson of Baltimore, Maryland and James Moseley, Merchant on freight on the ship Alexandria. July 4, 1796 Marriage license between James A. Nelson and Polly M. Donald. April 26, 1802 Manumission papers from Peter Lauck to Peter Bisick. March 14, 1806 Affidavit. Josiah Massy took oath of Lieutenant in 31st Regiment, 16th Brigade. Signed by A. (B.) Miller. May 2, 1812. Register of sale of Louisa Robinson (wife of Jonathan Robinson) to Doctor Daniel Conrad. August 3, 1818. Act \"to amend the Act incorporating the Town of Winchester.\" Complete handwritten text of the act as presented to the General Assembly in Richmond, Virginia. Copied by William Munford, Keeper of the Rolls. Document bound with string. Dated December 12, 1818 and passed January 9, 1819 Inquest. \"Inquisition on the body of Robert Cockerton (?) who died at the house of Elizabeth Pendleton, Innkeeper. November 1, 1820 Contract/letter of attorney between John Holland of Gosney Manor of Shenandoah County, Virginia, woolan manufacturer, and George Hadfield of Old Hall, County of Chester, in England to Hugh Shaw. June 8, 1827 Manumission papers where Margaret Galloway emancipates negro woman, Maria, wife of William Tuckrin, a free negro. October 17, 1827 Manumission papers or Certification of Freedom for Negro Lucy under the will of Alexander White of Woodville. June 13, 1832 Certificate of Freedom, or Manumission papers, signed by Phebe Coubourn that she raised Nancy Sabro, a \"dark Muluto\" who was born of free parents. September 21, 1835 Notice to Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester for summons of Jonathan Cox, Davy Johnson, Thomas Pollard, James Pollard, Richard Strange, Lewis Smith, David Washington and Rose Williams for \"remaining within this corporation and Commonwealth more than 12 months of their right to freedom…\" May 5, 1846 Bill of sale to William H. Brown from George R. Long for sale of negro man, Abraham Washington. August 24, 1846 Court Case. Algernon R. Wood, prosecutor for Commonwealth of Virginia, against James Pollard, a free negro or mulatto who remained in Virginia after he was freed. October 3, 1846 Court summons for Sally Field for remaining in Winchester after being freed. June 23, 1848 Mary, negro slave of Joseph Baker, charged with trying to poison Nancy Lindsey with tea. June 1, 1849 Notarized statements of Amelia Ann Buck of Warren County, Virginia regarding copartnership with John R. Ricards, John N. Buck of Baltimore, Maryland and Thomas L. Blakemon of Warren County regarding hotel, Mountain House in Hampshire County, Virginia. John R. Buck sells his interest to his brother, William M. Buck. July 3, 1850 Letter from Baltimore, Maryland regarding his father's estate. Author unknown. February 20, 1851 Recording of last will and testament of Addison B. Riely in Baltimore, Maryland. Endorsed by Ann R. Riely. September 27, 1852 Certificate for R.B. Allen to sell wine at his store on Cameron Street.September 1, 1855 Court summons in case of Patrick Conner vs John H. Anderson, Conner's apprentice. October 8, 1856 Letter from John Quanten ? to Robert L. Brookings asking for servant woman Lucy who was part of the estate of Mrs. Emmets?. May 27, 1857 Indictment. John Howard, alias John Newman, a free negro, was accused of assault by Rachel Ann Holler, a white woman and jailed. Indictment against James W. Jones, the jailor, for allowing the prisoner to escape. March 17, 1860 Command to the Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester to take \"…Maria Ball [Colored]…her safely keep…until May indictment … for remaining in the State of Virginia…without lawful permission. April 21, 1860 Notice to Sheriff of Berkeley County, Virginia to imprison Elizabeth Farrow if she is found in Berkeley County. She is charged with having a \"…house of ill fame for the purpose of prostitution and lewedness.\" April 17, 1861 Note from Clerk of Court in Winchester where he says he has been notified by a military order that he is no longer the Clerk. June 5, 1868 Court case with John Vilwig regarding two coffins. June 1886. Republican Ticket for Virginia. 1892. Letter from George S. Bowers of Laurell, Maryland, about \"Willie\" accepting Christ [in the Lutheran Church]. December 13, 1918 Instructions to lawyer or court about charges of larceny against a free negro. undated. Fragment. \"Twelve days have been expended in loading.\"","Circular for the Woodstock Male and Female Academy. July 21, 1866.","Papers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.  7 pieces.","Two facsimilies of the parole of Cornwallis. 2 pieces. Journal of the siege of York-Town...as recorded in the hand of Gaspard de Gallatin and translated by the French department of the College of William and Mary...Washington, United States Printing Office. 1931. 48 p. 24 cm. (71st Congress, 3rd Session. Senate. Document no. 322.) 1 piece. Un geste patriotique des Strasbourgeois au cours de la guerre d'Independence americaine. Printed. 1 piece. Ceux de Yorktown par Servan Malo, with English translation. 2 pieces. Memorandum on J.C. Louis, Baron von Closen. By Ruth E. Butler. 4 typed pages. 1 piece. Photographs showing restoration of French and American fortifications around Yorktown. About 1935. 3 pieces. Photographs of a painting of the siege of Yorktown. 3 copies. Also an enlargement. Map of the siege of Yorktown. 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches. 1 piece. An engraving of the surrender at Yorktown. 1 piece. List of Confederate Soldiers buried at Yorktown which includes Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Williamsburg. (Copy from the National Park Service. Original at the Yorktown Visitor Center).","Printed topographical map of the Colonial National monument, Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia. Made by the U.S. Geological Survey 1931. 30 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. 1 piece. Three newspaper clippings concerning the siege of Yorktown. Other papers. 5 pieces. Walking stick made from the flag staff of the 80th British Regiment, Yorktown, 1781. Returned to donor (Nellie Deans Greaves) in either 1960's or 1970's. Printed announcement, dated at Montpellier, 9? December 1781, signed by Le Comte de Perigord, stating that the King has ordered a Te Deum sung in all the churches of France for the Yorktown victory. Purchased from Thomas L. Suter, 16 October 1952.","Buildings Photographs and prints: Customs House; Lord Cornwallis' Cave; Main Street; Monument Lodge (1 piece); Moore House (4 pieces--3 photographs in Mapcase); Shield House (oldest house) and Nelson House (1 piece); Yorktown wharf (1 piece). Monument Photographs. 1 piece. 2 newspapers with history of the building and opening of the George P. Coleman Bridge. Located in mapcase.","6 pieces including 1 photograph. See also Folders 6-8.","Scope and Contents Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Includes a photograph album entitled \"Views of The Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, Virginia, October 16-17-18-19, 1931\" presented to The College of William and Mary in Virginia by the Yorktown Sesquicentenniail Association, Inc. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Views of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, VA, October 16-19,1931 from the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Inc","Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931:  Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration.  20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981:  Official commemorative program.  Official booklet:  \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Yorktown National Military Park June 6, 1921 ...In the Senate of the United States.  June 6, 1921.. A bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...7 p.  28 cm.  1 piece. 1921 Hearings before the subcommittee of the committee on appropriations United States Senate...on a bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...Washington, Government printing office, 1921.  16 p.  23 1/2 cm.  1 piece. Navy Mine Depot Navy Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia By Commander A. H. Miles, U.S. Navy.  (Reprinted from the United States Naval Institute Proceedings v. 54, no. 4, whole no. 302.)  1 piece. In the matter of Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia...Brief submitted on behalf of owners of property...Newport News, Franklin Printing Co.  21 p.  23 cm.  1 piece.","Material relating to the annual celebrations of Yorktown Day, sometimes called Yorktown Fete.","Fete in honor of General La Fayette.  Printed pamphlet by R.G. Scott on what happened during planning of the Yorktown Fete of 1824 and why he should not be responsible. 1827.","Centennial.  \"An Appeal to the Country for a National Centennial Celebration of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.\"  Printed by Virginian Print, Norfolk, Va. 1879. Special Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Virginia at Yorktown 1881. Celebration of Yorktown Centennial- a pamphlet containing incidents and speeches from event. 10/19/1881. A History, Surrender of the British Forces to the Americans and French at Yorktown, Va., Program for the Centennial Anniversary Celebration on October 18th, 1881.","\"Admiral Francis Joseph Paul De Grasse, Hero of Yorktown\" by Louis A Culvillier 1931Invitation and tickets to Yorktown Celebration 1931List of European Guests at Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Newsletter on Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Official Program of Yorktown Celebration.  1931Some Old Yorktown Maps by K.W. Trimble.  Reprint from The Military Engineer, 1931Tentative Program of Yorktown Celebration byYorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931Ticket Stubs-Yorktown 150 year Celebration 1931Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931","Program of Celebration of 155th Anniversary of the Victory at Yorktown under the Joint Auspices…  10/19/1936","Program of Yorktown Celebration, October 18-19, 1934.","Letter from A.A. Folsone to Hon. Lyon G. Tyler enclosing engraving of a view of Yorktown, \"Yorktown Battlefield\" by John B. Chapman per Graham's Magazine, 1814.","Scope and Contents Photograph of House in Yorktown undatedPhotograph of Yorktown Battlefield and Moore House undatedSketch of Yorktown- View from the River (Copy) undatedYorktown Homes (6 photographs on cardboard) undatedGreeting Cards -Prints of Moore House and Nelson House  1934","Original ink wash drawing by a federal soldier in 1862. View of the York River waterfront. Transferred to artifact librarian in 2011.","Scope and Contents Plats of Yorktown, Photostats (2)  undated Sign - Guided Tour of Yorktown (10\"x7\" cardboard sign) 1941 \"Establishment of the American Army.\"  Photostat of May 27, 1778 Congressional Order.","Available online via the Library catalog for William and Mary users; alternate access is available via the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/journalofsiegeof00gall.","\"Yorktown Church Said Third Oldest in Virginia,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  May 9, 1960.\"Historic Nelson House,\" January 31, 1973\"Battle Lines Will Be Reconstructed at Yorktown,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  January 31, 1973.","Scope and Contents Christmas Dinner Menu, U.S. Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia.  1950.Colonial National Historic Park brochure by US Department of Interior (2 Copies).  1940Old Yorktown and its History by Mrs. Sydney Smith.  1920Salvaging Relics from York River.  1939U.S. 17 George Washington Memorial Highway Map, Tidewater, Virginia, into Colonial National Historical Park.  undated.Views of Yorktown and Gloucester Town—Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia.  1946Virginia Gazette Supplement, The Public Observer, \"Yorktown Day of Yesteryear.\"  October 1972\"Yorktown-Climax of the Revolution,\" National Park Service, Source Book Series, Number 1 (2 copies).  1941","\"Henri de Saint-Simon at Yorktown; A French Prophet of Modern Industrialism in America,\" The Franco-American Review, Autumn 1937.\"A Neglected French Collaborator in the Victory of Yorktown\" by Harold A. Larrabee.  1932.","Yorktown Sesquicentennial medal commemorating the surrender of Lord Cornwallis in 1781. Transferred to Artifact Collection.","Eighteen early photographs of monuments in Yorktown, Virginia, many with descriptions written on the reverse side.","Photographs of: the Victory monument,  the monument on the spot where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, Lafayette Coach at Bremo, Spring where Washington got his water, marker of French soldiers' graves (2), plaque for site of the Home of Nicolas Martiau,  plaque for \"Baron Gaspard de Gallatin,\" walk along top of old earthworks (3), where Washington had his tent, spot marked where a tablet once was, plaque for \"french soldiers and sailors,\" where Lafayette had his tent, plaque for Thomas Nelson, Jr. and artists conception of celebration (ships in harbour). 17 photographs.","Photograph of Battery; print of \"Reddotopm de L'armee du Lord Cornwallis; 3 photograph of inside and outside of the Moore House, 1911; two copies of the Gloucester-Mathews newspaper, May 7, 1952, with the history of the building of the George P. Coleman Bridge; and one copy of the Daily Press, May 7, 1952, about the Coleman Bridge.","Artifacts tranferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection include: Presbyterian Student Choir Badge (39.4V82.A01.1), Presbyterian Junior Choir Badges (39.4V82.A01.2a-e), York River Ink Wash Drawing (39.4V82ci.02), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Medal (39.4V82ci.03), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin (39.4V82ci.04)","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","Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Grace Street Gardens (Richmond, Va.)","Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.)","The Virginia Comedians","United States. Army. 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Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Artificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.","A newspaper clipping concerning dead towns in Virginia.  1 piece.","Scope and Contents History of Christ Church. 3 p. 15 1/2 cm. Christmas card from Old Presbyterian Meeting House from William Buckner and Mr. Croarty. undated. Letter to Earl Gregg Swem from Josephine Weeks about buying a newly made print from Colonel Gilpin's \"Plan of Alexandria, 1798.\" June 17,1944. Alexandria businesses papers: envelope from Garrett and Monroe, card from Gwin, Beckham and Company Commission Merchants and Andrews Studios. undated. List of names and inscriptions on gravestones at Christ Church, Old Presbyterian Meeting House and Bethlehem Cemetery by George Magruder Battey. Carbon Copy. June 1, 1944. History of St. Paul's Church, Fairfax Parish, 1810-1932 by Margery Arden Hall. Copy. \"Financial statement and report and list of subscribers and pewholders of Saint Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church in Fairfax","Bath is in present day Berkeley County, West Virginia.","Papers of Thomas Marshall Hunter, Morgantown, W.Va. Typed copy of an act for establishing a town at the Warm Springs in the county of Berkeley.  October 1776. 1 piece. A list of original purchasers of lots in Bath, Berkeley County.  1 piece.  Extracts from the minutes of the trustees of Bath.  1 piece. An excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Notes of Virginia.  1793. 1 piece. Copies of newspaper advertisements of stores and boarding houses. 1781.  3 pieces.","Scope and Contents Advertisement card for travel from Lynchburg, Virginia. undated.","Scope and Contents Music festival 1931. Advertising folder. Letter inviting people to visit a new academy established at the Midway under Mr. Pike Powers, formerly professor of Mathematics at Hampton Sydney. Signed by the nine professors. July 17, 1838. Affidavit signed by the Librarian of the Library of the University of Virginia on July 10, 1848 that the letter was copied from the Richmond Enquirer collection on July 10, 1848. Brochure of photographs of the buildings at the University of Virginia. A 1\" x 3.5\" calendar for 1927 from President Alderman is attached. 1927. Prints of engravings: \"View of the University of Virginia\" and \"University of Virginia, Charlottesville.\" undated. Letter from W.W. Gilmer of Charlottesville to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia recommending A.P. Abell as Proctor of the University. Partial letter from an unknown person at the University about new professorships, lack of money, who might be retiring and the increase from 32 to 50 Virginia students. April 4, 1856. Letter from Edwin M. Mann of the Chambers of the Judge of the Hustings Court in Petersburg, Virginia to Capt. W. Roane Ruffin, Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia about recommending Mayor R.W. Jones for Chair of General and Applied Chemistry and Pharmacy. September 23, 1884. \"College Topics\", Volume VII, Number 4, a publication of the University of Virginia which gives and account of the burning of the Rotunda. November 4, 1895. Sent by John Stewart Bryan on February 10, 1936. Editorial to the Enquirer by W.A. Turner about a proposed bill to consolidate the medical department at the University of Virginia and the Medical College at Richmond. undated. Mimeograph copy of a letter to Miss Nannie from Sallie J. Doswell about the advertising costs in her new edition of the condensed history of the University. March 21, 1911. A small book of \"A Partial Roster of Eminent Alumni\" of the \"University of Virginia in the Service of the Republic.\" undated. University of Virginia Alumni News. December 1926. University of Virginia commencement programs. June 29, 1855, June 27, 1856 (2 copies), June 29,1857 (2 copies) and July 4, 1860 (2 copies).","Scope and Contents A historical and descriptive article. undated. 1 piece. Typed copy of an act incorporating the town, 1749. 1 piece. Typed copy of a list of residents of Dumfries found in the ledger of Daniel Payne, merchant. 1758-1761. 1 piece. Typed list of merchants residing in Dumfries. 1789. 1 piece. A Short historical sketch of the Dumfries lodge of Masons, 1797-1830, including a list of members in 1798. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents A print, \"Fortress Monroe, Va. and Its Vicinity\" with a numbered legend of places on the picture. undated.","Day book of the corporation of Fredericksbug, Virginia. 28 April 1802 -- 28 February 1812. 80 pages. 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. List of voters and militia in the corporation of Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1855. 48 pages. 13 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. An illustrated descriptive folder. 1 piece. An envelope printed with six views of buildings. 1 piece. 1787-1840 Fredericksburg District Court Records: See Mss. Acc. 2008.319 Fredericksburg, Virginia District Court.","Scope and Contents Fredericksburg Street lottery tickets signed by Beck (sic) Welford. Over 50 tickets. Some tickets have the name of purchaser on the reverse side. 1826. 1 lottery ticket from St. Louis, dated March 6, 1817. Pages with photographs of State Teachers College. (Mary Washington University). 4 pages. undated. Printed letter to the \"communicants of St. George's Church\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia, asking for funds. undated. Statement of current expenses of St. George's Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia. February 19, 1872. Advertisement for \"Johnston and Company, Druggists and Apothecaries\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia. undated.","Numerical list of blanks and prizes in the Fredericksburg Female Charity School Lottery.  1805.  48 pages.  15 1/2 x 10 inches.","July 5, 1953 Daily Press newspaper clipping \"Historical Approach Used in the Selection of New Names for Hampton City Streets.\" Annual reports for the Committee for the Fort Monroe Museum and its successor, the Casemate Museum. 1951-1974.","Engraving of Hanover Court-House, possibly removed from a book.","Two prints of Harper's Ferry by W.H. Bartlett, 1838, showing different views. One newspaper print reproduction, \"Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Company.  1854. Three prints by G. Perkins, 1874, \"Harper's Ferry by Moonlight.\"","5 printed reproductions of photographs of buildings at the \"State Teacher's College\" in Harrisonburg, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Flyers advertising \"Gooch\" and \"Little Miss Spruce\" trees by Winslow L. Gooch of Hopewell, Virginia.","Related material: See the Jamestown Corporation Records, 1946-1979, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary; and the Jamestowne Society Papers, 1930-1966, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Papers, 1629-1952, relating to Jamestown, Va. Note: Items relating to Colonial National Historical Park and to Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown are filed under Williamsburg. See also: Map Collection.\n    Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town.  13 pieces.","    Landing at Jamestown.  An engraving.  1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America.  James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\"  (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828).  2 items.","    Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City.  1629.  4 pieces.","    Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island.  4 photostats.","    Log houses at Jamestown.  By George C. Gregory.  Blueprint of a typed article.  1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682.","    Photographs of buildings and foundations.  13 pieces. Undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase.","    Photograph of a section of the church yard.  Undated. 1 piece.","    Objects unearthed.  6 photographs and an illustrated article. Undated.","    Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952.  7 pieces.","    Monument.  Copy of architect's sketch.  1 piece.","    Philopena Album.  New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026 Allen, undated.  Includes engraving of Jamestown.","Photostat of Richmond TImes Dispatch, 1936 Jamestown Day\n        Photostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13.  From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936. ","John Page to William Sherwood Deed. 1681/2.","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"","Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Postcard of rear view of Jamestown Church.  1930's newspaper article entitled \"National Memorial to the Progress of the Colored Race in America\" about Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux building a memorial at Jamestown.","Scope and Contents Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town. 13 pieces. Landing at Jamestown. An engraving. 1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America. James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\" (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828). 2 items. Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City. 1629. 4 pieces. Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island. 4 photostats. Log houses at Jamestown. By George C. Gregory. Blueprint of a typed article. 1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682. Photographs of buildings and foundations. 13 pieces. undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase. Photograph of a section of the church yard. undated. 1 piece. Objects unearthed. 6 photographs and an illustrated article. undated. Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952. 7 pieces. Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece. Philopena Album. New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026 Allen, undated. Includes engraving of Jamestown.\nPhotostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13. From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936.","Photostat copies: letter from Ellen M. Bagby of the Jamestown Committee of the APVA to Mr. Warner S. McCall of Gibson City, Illinois inviting him to Jamestown for the installation of the plaque honoring Edward Maria Wingfield; memo by Warner McCall read by Bishop Brown at the Annual meeting of the APVA and newspaper clippings of the event with picture of plaque.","Photostat copies of two early deeds from Jamestown from the Ambler Papers at the Library of Congress, \"Virginia:  Jamestown--Land Patents, Deeds, etc.\"         Four photographs from the National Park Service:         Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,         Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,         Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and         Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Scope and Contents Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"","Four photographs from the National Park Service:","Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,","Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,","Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and","Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.","Ephemera from the 350th Anniversary of Jamestown.  Includes the Virginia Department of Highways report on \"Traffic and the Jamestown Festival,\" \"Jamestown Festival Official Program,\" programs for the musical program at PBK in Williamsburg and the christening of the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, brochure entitled \"Souvenir of the Jamestown Festival 1957, Old World Heritage,\"Jamestown Festival brochure, brochure for \"The Founders,\" ticket stub for the festivities, and a Jamestown Anniversary Issue of the magazine \"Forth\".","Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown, undated for probably early 20th century.  2 copies of the Supplement to the Virginia Gazette, dated June 28, 1957, about the Jamestown Festival.\nJohn Page to William Sherwood Deed, 1681/82.","Lexington Lottery Tickets, signed by Fisher and Jordan. 5 tickets.","Scope and Contents Lynchburg art club. Catalog of exhibition, 1929. 1 sheet. Flyer for \"Lynchburg Institute for Young Ladies\" conducted by Mr. And Mrs. Meany. undated. A flyer for the Morgantown Female Academy which is to be run by Mr. and Mrs. Meany, 1845, and a flyer for St. Mary's Female Seminary (Maryland) written by E.J. Meany, Principal. undated.","Scope and Contents Envelope from the business, Messrs. Lee Taylor and Co., Leaf Tobacco. undated. Receipt of William Turner and John F. Powell. August 22, 1795. Receipt of Capt. William Turner and John Poe, July 21, 1821. Receipt of Walter Irvine, Samuel Irvine and Proper Powell, July 11, 1796.","Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Virginia branch of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1937.  1 piece. Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece. News letter of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece.","A note giving the wording of the act of incorporation. 1799. 1 piece.","An airplane view. 1 piece.","To the pioneers of Newport News, Va. A historical sketch by George B. West. 1911. Typed copy. 1 piece. The Mariners' Museum. By Homer L. Ferguson. 9 p. illus. 28 cm. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of merchants. 2 pieces.","Receipt for George [illegible] who lives at 453-21 Street, Newport News, Virginia.","Miscellaneous letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people, including an 1804 letter describing a fire in Norfolk, an 1826 polling list, and an 1830 funeral invitation.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1804-1950, relating to Norfolk, Va. An artificial collection of letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people. Includes letter, 1804, concerning fire in Norfolk; list, 1826, of votes for General Assembly election; funeral invitation, 1830; and printed material (Gray Lines Motor Tours schedule and advertisement, \"The Tidewater Trail,\" \"Norfolk's Historic Mace\" (1935), \"Christ Church Congregation\" by Robert Morton Hughes and program of \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's Most Unusual Church [First Baptist]); broadside describing exhibitions and activities of Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science; and photograph of woodcut showing Market Square. 14 items.","Original, printed and miscellaneous material. W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp. ALS. March 24, 1804. Includes typescript. 1 p. List of voters casting their vote for either George Loyall of John S. Steed as the next delegate from Norfolk to the General Assembly. April 24, 1826 1 p. PD. Invitation to attend the funeral of Col. William Anderson, Norfolk, Va. June 13, 1830. 1 item. PC. Pamphlet entitled, \"Christ Church Congregation,\" by Robert Morton Hughes. 1937. 13 pp. PM. Program of the \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's most Unusual Church, [First Baptist].\" 1950. 57 pp. PM. Schedule of Gray Line Motor Tours of the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area. 1929. 1 p. PM. \"The Tidewater Trail, a chronicle for Groups for Service Women in this Community,\" featuring an article about the Barton Myers home in Norfolk, Va. January 1, 1931. 16 pp. PM. A brief history and description of the Mace of Norfolk, entitled \"Norfolk's Historic Mace.\" 1935. 14 pp. PM. Advertising bill for Gray Line Motor Tours. n.d. 1 p. PM Advertisement of John B. Loughran, \"dealer in picture frames, looking glasses...and clocks,\" No. 182 Church St., Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 p. PM. Handbill describing exhibitions and activities of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. n.d. 1 p. PM. Black and white photograph, 8\" x 10\", of a woodcut of Market Square, Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 item. Ph.","Scope and Contents S.W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp.  ALS.  Including typescript.  1 p.","Advertisement for subscription to the \"Day Book\" for Norfolk and Portsmouth residents. Ca. 1870. Note: Photographs from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia are filed under James City County, Virginia in the Virginia Counties Collection.","Scope and Contents Pocahontas Playbill. undated.","A letter from P.H. Drewry, 13 September 1922, regarding his proposed history of Petersburg. 1 piece. Tabb Street Presbyterian Church. List of members, 1867. Printed. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of business houses. 3 pieces.","Scope and Contents Photographs of the Virginia State College for Negroes in Petersburg, Virginia. undated. Account book from the Petersburg area. Earliest legible date is 1765. Partial. Fragile. Some names legible. Fragments of invoices from the Petersburg area. Fragile. Legible names: Mr. Buchanan, John Smith, Charles Hudson, Littlebury White, Buckner Raney, Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph and William Hamlin. 1759-1789. 8 items. Advertising card form the Davis Carriage Company. undated. Article on Blandford's Church from \"The Commonwealth Magazine\". June 1954. Report by the Association Preservation Petersburg Antiquities on the Pride Family and Pride's Field. Includes newspaper articles and photographs. February 4, 1938. Copy of legal document about moving a road near Blandford. Includes plat and list of all tithables on the land of Bollingbrook Ward. May 1787.","History of Portsmouth. By Mildred M. Holladay. In the Portsmouth Star, 19 January 1936. 1 piece. A deed given by Tapley Webb and others conveying a tract of land in Portsmouth to Purnal Pitts. 1812. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Six black and white photographs of the Providence Forge Mill showing inside and outside of mill. undated.","Papers, ca. 1793-1931, relating to Richmond, Va. Includes photographs, engravings, broadsides, programs of art exhibits, advertising cards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.","Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping - \"Richmond, Virginia, in 1793, an unpublished manuscript of the Reverend Henry Toulmin, a visiting English clergyman (information obtained from Colonel Gamble, a merchant of Richmond). 1 item. [concluding article only]. Newspaper clipping of a letter, 17 April 1878, from S. Bassett French to John Letcher concerning the riot in Richmond, 2 April 1863. 1 item. Two copies of articles on the history of Richmond by Edward V. Valentine, William G. Stanard, Mary Newton Stanard, Douglas S. Freeman, H. J. Eckenrode and Sally Nelson Robbins, in the Richmond News-Leader, 29 December 1924. Advertising sheet of Richmond's business, enterprise and attractions. undated. 1 item. Prospectus of...Richmond, capital of Virginia [approaches to its history]...Whittet and Shepperson, 1937. 1 item. Photograph of an engraved view of Richmond. Engravings (2 copies) of \"Richmond from the James.\" New York: D. Appleton \u0026 Co., 1871. Engraving of Richmond, n.d.","Typescript (carbon copy) concerning Richmond Academy of Fine Arts. Printed card concerning Memorial Volume of Virginia Historical Portraiture, 1585-1830. Broadside, 1937, concerning exhibit of chapbooks and battledores at the Valentine Museum. Program, 1938, for Steuben Glass exhibit at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Program, 1939, of exhibit of watercolors by Edmund S. Campbell. Agreement (unexecuted carbon copy), 1918, between Manchester National Bank of Richmond and Bank of Commerce and Trusts. Photographs (printed) of Richmond buildings. Engravings of capitol building Richmond (London: Published 1831, I. T. Hinton \u0026 Simpkin and Marshall). Newspaper clipping, 1925, concerning Virginia House. Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell]. Filed in Mapcase. Advertising materials (cards, broadsides and blotters). 37 items. (One item, re: Dietz Publishing Company is filed in Mapcase).","Scope and Contents Broadside, 1 April 1875, of First Baptist Church, Richmond. Invitation, 1859, to Monumental Church. Invitation, 1865, to St. Paul's Church. Bulletin, 23 November 1930, of Second Baptist Church. Letter, 1846, concerning schooner, Caroline. Broadside (copies) concerning \"Civic Association\" and \"Committee on Charter Changes.\"","Scope and Contents 29 January 1882 J. A. Cantrell, [?] to Carrie Irwin, Grace Chapel. Impending visit of [?] Doggett and [?] Saunders. 1 p. ALS. 4 November 1890 Milton F. Paddock, Rector, St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, Pa., to Thomas Browder, Richmond, Va. Since Grace Church is to lose Dr. [?] Jackson, recommends Charles A. Rickseeker. 3 pp. ALS. 7 January 1895 Mary E. Warren [Richmond, Va.] to Dr. Jno. R. Wheat, [Richmond, Va.] Account of money spent fro Christmas decorations. 4 pp. ALS. 6 April 1895 Gynne A. Lyell, Richmond, Va., to President of the Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Expiration of terms of members of musical committee. 8 April 1895 Virginia M. Robinson, [Richmond, Va.], to President, Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church [Richmond, Va.] Music committee. 3 pp. ALS. 5 March 1917 Robert A. Goodwin, Richmond, Va., to Vestry of Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Resignation as assistant minister. 1 p. ALS. January 1918 Memorial to Lucy Ambler Mason by Vestry of Grace Church. 2 pp. TD. 15 March 1918 Alms Boxes Report. 1 p. D. 5 March 1918 Report of Junior Auxiliary. 2 pp. D. 16 January 1919 L. U. McCabe, The Chancel Chapter, Grace Church, Richmond, Va., to Mrs. E. O. McCabe et al. Solicitation for contributing members. 1 p. TL. Verso bears agenda for a meeting. 1 p. D. 25 March 1919 Report of Grace Church Auxiliary of the Red Cross. Signed Mary A. Randolph. 5 pp. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Chancel Guild. By L. U. McCabe. 4 pp. on 1 leaf. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Woman's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church. Lists donations to War Relief Fund, to Lucy Ambler Mason Leper Memorial Fund, to aid in Influenza Epidemic (soup and milk), to adopt French orphan, and given to Richmond charities. 3 pp. DS. 7 July 1919 William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Leaves town for a prolonged stay. 1 p. ALS. Encloses letter, 3 July 1919, of William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Vestry, Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va. Resigning as vestryman. 1 p. ALS. 4 August 1919 William H. Palmer, Blacksburg, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Prevented by ill-health from attending vestry meetings and unable to attend duties as senior warden. 1 p. ALS. 5 January 1920; 8 March 1920 Minutes of vestry meetings. 4 pp. D. undated Report of Junior Auxiliary, signed by Maude Cooke, treasurer. 1 p. DS. undated Report of Chancel Chapter. Signed Lily Urquhart McCabe. 4 pp. ADS. undated Report of Primary Department, Grace Church Sunday School. 1 p. TD. undated Report of Grace Church Chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Paul. Signed by Stuart Cooke. 2pp. DS.","Organizations Letters, 1883, concerning Amateur Dramatic Club. Reports, 1856-1857, of board of directresses of Female Humane Association. Invitation, 1847, of Home Club [to meet at home of Joseph R. Anderson]. Four letters, 1853-1854, to Richmond Athenaeum (from Philip Slaughter, James F. Field, and J. Wood Johns). Announcement, 1884, of meeting of Richmond Microscopic Society. Broadside, 1931, concerning Virginia Historical Society. Two letters, 1911, of Grace M. Dodge re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of A. Beirne Blair re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of L. S. Joffe re: YMCA. Program, 1903, of Academy of Music. Program, 3 February 1930, The Artists Series of Concerts (Boston Symphony Orchestra). Legal Petition, ca. 1887, of A. A. Branch, executrix of her husband Thomas Branch's estate to award his daughter her annuity in one lump sum. Deed, 1858, of confirmation between Francis J. Brand, Willie Graseser, and Mary Selle and Charles Selle for a lot in Richmond [Brand was trustee for Mary Selle]. Deed, 1880, of confirmation by Joseph Francis Beyer to Glaser. Deed, 1907, between Isaac Digges and Benj. Barret for Isaac Digges interest in Va. Corporation Digest. Memorandum, 1823, re: John Van Lew \u0026 Co. Petition, 1869, of James Duke for a re-hearing in case of John Van Lew v. Duke. Account, 1836, re: selling of Swan Tavern. Third person letter re: lot on 12th St. Judgement, 1833, in Crump vs. Wren administrator, etc. Judgement, 1833, in Cotton \u0026 Clark. Notice, 1870, of motion for injunction in Ruper v. Sedgewick. Order, 1807, to pay Peter Gordon for defense of Alexander Spotswood. Deed, 1807, from Samuel McCraw and Geo. Fisher, trustees and Margretta West to Samuel Myers for Quesnay's Academy ground. Lease, 1861, from Spiro Zetila to Alfred Paul. Negative photocopy of letter, 1784, of Turner [?] to Clerk of Henrico re: lots in Richmond. Notes, 1888, concerning correspondence concerning a house and lot in Richmond.","Administrator, executor or guardian, 1856-1870. 46 items. Commissioner of revenue for the city of Richmond, 1856-1860. 3 items. Inspector of tobacco in the city of Richmond, 1871-1873. 3 items. Minister, 1861-1888. 18 items. Notary public for the city of Richmond, Hanover and Henrico counties, 1856-1893. 125 items. Sergeant of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Sheriff of the city of Richmond, 1856. 2 items. Treasurer of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Fragments of bonds. 2 items.","Scope and Contents Advertisements Advertisement, n.d., for a lecture by A. Edward Newton. Filed in Mapcase. Advertisement, 1939, Musicians Club of Richmond. Advertisement for lectures at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Advertisement for the Cavalcade of the Cavaliers Pageant. Advertisement for \"Strange Interlude\" by Eugene O'Neill at Lyric Theater. Advertisement, 1931, for Westinghouse Salutes Richmond. Posters Poster for San Carlo Opera at the Mosque. Filed in Mapcase. Poster, 18-19 May 1928, for Adventure Days in Richmond. Filed in Mapcase. Richard Adams Papers Accounts, 1785-1811, of Richard Adams [probably two men, one of whom died in 1800]. Bond, 1787, of Richard Adams (executor of Thomas B. Adams). Letter, 1792, to Richard Adams. Order, 1811, of Richard Adams. Bond, 1805, of Cyrus Griffin to Richard Adams. Order, 1810, of Cyrus Griffin. Bonds Fidelity bond, 1867, of Samuel C. Greenhow and William H. Haxall to administer estate. Fidelity bond, 1868, of John Johns, Jr., and Bradley T. Johnson. Bond, 1802, of John Mayo with Edward Carrington, trustee for Elizabeth Anne Mayo. Bond, 1854, of J. B. Morton, Hugh W. Fry, Arthur A. Morson, and John M. Patton with Richmond and York River Railroad. Bond, 1816, of Richard E. Parker and William Foushee, Sr, with trustees of Richmond Academy. Correspondence Letter, 1841, of George Jones to Committee of the Marshall Theater Request, 1822, of L. W. Dandridge, J. E. Dandridge, and James Rawlings, attorney for Rob. F. Dandridge, trustee for S. A. Williams. Correspondence, 1912, of Ordway Puller to Samuel B. Dunstan and statement of Dunstan re: sale of property. Programs Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (Johann Strauss). Program, 1930, of Adventure Days. Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (\"The Newly-Weds and their Baby.\") Program, 1905, of \"Magda\" at Lyric Theatre. Program, 1929, \"Marco Millions\" and other plays. Photographic images of Richmond Schools.","Scope and Contents History of Richmond's Social Service Societies of the 19th and 20th Centuries by Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fun handwritten cover by J. Luther Kibler when radio addresses acquired. Copies of typed radio addresses, Numbers 1-11 and 17 to 56, given by Elwood Street from 1942 to 1948. Includes correspondence between Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fund, and J. Luther Kibler about Mr. Street's articles in Virginia's county courthouses. Business card for \"Moore \u0026 Scott, Commission Merchants\" located at Nos. 1316 and 1318 Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Numbers 1 - 31 of the radio addresses entitled \"Richmond's Home Fires\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1942 and 1943.","Scope and Contents Numbers 23 - 56 of the radio addresses entitled \"War and Community\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1943.","Scope and Contents Brochures \"A Tour of Historic Richmond\" arranged for the convenience of guests in Richmond by Hotel John Marshall.  1940. \"Picturesque Richmond, Richmond, VA and her Suburbs\", published by the J.L. Hill Printing Company.  1891. \"Footpaths in Historic Richmond.\"  1944. Cardboard placard, \"This Virginia State Flag,\" about a flag made at No. 1 West Franklin Street in the winter of 1864-1865 by Sallie Radford Munford.  Placed by the Richmond Chaper, United Daughters of the  Confederacy.  1941. Buildings and Scenes Small pamphlet on the Virginia House in Winsor Farms. Copies of engravings of scenes in Richmond by Margeret Dasheill, Episcopal Home in Richmond, Virginia.  1940. Note card of St. John's Church.  undated. Copy of a woodcut of the Virginia Capitol Building by Frieda Koontz.  1939. Account of stewardship at the Craig House.  1937. Newspaper article on the Old Mud House in Powhatan County.  undated. Businesses and Advertisements Blank checks from Office of the Greenwood Mining Company on the Farmer's Bank of Virginia in 1800's, Citizen's Bank of Richmond in the 1880's, Mechanics' Bank in New York in the 1830's and George D. Mayo on the First National Bank in Richmond, Virginia in 1910. Writing paper from Murphy's Hotel (3 sheets) and an advertisement or paper covering for \"Dove's Comp. Fluid\" by S.E. Dove of Richmond, Virginia.  undated. Broadside for a sideshow presented by George J. Johnson and Son, Richmond.  Acts are Gazzell, Mermaid and the Sea and Punch and Judy.  undated. Brochure advertising the sale of \"Richmond, Capital of Virginia (Approaches to its History) by Various Hands\" published by Whittet and Shepperson.  1937. Gary's Autographic Tablet advertisement, manufactured and sold by A.J. Gary, Richmond, Virginia.  undated. \"Catalogue of Mme. Demorest's reliable Patterns of the Fashion.\"  1875. \"Richmond Produce Price Current\"  of  W.D. Tompkins and Bro., General Commission Merchants.  June 18, 1868. Advertisement for the sale of books by Richmond Authors in Historic Linden Row.  Linden Corner Book Sellers.  1953. Advertisement for William C. West, Architect and Superintendent.  1892. WRVA Brochures on their daily radio programs.  May 1947 – March 1951.","Scope and Contents Museums and Historical Societies Pamphlet and cards from the Valentine Museum. 4 items. Ca 1940's. Invitations and other material from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Ca 1940's. Papers General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking people and businesses in Richmond for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly. February 29, 1924. Subscription to \"Hillyer's American Railroad Magazine\" from a subscriber in Richmond, Virginia. March 1, 1859. Legal Receipt from Thomas W. Doswell, Sheriff of Richmond. James L. and J.W. Richardson are mentioned. 1856. Religion Baptism certificate for Mary Latham Willis in the Broad Street Station in Richmond, Virginia by a member of the Virginia Conf. , M.E. Church, South. 1874. Card about \"A Popular Lecture by Rev. J.J. Lafferty\" at the Clay-Street Methodist Church. September 13. Back cover of a book from the Clay Street Sunday School Library. Social Miller and Rhoads announcement for a \"Book and Author Dinner.\" undated. Richmond Lodge, No. 10, request, \"Brother, You are requested to attend your Brethren at their Lodge Room, on Tuesday evening next, at 7 o'clock. By order of the Master. John Fox, Sec'y. Richmond, September 7, 1799. Memorial Bazaar flyer for bazaar to raise money for the Confederate Museum and monument. April 11, 1893. Invitation letter from the Junior League of Richmond for a Book and Author Dinner. March 26, 1948. Brochures from concerts and plays: \"A Streetcar named Desire,\" 1950; \"Carousel\"by the Astra Company of Richmond, undated; \"Annie Get Your Gun with Mary Martin,\" undated; \"The Howards of Virginia\", undated; newspaper review of La Argentina, undated; Boston Symphony Orchestra in 193 and T. Michaux Moody productions, \"Conchita Supervia\" in 1932, \"The Bluebird\" newspaper review and a brochure, \"Lawrence Tibbett\" in 1931. Proclamation by the Mayor of Richmond, J. Fulmer Bright, about the creation of \"The Virginia Capital Bicentennial Commission\" and proclaiming a Home-Coming Fortnight to be held September 12th, 1937. 2 copies. Brochure for \"Adventure Days\" conducted by Inter-Club Council. 1930. Brochure for \"Cavalcade of the Cavaliers\" at the Hotel John Marshall. September 13 to 25.","General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking certain people and businesses for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly.  February 29, 1924.","Scope and Contents Three programs for the Richmond Theatre, undated, but probably the late 19th century. 1881 price list for John Laird's Green-houses, located at Grace and Broad, between Henry and Smith Streets. Also called Grace Street Gardens. Front cover of \"Catalogue of the Southern Female Institute\" in Richmond, Virginia for Session 1866-1867. D. Lee Powell, A.M., was the principal.","Scope and Contents Removed from Folder 2 Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell] Certificate of Master Craftsman for August A. Dietz, Jr. Removed from Folder 6 Poster for E. Edward Newton Lecture Handwritten San Carlo Opera poster \"Adventure Days in Richmond, Va\" poster.","Deed given by George D. White and wife, 12 March 1895, conveying certain lots in the city of Roanoke to Mrs. E. C. Barksdale. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Advertising card for \"Miss Millie Booz\" a \"fashionable Milliner and Mantuajaker.\" Found in 1830 Staunton Spectator. undated.","Contract with Isaac Sheetz to build the Strasburg Academy.","A note regarding the burning of Suffolk in 1779. 1 item.","Brochure on Washington, Virginia.","Scope and Contents An artificial grouping of papers, 1632-1973, relating to Williamsburg, Va. Includes maps, articles, drawings, letters, material concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, papers concerning the Black population, photographs of buildings, church bulletins, papers concerning civic organizations, deeds, leases, tax receipts, advertisements, papers concerning education and items relating to Colonial National Historical Park. The materials that comprise this collection were donated in batches to W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center by John D. Haskell, Jr., John Lawrence, Brian Blouet, Parke Rouse, and Staunton Aylor between the years of 1993 and 2001. Some materials in this collection were purchased by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center. Related material: Material given by the Williamsburg Historic Records Association has been accessioned and filed individually. Enter \"Williamsburg Historic Records Association\" as \"Creator\" to see these accessions. Mss. 79 Sw4 Earl Gregg Swem Papers, 2008.364 addition: this group may originally have been part of folders 4 and 7 of the Williamsburg Papers. Mss. 1.09 Williamsburg (Va.) Ephemera Collection, 1892-[ongoing] Mss. 91 B38 Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) Records, 1662-[ongoing] Mss. Acc. 1991.43 Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown (Va.) Photographs, circa 1890-1930 Some newspaper runs were removed from this collection and added the newspaper collection.","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town (in chronological order). Includes transcripts from printed sources.","Pencil sketch of the view of Williamsburg from the south (about 1860) by Mary Wall Christian from original by J. A. Graham.","Watercolor view of Williamsburg from the south by Emily Sneed from original by J. A. Graham.","Scope and Contents Blueprints of maps of Williamsburg. \"Palisades 1632-83\" (Colonial Williamsburg Research and Development Office, 1 November 1933). \"Maps showing location of Palisades 1632-83 in relation to Bland's Survey of 1699 and the layout of the City of Williamsburg\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., February 1949). \"Map showing approximate location of the 17th century horse path which went through Williamsburg prior to 1699 when this are was known as Middle Plantation\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., 3 October 1942).","Transcript of Earl Dunmore's letter - a historical and general view of Williamsburg.","Transcript of letters to George Washington concerning defense of Williamsburg from Charles Lee, 1776.","List of arms removed from Governor's Palace on 24 June 1775, by American colonists after Lord Dunmore's escape.","Scope and Contents Various articles from \"The Virginia Argus\" in early 19th century.","Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, dated 15 October 1881, with an article and illustrations of Williamsburg at that time period.","Ordinances of the City of Williamsburg in effect 1 October 1895.","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.","National Geographic articles about Colonial Williamsburg dated 1954 and 1968.","Several programs from services commemorating I-Day and victory of WWII.","Booklet entitled Facts about Williamsburg and vicinity, dated 1900.","Booklet entitled Richmond to Jamestown via America's most historic river, dated 1938.","The Journal of American History, 1919, includes several photographs of Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary.","Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Filed in Locked Section.","Pen and ink sketch, photgraphic copies and correspondence with Earl Gregg Swem concerning the seal.","Photostatic copy of ten pages from Cornwallis' orderly book when he was in Williamsburg in 1781. A note concerning Pennsylvania officers near Williamsburg in the summer of 1781. A sketch of Patrick Henry addressing the Virginia Assembly.","Scope and Contents Papers relating to the Civil War. See also, addition Mss. Acc. 1995.39. Diary: 1861 Photographic copy of a diary and memorandum book of Samuel E. Holt, surgeon in the Confederate Army, stationed at Williamsburg and Yorktown, 3 September - 23 October 1861. (The original is in the possession of Mrs. Eva Rosseau, Williamsburg, Va.) Typescripts of letters: 1862 Typescripts of letter of Gen. Philip Kearny to his wife, 7 May 1862, and 15 May 1862. (Originals in the Library of Congress.) Letter: 4 October 1862 Robert F. Cole, Williamsburg, Va., to [?], certifying that his iron grey mare was taken from him by order of Lt. Col. Smith. Letter: 7 October 1862 Major J. P. Wilson, Head Quarters 5th Penna. Cavalry, to Captain G. C. Johnston, A.A.G., Yorktown, Va. stating when he will make a report of all the horses taken from citizens of Williamsburg. Letter: November 19, 1862. Mrs. M.N. Munford, Williamsburg, to Gen. [Henry A.] Naglee requesting his aid against thefts by runaway negroes and soldiers, especially the use of a government wagon to haul fuel and his assistance, in obtaining medicine for herself. Letter: 16 May 1865 Sallie Munford, at Tazewell Hall, to Lizzie Ewell, describing conditions in Williamsburg. Letter: 8 April 1866 Robert M. West at North East P.O., Cecil County, Maryland, to Benjamin S. Ewell concerning the theft of valuables from the home of Miss Gabriella Galt and destruction at the College of William and Mary by Union troops. Engraving: Engraving of the \"Battle of Williamsburg\" from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers (Johnson, Fry \u0026 Co., Publishers, N.Y.) Correspondence and notes of Dr. Earl G. Swem about the Battle of Williamsburg.","Scope and Contents 1862 articles concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862: New York Daily Tribune, 8 May 1862; New York Daily Tribune,10 May 1862, Pages 7-8; New York Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 1-2; New York Daily Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 11-12; New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 3-4 and New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 5-6. Brochure: \"Williamsburg in the Civil War\" published by the Williamsburg Civil War Committee. Photographs of drawings of Williamsburg and Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-Works, 6 May 1862. Description of the Battle of Williamsburg, Comte De Paris. Article on Fall of Fort Magruder.","The Peninsula Guide, 1936; The Cradle of the Republic - Williamsburg, Jamestown, \u0026 Yorktown, 1924; The Cradle of the Nation, 1931 and a brochure, \"When Washington's Sweetheart Fainted.\"","Scope and Contents Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, June 1939-November 1941 Antiques Forum with an index of people, places, things, events and more. undated. Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1928 and December 1929.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from January - March, 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from April - June, 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from July - December 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1931 and December 1932.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between January 1933 and July 1935.","Minutes of the Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated.","Circulars, 1930-1939. Exhibition of American Folk Art bulletin","Scope and Contents September 1866 John Anderson, Claremont [?] to J. H. Crump, n.p. Asks him to reserve half his wages until 12 June 1868 V. C. Armstrong, Fort Monroe, Va., to Rev. A. Dunlop. Notification that repairs will be made to the church of which he is the pastor. 1 p. ALS. 26 May 1869 Appointment as Registering Officer for 3rd Registration Precinct for Alexander Dunlop. Signed by Edward [Richard Sprigg] Canby. 1 p. DS. 24 March 1874 Inventory of personal property of W. W. Cumber. Taken by Frank Smith, Norton Moses Weaver, \u0026 Samuel Smith. Appraised by County of York. 2 pp. D. undated Receipt for rent of school house to the Trustees of Public School No. 3 (A. Dunlop and F. S. Norton). 1 p. DS. debt to Alexander Dunlop [Williamsburg, Va.] is paid. 1 p. ALS. Obituary of Dr. James Blaine Blayton, Sr., a physician in Williamsburg, Virginia. December 18, 2002.","List to be sold by Dixon \u0026 Hunter, 11 February 1775 Dietz Press Listing","Photographs and descriptive material of buildings: Michel's drawing of Williamsburg buildings. 2 copies. Prints of buildings. Audrey House.","Capitol Court House (Old) Eastern Lunatic Asylum","Governor's Palace","Kerr-Vest Kitchen Market Square Tavern Masonic Hall Methodist Episcopal Church Powder Magazine Providence Hall","Data on the Public Prison compiled from original sources for The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities by Elizabeth Schmucker Stubbs, 1929.","Raleigh Tavern Tazewell Hall Theater Travis House Tucker House Tyler House Benjamin Waller House Williamsburg Inn (Old) Williamsburg Inn (New) Wythe House Unidentified Buildings Williamsburg Property  Scrapbook of photographs of Williamsburg houses taken about 1921. Mounted photographs of Williamsburg houses.","Advertising sheets, brochures, cards, and newspaper accounts of banks and business houses.","Progress report.","Auction advertisements.","Factory catalog, 1991 (first catalog).","Controversy concerning sermon by the Rev. Cotesworth P. Lewis, 12 November 1967, before President Lyndon B. Johnson. Includes copy of sermon, newspaper clippings, statements from the Congressional Record. History of Bruton Parish Church. Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 13).","Organ recital programs, 1939-1941. One poster, 1943, filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 14). Weekley bulletins, 1928-1945.","Booklets, 1947 \u0026 1949.","Poster, 1951. Announcements, 1944-1946. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg. (folder 15a).","Announcements.","Bulletins, 1936-1938 \u0026 1942","Bulletins, 1943-1948","Bulletins, 1949-1953.","Announcements, brochures, bulletins, 1949. Brochure, Methodist Sites in Historic Williamsburg.","Bulletins.","Bulletins","Bulletins.","Epworth League program.  Winter 1924.","Scope and Contents Pamphlet for \"A Call to Prayer\" on the wsorld Day of Prayer sponsored by the United Council of Church Women. March 4, 1949. \"Bicentennial of Worship\" article from the Daily Press about the First Baptist Church formed by African Americans. 1996.","American Civic Association Correspondence. Cleaning up. n.d. Community Center, 1954. Community Christmas Events. Community Counvil. Community Fund, 1953. Community Sings. County Council of Women's Clubs. Youth Welfare Council.","American Association of University Women. Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Colonial Capitol Branch: List of members, 1916. Notice, 1939. Business Men's Association, 1901. Chautauqua Association. Exchange Club flyers. (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 17). Garden Club: Garden Week. Newspaper articles, 1973. Programs, 1935-1936. Brochures, 1950-1956. Yearbook, 1941-1942. Garden Symposium.","Lion's Club. Officers' Wives Club. Pulaski Club: Two letter heads and one newspaper clipping. Red Cross: One membership card, 1929. Soroptimist Club. Swimming Club. Tidewater Guidance Clinic. United Service Organizaitons Club. United World Federalists. Virginia Federation Home Demonstration Club. Williamsburg Film Study Group. Williamsburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. Williamsburg Regional Library Association. Young Women's Club.","Programs.","American Association of University Women: Program and ballot, 1930. Hampton Roads Chemists' Club: Circular, 1931. National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Poetry Society: Programs, 1928-1936. Society of American Archivists. Southeastern Regional Conference of Law Teachers. Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution.","Scope and Contents Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of John Dameron with Secretary Thomas Nelson, with account of certificate recorded by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Castleton Harper and John Curd in account with Secretary Thomas Nelson, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of Colonel Joshua Fry with Secretary Nelson. Signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, April 1768 Account of Samuel Havistone, 1766, with the auditors with statement of account by Robert Prentis, Williamsburg. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1768 Account of John \u0026 Gerry Smith with Secretary Thomas Nelson with account of recording certificate for probating Smith's bill, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Bassett, William, 1717 Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883 Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Photostatic copy of indenture, 1 February 1823, between Thomas Nelson, Jr., George Washington Nelson, William Meade, and Thomasia (Nelson) Meade, his wife, and Dr. Alexander Galt for the purchase of a house and lot by Dr. Galt. 2 pp. Cy of DS. John T. James, 1859 Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. (Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Receipt of Samuel R. Mouzon for his share of the estate of William Nelson of Williamsburg, $218.64 1/2. 1 p. DS. Tyler [ ], 1812 Typed copy of an advertisement by in the Richmond Enquirer, 2 October 1812, offering for rent a dwelling in Williamsburg, recently occupied by Chancellor Tyler.","Teterel, Francis: Policies and premium receipts. 1807-1925 Waters, Sarah: Policies and premium receipts. 1796-1799 Webb, Walter W.: Receipt for premium. 1825.","Wedding Announcement, 1939","Deed given by the trustees on the city of Williamsburg to John Custis conveying three lots in the city. Signed by John Clayton and William Robertson","Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883","Anderson, Robert A contract for purchase of corn and fodder from John T. Marston. 1835. Cocke, Doctor Doctor Cocke of old Williamsburg. A printed article. Reprinted form the Medical Times, October 1936. Fresheau [Freneau], Peter Peter Fresheau [Freneau], Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Maryanne Scott, New York, 25 April 1749. Order to pay Charles Stewart the sum of five pounds sterling. Hundley, Jack \"They've sold the town.\" poem. 1929. Hunter, William Typed memoranda concerning William Hunter. Johnson, James James Johnson vs. Henry Wilson. Suit. 1842. Parks, Eleanor Typed copy of renunciation of benefit from will of William Parks. 1750. Parks, William Typed copy of will. 1750. Correspondence concerning a memorial to William Parks. 1922. Pelham, Ann Creese Silhouette of Ann Creese Pelham, wife of Peter Pelham. Richard, Milly Vicksburg, Miss., to Captain Thomas Russell, n.p., Va. 8 July 1868. A former slave who belonged to Scervant Jones inquires about her relations. She was Milly Armstrong. 2 pp. ALS. Rind, William Copy of inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Rind. 1773. Scott, Robert G. Typed copy of an advertisement of Robert G. Scott, attorney. In the Richmond Enquirer, 27 October 1812. Smith, Sydney Williamsburg, Va., to Henry Smith, 1/2 Way House, York Co., Va., 23 February 1854. Discusses local grassroots politics and his intention to run for Commonwealths attorney. 3 pp. ALS. Taliaferro, Charles Typescript about portrait. Warwick, Eliza Typed copies of correspondence of Eliza Warwick of Williamsburg, Va., 1801-1803. Originals in the Valentine Museum.","Affidavits denying that demonstrations were made against the United States by Williamsburg militia.  1872.","Announcements, newspaper clippings, etc.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Scope and Contents Advertisements and other written material for moving pictures. Poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" is filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 29).","Garland of Spring Carols.","Receipt for the subscription to the Virginia Gazette., 1930 Outline of W. J. Johnston as editor of the Virginia Gazette.","Programs and posters.","Sheet of paper made by the Williamsburg Restoration illustrating the water mark of William Parks.","Barter Theater and Children's Theater Programs, announcements. Little Theater League., 1929-1938 Programs, announcements, and posters. Other Organizations, 1785, 1925-1930 Notes, programs, circulars, and posters.","Addresses and cards.  1875, 1924, 1931, 1948","Dedication program, 12 May 1962.","The Evening Press. Catalog of type specimens. The Williamsburg Bulletin (1945), Gardiners Virginia Gazette (1942) and The Evening Press (July 1942).  All of the above were edited and printed by Joseph Rowe Gardiner.","Scope and Contents Souvenir booklet of the Williamsburg Pre-Restoration Old-Timers reunion, November 1-2, 1980 (Samuel \"Billy\" D. Royall, printer).","Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy. Letters of application and recommendation for teaching position in the proposed male and female schools, 1849. Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy.","Photostats, 1811 Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia to Carter Berkeley, pertaining to schools in Williamsburg, 1811. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 32). Advertisement, 1805 A newspaper advertisement concerning Mr. Anderson's school for young ladies. Photostatic copy. April 30, 1805, Richmond Enquirer. Letter, 1820 A letter from Margaret Page, at Williamsburg, to John Page, at Union Town, Monroe County, Virginia, 19 January 1820, mentioning the opening of Mr. Morse's school for young ladies. (See Page-Saunders Papers, Folder 1). Letter, 1849 William Hodges, Washington, D.C., to Robert McCandlish, Williamsburg, Va., concerning the rental of his house for the Female School. 10 June 1849. 2 pp. ALS Williamsburg Female Academy, 1849-1852, 1862 A circular letter from Hubert P. LeFebvre, at Richmond, 21 August 1849. Catalog. 1851-1852. Typescript of a letter application from John K. Noel for a teaching position, noting his experience as principal of both the Williamsburg Female and Male Academies. 1862. Williamsburg Male Academy, 1855 Printed circular. 1855. Williamsburg Military School (Morressett \u0026 Peyton), 1852-1853 Letter, 1840 A letter from E.G. and M.R. Gatliff, at Williamsburg, to James Baytop, at Springfield, Gloucester Court House, 7 April 1840, concerning a girls' school. (See Gloucester County Papers, Folder 3). Bills, 1848, 1868 Bills for school supplies and tuition. 1848 and 1868. Copies. Book List A list of school books. Copy from a paper of Judge Frank Armistead of Williamsburg, Virginia. Female Seminary, 1880 See Armistead Papers, Folder 1.","Matthew Whaley, 1923-1931, 1943, 1945 Circulars and programs. 1923-1931. (new MW opened 15 September 1930, per The Powder Horn, October 1930). Dramatic Club bulletins and poster. Graduation invitation, 1945. Programs, 1943. Program for the George Washington Bicentennial, 1932. The Powder Horn, the school newspaper, March 1928, October - December 1930. Bruton Heights School Commencement invitation, concert program. Miscellaneous Rawls Byrd, History of the Public Schools in Williamsburg. Facts on Public Schools brochures, 1972-1973. 1984. \"Pride in the Past,\" American Education Week, November 11-17. From the Virginia Gazette. Teachers' Guides \"Eighteenth Century Life in Williamsburg, Virginia.\" \"The War and Elementary School Instruction in American Colonial Life.\"","1 photograph.","List of paid Capitation Taxes for 1946, 1947 and 1948 on or before May 7, 1949 and for 1947, 1948 and 1949 on or before December 12, 1949.","Scope and Contents \"A Bibliography on the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg\" by Elsie Alderson.","Scope and Contents Flyers, pamphlets and more on the Colonial National Monument, \"A Brief History of and Guide Book to Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown\" by Rutherfoord Goodwin (signed by the author), \"A Historic Old Virginia Pilgrimage\" brochure for taking a cruise to the Williamsburg area on April 29 - May 1, 1930 and brochures and reprints about Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown. Tourist hardback book, \"Historic Peninsula of Virginia,\" distributed by Stone and Webster, Inc. in 1928. Photostatic copy of newspaper account of Jamestown Day, May 13. Year unknown.","A Proposed Zoning Ordinance for the City of Williamsburg, 1945. Zoning Ordinance Adopted 1947.","Scope and Contents Oversized items removed from Mss. 39.4 V82ci Williamsburg Papers. Organized by the folder from which they were removed. Folder 3: Williamsburg Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Folder 13: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Folder 14: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster for \"Lecture Recital at Bruton Parish Church...Dr. David McK. Williams.\" 1943. Folder 15a: Churches - Christian Science Monitor, 1951 poster for a lecture by Claire Rauthe and 1944-45 free lecture announcements. Folder 17: Clubs and Organizations - The Exchange Club flyers, 1949-1954. Folder 19: Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. Folder 29: Moving Pictures - Large poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" to be held at the Williamsburg Theater. undated. Folder 32: Schools - Private Schools - Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia, to Carter Berkeley pertaining to schools in Williamsburg. 1811","Letter written by W. Fred Andrews of Gahanna, Ohio to Parke Rouse, Jr. reminiscing about his days as a student at the College of William and Mary. 3 pp. June 22, 1974.","ALS of C.P. Armistead, Williamsburg to the Hon. R. Taylor Scott, Richmond, Virginia, dated 27 May 1893 regarding his brother running for office, probably the Electoral Board of James City County.","Photocopies of newsclippings, journal articles, and Bruton Parish Bulletins about the 1991 dig by New Agers to search for evidence in the Bruton Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Virginia, to support the controversial claim that Sir Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays plus a formula for establishing world peace. August 20, 1992 photographs of Bruton Parish Churchyard digs with Marley Brown, archaelogist of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. One photograph shows the Middleton Vault.","Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from Samuel Putnam, Union soldier and Orderly in the 25th Massachusetts Volunteers while at Camp West near Williamsburg to his father. Putnam writes about the occupation of Williamsburg by Union soldiers, the destruction of the College of William and Mary, the \"insane asylum\" and his theft from a Williamsburg home of several letters by Thomas Jefferson, several letters by \"revolutionary maidens\" and one letter by Richard H. Lee.","One page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of March 10, 1887, entitled \"Virginia a day in a historic town--views of old Williamsburg.\"","Scope and Contents Fragment of a receipt signed by Abram. Loc[ke]tt and \"Wmsburg Dist\" noted on the bottom of the page. undated.","Signed Williamsburg Tricentennial poster, 1999.","Handwritten letter from O. F. Helner of the 33rd regiment, at a camp near Williamsburg to Mr. Abbott. He writes about the Battle of Williamsburg and a visit by General McClellan to the camp. May 1862. Transcript included.","Scope and Contents Playbills, 1891-1896 and undated, from plays staged at Cameron Hall at Eastern State Hospital with actors and actresses from the College of William and Mary and the local community. Some programs list \"The Virginia Comedians\" as the producer. Playbills, 1910 and 1916, from plays staged at the College of William and Mary.","Scope and Contents Union soldier's letter, \"John\" to his sweetheart \"Mary,\" 12 May (1862), regarding the occupation of Williamsburg by the North. Mention of Northern dead in Williamsburg after the battle and burying soldiers. Excerpt, \"...there are some very pretty girls here but I noticed that some of them were [wear] the rebel flag on their bosom.\" Stereoscopic card, \"War Views, View of Court House and Church, Hospital of the 2nd Corps, Yorktown, Va.\" No. 2374, published by E. \u0026 H.T. Anthony \u0026 Co. Negative by Brady \u0026 Co., Washington. Someone has crossed out \"Yorktown\" and written \"Williamsburg.\"","Four pamphlets: Catalogue of the Williamsburg Female Academy, 1851-1852; two copies of the catalogue of the Williamsburg Military School, Richmond, 1853; prospectus and catalogue of the Williamsburg Male Academy, 1852-1853.","Broadside dated December 14th, [1941], announcing a Citizen's Mass Meeting...at the Williamsburg Theatre.","Scope and Contents Photostat copies of newspaper articles about the Battle of Williamsburg from the New York Daily Tribune, May 10, 12 and 13, 1862, photostat copies of a map of the \"Lower Peninsula,\"  and \"Battle of Williamsburg\" and both a negative and a positive photocopies entitled \"Charge of Hancock's Brigade at Williamsburgh,\" \"Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-works in front of Williamsburg from sketches made May 6, 1862,\" \"Williamsburg, Va.\"  These prints have notes on them and might be partial proofs for a publication.","Three photographs of the Dedication of Ft. Magruder, May 5, 1952 by Von Dubell Studio.    Publication of a letter by The Business Men's Association of the City of Williamsburg about \"taking early steps for the proper  celebration at Jamestown of the Tercentennial Anniversary...did on the September 7, 1900, in the name of the citizens of Williamsburg, pass resolutions for the appointment of a committee...\"  On inside of pamphlet, resolutions are listed.","G.W. Thorpe Plat, surveyed March 1916; Pine Grest Subdivision blue print plat, owned and developed by Ernest G. Vaughan and sold to Carrie V. Williams, surveyed November/December 1939; Capitol Heights property blueprint plat of Frank G. Linekin, June 26, 1930; W.L. Jones blueprint plat,May 1926; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, August 10, 1939; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, December 10, 1920; Powhatan Park blueprint plat, property of York Land Corporation, April 1916; blueprint plat of property conveyed by Celia Maxton to others,land between route 60 and the railroad, September 7, 1952; and plat of property of H.D. Bozarth between Clay and Harrison Streets, June 19, 1925.","Posters for performances at the Matthew Whaley Auditorium in 1936, poster for \"Middle Plantation Art \u0026 Handcraft Exhibition\" at Casey's Annex (undated), poster for exhibit of \"Walt Disney's Original Paintings used in Snow White\" at the Bruton Parish House (undated), Williamsburg Tricentennial Poster, Colonial Williamsburg concert posters, Williamsburg Theatre posters (undated, possibly 1930's), and other posters for entertainment at Williamsburg High School and the Presbyterian Church (undated, possibly 1930's).","Two aerial photographs of South Henry Street area of Williamsburg, Virginia.  Undated.","Photograph of a print \"Loudon-street, Winchester.\"","Scope and Contents Many of these papers appear to be from the Clerk of Court office in Winchester, Virginia. Clerk of Court signatures include John Peyton, Clerk of Hustings, Winchester, Virginia and Algernon R. Wood. Organized in date order. Account for Nicholas Scheren to David Michael Rutter. May 1786 Payment from Dr. Robert Colvin to Philip Bush. October 12, 1786 Accounts for Robert Sherrard to James Murry. 1787 Payment from Robert Sherrard to John Hamilton for waggonage from Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] to Winchester, Virginia. 1787 Document about refund of payment made by Tejamus ? Dowdall to Robert Colvin, who opened a school. April 12, 1787 Court summons for Josiah Jackson and Zebediah Hollingsworth for James Murray in case with Robert Sherrard, Defendant. August 9, 1787 Indenture. James and Eleanor Wood of Davidson, North Carolina and David Dedderick, for Lot 9 on West side of Loudon (Loudoun) Street in Borough of Winchester. September 22, 1789 Marriage Bond between Enos Roberts and Mary Kendrick. January 13, 1790 Marriage bond of Conrad House and Susannah Shusher. December 27, 1790 Bond for James Walls as executor of last Will and Testament of John Wynn. June 30, 1794 Charter between Shreve Lawson of Baltimore, Maryland and James Moseley, Merchant on freight on the ship Alexandria. July 4, 1796 Marriage license between James A. Nelson and Polly M. Donald. April 26, 1802 Manumission papers from Peter Lauck to Peter Bisick. March 14, 1806 Affidavit. Josiah Massy took oath of Lieutenant in 31st Regiment, 16th Brigade. Signed by A. (B.) Miller. May 2, 1812. Register of sale of Louisa Robinson (wife of Jonathan Robinson) to Doctor Daniel Conrad. August 3, 1818. Act \"to amend the Act incorporating the Town of Winchester.\" Complete handwritten text of the act as presented to the General Assembly in Richmond, Virginia. Copied by William Munford, Keeper of the Rolls. Document bound with string. Dated December 12, 1818 and passed January 9, 1819 Inquest. \"Inquisition on the body of Robert Cockerton (?) who died at the house of Elizabeth Pendleton, Innkeeper. November 1, 1820 Contract/letter of attorney between John Holland of Gosney Manor of Shenandoah County, Virginia, woolan manufacturer, and George Hadfield of Old Hall, County of Chester, in England to Hugh Shaw. June 8, 1827 Manumission papers where Margaret Galloway emancipates negro woman, Maria, wife of William Tuckrin, a free negro. October 17, 1827 Manumission papers or Certification of Freedom for Negro Lucy under the will of Alexander White of Woodville. June 13, 1832 Certificate of Freedom, or Manumission papers, signed by Phebe Coubourn that she raised Nancy Sabro, a \"dark Muluto\" who was born of free parents. September 21, 1835 Notice to Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester for summons of Jonathan Cox, Davy Johnson, Thomas Pollard, James Pollard, Richard Strange, Lewis Smith, David Washington and Rose Williams for \"remaining within this corporation and Commonwealth more than 12 months of their right to freedom…\" May 5, 1846 Bill of sale to William H. Brown from George R. Long for sale of negro man, Abraham Washington. August 24, 1846 Court Case. Algernon R. Wood, prosecutor for Commonwealth of Virginia, against James Pollard, a free negro or mulatto who remained in Virginia after he was freed. October 3, 1846 Court summons for Sally Field for remaining in Winchester after being freed. June 23, 1848 Mary, negro slave of Joseph Baker, charged with trying to poison Nancy Lindsey with tea. June 1, 1849 Notarized statements of Amelia Ann Buck of Warren County, Virginia regarding copartnership with John R. Ricards, John N. Buck of Baltimore, Maryland and Thomas L. Blakemon of Warren County regarding hotel, Mountain House in Hampshire County, Virginia. John R. Buck sells his interest to his brother, William M. Buck. July 3, 1850 Letter from Baltimore, Maryland regarding his father's estate. Author unknown. February 20, 1851 Recording of last will and testament of Addison B. Riely in Baltimore, Maryland. Endorsed by Ann R. Riely. September 27, 1852 Certificate for R.B. Allen to sell wine at his store on Cameron Street.September 1, 1855 Court summons in case of Patrick Conner vs John H. Anderson, Conner's apprentice. October 8, 1856 Letter from John Quanten ? to Robert L. Brookings asking for servant woman Lucy who was part of the estate of Mrs. Emmets?. May 27, 1857 Indictment. John Howard, alias John Newman, a free negro, was accused of assault by Rachel Ann Holler, a white woman and jailed. Indictment against James W. Jones, the jailor, for allowing the prisoner to escape. March 17, 1860 Command to the Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester to take \"…Maria Ball [Colored]…her safely keep…until May indictment … for remaining in the State of Virginia…without lawful permission. April 21, 1860 Notice to Sheriff of Berkeley County, Virginia to imprison Elizabeth Farrow if she is found in Berkeley County. She is charged with having a \"…house of ill fame for the purpose of prostitution and lewedness.\" April 17, 1861 Note from Clerk of Court in Winchester where he says he has been notified by a military order that he is no longer the Clerk. June 5, 1868 Court case with John Vilwig regarding two coffins. June 1886. Republican Ticket for Virginia. 1892. Letter from George S. Bowers of Laurell, Maryland, about \"Willie\" accepting Christ [in the Lutheran Church]. December 13, 1918 Instructions to lawyer or court about charges of larceny against a free negro. undated. Fragment. \"Twelve days have been expended in loading.\"","Circular for the Woodstock Male and Female Academy. July 21, 1866.","Papers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.  7 pieces.","Two facsimilies of the parole of Cornwallis. 2 pieces. Journal of the siege of York-Town...as recorded in the hand of Gaspard de Gallatin and translated by the French department of the College of William and Mary...Washington, United States Printing Office. 1931. 48 p. 24 cm. (71st Congress, 3rd Session. Senate. Document no. 322.) 1 piece. Un geste patriotique des Strasbourgeois au cours de la guerre d'Independence americaine. Printed. 1 piece. Ceux de Yorktown par Servan Malo, with English translation. 2 pieces. Memorandum on J.C. Louis, Baron von Closen. By Ruth E. Butler. 4 typed pages. 1 piece. Photographs showing restoration of French and American fortifications around Yorktown. About 1935. 3 pieces. Photographs of a painting of the siege of Yorktown. 3 copies. Also an enlargement. Map of the siege of Yorktown. 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches. 1 piece. An engraving of the surrender at Yorktown. 1 piece. List of Confederate Soldiers buried at Yorktown which includes Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Williamsburg. (Copy from the National Park Service. Original at the Yorktown Visitor Center).","Printed topographical map of the Colonial National monument, Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia. Made by the U.S. Geological Survey 1931. 30 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. 1 piece. Three newspaper clippings concerning the siege of Yorktown. Other papers. 5 pieces. Walking stick made from the flag staff of the 80th British Regiment, Yorktown, 1781. Returned to donor (Nellie Deans Greaves) in either 1960's or 1970's. Printed announcement, dated at Montpellier, 9? December 1781, signed by Le Comte de Perigord, stating that the King has ordered a Te Deum sung in all the churches of France for the Yorktown victory. Purchased from Thomas L. Suter, 16 October 1952.","Buildings Photographs and prints: Customs House; Lord Cornwallis' Cave; Main Street; Monument Lodge (1 piece); Moore House (4 pieces--3 photographs in Mapcase); Shield House (oldest house) and Nelson House (1 piece); Yorktown wharf (1 piece). Monument Photographs. 1 piece. 2 newspapers with history of the building and opening of the George P. Coleman Bridge. Located in mapcase.","6 pieces including 1 photograph. See also Folders 6-8.","Scope and Contents Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Includes a photograph album entitled \"Views of The Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, Virginia, October 16-17-18-19, 1931\" presented to The College of William and Mary in Virginia by the Yorktown Sesquicentenniail Association, Inc. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Views of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, VA, October 16-19,1931 from the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Inc","Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931:  Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration.  20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981:  Official commemorative program.  Official booklet:  \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Yorktown National Military Park June 6, 1921 ...In the Senate of the United States.  June 6, 1921.. A bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...7 p.  28 cm.  1 piece. 1921 Hearings before the subcommittee of the committee on appropriations United States Senate...on a bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...Washington, Government printing office, 1921.  16 p.  23 1/2 cm.  1 piece. Navy Mine Depot Navy Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia By Commander A. H. Miles, U.S. Navy.  (Reprinted from the United States Naval Institute Proceedings v. 54, no. 4, whole no. 302.)  1 piece. In the matter of Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia...Brief submitted on behalf of owners of property...Newport News, Franklin Printing Co.  21 p.  23 cm.  1 piece.","Material relating to the annual celebrations of Yorktown Day, sometimes called Yorktown Fete.","Fete in honor of General La Fayette.  Printed pamphlet by R.G. Scott on what happened during planning of the Yorktown Fete of 1824 and why he should not be responsible. 1827.","Centennial.  \"An Appeal to the Country for a National Centennial Celebration of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.\"  Printed by Virginian Print, Norfolk, Va. 1879. Special Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Virginia at Yorktown 1881. Celebration of Yorktown Centennial- a pamphlet containing incidents and speeches from event. 10/19/1881. A History, Surrender of the British Forces to the Americans and French at Yorktown, Va., Program for the Centennial Anniversary Celebration on October 18th, 1881.","\"Admiral Francis Joseph Paul De Grasse, Hero of Yorktown\" by Louis A Culvillier 1931Invitation and tickets to Yorktown Celebration 1931List of European Guests at Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Newsletter on Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Official Program of Yorktown Celebration.  1931Some Old Yorktown Maps by K.W. Trimble.  Reprint from The Military Engineer, 1931Tentative Program of Yorktown Celebration byYorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931Ticket Stubs-Yorktown 150 year Celebration 1931Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931","Program of Celebration of 155th Anniversary of the Victory at Yorktown under the Joint Auspices…  10/19/1936","Program of Yorktown Celebration, October 18-19, 1934.","Letter from A.A. Folsone to Hon. Lyon G. Tyler enclosing engraving of a view of Yorktown, \"Yorktown Battlefield\" by John B. Chapman per Graham's Magazine, 1814.","Scope and Contents Photograph of House in Yorktown undatedPhotograph of Yorktown Battlefield and Moore House undatedSketch of Yorktown- View from the River (Copy) undatedYorktown Homes (6 photographs on cardboard) undatedGreeting Cards -Prints of Moore House and Nelson House  1934","Original ink wash drawing by a federal soldier in 1862. View of the York River waterfront. Transferred to artifact librarian in 2011.","Scope and Contents Plats of Yorktown, Photostats (2)  undated Sign - Guided Tour of Yorktown (10\"x7\" cardboard sign) 1941 \"Establishment of the American Army.\"  Photostat of May 27, 1778 Congressional Order.","Available online via the Library catalog for William and Mary users; alternate access is available via the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/journalofsiegeof00gall.","\"Yorktown Church Said Third Oldest in Virginia,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  May 9, 1960.\"Historic Nelson House,\" January 31, 1973\"Battle Lines Will Be Reconstructed at Yorktown,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  January 31, 1973.","Scope and Contents Christmas Dinner Menu, U.S. Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia.  1950.Colonial National Historic Park brochure by US Department of Interior (2 Copies).  1940Old Yorktown and its History by Mrs. Sydney Smith.  1920Salvaging Relics from York River.  1939U.S. 17 George Washington Memorial Highway Map, Tidewater, Virginia, into Colonial National Historical Park.  undated.Views of Yorktown and Gloucester Town—Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia.  1946Virginia Gazette Supplement, The Public Observer, \"Yorktown Day of Yesteryear.\"  October 1972\"Yorktown-Climax of the Revolution,\" National Park Service, Source Book Series, Number 1 (2 copies).  1941","\"Henri de Saint-Simon at Yorktown; A French Prophet of Modern Industrialism in America,\" The Franco-American Review, Autumn 1937.\"A Neglected French Collaborator in the Victory of Yorktown\" by Harold A. Larrabee.  1932.","Yorktown Sesquicentennial medal commemorating the surrender of Lord Cornwallis in 1781. Transferred to Artifact Collection.","Eighteen early photographs of monuments in Yorktown, Virginia, many with descriptions written on the reverse side.","Photographs of: the Victory monument,  the monument on the spot where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, Lafayette Coach at Bremo, Spring where Washington got his water, marker of French soldiers' graves (2), plaque for site of the Home of Nicolas Martiau,  plaque for \"Baron Gaspard de Gallatin,\" walk along top of old earthworks (3), where Washington had his tent, spot marked where a tablet once was, plaque for \"french soldiers and sailors,\" where Lafayette had his tent, plaque for Thomas Nelson, Jr. and artists conception of celebration (ships in harbour). 17 photographs.","Photograph of Battery; print of \"Reddotopm de L'armee du Lord Cornwallis; 3 photograph of inside and outside of the Moore House, 1911; two copies of the Gloucester-Mathews newspaper, May 7, 1952, with the history of the building of the George P. Coleman Bridge; and one copy of the Daily Press, May 7, 1952, about the Coleman Bridge."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArtifacts tranferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection include: Presbyterian Student Choir Badge (39.4V82.A01.1), Presbyterian Junior Choir Badges (39.4V82.A01.2a-e), York River Ink Wash Drawing (39.4V82ci.02), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Medal (39.4V82ci.03), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin (39.4V82ci.04)\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials:"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Artifacts tranferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection include: Presbyterian Student Choir Badge (39.4V82.A01.1), Presbyterian Junior Choir Badges (39.4V82.A01.2a-e), York River Ink Wash Drawing (39.4V82ci.02), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Medal (39.4V82ci.03), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin (39.4V82ci.04)"],"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."],"names_coll_ssim":["Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Grace Street Gardens (Richmond, Va.)","Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.)","The Virginia Comedians","United States. Army. Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 25th","Williamsburg Businessmen's Association (Va.)","Williamsburg Female Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Male Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Military School (Williamsburg, Va)","Crump family","Dunlop family","Blayton, James Blaine, Sr., (Dr.)","Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826","Michaux, Lightfoot Solomon"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Grace Street Gardens (Richmond, Va.)","Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.)","The Virginia Comedians","United States. Army. Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 25th","Williamsburg Businessmen's Association (Va.)","Williamsburg Female Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Male Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Military School (Williamsburg, Va)","Crump family","Dunlop family","Blayton, James Blaine, Sr., (Dr.)","Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826","Michaux, Lightfoot Solomon"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Grace Street Gardens (Richmond, Va.)","Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.)","The Virginia Comedians","United States. Army. Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 25th","Williamsburg Businessmen's Association (Va.)","Williamsburg Female Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Male Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Military School (Williamsburg, Va)"],"famname_ssim":["Crump family","Dunlop family"],"persname_ssim":["Blayton, James Blaine, Sr., (Dr.)","Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826","Michaux, Lightfoot Solomon"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":390,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:52:45.001Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArtificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA newspaper clipping concerning dead towns in Virginia.  1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents History of Christ Church. 3 p. 15 1/2 cm. Christmas card from Old Presbyterian Meeting House from William Buckner and Mr. Croarty. undated. Letter to Earl Gregg Swem from Josephine Weeks about buying a newly made print from Colonel Gilpin's \"Plan of Alexandria, 1798.\" June 17,1944. Alexandria businesses papers: envelope from Garrett and Monroe, card from Gwin, Beckham and Company Commission Merchants and Andrews Studios. undated. List of names and inscriptions on gravestones at Christ Church, Old Presbyterian Meeting House and Bethlehem Cemetery by George Magruder Battey. Carbon Copy. June 1, 1944. History of St. Paul's Church, Fairfax Parish, 1810-1932 by Margery Arden Hall. Copy. \"Financial statement and report and list of subscribers and pewholders of Saint Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church in Fairfax\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBath is in present day Berkeley County, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers of Thomas Marshall Hunter, Morgantown, W.Va. Typed copy of an act for establishing a town at the Warm Springs in the county of Berkeley.  October 1776. 1 piece. A list of original purchasers of lots in Bath, Berkeley County.  1 piece.  Extracts from the minutes of the trustees of Bath.  1 piece. An excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Notes of Virginia.  1793. 1 piece. Copies of newspaper advertisements of stores and boarding houses. 1781.  3 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advertisement card for travel from Lynchburg, Virginia. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Music festival 1931. Advertising folder. Letter inviting people to visit a new academy established at the Midway under Mr. Pike Powers, formerly professor of Mathematics at Hampton Sydney. Signed by the nine professors. July 17, 1838. Affidavit signed by the Librarian of the Library of the University of Virginia on July 10, 1848 that the letter was copied from the Richmond Enquirer collection on July 10, 1848. Brochure of photographs of the buildings at the University of Virginia. A 1\" x 3.5\" calendar for 1927 from President Alderman is attached. 1927. Prints of engravings: \"View of the University of Virginia\" and \"University of Virginia, Charlottesville.\" undated. Letter from W.W. Gilmer of Charlottesville to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia recommending A.P. Abell as Proctor of the University. Partial letter from an unknown person at the University about new professorships, lack of money, who might be retiring and the increase from 32 to 50 Virginia students. April 4, 1856. Letter from Edwin M. Mann of the Chambers of the Judge of the Hustings Court in Petersburg, Virginia to Capt. W. Roane Ruffin, Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia about recommending Mayor R.W. Jones for Chair of General and Applied Chemistry and Pharmacy. September 23, 1884. \"College Topics\", Volume VII, Number 4, a publication of the University of Virginia which gives and account of the burning of the Rotunda. November 4, 1895. Sent by John Stewart Bryan on February 10, 1936. Editorial to the Enquirer by W.A. Turner about a proposed bill to consolidate the medical department at the University of Virginia and the Medical College at Richmond. undated. Mimeograph copy of a letter to Miss Nannie from Sallie J. Doswell about the advertising costs in her new edition of the condensed history of the University. March 21, 1911. A small book of \"A Partial Roster of Eminent Alumni\" of the \"University of Virginia in the Service of the Republic.\" undated. University of Virginia Alumni News. December 1926. University of Virginia commencement programs. June 29, 1855, June 27, 1856 (2 copies), June 29,1857 (2 copies) and July 4, 1860 (2 copies).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents A historical and descriptive article. undated. 1 piece. Typed copy of an act incorporating the town, 1749. 1 piece. Typed copy of a list of residents of Dumfries found in the ledger of Daniel Payne, merchant. 1758-1761. 1 piece. Typed list of merchants residing in Dumfries. 1789. 1 piece. A Short historical sketch of the Dumfries lodge of Masons, 1797-1830, including a list of members in 1798. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents A print, \"Fortress Monroe, Va. and Its Vicinity\" with a numbered legend of places on the picture. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDay book of the corporation of Fredericksbug, Virginia. 28 April 1802 -- 28 February 1812. 80 pages. 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. List of voters and militia in the corporation of Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1855. 48 pages. 13 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. An illustrated descriptive folder. 1 piece. An envelope printed with six views of buildings. 1 piece. 1787-1840 Fredericksburg District Court Records: See Mss. Acc. 2008.319 Fredericksburg, Virginia District Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Fredericksburg Street lottery tickets signed by Beck (sic) Welford. Over 50 tickets. Some tickets have the name of purchaser on the reverse side. 1826. 1 lottery ticket from St. Louis, dated March 6, 1817. Pages with photographs of State Teachers College. (Mary Washington University). 4 pages. undated. Printed letter to the \"communicants of St. George's Church\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia, asking for funds. undated. Statement of current expenses of St. George's Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia. February 19, 1872. Advertisement for \"Johnston and Company, Druggists and Apothecaries\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNumerical list of blanks and prizes in the Fredericksburg Female Charity School Lottery.  1805.  48 pages.  15 1/2 x 10 inches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJuly 5, 1953 Daily Press newspaper clipping \"Historical Approach Used in the Selection of New Names for Hampton City Streets.\" Annual reports for the Committee for the Fort Monroe Museum and its successor, the Casemate Museum. 1951-1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEngraving of Hanover Court-House, possibly removed from a book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo prints of Harper's Ferry by W.H. Bartlett, 1838, showing different views. One newspaper print reproduction, \"Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Company.  1854. Three prints by G. Perkins, 1874, \"Harper's Ferry by Moonlight.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 printed reproductions of photographs of buildings at the \"State Teacher's College\" in Harrisonburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Flyers advertising \"Gooch\" and \"Little Miss Spruce\" trees by Winslow L. Gooch of Hopewell, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelated material: See the Jamestown Corporation Records, 1946-1979, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary; and the Jamestowne Society Papers, 1930-1966, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1629-1952, relating to Jamestown, Va. Note: Items relating to Colonial National Historical Park and to Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown are filed under Williamsburg. See also: Map Collection.\n    Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town.  13 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Landing at Jamestown.  An engraving.  1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America.  James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\"  (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828).  2 items.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City.  1629.  4 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island.  4 photostats.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Log houses at Jamestown.  By George C. Gregory.  Blueprint of a typed article.  1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Photographs of buildings and foundations.  13 pieces. Undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Photograph of a section of the church yard.  Undated. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Objects unearthed.  6 photographs and an illustrated article. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952.  7 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Monument.  Copy of architect's sketch.  1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Philopena Album.  New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026amp; Allen, undated.  Includes engraving of Jamestown.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat of Richmond TImes Dispatch, 1936 Jamestown Day\n        Photostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13.  From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Page to William Sherwood Deed. 1681/2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEphemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Postcard of rear view of Jamestown Church.  1930's newspaper article entitled \"National Memorial to the Progress of the Colored Race in America\" about Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux building a memorial at Jamestown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town. 13 pieces. Landing at Jamestown. An engraving. 1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America. James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\" (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828). 2 items. Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City. 1629. 4 pieces. Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island. 4 photostats. Log houses at Jamestown. By George C. Gregory. Blueprint of a typed article. 1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682. Photographs of buildings and foundations. 13 pieces. undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase. Photograph of a section of the church yard. undated. 1 piece. Objects unearthed. 6 photographs and an illustrated article. undated. Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952. 7 pieces. Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece. Philopena Album. New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026amp; Allen, undated. Includes engraving of Jamestown.\nPhotostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13. From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat copies: letter from Ellen M. Bagby of the Jamestown Committee of the APVA to Mr. Warner S. McCall of Gibson City, Illinois inviting him to Jamestown for the installation of the plaque honoring Edward Maria Wingfield; memo by Warner McCall read by Bishop Brown at the Annual meeting of the APVA and newspaper clippings of the event with picture of plaque.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat copies of two early deeds from Jamestown from the Ambler Papers at the Library of Congress, \"Virginia:  Jamestown--Land Patents, Deeds, etc.\"         Four photographs from the National Park Service:         Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,         Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,         Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and         Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour photographs from the National Park Service:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEphemera from the 350th Anniversary of Jamestown.  Includes the Virginia Department of Highways report on \"Traffic and the Jamestown Festival,\" \"Jamestown Festival Official Program,\" programs for the musical program at PBK in Williamsburg and the christening of the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, brochure entitled \"Souvenir of the Jamestown Festival 1957, Old World Heritage,\"Jamestown Festival brochure, brochure for \"The Founders,\" ticket stub for the festivities, and a Jamestown Anniversary Issue of the magazine \"Forth\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePanoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown, undated for probably early 20th century.  2 copies of the Supplement to the Virginia Gazette, dated June 28, 1957, about the Jamestown Festival.\nJohn Page to William Sherwood Deed, 1681/82.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLexington Lottery Tickets, signed by Fisher and Jordan. 5 tickets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Lynchburg art club. Catalog of exhibition, 1929. 1 sheet. Flyer for \"Lynchburg Institute for Young Ladies\" conducted by Mr. And Mrs. Meany. undated. A flyer for the Morgantown Female Academy which is to be run by Mr. and Mrs. Meany, 1845, and a flyer for St. Mary's Female Seminary (Maryland) written by E.J. Meany, Principal. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Envelope from the business, Messrs. Lee Taylor and Co., Leaf Tobacco. undated. Receipt of William Turner and John F. Powell. August 22, 1795. Receipt of Capt. William Turner and John Poe, July 21, 1821. Receipt of Walter Irvine, Samuel Irvine and Proper Powell, July 11, 1796.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram of the seventh annual assembly of the Virginia branch of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1937.  1 piece. Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece. News letter of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA note giving the wording of the act of incorporation. 1799. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn airplane view. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo the pioneers of Newport News, Va. A historical sketch by George B. West. 1911. Typed copy. 1 piece. The Mariners' Museum. By Homer L. Ferguson. 9 p. illus. 28 cm. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of merchants. 2 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for George [illegible] who lives at 453-21 Street, Newport News, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people, including an 1804 letter describing a fire in Norfolk, an 1826 polling list, and an 1830 funeral invitation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers, 1804-1950, relating to Norfolk, Va. An artificial collection of letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people. Includes letter, 1804, concerning fire in Norfolk; list, 1826, of votes for General Assembly election; funeral invitation, 1830; and printed material (Gray Lines Motor Tours schedule and advertisement, \"The Tidewater Trail,\" \"Norfolk's Historic Mace\" (1935), \"Christ Church Congregation\" by Robert Morton Hughes and program of \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's Most Unusual Church [First Baptist]); broadside describing exhibitions and activities of Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science; and photograph of woodcut showing Market Square. 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal, printed and miscellaneous material. W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp. ALS. March 24, 1804. Includes typescript. 1 p. List of voters casting their vote for either George Loyall of John S. Steed as the next delegate from Norfolk to the General Assembly. April 24, 1826 1 p. PD. Invitation to attend the funeral of Col. William Anderson, Norfolk, Va. June 13, 1830. 1 item. PC. Pamphlet entitled, \"Christ Church Congregation,\" by Robert Morton Hughes. 1937. 13 pp. PM. Program of the \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's most Unusual Church, [First Baptist].\" 1950. 57 pp. PM. Schedule of Gray Line Motor Tours of the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area. 1929. 1 p. PM. \"The Tidewater Trail, a chronicle for Groups for Service Women in this Community,\" featuring an article about the Barton Myers home in Norfolk, Va. January 1, 1931. 16 pp. PM. A brief history and description of the Mace of Norfolk, entitled \"Norfolk's Historic Mace.\" 1935. 14 pp. PM. Advertising bill for Gray Line Motor Tours. n.d. 1 p. PM Advertisement of John B. Loughran, \"dealer in picture frames, looking glasses...and clocks,\" No. 182 Church St., Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 p. PM. Handbill describing exhibitions and activities of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. n.d. 1 p. PM. Black and white photograph, 8\" x 10\", of a woodcut of Market Square, Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 item. Ph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents S.W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp.  ALS.  Including typescript.  1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisement for subscription to the \"Day Book\" for Norfolk and Portsmouth residents. Ca. 1870. Note: Photographs from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia are filed under James City County, Virginia in the Virginia Counties Collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Pocahontas Playbill. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter from P.H. Drewry, 13 September 1922, regarding his proposed history of Petersburg. 1 piece. Tabb Street Presbyterian Church. List of members, 1867. Printed. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of business houses. 3 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Photographs of the Virginia State College for Negroes in Petersburg, Virginia. undated. Account book from the Petersburg area. Earliest legible date is 1765. Partial. Fragile. Some names legible. Fragments of invoices from the Petersburg area. Fragile. Legible names: Mr. Buchanan, John Smith, Charles Hudson, Littlebury White, Buckner Raney, Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph and William Hamlin. 1759-1789. 8 items. Advertising card form the Davis Carriage Company. undated. Article on Blandford's Church from \"The Commonwealth Magazine\". June 1954. Report by the Association Preservation Petersburg Antiquities on the Pride Family and Pride's Field. Includes newspaper articles and photographs. February 4, 1938. Copy of legal document about moving a road near Blandford. Includes plat and list of all tithables on the land of Bollingbrook Ward. May 1787.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistory of Portsmouth. By Mildred M. Holladay. In the Portsmouth Star, 19 January 1936. 1 piece. A deed given by Tapley Webb and others conveying a tract of land in Portsmouth to Purnal Pitts. 1812. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Six black and white photographs of the Providence Forge Mill showing inside and outside of mill. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, ca. 1793-1931, relating to Richmond, Va. Includes photographs, engravings, broadsides, programs of art exhibits, advertising cards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Newspaper clipping - \"Richmond, Virginia, in 1793, an unpublished manuscript of the Reverend Henry Toulmin, a visiting English clergyman (information obtained from Colonel Gamble, a merchant of Richmond). 1 item. [concluding article only]. Newspaper clipping of a letter, 17 April 1878, from S. Bassett French to John Letcher concerning the riot in Richmond, 2 April 1863. 1 item. Two copies of articles on the history of Richmond by Edward V. Valentine, William G. Stanard, Mary Newton Stanard, Douglas S. Freeman, H. J. Eckenrode and Sally Nelson Robbins, in the Richmond News-Leader, 29 December 1924. Advertising sheet of Richmond's business, enterprise and attractions. undated. 1 item. Prospectus of...Richmond, capital of Virginia [approaches to its history]...Whittet and Shepperson, 1937. 1 item. Photograph of an engraved view of Richmond. Engravings (2 copies) of \"Richmond from the James.\" New York: D. Appleton \u0026amp; Co., 1871. Engraving of Richmond, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript (carbon copy) concerning Richmond Academy of Fine Arts. Printed card concerning Memorial Volume of Virginia Historical Portraiture, 1585-1830. Broadside, 1937, concerning exhibit of chapbooks and battledores at the Valentine Museum. Program, 1938, for Steuben Glass exhibit at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Program, 1939, of exhibit of watercolors by Edmund S. Campbell. Agreement (unexecuted carbon copy), 1918, between Manchester National Bank of Richmond and Bank of Commerce and Trusts. Photographs (printed) of Richmond buildings. Engravings of capitol building Richmond (London: Published 1831, I. T. Hinton \u0026amp; Simpkin and Marshall). Newspaper clipping, 1925, concerning Virginia House. Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell]. Filed in Mapcase. Advertising materials (cards, broadsides and blotters). 37 items. (One item, re: Dietz Publishing Company is filed in Mapcase).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Broadside, 1 April 1875, of First Baptist Church, Richmond. Invitation, 1859, to Monumental Church. Invitation, 1865, to St. Paul's Church. Bulletin, 23 November 1930, of Second Baptist Church. Letter, 1846, concerning schooner, Caroline. Broadside (copies) concerning \"Civic Association\" and \"Committee on Charter Changes.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 29 January 1882 J. A. Cantrell, [?] to Carrie Irwin, Grace Chapel. Impending visit of [?] Doggett and [?] Saunders. 1 p. ALS. 4 November 1890 Milton F. Paddock, Rector, St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, Pa., to Thomas Browder, Richmond, Va. Since Grace Church is to lose Dr. [?] Jackson, recommends Charles A. Rickseeker. 3 pp. ALS. 7 January 1895 Mary E. Warren [Richmond, Va.] to Dr. Jno. R. Wheat, [Richmond, Va.] Account of money spent fro Christmas decorations. 4 pp. ALS. 6 April 1895 Gynne A. Lyell, Richmond, Va., to President of the Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Expiration of terms of members of musical committee. 8 April 1895 Virginia M. Robinson, [Richmond, Va.], to President, Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church [Richmond, Va.] Music committee. 3 pp. ALS. 5 March 1917 Robert A. Goodwin, Richmond, Va., to Vestry of Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Resignation as assistant minister. 1 p. ALS. January 1918 Memorial to Lucy Ambler Mason by Vestry of Grace Church. 2 pp. TD. 15 March 1918 Alms Boxes Report. 1 p. D. 5 March 1918 Report of Junior Auxiliary. 2 pp. D. 16 January 1919 L. U. McCabe, The Chancel Chapter, Grace Church, Richmond, Va., to Mrs. E. O. McCabe et al. Solicitation for contributing members. 1 p. TL. Verso bears agenda for a meeting. 1 p. D. 25 March 1919 Report of Grace Church Auxiliary of the Red Cross. Signed Mary A. Randolph. 5 pp. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Chancel Guild. By L. U. McCabe. 4 pp. on 1 leaf. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Woman's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church. Lists donations to War Relief Fund, to Lucy Ambler Mason Leper Memorial Fund, to aid in Influenza Epidemic (soup and milk), to adopt French orphan, and given to Richmond charities. 3 pp. DS. 7 July 1919 William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Leaves town for a prolonged stay. 1 p. ALS. Encloses letter, 3 July 1919, of William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Vestry, Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va. Resigning as vestryman. 1 p. ALS. 4 August 1919 William H. Palmer, Blacksburg, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Prevented by ill-health from attending vestry meetings and unable to attend duties as senior warden. 1 p. ALS. 5 January 1920; 8 March 1920 Minutes of vestry meetings. 4 pp. D. undated Report of Junior Auxiliary, signed by Maude Cooke, treasurer. 1 p. DS. undated Report of Chancel Chapter. Signed Lily Urquhart McCabe. 4 pp. ADS. undated Report of Primary Department, Grace Church Sunday School. 1 p. TD. undated Report of Grace Church Chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Paul. Signed by Stuart Cooke. 2pp. DS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrganizations Letters, 1883, concerning Amateur Dramatic Club. Reports, 1856-1857, of board of directresses of Female Humane Association. Invitation, 1847, of Home Club [to meet at home of Joseph R. Anderson]. Four letters, 1853-1854, to Richmond Athenaeum (from Philip Slaughter, James F. Field, and J. Wood Johns). Announcement, 1884, of meeting of Richmond Microscopic Society. Broadside, 1931, concerning Virginia Historical Society. Two letters, 1911, of Grace M. Dodge re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of A. Beirne Blair re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of L. S. Joffe re: YMCA. Program, 1903, of Academy of Music. Program, 3 February 1930, The Artists Series of Concerts (Boston Symphony Orchestra). Legal Petition, ca. 1887, of A. A. Branch, executrix of her husband Thomas Branch's estate to award his daughter her annuity in one lump sum. Deed, 1858, of confirmation between Francis J. Brand, Willie Graseser, and Mary Selle and Charles Selle for a lot in Richmond [Brand was trustee for Mary Selle]. Deed, 1880, of confirmation by Joseph Francis Beyer to Glaser. Deed, 1907, between Isaac Digges and Benj. Barret for Isaac Digges interest in Va. Corporation Digest. Memorandum, 1823, re: John Van Lew \u0026amp; Co. Petition, 1869, of James Duke for a re-hearing in case of John Van Lew v. Duke. Account, 1836, re: selling of Swan Tavern. Third person letter re: lot on 12th St. Judgement, 1833, in Crump vs. Wren administrator, etc. Judgement, 1833, in Cotton \u0026amp; Clark. Notice, 1870, of motion for injunction in Ruper v. Sedgewick. Order, 1807, to pay Peter Gordon for defense of Alexander Spotswood. Deed, 1807, from Samuel McCraw and Geo. Fisher, trustees and Margretta West to Samuel Myers for Quesnay's Academy ground. Lease, 1861, from Spiro Zetila to Alfred Paul. Negative photocopy of letter, 1784, of Turner [?] to Clerk of Henrico re: lots in Richmond. Notes, 1888, concerning correspondence concerning a house and lot in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdministrator, executor or guardian, 1856-1870. 46 items. Commissioner of revenue for the city of Richmond, 1856-1860. 3 items. Inspector of tobacco in the city of Richmond, 1871-1873. 3 items. Minister, 1861-1888. 18 items. Notary public for the city of Richmond, Hanover and Henrico counties, 1856-1893. 125 items. Sergeant of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Sheriff of the city of Richmond, 1856. 2 items. Treasurer of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Fragments of bonds. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advertisements Advertisement, n.d., for a lecture by A. Edward Newton. Filed in Mapcase. Advertisement, 1939, Musicians Club of Richmond. Advertisement for lectures at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Advertisement for the Cavalcade of the Cavaliers Pageant. Advertisement for \"Strange Interlude\" by Eugene O'Neill at Lyric Theater. Advertisement, 1931, for Westinghouse Salutes Richmond. Posters Poster for San Carlo Opera at the Mosque. Filed in Mapcase. Poster, 18-19 May 1928, for Adventure Days in Richmond. Filed in Mapcase. Richard Adams Papers Accounts, 1785-1811, of Richard Adams [probably two men, one of whom died in 1800]. Bond, 1787, of Richard Adams (executor of Thomas B. Adams). Letter, 1792, to Richard Adams. Order, 1811, of Richard Adams. Bond, 1805, of Cyrus Griffin to Richard Adams. Order, 1810, of Cyrus Griffin. Bonds Fidelity bond, 1867, of Samuel C. Greenhow and William H. Haxall to administer estate. Fidelity bond, 1868, of John Johns, Jr., and Bradley T. Johnson. Bond, 1802, of John Mayo with Edward Carrington, trustee for Elizabeth Anne Mayo. Bond, 1854, of J. B. Morton, Hugh W. Fry, Arthur A. Morson, and John M. Patton with Richmond and York River Railroad. Bond, 1816, of Richard E. Parker and William Foushee, Sr, with trustees of Richmond Academy. Correspondence Letter, 1841, of George Jones to Committee of the Marshall Theater Request, 1822, of L. W. Dandridge, J. E. Dandridge, and James Rawlings, attorney for Rob. F. Dandridge, trustee for S. A. Williams. Correspondence, 1912, of Ordway Puller to Samuel B. Dunstan and statement of Dunstan re: sale of property. Programs Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (Johann Strauss). Program, 1930, of Adventure Days. Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (\"The Newly-Weds and their Baby.\") Program, 1905, of \"Magda\" at Lyric Theatre. Program, 1929, \"Marco Millions\" and other plays. Photographic images of Richmond Schools.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents History of Richmond's Social Service Societies of the 19th and 20th Centuries by Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fun handwritten cover by J. Luther Kibler when radio addresses acquired. Copies of typed radio addresses, Numbers 1-11 and 17 to 56, given by Elwood Street from 1942 to 1948. Includes correspondence between Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fund, and J. Luther Kibler about Mr. Street's articles in Virginia's county courthouses. Business card for \"Moore \u0026amp; Scott, Commission Merchants\" located at Nos. 1316 and 1318 Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Numbers 1 - 31 of the radio addresses entitled \"Richmond's Home Fires\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1942 and 1943.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Numbers 23 - 56 of the radio addresses entitled \"War and Community\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1943.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Brochures \"A Tour of Historic Richmond\" arranged for the convenience of guests in Richmond by Hotel John Marshall.  1940. \"Picturesque Richmond, Richmond, VA and her Suburbs\", published by the J.L. Hill Printing Company.  1891. \"Footpaths in Historic Richmond.\"  1944. Cardboard placard, \"This Virginia State Flag,\" about a flag made at No. 1 West Franklin Street in the winter of 1864-1865 by Sallie Radford Munford.  Placed by the Richmond Chaper, United Daughters of the  Confederacy.  1941. Buildings and Scenes Small pamphlet on the Virginia House in Winsor Farms. Copies of engravings of scenes in Richmond by Margeret Dasheill, Episcopal Home in Richmond, Virginia.  1940. Note card of St. John's Church.  undated. Copy of a woodcut of the Virginia Capitol Building by Frieda Koontz.  1939. Account of stewardship at the Craig House.  1937. Newspaper article on the Old Mud House in Powhatan County.  undated. Businesses and Advertisements Blank checks from Office of the Greenwood Mining Company on the Farmer's Bank of Virginia in 1800's, Citizen's Bank of Richmond in the 1880's, Mechanics' Bank in New York in the 1830's and George D. Mayo on the First National Bank in Richmond, Virginia in 1910. Writing paper from Murphy's Hotel (3 sheets) and an advertisement or paper covering for \"Dove's Comp. Fluid\" by S.E. Dove of Richmond, Virginia.  undated. Broadside for a sideshow presented by George J. Johnson and Son, Richmond.  Acts are Gazzell, Mermaid and the Sea and Punch and Judy.  undated. Brochure advertising the sale of \"Richmond, Capital of Virginia (Approaches to its History) by Various Hands\" published by Whittet and Shepperson.  1937. Gary's Autographic Tablet advertisement, manufactured and sold by A.J. Gary, Richmond, Virginia.  undated. \"Catalogue of Mme. Demorest's reliable Patterns of the Fashion.\"  1875. \"Richmond Produce Price Current\"  of  W.D. Tompkins and Bro., General Commission Merchants.  June 18, 1868. Advertisement for the sale of books by Richmond Authors in Historic Linden Row.  Linden Corner Book Sellers.  1953. Advertisement for William C. West, Architect and Superintendent.  1892. WRVA Brochures on their daily radio programs.  May 1947 – March 1951.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Museums and Historical Societies Pamphlet and cards from the Valentine Museum. 4 items. Ca 1940's. Invitations and other material from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Ca 1940's. Papers General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking people and businesses in Richmond for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly. February 29, 1924. Subscription to \"Hillyer's American Railroad Magazine\" from a subscriber in Richmond, Virginia. March 1, 1859. Legal Receipt from Thomas W. Doswell, Sheriff of Richmond. James L. and J.W. Richardson are mentioned. 1856. Religion Baptism certificate for Mary Latham Willis in the Broad Street Station in Richmond, Virginia by a member of the Virginia Conf. , M.E. Church, South. 1874. Card about \"A Popular Lecture by Rev. J.J. Lafferty\" at the Clay-Street Methodist Church. September 13. Back cover of a book from the Clay Street Sunday School Library. Social Miller and Rhoads announcement for a \"Book and Author Dinner.\" undated. Richmond Lodge, No. 10, request, \"Brother, You are requested to attend your Brethren at their Lodge Room, on Tuesday evening next, at 7 o'clock. By order of the Master. John Fox, Sec'y. Richmond, September 7, 1799. Memorial Bazaar flyer for bazaar to raise money for the Confederate Museum and monument. April 11, 1893. Invitation letter from the Junior League of Richmond for a Book and Author Dinner. March 26, 1948. Brochures from concerts and plays: \"A Streetcar named Desire,\" 1950; \"Carousel\"by the Astra Company of Richmond, undated; \"Annie Get Your Gun with Mary Martin,\" undated; \"The Howards of Virginia\", undated; newspaper review of La Argentina, undated; Boston Symphony Orchestra in 193 and T. Michaux Moody productions, \"Conchita Supervia\" in 1932, \"The Bluebird\" newspaper review and a brochure, \"Lawrence Tibbett\" in 1931. Proclamation by the Mayor of Richmond, J. Fulmer Bright, about the creation of \"The Virginia Capital Bicentennial Commission\" and proclaiming a Home-Coming Fortnight to be held September 12th, 1937. 2 copies. Brochure for \"Adventure Days\" conducted by Inter-Club Council. 1930. Brochure for \"Cavalcade of the Cavaliers\" at the Hotel John Marshall. September 13 to 25.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking certain people and businesses for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly.  February 29, 1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Three programs for the Richmond Theatre, undated, but probably the late 19th century. 1881 price list for John Laird's Green-houses, located at Grace and Broad, between Henry and Smith Streets. Also called Grace Street Gardens. Front cover of \"Catalogue of the Southern Female Institute\" in Richmond, Virginia for Session 1866-1867. D. Lee Powell, A.M., was the principal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Removed from Folder 2 Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell] Certificate of Master Craftsman for August A. Dietz, Jr. Removed from Folder 6 Poster for E. Edward Newton Lecture Handwritten San Carlo Opera poster \"Adventure Days in Richmond, Va\" poster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed given by George D. White and wife, 12 March 1895, conveying certain lots in the city of Roanoke to Mrs. E. C. Barksdale. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advertising card for \"Miss Millie Booz\" a \"fashionable Milliner and Mantuajaker.\" Found in 1830 Staunton Spectator. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract with Isaac Sheetz to build the Strasburg Academy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA note regarding the burning of Suffolk in 1779. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrochure on Washington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents An artificial grouping of papers, 1632-1973, relating to Williamsburg, Va. Includes maps, articles, drawings, letters, material concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, papers concerning the Black population, photographs of buildings, church bulletins, papers concerning civic organizations, deeds, leases, tax receipts, advertisements, papers concerning education and items relating to Colonial National Historical Park. The materials that comprise this collection were donated in batches to W\u0026amp;M Special Collections Research Center by John D. Haskell, Jr., John Lawrence, Brian Blouet, Parke Rouse, and Staunton Aylor between the years of 1993 and 2001. Some materials in this collection were purchased by W\u0026amp;M Special Collections Research Center. Related material: Material given by the Williamsburg Historic Records Association has been accessioned and filed individually. Enter \"Williamsburg Historic Records Association\" as \"Creator\" to see these accessions. Mss. 79 Sw4 Earl Gregg Swem Papers, 2008.364 addition: this group may originally have been part of folders 4 and 7 of the Williamsburg Papers. Mss. 1.09 Williamsburg (Va.) Ephemera Collection, 1892-[ongoing] Mss. 91 B38 Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) Records, 1662-[ongoing] Mss. Acc. 1991.43 Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown (Va.) Photographs, circa 1890-1930 Some newspaper runs were removed from this collection and added the newspaper collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistorical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town (in chronological order). Includes transcripts from printed sources.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePencil sketch of the view of Williamsburg from the south (about 1860) by Mary Wall Christian from original by J. A. Graham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWatercolor view of Williamsburg from the south by Emily Sneed from original by J. A. Graham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Blueprints of maps of Williamsburg. \"Palisades 1632-83\" (Colonial Williamsburg Research and Development Office, 1 November 1933). \"Maps showing location of Palisades 1632-83 in relation to Bland's Survey of 1699 and the layout of the City of Williamsburg\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., February 1949). \"Map showing approximate location of the 17th century horse path which went through Williamsburg prior to 1699 when this are was known as Middle Plantation\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., 3 October 1942).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript of Earl Dunmore's letter - a historical and general view of Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript of letters to George Washington concerning defense of Williamsburg from Charles Lee, 1776.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of arms removed from Governor's Palace on 24 June 1775, by American colonists after Lord Dunmore's escape.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Various articles from \"The Virginia Argus\" in early 19th century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, dated 15 October 1881, with an article and illustrations of Williamsburg at that time period.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrdinances of the City of Williamsburg in effect 1 October 1895.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistorical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNational Geographic articles about Colonial Williamsburg dated 1954 and 1968.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral programs from services commemorating I-Day and victory of WWII.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet entitled Facts about Williamsburg and vicinity, dated 1900.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet entitled Richmond to Jamestown via America's most historic river, dated 1938.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Journal of American History, 1919, includes several photographs of Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Filed in Locked Section.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePen and ink sketch, photgraphic copies and correspondence with Earl Gregg Swem concerning the seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostatic copy of ten pages from Cornwallis' orderly book when he was in Williamsburg in 1781. A note concerning Pennsylvania officers near Williamsburg in the summer of 1781. A sketch of Patrick Henry addressing the Virginia Assembly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers relating to the Civil War. See also, addition Mss. Acc. 1995.39. Diary: 1861 Photographic copy of a diary and memorandum book of Samuel E. Holt, surgeon in the Confederate Army, stationed at Williamsburg and Yorktown, 3 September - 23 October 1861. (The original is in the possession of Mrs. Eva Rosseau, Williamsburg, Va.) Typescripts of letters: 1862 Typescripts of letter of Gen. Philip Kearny to his wife, 7 May 1862, and 15 May 1862. (Originals in the Library of Congress.) Letter: 4 October 1862 Robert F. Cole, Williamsburg, Va., to [?], certifying that his iron grey mare was taken from him by order of Lt. Col. Smith. Letter: 7 October 1862 Major J. P. Wilson, Head Quarters 5th Penna. Cavalry, to Captain G. C. Johnston, A.A.G., Yorktown, Va. stating when he will make a report of all the horses taken from citizens of Williamsburg. Letter: November 19, 1862. Mrs. M.N. Munford, Williamsburg, to Gen. [Henry A.] Naglee requesting his aid against thefts by runaway negroes and soldiers, especially the use of a government wagon to haul fuel and his assistance, in obtaining medicine for herself. Letter: 16 May 1865 Sallie Munford, at Tazewell Hall, to Lizzie Ewell, describing conditions in Williamsburg. Letter: 8 April 1866 Robert M. West at North East P.O., Cecil County, Maryland, to Benjamin S. Ewell concerning the theft of valuables from the home of Miss Gabriella Galt and destruction at the College of William and Mary by Union troops. Engraving: Engraving of the \"Battle of Williamsburg\" from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers (Johnson, Fry \u0026amp; Co., Publishers, N.Y.) Correspondence and notes of Dr. Earl G. Swem about the Battle of Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 1862 articles concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862: New York Daily Tribune, 8 May 1862; New York Daily Tribune,10 May 1862, Pages 7-8; New York Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 1-2; New York Daily Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 11-12; New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 3-4 and New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 5-6. Brochure: \"Williamsburg in the Civil War\" published by the Williamsburg Civil War Committee. Photographs of drawings of Williamsburg and Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-Works, 6 May 1862. Description of the Battle of Williamsburg, Comte De Paris. Article on Fall of Fort Magruder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Peninsula Guide, 1936; The Cradle of the Republic - Williamsburg, Jamestown, \u0026amp; Yorktown, 1924; The Cradle of the Nation, 1931 and a brochure, \"When Washington's Sweetheart Fainted.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, June 1939-November 1941 Antiques Forum with an index of people, places, things, events and more. undated. Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1928 and December 1929.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from January - March, 1930.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from April - June, 1930.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from July - December 1930.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1931 and December 1932.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between January 1933 and July 1935.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinutes of the Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCirculars, 1930-1939. Exhibition of American Folk Art bulletin\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents September 1866 John Anderson, Claremont [?] to J. H. Crump, n.p. Asks him to reserve half his wages until 12 June 1868 V. C. Armstrong, Fort Monroe, Va., to Rev. A. Dunlop. Notification that repairs will be made to the church of which he is the pastor. 1 p. ALS. 26 May 1869 Appointment as Registering Officer for 3rd Registration Precinct for Alexander Dunlop. Signed by Edward [Richard Sprigg] Canby. 1 p. DS. 24 March 1874 Inventory of personal property of W. W. Cumber. Taken by Frank Smith, Norton Moses Weaver, \u0026amp; Samuel Smith. Appraised by County of York. 2 pp. D. undated Receipt for rent of school house to the Trustees of Public School No. 3 (A. Dunlop and F. S. Norton). 1 p. DS. debt to Alexander Dunlop [Williamsburg, Va.] is paid. 1 p. ALS. Obituary of Dr. James Blaine Blayton, Sr., a physician in Williamsburg, Virginia. December 18, 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList to be sold by Dixon \u0026amp; Hunter, 11 February 1775 Dietz Press Listing\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs and descriptive material of buildings: Michel's drawing of Williamsburg buildings. 2 copies. Prints of buildings. Audrey House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapitol Court House (Old) Eastern Lunatic Asylum\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor's Palace\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKerr-Vest Kitchen Market Square Tavern Masonic Hall Methodist Episcopal Church Powder Magazine Providence Hall\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eData on the Public Prison compiled from original sources for The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities by Elizabeth Schmucker Stubbs, 1929.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRaleigh Tavern Tazewell Hall Theater Travis House Tucker House Tyler House Benjamin Waller House Williamsburg Inn (Old) Williamsburg Inn (New) Wythe House Unidentified Buildings Williamsburg Property  Scrapbook of photographs of Williamsburg houses taken about 1921. Mounted photographs of Williamsburg houses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertising sheets, brochures, cards, and newspaper accounts of banks and business houses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgress report.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAuction advertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFactory catalog, 1991 (first catalog).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eControversy concerning sermon by the Rev. Cotesworth P. Lewis, 12 November 1967, before President Lyndon B. Johnson. Includes copy of sermon, newspaper clippings, statements from the Congressional Record. History of Bruton Parish Church. Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 13).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrgan recital programs, 1939-1941. One poster, 1943, filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 14). Weekley bulletins, 1928-1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklets, 1947 \u0026amp; 1949.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoster, 1951. Announcements, 1944-1946. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg. (folder 15a).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins, 1936-1938 \u0026amp; 1942\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins, 1943-1948\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins, 1949-1953.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncements, brochures, bulletins, 1949. Brochure, Methodist Sites in Historic Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEpworth League program.  Winter 1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Pamphlet for \"A Call to Prayer\" on the wsorld Day of Prayer sponsored by the United Council of Church Women. March 4, 1949. \"Bicentennial of Worship\" article from the Daily Press about the First Baptist Church formed by African Americans. 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Civic Association Correspondence. Cleaning up. n.d. Community Center, 1954. Community Christmas Events. Community Counvil. Community Fund, 1953. Community Sings. County Council of Women's Clubs. Youth Welfare Council.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Association of University Women. Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Colonial Capitol Branch: List of members, 1916. Notice, 1939. Business Men's Association, 1901. Chautauqua Association. Exchange Club flyers. (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 17). Garden Club: Garden Week. Newspaper articles, 1973. Programs, 1935-1936. Brochures, 1950-1956. Yearbook, 1941-1942. Garden Symposium.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLion's Club. Officers' Wives Club. Pulaski Club: Two letter heads and one newspaper clipping. Red Cross: One membership card, 1929. Soroptimist Club. Swimming Club. Tidewater Guidance Clinic. United Service Organizaitons Club. United World Federalists. Virginia Federation Home Demonstration Club. Williamsburg Film Study Group. Williamsburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. Williamsburg Regional Library Association. Young Women's Club.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrograms.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Association of University Women: Program and ballot, 1930. Hampton Roads Chemists' Club: Circular, 1931. National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Poetry Society: Programs, 1928-1936. Society of American Archivists. Southeastern Regional Conference of Law Teachers. Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of John Dameron with Secretary Thomas Nelson, with account of certificate recorded by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Castleton Harper and John Curd in account with Secretary Thomas Nelson, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of Colonel Joshua Fry with Secretary Nelson. Signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, April 1768 Account of Samuel Havistone, 1766, with the auditors with statement of account by Robert Prentis, Williamsburg. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1768 Account of John \u0026amp; Gerry Smith with Secretary Thomas Nelson with account of recording certificate for probating Smith's bill, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Bassett, William, 1717 Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883 Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Photostatic copy of indenture, 1 February 1823, between Thomas Nelson, Jr., George Washington Nelson, William Meade, and Thomasia (Nelson) Meade, his wife, and Dr. Alexander Galt for the purchase of a house and lot by Dr. Galt. 2 pp. Cy of DS. John T. James, 1859 Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. (Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Receipt of Samuel R. Mouzon for his share of the estate of William Nelson of Williamsburg, $218.64 1/2. 1 p. DS. Tyler [ ], 1812 Typed copy of an advertisement by in the Richmond Enquirer, 2 October 1812, offering for rent a dwelling in Williamsburg, recently occupied by Chancellor Tyler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTeterel, Francis: Policies and premium receipts. 1807-1925 Waters, Sarah: Policies and premium receipts. 1796-1799 Webb, Walter W.: Receipt for premium. 1825.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWedding Announcement, 1939\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed given by the trustees on the city of Williamsburg to John Custis conveying three lots in the city. Signed by John Clayton and William Robertson\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnderson, Robert A contract for purchase of corn and fodder from John T. Marston. 1835. Cocke, Doctor Doctor Cocke of old Williamsburg. A printed article. Reprinted form the Medical Times, October 1936. Fresheau [Freneau], Peter Peter Fresheau [Freneau], Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Maryanne Scott, New York, 25 April 1749. Order to pay Charles Stewart the sum of five pounds sterling. Hundley, Jack \"They've sold the town.\" poem. 1929. Hunter, William Typed memoranda concerning William Hunter. Johnson, James James Johnson vs. Henry Wilson. Suit. 1842. Parks, Eleanor Typed copy of renunciation of benefit from will of William Parks. 1750. Parks, William Typed copy of will. 1750. Correspondence concerning a memorial to William Parks. 1922. Pelham, Ann Creese Silhouette of Ann Creese Pelham, wife of Peter Pelham. Richard, Milly Vicksburg, Miss., to Captain Thomas Russell, n.p., Va. 8 July 1868. A former slave who belonged to Scervant Jones inquires about her relations. She was Milly Armstrong. 2 pp. ALS. Rind, William Copy of inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Rind. 1773. Scott, Robert G. Typed copy of an advertisement of Robert G. Scott, attorney. In the Richmond Enquirer, 27 October 1812. Smith, Sydney Williamsburg, Va., to Henry Smith, 1/2 Way House, York Co., Va., 23 February 1854. Discusses local grassroots politics and his intention to run for Commonwealths attorney. 3 pp. ALS. Taliaferro, Charles Typescript about portrait. Warwick, Eliza Typed copies of correspondence of Eliza Warwick of Williamsburg, Va., 1801-1803. Originals in the Valentine Museum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAffidavits denying that demonstrations were made against the United States by Williamsburg militia.  1872.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncements, newspaper clippings, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advertisements and other written material for moving pictures. Poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" is filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 29).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarland of Spring Carols.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the subscription to the Virginia Gazette., 1930 Outline of W. J. Johnston as editor of the Virginia Gazette.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrograms and posters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSheet of paper made by the Williamsburg Restoration illustrating the water mark of William Parks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarter Theater and Children's Theater Programs, announcements. Little Theater League., 1929-1938 Programs, announcements, and posters. Other Organizations, 1785, 1925-1930 Notes, programs, circulars, and posters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAddresses and cards.  1875, 1924, 1931, 1948\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDedication program, 12 May 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Evening Press. Catalog of type specimens. The Williamsburg Bulletin (1945), Gardiners Virginia Gazette (1942) and The Evening Press (July 1942).  All of the above were edited and printed by Joseph Rowe Gardiner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Souvenir booklet of the Williamsburg Pre-Restoration Old-Timers reunion, November 1-2, 1980 (Samuel \"Billy\" D. Royall, printer).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy. Letters of application and recommendation for teaching position in the proposed male and female schools, 1849. Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostats, 1811 Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia to Carter Berkeley, pertaining to schools in Williamsburg, 1811. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 32). Advertisement, 1805 A newspaper advertisement concerning Mr. Anderson's school for young ladies. Photostatic copy. April 30, 1805, Richmond Enquirer. Letter, 1820 A letter from Margaret Page, at Williamsburg, to John Page, at Union Town, Monroe County, Virginia, 19 January 1820, mentioning the opening of Mr. Morse's school for young ladies. (See Page-Saunders Papers, Folder 1). Letter, 1849 William Hodges, Washington, D.C., to Robert McCandlish, Williamsburg, Va., concerning the rental of his house for the Female School. 10 June 1849. 2 pp. ALS Williamsburg Female Academy, 1849-1852, 1862 A circular letter from Hubert P. LeFebvre, at Richmond, 21 August 1849. Catalog. 1851-1852. Typescript of a letter application from John K. Noel for a teaching position, noting his experience as principal of both the Williamsburg Female and Male Academies. 1862. Williamsburg Male Academy, 1855 Printed circular. 1855. Williamsburg Military School (Morressett \u0026amp; Peyton), 1852-1853 Letter, 1840 A letter from E.G. and M.R. Gatliff, at Williamsburg, to James Baytop, at Springfield, Gloucester Court House, 7 April 1840, concerning a girls' school. (See Gloucester County Papers, Folder 3). Bills, 1848, 1868 Bills for school supplies and tuition. 1848 and 1868. Copies. Book List A list of school books. Copy from a paper of Judge Frank Armistead of Williamsburg, Virginia. Female Seminary, 1880 See Armistead Papers, Folder 1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMatthew Whaley, 1923-1931, 1943, 1945 Circulars and programs. 1923-1931. (new MW opened 15 September 1930, per The Powder Horn, October 1930). Dramatic Club bulletins and poster. Graduation invitation, 1945. Programs, 1943. Program for the George Washington Bicentennial, 1932. The Powder Horn, the school newspaper, March 1928, October - December 1930. Bruton Heights School Commencement invitation, concert program. Miscellaneous Rawls Byrd, History of the Public Schools in Williamsburg. Facts on Public Schools brochures, 1972-1973. 1984. \"Pride in the Past,\" American Education Week, November 11-17. From the Virginia Gazette. Teachers' Guides \"Eighteenth Century Life in Williamsburg, Virginia.\" \"The War and Elementary School Instruction in American Colonial Life.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 photograph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of paid Capitation Taxes for 1946, 1947 and 1948 on or before May 7, 1949 and for 1947, 1948 and 1949 on or before December 12, 1949.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents \"A Bibliography on the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg\" by Elsie Alderson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Flyers, pamphlets and more on the Colonial National Monument, \"A Brief History of and Guide Book to Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown\" by Rutherfoord Goodwin (signed by the author), \"A Historic Old Virginia Pilgrimage\" brochure for taking a cruise to the Williamsburg area on April 29 - May 1, 1930 and brochures and reprints about Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown. Tourist hardback book, \"Historic Peninsula of Virginia,\" distributed by Stone and Webster, Inc. in 1928. Photostatic copy of newspaper account of Jamestown Day, May 13. Year unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Proposed Zoning Ordinance for the City of Williamsburg, 1945. Zoning Ordinance Adopted 1947.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Oversized items removed from Mss. 39.4 V82ci Williamsburg Papers. Organized by the folder from which they were removed. Folder 3: Williamsburg Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Folder 13: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Folder 14: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster for \"Lecture Recital at Bruton Parish Church...Dr. David McK. Williams.\" 1943. Folder 15a: Churches - Christian Science Monitor, 1951 poster for a lecture by Claire Rauthe and 1944-45 free lecture announcements. Folder 17: Clubs and Organizations - The Exchange Club flyers, 1949-1954. Folder 19: Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. Folder 29: Moving Pictures - Large poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" to be held at the Williamsburg Theater. undated. Folder 32: Schools - Private Schools - Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia, to Carter Berkeley pertaining to schools in Williamsburg. 1811\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter written by W. Fred Andrews of Gahanna, Ohio to Parke Rouse, Jr. reminiscing about his days as a student at the College of William and Mary. 3 pp. June 22, 1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eALS of C.P. Armistead, Williamsburg to the Hon. R. Taylor Scott, Richmond, Virginia, dated 27 May 1893 regarding his brother running for office, probably the Electoral Board of James City County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopies of newsclippings, journal articles, and Bruton Parish Bulletins about the 1991 dig by New Agers to search for evidence in the Bruton Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Virginia, to support the controversial claim that Sir Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays plus a formula for establishing world peace. August 20, 1992 photographs of Bruton Parish Churchyard digs with Marley Brown, archaelogist of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. One photograph shows the Middleton Vault.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Handwritten letter from Samuel Putnam, Union soldier and Orderly in the 25th Massachusetts Volunteers while at Camp West near Williamsburg to his father. Putnam writes about the occupation of Williamsburg by Union soldiers, the destruction of the College of William and Mary, the \"insane asylum\" and his theft from a Williamsburg home of several letters by Thomas Jefferson, several letters by \"revolutionary maidens\" and one letter by Richard H. Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of March 10, 1887, entitled \"Virginia a day in a historic town--views of old Williamsburg.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Fragment of a receipt signed by Abram. Loc[ke]tt and \"Wmsburg Dist\" noted on the bottom of the page. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned Williamsburg Tricentennial poster, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten letter from O. F. Helner of the 33rd regiment, at a camp near Williamsburg to Mr. Abbott. He writes about the Battle of Williamsburg and a visit by General McClellan to the camp. May 1862. Transcript included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Playbills, 1891-1896 and undated, from plays staged at Cameron Hall at Eastern State Hospital with actors and actresses from the College of William and Mary and the local community. Some programs list \"The Virginia Comedians\" as the producer. Playbills, 1910 and 1916, from plays staged at the College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Union soldier's letter, \"John\" to his sweetheart \"Mary,\" 12 May (1862), regarding the occupation of Williamsburg by the North. Mention of Northern dead in Williamsburg after the battle and burying soldiers. Excerpt, \"...there are some very pretty girls here but I noticed that some of them were [wear] the rebel flag on their bosom.\" Stereoscopic card, \"War Views, View of Court House and Church, Hospital of the 2nd Corps, Yorktown, Va.\" No. 2374, published by E. \u0026amp; H.T. Anthony \u0026amp; Co. Negative by Brady \u0026amp; Co., Washington. Someone has crossed out \"Yorktown\" and written \"Williamsburg.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour pamphlets: Catalogue of the Williamsburg Female Academy, 1851-1852; two copies of the catalogue of the Williamsburg Military School, Richmond, 1853; prospectus and catalogue of the Williamsburg Male Academy, 1852-1853.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBroadside dated December 14th, [1941], announcing a Citizen's Mass Meeting...at the Williamsburg Theatre.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Photostat copies of newspaper articles about the Battle of Williamsburg from the New York Daily Tribune, May 10, 12 and 13, 1862, photostat copies of a map of the \"Lower Peninsula,\"  and \"Battle of Williamsburg\" and both a negative and a positive photocopies entitled \"Charge of Hancock's Brigade at Williamsburgh,\" \"Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-works in front of Williamsburg from sketches made May 6, 1862,\" \"Williamsburg, Va.\"  These prints have notes on them and might be partial proofs for a publication.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree photographs of the Dedication of Ft. Magruder, May 5, 1952 by Von Dubell Studio.    Publication of a letter by The Business Men's Association of the City of Williamsburg about \"taking early steps for the proper  celebration at Jamestown of the Tercentennial Anniversary...did on the September 7, 1900, in the name of the citizens of Williamsburg, pass resolutions for the appointment of a committee...\"  On inside of pamphlet, resolutions are listed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG.W. Thorpe Plat, surveyed March 1916; Pine Grest Subdivision blue print plat, owned and developed by Ernest G. Vaughan and sold to Carrie V. Williams, surveyed November/December 1939; Capitol Heights property blueprint plat of Frank G. Linekin, June 26, 1930; W.L. Jones blueprint plat,May 1926; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, August 10, 1939; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, December 10, 1920; Powhatan Park blueprint plat, property of York Land Corporation, April 1916; blueprint plat of property conveyed by Celia Maxton to others,land between route 60 and the railroad, September 7, 1952; and plat of property of H.D. Bozarth between Clay and Harrison Streets, June 19, 1925.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePosters for performances at the Matthew Whaley Auditorium in 1936, poster for \"Middle Plantation Art \u0026amp; Handcraft Exhibition\" at Casey's Annex (undated), poster for exhibit of \"Walt Disney's Original Paintings used in Snow White\" at the Bruton Parish House (undated), Williamsburg Tricentennial Poster, Colonial Williamsburg concert posters, Williamsburg Theatre posters (undated, possibly 1930's), and other posters for entertainment at Williamsburg High School and the Presbyterian Church (undated, possibly 1930's).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo aerial photographs of South Henry Street area of Williamsburg, Virginia.  Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of a print \"Loudon-street, Winchester.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Many of these papers appear to be from the Clerk of Court office in Winchester, Virginia. Clerk of Court signatures include John Peyton, Clerk of Hustings, Winchester, Virginia and Algernon R. Wood. Organized in date order. Account for Nicholas Scheren to David Michael Rutter. May 1786 Payment from Dr. Robert Colvin to Philip Bush. October 12, 1786 Accounts for Robert Sherrard to James Murry. 1787 Payment from Robert Sherrard to John Hamilton for waggonage from Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] to Winchester, Virginia. 1787 Document about refund of payment made by Tejamus ? Dowdall to Robert Colvin, who opened a school. April 12, 1787 Court summons for Josiah Jackson and Zebediah Hollingsworth for James Murray in case with Robert Sherrard, Defendant. August 9, 1787 Indenture. James and Eleanor Wood of Davidson, North Carolina and David Dedderick, for Lot 9 on West side of Loudon (Loudoun) Street in Borough of Winchester. September 22, 1789 Marriage Bond between Enos Roberts and Mary Kendrick. January 13, 1790 Marriage bond of Conrad House and Susannah Shusher. December 27, 1790 Bond for James Walls as executor of last Will and Testament of John Wynn. June 30, 1794 Charter between Shreve Lawson of Baltimore, Maryland and James Moseley, Merchant on freight on the ship Alexandria. July 4, 1796 Marriage license between James A. Nelson and Polly M. Donald. April 26, 1802 Manumission papers from Peter Lauck to Peter Bisick. March 14, 1806 Affidavit. Josiah Massy took oath of Lieutenant in 31st Regiment, 16th Brigade. Signed by A. (B.) Miller. May 2, 1812. Register of sale of Louisa Robinson (wife of Jonathan Robinson) to Doctor Daniel Conrad. August 3, 1818. Act \"to amend the Act incorporating the Town of Winchester.\" Complete handwritten text of the act as presented to the General Assembly in Richmond, Virginia. Copied by William Munford, Keeper of the Rolls. Document bound with string. Dated December 12, 1818 and passed January 9, 1819 Inquest. \"Inquisition on the body of Robert Cockerton (?) who died at the house of Elizabeth Pendleton, Innkeeper. November 1, 1820 Contract/letter of attorney between John Holland of Gosney Manor of Shenandoah County, Virginia, woolan manufacturer, and George Hadfield of Old Hall, County of Chester, in England to Hugh Shaw. June 8, 1827 Manumission papers where Margaret Galloway emancipates negro woman, Maria, wife of William Tuckrin, a free negro. October 17, 1827 Manumission papers or Certification of Freedom for Negro Lucy under the will of Alexander White of Woodville. June 13, 1832 Certificate of Freedom, or Manumission papers, signed by Phebe Coubourn that she raised Nancy Sabro, a \"dark Muluto\" who was born of free parents. September 21, 1835 Notice to Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester for summons of Jonathan Cox, Davy Johnson, Thomas Pollard, James Pollard, Richard Strange, Lewis Smith, David Washington and Rose Williams for \"remaining within this corporation and Commonwealth more than 12 months of their right to freedom…\" May 5, 1846 Bill of sale to William H. Brown from George R. Long for sale of negro man, Abraham Washington. August 24, 1846 Court Case. Algernon R. Wood, prosecutor for Commonwealth of Virginia, against James Pollard, a free negro or mulatto who remained in Virginia after he was freed. October 3, 1846 Court summons for Sally Field for remaining in Winchester after being freed. June 23, 1848 Mary, negro slave of Joseph Baker, charged with trying to poison Nancy Lindsey with tea. June 1, 1849 Notarized statements of Amelia Ann Buck of Warren County, Virginia regarding copartnership with John R. Ricards, John N. Buck of Baltimore, Maryland and Thomas L. Blakemon of Warren County regarding hotel, Mountain House in Hampshire County, Virginia. John R. Buck sells his interest to his brother, William M. Buck. July 3, 1850 Letter from Baltimore, Maryland regarding his father's estate. Author unknown. February 20, 1851 Recording of last will and testament of Addison B. Riely in Baltimore, Maryland. Endorsed by Ann R. Riely. September 27, 1852 Certificate for R.B. Allen to sell wine at his store on Cameron Street.September 1, 1855 Court summons in case of Patrick Conner vs John H. Anderson, Conner's apprentice. October 8, 1856 Letter from John Quanten ? to Robert L. Brookings asking for servant woman Lucy who was part of the estate of Mrs. Emmets?. May 27, 1857 Indictment. John Howard, alias John Newman, a free negro, was accused of assault by Rachel Ann Holler, a white woman and jailed. Indictment against James W. Jones, the jailor, for allowing the prisoner to escape. March 17, 1860 Command to the Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester to take \"…Maria Ball [Colored]…her safely keep…until May indictment … for remaining in the State of Virginia…without lawful permission. April 21, 1860 Notice to Sheriff of Berkeley County, Virginia to imprison Elizabeth Farrow if she is found in Berkeley County. She is charged with having a \"…house of ill fame for the purpose of prostitution and lewedness.\" April 17, 1861 Note from Clerk of Court in Winchester where he says he has been notified by a military order that he is no longer the Clerk. June 5, 1868 Court case with John Vilwig regarding two coffins. June 1886. Republican Ticket for Virginia. 1892. Letter from George S. Bowers of Laurell, Maryland, about \"Willie\" accepting Christ [in the Lutheran Church]. December 13, 1918 Instructions to lawyer or court about charges of larceny against a free negro. undated. Fragment. \"Twelve days have been expended in loading.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCircular for the Woodstock Male and Female Academy. July 21, 1866.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistorical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.  7 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo facsimilies of the parole of Cornwallis. 2 pieces. Journal of the siege of York-Town...as recorded in the hand of Gaspard de Gallatin and translated by the French department of the College of William and Mary...Washington, United States Printing Office. 1931. 48 p. 24 cm. (71st Congress, 3rd Session. Senate. Document no. 322.) 1 piece. Un geste patriotique des Strasbourgeois au cours de la guerre d'Independence americaine. Printed. 1 piece. Ceux de Yorktown par Servan Malo, with English translation. 2 pieces. Memorandum on J.C. Louis, Baron von Closen. By Ruth E. Butler. 4 typed pages. 1 piece. Photographs showing restoration of French and American fortifications around Yorktown. About 1935. 3 pieces. Photographs of a painting of the siege of Yorktown. 3 copies. Also an enlargement. Map of the siege of Yorktown. 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches. 1 piece. An engraving of the surrender at Yorktown. 1 piece. List of Confederate Soldiers buried at Yorktown which includes Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Williamsburg. (Copy from the National Park Service. Original at the Yorktown Visitor Center).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted topographical map of the Colonial National monument, Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia. Made by the U.S. Geological Survey 1931. 30 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. 1 piece. Three newspaper clippings concerning the siege of Yorktown. Other papers. 5 pieces. Walking stick made from the flag staff of the 80th British Regiment, Yorktown, 1781. Returned to donor (Nellie Deans Greaves) in either 1960's or 1970's. Printed announcement, dated at Montpellier, 9? December 1781, signed by Le Comte de Perigord, stating that the King has ordered a Te Deum sung in all the churches of France for the Yorktown victory. Purchased from Thomas L. Suter, 16 October 1952.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuildings Photographs and prints: Customs House; Lord Cornwallis' Cave; Main Street; Monument Lodge (1 piece); Moore House (4 pieces--3 photographs in Mapcase); Shield House (oldest house) and Nelson House (1 piece); Yorktown wharf (1 piece). Monument Photographs. 1 piece. 2 newspapers with history of the building and opening of the George P. Coleman Bridge. Located in mapcase.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pieces including 1 photograph. See also Folders 6-8.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Includes a photograph album entitled \"Views of The Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, Virginia, October 16-17-18-19, 1931\" presented to The College of William and Mary in Virginia by the Yorktown Sesquicentenniail Association, Inc. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eViews of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, VA, October 16-19,1931 from the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Inc\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931:  Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration.  20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981:  Official commemorative program.  Official booklet:  \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYorktown National Military Park June 6, 1921 ...In the Senate of the United States.  June 6, 1921.. A bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...7 p.  28 cm.  1 piece. 1921 Hearings before the subcommittee of the committee on appropriations United States Senate...on a bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...Washington, Government printing office, 1921.  16 p.  23 1/2 cm.  1 piece. Navy Mine Depot Navy Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia By Commander A. H. Miles, U.S. Navy.  (Reprinted from the United States Naval Institute Proceedings v. 54, no. 4, whole no. 302.)  1 piece. In the matter of Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia...Brief submitted on behalf of owners of property...Newport News, Franklin Printing Co.  21 p.  23 cm.  1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterial relating to the annual celebrations of Yorktown Day, sometimes called Yorktown Fete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFete in honor of General La Fayette.  Printed pamphlet by R.G. Scott on what happened during planning of the Yorktown Fete of 1824 and why he should not be responsible. 1827.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCentennial.  \"An Appeal to the Country for a National Centennial Celebration of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.\"  Printed by Virginian Print, Norfolk, Va. 1879. Special Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Virginia at Yorktown 1881. Celebration of Yorktown Centennial- a pamphlet containing incidents and speeches from event. 10/19/1881. A History, Surrender of the British Forces to the Americans and French at Yorktown, Va., Program for the Centennial Anniversary Celebration on October 18th, 1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Admiral Francis Joseph Paul De Grasse, Hero of Yorktown\" by Louis A Culvillier 1931Invitation and tickets to Yorktown Celebration 1931List of European Guests at Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Newsletter on Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Official Program of Yorktown Celebration.  1931Some Old Yorktown Maps by K.W. Trimble.  Reprint from The Military Engineer, 1931Tentative Program of Yorktown Celebration byYorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931Ticket Stubs-Yorktown 150 year Celebration 1931Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram of Celebration of 155th Anniversary of the Victory at Yorktown under the Joint Auspices…  10/19/1936\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram of Yorktown Celebration, October 18-19, 1934.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from A.A. Folsone to Hon. Lyon G. Tyler enclosing engraving of a view of Yorktown, \"Yorktown Battlefield\" by John B. Chapman per Graham's Magazine, 1814.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Photograph of House in Yorktown undatedPhotograph of Yorktown Battlefield and Moore House undatedSketch of Yorktown- View from the River (Copy) undatedYorktown Homes (6 photographs on cardboard) undatedGreeting Cards -Prints of Moore House and Nelson House  1934\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal ink wash drawing by a federal soldier in 1862. View of the York River waterfront. Transferred to artifact librarian in 2011.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Plats of Yorktown, Photostats (2)  undated Sign - Guided Tour of Yorktown (10\"x7\" cardboard sign) 1941 \"Establishment of the American Army.\"  Photostat of May 27, 1778 Congressional Order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAvailable online via the Library catalog for William and Mary users; alternate access is available via the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/journalofsiegeof00gall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Yorktown Church Said Third Oldest in Virginia,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  May 9, 1960.\"Historic Nelson House,\" January 31, 1973\"Battle Lines Will Be Reconstructed at Yorktown,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  January 31, 1973.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Christmas Dinner Menu, U.S. Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia.  1950.Colonial National Historic Park brochure by US Department of Interior (2 Copies).  1940Old Yorktown and its History by Mrs. Sydney Smith.  1920Salvaging Relics from York River.  1939U.S. 17 George Washington Memorial Highway Map, Tidewater, Virginia, into Colonial National Historical Park.  undated.Views of Yorktown and Gloucester Town—Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia.  1946Virginia Gazette Supplement, The Public Observer, \"Yorktown Day of Yesteryear.\"  October 1972\"Yorktown-Climax of the Revolution,\" National Park Service, Source Book Series, Number 1 (2 copies).  1941\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Henri de Saint-Simon at Yorktown; A French Prophet of Modern Industrialism in America,\" The Franco-American Review, Autumn 1937.\"A Neglected French Collaborator in the Victory of Yorktown\" by Harold A. Larrabee.  1932.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYorktown Sesquicentennial medal commemorating the surrender of Lord Cornwallis in 1781. Transferred to Artifact Collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEighteen early photographs of monuments in Yorktown, Virginia, many with descriptions written on the reverse side.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs of: the Victory monument,  the monument on the spot where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, Lafayette Coach at Bremo, Spring where Washington got his water, marker of French soldiers' graves (2), plaque for site of the Home of Nicolas Martiau,  plaque for \"Baron Gaspard de Gallatin,\" walk along top of old earthworks (3), where Washington had his tent, spot marked where a tablet once was, plaque for \"french soldiers and sailors,\" where Lafayette had his tent, plaque for Thomas Nelson, Jr. and artists conception of celebration (ships in harbour). 17 photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of Battery; print of \"Reddotopm de L'armee du Lord Cornwallis; 3 photograph of inside and outside of the Moore House, 1911; two copies of the Gloucester-Mathews newspaper, May 7, 1952, with the history of the building of the George P. Coleman Bridge; and one copy of the Daily Press, May 7, 1952, about the Coleman Bridge.\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8763"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9213","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Virginia Counties Collection","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9213#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eArtificial collection of papers relating to various counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9213#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9213","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9213","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9213","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9213","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_9213.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Virginia Counties Collection","title_ssm":["Virginia Counties Collection"],"title_tesim":["Virginia Counties Collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1600-2000","1730-1890"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1730-1890"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1600-2000"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 39.4 V82co","/repositories/2/resources/9213"],"text":["Mss. 39.4 V82co","/repositories/2/resources/9213","Virginia Counties Collection","Accomack County (Va.)--History","Albemarle County (Va.)--History","Amelia County (Va.)--History","Amherst County (Va.)--History","Augusta County (Va.)--History","Bedford County (Va.)--History","Berkeley County (W.Va.)--History","Botetourt County (Va.)--History","Brunswick County (Va.)--History","Buckingham County (Va.)--History","Campbell County (Va.)--History","Caroline County (Va.)--History","Charles City County (Va.)--History","Charlotte County (Va.)--History","Chesterfield County (Va.)--History","Clarke County (Va.)--History","Culpeper County (Va.)--History","Cumberland County (Va.)--History","Dinwiddie County (Va.)--History","Fluvanna County (Va.)--History","Goochland County (Va.)--History","Halifax County (Va.)--History","Isle of Wight County (Va.)--History","Jefferson County (W.Va.)--History","Lancaster County (Va.)--History","Lee County (Va.)--History","Louisa County (Va.)--History","Lunenburg County (Va.)--History","Madison County (Va.)--History","Mathews County (Va.)--History","Mecklenburg County (Va.)--History","Middlesex County (Va.)--History","Montgomery County (Va.)--History","Nelson County (Va.)--History","New Kent County (Va.)--History","Norfolk County (Va.)--History","Page County (Va.)--History","Patrick County (Va.)--History","Prince George County (Va.)--History","Prince William County (Va.)--History","Princess Anne County (Va.)--History","Rappahannock County (Va.)--History","Richmond County (Va.)--History","Stafford County (Va.)--History","Virginia--Governors","Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775","Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783","Virginia--Militia","Virginia--Religious history","Warwick County (Va.)--History","Washington County (Va.)--History","West Augusta County (Va.)--History","Westmoreland County (Va.)--History","Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs","Wythe County (Va.)--History","York County (Va.)--History","Accounts","Agriculture--Virginia--History","Anti-slavery movements","Church records and registers--Virginia","College of William and Mary--History--18th century","Criss Cross House (New Kent County, Va.)","Deeds--Virginia","Dunmore County (Va.)--History--18th century","Education--Virginia--History","Elizabeth City County (Va.)--History","Episcopal Church--Virginia--History","Fairfax County (Va.)--History","Fauquier County (Va.)--History","Fayette County (W. 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Va.)--History","Orange County (Va.)--History","Parishes--Virginia","Patents--United States","Pendleton County (W.Va.)--History","Pittsylvania County (Va.)--History","Postal service","Powhatan County (Va.)--History","Presidents--United States--Election","Prince Edward County (Va.)--History","Real property tax","Real property--Virginia","Rockbridge County (Va.)--History","Rockingham County (Va.)--History","Russell County (Va.)--History","Scott County (Va.)--History","Shenandoah County (Va.)--History","Sheriffs--Virginia","Slavery--Virginia--History","Southampton County (Va.)--History","Spotsylvania County (Va.)--History","Surry County (Va.)--History","Sussex County (Va.)--History","Taxation--Virginia--History","Taxation--West Virginia--History","United States--History--War of 1812","Weather--Virginia","Wills","World War, 1914-1918","World War, 1939-1945","Practice of law--Virginia","Advertising cards","Bible records","Booklets","Broadsides","Catalogs","Circulars (fliers)","Correspondence","Daybooks","Deeds","Financial records","Ledgers (Accounting)","Letters (correspondence)","Manuscripts (document genre)","Marriage certificates","Minutes","Newspapers","Pamphlets","Petitions","Photographs","Plat books","Programs","Receipts (financial records)","Surveys (documents)","Tax records","Virginia--Maps","Voters' lists","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.","Reprocessed by Anne Johnson in 2011.","Mss. 39.2 V82ci Virginia Cities Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library"," Mss. 65 V82 Virginia Quitrents Collection, 1704-1705, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library"," Search specific county names to access other collections that were generated by or generated in these counties, such as account books and family papers.","Artificial collection of papers relating to various counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia."," Includes current West Virginia Counties of Berkeley, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Nicholas and Pendleton because the material was generated when these counties were part of Virginia.","Typescript copy of resolutions, 1812, passed at a meeting of the freeholders and citizens of Accomack to consider and express their sentiments on public affairs and certain late occurrences.","Bible records from Accomack and Northhampton Counties. Bible records of Accomack and Northampton Counties compiled by Jean M. Mihalyka in 1993. Volume 9. (Mss. Acc. 1991.46)","Bible records of Accomack and Northampton Counties compiled by Jean M. Mihalyka in 1993. Volumes 12 and 13.  Mss. Acc. 1994.74a","Photograph of an original pen and ink sketch of St. George's Church by Rev. James Willis Eastburn. Mss. Acc. 2008.193","Scope and Contents Receipts for quitrents (1750), payments and judgments (1752), tax receipts for 1822 and 1824 and typescript of petitions on juries (1798), concerning selection of juries, addresses, 1918 and 1936, concerning Grace Church, Cismont, Va. Typed manuscript concerning Albemarle Agricultural Society and typescript of minute book, 1817-1828, of Albemarle Agricultural Society as well as material concerning \"Fancy Hill,\" Albemarle County, Va. The materials that comprise this collection were donated by Lucy W. Sneed and John Lawrence and purchased from C. H. Stoneman by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center in batches between 1940 and 1997.","Receipt for payment of £310.12.5 on quitrents in Albemarle County, Virginia. 1p. DS.","Receipt for payment of £100.1.8 in current money, which was sent by John Smith, Sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia in part of a judgment due the King of Great Britain from Joseph Thompson [deceased?], Sheriff.","Petition on selection of juries. TCy.","Taxes paid on 130 acres of land, horses, and slaves by Thomas Rea, to the Sheriff of Albemarle Co. Va. 1 item. PDS","For the District of Virginia in a chancery suit of The Bank of Howardsville, et als vs. the president, directors and company of said bank. 28 pp. PD","27 pp. PM.","16 pp. PM","19 pp. PM.","89 pp. PM.","2 items.","Handwritten copy of a bond for Drury M. Burnley who is elected as sheriff of Albemarle County for the term of two years beginning January 1, 1857.  Bond includes names of family members.  Mss. Acc. 1997.31b. Certificate from Free Union Baptist Church for Sister Sally Wood to recommend her for membership. September 1883. Two letters to Bro' (Brother) Dudley from L.W. (Allen) which mentions Licking Hole Church. November 23, 1853 and undated.  Mss. Acc. 2008.193.","Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from W.S. Morton about material for the William and Mary Quarterly. Typed copy of Marriage Bonds of Amelia County, A-Z by husband, ca. 1735-1854. Prepared by J.D. Eggleston. Undated. Photographs of Amelia Sulpher Spring with notes on the reverse side. Undated. Letter to Susie from a correspondent in Mattoax, Virginia. Undated. Mss. Acc. 2008.193.","Papers, 1769-1803, relating to Amherst County, Va. Includes appointment, 1769, of 18 Justices of the Peace , signed by Lieut. Gov. Botetourt (Lord Botetourt). A bond, 29 January, 1803, due from J. Daniel Day and Solomon Day to Jane Rickets, widow of Thomas Rickets. Attested to by John Reynolds and Noah Guttry. 1 p. cy of ADS. Gift of Mrs. G.M. Kent in 1948.","Includes deeds, wills, legal documents, and church records (Christians Creek School House, Glebe Burying Ground, Old Stone Church, and Tinkling Spring Church.) 58 items. Purchased 1939 from C. J. Carrier of Bridgewater, VA.","3 pieces","1 piece.","[11p.] 23 1/2 cm. Printed. 2 copies.","By Rev. John Craig, first pastor of Old Stone Church in Augusta County, Virginia. 24, 14 p. 11x 8 3/3 inches. Mimeographed. 1 piece.","14 p. 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Mimeographed. 1 piece.","10 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. 1 piece.","Content regarding payment for land purchased from George Ruebush. 1 piece.","1 piece.","Possibly drawn by Henry Hearman. Includes handrawn map of Virginia.","Price list card for A.M. Bruce, Wholesale Provision Merchant. Staunton, Virginia. Undated. Photostat of an order issued April 22, 1772 for land forfeiture.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1767-1870, relating to Bedford County, Va. Includes accounts; bonds; bill of sale, 1783. for slave; copy of appointment, 1772, of James Steptoe as clerk of Bedford Court; and copy of land grant, 1792. Also includes letter, 1876, of A. Granville Bradley describing the Shenandoah Valley and list, undated, of soldiers who served in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution with notes on the formation of Campbell County, Va. Land Grant of 300 acres in Bedford County, Virginia to Job Martin for payment of L1.10 sterling to the Treasury of the Commonwealth. Signed by Henry Lee, Governor. The materials that comprise this collection were donated by W. Mac Jones and Mrs. William C. Segar and obtained or purchased by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center in batches between the period of 1927 and 1981.","Receipts and invoices to and from various individuals.  Some names include:  Mr. Beaver, John Berk, Mr. Pendleton, Thomas Pugh, Jack Steward, John F. Woods, Charles Dudley, Jeremiah, Moses Eubank, Jacob Wolf, Leroy James and others.","Scope and Contents Sally Phelps, aunt, Lynchburg, Virginia to Henry Bigger about purchasing a cow. Includes a registry receipt. August 6, 1884. Photocopy of a letter to \"Willie Dear\" (Mrs. L.B. Bigger of Bellevue, Bedford County) from unknown. July 29, 1886. D.W. Bigger to \"My Dear Brother\" (James H. Bigger) about receiving a photograph of him and about Christmas. December 3, 1894.","Correspondence includes a mix of people with no obvious connection to one another, though some letters deal with legal matters. December 24, 1841, Tazewell Headen, Floyd C.H. to ( ) Goggin, Atty at Law, Liberty. Concerns summoning witnesses. December 12, 1843, William Daniel, Jr. of Lynchburg, Virginia to Joseph Wilson, Clerk, Bedford, Liberty (Virginia) about McKinney and Walker repaying debt from Harris and the dismissal of a suit on the validity of Even Snead's will. February 6, 1847, Robert Davis of Lynchburg, Virginia to Joseph Wilson, Clerk of Superior Court of Bedford County with a request to make copies of a statement of debt in the case of Samuel E. White and William T. Smith (late merchants trading as White and Smith) vs four other men. February 12, 1858, Julie Clayton in Ivy Hill to her cousin about a party and marriages of acquaintances. November, 1879, Letter to \"Mr. ---(?)\" from \"Your friend only\" where the writer clearly states that having a relationship with him would bring her no joy and his attention would be in vain and \"our correspondence has closed. May your future life be blessed by a companion worthy of your efforts…Amen.\" March 11, 1889 and March 12, 1889, To \"My dear Susie\" (Mrs. William Bese) possibly from her mother in Chester, Virginia about news of family and friends. The empty envelopes are mostly addressed to the Clerk of the County Superior Court. Some names on the envelopes are A. B. Nichols, J.L. Edwards, Joseph Wilson, William M. Burwell, William Cook and others.","Scope and Contents 1869 and early 1900 receipts, one a United States Internal Revenue \"receipt for special tax\" for R.M. Dennis for a business of \"retail dealer ...liquor\" in Roscoe, St. Clair, Missouri for 1870. 1904-1909 letters to Mrs. E.M. Dennis of Bedford County, Virginia from other members of her family and E. Hilton Jackson, a Washington D.C. lawyer about a Claims Court case of (heirs of) Samuel Cline vs the United States where Samuel Cline says he lived in Rockingham County, Virginia but reports show he owned a Cline's Mill in Staunton, Virginia which sold \"large quantities of supplies to the Confederacy....\" The Samuel Cline heirs are claiming their father did not vote for secession and can prove his loyalty to the Union. Other family members include Cyrus Cline and Samuel Cline. Includes a carbon of a February 4, 1908 contract between \"the next of kin and heirs at law of Samuel Cline, deceased, and E. Hilton Jackson\" for Jackson's representation of the family during the claims case.","Scope and Contents A varied group of legal documents. Account sheet for Robert Fauster to Joel Terrell for 1750 with an 1769 note at the bottom by Chas Servis which states Terrell has \"received no satisfaction for the above ballance.\" On reverse, a note by Jacob Early states \"we the jewry find for the plaintiff...\" Payment to \"Sovereign Lord King George the third\" for an ordinary license for William Mead in Bedford County, Virginia with William Mead and Isham Talbot as witnesses. February 27, 1771. Indenture between Richard Muse and his wife and James Jones. Wythe County. May 10, 1796. Note on reverse spells \"Muse\" as \"Mary???\" Bond report by Thos Lumpkin. Some names mentioned: Boyce Eidson, Martin King, ? Chastain, Richard Lockett, Thomas Wood, Samuel Baker, Edward and William Eads, James Foster, George Wilson, Farthing Hix and other illegible names. undated. Flyer by Richard M. Young, Late Commissioner of the General Land Office with letterhead, \"General Agency at Washington City\" about \"Acts of Congress granting Pensions to soldiers and their widows for services rendered during the Revolutionary War\" with amendments to 1853. Addressed to Joseph Wilson, Clerk of Circuit Court, Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia. undated.","Mostly receipts for Edward Merriman for purchases, but includes a letter, a military record and a recipe for \"John M. Merryman's Cement Wash.\" May 24, 1850 letter to Edward Merriman, Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia from Joseph Anderson in Cincinnati, Ohio about the whereabouts and news of other members of the Merriman Family. December 15, 1898 document states that George S. Merriman was a Private in Company G, 2nd Regiment of the Virginia Volunteers who enrolled on June 24, 1898 to serve for two years and was discharged on December 18, 1898.  Notes that George S. Merriman was born in Batford (Bedford?), Virginia, 43 years of age, 5 foot, 9 and a half  inches tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, gray hair and a farmer. Signed by Ballard P. Hatcher, Captain, in Roanoke, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Poetry, prose and recipes written by different unknown people.  One \"editorial\" is about a tribute to the late Governor Kavanaugh of Maine.  Recipes include \"Sponge Pudding\" and \"Chow Chow Pickle.\"  Includes a headache remedy.","Related Collection: Mss. Acc. 2008.321 Berkeley County, Virginia (W.Va.) Tax Records","Letter from Charles J. Faulkner, in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to the President of William and Mary, at Williamsburg, Virginia, concerning the name of Berkeley County. September 8, 1873. 1 item.","Bill of sale for $400, 1807, for the sale of a slave, Dick, by Henry Bowyer to John Robinson. Purchase. Charles Hamilton Auction in 1981.","Land Grant, 1803, for Nicholas Casper, in Botetourt County, Va. signed by Governor John Page (1743-1808).","Agreement, 1883 August 18, of George W. Parrish to sell to William Jackson a portion of the tract of land in Brunswick County, Va. called \"the Batt land.\"","Scope and Contents Papers, 1769-1951, relating to Buckingham County, Va. Includes a grant, 1769, of land to Samuel Megginson signed by Lord Botetourt ; indenture (deed) between Chambers and William Norvell, 1836; photograph, 1951, of the Bolling Family of \"Rosney,\"; and accounts and correspondence of the post office at Gravel Hill , Mattie J. West, postmaster (10 items). The materials that comprise this collection were donated to W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center by Willam R. Cocke, Mrs. G. M. Kent, Mr. \u0026 Mrs. John Stone, and John D. Weaver in batches between 1940 and 1983. Finding Aid prepared by Cynthia B. Brown, 1983.","Scope and Contents Typed list, undated, of justices of the peace, 1782-1824, of Campbell County, Va.; and license, 1860, to marry of Edward Scott Payne and Anna Agnes Oliver. Gift of John Lawrence in 1997. Two court records, 1796 and undated, signed by Cha[rles]s and Williston Talbot. (Acc. 1997.31c).","Transcript of minutes, 1811-1814, of courts of enquiry of 26th Virginia regiment of Charlotte County, Va.; extract, 5 June 1833, from court records concerning death of John Randolph of Roanoke; and marriage license, 1823, of Robert Carrington and Joanna T. Bouldin. Typed list of Charlotte County names from about the mid 1700's with notes on Mathis Flournoy and John Prior. Cub Creek Church Memorial program. 1938.","Scope and Contents Papers relating to Chesterfield County, Va. Includes such items as extracts from county records; lawsuits (Vestry of Parish of Manchester v. Overseers of the Poor); commission, 1756, signed by Robert Dinwiddie appointing justices to try slave for burglary; deed; agreement (concerning Gallego Mills); and a broadside, undated, concerning proposed removal of court from Manchester to Chesterfield Court House. Item level inventory available at Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Greenway Court.","Copy of the will of Robert Hudson, 1866, with codicil dated 1872 (1 piece). Copy of a court order to pay Richard I. Tull for his services as sheriff. 1830. (1 piece). Court order to pay Walter (?) for public services. 1830. Typed manuscript \"A Culpeper Census of 1781\" by A.L. Keith. 37 pages. 1941.","Ledger, 1841-1844, of a grist mill in Culpeper County, Virginia. Includes lists of customers and what the bought, typically wheat and flour. People could also bring their own material and have it ground; the material and the price for grinding is listed in the ledger. Also includes entries for a bill for a cabin for slaves and flour for slaves. 1 item. Purchase. Mss. Acc. 2011.563.","Papers, 1830-1910, relating to Cumberland County, Va. Includes such items as copies of court orders, 1830, to pay George H. Matthews for service as prosecutor for Commonwealth and S. H. Panack for services as jailor; receipt, 1910, for taxes; plat, 1842, for land owned by Edward Steger; and a newspaper clipping, 1893 October 1, from the Richmond Dispatch. Gift of John Lawrence. Two court documents, one dated 1797, signed by James Morton. (1997.31e)","Certificate of Appointment, 1828, of William H. Broadnax, William Wynne, and Edward S. Pegram as commissioners to superintend election of electors for U. S. president and vice president in Dinwiddie County, Va.; and copy of court order, 1830, to pay James Scott for his services as jailor. Cotton circular for Martin, Hill and Co. in Petersburg, Virginia. September 22, 1886.","Deed, June 21, 1773, from Israel Morris to Michael Goen for 100 acres of land in Dunmore County (Shenandoah County), Virginia.","Photostats of a petition presented by certain residents of Elizabeth City County to the General Assembly of Virginia, November 30, 1803, in opposition to the proposal to combine the Eaton and Syms charity schools into one school. Photostat of a petition presented by certain residents of Elizabeth City County to the General Assembly of Virginia, December 19, 1803, requesting that the Eaton and Syms charity schools be combined into one school.","Typescript of a history of Hampton and Elizabeth City County, Va., entitled \"The First Plantation,\" by Marion L. Starkey, ca 1930s. Includes an incomplete index in a separate green book.","Typed extracts, 1663-1791, from Old Rappahannock County [now Essex County.] Extract from a vestry book of Albemarle Parish, Sussex County. 1788. A handwritten list (probably a copy) of a list of names for \"Rose and Gabriel Penn, given under our hands...November 3rd, 1788,\" with a note on reverse \"Subscription for St. Marks Church.\" Another note says this page found in a vestry book in Albermarle Parish on November 26, 1926. Transcript of letter from Hugh Rose, at Geddes, to Col. James Higginbotham about sellling land of Brother Moses, deceased. 24 March 1791. Original order to the Sheriff of Essex County to take James Daniel and James McCall for a court appearance in William Roane vs Daniel and McCall. Signed John Lee. May 30, 1755. (Gift of Benjamin A. Grady). August 23, 2000 letter to Mrs. Harold Little, owner of Clydeside, from H. Franklin Minor, about the McCall Family and ownership of Clydeside.","Ground plan of Woodlawn, home of Nellie Custis Lewis, in Fairfax County. In ink on tracing cloth.  19 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches.  1 piece.","Scope and Contents Papers, ca. 1743-1793, relating to Fairfax County, Va. Includes notes, concerning register of Pohick Church; newspaper clipping, concerning court record book of Fairfax County; survey, 1841, of tract of land; and plan, undated, of \"Woodlawn,\" home of Nellie Custis Lewis; court records, 1743-1783; and an account book, 1793, of Joseph Birch, keeper of Turnpike Number 2, which has two entries, 9 October 1792 and 13 April 1793, concerning George Washington. 1963 gift from Mrs. Marion S. Mallory. 17 items. Postcards of Old Court House, published by Ernest L. Robey's Drugstore. 3 items. Undated.","Copy of tax list, 1782-1799, for Fauquier County, Va.. Court order, 1830, to pay James English for his services as jailor and for cleaning and furnishing firewood and candles for the courthouse. Catalogue of Fauquier Institute for Young Ladies. Session 1892-93. Owned by Miss E. Chappelear.","Land grant, 15 May 1780, given to Samuel McDowell for 1,000 acres of land in Fayette County, Va. [W.Va.] signed by Patrick Henry. For those interested in Patrick Henry see the Patrick Henry Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Broadside, 12 July 1941, advertising July 12 as the day for all citizens over thirteen years of age to register as volunteers for the civil defense program in Fluvanna County.","Note on document: \"…record book…is no longer public property, the original book being in private hands…\" Typed carbon copy of \"The History of Rivanna Parish in the County of Fluvanna, Virginia\" by Louis H. Stoneman. 1847- 1912. Pamphlet with the Charter and By-Laws of the State Bank of Columbia. 1900. An advertisement of the Commissioner's sale of Upper Bremo Tract where Mary B. and Lelia B. Cocke lived. 1926. The Midland Virginian, Palmyra, Fluvanna, Virginia article, \"Old receipts show that Fluvanna farms tithed to aid Confederacy.\" February 13, 1941. Notebook called \"Weather Report\" where the daily weather conditions were recorded. 1886-1887.","Invoices, receipts, accounts, laden lists, letters and other accounting documents from merchants in Columbia, Virginia. 1880-1910. 465 pieces. Merchants include: Jenkins and Foster, William B. Perkins, John F. Shepherd, Stoneman Brothers, Dr. Philip J.Winn, and George T. Zachary.","Scope and Contents Invoices, receipts, accounts, laden lists, letters and other accounting documents from merchants in Columbia, Virginia. 1880-1910. 465 pieces. Merchants include: Jenkins and Foster, William B. Perkins, John F. Shepherd, Stoneman Brothers, Dr. Philip J.Winn, and George T. Zachary. (Related material: 65 Sh5 Shepherd and Patton Papers). Broadside for \"The Celebrated Horse-Tamer Prof. W. Rouzer will give a lecture on ...June 7th...\" Certificates from residents of \"Kent's Store, Fluvanna County, Virginia, Oct. 2nd 1876\" who have taken the lectures are listed. Names listed are from Fluvanna, Pittsylvania and Charlotte Counties.","Article on John Hartwell Cocke. 2010. Acc. 2010.605.","Folders 1 - 5 are papers, 1772-1800, (group of 481 pieces) relating to 178 suits in Franklin County, VA and 16 other papers. Some papers are fragments. 481 pieces. The spelling of names varies greatly and as it was found to be impracticable to give all forms of each name, one spelling only is shown. The materials donated by John Lawrence in 1991, by Fred Alouf in 1959, and obtained from Joseph K. Ruebush in 1938. Folder 6 contains later, unrelated accessions.","Work Projects Administration Writers' Program. \"The White Man Comes to Stay,\" \"War Whoops in the Wilderness,\" and \"Explorers in the Wilderness.\" 1941. Two court documents signed by James Callaway. 1797. Mss. Acc. 1997.31f. 28 copies of certificates saying people attended the September New London District Court, signed by James Steptoe, Clerk of the Franklin County District Court. 1797. Includes 4 fragments. Names include: John Arthur, Moses Greer, Luke Standefer, Richard Goggin, Samuel Patterson, John Cheetwood, Charles Lumsden, Thomas Haile, Shelton Brown, Shelton Taylor, Joel Chitwood, William Cheetwood, Lewis Turnbull, William Boswell, James Prunty, Thomas Towler, Lewis Davis, John Hayle, George Ferguson, Dudley Lumsden, Benjamin Griffith, John Houle and Thomas Fowler. Mss. Acc. 1997.52","Scope and Contents Documents concerning land (deeds and list of lands returned as delinquent); proceedings, 1812, of meeting held at Winchester; and advertisement, undated, offering the Marlbro' Iron Works for sale or rent. 5 items.","Scope and Contents The original 1938 accession were papers relating to Gloucester Count, 1660-1878, and taken from the William Carter Stubbs Papers (I). They were purchased from Charles F. Heartman. They comprise Boxes 8, 9 and 10, folders 1-28. Includes letters, accounts (many concerning estates), legal documents, tax lists, marriage licenses and military records (including orders, 1815 and 1820 appointing patrollers to visit slave quarters). Many items concern the Baytop and Stubbs families. 2134 items. Letters, 1774-1878, filed chronologically. Invoices, receipts, etc. filed alphabetically under name of person or estate. The remaining boxes contain later accessions. Notes and photocopies relating to Gloucester County during the Revolution collected by Joanee Ryan in preparation for M.A. thesis (Mss. Acc. 1988.24). Photostat copy of transcript of \"Gloucester County, Virginia Places and Names\" by Charles E. Hatch, Jr. Yorktown, Virginia. September 15, 1979 (Mss. Acc. 1999.66). Photographs of and brochures of Gloucester County, plus correspondence of different families of Gloucester County about personal and legal matters, 1795-1953, donor unknown. John Buckner Reports, undated (Mss. Acc. 2008.193). Newspaper article on Wilbur Templeman a popular and longtime barber in Gloucester (Mss. Acc. 2010.575). Related material: See also \"A Guide to Gloucester County, Virginia Historical Manuscripts, 1651-1865\" (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1976). For those interested in the Baytop family see the Baytop-Fitzhugh Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Item inventory in folder.","Item inventory in each folder.","Item inventory in folder.","Acra-Baytop. Item inventory in folder.","Baytop-Bridges. Item inventory in folder.","Baytop Family. Item inventory in folder.","Baytop Family. Item inventory in folder.","Bridges-Corr. Item inventory in folder.","Dame-Gloucester County School Commissioners. Item inventory in folder.","Hall-Kemp. Item inventory in folder.","Lawson-Nuttall. Item inventory in folder.","Oakes-Purcell. Item inventory in folder.","Ransone-Stubbs. Item inventory in folder.","Tabb-Wood. Item inventory in folder.","Papers of persons not included in folders 4-14. Inventory not available.","Two or more persons/families mentioned.  Unidentified pieces and fragments.  Includes an index of a ledger and five memorandum books.","1825 Court docket, records of official examinations of boundary lines (1825-1848, undated), copy of certificate appointing Peter Kemp and James Baytop processioners...sixth precinct (undated) and unofficial memoranda on cases (undated).","Amory-Ash.  Item inventory in folder.","Ball-Byrd. Item inventory in folder.","Campbell - DuVall. Item inventory in folder.","Edwards - Hughes.  Item inventory in folder.","James - Oliver. Item inventory in folder.","Pitt - Sutton. Item inventory in folder.","Item survey in folder.","Item inventory in folder.","Item inventory in folder.","Scope and Contents \"Gloucester County, Virginia Places and Names\"  (Mss. Acc. 1999.66)  First half of book.","Scope and Contents \"Gloucester County, Virginia Places and Names\"  (Mss. Acc. 1999.66)  Second half of book.","\"Story of Elmington\" by Polly Cary Legg. Possibly a Work Projects Administration Writers' Program story.  December 1, 1941.  Photographs of Grace Church and The Glebe. Donation ticket for Ware Church, 1953, and a Christmas Card with picture of Ware Church. Photographs of \"New Bottle\" House, Undated.  Photograph of \"Painting of Gloucester from the Water\", courtesy of Mariner's Museum.  Conservation State Organization rules and regulations, undated.  \"Programme at the Laying of the Cornerstone and the Unveiling of the Monument,\" 1889.  Brochure on \"The Belle Roi Female School\" in Gloucester, Virginia, 1855.  Facts about Gloucester, copy, undated.","1795 and 1796 - Indenture between Thomas Whiting and Mary his wife of Gloucester and John Singar of Norfolk, Virginia on July 1, 1795,  Plat of land of William DuVal for John Singar.  June 15, 1796 1801, 1802 and 1804 -  Document binding John Thruston of Abington Parish, Gloucester County, to Sarah Tabb, who is relinquishing her right of dower, for land of John Stephens, September 2, 1801.  Indenture between Edward Busbie, Senior of Abington Parish, Gloucester County and Benjamin Marnix for land in Gloucester County, January 4, 1802.  Indenture between Henry Whiting and William Singleton for land in Gloucester County, February 1, 1802.  Indenture between Richard Singleton and Nelly Thornton, his wife, of the County of Gloucester, and John Singar for land, April 2, 1804. 1810 -1825 and undated - Account of Estate of John Singar for 1810-1818.  Letter to Dr. William Taliaferro, Gloucester Court House, from Richard H. Johnson of Hanover County, Virginia concerning his claim against the Mr. Carter who was his tenant, May 31, 1822.  Receipt Book, bound with string, with names, amount of money received and reason, 1825.  Letter to Richard M. Segan, late Sheriff of Middlesex County, Virginia regarding taking money from Bogg's benefit in case against James Critten.  Undated. 1829-1857 - Letter to Walker Jones of Gloucester Courthouse from H. Wilkinson of Petersburg, Virginia about Mr. Stubblefield offering $150 for settlement of Wilkinson's business.  Lists 1829 and 1830 Rockingham Season accounts, March 31, 1834.  Letter to Miss H.B. Booth, Gloucester County, about an account, June 5, 1834. Article of Agreement between Alfred Billups, Gloucester County, and Jacob Vreeland of Bergen County, New Jersey for tract of land on York River in Gloucester County, October 6, 1834.  Letter from T.B. Whiting of St. Marks, Florida to M.C. Booth in Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia regarding accusation of debt, R. M. Thornton and A.L. Dabney, February 26, 1837.  Receipt for John W. Puller for items purchased from T.B. Taliaferro, 1856 and 1857. Thomas J. Banks Correspondence and Accounts, 1826-1838 - Two partial account books in the same handwriting as the William and Thomas Banks book.  William Banks is mentioned in one of them, 1826-1830.  Accounts of William and Thomas Banks, Oyster deposit on the River. Partial account book, 1833-1836.  Thomas T. Bailey of Baileysville, Tennessee to Thomas J. Banks about collecting and sending money that he was collected, July 23, 1835.  Letter to Thomas J. Banks of Gloucester, Virginia  from James M. Rasin and Company regarding wheat and repairing a Straw Cutler.    Includes Receipt and statement., September 17, 1835.  Letter to Thomas J. Banks of Gloucester, Virginia from Samuel Crane of Richmond, Virginia about the two negroes that were part of Banks' brother's estate.  John Carlton, deceased, is mentioned,  March 26, 1836.  Letter to Thomas J. Banks of Gloucester Court House regarding rent, December 5, 1836.  Letter from Robert Nicholas of Richmond, Virginia to Jefferson Stubbs of Gloucester County, Virginia regarding the suit in Henrico County, Virginia with T.J. Banks, administrator of John Banks, deceased, regarding two negroes, April 3, 1838. Christopher Jones Correspondence and Documents, 1824-1826 -  Note sent by John Field to the Courthouse for Christopher Jones or Thomas Banks about a receipt, July 31, 1824.  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from H. Boggs of Baltimore, Maryland concerning settlement with a John Henry and Mr. Jones who is possibly the brother of Christopher Jones, September 13, 1825.  Indenture between Christopher T. Jones and Mann Page Trustees under a deed of trust between William Wilkins and Mann page and Christopher T. Jones to secure for to Thomas Smith and John Tabbs, September 5, 1825.  Letter to Christopher Jones about will that was proven October 3, 1808, with Henry Curry as the testator and Susanna Curry the Executrix and lists other cases.  The writer, from Richmond, Virginia,  also turns down offer to visit the area while extolling the pleasures of the rural setting, August 28, 1825.  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from H. Boggs of Baltimore, Maryland concerning a settlement, December 1825.  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from George Haskins concerning bringing to Chancery Court his suit against James Montague, Philip Montague, Thomas G. Cridington and Robert Dobbins, January 22, 1826. Kemp Family, 1825 and undated -  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from Robert Tubman concerning suit against Peter Kemp, November 30, 1825.  Letter to William Browne Judge of the Chancery District of Williamsburg about Peter, Francis, William and Sarah Kemp against John Johnston, admr of Robert Kemp, deceased, Undated.","Carbon of typed notes on John Buckner (ca. 1630-1695) of Gloucester County, Virginia.  He brought the first press and printer, William Nuthead, to Virginia about 1680.  Prepared by Mary Goodwin, Research Department, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.  Typescripts of brief biographical sketches of John Buckner and his family from Tyler's Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography and an account of William Nuthead, from first printer in Virginia and Maryland, from J.C.Oswald, Printing in the America's.  13 pages.","Daily Press newspaper article, \"County Barber Still Cutting,\" about Wilbur Templeman and his barbershop. His daughter, Linda Templeman, worked in Swem Library, Government Documents.  August 9, 2009.","Patent for 4753 acres of land in Goochland County, Virginia granted by King George II to Michael Holland. 1744. On vellum. 13 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches. Signed by Lieutenant Governor William Gooch.","Papers, 1744-1832, relating to Goochland County, Va. Includes patent, 1744, to Michael Holland (signed by Gooch and granted by King George II); will, 1815, of Nathaniel Davidson; court order, 1830, to pay William Pope for services as prosecuting attorney; and document, 1831, concerning the lawsuit of the Commonwealth v. John N. Davis; letter, 1832, from Pleasant Turner to Archibald Bryce; and plat, 1839, of land owned by William Ford. Patent filed in Oversize. Court Docket to November 1795, list of all cases. Commonwealth vs. John N. Davis, 1831 Will of Nathaniel Davidson, 1815 Plat tract of land owned by William Ford, 1839 Oversize patent, for land, signed by Gov. Gooch, granted by King George II to Michael Holland, 1744 Court order to pay William Pope for services as prosecuting attorney, 1830 Letter, Pleasant Turner to Capt. Archibald Bryce, 1832 Court Docket to November 1795, list of all cases","They appear to be a general store, ordering food items, clothe, clothing, shoes, horseshoes, nails, tobacco and other items.  Their shipping address is Irwin's Station or Bula in Goochland County.  Over 120 items. 1882-1883. Court Summons.  Names mentioned:  William Southworth, J. Clemens, Jos. Bullock, William Johnson, Julian Martin, Lucy Randolph, Anderson Matthews and S.W. Mason.  5 items.  1853. Archibald D. Perkins Accounts.  One receipt from Lucy Randolph.  39 items. 1836-1893. Typed carbon copy of a biography of Benjamin Waller and letters of Benjamin Wood.  Undated. Related items:  MsV Ame18  B. R. Cowherd Ledger","Copy of survey, 29 September 1804, of land in Greenbrier County Va. [W.Va.] for heirs of William Humes and surveyed by Alexander Welch.","A typed list of voters for 1800. Court order to pay William Faulkner for his services as sheriff.  1829.  copy. Court order to pay Samuel Pointer for his services as sheriff.  1830.  copy.","Deed (mutilated), 1727, from John Guess to Thomas Denton for land in Hanover County, Va.; receipt, 187[?] for taxes to Joseph Henry; and appeal, 1894, for aid in building a church in a needy neighborhood, with a list of names of contributors attached. Title page, with a photograph of the Clay house, from \"Life and Speeches of Henry Clay.\" 1843. Signature on front page: Mattie R. Feild, Millbrook, Virginia, 1886. Photostat copy of town lot layout of Hanover along the Pamunkey River with a tax list of names. March 17, 1738 or 39.","Scope and Contents Ledger, 1917 of a store in Studley, Hanover County, Virginia, recording purchases made by various customers. Customers' names are listed, and occasionally their town or county. A more detailed description is provided by the seller:  \"Ledger is a Eagle Flat Opening Book No. 895 (sold by Reinbach \u0026 Schwartz Stationers, Richmond, Va.). Measures: 8 1/4\" x 12 3/4\" x 1 1/4\",  287 pages.  This Ledger begins in May, 1917 and ends December 7, 1917.  Entries such as: Miss Ellen Timberlake, 2 Loaves of Bread .10;    Babes Bowles, 2 Cultivator Teethe .50, 1 Plow Point .16;  Mrs. Austin, 1/2 Plug Tobacco  .05\" \"On Page 158 it has a stamp on it: Do your bit! BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND, Inquire at any Bank or Post Office. Several Pages are Stamped (with a Postage Stamper): Studley, Va. (date).\" \"There are entries for food products, farm supplies, coca cola, tobacco, coffee, oil, medicine, etc.....\" Purchased.","Hardy County is now part of West Virginia.","Deed, 1858, from Westfall Garret to Henry Richmond covering a tract of land in Hardy County, Va. [W.Va.]. Court documents signed by Ed Williams, Clerk, 1797. Donated in 1997 by John Lawrence.","Portion of printed list, 1831, of land returned as delinquent for taxes in Harrison County [W.Va.]","Scope and Contents Papers, 1726-1871 and undated, relating to Henrico County, Va. Includes land patent, deeds, documents concerning lawsuits, estate document, and receipt for fee for apprehending a slave. 14 items.","Order, 1784, to the sheriff of Henry County, Va. to call jurors in the lawsuit of Commonwealth v. Anderson McGwire in the Virginia General Court.","Photocopy of a booklet, \"Fork Boykin\" compiled by Miss Genie Cory. Undated. Photograph of St. Luke's Church. Undated.","Index or register of names in a ledger divided alphabetically with tabs. Names include first and surnames, men and women, and all have a number noted beside them. There is no location or date or purpose noted on the register, but by using census data, the register was created circa 1900 and probably in the Isle of Wight County area of Virginia. Medium Oversize.","An artificial collection of material, 1687-1924, relating to James City County, Virginia. Includes copies of court records, farm censuses, tax receipts, church brochures, and photographs. Box 12 and 13 are mostly a gift from Robert T. Slater.","Blueprints of tracts of land in James City County. Carlton Casey land in Jamestown District, surveyed November 6, 1950; William Washington Estate, surveyed October 26, 1951; Mrs. Bessie Carmine property on Old Jamestown Road, surveyed September 2, 1940; Plat of subdivision of portion of Sarah Jones Tract, surveyed April 9, 1948; Survey of Bush Neck Road, Rye Patches and Wallace's Tract, surveyed June 1939; Frederick J. Keck farm in Stonehouse District, surveyed October 1937; Indigo Dam, estate of William Allen Jones, decd, in Jamestown District, surveyed October 1931; Rollo Subdivision, surveyed on November 26, 1930; Stephen's Tract #2, J.W. Penick the owner, in Stonehouse District, surveyed May, 1926; Timberlake Property, surveyed April 23, 1930 and Walthal Tract, surveyed June 1928.","1687 August 8. Copy of will of John Holder, deceased. Proved at the County Court held at James City, 8 August 1687 by the oaths of John White and Dorothy Peach. Recorded by W. Edwards, Cl[erk of] Co[u]r[t]. 1 page. Photostat of Document Signed.","Scope and Contents Copy of a law enacted by General Assembly, 17 February 1644, prohibiting desertions of plantations that have been seated; persons deserting their plantations are not to burn their houses but will receive as many nails as were expended in building them. Signed by William Robertson (d. 1739) Cl[er]k Gen[era]l Ass[emb]ly [from 1702-1738]. 1 page. Document Signed.","1805 February. Copy of pages from a court record signed by Ro[bert] B. Armistead. \"Found among the ruins of the old Court House at Williamsburg, Va. 1864.\" 2 pages. Copy of Document Signed.","1813 February 12. Copy of advertisement in the Richmond Enquirer for the rent or lease of the Greenspring Estate. 1 page. Typewritten Copy of Newspaper Clipping.","1820 September 1. Census record of James City county for 1820. Signed by Rich[ar]dson Henley, assistant to the Marshal. (Note reads \"From Lib. of Cong.\") 1 page. Photostat of Document.","1827 June 30. Copy of Complaint brought by Archer Hankins, late sheriff of James City and Committee of the esate of James Banks, deceased, against William Gregory, sheriff of King William County, appointed to represent William Gregory, Christopher Johnson, Ann Dudley, G. R. Lambert Meredith, Martha Bingham, Julia Bingham, Jno. Bingham, Geo. Bingham, [?] Lambert (wife of Eugene Sullivan), and Stephen Bingham, the heirs of Stephen Bingham. Concerns a tract of land in James City county called \"Mount Folly.\" 3 pages. Document Signed.","1847 May 6. Memorandum of deed of trust executed on 21 Sep[tember] 1841 is filed as an exhibit in the Chancery Suit in the Supr[eme] Court of James City County and City of Williamsburg by Upshur's executors vs. Pryor and others. Signed by P. P. Mayo. Fragment. Document Signed.","1849 January 19. Copy of advertisement in the Richmond Enquirer of the Hickory Neck Academy, James City County, Virginia. 1 page. Typewritten Copy of Newspaper Clipping.","1882-1893 and undated. Tax receipts, James City County, Virginia of Alexander Preston and Alfred Epps and a few miscellaneous receipts. Printed Document Signed. (13 items).","Scope and Contents 1896 June 1. \"The James City Cavalry, Its Organization and Its Service.\" (Company H, Fifth Regiment, mustered into service 22 May 1861). From \"Our Confederate Column\" in the Richmond Dispatch. Newspaper clipping.","1928 February 12. Bulletin from the Mount Vernon M. E. Church, South, Toano, Virginia. H. Conrad Blackwell, Pastor. 4 pages. Printed Material.","1929 June 30. Church Bulletin of Five Forks Church, Old Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, Virginia. Rev. James M. McKnight, Pastor. 4 pages. Printed Material.","1946 October 6. Invitation to Homecoming Day at James River Baptist Church, J. E. Bowman, Pastor. 1 page. Typewritten Copy.","1948 July 27. Letter. Mrs. William Lawrence Gatewood at New York to Brantley Henderson, Jr. at Williamsburg, [?] house and lot, and a store in Toano, Virginia. 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.","No Year. June 27. Program from Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Norge, Virginia in honor of the visit of the Crown Prince Olaf and Crown Princess of Norway. 1 page. Typewritten Copy.","Undated. Program of The County Council of Women's Clubs presenting \"Days in James City County from 1609 to 1817.\" 1 page. Printed Material. (3 items).","Undated. Bulletin of Hickory Neck Church, Blissland Parish, Toano, James City County, Virginia. 2 pages. Printed Material.","Undated. Brochure of the James City County Chamber of Commerce, Toano, Virginia. 2 pages. Printed Material.","1920. Economic Survey for James City County 1920 Census. 1 page. Typewritten Document.","1923 October 9. S. H. Hobbs, Jr., Rural Social Science, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. to Miss Mabel Massey, County Home Demonstration Agent, Williamsburg, Virginia. Is sending bulletin compiled from information secured in a survey of the townships in Chatham Co. [N. C.] and a bulletin on Johnston Co. [N. C.]; discusses types of surveys used by his department. 2 pages. Typewritten Letter Signed.","1924 February 12-13. Program of the Peninsula Farmers Institute. 1 page. Printed Material.","Scope and Contents Undated. \"A Glimpse of the Progressive School System of James City County\" by H. L. Harris, Supt. of Schools. 7 pages. Typewritten Document.","Undated. \"Health Conditions in James City County.\" 4 pages. Typewritten Document.","Scope and Contents Samples of typed farm census forms from other locations in 1923: Chowan County, North Carolina; Henderson County, North Carolina; Hertford County, North Carolina; Madison County, North Carolina; Nash County, North Carolina and North Carolina 1923 farm census (blank form. 4 pages). Blank survey on \"Farm Home Conditions\" from Pittsylvania Co., Virginia (2 pages). Sample form for farm census (3 pages). Survey of Whitmell Community made by Rural Sociology Class (3 pages).","Undated. Farm survey, James City County. 8 pages. Printed Material. (17 items).","Undated. Farm survey, James City County. 8 pages. Printed Material. (17 items).","1922 June 13. Johnston County: Economic and Social (a Laboratory Study in the Rural Social Science Department of the University of North Carolina) by W. M. Sanders, Jr. and G. Y. Ragsdale.","1922 October. Economic and Social Survey of Albemarle County, University of Virginia Record Extension Series, vol. VII, No. 2.","1922 November 16. How Farm Tenants Live by J. A. Dickey and E. C. Branson. University of North Carolina Extension Bulletin. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 47 pages. Printed Material.","1923 Virginia Agricultural Census, U. S. Department of Agriculture co-operating with the State Department of Agriculture. 32 pages. Printed Material.","Scope and Contents Colonel William Allen House (P1), formerly owned by Miss Fanny Allen and later owned by Mr. Mercer Taylor. Four miles west of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Ashland Farm (P2), formerly owned by Captain William Morecock. Located at Diascond station. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Binn's Place (P3), located west of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (P4), home of Mrs. Archibald McCrea. South of Williamsburg. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (P5), home of Mrs. Archibald McCrea. South of Williamsburg. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (P6). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (P7). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (before restoration) (P8). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents \"Cowlesville\" (P9), original home of the Cowles family. Owned by C. C. Cowles. Located on Rt. 603 just north of Rt. 610, six miles west of Toano on the Old Forge Road (much remodeled). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Curtis Home (P10). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Curtis Home (P11). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Edwards Place (P12), owned by Mrs. Marcus Cottrell. Located four miles northwest of Toano at the intersection of Rt. 601 and Rt. 603. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Gatewood Place Kitchen (P13), owned by C. Ordway. Located one half mile west of Toano on Forge Road. Now destroyed. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Green Spring (P14), ruins of the second house at Green Spring, built about 1800. The foundations of the Sir William Berkeley house at Green Spring are south of this house about two hundred yards. Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white. Undated.","Scope and Contents Green Spring (P15), aerial view. Photographic print, 7\"x9\". Undated.","Scope and Contents Green Spring (P16), aerial view. Photographic print, 7\"x9\". Undated.","Green Spring (P17), aerial view. Photographic print, 9¼\"x11¼\". Undated.","Scope and Contents Grove Hill (P18), built by John Cowles in the 1830's. Later owned by Mr. C. C. Cowles. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Hankins Family House (P19), owned by the Hankins family. Later owned by Mr. E. K. Pettit. Old house at Six Mile Ordinary, Rt. 60. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Harris House (P20), owned by Harris estate. Located about six miles southwest of Lightfoot and ¾ miles west of Jolly's Mill Pond. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Harris House (P21), six miles southwest of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Harris House (P22), owned by Mr. James Harris. Located about seven miles southwest of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Hickory Neck Episcopal Church (P23), on Rt. 60 above Toano. This is only part remaining of the original church which was built about 1733. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Hockaday Place (P24), owned by B. S. Bowmer. Located about one mile and a half west of Diascund Bridge. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents James' Place (P25), former home of Colonel George James. Later owned by Mr. P. H. Richardson. Located approximately four miles north of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Captain George Lee House (P26), owned by Captain Lee of Newport News.  Located north of Croaker.  Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view.  Undated.","Scope and Contents Lombardy (P27), home of Littleton Waller. Later owned by Mr. Branch Martin. Located west of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents MacDowell's (P28), owned by the Barnes estate. Located about four miles north of Toano on the road leading from the Forge Road to the Williamsburg-Richmond stage road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Martin Home (P29), owned by Miss Williana Wilkinson. Located about half a mile west of Toano on the Forge Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Martin Home (P30), owned by Miss Williana Wilkinson. Located about half a mile west of Toano on the Forge Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Martin's Place (P31), two miles northwest of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Olive Branch Christian Church (P32), one and a quarter mile southeast of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Pierce's (P33), located at Toano. This was originally \"Taylor's\" but prior to the Civil War was bought by Mr. Felix Pierce. There were three cemeteries on the place, one belonging to the Taylor family and two so old that no one recollects who was buried in them. After the Pierces died, this place was bought by Mr. Wesley Marston. The chimney and foundations are the only parts of the original house left which bear evidence of early eighteenth century construction, the chimney being laid in Flemish bond on flat side, and English bond on front and back surfaces. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Pinewoods (P34), home of Warburton family. As it appears before it was partially destroyed by fire. Photographic print, 8\"x10\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Pinewoods (P35). Photographic print, 8\"x10\", black and white, showing a rear view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Poplar Grove (P36), Wynne Place. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Powhatan (P37), once owned by Doctor Martin. Later owned by E. M. Slauson. Located a few miles west of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Powhatan (P38), once owned by Doctor Martin. Later owned by E. M. Slauson. Located a few miles west of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Redwood Ordinary (P39), now known as Green Shingle Inn. The present structure was built about 1790 to replace the old burned ordinary. Owned originally by the Redwood family, but subsequently bought by the Slater family. Served almost continuously as a tavern. Located at the intersection of the Forge Road and the Williamsburg-Richmond Stage Road in Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Old Richardson House near Croaker (P40). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents River View (P41), former home of the Norvell family. Later owned by Mr. Herbert Bloomberg. Located on York River about eight miles east of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Slater Place (P42), owned by R. V. Timberlake. Located about five miles northwest of Toano on road from Forge Road to Doncastle's Ordinary on the Williamsburg-Richmond Stage Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Stuart Place (P43), owned by E. C. Stuart. Located about a mile and a half northwest of Diascund Bridge. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Summer House (P44), owned by Mr. Slater. Located about three miles south of Chickahominy Church on \"Old Brick Mill Road.\" Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Summer House (P45). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a rear view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Vaiden Family House (P46), located at Norge. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Warrenton (P47), known in the past as Rutleigh. Acquired early in the 19th century by the Warren family. Later restored by the Grantham family. Later owned by Mr. Dozier. Located about five miles west of Toano on Forge Road, facing Windsor Castle. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Warrens (P48), owned by the Warren family. Located about four miles west of Toano, just off the Forge Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Watkins House (P49), owned by J. B. Larson. Later owned by [?] Peterson. Located three and half miles east of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents White Hall Tavern (P50), home of the Geddy family. One and a quarter miles north of Toano. In the interior are a very fine staircase and much early woodwork. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Windsor Castle (P51), home of William Bush. Owned by Mrs. William Walker Ware. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Unidentified House (52). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Unidentified House (53). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents One booklet: \"Sheriffs of James Citty Countie\" by Barbra M. Cook, Subsheriff, 1994. Gift of Barbra M. Cook, deputy sheriff of James City County via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association. Postcard of Green Shingle Inn, Toano, with a copy of a newspaper article about the Inn which was destroyed in 1963. Copy of a photograph of the hotel near the Powder Magazine, ca. 1900 and a photocopy of photograph of students at Matthew Whaley School. Individuals are identified.","Photostat copies of James City County petitions, beginning in the 18th century.","Jefferson County is now a part of West, Virginia. See related collections: Mss. MsV I1 Jefferson County, W. Va. Merchant's Index, Mss. Acc. 2008.320 Jefferson County, Virginia (W.Va.)Tax Records","List (printed), 1831, of land returned as delinquent for taxes in Jefferson County, Va. [W.Va.]","Bill of sale, 1796, for a slave sold by Robert Hoskins to John Mundell in King and Queen County, Va.Gift of John Lawrence. Three court documents, 1796 and undated, two signed by Ro[bert] Pollard, clerk. (Mss. Acc. 1997.31b). July 1967 \"Bulletin of the King and Queen County Historical Society.\" Agreement between Nicholas Dillard and Polly Browning for 95 acres in King and Queen County. February 11, 1792. (transferred from Gloucester County).","Typed copy of a rent roll, 1769 and copy of a court order, 1830, to pay Lawrence W. Berry for his services as Commonwealth's Attorney","Fragment of the will, 1705, of [?] Clayborne; typed extracts from a tax book, 1815 (65 typed sheets); copy of petition, 1843, from citizens of county to General Assembly of Virginia concerning the disposal of land in the county and a memorandum, 1863, signed by John Letcher concerning the arrest of a slave charged with attempted murder. 4 items.","Scope and Contents Leaflet written by Ann Harrison Booker Darst, \"Parson Skyring\" The Rev. Henry Skyring, 1729-1795, A tribute on the 200th anniversary of his death in 1995. Gift of Ann H.B. Darst. (Acc. 1998.36). Photographs used for the July 1938 William and Mary Quarterly article, \"Homes in the County.\" Daily Press book review of \"A History of Virginia Pioneer Papermakers\" with emphasis on the paper mill in West Point. Programs for the 250th founding of King William County, April 1952. Brochure on King William County, with notes. ca 1960. (Acc. 2008.193)","Typed transcriptions of pew rental lists: 1721 and 1748, for Christ Church Parish; 1750, for [St. Mary's] White Chapel Parish and a newspaper clipping, 13 February 1936, from the Rappahannock Record on the history of St. Mary's White Chapel by Elizabeth Comps Pierce. 4 items. Photographs from 1937: \"Bewdley,\" Lancaster Courthouse (Lancaster Post Office and former jail), Overseer's house on the Black Stump Quarter of Robert Carter's Corotoman Plantation (Weems Post Office), Sipes House (Lively Post Office) and Armstrong House (Palmer Post Office).","Copy of court order, 1830, to pay Edward Campbell for his services as Commonwealth's Attorney for Lee County, Va.","Typed copy of an advertisement in the Daily National Intelligencer, Washington, September 30, 1814, by James Monroe concerning sale of land; letter, 1863, from George K. Fox of Campbell Court House, Virginia, to L.W.S. Hough at Leesburg about Loudoun County bonds; booklet, July 1, 1861, containing names of purchasers of Loudoun County bonds numbered 1-358 and executed copies of July1, 1861 bonds, numbered 361-370 and 387-400 of Loudoun County. 24 pieces. And photograph of site of home of John Champe.","Tax list (tithes, land and carriages), 1769, for St. Martin's Parish (mutilated); document, 1852, in lawsuit of Spicer and Harris v. J. M. Macon, Jr., agent; papers in suits against J. and W.W. Beadles in 1852 and court orders, 1853-1854, to pay Robert T. Gooch for services as witness. 7 items.","Related material: Mss. MsV Lev10 Lunenburg County, Va. Docket, 1843E, Mss. MsV T3 Lunenburg County, Va. Sheriff's Tax Book, 1843","Copy of the will, 1817, of John T. Ravenscroft and accompanying papers and typescript of a letter, 1781, of D. C. Stokes, College Camp, William and Mary, to [Thomas] Nelson regarding Stokes' discharge.","Cumberland Parish Records Alphabetical order by subject. Church Matters J. H. Morrison to Dr. Perry regarding the Vestry and a Chimney. 1862. Correspondence B.M. Atkinson to his father about his Christmas plans. 1860. Thomas E. Locke to William J. Neblett enclosing papers on Buford's will, M. Forland's deed and other papers. Mentions R.B. Atkinson.1855. Financial – Correspondence, 1852-1868 Financial receipts, invoices, letters about the rector's salary. 38 items. 1852-1874. Financial – Taxes Receipt for taxes paid to the Sheriff of Lunenburg. Most are property taxes on 197 acres of land. 17 items. 1856 to 1869. 17 items. 1856-1865. Financial – Treasurer's Reports. 1847-1874. 16 items. Financial Matters – Bonds, Bills, Invoices, Subscriptions, Receipts and Taxes. St. John's Church and others. 35 items. 1848-1904. Some names mentioned: William H. Perry, Treasurer of the Parish; L.J. James E. Davis, Roger B. Atkinson, J.H. Morrison, Roger B. Atkinson, J.J. Deshazer, George Southall, Rev. Thomas E. Locke, Rev. Henry Wall, Rev. J. L. Sothoron, W.S. Watkins, Anderson Stewart, Harrison J. Elden, W.W. Webber, John. S. Hansbrough, Neblett Family, Colonel Sheets, Charles Smith, Mrs. John T. Merryman, Alice Ingram,W.G. Marshall, treasurer of Parish by 1904 and others. Letter from Dr. Bird, Dinwiddie County, about preaching at St. John's Church at the invitation of Mr. Neblett. 1863. Legal Matters Correspondence between Dr. W.H. Perry and A. M. and Richard Nelson, Carrolton, Mississippi about the case, Kreatts vs. Creath where Richard Nelson is representing Dr. Perry in the suit to get payment on a note. 1856-1860:1877 Deed between Malcom Macfarland and Vestry of Cumberland Parish for 190 acres. 1840. Rectors Resignation letter of Rector Dr. J. H. Morrison. May 1863. Vestry Meeting notes and letters about job openings, position acceptance and declining and resignations. 1857-1863. Rectors – Thomas E. Locke Payment accounts for 1838-1854, plus resignation and salary dispute, 1855. Vestry Minutes 1842, 1856, 1857, 1862 and undated. Originally accessioned as 1939.224 as a gift from WH Perry, Jr.","Patent, 1759, granting 400 acres of land to John LeGrand (signed by Francis Fauquier).","Copy of court order, 1830, to pay Horace Stringfellow for his services as Commonwealth's Attorney; and deed of trust, 1932, given by Herbert Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover to William E. Carson, covering tracts of land in Madison County, Va. including Hoover's camp on the Rapidan River. Typed draft of an article, \"The Hebron Church Birth Register\" by Arthur L. Keith. 1934.","Volume 3.","Volume 1.","Volume 2.","News clippings about the records of early Mathews County. Ca. 1940. Letter from Ellen R.T. Lane in Woodstock, Virginia to her cousin about her Mother's boarding school. August 15, 1883.","Papers, 1772-1858, relating to Mecklenburg County, Va. Includes copies of court orders, 1830, to pay William B. Banks as Commonwealth's Attorney; William Townes as jailor, and Richard H. Walker as sheriff; church records (including certificate of baptism and letter of removal); marriage licenses, and notes concerning Revolutionary War soldiers, Native Americans and race horses. 17 items. Flyer from Charles B. Stuart, Randolph Macon College, about arrangements to \"…execute analyses of Soils, Marls, Guano, Minerals, \u0026c., and to impart instruction in Analytical Chemistry.\" Undated. Photocopies of flyers for an auction at Prestwould. May 24-25, 1946.","Patent granting 70 acres of land in Mecklenburg County to William Marrable. 1772. On vellum. 15 1/4 x 13 inches. 1 piece. Medium oversize.","Includes rubbing from binding of a Middlesex County record book; copy of orders, 1676, concerning provisions for soldiers to be sent out against Native Americans; copy of petitions, 1700, presented by the freeholders of Middlesex County to the House of Burgesses (from court record book); and copy of receipt, 1781, for supplies furnished by Philip Ludwell Grymes for public use. 4 items. Copies of blueprints of suggested original arrangement of the interior of the second Christ Church as built in 1714. 2 copies. 1938. Three articles on Middlesex County history by Carroll C. Chowning. 1932, 1934 and 1935. Notecard with a pencil sketch of the Christ Church altar.","Lists, 1832-1833, of land returned as delinquent for taxes.","Broadside, 1856, announcing the opening of the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs. Receipt for G.W. Lyle from Henry M. Conrad, Dr. Transfer, Livery, Feed and Sale Stable in Radford, Virginia.,","A list of lands and lots returned as delinquent, 1831. 4 p. 29 cm. Printed. 1 piece.","History, 1869-1931, of Liberty Spring Christian Church, Nansemond County, Va.; and copy of patent, 1663, granting 1850 acres of land to Richard Bennett. 2 items. Photograph of a map, \"The Lower Parish of Nansemond County, Virginia.\" Time period covered is late 1600's. Map made by J.H. Granbery in 1946.","Related material: Mss. MsV Lev11-12 Nelson County Va. Sheriff's Receipt Book, 1811-1837 Mss. MsV T4 Nelson County, Va. Tax Book, 1835 There is no material for Nelson County in the Virginia Counties Collection.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1865-1866 and undated, relating to New Kent County, Va. Includes license, 13 November 1866, to Dr. L. C. Crump to practice medicine and two tax receipts for Crump; receipts, 1865, for U. S. taxes to W. A. Patterson and W. W. Taliaferro; and photograph of St. Peter's Episcopal Church and the \"Criss Cross House.\" 9 items. Handwritten copy of letter from William Gooch to the Vestry of New Kent County recommending Mr. Thacker. Circa 1729/30. Family tree of Robert Christian and Mary Brown of Cedar Grove, New Kent County. 2 items.","Bond, 1862, of Isaac Bales of loyalty to the United States.","Copies of court orders, 1830, to pay William Barnard for his services as jailer and Mordecai Cooke for his services as sheriff and a bond, 1765, of William Harwood and Samuel Langley to Elizabeth Ashley. 3 items.","Legal papers, receipts, correspondence and financial records generated by Northampton County.","Concerning a contract to carry mail between Eastville and Norfolk.","Concerning the use of a horse.","Road construction","Debt suit","Gift of Dr. \u0026 Mrs. H. Norton Mason, 1965.","Copy (printed) of the inventory, 1674, of the estate of Ambrose Feilding of Wickocomoco Hall, Northumberland County, Va. 1 item.","Extracts, 1783-1786, from Ohio County, W. Va. records. 1 piece.","Papers, 1841-1920, relating to Orange County, Va. Includes documents, 1841, concerning lawsuit of Jeremiah Morton v. William C. Willis; and petition, 1920, of citizens of Orange County, Va. concerning the unveiling of a tablet to World War I dead. 4 items. Calling card advertisement for \"Stratford Fund\" tea at St. Thomas House.","Letter, 4 October 1817, from William S. Marye to inhabitants of valley lying between the Blue Ridge and the Massanutten and Fort Mountains concerning the formation of a new county [Page County.] 1 item.","Ledger, Page County, Virginia, 1889-1892, 730 pp., recording the sale of general merchandise to more than 100 individual customers and businesses. One of the customers was the Luray Caverns and Hotel Company. Alphabetical index in front of volume. Sampling of names mentioned in the ledger was provided by the seller: Luray Caverns and Hotel Company, George Lee, William Jenkins, Tannery, Captain W. H. Smith, YMCA Masonic Lodge, Reverend N. W. Hackley, Arlington Hotel Company, Joseph Zirkle, John W. Strickler, Reverend H. M. Wharton, William Rosser, George Carter, Washington Carter, Lee Washington, Marshal Baylis, John A. Jackson, Albert Johnson, William Mundy. 1 volume. Purchase.","Advertisement for sale of \"Fairystones.\"","Two newspaper articles written by Mary Lee Keister Talbot about early residents of South Fork and South Branch Valleys of the Potomac and a new interpretation of Fort Seybert, 2 April and 7 May 1937. 2 items.","A 1771 deed of trust from Tully Choice to James Smith and Company for a piece of land. A marriage license, November 16, 1859, between Reuben H. Carter and Mary M. Robertson and a marriage license, December 20, 1858, between James A. Witcher and Phebe C. Haley. 2 items.","Scope and Contents Inventory and appraisal of the estate of Josiah Marshall including the following: one negroe man, James, oats and corn, farm implements and tools, and blacksmith equipment, signed by Wm Moseley (?), Arthur Moseley (?), and Francis Lewis as appraisers, and signed as ordered and recorded by by Ab[new] Crump. October 20, 1791. 2 pp. A manuscript, \"The Genesis of Powhatan County in Virginia\" by Floyd B. Taylor. 2 items.1936. The materials in this collection were donated by Floyd B. Taylor in 1936 and purchased by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center in 1981.","Copy of a typed transcription, with index, of vestry minutes of St. Patrick Parish, 1755-1774. Bond given by Joseph Bohan to Philemon Holcombe, March 28, 1788. Printed report \"Second Report of the Prince Edward Landmark Committee,\" 1928. Copy of a print of the Union Theological Seminary. Undated. Notes by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton from the Prince Edward County Courthouse on the prisons in the county. Appeared in the October 1937 William and Mary Quarterly. Notes copied by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton from the Prince Edward County Courthouse about Mr. Burks's buildings as part of a lawsuit between Woodson and Burks in 1767. Typed carbon copy of Declarations of James Pugh, James Moss, James Wooldridge, Peter Grigg and James Taylor about their participation in the Revolutionary War. Other notes concerning Revolutionary War claims. Correspondence between Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and W.S. Morton. 1936. Notes about Prince Edward County by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton. Mentions Richard Darfson, Peter Legrand, Dr. John Fisher, James Thackson, John Meadley, James Roberts, John Moore, Jr., Abraham Venable, Benjamin Augell, John Le Neve, John Bonds, Charles Anderson, Matthias Flournoy, John Pryor Smith, Charles Smith, Zachariah Leigh, Thomas Yuille and Michael McDearman. Dates covered are from mid to late 1700's. Notes taken in 1936.","Papers, 1866-1868, relating to lawsuits in Prince George County, Va. against Matthew W. Raney for debt. 3 items.","Papers, 1728-1752, relating to Prince William County, Va. Mostly documents concerning the settlement of estates but also includes copy of [quit] rent roll, 1738; document, 1752, concerning debt; and guardian's bond, 1743, for Thomas Young. Two items in this collection were donated by Mrs. Marion S. Mallory in 1963.","Papers, 1753-1865, concerning Princess Anne County, Va. Includes writ, 1753, to adjourn the county court of Princess Anne signed by Robert Dinwiddie (gift of Benjamin B. Burroughs) and license, 1865, of Richard H. Baylor, a Baptist minister, to perform marriage ceremonies. 2 items. Photographs of Communion silver of Old Donation Church, communion silver of the Eastern Shore Chapel, the Anthony Fentress house, the Eastern Shore Chapel and the Old Donation Church. 5 photographs.","Indenture between Augustine and Silvester Blidenbrough and Thomas Moss for land in Rappahannock County. January 23, 1661. Incomplete. Includes typescript. Medium Oversize.","Negative photostatic copy of a list, 1724, of African Americans instructed and baptized by John Garzia, minister of the parish of North Farnham. 1 item. Newspaper article on the frozen Rappahannock isolating the Northern Neck in Farnham, Virginia and about an old church in Farnham, Virginia. Newspaper article on the frozen Rappahannock isolating the Northern Neck in Farnham, Virginia and about an old church in Farnham, Virginia. Minutes of September 22, 1774 meeting of the Association of Richmond County \"for the choosing of a committee agreeable to the Seventh Resolve made and entered into by the delegates from the different countys in the Coloney of Dominion of Virginia on Williamsburg the first day of August last.\" (after 1st Virginia Conventon, Revolutionary War) Copy by LeRoy Peachy, Clk. Back of document, \"The meeting of the Association September 22, 1774 for choosing a committee for the County to watch...in defence of American freedom.\" Lists the people chosen for each area of the county.","Related Material: Mss. MsV V1 Poll book, 1782-1810, for election of delegates to the General Assembly from Rockbridge County, [Va.], Mss. MsV Lev14 Rockbridge County, Va. Justice of the Peace Judgement and Execution Book, 1838-1849, Mss. MsV Lev15 Rockbridge County, Va. Court Receipt Book, 1833-1855","Printed list of land and lots returned as delinquent for taxes, dated 1831. Includes lands and lots sold. 10 p. 30 cm. 4 copies. Printed copy of the will of Alexander Telford. 1790. 2 items. Eight licenses, 1800-1805, for 'ordinaries' in Rockbridge County, Va. for Alexander Shield, Christopher Clyee, Nicholas Spring, Win Bailey, Benjamin Darst, Daniel Windell, John Conkey and William Niblack. Deed between Sarah C. Bourland and James Walker, January 2, 1863. Legal documents signed by John Ruff and others in regard to a payment of debts. December 16, 1840 to September 3, 1849. 5 items. Sworn statements certifying commissioners to oversee voting sites in Rockbridge County for presidential election of 1860. 27 items.","Papers, 1770-1871, relating to Rockingham County, Va. Includes two deeds, 1828 and 1871; partial inventory and sale of personal property of James Dever; account book, 1860-1867, of John W. Minnich, a teacher; accounts of the board of school commissioners (including student names); and documents, 1770-1843, concerning lawsuits (including criminal cases and criminal cases involving slaves). 521 items. The lawsuit material begins with Box 19, folder 3 and is divided into two alphabetical groups which are organized by the main person in the lawsuit. The second group is in Box 20. These lawsuits contain various spellings of the participants' names, often two or three spellings in the same page.","Local Election Ballot. May 28, 1891. 2 items. Advertisement cards for Strayer and Lupton in Harrisonburg, Virginia, O'Ferrall and Patterson in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and W.J. Downs, \"Hides wanted.\" Undated. 3 items.","Copy of court order, 1830, to pay Edward Campbell for his services as Commonwealth's attorney for Russell County, Va. 1 item.","Copy of court order, 1830, to pay Jacob Lynch for his service as clerk of the court of Scott County, Va. Advertisement in Morgantown, Virginia for Dr. C.M. Lane's Improved Medical Remedies and Dr. Scott's White Circassian Liniment. 1855.","Broadside order sheet for vegetable seeds by Jonathan Wood of New Lebanon. 1833. Advertisement for a sewing machine by Hottel and Keller in Toms Brook, Virginia. Grocery list on the back. Undated. Advertisement by Strayer and Coffman for their \"Cheap Store\" in New Market, Virginia. March 31, 1810.","Documents, 1779-1819, concerning land transactions in Southampton County, Va. Purchased from Charles Hamilton.","Related material: Mss. Acc. 2008.319 Fredericksburg, Virginia District Court Ledgers, 1787-1840","Documents, 1798-1841, concerning Spotsylvania County, Va. Includes tax bill; legal receipt, 1799, for execution in the lawsuit of Charles Thompson v. Joseph Newton \u0026 John Day; and extracts, 1798, from the will of James Somerville. Campaign speech, handwritten and transcribed, by unknown. August 1788.","Copy of quit rent roll, 1724, for Stafford County, Va. Photocopy of May 8, 1974 Richmond Times-Dispatch article on old papers returned to Stafford County. Newspaper article on the price of negroes in Stafford County in 1722. 1881. Handwritten document (copy of an original) of \"An Act to Exempt Certain German Protestants in the County of Stafford from the Paiment of Parish Levies.\" 1730. Photographs of the Clerk's Office, Courthouse and the County Jail. Undated. Typed history of the Old Courthouse buildings. Undated. Copy of a map, \"Colonial Tidewater, Virginia. Undated.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1927-1939, relating to Surry County, Va. Includes list, 1927, of places in Surry County compiled by A. W. Bohannon; and printed tour guide, 1939, to places in Surry County conducted by Thomas Rolfe Branch, Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Card advertising Wigwam Brand Virginia Hams. Undated. Transcribed records which relate to the expulsion of mercenary attorneys. Undated. March 1929 edition of \"Representative\" a newspaper of the Surry County Schools. Patent for Humphrey Baylis for 440 acres in Surry County adjacent to \"College Lines.\" Signed by William Gooch. December 1, 1740. Patent is a gift of Ethel D. Roberts, 1936.","Papers, 1776 and 1932, relating to Sussex County, Va. Includes copy of will, 177[8?], [mutilated] of John Clanton; and newspaper clipping, 1932, concerning court held in Sussex County, 18 July 1776, and considered the first court held under authority of the Commonwealth of Virginia. 2 items.","Collection relating to Warwick County, much of it concerning the Colonial era. Contains legal disputes, estate papers, court findings, petitions, correspondence, etc. Also contains correspondence relative to the Civil War and papers concerning the American Revolution and slavery. This collection has been microfilmed and is restricted to MICROFILM USE ONLY. NOTE: transcriptions of the colonial portion of the records are available in Richard Dunn: Warwick County, Virginia, colonial court records in transcription (F232 .W27 W3 2000 (Swem stacks and Swem Rare Books) and F232 .W27 W3 2008 (Swem Rare Books).","Undated items and photographs.","Scope and Contents 7 May 1659.  Will of Henry Jacksonn [sic] of Mulberry Island; divides his estate amongst son Henry, daughters Sarah and Dorothy, his wife's sons John and Emanuell [sic] Wills, also Emanuell's [sic] wife Elizabeth, his grandchildren Mary and Ann, and his wife Elizabeth Jackson; appoints Robert Pyland and Miles Cary overseers of his estate; witnessed by Robert Pyland, William Gwinett, and William Thomas.  1 p. 11 [Decem]b[e]r 1679.  Orders passed by the court of Warwick County; require a penalty of 400 pounds of tobacco to be assessed on the Owners of \"stone\" horses under fourteen hands allowed to run free in order to prevent the spoiling of the \"Breed of the Countrey\"; whereas \"we find...[the] Continuall destroying [of] our Stocks by Wolves\" a reward of 200 pounds of tobacco is offered for presenting a wolf's head before the magistrate; whereas \"we find...that there are diverse and ill minded people that carry gunns [sic] shooting and ranging upon any man's Land\" it is ordered that anyone carrying a gun on another man's property without the owner's permission shall pay a penalty of 200 pounds of tobacco and forfeit their gun; recorded by William Bolton.  1 p. These documents have not been microfilmed.","Deposition, 1794, taken in Washington County, Va., in the suit of Alexander Quarrier v. Robert Watkins in the Superior Court of Richmond County, Ga. and court order, 1830, to pay Edward Campbell for his services as Commonwealth's attorney for Washington County. Barter Theatre pamplet. 1949. Barter Theatre program for \"Margin for Error.\" 1940-41. Advertisement mailing for flour by Anderson and Shaffer of Hamilton, Ohio to J.B. Mongle and Son of Holston, Virginia. 1891.","Photostat copy of the Memorial of the committee of the County of West Augusta to the convention of the Colony of Virginia. [1774] and transcript. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1830-1878 and undated, relating to Westmoreland County, Va. Includes court orders, 1830, to pay clerk, jailor and sheriff; document, 1845, in lawsuit of William Teffey et al. v. Elizabeth M. Sutton; newspaper clippings; and a printed circular. Newspaper article on Yeocomico Church. Undated.","Printed list, 1831, of lands returned as delinquent for taxes in Wythe County, Va. Accessor's listing of property of Samuel Williams. Includes list of slaves and their ages, acreage, and dwelling house and outbuildings. April 1, 1815. (Mss. Acc. 2001.44)","Related publications:Charles Parish Register available published as Landon C. Bell, Charles Parish, York County, Va. Richmond: Virginia State Library Board, 1932.  There are slight discrepancies in words between the printed versions of the Charles Parish register and the manuscript copy at Swem Library and Bell re-arranged the entries. The original Charles Parish register is at the Virginia State Library. See ledgers, journals and family papers from York County, Virginia.","Plat of A.W. Hitchen's Farm, portion south of U.S. Parkway in Bruton District. Surveyed April 1938.","Scope and Contents Extracts, 1782-1788, from county records; copy of account, 1668, for funeral expenses of Thomas Foote; photocopy of will, 1775, of William Nelson; copy of newspaper advertisement, 1812, for sale of Bell-Field; and print, 1862, from a printed book of Wynn's Mill. December 10, 1942 letter to the Citizens of the Magruder Area from Carl W. Porter, Commander, of the Public Works Department, Naval Operating Base about building a camp for the Seabees and citizens needing to vacate their homes. York County Court House Agreement and Origin. Undated, but after 1941. Indenture between Henry Graves and William Allen for York County land. Original. July 13, 1790. (Gift of John Jennings who noted a relationship between \"Six Mile Ordinary,\" \"Allen's Ordinary\" and Lightfoot, Virginia. Typed transcript of letter from Samuel Terrell from a camp near Yorktown to Major Garrett Minor in Louisa County. September 30, 1781.","Notebook containing a manuscript copy of the Charles and New Pocosin [sic] Parish Register. Volume 1, part 1. Births and Baptisms. 1648-1800. Index.","Notebook containing a manuscript copy of the Charles and New Pocosin [sic] Parish Register. Volume 1, part 2. Births and Baptisms. 1648-1800. Index.","Notebook containing a manuscript copy of the Charles and New Pocosin [sic] Parish Register. Volume 2. Deaths. 1665-1787. Index.","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","Virginia. 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Bible records of Accomack and Northampton Counties compiled by Jean M. Mihalyka in 1993. Volume 9. (Mss. Acc. 1991.46)","Bible records of Accomack and Northampton Counties compiled by Jean M. Mihalyka in 1993. Volumes 12 and 13.  Mss. Acc. 1994.74a","Photograph of an original pen and ink sketch of St. George's Church by Rev. James Willis Eastburn. Mss. Acc. 2008.193","Scope and Contents Receipts for quitrents (1750), payments and judgments (1752), tax receipts for 1822 and 1824 and typescript of petitions on juries (1798), concerning selection of juries, addresses, 1918 and 1936, concerning Grace Church, Cismont, Va. Typed manuscript concerning Albemarle Agricultural Society and typescript of minute book, 1817-1828, of Albemarle Agricultural Society as well as material concerning \"Fancy Hill,\" Albemarle County, Va. The materials that comprise this collection were donated by Lucy W. Sneed and John Lawrence and purchased from C. H. Stoneman by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center in batches between 1940 and 1997.","Receipt for payment of £310.12.5 on quitrents in Albemarle County, Virginia. 1p. DS.","Receipt for payment of £100.1.8 in current money, which was sent by John Smith, Sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia in part of a judgment due the King of Great Britain from Joseph Thompson [deceased?], Sheriff.","Petition on selection of juries. TCy.","Taxes paid on 130 acres of land, horses, and slaves by Thomas Rea, to the Sheriff of Albemarle Co. Va. 1 item. PDS","For the District of Virginia in a chancery suit of The Bank of Howardsville, et als vs. the president, directors and company of said bank. 28 pp. PD","27 pp. PM.","16 pp. PM","19 pp. PM.","89 pp. PM.","2 items.","Handwritten copy of a bond for Drury M. Burnley who is elected as sheriff of Albemarle County for the term of two years beginning January 1, 1857.  Bond includes names of family members.  Mss. Acc. 1997.31b. Certificate from Free Union Baptist Church for Sister Sally Wood to recommend her for membership. September 1883. Two letters to Bro' (Brother) Dudley from L.W. (Allen) which mentions Licking Hole Church. November 23, 1853 and undated.  Mss. Acc. 2008.193.","Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from W.S. Morton about material for the William and Mary Quarterly. Typed copy of Marriage Bonds of Amelia County, A-Z by husband, ca. 1735-1854. Prepared by J.D. Eggleston. Undated. Photographs of Amelia Sulpher Spring with notes on the reverse side. Undated. Letter to Susie from a correspondent in Mattoax, Virginia. Undated. Mss. Acc. 2008.193.","Papers, 1769-1803, relating to Amherst County, Va. Includes appointment, 1769, of 18 Justices of the Peace , signed by Lieut. Gov. Botetourt (Lord Botetourt). A bond, 29 January, 1803, due from J. Daniel Day and Solomon Day to Jane Rickets, widow of Thomas Rickets. Attested to by John Reynolds and Noah Guttry. 1 p. cy of ADS. Gift of Mrs. G.M. Kent in 1948.","Includes deeds, wills, legal documents, and church records (Christians Creek School House, Glebe Burying Ground, Old Stone Church, and Tinkling Spring Church.) 58 items. Purchased 1939 from C. J. Carrier of Bridgewater, VA.","3 pieces","1 piece.","[11p.] 23 1/2 cm. Printed. 2 copies.","By Rev. John Craig, first pastor of Old Stone Church in Augusta County, Virginia. 24, 14 p. 11x 8 3/3 inches. Mimeographed. 1 piece.","14 p. 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Mimeographed. 1 piece.","10 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. 1 piece.","Content regarding payment for land purchased from George Ruebush. 1 piece.","1 piece.","Possibly drawn by Henry Hearman. Includes handrawn map of Virginia.","Price list card for A.M. Bruce, Wholesale Provision Merchant. Staunton, Virginia. Undated. Photostat of an order issued April 22, 1772 for land forfeiture.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1767-1870, relating to Bedford County, Va. Includes accounts; bonds; bill of sale, 1783. for slave; copy of appointment, 1772, of James Steptoe as clerk of Bedford Court; and copy of land grant, 1792. Also includes letter, 1876, of A. Granville Bradley describing the Shenandoah Valley and list, undated, of soldiers who served in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution with notes on the formation of Campbell County, Va. Land Grant of 300 acres in Bedford County, Virginia to Job Martin for payment of L1.10 sterling to the Treasury of the Commonwealth. Signed by Henry Lee, Governor. The materials that comprise this collection were donated by W. Mac Jones and Mrs. William C. Segar and obtained or purchased by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center in batches between the period of 1927 and 1981.","Receipts and invoices to and from various individuals.  Some names include:  Mr. Beaver, John Berk, Mr. Pendleton, Thomas Pugh, Jack Steward, John F. Woods, Charles Dudley, Jeremiah, Moses Eubank, Jacob Wolf, Leroy James and others.","Scope and Contents Sally Phelps, aunt, Lynchburg, Virginia to Henry Bigger about purchasing a cow. Includes a registry receipt. August 6, 1884. Photocopy of a letter to \"Willie Dear\" (Mrs. L.B. Bigger of Bellevue, Bedford County) from unknown. July 29, 1886. D.W. Bigger to \"My Dear Brother\" (James H. Bigger) about receiving a photograph of him and about Christmas. December 3, 1894.","Correspondence includes a mix of people with no obvious connection to one another, though some letters deal with legal matters. December 24, 1841, Tazewell Headen, Floyd C.H. to ( ) Goggin, Atty at Law, Liberty. Concerns summoning witnesses. December 12, 1843, William Daniel, Jr. of Lynchburg, Virginia to Joseph Wilson, Clerk, Bedford, Liberty (Virginia) about McKinney and Walker repaying debt from Harris and the dismissal of a suit on the validity of Even Snead's will. February 6, 1847, Robert Davis of Lynchburg, Virginia to Joseph Wilson, Clerk of Superior Court of Bedford County with a request to make copies of a statement of debt in the case of Samuel E. White and William T. Smith (late merchants trading as White and Smith) vs four other men. February 12, 1858, Julie Clayton in Ivy Hill to her cousin about a party and marriages of acquaintances. November, 1879, Letter to \"Mr. ---(?)\" from \"Your friend only\" where the writer clearly states that having a relationship with him would bring her no joy and his attention would be in vain and \"our correspondence has closed. May your future life be blessed by a companion worthy of your efforts…Amen.\" March 11, 1889 and March 12, 1889, To \"My dear Susie\" (Mrs. William Bese) possibly from her mother in Chester, Virginia about news of family and friends. The empty envelopes are mostly addressed to the Clerk of the County Superior Court. Some names on the envelopes are A. B. Nichols, J.L. Edwards, Joseph Wilson, William M. Burwell, William Cook and others.","Scope and Contents 1869 and early 1900 receipts, one a United States Internal Revenue \"receipt for special tax\" for R.M. Dennis for a business of \"retail dealer ...liquor\" in Roscoe, St. Clair, Missouri for 1870. 1904-1909 letters to Mrs. E.M. Dennis of Bedford County, Virginia from other members of her family and E. Hilton Jackson, a Washington D.C. lawyer about a Claims Court case of (heirs of) Samuel Cline vs the United States where Samuel Cline says he lived in Rockingham County, Virginia but reports show he owned a Cline's Mill in Staunton, Virginia which sold \"large quantities of supplies to the Confederacy....\" The Samuel Cline heirs are claiming their father did not vote for secession and can prove his loyalty to the Union. Other family members include Cyrus Cline and Samuel Cline. Includes a carbon of a February 4, 1908 contract between \"the next of kin and heirs at law of Samuel Cline, deceased, and E. Hilton Jackson\" for Jackson's representation of the family during the claims case.","Scope and Contents A varied group of legal documents. Account sheet for Robert Fauster to Joel Terrell for 1750 with an 1769 note at the bottom by Chas Servis which states Terrell has \"received no satisfaction for the above ballance.\" On reverse, a note by Jacob Early states \"we the jewry find for the plaintiff...\" Payment to \"Sovereign Lord King George the third\" for an ordinary license for William Mead in Bedford County, Virginia with William Mead and Isham Talbot as witnesses. February 27, 1771. Indenture between Richard Muse and his wife and James Jones. Wythe County. May 10, 1796. Note on reverse spells \"Muse\" as \"Mary???\" Bond report by Thos Lumpkin. Some names mentioned: Boyce Eidson, Martin King, ? Chastain, Richard Lockett, Thomas Wood, Samuel Baker, Edward and William Eads, James Foster, George Wilson, Farthing Hix and other illegible names. undated. Flyer by Richard M. Young, Late Commissioner of the General Land Office with letterhead, \"General Agency at Washington City\" about \"Acts of Congress granting Pensions to soldiers and their widows for services rendered during the Revolutionary War\" with amendments to 1853. Addressed to Joseph Wilson, Clerk of Circuit Court, Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia. undated.","Mostly receipts for Edward Merriman for purchases, but includes a letter, a military record and a recipe for \"John M. Merryman's Cement Wash.\" May 24, 1850 letter to Edward Merriman, Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia from Joseph Anderson in Cincinnati, Ohio about the whereabouts and news of other members of the Merriman Family. December 15, 1898 document states that George S. Merriman was a Private in Company G, 2nd Regiment of the Virginia Volunteers who enrolled on June 24, 1898 to serve for two years and was discharged on December 18, 1898.  Notes that George S. Merriman was born in Batford (Bedford?), Virginia, 43 years of age, 5 foot, 9 and a half  inches tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, gray hair and a farmer. Signed by Ballard P. Hatcher, Captain, in Roanoke, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Poetry, prose and recipes written by different unknown people.  One \"editorial\" is about a tribute to the late Governor Kavanaugh of Maine.  Recipes include \"Sponge Pudding\" and \"Chow Chow Pickle.\"  Includes a headache remedy.","Related Collection: Mss. Acc. 2008.321 Berkeley County, Virginia (W.Va.) Tax Records","Letter from Charles J. Faulkner, in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to the President of William and Mary, at Williamsburg, Virginia, concerning the name of Berkeley County. September 8, 1873. 1 item.","Bill of sale for $400, 1807, for the sale of a slave, Dick, by Henry Bowyer to John Robinson. Purchase. Charles Hamilton Auction in 1981.","Land Grant, 1803, for Nicholas Casper, in Botetourt County, Va. signed by Governor John Page (1743-1808).","Agreement, 1883 August 18, of George W. Parrish to sell to William Jackson a portion of the tract of land in Brunswick County, Va. called \"the Batt land.\"","Scope and Contents Papers, 1769-1951, relating to Buckingham County, Va. Includes a grant, 1769, of land to Samuel Megginson signed by Lord Botetourt ; indenture (deed) between Chambers and William Norvell, 1836; photograph, 1951, of the Bolling Family of \"Rosney,\"; and accounts and correspondence of the post office at Gravel Hill , Mattie J. West, postmaster (10 items). The materials that comprise this collection were donated to W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center by Willam R. Cocke, Mrs. G. M. Kent, Mr. \u0026 Mrs. John Stone, and John D. Weaver in batches between 1940 and 1983. Finding Aid prepared by Cynthia B. Brown, 1983.","Scope and Contents Typed list, undated, of justices of the peace, 1782-1824, of Campbell County, Va.; and license, 1860, to marry of Edward Scott Payne and Anna Agnes Oliver. Gift of John Lawrence in 1997. Two court records, 1796 and undated, signed by Cha[rles]s and Williston Talbot. (Acc. 1997.31c).","Transcript of minutes, 1811-1814, of courts of enquiry of 26th Virginia regiment of Charlotte County, Va.; extract, 5 June 1833, from court records concerning death of John Randolph of Roanoke; and marriage license, 1823, of Robert Carrington and Joanna T. Bouldin. Typed list of Charlotte County names from about the mid 1700's with notes on Mathis Flournoy and John Prior. Cub Creek Church Memorial program. 1938.","Scope and Contents Papers relating to Chesterfield County, Va. Includes such items as extracts from county records; lawsuits (Vestry of Parish of Manchester v. Overseers of the Poor); commission, 1756, signed by Robert Dinwiddie appointing justices to try slave for burglary; deed; agreement (concerning Gallego Mills); and a broadside, undated, concerning proposed removal of court from Manchester to Chesterfield Court House. Item level inventory available at Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Greenway Court.","Copy of the will of Robert Hudson, 1866, with codicil dated 1872 (1 piece). Copy of a court order to pay Richard I. Tull for his services as sheriff. 1830. (1 piece). Court order to pay Walter (?) for public services. 1830. Typed manuscript \"A Culpeper Census of 1781\" by A.L. Keith. 37 pages. 1941.","Ledger, 1841-1844, of a grist mill in Culpeper County, Virginia. Includes lists of customers and what the bought, typically wheat and flour. People could also bring their own material and have it ground; the material and the price for grinding is listed in the ledger. Also includes entries for a bill for a cabin for slaves and flour for slaves. 1 item. Purchase. Mss. Acc. 2011.563.","Papers, 1830-1910, relating to Cumberland County, Va. Includes such items as copies of court orders, 1830, to pay George H. Matthews for service as prosecutor for Commonwealth and S. H. Panack for services as jailor; receipt, 1910, for taxes; plat, 1842, for land owned by Edward Steger; and a newspaper clipping, 1893 October 1, from the Richmond Dispatch. Gift of John Lawrence. Two court documents, one dated 1797, signed by James Morton. (1997.31e)","Certificate of Appointment, 1828, of William H. Broadnax, William Wynne, and Edward S. Pegram as commissioners to superintend election of electors for U. S. president and vice president in Dinwiddie County, Va.; and copy of court order, 1830, to pay James Scott for his services as jailor. Cotton circular for Martin, Hill and Co. in Petersburg, Virginia. September 22, 1886.","Deed, June 21, 1773, from Israel Morris to Michael Goen for 100 acres of land in Dunmore County (Shenandoah County), Virginia.","Photostats of a petition presented by certain residents of Elizabeth City County to the General Assembly of Virginia, November 30, 1803, in opposition to the proposal to combine the Eaton and Syms charity schools into one school. Photostat of a petition presented by certain residents of Elizabeth City County to the General Assembly of Virginia, December 19, 1803, requesting that the Eaton and Syms charity schools be combined into one school.","Typescript of a history of Hampton and Elizabeth City County, Va., entitled \"The First Plantation,\" by Marion L. Starkey, ca 1930s. Includes an incomplete index in a separate green book.","Typed extracts, 1663-1791, from Old Rappahannock County [now Essex County.] Extract from a vestry book of Albemarle Parish, Sussex County. 1788. A handwritten list (probably a copy) of a list of names for \"Rose and Gabriel Penn, given under our hands...November 3rd, 1788,\" with a note on reverse \"Subscription for St. Marks Church.\" Another note says this page found in a vestry book in Albermarle Parish on November 26, 1926. Transcript of letter from Hugh Rose, at Geddes, to Col. James Higginbotham about sellling land of Brother Moses, deceased. 24 March 1791. Original order to the Sheriff of Essex County to take James Daniel and James McCall for a court appearance in William Roane vs Daniel and McCall. Signed John Lee. May 30, 1755. (Gift of Benjamin A. Grady). August 23, 2000 letter to Mrs. Harold Little, owner of Clydeside, from H. Franklin Minor, about the McCall Family and ownership of Clydeside.","Ground plan of Woodlawn, home of Nellie Custis Lewis, in Fairfax County. In ink on tracing cloth.  19 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches.  1 piece.","Scope and Contents Papers, ca. 1743-1793, relating to Fairfax County, Va. Includes notes, concerning register of Pohick Church; newspaper clipping, concerning court record book of Fairfax County; survey, 1841, of tract of land; and plan, undated, of \"Woodlawn,\" home of Nellie Custis Lewis; court records, 1743-1783; and an account book, 1793, of Joseph Birch, keeper of Turnpike Number 2, which has two entries, 9 October 1792 and 13 April 1793, concerning George Washington. 1963 gift from Mrs. Marion S. Mallory. 17 items. Postcards of Old Court House, published by Ernest L. Robey's Drugstore. 3 items. Undated.","Copy of tax list, 1782-1799, for Fauquier County, Va.. Court order, 1830, to pay James English for his services as jailor and for cleaning and furnishing firewood and candles for the courthouse. Catalogue of Fauquier Institute for Young Ladies. Session 1892-93. Owned by Miss E. Chappelear.","Land grant, 15 May 1780, given to Samuel McDowell for 1,000 acres of land in Fayette County, Va. [W.Va.] signed by Patrick Henry. For those interested in Patrick Henry see the Patrick Henry Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Broadside, 12 July 1941, advertising July 12 as the day for all citizens over thirteen years of age to register as volunteers for the civil defense program in Fluvanna County.","Note on document: \"…record book…is no longer public property, the original book being in private hands…\" Typed carbon copy of \"The History of Rivanna Parish in the County of Fluvanna, Virginia\" by Louis H. Stoneman. 1847- 1912. Pamphlet with the Charter and By-Laws of the State Bank of Columbia. 1900. An advertisement of the Commissioner's sale of Upper Bremo Tract where Mary B. and Lelia B. Cocke lived. 1926. The Midland Virginian, Palmyra, Fluvanna, Virginia article, \"Old receipts show that Fluvanna farms tithed to aid Confederacy.\" February 13, 1941. Notebook called \"Weather Report\" where the daily weather conditions were recorded. 1886-1887.","Invoices, receipts, accounts, laden lists, letters and other accounting documents from merchants in Columbia, Virginia. 1880-1910. 465 pieces. Merchants include: Jenkins and Foster, William B. Perkins, John F. Shepherd, Stoneman Brothers, Dr. Philip J.Winn, and George T. Zachary.","Scope and Contents Invoices, receipts, accounts, laden lists, letters and other accounting documents from merchants in Columbia, Virginia. 1880-1910. 465 pieces. Merchants include: Jenkins and Foster, William B. Perkins, John F. Shepherd, Stoneman Brothers, Dr. Philip J.Winn, and George T. Zachary. (Related material: 65 Sh5 Shepherd and Patton Papers). Broadside for \"The Celebrated Horse-Tamer Prof. W. Rouzer will give a lecture on ...June 7th...\" Certificates from residents of \"Kent's Store, Fluvanna County, Virginia, Oct. 2nd 1876\" who have taken the lectures are listed. Names listed are from Fluvanna, Pittsylvania and Charlotte Counties.","Article on John Hartwell Cocke. 2010. Acc. 2010.605.","Folders 1 - 5 are papers, 1772-1800, (group of 481 pieces) relating to 178 suits in Franklin County, VA and 16 other papers. Some papers are fragments. 481 pieces. The spelling of names varies greatly and as it was found to be impracticable to give all forms of each name, one spelling only is shown. The materials donated by John Lawrence in 1991, by Fred Alouf in 1959, and obtained from Joseph K. Ruebush in 1938. Folder 6 contains later, unrelated accessions.","Work Projects Administration Writers' Program. \"The White Man Comes to Stay,\" \"War Whoops in the Wilderness,\" and \"Explorers in the Wilderness.\" 1941. Two court documents signed by James Callaway. 1797. Mss. Acc. 1997.31f. 28 copies of certificates saying people attended the September New London District Court, signed by James Steptoe, Clerk of the Franklin County District Court. 1797. Includes 4 fragments. Names include: John Arthur, Moses Greer, Luke Standefer, Richard Goggin, Samuel Patterson, John Cheetwood, Charles Lumsden, Thomas Haile, Shelton Brown, Shelton Taylor, Joel Chitwood, William Cheetwood, Lewis Turnbull, William Boswell, James Prunty, Thomas Towler, Lewis Davis, John Hayle, George Ferguson, Dudley Lumsden, Benjamin Griffith, John Houle and Thomas Fowler. Mss. Acc. 1997.52","Scope and Contents Documents concerning land (deeds and list of lands returned as delinquent); proceedings, 1812, of meeting held at Winchester; and advertisement, undated, offering the Marlbro' Iron Works for sale or rent. 5 items.","Scope and Contents The original 1938 accession were papers relating to Gloucester Count, 1660-1878, and taken from the William Carter Stubbs Papers (I). They were purchased from Charles F. Heartman. They comprise Boxes 8, 9 and 10, folders 1-28. Includes letters, accounts (many concerning estates), legal documents, tax lists, marriage licenses and military records (including orders, 1815 and 1820 appointing patrollers to visit slave quarters). Many items concern the Baytop and Stubbs families. 2134 items. Letters, 1774-1878, filed chronologically. Invoices, receipts, etc. filed alphabetically under name of person or estate. The remaining boxes contain later accessions. Notes and photocopies relating to Gloucester County during the Revolution collected by Joanee Ryan in preparation for M.A. thesis (Mss. Acc. 1988.24). Photostat copy of transcript of \"Gloucester County, Virginia Places and Names\" by Charles E. Hatch, Jr. Yorktown, Virginia. September 15, 1979 (Mss. Acc. 1999.66). Photographs of and brochures of Gloucester County, plus correspondence of different families of Gloucester County about personal and legal matters, 1795-1953, donor unknown. John Buckner Reports, undated (Mss. Acc. 2008.193). Newspaper article on Wilbur Templeman a popular and longtime barber in Gloucester (Mss. Acc. 2010.575). Related material: See also \"A Guide to Gloucester County, Virginia Historical Manuscripts, 1651-1865\" (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1976). For those interested in the Baytop family see the Baytop-Fitzhugh Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Item inventory in folder.","Item inventory in each folder.","Item inventory in folder.","Acra-Baytop. Item inventory in folder.","Baytop-Bridges. Item inventory in folder.","Baytop Family. Item inventory in folder.","Baytop Family. Item inventory in folder.","Bridges-Corr. Item inventory in folder.","Dame-Gloucester County School Commissioners. Item inventory in folder.","Hall-Kemp. Item inventory in folder.","Lawson-Nuttall. Item inventory in folder.","Oakes-Purcell. Item inventory in folder.","Ransone-Stubbs. Item inventory in folder.","Tabb-Wood. Item inventory in folder.","Papers of persons not included in folders 4-14. Inventory not available.","Two or more persons/families mentioned.  Unidentified pieces and fragments.  Includes an index of a ledger and five memorandum books.","1825 Court docket, records of official examinations of boundary lines (1825-1848, undated), copy of certificate appointing Peter Kemp and James Baytop processioners...sixth precinct (undated) and unofficial memoranda on cases (undated).","Amory-Ash.  Item inventory in folder.","Ball-Byrd. Item inventory in folder.","Campbell - DuVall. Item inventory in folder.","Edwards - Hughes.  Item inventory in folder.","James - Oliver. Item inventory in folder.","Pitt - Sutton. Item inventory in folder.","Item survey in folder.","Item inventory in folder.","Item inventory in folder.","Scope and Contents \"Gloucester County, Virginia Places and Names\"  (Mss. Acc. 1999.66)  First half of book.","Scope and Contents \"Gloucester County, Virginia Places and Names\"  (Mss. Acc. 1999.66)  Second half of book.","\"Story of Elmington\" by Polly Cary Legg. Possibly a Work Projects Administration Writers' Program story.  December 1, 1941.  Photographs of Grace Church and The Glebe. Donation ticket for Ware Church, 1953, and a Christmas Card with picture of Ware Church. Photographs of \"New Bottle\" House, Undated.  Photograph of \"Painting of Gloucester from the Water\", courtesy of Mariner's Museum.  Conservation State Organization rules and regulations, undated.  \"Programme at the Laying of the Cornerstone and the Unveiling of the Monument,\" 1889.  Brochure on \"The Belle Roi Female School\" in Gloucester, Virginia, 1855.  Facts about Gloucester, copy, undated.","1795 and 1796 - Indenture between Thomas Whiting and Mary his wife of Gloucester and John Singar of Norfolk, Virginia on July 1, 1795,  Plat of land of William DuVal for John Singar.  June 15, 1796 1801, 1802 and 1804 -  Document binding John Thruston of Abington Parish, Gloucester County, to Sarah Tabb, who is relinquishing her right of dower, for land of John Stephens, September 2, 1801.  Indenture between Edward Busbie, Senior of Abington Parish, Gloucester County and Benjamin Marnix for land in Gloucester County, January 4, 1802.  Indenture between Henry Whiting and William Singleton for land in Gloucester County, February 1, 1802.  Indenture between Richard Singleton and Nelly Thornton, his wife, of the County of Gloucester, and John Singar for land, April 2, 1804. 1810 -1825 and undated - Account of Estate of John Singar for 1810-1818.  Letter to Dr. William Taliaferro, Gloucester Court House, from Richard H. Johnson of Hanover County, Virginia concerning his claim against the Mr. Carter who was his tenant, May 31, 1822.  Receipt Book, bound with string, with names, amount of money received and reason, 1825.  Letter to Richard M. Segan, late Sheriff of Middlesex County, Virginia regarding taking money from Bogg's benefit in case against James Critten.  Undated. 1829-1857 - Letter to Walker Jones of Gloucester Courthouse from H. Wilkinson of Petersburg, Virginia about Mr. Stubblefield offering $150 for settlement of Wilkinson's business.  Lists 1829 and 1830 Rockingham Season accounts, March 31, 1834.  Letter to Miss H.B. Booth, Gloucester County, about an account, June 5, 1834. Article of Agreement between Alfred Billups, Gloucester County, and Jacob Vreeland of Bergen County, New Jersey for tract of land on York River in Gloucester County, October 6, 1834.  Letter from T.B. Whiting of St. Marks, Florida to M.C. Booth in Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia regarding accusation of debt, R. M. Thornton and A.L. Dabney, February 26, 1837.  Receipt for John W. Puller for items purchased from T.B. Taliaferro, 1856 and 1857. Thomas J. Banks Correspondence and Accounts, 1826-1838 - Two partial account books in the same handwriting as the William and Thomas Banks book.  William Banks is mentioned in one of them, 1826-1830.  Accounts of William and Thomas Banks, Oyster deposit on the River. Partial account book, 1833-1836.  Thomas T. Bailey of Baileysville, Tennessee to Thomas J. Banks about collecting and sending money that he was collected, July 23, 1835.  Letter to Thomas J. Banks of Gloucester, Virginia  from James M. Rasin and Company regarding wheat and repairing a Straw Cutler.    Includes Receipt and statement., September 17, 1835.  Letter to Thomas J. Banks of Gloucester, Virginia from Samuel Crane of Richmond, Virginia about the two negroes that were part of Banks' brother's estate.  John Carlton, deceased, is mentioned,  March 26, 1836.  Letter to Thomas J. Banks of Gloucester Court House regarding rent, December 5, 1836.  Letter from Robert Nicholas of Richmond, Virginia to Jefferson Stubbs of Gloucester County, Virginia regarding the suit in Henrico County, Virginia with T.J. Banks, administrator of John Banks, deceased, regarding two negroes, April 3, 1838. Christopher Jones Correspondence and Documents, 1824-1826 -  Note sent by John Field to the Courthouse for Christopher Jones or Thomas Banks about a receipt, July 31, 1824.  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from H. Boggs of Baltimore, Maryland concerning settlement with a John Henry and Mr. Jones who is possibly the brother of Christopher Jones, September 13, 1825.  Indenture between Christopher T. Jones and Mann Page Trustees under a deed of trust between William Wilkins and Mann page and Christopher T. Jones to secure for to Thomas Smith and John Tabbs, September 5, 1825.  Letter to Christopher Jones about will that was proven October 3, 1808, with Henry Curry as the testator and Susanna Curry the Executrix and lists other cases.  The writer, from Richmond, Virginia,  also turns down offer to visit the area while extolling the pleasures of the rural setting, August 28, 1825.  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from H. Boggs of Baltimore, Maryland concerning a settlement, December 1825.  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from George Haskins concerning bringing to Chancery Court his suit against James Montague, Philip Montague, Thomas G. Cridington and Robert Dobbins, January 22, 1826. Kemp Family, 1825 and undated -  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from Robert Tubman concerning suit against Peter Kemp, November 30, 1825.  Letter to William Browne Judge of the Chancery District of Williamsburg about Peter, Francis, William and Sarah Kemp against John Johnston, admr of Robert Kemp, deceased, Undated.","Carbon of typed notes on John Buckner (ca. 1630-1695) of Gloucester County, Virginia.  He brought the first press and printer, William Nuthead, to Virginia about 1680.  Prepared by Mary Goodwin, Research Department, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.  Typescripts of brief biographical sketches of John Buckner and his family from Tyler's Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography and an account of William Nuthead, from first printer in Virginia and Maryland, from J.C.Oswald, Printing in the America's.  13 pages.","Daily Press newspaper article, \"County Barber Still Cutting,\" about Wilbur Templeman and his barbershop. His daughter, Linda Templeman, worked in Swem Library, Government Documents.  August 9, 2009.","Patent for 4753 acres of land in Goochland County, Virginia granted by King George II to Michael Holland. 1744. On vellum. 13 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches. Signed by Lieutenant Governor William Gooch.","Papers, 1744-1832, relating to Goochland County, Va. Includes patent, 1744, to Michael Holland (signed by Gooch and granted by King George II); will, 1815, of Nathaniel Davidson; court order, 1830, to pay William Pope for services as prosecuting attorney; and document, 1831, concerning the lawsuit of the Commonwealth v. John N. Davis; letter, 1832, from Pleasant Turner to Archibald Bryce; and plat, 1839, of land owned by William Ford. Patent filed in Oversize. Court Docket to November 1795, list of all cases. Commonwealth vs. John N. Davis, 1831 Will of Nathaniel Davidson, 1815 Plat tract of land owned by William Ford, 1839 Oversize patent, for land, signed by Gov. Gooch, granted by King George II to Michael Holland, 1744 Court order to pay William Pope for services as prosecuting attorney, 1830 Letter, Pleasant Turner to Capt. Archibald Bryce, 1832 Court Docket to November 1795, list of all cases","They appear to be a general store, ordering food items, clothe, clothing, shoes, horseshoes, nails, tobacco and other items.  Their shipping address is Irwin's Station or Bula in Goochland County.  Over 120 items. 1882-1883. Court Summons.  Names mentioned:  William Southworth, J. Clemens, Jos. Bullock, William Johnson, Julian Martin, Lucy Randolph, Anderson Matthews and S.W. Mason.  5 items.  1853. Archibald D. Perkins Accounts.  One receipt from Lucy Randolph.  39 items. 1836-1893. Typed carbon copy of a biography of Benjamin Waller and letters of Benjamin Wood.  Undated. Related items:  MsV Ame18  B. R. Cowherd Ledger","Copy of survey, 29 September 1804, of land in Greenbrier County Va. [W.Va.] for heirs of William Humes and surveyed by Alexander Welch.","A typed list of voters for 1800. Court order to pay William Faulkner for his services as sheriff.  1829.  copy. Court order to pay Samuel Pointer for his services as sheriff.  1830.  copy.","Deed (mutilated), 1727, from John Guess to Thomas Denton for land in Hanover County, Va.; receipt, 187[?] for taxes to Joseph Henry; and appeal, 1894, for aid in building a church in a needy neighborhood, with a list of names of contributors attached. Title page, with a photograph of the Clay house, from \"Life and Speeches of Henry Clay.\" 1843. Signature on front page: Mattie R. Feild, Millbrook, Virginia, 1886. Photostat copy of town lot layout of Hanover along the Pamunkey River with a tax list of names. March 17, 1738 or 39.","Scope and Contents Ledger, 1917 of a store in Studley, Hanover County, Virginia, recording purchases made by various customers. Customers' names are listed, and occasionally their town or county. A more detailed description is provided by the seller:  \"Ledger is a Eagle Flat Opening Book No. 895 (sold by Reinbach \u0026 Schwartz Stationers, Richmond, Va.). Measures: 8 1/4\" x 12 3/4\" x 1 1/4\",  287 pages.  This Ledger begins in May, 1917 and ends December 7, 1917.  Entries such as: Miss Ellen Timberlake, 2 Loaves of Bread .10;    Babes Bowles, 2 Cultivator Teethe .50, 1 Plow Point .16;  Mrs. Austin, 1/2 Plug Tobacco  .05\" \"On Page 158 it has a stamp on it: Do your bit! BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND, Inquire at any Bank or Post Office. Several Pages are Stamped (with a Postage Stamper): Studley, Va. (date).\" \"There are entries for food products, farm supplies, coca cola, tobacco, coffee, oil, medicine, etc.....\" Purchased.","Hardy County is now part of West Virginia.","Deed, 1858, from Westfall Garret to Henry Richmond covering a tract of land in Hardy County, Va. [W.Va.]. Court documents signed by Ed Williams, Clerk, 1797. Donated in 1997 by John Lawrence.","Portion of printed list, 1831, of land returned as delinquent for taxes in Harrison County [W.Va.]","Scope and Contents Papers, 1726-1871 and undated, relating to Henrico County, Va. Includes land patent, deeds, documents concerning lawsuits, estate document, and receipt for fee for apprehending a slave. 14 items.","Order, 1784, to the sheriff of Henry County, Va. to call jurors in the lawsuit of Commonwealth v. Anderson McGwire in the Virginia General Court.","Photocopy of a booklet, \"Fork Boykin\" compiled by Miss Genie Cory. Undated. Photograph of St. Luke's Church. Undated.","Index or register of names in a ledger divided alphabetically with tabs. Names include first and surnames, men and women, and all have a number noted beside them. There is no location or date or purpose noted on the register, but by using census data, the register was created circa 1900 and probably in the Isle of Wight County area of Virginia. Medium Oversize.","An artificial collection of material, 1687-1924, relating to James City County, Virginia. Includes copies of court records, farm censuses, tax receipts, church brochures, and photographs. Box 12 and 13 are mostly a gift from Robert T. Slater.","Blueprints of tracts of land in James City County. Carlton Casey land in Jamestown District, surveyed November 6, 1950; William Washington Estate, surveyed October 26, 1951; Mrs. Bessie Carmine property on Old Jamestown Road, surveyed September 2, 1940; Plat of subdivision of portion of Sarah Jones Tract, surveyed April 9, 1948; Survey of Bush Neck Road, Rye Patches and Wallace's Tract, surveyed June 1939; Frederick J. Keck farm in Stonehouse District, surveyed October 1937; Indigo Dam, estate of William Allen Jones, decd, in Jamestown District, surveyed October 1931; Rollo Subdivision, surveyed on November 26, 1930; Stephen's Tract #2, J.W. Penick the owner, in Stonehouse District, surveyed May, 1926; Timberlake Property, surveyed April 23, 1930 and Walthal Tract, surveyed June 1928.","1687 August 8. Copy of will of John Holder, deceased. Proved at the County Court held at James City, 8 August 1687 by the oaths of John White and Dorothy Peach. Recorded by W. Edwards, Cl[erk of] Co[u]r[t]. 1 page. Photostat of Document Signed.","Scope and Contents Copy of a law enacted by General Assembly, 17 February 1644, prohibiting desertions of plantations that have been seated; persons deserting their plantations are not to burn their houses but will receive as many nails as were expended in building them. Signed by William Robertson (d. 1739) Cl[er]k Gen[era]l Ass[emb]ly [from 1702-1738]. 1 page. Document Signed.","1805 February. Copy of pages from a court record signed by Ro[bert] B. Armistead. \"Found among the ruins of the old Court House at Williamsburg, Va. 1864.\" 2 pages. Copy of Document Signed.","1813 February 12. Copy of advertisement in the Richmond Enquirer for the rent or lease of the Greenspring Estate. 1 page. Typewritten Copy of Newspaper Clipping.","1820 September 1. Census record of James City county for 1820. Signed by Rich[ar]dson Henley, assistant to the Marshal. (Note reads \"From Lib. of Cong.\") 1 page. Photostat of Document.","1827 June 30. Copy of Complaint brought by Archer Hankins, late sheriff of James City and Committee of the esate of James Banks, deceased, against William Gregory, sheriff of King William County, appointed to represent William Gregory, Christopher Johnson, Ann Dudley, G. R. Lambert Meredith, Martha Bingham, Julia Bingham, Jno. Bingham, Geo. Bingham, [?] Lambert (wife of Eugene Sullivan), and Stephen Bingham, the heirs of Stephen Bingham. Concerns a tract of land in James City county called \"Mount Folly.\" 3 pages. Document Signed.","1847 May 6. Memorandum of deed of trust executed on 21 Sep[tember] 1841 is filed as an exhibit in the Chancery Suit in the Supr[eme] Court of James City County and City of Williamsburg by Upshur's executors vs. Pryor and others. Signed by P. P. Mayo. Fragment. Document Signed.","1849 January 19. Copy of advertisement in the Richmond Enquirer of the Hickory Neck Academy, James City County, Virginia. 1 page. Typewritten Copy of Newspaper Clipping.","1882-1893 and undated. Tax receipts, James City County, Virginia of Alexander Preston and Alfred Epps and a few miscellaneous receipts. Printed Document Signed. (13 items).","Scope and Contents 1896 June 1. \"The James City Cavalry, Its Organization and Its Service.\" (Company H, Fifth Regiment, mustered into service 22 May 1861). From \"Our Confederate Column\" in the Richmond Dispatch. Newspaper clipping.","1928 February 12. Bulletin from the Mount Vernon M. E. Church, South, Toano, Virginia. H. Conrad Blackwell, Pastor. 4 pages. Printed Material.","1929 June 30. Church Bulletin of Five Forks Church, Old Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, Virginia. Rev. James M. McKnight, Pastor. 4 pages. Printed Material.","1946 October 6. Invitation to Homecoming Day at James River Baptist Church, J. E. Bowman, Pastor. 1 page. Typewritten Copy.","1948 July 27. Letter. Mrs. William Lawrence Gatewood at New York to Brantley Henderson, Jr. at Williamsburg, [?] house and lot, and a store in Toano, Virginia. 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.","No Year. June 27. Program from Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Norge, Virginia in honor of the visit of the Crown Prince Olaf and Crown Princess of Norway. 1 page. Typewritten Copy.","Undated. Program of The County Council of Women's Clubs presenting \"Days in James City County from 1609 to 1817.\" 1 page. Printed Material. (3 items).","Undated. Bulletin of Hickory Neck Church, Blissland Parish, Toano, James City County, Virginia. 2 pages. Printed Material.","Undated. Brochure of the James City County Chamber of Commerce, Toano, Virginia. 2 pages. Printed Material.","1920. Economic Survey for James City County 1920 Census. 1 page. Typewritten Document.","1923 October 9. S. H. Hobbs, Jr., Rural Social Science, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. to Miss Mabel Massey, County Home Demonstration Agent, Williamsburg, Virginia. Is sending bulletin compiled from information secured in a survey of the townships in Chatham Co. [N. C.] and a bulletin on Johnston Co. [N. C.]; discusses types of surveys used by his department. 2 pages. Typewritten Letter Signed.","1924 February 12-13. Program of the Peninsula Farmers Institute. 1 page. Printed Material.","Scope and Contents Undated. \"A Glimpse of the Progressive School System of James City County\" by H. L. Harris, Supt. of Schools. 7 pages. Typewritten Document.","Undated. \"Health Conditions in James City County.\" 4 pages. Typewritten Document.","Scope and Contents Samples of typed farm census forms from other locations in 1923: Chowan County, North Carolina; Henderson County, North Carolina; Hertford County, North Carolina; Madison County, North Carolina; Nash County, North Carolina and North Carolina 1923 farm census (blank form. 4 pages). Blank survey on \"Farm Home Conditions\" from Pittsylvania Co., Virginia (2 pages). Sample form for farm census (3 pages). Survey of Whitmell Community made by Rural Sociology Class (3 pages).","Undated. Farm survey, James City County. 8 pages. Printed Material. (17 items).","Undated. Farm survey, James City County. 8 pages. Printed Material. (17 items).","1922 June 13. Johnston County: Economic and Social (a Laboratory Study in the Rural Social Science Department of the University of North Carolina) by W. M. Sanders, Jr. and G. Y. Ragsdale.","1922 October. Economic and Social Survey of Albemarle County, University of Virginia Record Extension Series, vol. VII, No. 2.","1922 November 16. How Farm Tenants Live by J. A. Dickey and E. C. Branson. University of North Carolina Extension Bulletin. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 47 pages. Printed Material.","1923 Virginia Agricultural Census, U. S. Department of Agriculture co-operating with the State Department of Agriculture. 32 pages. Printed Material.","Scope and Contents Colonel William Allen House (P1), formerly owned by Miss Fanny Allen and later owned by Mr. Mercer Taylor. Four miles west of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Ashland Farm (P2), formerly owned by Captain William Morecock. Located at Diascond station. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Binn's Place (P3), located west of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (P4), home of Mrs. Archibald McCrea. South of Williamsburg. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (P5), home of Mrs. Archibald McCrea. South of Williamsburg. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (P6). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (P7). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (before restoration) (P8). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents \"Cowlesville\" (P9), original home of the Cowles family. Owned by C. C. Cowles. Located on Rt. 603 just north of Rt. 610, six miles west of Toano on the Old Forge Road (much remodeled). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Curtis Home (P10). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Curtis Home (P11). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Edwards Place (P12), owned by Mrs. Marcus Cottrell. Located four miles northwest of Toano at the intersection of Rt. 601 and Rt. 603. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Gatewood Place Kitchen (P13), owned by C. Ordway. Located one half mile west of Toano on Forge Road. Now destroyed. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Green Spring (P14), ruins of the second house at Green Spring, built about 1800. The foundations of the Sir William Berkeley house at Green Spring are south of this house about two hundred yards. Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white. Undated.","Scope and Contents Green Spring (P15), aerial view. Photographic print, 7\"x9\". Undated.","Scope and Contents Green Spring (P16), aerial view. Photographic print, 7\"x9\". Undated.","Green Spring (P17), aerial view. Photographic print, 9¼\"x11¼\". Undated.","Scope and Contents Grove Hill (P18), built by John Cowles in the 1830's. Later owned by Mr. C. C. Cowles. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Hankins Family House (P19), owned by the Hankins family. Later owned by Mr. E. K. Pettit. Old house at Six Mile Ordinary, Rt. 60. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Harris House (P20), owned by Harris estate. Located about six miles southwest of Lightfoot and ¾ miles west of Jolly's Mill Pond. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Harris House (P21), six miles southwest of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Harris House (P22), owned by Mr. James Harris. Located about seven miles southwest of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Hickory Neck Episcopal Church (P23), on Rt. 60 above Toano. This is only part remaining of the original church which was built about 1733. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Hockaday Place (P24), owned by B. S. Bowmer. Located about one mile and a half west of Diascund Bridge. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents James' Place (P25), former home of Colonel George James. Later owned by Mr. P. H. Richardson. Located approximately four miles north of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Captain George Lee House (P26), owned by Captain Lee of Newport News.  Located north of Croaker.  Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view.  Undated.","Scope and Contents Lombardy (P27), home of Littleton Waller. Later owned by Mr. Branch Martin. Located west of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents MacDowell's (P28), owned by the Barnes estate. Located about four miles north of Toano on the road leading from the Forge Road to the Williamsburg-Richmond stage road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Martin Home (P29), owned by Miss Williana Wilkinson. Located about half a mile west of Toano on the Forge Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Martin Home (P30), owned by Miss Williana Wilkinson. Located about half a mile west of Toano on the Forge Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Martin's Place (P31), two miles northwest of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Olive Branch Christian Church (P32), one and a quarter mile southeast of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Pierce's (P33), located at Toano. This was originally \"Taylor's\" but prior to the Civil War was bought by Mr. Felix Pierce. There were three cemeteries on the place, one belonging to the Taylor family and two so old that no one recollects who was buried in them. After the Pierces died, this place was bought by Mr. Wesley Marston. The chimney and foundations are the only parts of the original house left which bear evidence of early eighteenth century construction, the chimney being laid in Flemish bond on flat side, and English bond on front and back surfaces. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Pinewoods (P34), home of Warburton family. As it appears before it was partially destroyed by fire. Photographic print, 8\"x10\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Pinewoods (P35). Photographic print, 8\"x10\", black and white, showing a rear view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Poplar Grove (P36), Wynne Place. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Powhatan (P37), once owned by Doctor Martin. Later owned by E. M. Slauson. Located a few miles west of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Powhatan (P38), once owned by Doctor Martin. Later owned by E. M. Slauson. Located a few miles west of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Redwood Ordinary (P39), now known as Green Shingle Inn. The present structure was built about 1790 to replace the old burned ordinary. Owned originally by the Redwood family, but subsequently bought by the Slater family. Served almost continuously as a tavern. Located at the intersection of the Forge Road and the Williamsburg-Richmond Stage Road in Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Old Richardson House near Croaker (P40). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents River View (P41), former home of the Norvell family. Later owned by Mr. Herbert Bloomberg. Located on York River about eight miles east of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Slater Place (P42), owned by R. V. Timberlake. Located about five miles northwest of Toano on road from Forge Road to Doncastle's Ordinary on the Williamsburg-Richmond Stage Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Stuart Place (P43), owned by E. C. Stuart. Located about a mile and a half northwest of Diascund Bridge. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Summer House (P44), owned by Mr. Slater. Located about three miles south of Chickahominy Church on \"Old Brick Mill Road.\" Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Summer House (P45). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a rear view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Vaiden Family House (P46), located at Norge. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Warrenton (P47), known in the past as Rutleigh. Acquired early in the 19th century by the Warren family. Later restored by the Grantham family. Later owned by Mr. Dozier. Located about five miles west of Toano on Forge Road, facing Windsor Castle. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Warrens (P48), owned by the Warren family. Located about four miles west of Toano, just off the Forge Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Watkins House (P49), owned by J. B. Larson. Later owned by [?] Peterson. Located three and half miles east of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents White Hall Tavern (P50), home of the Geddy family. One and a quarter miles north of Toano. In the interior are a very fine staircase and much early woodwork. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Windsor Castle (P51), home of William Bush. Owned by Mrs. William Walker Ware. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Unidentified House (52). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Unidentified House (53). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents One booklet: \"Sheriffs of James Citty Countie\" by Barbra M. Cook, Subsheriff, 1994. Gift of Barbra M. Cook, deputy sheriff of James City County via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association. Postcard of Green Shingle Inn, Toano, with a copy of a newspaper article about the Inn which was destroyed in 1963. Copy of a photograph of the hotel near the Powder Magazine, ca. 1900 and a photocopy of photograph of students at Matthew Whaley School. Individuals are identified.","Photostat copies of James City County petitions, beginning in the 18th century.","Jefferson County is now a part of West, Virginia. See related collections: Mss. MsV I1 Jefferson County, W. Va. Merchant's Index, Mss. Acc. 2008.320 Jefferson County, Virginia (W.Va.)Tax Records","List (printed), 1831, of land returned as delinquent for taxes in Jefferson County, Va. [W.Va.]","Bill of sale, 1796, for a slave sold by Robert Hoskins to John Mundell in King and Queen County, Va.Gift of John Lawrence. Three court documents, 1796 and undated, two signed by Ro[bert] Pollard, clerk. (Mss. Acc. 1997.31b). July 1967 \"Bulletin of the King and Queen County Historical Society.\" Agreement between Nicholas Dillard and Polly Browning for 95 acres in King and Queen County. February 11, 1792. (transferred from Gloucester County).","Typed copy of a rent roll, 1769 and copy of a court order, 1830, to pay Lawrence W. Berry for his services as Commonwealth's Attorney","Fragment of the will, 1705, of [?] Clayborne; typed extracts from a tax book, 1815 (65 typed sheets); copy of petition, 1843, from citizens of county to General Assembly of Virginia concerning the disposal of land in the county and a memorandum, 1863, signed by John Letcher concerning the arrest of a slave charged with attempted murder. 4 items.","Scope and Contents Leaflet written by Ann Harrison Booker Darst, \"Parson Skyring\" The Rev. Henry Skyring, 1729-1795, A tribute on the 200th anniversary of his death in 1995. Gift of Ann H.B. Darst. (Acc. 1998.36). Photographs used for the July 1938 William and Mary Quarterly article, \"Homes in the County.\" Daily Press book review of \"A History of Virginia Pioneer Papermakers\" with emphasis on the paper mill in West Point. Programs for the 250th founding of King William County, April 1952. Brochure on King William County, with notes. ca 1960. (Acc. 2008.193)","Typed transcriptions of pew rental lists: 1721 and 1748, for Christ Church Parish; 1750, for [St. Mary's] White Chapel Parish and a newspaper clipping, 13 February 1936, from the Rappahannock Record on the history of St. Mary's White Chapel by Elizabeth Comps Pierce. 4 items. Photographs from 1937: \"Bewdley,\" Lancaster Courthouse (Lancaster Post Office and former jail), Overseer's house on the Black Stump Quarter of Robert Carter's Corotoman Plantation (Weems Post Office), Sipes House (Lively Post Office) and Armstrong House (Palmer Post Office).","Copy of court order, 1830, to pay Edward Campbell for his services as Commonwealth's Attorney for Lee County, Va.","Typed copy of an advertisement in the Daily National Intelligencer, Washington, September 30, 1814, by James Monroe concerning sale of land; letter, 1863, from George K. Fox of Campbell Court House, Virginia, to L.W.S. Hough at Leesburg about Loudoun County bonds; booklet, July 1, 1861, containing names of purchasers of Loudoun County bonds numbered 1-358 and executed copies of July1, 1861 bonds, numbered 361-370 and 387-400 of Loudoun County. 24 pieces. And photograph of site of home of John Champe.","Tax list (tithes, land and carriages), 1769, for St. Martin's Parish (mutilated); document, 1852, in lawsuit of Spicer and Harris v. J. M. Macon, Jr., agent; papers in suits against J. and W.W. Beadles in 1852 and court orders, 1853-1854, to pay Robert T. Gooch for services as witness. 7 items.","Related material: Mss. MsV Lev10 Lunenburg County, Va. Docket, 1843E, Mss. MsV T3 Lunenburg County, Va. Sheriff's Tax Book, 1843","Copy of the will, 1817, of John T. Ravenscroft and accompanying papers and typescript of a letter, 1781, of D. C. Stokes, College Camp, William and Mary, to [Thomas] Nelson regarding Stokes' discharge.","Cumberland Parish Records Alphabetical order by subject. Church Matters J. H. Morrison to Dr. Perry regarding the Vestry and a Chimney. 1862. Correspondence B.M. Atkinson to his father about his Christmas plans. 1860. Thomas E. Locke to William J. Neblett enclosing papers on Buford's will, M. Forland's deed and other papers. Mentions R.B. Atkinson.1855. Financial – Correspondence, 1852-1868 Financial receipts, invoices, letters about the rector's salary. 38 items. 1852-1874. Financial – Taxes Receipt for taxes paid to the Sheriff of Lunenburg. Most are property taxes on 197 acres of land. 17 items. 1856 to 1869. 17 items. 1856-1865. Financial – Treasurer's Reports. 1847-1874. 16 items. Financial Matters – Bonds, Bills, Invoices, Subscriptions, Receipts and Taxes. St. John's Church and others. 35 items. 1848-1904. Some names mentioned: William H. Perry, Treasurer of the Parish; L.J. James E. Davis, Roger B. Atkinson, J.H. Morrison, Roger B. Atkinson, J.J. Deshazer, George Southall, Rev. Thomas E. Locke, Rev. Henry Wall, Rev. J. L. Sothoron, W.S. Watkins, Anderson Stewart, Harrison J. Elden, W.W. Webber, John. S. Hansbrough, Neblett Family, Colonel Sheets, Charles Smith, Mrs. John T. Merryman, Alice Ingram,W.G. Marshall, treasurer of Parish by 1904 and others. Letter from Dr. Bird, Dinwiddie County, about preaching at St. John's Church at the invitation of Mr. Neblett. 1863. Legal Matters Correspondence between Dr. W.H. Perry and A. M. and Richard Nelson, Carrolton, Mississippi about the case, Kreatts vs. Creath where Richard Nelson is representing Dr. Perry in the suit to get payment on a note. 1856-1860:1877 Deed between Malcom Macfarland and Vestry of Cumberland Parish for 190 acres. 1840. Rectors Resignation letter of Rector Dr. J. H. Morrison. May 1863. Vestry Meeting notes and letters about job openings, position acceptance and declining and resignations. 1857-1863. Rectors – Thomas E. Locke Payment accounts for 1838-1854, plus resignation and salary dispute, 1855. Vestry Minutes 1842, 1856, 1857, 1862 and undated. Originally accessioned as 1939.224 as a gift from WH Perry, Jr.","Patent, 1759, granting 400 acres of land to John LeGrand (signed by Francis Fauquier).","Copy of court order, 1830, to pay Horace Stringfellow for his services as Commonwealth's Attorney; and deed of trust, 1932, given by Herbert Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover to William E. Carson, covering tracts of land in Madison County, Va. including Hoover's camp on the Rapidan River. Typed draft of an article, \"The Hebron Church Birth Register\" by Arthur L. Keith. 1934.","Volume 3.","Volume 1.","Volume 2.","News clippings about the records of early Mathews County. Ca. 1940. Letter from Ellen R.T. Lane in Woodstock, Virginia to her cousin about her Mother's boarding school. August 15, 1883.","Papers, 1772-1858, relating to Mecklenburg County, Va. Includes copies of court orders, 1830, to pay William B. Banks as Commonwealth's Attorney; William Townes as jailor, and Richard H. Walker as sheriff; church records (including certificate of baptism and letter of removal); marriage licenses, and notes concerning Revolutionary War soldiers, Native Americans and race horses. 17 items. Flyer from Charles B. Stuart, Randolph Macon College, about arrangements to \"…execute analyses of Soils, Marls, Guano, Minerals, \u0026c., and to impart instruction in Analytical Chemistry.\" Undated. Photocopies of flyers for an auction at Prestwould. May 24-25, 1946.","Patent granting 70 acres of land in Mecklenburg County to William Marrable. 1772. On vellum. 15 1/4 x 13 inches. 1 piece. Medium oversize.","Includes rubbing from binding of a Middlesex County record book; copy of orders, 1676, concerning provisions for soldiers to be sent out against Native Americans; copy of petitions, 1700, presented by the freeholders of Middlesex County to the House of Burgesses (from court record book); and copy of receipt, 1781, for supplies furnished by Philip Ludwell Grymes for public use. 4 items. Copies of blueprints of suggested original arrangement of the interior of the second Christ Church as built in 1714. 2 copies. 1938. Three articles on Middlesex County history by Carroll C. Chowning. 1932, 1934 and 1935. Notecard with a pencil sketch of the Christ Church altar.","Lists, 1832-1833, of land returned as delinquent for taxes.","Broadside, 1856, announcing the opening of the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs. Receipt for G.W. Lyle from Henry M. Conrad, Dr. Transfer, Livery, Feed and Sale Stable in Radford, Virginia.,","A list of lands and lots returned as delinquent, 1831. 4 p. 29 cm. Printed. 1 piece.","History, 1869-1931, of Liberty Spring Christian Church, Nansemond County, Va.; and copy of patent, 1663, granting 1850 acres of land to Richard Bennett. 2 items. Photograph of a map, \"The Lower Parish of Nansemond County, Virginia.\" Time period covered is late 1600's. Map made by J.H. Granbery in 1946.","Related material: Mss. MsV Lev11-12 Nelson County Va. Sheriff's Receipt Book, 1811-1837 Mss. MsV T4 Nelson County, Va. Tax Book, 1835 There is no material for Nelson County in the Virginia Counties Collection.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1865-1866 and undated, relating to New Kent County, Va. Includes license, 13 November 1866, to Dr. L. C. Crump to practice medicine and two tax receipts for Crump; receipts, 1865, for U. S. taxes to W. A. Patterson and W. W. Taliaferro; and photograph of St. Peter's Episcopal Church and the \"Criss Cross House.\" 9 items. Handwritten copy of letter from William Gooch to the Vestry of New Kent County recommending Mr. Thacker. Circa 1729/30. Family tree of Robert Christian and Mary Brown of Cedar Grove, New Kent County. 2 items.","Bond, 1862, of Isaac Bales of loyalty to the United States.","Copies of court orders, 1830, to pay William Barnard for his services as jailer and Mordecai Cooke for his services as sheriff and a bond, 1765, of William Harwood and Samuel Langley to Elizabeth Ashley. 3 items.","Legal papers, receipts, correspondence and financial records generated by Northampton County.","Concerning a contract to carry mail between Eastville and Norfolk.","Concerning the use of a horse.","Road construction","Debt suit","Gift of Dr. \u0026 Mrs. H. Norton Mason, 1965.","Copy (printed) of the inventory, 1674, of the estate of Ambrose Feilding of Wickocomoco Hall, Northumberland County, Va. 1 item.","Extracts, 1783-1786, from Ohio County, W. Va. records. 1 piece.","Papers, 1841-1920, relating to Orange County, Va. Includes documents, 1841, concerning lawsuit of Jeremiah Morton v. William C. Willis; and petition, 1920, of citizens of Orange County, Va. concerning the unveiling of a tablet to World War I dead. 4 items. Calling card advertisement for \"Stratford Fund\" tea at St. Thomas House.","Letter, 4 October 1817, from William S. Marye to inhabitants of valley lying between the Blue Ridge and the Massanutten and Fort Mountains concerning the formation of a new county [Page County.] 1 item.","Ledger, Page County, Virginia, 1889-1892, 730 pp., recording the sale of general merchandise to more than 100 individual customers and businesses. One of the customers was the Luray Caverns and Hotel Company. Alphabetical index in front of volume. Sampling of names mentioned in the ledger was provided by the seller: Luray Caverns and Hotel Company, George Lee, William Jenkins, Tannery, Captain W. H. Smith, YMCA Masonic Lodge, Reverend N. W. Hackley, Arlington Hotel Company, Joseph Zirkle, John W. Strickler, Reverend H. M. Wharton, William Rosser, George Carter, Washington Carter, Lee Washington, Marshal Baylis, John A. Jackson, Albert Johnson, William Mundy. 1 volume. Purchase.","Advertisement for sale of \"Fairystones.\"","Two newspaper articles written by Mary Lee Keister Talbot about early residents of South Fork and South Branch Valleys of the Potomac and a new interpretation of Fort Seybert, 2 April and 7 May 1937. 2 items.","A 1771 deed of trust from Tully Choice to James Smith and Company for a piece of land. A marriage license, November 16, 1859, between Reuben H. Carter and Mary M. Robertson and a marriage license, December 20, 1858, between James A. Witcher and Phebe C. Haley. 2 items.","Scope and Contents Inventory and appraisal of the estate of Josiah Marshall including the following: one negroe man, James, oats and corn, farm implements and tools, and blacksmith equipment, signed by Wm Moseley (?), Arthur Moseley (?), and Francis Lewis as appraisers, and signed as ordered and recorded by by Ab[new] Crump. October 20, 1791. 2 pp. A manuscript, \"The Genesis of Powhatan County in Virginia\" by Floyd B. Taylor. 2 items.1936. The materials in this collection were donated by Floyd B. Taylor in 1936 and purchased by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center in 1981.","Copy of a typed transcription, with index, of vestry minutes of St. Patrick Parish, 1755-1774. Bond given by Joseph Bohan to Philemon Holcombe, March 28, 1788. Printed report \"Second Report of the Prince Edward Landmark Committee,\" 1928. Copy of a print of the Union Theological Seminary. Undated. Notes by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton from the Prince Edward County Courthouse on the prisons in the county. Appeared in the October 1937 William and Mary Quarterly. Notes copied by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton from the Prince Edward County Courthouse about Mr. Burks's buildings as part of a lawsuit between Woodson and Burks in 1767. Typed carbon copy of Declarations of James Pugh, James Moss, James Wooldridge, Peter Grigg and James Taylor about their participation in the Revolutionary War. Other notes concerning Revolutionary War claims. Correspondence between Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and W.S. Morton. 1936. Notes about Prince Edward County by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton. Mentions Richard Darfson, Peter Legrand, Dr. John Fisher, James Thackson, John Meadley, James Roberts, John Moore, Jr., Abraham Venable, Benjamin Augell, John Le Neve, John Bonds, Charles Anderson, Matthias Flournoy, John Pryor Smith, Charles Smith, Zachariah Leigh, Thomas Yuille and Michael McDearman. Dates covered are from mid to late 1700's. Notes taken in 1936.","Papers, 1866-1868, relating to lawsuits in Prince George County, Va. against Matthew W. Raney for debt. 3 items.","Papers, 1728-1752, relating to Prince William County, Va. Mostly documents concerning the settlement of estates but also includes copy of [quit] rent roll, 1738; document, 1752, concerning debt; and guardian's bond, 1743, for Thomas Young. Two items in this collection were donated by Mrs. Marion S. Mallory in 1963.","Papers, 1753-1865, concerning Princess Anne County, Va. Includes writ, 1753, to adjourn the county court of Princess Anne signed by Robert Dinwiddie (gift of Benjamin B. Burroughs) and license, 1865, of Richard H. Baylor, a Baptist minister, to perform marriage ceremonies. 2 items. Photographs of Communion silver of Old Donation Church, communion silver of the Eastern Shore Chapel, the Anthony Fentress house, the Eastern Shore Chapel and the Old Donation Church. 5 photographs.","Indenture between Augustine and Silvester Blidenbrough and Thomas Moss for land in Rappahannock County. January 23, 1661. Incomplete. Includes typescript. Medium Oversize.","Negative photostatic copy of a list, 1724, of African Americans instructed and baptized by John Garzia, minister of the parish of North Farnham. 1 item. Newspaper article on the frozen Rappahannock isolating the Northern Neck in Farnham, Virginia and about an old church in Farnham, Virginia. Newspaper article on the frozen Rappahannock isolating the Northern Neck in Farnham, Virginia and about an old church in Farnham, Virginia. Minutes of September 22, 1774 meeting of the Association of Richmond County \"for the choosing of a committee agreeable to the Seventh Resolve made and entered into by the delegates from the different countys in the Coloney of Dominion of Virginia on Williamsburg the first day of August last.\" (after 1st Virginia Conventon, Revolutionary War) Copy by LeRoy Peachy, Clk. Back of document, \"The meeting of the Association September 22, 1774 for choosing a committee for the County to watch...in defence of American freedom.\" Lists the people chosen for each area of the county.","Related Material: Mss. MsV V1 Poll book, 1782-1810, for election of delegates to the General Assembly from Rockbridge County, [Va.], Mss. MsV Lev14 Rockbridge County, Va. Justice of the Peace Judgement and Execution Book, 1838-1849, Mss. MsV Lev15 Rockbridge County, Va. Court Receipt Book, 1833-1855","Printed list of land and lots returned as delinquent for taxes, dated 1831. Includes lands and lots sold. 10 p. 30 cm. 4 copies. Printed copy of the will of Alexander Telford. 1790. 2 items. Eight licenses, 1800-1805, for 'ordinaries' in Rockbridge County, Va. for Alexander Shield, Christopher Clyee, Nicholas Spring, Win Bailey, Benjamin Darst, Daniel Windell, John Conkey and William Niblack. Deed between Sarah C. Bourland and James Walker, January 2, 1863. Legal documents signed by John Ruff and others in regard to a payment of debts. December 16, 1840 to September 3, 1849. 5 items. Sworn statements certifying commissioners to oversee voting sites in Rockbridge County for presidential election of 1860. 27 items.","Papers, 1770-1871, relating to Rockingham County, Va. Includes two deeds, 1828 and 1871; partial inventory and sale of personal property of James Dever; account book, 1860-1867, of John W. Minnich, a teacher; accounts of the board of school commissioners (including student names); and documents, 1770-1843, concerning lawsuits (including criminal cases and criminal cases involving slaves). 521 items. The lawsuit material begins with Box 19, folder 3 and is divided into two alphabetical groups which are organized by the main person in the lawsuit. The second group is in Box 20. These lawsuits contain various spellings of the participants' names, often two or three spellings in the same page.","Local Election Ballot. May 28, 1891. 2 items. Advertisement cards for Strayer and Lupton in Harrisonburg, Virginia, O'Ferrall and Patterson in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and W.J. Downs, \"Hides wanted.\" Undated. 3 items.","Copy of court order, 1830, to pay Edward Campbell for his services as Commonwealth's attorney for Russell County, Va. 1 item.","Copy of court order, 1830, to pay Jacob Lynch for his service as clerk of the court of Scott County, Va. Advertisement in Morgantown, Virginia for Dr. C.M. Lane's Improved Medical Remedies and Dr. Scott's White Circassian Liniment. 1855.","Broadside order sheet for vegetable seeds by Jonathan Wood of New Lebanon. 1833. Advertisement for a sewing machine by Hottel and Keller in Toms Brook, Virginia. Grocery list on the back. Undated. Advertisement by Strayer and Coffman for their \"Cheap Store\" in New Market, Virginia. March 31, 1810.","Documents, 1779-1819, concerning land transactions in Southampton County, Va. Purchased from Charles Hamilton.","Related material: Mss. Acc. 2008.319 Fredericksburg, Virginia District Court Ledgers, 1787-1840","Documents, 1798-1841, concerning Spotsylvania County, Va. Includes tax bill; legal receipt, 1799, for execution in the lawsuit of Charles Thompson v. Joseph Newton \u0026 John Day; and extracts, 1798, from the will of James Somerville. Campaign speech, handwritten and transcribed, by unknown. August 1788.","Copy of quit rent roll, 1724, for Stafford County, Va. Photocopy of May 8, 1974 Richmond Times-Dispatch article on old papers returned to Stafford County. Newspaper article on the price of negroes in Stafford County in 1722. 1881. Handwritten document (copy of an original) of \"An Act to Exempt Certain German Protestants in the County of Stafford from the Paiment of Parish Levies.\" 1730. Photographs of the Clerk's Office, Courthouse and the County Jail. Undated. Typed history of the Old Courthouse buildings. Undated. Copy of a map, \"Colonial Tidewater, Virginia. Undated.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1927-1939, relating to Surry County, Va. Includes list, 1927, of places in Surry County compiled by A. W. Bohannon; and printed tour guide, 1939, to places in Surry County conducted by Thomas Rolfe Branch, Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Card advertising Wigwam Brand Virginia Hams. Undated. Transcribed records which relate to the expulsion of mercenary attorneys. Undated. March 1929 edition of \"Representative\" a newspaper of the Surry County Schools. Patent for Humphrey Baylis for 440 acres in Surry County adjacent to \"College Lines.\" Signed by William Gooch. December 1, 1740. Patent is a gift of Ethel D. Roberts, 1936.","Papers, 1776 and 1932, relating to Sussex County, Va. Includes copy of will, 177[8?], [mutilated] of John Clanton; and newspaper clipping, 1932, concerning court held in Sussex County, 18 July 1776, and considered the first court held under authority of the Commonwealth of Virginia. 2 items.","Collection relating to Warwick County, much of it concerning the Colonial era. Contains legal disputes, estate papers, court findings, petitions, correspondence, etc. Also contains correspondence relative to the Civil War and papers concerning the American Revolution and slavery. This collection has been microfilmed and is restricted to MICROFILM USE ONLY. NOTE: transcriptions of the colonial portion of the records are available in Richard Dunn: Warwick County, Virginia, colonial court records in transcription (F232 .W27 W3 2000 (Swem stacks and Swem Rare Books) and F232 .W27 W3 2008 (Swem Rare Books).","Undated items and photographs.","Scope and Contents 7 May 1659.  Will of Henry Jacksonn [sic] of Mulberry Island; divides his estate amongst son Henry, daughters Sarah and Dorothy, his wife's sons John and Emanuell [sic] Wills, also Emanuell's [sic] wife Elizabeth, his grandchildren Mary and Ann, and his wife Elizabeth Jackson; appoints Robert Pyland and Miles Cary overseers of his estate; witnessed by Robert Pyland, William Gwinett, and William Thomas.  1 p. 11 [Decem]b[e]r 1679.  Orders passed by the court of Warwick County; require a penalty of 400 pounds of tobacco to be assessed on the Owners of \"stone\" horses under fourteen hands allowed to run free in order to prevent the spoiling of the \"Breed of the Countrey\"; whereas \"we find...[the] Continuall destroying [of] our Stocks by Wolves\" a reward of 200 pounds of tobacco is offered for presenting a wolf's head before the magistrate; whereas \"we find...that there are diverse and ill minded people that carry gunns [sic] shooting and ranging upon any man's Land\" it is ordered that anyone carrying a gun on another man's property without the owner's permission shall pay a penalty of 200 pounds of tobacco and forfeit their gun; recorded by William Bolton.  1 p. These documents have not been microfilmed.","Deposition, 1794, taken in Washington County, Va., in the suit of Alexander Quarrier v. Robert Watkins in the Superior Court of Richmond County, Ga. and court order, 1830, to pay Edward Campbell for his services as Commonwealth's attorney for Washington County. Barter Theatre pamplet. 1949. Barter Theatre program for \"Margin for Error.\" 1940-41. Advertisement mailing for flour by Anderson and Shaffer of Hamilton, Ohio to J.B. Mongle and Son of Holston, Virginia. 1891.","Photostat copy of the Memorial of the committee of the County of West Augusta to the convention of the Colony of Virginia. [1774] and transcript. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1830-1878 and undated, relating to Westmoreland County, Va. Includes court orders, 1830, to pay clerk, jailor and sheriff; document, 1845, in lawsuit of William Teffey et al. v. Elizabeth M. Sutton; newspaper clippings; and a printed circular. Newspaper article on Yeocomico Church. Undated.","Printed list, 1831, of lands returned as delinquent for taxes in Wythe County, Va. Accessor's listing of property of Samuel Williams. Includes list of slaves and their ages, acreage, and dwelling house and outbuildings. April 1, 1815. (Mss. Acc. 2001.44)","Related publications:Charles Parish Register available published as Landon C. Bell, Charles Parish, York County, Va. Richmond: Virginia State Library Board, 1932.  There are slight discrepancies in words between the printed versions of the Charles Parish register and the manuscript copy at Swem Library and Bell re-arranged the entries. The original Charles Parish register is at the Virginia State Library. See ledgers, journals and family papers from York County, Virginia.","Plat of A.W. Hitchen's Farm, portion south of U.S. Parkway in Bruton District. Surveyed April 1938.","Scope and Contents Extracts, 1782-1788, from county records; copy of account, 1668, for funeral expenses of Thomas Foote; photocopy of will, 1775, of William Nelson; copy of newspaper advertisement, 1812, for sale of Bell-Field; and print, 1862, from a printed book of Wynn's Mill. December 10, 1942 letter to the Citizens of the Magruder Area from Carl W. Porter, Commander, of the Public Works Department, Naval Operating Base about building a camp for the Seabees and citizens needing to vacate their homes. York County Court House Agreement and Origin. Undated, but after 1941. Indenture between Henry Graves and William Allen for York County land. Original. July 13, 1790. (Gift of John Jennings who noted a relationship between \"Six Mile Ordinary,\" \"Allen's Ordinary\" and Lightfoot, Virginia. Typed transcript of letter from Samuel Terrell from a camp near Yorktown to Major Garrett Minor in Louisa County. September 30, 1781.","Notebook containing a manuscript copy of the Charles and New Pocosin [sic] Parish Register. Volume 1, part 1. Births and Baptisms. 1648-1800. Index.","Notebook containing a manuscript copy of the Charles and New Pocosin [sic] Parish Register. Volume 1, part 2. Births and Baptisms. 1648-1800. Index.","Notebook containing a manuscript copy of the Charles and New Pocosin [sic] Parish Register. Volume 2. Deaths. 1665-1787. Index."],"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."],"names_coll_ssim":["Virginia. General Court"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Virginia. General Court"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Virginia. General Court"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":488,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T00:51:30.800Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArtificial collection of papers relating to various counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Includes current West Virginia Counties of Berkeley, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Nicholas and Pendleton because the material was generated when these counties were part of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript copy of resolutions, 1812, passed at a meeting of the freeholders and citizens of Accomack to consider and express their sentiments on public affairs and certain late occurrences.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBible records from Accomack and Northhampton Counties. Bible records of Accomack and Northampton Counties compiled by Jean M. Mihalyka in 1993. Volume 9. (Mss. Acc. 1991.46)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBible records of Accomack and Northampton Counties compiled by Jean M. Mihalyka in 1993. Volumes 12 and 13.  Mss. Acc. 1994.74a\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of an original pen and ink sketch of St. George's Church by Rev. James Willis Eastburn. Mss. Acc. 2008.193\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Receipts for quitrents (1750), payments and judgments (1752), tax receipts for 1822 and 1824 and typescript of petitions on juries (1798), concerning selection of juries, addresses, 1918 and 1936, concerning Grace Church, Cismont, Va. Typed manuscript concerning Albemarle Agricultural Society and typescript of minute book, 1817-1828, of Albemarle Agricultural Society as well as material concerning \"Fancy Hill,\" Albemarle County, Va. The materials that comprise this collection were donated by Lucy W. Sneed and John Lawrence and purchased from C. H. Stoneman by W\u0026amp;M Special Collections Research Center in batches between 1940 and 1997.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for payment of £310.12.5 on quitrents in Albemarle County, Virginia. 1p. DS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for payment of £100.1.8 in current money, which was sent by John Smith, Sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia in part of a judgment due the King of Great Britain from Joseph Thompson [deceased?], Sheriff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePetition on selection of juries. TCy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTaxes paid on 130 acres of land, horses, and slaves by Thomas Rea, to the Sheriff of Albemarle Co. Va. 1 item. PDS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor the District of Virginia in a chancery suit of The Bank of Howardsville, et als vs. the president, directors and company of said bank. 28 pp. PD\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e27 pp. PM.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 pp. PM\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e19 pp. PM.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e89 pp. PM.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten copy of a bond for Drury M. Burnley who is elected as sheriff of Albemarle County for the term of two years beginning January 1, 1857.  Bond includes names of family members.  Mss. Acc. 1997.31b. Certificate from Free Union Baptist Church for Sister Sally Wood to recommend her for membership. September 1883. Two letters to Bro' (Brother) Dudley from L.W. (Allen) which mentions Licking Hole Church. November 23, 1853 and undated.  Mss. Acc. 2008.193.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from W.S. Morton about material for the William and Mary Quarterly. Typed copy of Marriage Bonds of Amelia County, A-Z by husband, ca. 1735-1854. Prepared by J.D. Eggleston. Undated. Photographs of Amelia Sulpher Spring with notes on the reverse side. Undated. Letter to Susie from a correspondent in Mattoax, Virginia. Undated. Mss. Acc. 2008.193.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1769-1803, relating to Amherst County, Va. Includes appointment, 1769, of 18 Justices of the Peace , signed by Lieut. Gov. Botetourt (Lord Botetourt). A bond, 29 January, 1803, due from J. Daniel Day and Solomon Day to Jane Rickets, widow of Thomas Rickets. Attested to by John Reynolds and Noah Guttry. 1 p. cy of ADS. Gift of Mrs. G.M. Kent in 1948.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes deeds, wills, legal documents, and church records (Christians Creek School House, Glebe Burying Ground, Old Stone Church, and Tinkling Spring Church.) 58 items. Purchased 1939 from C. J. Carrier of Bridgewater, VA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[11p.] 23 1/2 cm. Printed. 2 copies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy Rev. John Craig, first pastor of Old Stone Church in Augusta County, Virginia. 24, 14 p. 11x 8 3/3 inches. Mimeographed. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 p. 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Mimeographed. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContent regarding payment for land purchased from George Ruebush. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePossibly drawn by Henry Hearman. Includes handrawn map of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrice list card for A.M. Bruce, Wholesale Provision Merchant. Staunton, Virginia. Undated. Photostat of an order issued April 22, 1772 for land forfeiture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers, 1767-1870, relating to Bedford County, Va. Includes accounts; bonds; bill of sale, 1783. for slave; copy of appointment, 1772, of James Steptoe as clerk of Bedford Court; and copy of land grant, 1792. Also includes letter, 1876, of A. Granville Bradley describing the Shenandoah Valley and list, undated, of soldiers who served in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution with notes on the formation of Campbell County, Va. Land Grant of 300 acres in Bedford County, Virginia to Job Martin for payment of L1.10 sterling to the Treasury of the Commonwealth. Signed by Henry Lee, Governor. The materials that comprise this collection were donated by W. Mac Jones and Mrs. William C. Segar and obtained or purchased by W\u0026amp;M Special Collections Research Center in batches between the period of 1927 and 1981.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts and invoices to and from various individuals.  Some names include:  Mr. Beaver, John Berk, Mr. Pendleton, Thomas Pugh, Jack Steward, John F. Woods, Charles Dudley, Jeremiah, Moses Eubank, Jacob Wolf, Leroy James and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Sally Phelps, aunt, Lynchburg, Virginia to Henry Bigger about purchasing a cow. Includes a registry receipt. August 6, 1884. Photocopy of a letter to \"Willie Dear\" (Mrs. L.B. Bigger of Bellevue, Bedford County) from unknown. July 29, 1886. D.W. Bigger to \"My Dear Brother\" (James H. Bigger) about receiving a photograph of him and about Christmas. December 3, 1894.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence includes a mix of people with no obvious connection to one another, though some letters deal with legal matters. December 24, 1841, Tazewell Headen, Floyd C.H. to ( ) Goggin, Atty at Law, Liberty. Concerns summoning witnesses. December 12, 1843, William Daniel, Jr. of Lynchburg, Virginia to Joseph Wilson, Clerk, Bedford, Liberty (Virginia) about McKinney and Walker repaying debt from Harris and the dismissal of a suit on the validity of Even Snead's will. February 6, 1847, Robert Davis of Lynchburg, Virginia to Joseph Wilson, Clerk of Superior Court of Bedford County with a request to make copies of a statement of debt in the case of Samuel E. White and William T. Smith (late merchants trading as White and Smith) vs four other men. February 12, 1858, Julie Clayton in Ivy Hill to her cousin about a party and marriages of acquaintances. November, 1879, Letter to \"Mr. ---(?)\" from \"Your friend only\" where the writer clearly states that having a relationship with him would bring her no joy and his attention would be in vain and \"our correspondence has closed. May your future life be blessed by a companion worthy of your efforts…Amen.\" March 11, 1889 and March 12, 1889, To \"My dear Susie\" (Mrs. William Bese) possibly from her mother in Chester, Virginia about news of family and friends. The empty envelopes are mostly addressed to the Clerk of the County Superior Court. Some names on the envelopes are A. B. Nichols, J.L. Edwards, Joseph Wilson, William M. Burwell, William Cook and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 1869 and early 1900 receipts, one a United States Internal Revenue \"receipt for special tax\" for R.M. Dennis for a business of \"retail dealer ...liquor\" in Roscoe, St. Clair, Missouri for 1870. 1904-1909 letters to Mrs. E.M. Dennis of Bedford County, Virginia from other members of her family and E. Hilton Jackson, a Washington D.C. lawyer about a Claims Court case of (heirs of) Samuel Cline vs the United States where Samuel Cline says he lived in Rockingham County, Virginia but reports show he owned a Cline's Mill in Staunton, Virginia which sold \"large quantities of supplies to the Confederacy....\" The Samuel Cline heirs are claiming their father did not vote for secession and can prove his loyalty to the Union. Other family members include Cyrus Cline and Samuel Cline. Includes a carbon of a February 4, 1908 contract between \"the next of kin and heirs at law of Samuel Cline, deceased, and E. Hilton Jackson\" for Jackson's representation of the family during the claims case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents A varied group of legal documents. Account sheet for Robert Fauster to Joel Terrell for 1750 with an 1769 note at the bottom by Chas Servis which states Terrell has \"received no satisfaction for the above ballance.\" On reverse, a note by Jacob Early states \"we the jewry find for the plaintiff...\" Payment to \"Sovereign Lord King George the third\" for an ordinary license for William Mead in Bedford County, Virginia with William Mead and Isham Talbot as witnesses. February 27, 1771. Indenture between Richard Muse and his wife and James Jones. Wythe County. May 10, 1796. Note on reverse spells \"Muse\" as \"Mary???\" Bond report by Thos Lumpkin. Some names mentioned: Boyce Eidson, Martin King, ? Chastain, Richard Lockett, Thomas Wood, Samuel Baker, Edward and William Eads, James Foster, George Wilson, Farthing Hix and other illegible names. undated. Flyer by Richard M. Young, Late Commissioner of the General Land Office with letterhead, \"General Agency at Washington City\" about \"Acts of Congress granting Pensions to soldiers and their widows for services rendered during the Revolutionary War\" with amendments to 1853. Addressed to Joseph Wilson, Clerk of Circuit Court, Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly receipts for Edward Merriman for purchases, but includes a letter, a military record and a recipe for \"John M. Merryman's Cement Wash.\" May 24, 1850 letter to Edward Merriman, Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia from Joseph Anderson in Cincinnati, Ohio about the whereabouts and news of other members of the Merriman Family. December 15, 1898 document states that George S. Merriman was a Private in Company G, 2nd Regiment of the Virginia Volunteers who enrolled on June 24, 1898 to serve for two years and was discharged on December 18, 1898.  Notes that George S. Merriman was born in Batford (Bedford?), Virginia, 43 years of age, 5 foot, 9 and a half  inches tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, gray hair and a farmer. Signed by Ballard P. Hatcher, Captain, in Roanoke, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Poetry, prose and recipes written by different unknown people.  One \"editorial\" is about a tribute to the late Governor Kavanaugh of Maine.  Recipes include \"Sponge Pudding\" and \"Chow Chow Pickle.\"  Includes a headache remedy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelated Collection: Mss. Acc. 2008.321 Berkeley County, Virginia (W.Va.) Tax Records\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Charles J. Faulkner, in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to the President of William and Mary, at Williamsburg, Virginia, concerning the name of Berkeley County. September 8, 1873. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of sale for $400, 1807, for the sale of a slave, Dick, by Henry Bowyer to John Robinson. Purchase. Charles Hamilton Auction in 1981.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLand Grant, 1803, for Nicholas Casper, in Botetourt County, Va. signed by Governor John Page (1743-1808).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement, 1883 August 18, of George W. Parrish to sell to William Jackson a portion of the tract of land in Brunswick County, Va. called \"the Batt land.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers, 1769-1951, relating to Buckingham County, Va. Includes a grant, 1769, of land to Samuel Megginson signed by Lord Botetourt ; indenture (deed) between Chambers and William Norvell, 1836; photograph, 1951, of the Bolling Family of \"Rosney,\"; and accounts and correspondence of the post office at Gravel Hill , Mattie J. West, postmaster (10 items). The materials that comprise this collection were donated to W\u0026amp;M Special Collections Research Center by Willam R. Cocke, Mrs. G. M. Kent, Mr. \u0026amp; Mrs. John Stone, and John D. Weaver in batches between 1940 and 1983. Finding Aid prepared by Cynthia B. Brown, 1983.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Typed list, undated, of justices of the peace, 1782-1824, of Campbell County, Va.; and license, 1860, to marry of Edward Scott Payne and Anna Agnes Oliver. Gift of John Lawrence in 1997. Two court records, 1796 and undated, signed by Cha[rles]s and Williston Talbot. (Acc. 1997.31c).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript of minutes, 1811-1814, of courts of enquiry of 26th Virginia regiment of Charlotte County, Va.; extract, 5 June 1833, from court records concerning death of John Randolph of Roanoke; and marriage license, 1823, of Robert Carrington and Joanna T. Bouldin. Typed list of Charlotte County names from about the mid 1700's with notes on Mathis Flournoy and John Prior. Cub Creek Church Memorial program. 1938.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers relating to Chesterfield County, Va. Includes such items as extracts from county records; lawsuits (Vestry of Parish of Manchester v. Overseers of the Poor); commission, 1756, signed by Robert Dinwiddie appointing justices to try slave for burglary; deed; agreement (concerning Gallego Mills); and a broadside, undated, concerning proposed removal of court from Manchester to Chesterfield Court House. Item level inventory available at Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGreenway Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of the will of Robert Hudson, 1866, with codicil dated 1872 (1 piece). Copy of a court order to pay Richard I. Tull for his services as sheriff. 1830. (1 piece). Court order to pay Walter (?) for public services. 1830. Typed manuscript \"A Culpeper Census of 1781\" by A.L. Keith. 37 pages. 1941.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger, 1841-1844, of a grist mill in Culpeper County, Virginia. Includes lists of customers and what the bought, typically wheat and flour. People could also bring their own material and have it ground; the material and the price for grinding is listed in the ledger. Also includes entries for a bill for a cabin for slaves and flour for slaves. 1 item. Purchase. Mss. Acc. 2011.563.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1830-1910, relating to Cumberland County, Va. Includes such items as copies of court orders, 1830, to pay George H. Matthews for service as prosecutor for Commonwealth and S. H. Panack for services as jailor; receipt, 1910, for taxes; plat, 1842, for land owned by Edward Steger; and a newspaper clipping, 1893 October 1, from the Richmond Dispatch. Gift of John Lawrence. Two court documents, one dated 1797, signed by James Morton. (1997.31e)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate of Appointment, 1828, of William H. Broadnax, William Wynne, and Edward S. Pegram as commissioners to superintend election of electors for U. S. president and vice president in Dinwiddie County, Va.; and copy of court order, 1830, to pay James Scott for his services as jailor. Cotton circular for Martin, Hill and Co. in Petersburg, Virginia. September 22, 1886.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed, June 21, 1773, from Israel Morris to Michael Goen for 100 acres of land in Dunmore County (Shenandoah County), Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostats of a petition presented by certain residents of Elizabeth City County to the General Assembly of Virginia, November 30, 1803, in opposition to the proposal to combine the Eaton and Syms charity schools into one school. Photostat of a petition presented by certain residents of Elizabeth City County to the General Assembly of Virginia, December 19, 1803, requesting that the Eaton and Syms charity schools be combined into one school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript of a history of Hampton and Elizabeth City County, Va., entitled \"The First Plantation,\" by Marion L. Starkey, ca 1930s. Includes an incomplete index in a separate green book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped extracts, 1663-1791, from Old Rappahannock County [now Essex County.] Extract from a vestry book of Albemarle Parish, Sussex County. 1788. A handwritten list (probably a copy) of a list of names for \"Rose and Gabriel Penn, given under our hands...November 3rd, 1788,\" with a note on reverse \"Subscription for St. Marks Church.\" Another note says this page found in a vestry book in Albermarle Parish on November 26, 1926. Transcript of letter from Hugh Rose, at Geddes, to Col. James Higginbotham about sellling land of Brother Moses, deceased. 24 March 1791. Original order to the Sheriff of Essex County to take James Daniel and James McCall for a court appearance in William Roane vs Daniel and McCall. Signed John Lee. May 30, 1755. (Gift of Benjamin A. Grady). August 23, 2000 letter to Mrs. Harold Little, owner of Clydeside, from H. Franklin Minor, about the McCall Family and ownership of Clydeside.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGround plan of Woodlawn, home of Nellie Custis Lewis, in Fairfax County. In ink on tracing cloth.  19 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches.  1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers, ca. 1743-1793, relating to Fairfax County, Va. Includes notes, concerning register of Pohick Church; newspaper clipping, concerning court record book of Fairfax County; survey, 1841, of tract of land; and plan, undated, of \"Woodlawn,\" home of Nellie Custis Lewis; court records, 1743-1783; and an account book, 1793, of Joseph Birch, keeper of Turnpike Number 2, which has two entries, 9 October 1792 and 13 April 1793, concerning George Washington. 1963 gift from Mrs. Marion S. Mallory. 17 items. Postcards of Old Court House, published by Ernest L. Robey's Drugstore. 3 items. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of tax list, 1782-1799, for Fauquier County, Va.. Court order, 1830, to pay James English for his services as jailor and for cleaning and furnishing firewood and candles for the courthouse. Catalogue of Fauquier Institute for Young Ladies. Session 1892-93. Owned by Miss E. Chappelear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLand grant, 15 May 1780, given to Samuel McDowell for 1,000 acres of land in Fayette County, Va. [W.Va.] signed by Patrick Henry. For those interested in Patrick Henry see the Patrick Henry Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBroadside, 12 July 1941, advertising July 12 as the day for all citizens over thirteen years of age to register as volunteers for the civil defense program in Fluvanna County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote on document: \"…record book…is no longer public property, the original book being in private hands…\" Typed carbon copy of \"The History of Rivanna Parish in the County of Fluvanna, Virginia\" by Louis H. Stoneman. 1847- 1912. Pamphlet with the Charter and By-Laws of the State Bank of Columbia. 1900. An advertisement of the Commissioner's sale of Upper Bremo Tract where Mary B. and Lelia B. Cocke lived. 1926. The Midland Virginian, Palmyra, Fluvanna, Virginia article, \"Old receipts show that Fluvanna farms tithed to aid Confederacy.\" February 13, 1941. Notebook called \"Weather Report\" where the daily weather conditions were recorded. 1886-1887.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices, receipts, accounts, laden lists, letters and other accounting documents from merchants in Columbia, Virginia. 1880-1910. 465 pieces. Merchants include: Jenkins and Foster, William B. Perkins, John F. Shepherd, Stoneman Brothers, Dr. Philip J.Winn, and George T. Zachary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Invoices, receipts, accounts, laden lists, letters and other accounting documents from merchants in Columbia, Virginia. 1880-1910. 465 pieces. Merchants include: Jenkins and Foster, William B. Perkins, John F. Shepherd, Stoneman Brothers, Dr. Philip J.Winn, and George T. Zachary. (Related material: 65 Sh5 Shepherd and Patton Papers). Broadside for \"The Celebrated Horse-Tamer Prof. W. Rouzer will give a lecture on ...June 7th...\" Certificates from residents of \"Kent's Store, Fluvanna County, Virginia, Oct. 2nd 1876\" who have taken the lectures are listed. Names listed are from Fluvanna, Pittsylvania and Charlotte Counties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle on John Hartwell Cocke. 2010. Acc. 2010.605.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFolders 1 - 5 are papers, 1772-1800, (group of 481 pieces) relating to 178 suits in Franklin County, VA and 16 other papers. Some papers are fragments. 481 pieces. The spelling of names varies greatly and as it was found to be impracticable to give all forms of each name, one spelling only is shown. The materials donated by John Lawrence in 1991, by Fred Alouf in 1959, and obtained from Joseph K. Ruebush in 1938. Folder 6 contains later, unrelated accessions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWork Projects Administration Writers' Program. \"The White Man Comes to Stay,\" \"War Whoops in the Wilderness,\" and \"Explorers in the Wilderness.\" 1941. Two court documents signed by James Callaway. 1797. Mss. Acc. 1997.31f. 28 copies of certificates saying people attended the September New London District Court, signed by James Steptoe, Clerk of the Franklin County District Court. 1797. Includes 4 fragments. Names include: John Arthur, Moses Greer, Luke Standefer, Richard Goggin, Samuel Patterson, John Cheetwood, Charles Lumsden, Thomas Haile, Shelton Brown, Shelton Taylor, Joel Chitwood, William Cheetwood, Lewis Turnbull, William Boswell, James Prunty, Thomas Towler, Lewis Davis, John Hayle, George Ferguson, Dudley Lumsden, Benjamin Griffith, John Houle and Thomas Fowler. Mss. Acc. 1997.52\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Documents concerning land (deeds and list of lands returned as delinquent); proceedings, 1812, of meeting held at Winchester; and advertisement, undated, offering the Marlbro' Iron Works for sale or rent. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents The original 1938 accession were papers relating to Gloucester Count, 1660-1878, and taken from the William Carter Stubbs Papers (I). They were purchased from Charles F. Heartman. They comprise Boxes 8, 9 and 10, folders 1-28. Includes letters, accounts (many concerning estates), legal documents, tax lists, marriage licenses and military records (including orders, 1815 and 1820 appointing patrollers to visit slave quarters). Many items concern the Baytop and Stubbs families. 2134 items. Letters, 1774-1878, filed chronologically. Invoices, receipts, etc. filed alphabetically under name of person or estate. The remaining boxes contain later accessions. Notes and photocopies relating to Gloucester County during the Revolution collected by Joanee Ryan in preparation for M.A. thesis (Mss. Acc. 1988.24). Photostat copy of transcript of \"Gloucester County, Virginia Places and Names\" by Charles E. Hatch, Jr. Yorktown, Virginia. September 15, 1979 (Mss. Acc. 1999.66). Photographs of and brochures of Gloucester County, plus correspondence of different families of Gloucester County about personal and legal matters, 1795-1953, donor unknown. John Buckner Reports, undated (Mss. Acc. 2008.193). Newspaper article on Wilbur Templeman a popular and longtime barber in Gloucester (Mss. Acc. 2010.575). Related material: See also \"A Guide to Gloucester County, Virginia Historical Manuscripts, 1651-1865\" (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1976). For those interested in the Baytop family see the Baytop-Fitzhugh Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem inventory in each folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcra-Baytop. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBaytop-Bridges. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBaytop Family. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBaytop Family. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBridges-Corr. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDame-Gloucester County School Commissioners. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHall-Kemp. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawson-Nuttall. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOakes-Purcell. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRansone-Stubbs. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTabb-Wood. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers of persons not included in folders 4-14. Inventory not available.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo or more persons/families mentioned.  Unidentified pieces and fragments.  Includes an index of a ledger and five memorandum books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1825 Court docket, records of official examinations of boundary lines (1825-1848, undated), copy of certificate appointing Peter Kemp and James Baytop processioners...sixth precinct (undated) and unofficial memoranda on cases (undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmory-Ash.  Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBall-Byrd. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCampbell - DuVall. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdwards - Hughes.  Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames - Oliver. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePitt - Sutton. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem survey in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents \"Gloucester County, Virginia Places and Names\"  (Mss. Acc. 1999.66)  First half of book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents \"Gloucester County, Virginia Places and Names\"  (Mss. Acc. 1999.66)  Second half of book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Story of Elmington\" by Polly Cary Legg. Possibly a Work Projects Administration Writers' Program story.  December 1, 1941.  Photographs of Grace Church and The Glebe. Donation ticket for Ware Church, 1953, and a Christmas Card with picture of Ware Church. Photographs of \"New Bottle\" House, Undated.  Photograph of \"Painting of Gloucester from the Water\", courtesy of Mariner's Museum.  Conservation State Organization rules and regulations, undated.  \"Programme at the Laying of the Cornerstone and the Unveiling of the Monument,\" 1889.  Brochure on \"The Belle Roi Female School\" in Gloucester, Virginia, 1855.  Facts about Gloucester, copy, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1795 and 1796 - Indenture between Thomas Whiting and Mary his wife of Gloucester and John Singar of Norfolk, Virginia on July 1, 1795,  Plat of land of William DuVal for John Singar.  June 15, 1796 1801, 1802 and 1804 -  Document binding John Thruston of Abington Parish, Gloucester County, to Sarah Tabb, who is relinquishing her right of dower, for land of John Stephens, September 2, 1801.  Indenture between Edward Busbie, Senior of Abington Parish, Gloucester County and Benjamin Marnix for land in Gloucester County, January 4, 1802.  Indenture between Henry Whiting and William Singleton for land in Gloucester County, February 1, 1802.  Indenture between Richard Singleton and Nelly Thornton, his wife, of the County of Gloucester, and John Singar for land, April 2, 1804. 1810 -1825 and undated - Account of Estate of John Singar for 1810-1818.  Letter to Dr. William Taliaferro, Gloucester Court House, from Richard H. Johnson of Hanover County, Virginia concerning his claim against the Mr. Carter who was his tenant, May 31, 1822.  Receipt Book, bound with string, with names, amount of money received and reason, 1825.  Letter to Richard M. Segan, late Sheriff of Middlesex County, Virginia regarding taking money from Bogg's benefit in case against James Critten.  Undated. 1829-1857 - Letter to Walker Jones of Gloucester Courthouse from H. Wilkinson of Petersburg, Virginia about Mr. Stubblefield offering $150 for settlement of Wilkinson's business.  Lists 1829 and 1830 Rockingham Season accounts, March 31, 1834.  Letter to Miss H.B. Booth, Gloucester County, about an account, June 5, 1834. Article of Agreement between Alfred Billups, Gloucester County, and Jacob Vreeland of Bergen County, New Jersey for tract of land on York River in Gloucester County, October 6, 1834.  Letter from T.B. Whiting of St. Marks, Florida to M.C. Booth in Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia regarding accusation of debt, R. M. Thornton and A.L. Dabney, February 26, 1837.  Receipt for John W. Puller for items purchased from T.B. Taliaferro, 1856 and 1857. Thomas J. Banks Correspondence and Accounts, 1826-1838 - Two partial account books in the same handwriting as the William and Thomas Banks book.  William Banks is mentioned in one of them, 1826-1830.  Accounts of William and Thomas Banks, Oyster deposit on the River. Partial account book, 1833-1836.  Thomas T. Bailey of Baileysville, Tennessee to Thomas J. Banks about collecting and sending money that he was collected, July 23, 1835.  Letter to Thomas J. Banks of Gloucester, Virginia  from James M. Rasin and Company regarding wheat and repairing a Straw Cutler.    Includes Receipt and statement., September 17, 1835.  Letter to Thomas J. Banks of Gloucester, Virginia from Samuel Crane of Richmond, Virginia about the two negroes that were part of Banks' brother's estate.  John Carlton, deceased, is mentioned,  March 26, 1836.  Letter to Thomas J. Banks of Gloucester Court House regarding rent, December 5, 1836.  Letter from Robert Nicholas of Richmond, Virginia to Jefferson Stubbs of Gloucester County, Virginia regarding the suit in Henrico County, Virginia with T.J. Banks, administrator of John Banks, deceased, regarding two negroes, April 3, 1838. Christopher Jones Correspondence and Documents, 1824-1826 -  Note sent by John Field to the Courthouse for Christopher Jones or Thomas Banks about a receipt, July 31, 1824.  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from H. Boggs of Baltimore, Maryland concerning settlement with a John Henry and Mr. Jones who is possibly the brother of Christopher Jones, September 13, 1825.  Indenture between Christopher T. Jones and Mann Page Trustees under a deed of trust between William Wilkins and Mann page and Christopher T. Jones to secure for to Thomas Smith and John Tabbs, September 5, 1825.  Letter to Christopher Jones about will that was proven October 3, 1808, with Henry Curry as the testator and Susanna Curry the Executrix and lists other cases.  The writer, from Richmond, Virginia,  also turns down offer to visit the area while extolling the pleasures of the rural setting, August 28, 1825.  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from H. Boggs of Baltimore, Maryland concerning a settlement, December 1825.  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from George Haskins concerning bringing to Chancery Court his suit against James Montague, Philip Montague, Thomas G. Cridington and Robert Dobbins, January 22, 1826. Kemp Family, 1825 and undated -  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from Robert Tubman concerning suit against Peter Kemp, November 30, 1825.  Letter to William Browne Judge of the Chancery District of Williamsburg about Peter, Francis, William and Sarah Kemp against John Johnston, admr of Robert Kemp, deceased, Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarbon of typed notes on John Buckner (ca. 1630-1695) of Gloucester County, Virginia.  He brought the first press and printer, William Nuthead, to Virginia about 1680.  Prepared by Mary Goodwin, Research Department, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.  Typescripts of brief biographical sketches of John Buckner and his family from Tyler's Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography and an account of William Nuthead, from first printer in Virginia and Maryland, from J.C.Oswald, Printing in the America's.  13 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDaily Press newspaper article, \"County Barber Still Cutting,\" about Wilbur Templeman and his barbershop. His daughter, Linda Templeman, worked in Swem Library, Government Documents.  August 9, 2009.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatent for 4753 acres of land in Goochland County, Virginia granted by King George II to Michael Holland. 1744. On vellum. 13 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches. Signed by Lieutenant Governor William Gooch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1744-1832, relating to Goochland County, Va. Includes patent, 1744, to Michael Holland (signed by Gooch and granted by King George II); will, 1815, of Nathaniel Davidson; court order, 1830, to pay William Pope for services as prosecuting attorney; and document, 1831, concerning the lawsuit of the Commonwealth v. John N. Davis; letter, 1832, from Pleasant Turner to Archibald Bryce; and plat, 1839, of land owned by William Ford. Patent filed in Oversize. Court Docket to November 1795, list of all cases. Commonwealth vs. John N. Davis, 1831 Will of Nathaniel Davidson, 1815 Plat tract of land owned by William Ford, 1839 Oversize patent, for land, signed by Gov. Gooch, granted by King George II to Michael Holland, 1744 Court order to pay William Pope for services as prosecuting attorney, 1830 Letter, Pleasant Turner to Capt. Archibald Bryce, 1832 Court Docket to November 1795, list of all cases\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThey appear to be a general store, ordering food items, clothe, clothing, shoes, horseshoes, nails, tobacco and other items.  Their shipping address is Irwin's Station or Bula in Goochland County.  Over 120 items. 1882-1883. Court Summons.  Names mentioned:  William Southworth, J. Clemens, Jos. Bullock, William Johnson, Julian Martin, Lucy Randolph, Anderson Matthews and S.W. Mason.  5 items.  1853. Archibald D. Perkins Accounts.  One receipt from Lucy Randolph.  39 items. 1836-1893. Typed carbon copy of a biography of Benjamin Waller and letters of Benjamin Wood.  Undated. Related items:  MsV Ame18  B. R. Cowherd Ledger\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of survey, 29 September 1804, of land in Greenbrier County Va. [W.Va.] for heirs of William Humes and surveyed by Alexander Welch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA typed list of voters for 1800. Court order to pay William Faulkner for his services as sheriff.  1829.  copy. Court order to pay Samuel Pointer for his services as sheriff.  1830.  copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed (mutilated), 1727, from John Guess to Thomas Denton for land in Hanover County, Va.; receipt, 187[?] for taxes to Joseph Henry; and appeal, 1894, for aid in building a church in a needy neighborhood, with a list of names of contributors attached. Title page, with a photograph of the Clay house, from \"Life and Speeches of Henry Clay.\" 1843. Signature on front page: Mattie R. Feild, Millbrook, Virginia, 1886. Photostat copy of town lot layout of Hanover along the Pamunkey River with a tax list of names. March 17, 1738 or 39.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Ledger, 1917 of a store in Studley, Hanover County, Virginia, recording purchases made by various customers. Customers' names are listed, and occasionally their town or county. A more detailed description is provided by the seller:  \"Ledger is a Eagle Flat Opening Book No. 895 (sold by Reinbach \u0026amp; Schwartz Stationers, Richmond, Va.). Measures: 8 1/4\" x 12 3/4\" x 1 1/4\",  287 pages.  This Ledger begins in May, 1917 and ends December 7, 1917.  Entries such as: Miss Ellen Timberlake, 2 Loaves of Bread .10;    Babes Bowles, 2 Cultivator Teethe .50, 1 Plow Point .16;  Mrs. Austin, 1/2 Plug Tobacco  .05\" \"On Page 158 it has a stamp on it: Do your bit! BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND, Inquire at any Bank or Post Office. Several Pages are Stamped (with a Postage Stamper): Studley, Va. (date).\" \"There are entries for food products, farm supplies, coca cola, tobacco, coffee, oil, medicine, etc.....\" Purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHardy County is now part of West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed, 1858, from Westfall Garret to Henry Richmond covering a tract of land in Hardy County, Va. [W.Va.]. Court documents signed by Ed Williams, Clerk, 1797. Donated in 1997 by John Lawrence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePortion of printed list, 1831, of land returned as delinquent for taxes in Harrison County [W.Va.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers, 1726-1871 and undated, relating to Henrico County, Va. Includes land patent, deeds, documents concerning lawsuits, estate document, and receipt for fee for apprehending a slave. 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder, 1784, to the sheriff of Henry County, Va. to call jurors in the lawsuit of Commonwealth v. Anderson McGwire in the Virginia General Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopy of a booklet, \"Fork Boykin\" compiled by Miss Genie Cory. Undated. Photograph of St. Luke's Church. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndex or register of names in a ledger divided alphabetically with tabs. Names include first and surnames, men and women, and all have a number noted beside them. There is no location or date or purpose noted on the register, but by using census data, the register was created circa 1900 and probably in the Isle of Wight County area of Virginia. Medium Oversize.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn artificial collection of material, 1687-1924, relating to James City County, Virginia. Includes copies of court records, farm censuses, tax receipts, church brochures, and photographs. Box 12 and 13 are mostly a gift from Robert T. Slater.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlueprints of tracts of land in James City County. Carlton Casey land in Jamestown District, surveyed November 6, 1950; William Washington Estate, surveyed October 26, 1951; Mrs. Bessie Carmine property on Old Jamestown Road, surveyed September 2, 1940; Plat of subdivision of portion of Sarah Jones Tract, surveyed April 9, 1948; Survey of Bush Neck Road, Rye Patches and Wallace's Tract, surveyed June 1939; Frederick J. Keck farm in Stonehouse District, surveyed October 1937; Indigo Dam, estate of William Allen Jones, decd, in Jamestown District, surveyed October 1931; Rollo Subdivision, surveyed on November 26, 1930; Stephen's Tract #2, J.W. Penick the owner, in Stonehouse District, surveyed May, 1926; Timberlake Property, surveyed April 23, 1930 and Walthal Tract, surveyed June 1928.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1687 August 8. Copy of will of John Holder, deceased. Proved at the County Court held at James City, 8 August 1687 by the oaths of John White and Dorothy Peach. Recorded by W. Edwards, Cl[erk of] Co[u]r[t]. 1 page. Photostat of Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Copy of a law enacted by General Assembly, 17 February 1644, prohibiting desertions of plantations that have been seated; persons deserting their plantations are not to burn their houses but will receive as many nails as were expended in building them. Signed by William Robertson (d. 1739) Cl[er]k Gen[era]l Ass[emb]ly [from 1702-1738]. 1 page. Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1805 February. Copy of pages from a court record signed by Ro[bert] B. Armistead. \"Found among the ruins of the old Court House at Williamsburg, Va. 1864.\" 2 pages. Copy of Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1813 February 12. Copy of advertisement in the Richmond Enquirer for the rent or lease of the Greenspring Estate. 1 page. Typewritten Copy of Newspaper Clipping.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1820 September 1. Census record of James City county for 1820. Signed by Rich[ar]dson Henley, assistant to the Marshal. (Note reads \"From Lib. of Cong.\") 1 page. Photostat of Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1827 June 30. Copy of Complaint brought by Archer Hankins, late sheriff of James City and Committee of the esate of James Banks, deceased, against William Gregory, sheriff of King William County, appointed to represent William Gregory, Christopher Johnson, Ann Dudley, G. R. Lambert Meredith, Martha Bingham, Julia Bingham, Jno. Bingham, Geo. Bingham, [?] Lambert (wife of Eugene Sullivan), and Stephen Bingham, the heirs of Stephen Bingham. Concerns a tract of land in James City county called \"Mount Folly.\" 3 pages. Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1847 May 6. Memorandum of deed of trust executed on 21 Sep[tember] 1841 is filed as an exhibit in the Chancery Suit in the Supr[eme] Court of James City County and City of Williamsburg by Upshur's executors vs. Pryor and others. Signed by P. P. Mayo. Fragment. Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1849 January 19. Copy of advertisement in the Richmond Enquirer of the Hickory Neck Academy, James City County, Virginia. 1 page. Typewritten Copy of Newspaper Clipping.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1882-1893 and undated. Tax receipts, James City County, Virginia of Alexander Preston and Alfred Epps and a few miscellaneous receipts. Printed Document Signed. (13 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 1896 June 1. \"The James City Cavalry, Its Organization and Its Service.\" (Company H, Fifth Regiment, mustered into service 22 May 1861). From \"Our Confederate Column\" in the Richmond Dispatch. Newspaper clipping.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1928 February 12. Bulletin from the Mount Vernon M. E. Church, South, Toano, Virginia. H. Conrad Blackwell, Pastor. 4 pages. Printed Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1929 June 30. Church Bulletin of Five Forks Church, Old Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, Virginia. Rev. James M. McKnight, Pastor. 4 pages. Printed Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1946 October 6. Invitation to Homecoming Day at James River Baptist Church, J. E. Bowman, Pastor. 1 page. Typewritten Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1948 July 27. Letter. Mrs. William Lawrence Gatewood at New York to Brantley Henderson, Jr. at Williamsburg, [?] house and lot, and a store in Toano, Virginia. 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNo Year. June 27. Program from Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Norge, Virginia in honor of the visit of the Crown Prince Olaf and Crown Princess of Norway. 1 page. Typewritten Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated. Program of The County Council of Women's Clubs presenting \"Days in James City County from 1609 to 1817.\" 1 page. Printed Material. (3 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated. Bulletin of Hickory Neck Church, Blissland Parish, Toano, James City County, Virginia. 2 pages. Printed Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated. Brochure of the James City County Chamber of Commerce, Toano, Virginia. 2 pages. Printed Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1920. Economic Survey for James City County 1920 Census. 1 page. Typewritten Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1923 October 9. S. H. Hobbs, Jr., Rural Social Science, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. to Miss Mabel Massey, County Home Demonstration Agent, Williamsburg, Virginia. Is sending bulletin compiled from information secured in a survey of the townships in Chatham Co. [N. C.] and a bulletin on Johnston Co. [N. C.]; discusses types of surveys used by his department. 2 pages. Typewritten Letter Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1924 February 12-13. Program of the Peninsula Farmers Institute. 1 page. Printed Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Undated. \"A Glimpse of the Progressive School System of James City County\" by H. L. Harris, Supt. of Schools. 7 pages. Typewritten Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated. \"Health Conditions in James City County.\" 4 pages. Typewritten Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Samples of typed farm census forms from other locations in 1923: Chowan County, North Carolina; Henderson County, North Carolina; Hertford County, North Carolina; Madison County, North Carolina; Nash County, North Carolina and North Carolina 1923 farm census (blank form. 4 pages). Blank survey on \"Farm Home Conditions\" from Pittsylvania Co., Virginia (2 pages). Sample form for farm census (3 pages). Survey of Whitmell Community made by Rural Sociology Class (3 pages).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated. Farm survey, James City County. 8 pages. Printed Material. (17 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated. Farm survey, James City County. 8 pages. Printed Material. (17 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1922 June 13. Johnston County: Economic and Social (a Laboratory Study in the Rural Social Science Department of the University of North Carolina) by W. M. Sanders, Jr. and G. Y. Ragsdale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1922 October. Economic and Social Survey of Albemarle County, University of Virginia Record Extension Series, vol. VII, No. 2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1922 November 16. How Farm Tenants Live by J. A. Dickey and E. C. Branson. University of North Carolina Extension Bulletin. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 47 pages. Printed Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1923 Virginia Agricultural Census, U. S. Department of Agriculture co-operating with the State Department of Agriculture. 32 pages. Printed Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Colonel William Allen House (P1), formerly owned by Miss Fanny Allen and later owned by Mr. Mercer Taylor. Four miles west of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Ashland Farm (P2), formerly owned by Captain William Morecock. Located at Diascond station. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Binn's Place (P3), located west of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Carter's Grove (P4), home of Mrs. Archibald McCrea. South of Williamsburg. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Carter's Grove (P5), home of Mrs. Archibald McCrea. South of Williamsburg. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Carter's Grove (P6). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Carter's Grove (P7). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Carter's Grove (before restoration) (P8). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents \"Cowlesville\" (P9), original home of the Cowles family. Owned by C. C. Cowles. Located on Rt. 603 just north of Rt. 610, six miles west of Toano on the Old Forge Road (much remodeled). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCurtis Home (P10). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCurtis Home (P11). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Edwards Place (P12), owned by Mrs. Marcus Cottrell. Located four miles northwest of Toano at the intersection of Rt. 601 and Rt. 603. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Gatewood Place Kitchen (P13), owned by C. Ordway. Located one half mile west of Toano on Forge Road. Now destroyed. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGreen Spring (P14), ruins of the second house at Green Spring, built about 1800. The foundations of the Sir William Berkeley house at Green Spring are south of this house about two hundred yards. Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Green Spring (P15), aerial view. Photographic print, 7\"x9\". Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Green Spring (P16), aerial view. Photographic print, 7\"x9\". Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGreen Spring (P17), aerial view. Photographic print, 9¼\"x11¼\". Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Grove Hill (P18), built by John Cowles in the 1830's. Later owned by Mr. C. C. Cowles. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Hankins Family House (P19), owned by the Hankins family. Later owned by Mr. E. K. Pettit. Old house at Six Mile Ordinary, Rt. 60. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Harris House (P20), owned by Harris estate. Located about six miles southwest of Lightfoot and ¾ miles west of Jolly's Mill Pond. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Harris House (P21), six miles southwest of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Harris House (P22), owned by Mr. James Harris. Located about seven miles southwest of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Hickory Neck Episcopal Church (P23), on Rt. 60 above Toano. This is only part remaining of the original church which was built about 1733. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Hockaday Place (P24), owned by B. S. Bowmer. Located about one mile and a half west of Diascund Bridge. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents James' Place (P25), former home of Colonel George James. Later owned by Mr. P. H. Richardson. Located approximately four miles north of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Captain George Lee House (P26), owned by Captain Lee of Newport News.  Located north of Croaker.  Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view.  Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Lombardy (P27), home of Littleton Waller. Later owned by Mr. Branch Martin. Located west of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents MacDowell's (P28), owned by the Barnes estate. Located about four miles north of Toano on the road leading from the Forge Road to the Williamsburg-Richmond stage road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Martin Home (P29), owned by Miss Williana Wilkinson. Located about half a mile west of Toano on the Forge Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Martin Home (P30), owned by Miss Williana Wilkinson. Located about half a mile west of Toano on the Forge Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Martin's Place (P31), two miles northwest of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Olive Branch Christian Church (P32), one and a quarter mile southeast of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Pierce's (P33), located at Toano. This was originally \"Taylor's\" but prior to the Civil War was bought by Mr. Felix Pierce. There were three cemeteries on the place, one belonging to the Taylor family and two so old that no one recollects who was buried in them. After the Pierces died, this place was bought by Mr. Wesley Marston. The chimney and foundations are the only parts of the original house left which bear evidence of early eighteenth century construction, the chimney being laid in Flemish bond on flat side, and English bond on front and back surfaces. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Pinewoods (P34), home of Warburton family. As it appears before it was partially destroyed by fire. Photographic print, 8\"x10\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Pinewoods (P35). Photographic print, 8\"x10\", black and white, showing a rear view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Poplar Grove (P36), Wynne Place. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Powhatan (P37), once owned by Doctor Martin. Later owned by E. M. Slauson. Located a few miles west of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Powhatan (P38), once owned by Doctor Martin. Later owned by E. M. Slauson. Located a few miles west of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Redwood Ordinary (P39), now known as Green Shingle Inn. The present structure was built about 1790 to replace the old burned ordinary. Owned originally by the Redwood family, but subsequently bought by the Slater family. Served almost continuously as a tavern. Located at the intersection of the Forge Road and the Williamsburg-Richmond Stage Road in Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Old Richardson House near Croaker (P40). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents River View (P41), former home of the Norvell family. Later owned by Mr. Herbert Bloomberg. Located on York River about eight miles east of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Slater Place (P42), owned by R. V. Timberlake. Located about five miles northwest of Toano on road from Forge Road to Doncastle's Ordinary on the Williamsburg-Richmond Stage Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Stuart Place (P43), owned by E. C. Stuart. Located about a mile and a half northwest of Diascund Bridge. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Summer House (P44), owned by Mr. Slater. Located about three miles south of Chickahominy Church on \"Old Brick Mill Road.\" Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Summer House (P45). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a rear view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Vaiden Family House (P46), located at Norge. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Warrenton (P47), known in the past as Rutleigh. Acquired early in the 19th century by the Warren family. Later restored by the Grantham family. Later owned by Mr. Dozier. Located about five miles west of Toano on Forge Road, facing Windsor Castle. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Warrens (P48), owned by the Warren family. Located about four miles west of Toano, just off the Forge Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Watkins House (P49), owned by J. B. Larson. Later owned by [?] Peterson. Located three and half miles east of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents White Hall Tavern (P50), home of the Geddy family. One and a quarter miles north of Toano. In the interior are a very fine staircase and much early woodwork. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Windsor Castle (P51), home of William Bush. Owned by Mrs. William Walker Ware. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified House (52). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified House (53). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents One booklet: \"Sheriffs of James Citty Countie\" by Barbra M. Cook, Subsheriff, 1994. Gift of Barbra M. Cook, deputy sheriff of James City County via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association. Postcard of Green Shingle Inn, Toano, with a copy of a newspaper article about the Inn which was destroyed in 1963. Copy of a photograph of the hotel near the Powder Magazine, ca. 1900 and a photocopy of photograph of students at Matthew Whaley School. Individuals are identified.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat copies of James City County petitions, beginning in the 18th century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJefferson County is now a part of West, Virginia. See related collections: Mss. MsV I1 Jefferson County, W. Va. Merchant's Index, Mss. Acc. 2008.320 Jefferson County, Virginia (W.Va.)Tax Records\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList (printed), 1831, of land returned as delinquent for taxes in Jefferson County, Va. [W.Va.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of sale, 1796, for a slave sold by Robert Hoskins to John Mundell in King and Queen County, Va.Gift of John Lawrence. Three court documents, 1796 and undated, two signed by Ro[bert] Pollard, clerk. (Mss. Acc. 1997.31b). July 1967 \"Bulletin of the King and Queen County Historical Society.\" Agreement between Nicholas Dillard and Polly Browning for 95 acres in King and Queen County. February 11, 1792. (transferred from Gloucester County).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped copy of a rent roll, 1769 and copy of a court order, 1830, to pay Lawrence W. Berry for his services as Commonwealth's Attorney\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFragment of the will, 1705, of [?] Clayborne; typed extracts from a tax book, 1815 (65 typed sheets); copy of petition, 1843, from citizens of county to General Assembly of Virginia concerning the disposal of land in the county and a memorandum, 1863, signed by John Letcher concerning the arrest of a slave charged with attempted murder. 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Leaflet written by Ann Harrison Booker Darst, \"Parson Skyring\" The Rev. Henry Skyring, 1729-1795, A tribute on the 200th anniversary of his death in 1995. Gift of Ann H.B. Darst. (Acc. 1998.36). Photographs used for the July 1938 William and Mary Quarterly article, \"Homes in the County.\" Daily Press book review of \"A History of Virginia Pioneer Papermakers\" with emphasis on the paper mill in West Point. Programs for the 250th founding of King William County, April 1952. Brochure on King William County, with notes. ca 1960. (Acc. 2008.193)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped transcriptions of pew rental lists: 1721 and 1748, for Christ Church Parish; 1750, for [St. Mary's] White Chapel Parish and a newspaper clipping, 13 February 1936, from the Rappahannock Record on the history of St. Mary's White Chapel by Elizabeth Comps Pierce. 4 items. Photographs from 1937: \"Bewdley,\" Lancaster Courthouse (Lancaster Post Office and former jail), Overseer's house on the Black Stump Quarter of Robert Carter's Corotoman Plantation (Weems Post Office), Sipes House (Lively Post Office) and Armstrong House (Palmer Post Office).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of court order, 1830, to pay Edward Campbell for his services as Commonwealth's Attorney for Lee County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped copy of an advertisement in the Daily National Intelligencer, Washington, September 30, 1814, by James Monroe concerning sale of land; letter, 1863, from George K. Fox of Campbell Court House, Virginia, to L.W.S. Hough at Leesburg about Loudoun County bonds; booklet, July 1, 1861, containing names of purchasers of Loudoun County bonds numbered 1-358 and executed copies of July1, 1861 bonds, numbered 361-370 and 387-400 of Loudoun County. 24 pieces. And photograph of site of home of John Champe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax list (tithes, land and carriages), 1769, for St. Martin's Parish (mutilated); document, 1852, in lawsuit of Spicer and Harris v. J. M. Macon, Jr., agent; papers in suits against J. and W.W. Beadles in 1852 and court orders, 1853-1854, to pay Robert T. Gooch for services as witness. 7 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelated material: Mss. MsV Lev10 Lunenburg County, Va. Docket, 1843E, Mss. MsV T3 Lunenburg County, Va. Sheriff's Tax Book, 1843\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of the will, 1817, of John T. Ravenscroft and accompanying papers and typescript of a letter, 1781, of D. C. Stokes, College Camp, William and Mary, to [Thomas] Nelson regarding Stokes' discharge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCumberland Parish Records Alphabetical order by subject. Church Matters J. H. Morrison to Dr. Perry regarding the Vestry and a Chimney. 1862. Correspondence B.M. Atkinson to his father about his Christmas plans. 1860. Thomas E. Locke to William J. Neblett enclosing papers on Buford's will, M. Forland's deed and other papers. Mentions R.B. Atkinson.1855. Financial – Correspondence, 1852-1868 Financial receipts, invoices, letters about the rector's salary. 38 items. 1852-1874. Financial – Taxes Receipt for taxes paid to the Sheriff of Lunenburg. Most are property taxes on 197 acres of land. 17 items. 1856 to 1869. 17 items. 1856-1865. Financial – Treasurer's Reports. 1847-1874. 16 items. Financial Matters – Bonds, Bills, Invoices, Subscriptions, Receipts and Taxes. St. John's Church and others. 35 items. 1848-1904. Some names mentioned: William H. Perry, Treasurer of the Parish; L.J. James E. Davis, Roger B. Atkinson, J.H. Morrison, Roger B. Atkinson, J.J. Deshazer, George Southall, Rev. Thomas E. Locke, Rev. Henry Wall, Rev. J. L. Sothoron, W.S. Watkins, Anderson Stewart, Harrison J. Elden, W.W. Webber, John. S. Hansbrough, Neblett Family, Colonel Sheets, Charles Smith, Mrs. John T. Merryman, Alice Ingram,W.G. Marshall, treasurer of Parish by 1904 and others. Letter from Dr. Bird, Dinwiddie County, about preaching at St. John's Church at the invitation of Mr. Neblett. 1863. Legal Matters Correspondence between Dr. W.H. Perry and A. M. and Richard Nelson, Carrolton, Mississippi about the case, Kreatts vs. Creath where Richard Nelson is representing Dr. Perry in the suit to get payment on a note. 1856-1860:1877 Deed between Malcom Macfarland and Vestry of Cumberland Parish for 190 acres. 1840. Rectors Resignation letter of Rector Dr. J. H. Morrison. May 1863. Vestry Meeting notes and letters about job openings, position acceptance and declining and resignations. 1857-1863. Rectors – Thomas E. Locke Payment accounts for 1838-1854, plus resignation and salary dispute, 1855. Vestry Minutes 1842, 1856, 1857, 1862 and undated. Originally accessioned as 1939.224 as a gift from WH Perry, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatent, 1759, granting 400 acres of land to John LeGrand (signed by Francis Fauquier).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of court order, 1830, to pay Horace Stringfellow for his services as Commonwealth's Attorney; and deed of trust, 1932, given by Herbert Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover to William E. Carson, covering tracts of land in Madison County, Va. including Hoover's camp on the Rapidan River. Typed draft of an article, \"The Hebron Church Birth Register\" by Arthur L. Keith. 1934.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVolume 3.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVolume 1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVolume 2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews clippings about the records of early Mathews County. Ca. 1940. Letter from Ellen R.T. Lane in Woodstock, Virginia to her cousin about her Mother's boarding school. August 15, 1883.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1772-1858, relating to Mecklenburg County, Va. Includes copies of court orders, 1830, to pay William B. Banks as Commonwealth's Attorney; William Townes as jailor, and Richard H. Walker as sheriff; church records (including certificate of baptism and letter of removal); marriage licenses, and notes concerning Revolutionary War soldiers, Native Americans and race horses. 17 items. Flyer from Charles B. Stuart, Randolph Macon College, about arrangements to \"…execute analyses of Soils, Marls, Guano, Minerals, \u0026amp;c., and to impart instruction in Analytical Chemistry.\" Undated. Photocopies of flyers for an auction at Prestwould. May 24-25, 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatent granting 70 acres of land in Mecklenburg County to William Marrable. 1772. On vellum. 15 1/4 x 13 inches. 1 piece. Medium oversize.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes rubbing from binding of a Middlesex County record book; copy of orders, 1676, concerning provisions for soldiers to be sent out against Native Americans; copy of petitions, 1700, presented by the freeholders of Middlesex County to the House of Burgesses (from court record book); and copy of receipt, 1781, for supplies furnished by Philip Ludwell Grymes for public use. 4 items. Copies of blueprints of suggested original arrangement of the interior of the second Christ Church as built in 1714. 2 copies. 1938. Three articles on Middlesex County history by Carroll C. Chowning. 1932, 1934 and 1935. Notecard with a pencil sketch of the Christ Church altar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists, 1832-1833, of land returned as delinquent for taxes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBroadside, 1856, announcing the opening of the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs. Receipt for G.W. Lyle from Henry M. Conrad, Dr. Transfer, Livery, Feed and Sale Stable in Radford, Virginia.,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of lands and lots returned as delinquent, 1831. 4 p. 29 cm. Printed. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistory, 1869-1931, of Liberty Spring Christian Church, Nansemond County, Va.; and copy of patent, 1663, granting 1850 acres of land to Richard Bennett. 2 items. Photograph of a map, \"The Lower Parish of Nansemond County, Virginia.\" Time period covered is late 1600's. Map made by J.H. Granbery in 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelated material: Mss. MsV Lev11-12 Nelson County Va. Sheriff's Receipt Book, 1811-1837 Mss. MsV T4 Nelson County, Va. Tax Book, 1835 There is no material for Nelson County in the Virginia Counties Collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers, 1865-1866 and undated, relating to New Kent County, Va. Includes license, 13 November 1866, to Dr. L. C. Crump to practice medicine and two tax receipts for Crump; receipts, 1865, for U. S. taxes to W. A. Patterson and W. W. Taliaferro; and photograph of St. Peter's Episcopal Church and the \"Criss Cross House.\" 9 items. Handwritten copy of letter from William Gooch to the Vestry of New Kent County recommending Mr. Thacker. Circa 1729/30. Family tree of Robert Christian and Mary Brown of Cedar Grove, New Kent County. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond, 1862, of Isaac Bales of loyalty to the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies of court orders, 1830, to pay William Barnard for his services as jailer and Mordecai Cooke for his services as sheriff and a bond, 1765, of William Harwood and Samuel Langley to Elizabeth Ashley. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal papers, receipts, correspondence and financial records generated by Northampton County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a contract to carry mail between Eastville and Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the use of a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoad construction\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebt suit\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGift of Dr. \u0026amp; Mrs. H. Norton Mason, 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy (printed) of the inventory, 1674, of the estate of Ambrose Feilding of Wickocomoco Hall, Northumberland County, Va. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExtracts, 1783-1786, from Ohio County, W. Va. records. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1841-1920, relating to Orange County, Va. Includes documents, 1841, concerning lawsuit of Jeremiah Morton v. William C. Willis; and petition, 1920, of citizens of Orange County, Va. concerning the unveiling of a tablet to World War I dead. 4 items. Calling card advertisement for \"Stratford Fund\" tea at St. Thomas House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter, 4 October 1817, from William S. Marye to inhabitants of valley lying between the Blue Ridge and the Massanutten and Fort Mountains concerning the formation of a new county [Page County.] 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger, Page County, Virginia, 1889-1892, 730 pp., recording the sale of general merchandise to more than 100 individual customers and businesses. One of the customers was the Luray Caverns and Hotel Company. Alphabetical index in front of volume. Sampling of names mentioned in the ledger was provided by the seller: Luray Caverns and Hotel Company, George Lee, William Jenkins, Tannery, Captain W. H. Smith, YMCA Masonic Lodge, Reverend N. W. Hackley, Arlington Hotel Company, Joseph Zirkle, John W. Strickler, Reverend H. M. Wharton, William Rosser, George Carter, Washington Carter, Lee Washington, Marshal Baylis, John A. Jackson, Albert Johnson, William Mundy. 1 volume. Purchase.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisement for sale of \"Fairystones.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo newspaper articles written by Mary Lee Keister Talbot about early residents of South Fork and South Branch Valleys of the Potomac and a new interpretation of Fort Seybert, 2 April and 7 May 1937. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA 1771 deed of trust from Tully Choice to James Smith and Company for a piece of land. A marriage license, November 16, 1859, between Reuben H. Carter and Mary M. Robertson and a marriage license, December 20, 1858, between James A. Witcher and Phebe C. Haley. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Inventory and appraisal of the estate of Josiah Marshall including the following: one negroe man, James, oats and corn, farm implements and tools, and blacksmith equipment, signed by Wm Moseley (?), Arthur Moseley (?), and Francis Lewis as appraisers, and signed as ordered and recorded by by Ab[new] Crump. October 20, 1791. 2 pp. A manuscript, \"The Genesis of Powhatan County in Virginia\" by Floyd B. Taylor. 2 items.1936. The materials in this collection were donated by Floyd B. Taylor in 1936 and purchased by W\u0026amp;M Special Collections Research Center in 1981.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of a typed transcription, with index, of vestry minutes of St. Patrick Parish, 1755-1774. Bond given by Joseph Bohan to Philemon Holcombe, March 28, 1788. Printed report \"Second Report of the Prince Edward Landmark Committee,\" 1928. Copy of a print of the Union Theological Seminary. Undated. Notes by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton from the Prince Edward County Courthouse on the prisons in the county. Appeared in the October 1937 William and Mary Quarterly. Notes copied by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton from the Prince Edward County Courthouse about Mr. Burks's buildings as part of a lawsuit between Woodson and Burks in 1767. Typed carbon copy of Declarations of James Pugh, James Moss, James Wooldridge, Peter Grigg and James Taylor about their participation in the Revolutionary War. Other notes concerning Revolutionary War claims. Correspondence between Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and W.S. Morton. 1936. Notes about Prince Edward County by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton. Mentions Richard Darfson, Peter Legrand, Dr. John Fisher, James Thackson, John Meadley, James Roberts, John Moore, Jr., Abraham Venable, Benjamin Augell, John Le Neve, John Bonds, Charles Anderson, Matthias Flournoy, John Pryor Smith, Charles Smith, Zachariah Leigh, Thomas Yuille and Michael McDearman. Dates covered are from mid to late 1700's. Notes taken in 1936.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1866-1868, relating to lawsuits in Prince George County, Va. against Matthew W. Raney for debt. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1728-1752, relating to Prince William County, Va. Mostly documents concerning the settlement of estates but also includes copy of [quit] rent roll, 1738; document, 1752, concerning debt; and guardian's bond, 1743, for Thomas Young. Two items in this collection were donated by Mrs. Marion S. Mallory in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1753-1865, concerning Princess Anne County, Va. Includes writ, 1753, to adjourn the county court of Princess Anne signed by Robert Dinwiddie (gift of Benjamin B. Burroughs) and license, 1865, of Richard H. Baylor, a Baptist minister, to perform marriage ceremonies. 2 items. Photographs of Communion silver of Old Donation Church, communion silver of the Eastern Shore Chapel, the Anthony Fentress house, the Eastern Shore Chapel and the Old Donation Church. 5 photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture between Augustine and Silvester Blidenbrough and Thomas Moss for land in Rappahannock County. January 23, 1661. Incomplete. Includes typescript. Medium Oversize.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNegative photostatic copy of a list, 1724, of African Americans instructed and baptized by John Garzia, minister of the parish of North Farnham. 1 item. Newspaper article on the frozen Rappahannock isolating the Northern Neck in Farnham, Virginia and about an old church in Farnham, Virginia. Newspaper article on the frozen Rappahannock isolating the Northern Neck in Farnham, Virginia and about an old church in Farnham, Virginia. Minutes of September 22, 1774 meeting of the Association of Richmond County \"for the choosing of a committee agreeable to the Seventh Resolve made and entered into by the delegates from the different countys in the Coloney of Dominion of Virginia on Williamsburg the first day of August last.\" (after 1st Virginia Conventon, Revolutionary War) Copy by LeRoy Peachy, Clk. Back of document, \"The meeting of the Association September 22, 1774 for choosing a committee for the County to watch...in defence of American freedom.\" Lists the people chosen for each area of the county.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelated Material: Mss. MsV V1 Poll book, 1782-1810, for election of delegates to the General Assembly from Rockbridge County, [Va.], Mss. MsV Lev14 Rockbridge County, Va. Justice of the Peace Judgement and Execution Book, 1838-1849, Mss. MsV Lev15 Rockbridge County, Va. Court Receipt Book, 1833-1855\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted list of land and lots returned as delinquent for taxes, dated 1831. Includes lands and lots sold. 10 p. 30 cm. 4 copies. Printed copy of the will of Alexander Telford. 1790. 2 items. Eight licenses, 1800-1805, for 'ordinaries' in Rockbridge County, Va. for Alexander Shield, Christopher Clyee, Nicholas Spring, Win Bailey, Benjamin Darst, Daniel Windell, John Conkey and William Niblack. Deed between Sarah C. Bourland and James Walker, January 2, 1863. Legal documents signed by John Ruff and others in regard to a payment of debts. December 16, 1840 to September 3, 1849. 5 items. Sworn statements certifying commissioners to oversee voting sites in Rockbridge County for presidential election of 1860. 27 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1770-1871, relating to Rockingham County, Va. Includes two deeds, 1828 and 1871; partial inventory and sale of personal property of James Dever; account book, 1860-1867, of John W. Minnich, a teacher; accounts of the board of school commissioners (including student names); and documents, 1770-1843, concerning lawsuits (including criminal cases and criminal cases involving slaves). 521 items. The lawsuit material begins with Box 19, folder 3 and is divided into two alphabetical groups which are organized by the main person in the lawsuit. The second group is in Box 20. These lawsuits contain various spellings of the participants' names, often two or three spellings in the same page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLocal Election Ballot. May 28, 1891. 2 items. Advertisement cards for Strayer and Lupton in Harrisonburg, Virginia, O'Ferrall and Patterson in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and W.J. Downs, \"Hides wanted.\" Undated. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of court order, 1830, to pay Edward Campbell for his services as Commonwealth's attorney for Russell County, Va. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of court order, 1830, to pay Jacob Lynch for his service as clerk of the court of Scott County, Va. Advertisement in Morgantown, Virginia for Dr. C.M. Lane's Improved Medical Remedies and Dr. Scott's White Circassian Liniment. 1855.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBroadside order sheet for vegetable seeds by Jonathan Wood of New Lebanon. 1833. Advertisement for a sewing machine by Hottel and Keller in Toms Brook, Virginia. Grocery list on the back. Undated. Advertisement by Strayer and Coffman for their \"Cheap Store\" in New Market, Virginia. March 31, 1810.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments, 1779-1819, concerning land transactions in Southampton County, Va. Purchased from Charles Hamilton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelated material: Mss. Acc. 2008.319 Fredericksburg, Virginia District Court Ledgers, 1787-1840\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments, 1798-1841, concerning Spotsylvania County, Va. Includes tax bill; legal receipt, 1799, for execution in the lawsuit of Charles Thompson v. Joseph Newton \u0026amp; John Day; and extracts, 1798, from the will of James Somerville. Campaign speech, handwritten and transcribed, by unknown. August 1788.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of quit rent roll, 1724, for Stafford County, Va. Photocopy of May 8, 1974 Richmond Times-Dispatch article on old papers returned to Stafford County. Newspaper article on the price of negroes in Stafford County in 1722. 1881. Handwritten document (copy of an original) of \"An Act to Exempt Certain German Protestants in the County of Stafford from the Paiment of Parish Levies.\" 1730. Photographs of the Clerk's Office, Courthouse and the County Jail. Undated. Typed history of the Old Courthouse buildings. Undated. Copy of a map, \"Colonial Tidewater, Virginia. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers, 1927-1939, relating to Surry County, Va. Includes list, 1927, of places in Surry County compiled by A. W. Bohannon; and printed tour guide, 1939, to places in Surry County conducted by Thomas Rolfe Branch, Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Card advertising Wigwam Brand Virginia Hams. Undated. Transcribed records which relate to the expulsion of mercenary attorneys. Undated. March 1929 edition of \"Representative\" a newspaper of the Surry County Schools. Patent for Humphrey Baylis for 440 acres in Surry County adjacent to \"College Lines.\" Signed by William Gooch. December 1, 1740. Patent is a gift of Ethel D. Roberts, 1936.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1776 and 1932, relating to Sussex County, Va. Includes copy of will, 177[8?], [mutilated] of John Clanton; and newspaper clipping, 1932, concerning court held in Sussex County, 18 July 1776, and considered the first court held under authority of the Commonwealth of Virginia. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCollection relating to Warwick County, much of it concerning the Colonial era. Contains legal disputes, estate papers, court findings, petitions, correspondence, etc. Also contains correspondence relative to the Civil War and papers concerning the American Revolution and slavery. This collection has been microfilmed and is restricted to MICROFILM USE ONLY. NOTE: transcriptions of the colonial portion of the records are available in Richard Dunn: Warwick County, Virginia, colonial court records in transcription (F232 .W27 W3 2000 (Swem stacks and Swem Rare Books) and F232 .W27 W3 2008 (Swem Rare Books).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated items and photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 7 May 1659.  Will of Henry Jacksonn [sic] of Mulberry Island; divides his estate amongst son Henry, daughters Sarah and Dorothy, his wife's sons John and Emanuell [sic] Wills, also Emanuell's [sic] wife Elizabeth, his grandchildren Mary and Ann, and his wife Elizabeth Jackson; appoints Robert Pyland and Miles Cary overseers of his estate; witnessed by Robert Pyland, William Gwinett, and William Thomas.  1 p. 11 [Decem]b[e]r 1679.  Orders passed by the court of Warwick County; require a penalty of 400 pounds of tobacco to be assessed on the Owners of \"stone\" horses under fourteen hands allowed to run free in order to prevent the spoiling of the \"Breed of the Countrey\"; whereas \"we find...[the] Continuall destroying [of] our Stocks by Wolves\" a reward of 200 pounds of tobacco is offered for presenting a wolf's head before the magistrate; whereas \"we find...that there are diverse and ill minded people that carry gunns [sic] shooting and ranging upon any man's Land\" it is ordered that anyone carrying a gun on another man's property without the owner's permission shall pay a penalty of 200 pounds of tobacco and forfeit their gun; recorded by William Bolton.  1 p. These documents have not been microfilmed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeposition, 1794, taken in Washington County, Va., in the suit of Alexander Quarrier v. Robert Watkins in the Superior Court of Richmond County, Ga. and court order, 1830, to pay Edward Campbell for his services as Commonwealth's attorney for Washington County. Barter Theatre pamplet. 1949. Barter Theatre program for \"Margin for Error.\" 1940-41. Advertisement mailing for flour by Anderson and Shaffer of Hamilton, Ohio to J.B. Mongle and Son of Holston, Virginia. 1891.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat copy of the Memorial of the committee of the County of West Augusta to the convention of the Colony of Virginia. [1774] and transcript. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers, 1830-1878 and undated, relating to Westmoreland County, Va. Includes court orders, 1830, to pay clerk, jailor and sheriff; document, 1845, in lawsuit of William Teffey et al. v. Elizabeth M. Sutton; newspaper clippings; and a printed circular. Newspaper article on Yeocomico Church. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted list, 1831, of lands returned as delinquent for taxes in Wythe County, Va. Accessor's listing of property of Samuel Williams. Includes list of slaves and their ages, acreage, and dwelling house and outbuildings. April 1, 1815. (Mss. Acc. 2001.44)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelated publications:Charles Parish Register available published as Landon C. Bell, Charles Parish, York County, Va. Richmond: Virginia State Library Board, 1932.  There are slight discrepancies in words between the printed versions of the Charles Parish register and the manuscript copy at Swem Library and Bell re-arranged the entries. The original Charles Parish register is at the Virginia State Library. See ledgers, journals and family papers from York County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlat of A.W. Hitchen's Farm, portion south of U.S. Parkway in Bruton District. Surveyed April 1938.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Extracts, 1782-1788, from county records; copy of account, 1668, for funeral expenses of Thomas Foote; photocopy of will, 1775, of William Nelson; copy of newspaper advertisement, 1812, for sale of Bell-Field; and print, 1862, from a printed book of Wynn's Mill. December 10, 1942 letter to the Citizens of the Magruder Area from Carl W. Porter, Commander, of the Public Works Department, Naval Operating Base about building a camp for the Seabees and citizens needing to vacate their homes. York County Court House Agreement and Origin. Undated, but after 1941. Indenture between Henry Graves and William Allen for York County land. Original. July 13, 1790. (Gift of John Jennings who noted a relationship between \"Six Mile Ordinary,\" \"Allen's Ordinary\" and Lightfoot, Virginia. Typed transcript of letter from Samuel Terrell from a camp near Yorktown to Major Garrett Minor in Louisa County. September 30, 1781.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotebook containing a manuscript copy of the Charles and New Pocosin [sic] Parish Register. Volume 1, part 1. Births and Baptisms. 1648-1800. Index.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotebook containing a manuscript copy of the Charles and New Pocosin [sic] Parish Register. Volume 1, part 2. Births and Baptisms. 1648-1800. Index.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotebook containing a manuscript copy of the Charles and New Pocosin [sic] Parish Register. Volume 2. Deaths. 1665-1787. 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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.","Reprocessed by Anne Johnson in 2011.","Mss. 39.2 V82ci Virginia Cities Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library"," Mss. 65 V82 Virginia Quitrents Collection, 1704-1705, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library"," Search specific county names to access other collections that were generated by or generated in these counties, such as account books and family papers.","Artificial collection of papers relating to various counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia."," Includes current West Virginia Counties of Berkeley, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Nicholas and Pendleton because the material was generated when these counties were part of Virginia.","Typescript copy of resolutions, 1812, passed at a meeting of the freeholders and citizens of Accomack to consider and express their sentiments on public affairs and certain late occurrences.","Bible records from Accomack and Northhampton Counties. Bible records of Accomack and Northampton Counties compiled by Jean M. Mihalyka in 1993. Volume 9. (Mss. Acc. 1991.46)","Bible records of Accomack and Northampton Counties compiled by Jean M. Mihalyka in 1993. Volumes 12 and 13.  Mss. Acc. 1994.74a","Photograph of an original pen and ink sketch of St. George's Church by Rev. James Willis Eastburn. Mss. Acc. 2008.193","Scope and Contents Receipts for quitrents (1750), payments and judgments (1752), tax receipts for 1822 and 1824 and typescript of petitions on juries (1798), concerning selection of juries, addresses, 1918 and 1936, concerning Grace Church, Cismont, Va. Typed manuscript concerning Albemarle Agricultural Society and typescript of minute book, 1817-1828, of Albemarle Agricultural Society as well as material concerning \"Fancy Hill,\" Albemarle County, Va. The materials that comprise this collection were donated by Lucy W. Sneed and John Lawrence and purchased from C. H. Stoneman by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center in batches between 1940 and 1997.","Receipt for payment of £310.12.5 on quitrents in Albemarle County, Virginia. 1p. DS.","Receipt for payment of £100.1.8 in current money, which was sent by John Smith, Sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia in part of a judgment due the King of Great Britain from Joseph Thompson [deceased?], Sheriff.","Petition on selection of juries. TCy.","Taxes paid on 130 acres of land, horses, and slaves by Thomas Rea, to the Sheriff of Albemarle Co. Va. 1 item. PDS","For the District of Virginia in a chancery suit of The Bank of Howardsville, et als vs. the president, directors and company of said bank. 28 pp. PD","27 pp. PM.","16 pp. PM","19 pp. PM.","89 pp. PM.","2 items.","Handwritten copy of a bond for Drury M. Burnley who is elected as sheriff of Albemarle County for the term of two years beginning January 1, 1857.  Bond includes names of family members.  Mss. Acc. 1997.31b. Certificate from Free Union Baptist Church for Sister Sally Wood to recommend her for membership. September 1883. Two letters to Bro' (Brother) Dudley from L.W. (Allen) which mentions Licking Hole Church. November 23, 1853 and undated.  Mss. Acc. 2008.193.","Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from W.S. Morton about material for the William and Mary Quarterly. Typed copy of Marriage Bonds of Amelia County, A-Z by husband, ca. 1735-1854. Prepared by J.D. Eggleston. Undated. Photographs of Amelia Sulpher Spring with notes on the reverse side. Undated. Letter to Susie from a correspondent in Mattoax, Virginia. Undated. Mss. Acc. 2008.193.","Papers, 1769-1803, relating to Amherst County, Va. Includes appointment, 1769, of 18 Justices of the Peace , signed by Lieut. Gov. Botetourt (Lord Botetourt). A bond, 29 January, 1803, due from J. Daniel Day and Solomon Day to Jane Rickets, widow of Thomas Rickets. Attested to by John Reynolds and Noah Guttry. 1 p. cy of ADS. Gift of Mrs. G.M. Kent in 1948.","Includes deeds, wills, legal documents, and church records (Christians Creek School House, Glebe Burying Ground, Old Stone Church, and Tinkling Spring Church.) 58 items. Purchased 1939 from C. J. Carrier of Bridgewater, VA.","3 pieces","1 piece.","[11p.] 23 1/2 cm. Printed. 2 copies.","By Rev. John Craig, first pastor of Old Stone Church in Augusta County, Virginia. 24, 14 p. 11x 8 3/3 inches. Mimeographed. 1 piece.","14 p. 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Mimeographed. 1 piece.","10 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. 1 piece.","Content regarding payment for land purchased from George Ruebush. 1 piece.","1 piece.","Possibly drawn by Henry Hearman. Includes handrawn map of Virginia.","Price list card for A.M. Bruce, Wholesale Provision Merchant. Staunton, Virginia. Undated. Photostat of an order issued April 22, 1772 for land forfeiture.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1767-1870, relating to Bedford County, Va. Includes accounts; bonds; bill of sale, 1783. for slave; copy of appointment, 1772, of James Steptoe as clerk of Bedford Court; and copy of land grant, 1792. Also includes letter, 1876, of A. Granville Bradley describing the Shenandoah Valley and list, undated, of soldiers who served in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution with notes on the formation of Campbell County, Va. Land Grant of 300 acres in Bedford County, Virginia to Job Martin for payment of L1.10 sterling to the Treasury of the Commonwealth. Signed by Henry Lee, Governor. The materials that comprise this collection were donated by W. Mac Jones and Mrs. William C. Segar and obtained or purchased by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center in batches between the period of 1927 and 1981.","Receipts and invoices to and from various individuals.  Some names include:  Mr. Beaver, John Berk, Mr. Pendleton, Thomas Pugh, Jack Steward, John F. Woods, Charles Dudley, Jeremiah, Moses Eubank, Jacob Wolf, Leroy James and others.","Scope and Contents Sally Phelps, aunt, Lynchburg, Virginia to Henry Bigger about purchasing a cow. Includes a registry receipt. August 6, 1884. Photocopy of a letter to \"Willie Dear\" (Mrs. L.B. Bigger of Bellevue, Bedford County) from unknown. July 29, 1886. D.W. Bigger to \"My Dear Brother\" (James H. Bigger) about receiving a photograph of him and about Christmas. December 3, 1894.","Correspondence includes a mix of people with no obvious connection to one another, though some letters deal with legal matters. December 24, 1841, Tazewell Headen, Floyd C.H. to ( ) Goggin, Atty at Law, Liberty. Concerns summoning witnesses. December 12, 1843, William Daniel, Jr. of Lynchburg, Virginia to Joseph Wilson, Clerk, Bedford, Liberty (Virginia) about McKinney and Walker repaying debt from Harris and the dismissal of a suit on the validity of Even Snead's will. February 6, 1847, Robert Davis of Lynchburg, Virginia to Joseph Wilson, Clerk of Superior Court of Bedford County with a request to make copies of a statement of debt in the case of Samuel E. White and William T. Smith (late merchants trading as White and Smith) vs four other men. February 12, 1858, Julie Clayton in Ivy Hill to her cousin about a party and marriages of acquaintances. November, 1879, Letter to \"Mr. ---(?)\" from \"Your friend only\" where the writer clearly states that having a relationship with him would bring her no joy and his attention would be in vain and \"our correspondence has closed. May your future life be blessed by a companion worthy of your efforts…Amen.\" March 11, 1889 and March 12, 1889, To \"My dear Susie\" (Mrs. William Bese) possibly from her mother in Chester, Virginia about news of family and friends. The empty envelopes are mostly addressed to the Clerk of the County Superior Court. Some names on the envelopes are A. B. Nichols, J.L. Edwards, Joseph Wilson, William M. Burwell, William Cook and others.","Scope and Contents 1869 and early 1900 receipts, one a United States Internal Revenue \"receipt for special tax\" for R.M. Dennis for a business of \"retail dealer ...liquor\" in Roscoe, St. Clair, Missouri for 1870. 1904-1909 letters to Mrs. E.M. Dennis of Bedford County, Virginia from other members of her family and E. Hilton Jackson, a Washington D.C. lawyer about a Claims Court case of (heirs of) Samuel Cline vs the United States where Samuel Cline says he lived in Rockingham County, Virginia but reports show he owned a Cline's Mill in Staunton, Virginia which sold \"large quantities of supplies to the Confederacy....\" The Samuel Cline heirs are claiming their father did not vote for secession and can prove his loyalty to the Union. Other family members include Cyrus Cline and Samuel Cline. Includes a carbon of a February 4, 1908 contract between \"the next of kin and heirs at law of Samuel Cline, deceased, and E. Hilton Jackson\" for Jackson's representation of the family during the claims case.","Scope and Contents A varied group of legal documents. Account sheet for Robert Fauster to Joel Terrell for 1750 with an 1769 note at the bottom by Chas Servis which states Terrell has \"received no satisfaction for the above ballance.\" On reverse, a note by Jacob Early states \"we the jewry find for the plaintiff...\" Payment to \"Sovereign Lord King George the third\" for an ordinary license for William Mead in Bedford County, Virginia with William Mead and Isham Talbot as witnesses. February 27, 1771. Indenture between Richard Muse and his wife and James Jones. Wythe County. May 10, 1796. Note on reverse spells \"Muse\" as \"Mary???\" Bond report by Thos Lumpkin. Some names mentioned: Boyce Eidson, Martin King, ? Chastain, Richard Lockett, Thomas Wood, Samuel Baker, Edward and William Eads, James Foster, George Wilson, Farthing Hix and other illegible names. undated. Flyer by Richard M. Young, Late Commissioner of the General Land Office with letterhead, \"General Agency at Washington City\" about \"Acts of Congress granting Pensions to soldiers and their widows for services rendered during the Revolutionary War\" with amendments to 1853. Addressed to Joseph Wilson, Clerk of Circuit Court, Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia. undated.","Mostly receipts for Edward Merriman for purchases, but includes a letter, a military record and a recipe for \"John M. Merryman's Cement Wash.\" May 24, 1850 letter to Edward Merriman, Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia from Joseph Anderson in Cincinnati, Ohio about the whereabouts and news of other members of the Merriman Family. December 15, 1898 document states that George S. Merriman was a Private in Company G, 2nd Regiment of the Virginia Volunteers who enrolled on June 24, 1898 to serve for two years and was discharged on December 18, 1898.  Notes that George S. Merriman was born in Batford (Bedford?), Virginia, 43 years of age, 5 foot, 9 and a half  inches tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, gray hair and a farmer. Signed by Ballard P. Hatcher, Captain, in Roanoke, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Poetry, prose and recipes written by different unknown people.  One \"editorial\" is about a tribute to the late Governor Kavanaugh of Maine.  Recipes include \"Sponge Pudding\" and \"Chow Chow Pickle.\"  Includes a headache remedy.","Related Collection: Mss. Acc. 2008.321 Berkeley County, Virginia (W.Va.) Tax Records","Letter from Charles J. Faulkner, in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to the President of William and Mary, at Williamsburg, Virginia, concerning the name of Berkeley County. September 8, 1873. 1 item.","Bill of sale for $400, 1807, for the sale of a slave, Dick, by Henry Bowyer to John Robinson. Purchase. Charles Hamilton Auction in 1981.","Land Grant, 1803, for Nicholas Casper, in Botetourt County, Va. signed by Governor John Page (1743-1808).","Agreement, 1883 August 18, of George W. Parrish to sell to William Jackson a portion of the tract of land in Brunswick County, Va. called \"the Batt land.\"","Scope and Contents Papers, 1769-1951, relating to Buckingham County, Va. Includes a grant, 1769, of land to Samuel Megginson signed by Lord Botetourt ; indenture (deed) between Chambers and William Norvell, 1836; photograph, 1951, of the Bolling Family of \"Rosney,\"; and accounts and correspondence of the post office at Gravel Hill , Mattie J. West, postmaster (10 items). The materials that comprise this collection were donated to W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center by Willam R. Cocke, Mrs. G. M. Kent, Mr. \u0026 Mrs. John Stone, and John D. Weaver in batches between 1940 and 1983. Finding Aid prepared by Cynthia B. Brown, 1983.","Scope and Contents Typed list, undated, of justices of the peace, 1782-1824, of Campbell County, Va.; and license, 1860, to marry of Edward Scott Payne and Anna Agnes Oliver. Gift of John Lawrence in 1997. Two court records, 1796 and undated, signed by Cha[rles]s and Williston Talbot. (Acc. 1997.31c).","Transcript of minutes, 1811-1814, of courts of enquiry of 26th Virginia regiment of Charlotte County, Va.; extract, 5 June 1833, from court records concerning death of John Randolph of Roanoke; and marriage license, 1823, of Robert Carrington and Joanna T. Bouldin. Typed list of Charlotte County names from about the mid 1700's with notes on Mathis Flournoy and John Prior. Cub Creek Church Memorial program. 1938.","Scope and Contents Papers relating to Chesterfield County, Va. Includes such items as extracts from county records; lawsuits (Vestry of Parish of Manchester v. Overseers of the Poor); commission, 1756, signed by Robert Dinwiddie appointing justices to try slave for burglary; deed; agreement (concerning Gallego Mills); and a broadside, undated, concerning proposed removal of court from Manchester to Chesterfield Court House. Item level inventory available at Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Greenway Court.","Copy of the will of Robert Hudson, 1866, with codicil dated 1872 (1 piece). Copy of a court order to pay Richard I. Tull for his services as sheriff. 1830. (1 piece). Court order to pay Walter (?) for public services. 1830. Typed manuscript \"A Culpeper Census of 1781\" by A.L. Keith. 37 pages. 1941.","Ledger, 1841-1844, of a grist mill in Culpeper County, Virginia. Includes lists of customers and what the bought, typically wheat and flour. People could also bring their own material and have it ground; the material and the price for grinding is listed in the ledger. Also includes entries for a bill for a cabin for slaves and flour for slaves. 1 item. Purchase. Mss. Acc. 2011.563.","Papers, 1830-1910, relating to Cumberland County, Va. Includes such items as copies of court orders, 1830, to pay George H. Matthews for service as prosecutor for Commonwealth and S. H. Panack for services as jailor; receipt, 1910, for taxes; plat, 1842, for land owned by Edward Steger; and a newspaper clipping, 1893 October 1, from the Richmond Dispatch. Gift of John Lawrence. Two court documents, one dated 1797, signed by James Morton. (1997.31e)","Certificate of Appointment, 1828, of William H. Broadnax, William Wynne, and Edward S. Pegram as commissioners to superintend election of electors for U. S. president and vice president in Dinwiddie County, Va.; and copy of court order, 1830, to pay James Scott for his services as jailor. Cotton circular for Martin, Hill and Co. in Petersburg, Virginia. September 22, 1886.","Deed, June 21, 1773, from Israel Morris to Michael Goen for 100 acres of land in Dunmore County (Shenandoah County), Virginia.","Photostats of a petition presented by certain residents of Elizabeth City County to the General Assembly of Virginia, November 30, 1803, in opposition to the proposal to combine the Eaton and Syms charity schools into one school. Photostat of a petition presented by certain residents of Elizabeth City County to the General Assembly of Virginia, December 19, 1803, requesting that the Eaton and Syms charity schools be combined into one school.","Typescript of a history of Hampton and Elizabeth City County, Va., entitled \"The First Plantation,\" by Marion L. Starkey, ca 1930s. Includes an incomplete index in a separate green book.","Typed extracts, 1663-1791, from Old Rappahannock County [now Essex County.] Extract from a vestry book of Albemarle Parish, Sussex County. 1788. A handwritten list (probably a copy) of a list of names for \"Rose and Gabriel Penn, given under our hands...November 3rd, 1788,\" with a note on reverse \"Subscription for St. Marks Church.\" Another note says this page found in a vestry book in Albermarle Parish on November 26, 1926. Transcript of letter from Hugh Rose, at Geddes, to Col. James Higginbotham about sellling land of Brother Moses, deceased. 24 March 1791. Original order to the Sheriff of Essex County to take James Daniel and James McCall for a court appearance in William Roane vs Daniel and McCall. Signed John Lee. May 30, 1755. (Gift of Benjamin A. Grady). August 23, 2000 letter to Mrs. Harold Little, owner of Clydeside, from H. Franklin Minor, about the McCall Family and ownership of Clydeside.","Ground plan of Woodlawn, home of Nellie Custis Lewis, in Fairfax County. In ink on tracing cloth.  19 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches.  1 piece.","Scope and Contents Papers, ca. 1743-1793, relating to Fairfax County, Va. Includes notes, concerning register of Pohick Church; newspaper clipping, concerning court record book of Fairfax County; survey, 1841, of tract of land; and plan, undated, of \"Woodlawn,\" home of Nellie Custis Lewis; court records, 1743-1783; and an account book, 1793, of Joseph Birch, keeper of Turnpike Number 2, which has two entries, 9 October 1792 and 13 April 1793, concerning George Washington. 1963 gift from Mrs. Marion S. Mallory. 17 items. Postcards of Old Court House, published by Ernest L. Robey's Drugstore. 3 items. Undated.","Copy of tax list, 1782-1799, for Fauquier County, Va.. Court order, 1830, to pay James English for his services as jailor and for cleaning and furnishing firewood and candles for the courthouse. Catalogue of Fauquier Institute for Young Ladies. Session 1892-93. Owned by Miss E. Chappelear.","Land grant, 15 May 1780, given to Samuel McDowell for 1,000 acres of land in Fayette County, Va. [W.Va.] signed by Patrick Henry. For those interested in Patrick Henry see the Patrick Henry Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Broadside, 12 July 1941, advertising July 12 as the day for all citizens over thirteen years of age to register as volunteers for the civil defense program in Fluvanna County.","Note on document: \"…record book…is no longer public property, the original book being in private hands…\" Typed carbon copy of \"The History of Rivanna Parish in the County of Fluvanna, Virginia\" by Louis H. Stoneman. 1847- 1912. Pamphlet with the Charter and By-Laws of the State Bank of Columbia. 1900. An advertisement of the Commissioner's sale of Upper Bremo Tract where Mary B. and Lelia B. Cocke lived. 1926. The Midland Virginian, Palmyra, Fluvanna, Virginia article, \"Old receipts show that Fluvanna farms tithed to aid Confederacy.\" February 13, 1941. Notebook called \"Weather Report\" where the daily weather conditions were recorded. 1886-1887.","Invoices, receipts, accounts, laden lists, letters and other accounting documents from merchants in Columbia, Virginia. 1880-1910. 465 pieces. Merchants include: Jenkins and Foster, William B. Perkins, John F. Shepherd, Stoneman Brothers, Dr. Philip J.Winn, and George T. Zachary.","Scope and Contents Invoices, receipts, accounts, laden lists, letters and other accounting documents from merchants in Columbia, Virginia. 1880-1910. 465 pieces. Merchants include: Jenkins and Foster, William B. Perkins, John F. Shepherd, Stoneman Brothers, Dr. Philip J.Winn, and George T. Zachary. (Related material: 65 Sh5 Shepherd and Patton Papers). Broadside for \"The Celebrated Horse-Tamer Prof. W. Rouzer will give a lecture on ...June 7th...\" Certificates from residents of \"Kent's Store, Fluvanna County, Virginia, Oct. 2nd 1876\" who have taken the lectures are listed. Names listed are from Fluvanna, Pittsylvania and Charlotte Counties.","Article on John Hartwell Cocke. 2010. Acc. 2010.605.","Folders 1 - 5 are papers, 1772-1800, (group of 481 pieces) relating to 178 suits in Franklin County, VA and 16 other papers. Some papers are fragments. 481 pieces. The spelling of names varies greatly and as it was found to be impracticable to give all forms of each name, one spelling only is shown. The materials donated by John Lawrence in 1991, by Fred Alouf in 1959, and obtained from Joseph K. Ruebush in 1938. Folder 6 contains later, unrelated accessions.","Work Projects Administration Writers' Program. \"The White Man Comes to Stay,\" \"War Whoops in the Wilderness,\" and \"Explorers in the Wilderness.\" 1941. Two court documents signed by James Callaway. 1797. Mss. Acc. 1997.31f. 28 copies of certificates saying people attended the September New London District Court, signed by James Steptoe, Clerk of the Franklin County District Court. 1797. Includes 4 fragments. Names include: John Arthur, Moses Greer, Luke Standefer, Richard Goggin, Samuel Patterson, John Cheetwood, Charles Lumsden, Thomas Haile, Shelton Brown, Shelton Taylor, Joel Chitwood, William Cheetwood, Lewis Turnbull, William Boswell, James Prunty, Thomas Towler, Lewis Davis, John Hayle, George Ferguson, Dudley Lumsden, Benjamin Griffith, John Houle and Thomas Fowler. Mss. Acc. 1997.52","Scope and Contents Documents concerning land (deeds and list of lands returned as delinquent); proceedings, 1812, of meeting held at Winchester; and advertisement, undated, offering the Marlbro' Iron Works for sale or rent. 5 items.","Scope and Contents The original 1938 accession were papers relating to Gloucester Count, 1660-1878, and taken from the William Carter Stubbs Papers (I). They were purchased from Charles F. Heartman. They comprise Boxes 8, 9 and 10, folders 1-28. Includes letters, accounts (many concerning estates), legal documents, tax lists, marriage licenses and military records (including orders, 1815 and 1820 appointing patrollers to visit slave quarters). Many items concern the Baytop and Stubbs families. 2134 items. Letters, 1774-1878, filed chronologically. Invoices, receipts, etc. filed alphabetically under name of person or estate. The remaining boxes contain later accessions. Notes and photocopies relating to Gloucester County during the Revolution collected by Joanee Ryan in preparation for M.A. thesis (Mss. Acc. 1988.24). Photostat copy of transcript of \"Gloucester County, Virginia Places and Names\" by Charles E. Hatch, Jr. Yorktown, Virginia. September 15, 1979 (Mss. Acc. 1999.66). Photographs of and brochures of Gloucester County, plus correspondence of different families of Gloucester County about personal and legal matters, 1795-1953, donor unknown. John Buckner Reports, undated (Mss. Acc. 2008.193). Newspaper article on Wilbur Templeman a popular and longtime barber in Gloucester (Mss. Acc. 2010.575). Related material: See also \"A Guide to Gloucester County, Virginia Historical Manuscripts, 1651-1865\" (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1976). For those interested in the Baytop family see the Baytop-Fitzhugh Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Item inventory in folder.","Item inventory in each folder.","Item inventory in folder.","Acra-Baytop. Item inventory in folder.","Baytop-Bridges. Item inventory in folder.","Baytop Family. Item inventory in folder.","Baytop Family. Item inventory in folder.","Bridges-Corr. Item inventory in folder.","Dame-Gloucester County School Commissioners. Item inventory in folder.","Hall-Kemp. Item inventory in folder.","Lawson-Nuttall. Item inventory in folder.","Oakes-Purcell. Item inventory in folder.","Ransone-Stubbs. Item inventory in folder.","Tabb-Wood. Item inventory in folder.","Papers of persons not included in folders 4-14. Inventory not available.","Two or more persons/families mentioned.  Unidentified pieces and fragments.  Includes an index of a ledger and five memorandum books.","1825 Court docket, records of official examinations of boundary lines (1825-1848, undated), copy of certificate appointing Peter Kemp and James Baytop processioners...sixth precinct (undated) and unofficial memoranda on cases (undated).","Amory-Ash.  Item inventory in folder.","Ball-Byrd. Item inventory in folder.","Campbell - DuVall. Item inventory in folder.","Edwards - Hughes.  Item inventory in folder.","James - Oliver. Item inventory in folder.","Pitt - Sutton. Item inventory in folder.","Item survey in folder.","Item inventory in folder.","Item inventory in folder.","Scope and Contents \"Gloucester County, Virginia Places and Names\"  (Mss. Acc. 1999.66)  First half of book.","Scope and Contents \"Gloucester County, Virginia Places and Names\"  (Mss. Acc. 1999.66)  Second half of book.","\"Story of Elmington\" by Polly Cary Legg. Possibly a Work Projects Administration Writers' Program story.  December 1, 1941.  Photographs of Grace Church and The Glebe. Donation ticket for Ware Church, 1953, and a Christmas Card with picture of Ware Church. Photographs of \"New Bottle\" House, Undated.  Photograph of \"Painting of Gloucester from the Water\", courtesy of Mariner's Museum.  Conservation State Organization rules and regulations, undated.  \"Programme at the Laying of the Cornerstone and the Unveiling of the Monument,\" 1889.  Brochure on \"The Belle Roi Female School\" in Gloucester, Virginia, 1855.  Facts about Gloucester, copy, undated.","1795 and 1796 - Indenture between Thomas Whiting and Mary his wife of Gloucester and John Singar of Norfolk, Virginia on July 1, 1795,  Plat of land of William DuVal for John Singar.  June 15, 1796 1801, 1802 and 1804 -  Document binding John Thruston of Abington Parish, Gloucester County, to Sarah Tabb, who is relinquishing her right of dower, for land of John Stephens, September 2, 1801.  Indenture between Edward Busbie, Senior of Abington Parish, Gloucester County and Benjamin Marnix for land in Gloucester County, January 4, 1802.  Indenture between Henry Whiting and William Singleton for land in Gloucester County, February 1, 1802.  Indenture between Richard Singleton and Nelly Thornton, his wife, of the County of Gloucester, and John Singar for land, April 2, 1804. 1810 -1825 and undated - Account of Estate of John Singar for 1810-1818.  Letter to Dr. William Taliaferro, Gloucester Court House, from Richard H. Johnson of Hanover County, Virginia concerning his claim against the Mr. Carter who was his tenant, May 31, 1822.  Receipt Book, bound with string, with names, amount of money received and reason, 1825.  Letter to Richard M. Segan, late Sheriff of Middlesex County, Virginia regarding taking money from Bogg's benefit in case against James Critten.  Undated. 1829-1857 - Letter to Walker Jones of Gloucester Courthouse from H. Wilkinson of Petersburg, Virginia about Mr. Stubblefield offering $150 for settlement of Wilkinson's business.  Lists 1829 and 1830 Rockingham Season accounts, March 31, 1834.  Letter to Miss H.B. Booth, Gloucester County, about an account, June 5, 1834. Article of Agreement between Alfred Billups, Gloucester County, and Jacob Vreeland of Bergen County, New Jersey for tract of land on York River in Gloucester County, October 6, 1834.  Letter from T.B. Whiting of St. Marks, Florida to M.C. Booth in Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia regarding accusation of debt, R. M. Thornton and A.L. Dabney, February 26, 1837.  Receipt for John W. Puller for items purchased from T.B. Taliaferro, 1856 and 1857. Thomas J. Banks Correspondence and Accounts, 1826-1838 - Two partial account books in the same handwriting as the William and Thomas Banks book.  William Banks is mentioned in one of them, 1826-1830.  Accounts of William and Thomas Banks, Oyster deposit on the River. Partial account book, 1833-1836.  Thomas T. Bailey of Baileysville, Tennessee to Thomas J. Banks about collecting and sending money that he was collected, July 23, 1835.  Letter to Thomas J. Banks of Gloucester, Virginia  from James M. Rasin and Company regarding wheat and repairing a Straw Cutler.    Includes Receipt and statement., September 17, 1835.  Letter to Thomas J. Banks of Gloucester, Virginia from Samuel Crane of Richmond, Virginia about the two negroes that were part of Banks' brother's estate.  John Carlton, deceased, is mentioned,  March 26, 1836.  Letter to Thomas J. Banks of Gloucester Court House regarding rent, December 5, 1836.  Letter from Robert Nicholas of Richmond, Virginia to Jefferson Stubbs of Gloucester County, Virginia regarding the suit in Henrico County, Virginia with T.J. Banks, administrator of John Banks, deceased, regarding two negroes, April 3, 1838. Christopher Jones Correspondence and Documents, 1824-1826 -  Note sent by John Field to the Courthouse for Christopher Jones or Thomas Banks about a receipt, July 31, 1824.  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from H. Boggs of Baltimore, Maryland concerning settlement with a John Henry and Mr. Jones who is possibly the brother of Christopher Jones, September 13, 1825.  Indenture between Christopher T. Jones and Mann Page Trustees under a deed of trust between William Wilkins and Mann page and Christopher T. Jones to secure for to Thomas Smith and John Tabbs, September 5, 1825.  Letter to Christopher Jones about will that was proven October 3, 1808, with Henry Curry as the testator and Susanna Curry the Executrix and lists other cases.  The writer, from Richmond, Virginia,  also turns down offer to visit the area while extolling the pleasures of the rural setting, August 28, 1825.  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from H. Boggs of Baltimore, Maryland concerning a settlement, December 1825.  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from George Haskins concerning bringing to Chancery Court his suit against James Montague, Philip Montague, Thomas G. Cridington and Robert Dobbins, January 22, 1826. Kemp Family, 1825 and undated -  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from Robert Tubman concerning suit against Peter Kemp, November 30, 1825.  Letter to William Browne Judge of the Chancery District of Williamsburg about Peter, Francis, William and Sarah Kemp against John Johnston, admr of Robert Kemp, deceased, Undated.","Carbon of typed notes on John Buckner (ca. 1630-1695) of Gloucester County, Virginia.  He brought the first press and printer, William Nuthead, to Virginia about 1680.  Prepared by Mary Goodwin, Research Department, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.  Typescripts of brief biographical sketches of John Buckner and his family from Tyler's Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography and an account of William Nuthead, from first printer in Virginia and Maryland, from J.C.Oswald, Printing in the America's.  13 pages.","Daily Press newspaper article, \"County Barber Still Cutting,\" about Wilbur Templeman and his barbershop. His daughter, Linda Templeman, worked in Swem Library, Government Documents.  August 9, 2009.","Patent for 4753 acres of land in Goochland County, Virginia granted by King George II to Michael Holland. 1744. On vellum. 13 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches. Signed by Lieutenant Governor William Gooch.","Papers, 1744-1832, relating to Goochland County, Va. Includes patent, 1744, to Michael Holland (signed by Gooch and granted by King George II); will, 1815, of Nathaniel Davidson; court order, 1830, to pay William Pope for services as prosecuting attorney; and document, 1831, concerning the lawsuit of the Commonwealth v. John N. Davis; letter, 1832, from Pleasant Turner to Archibald Bryce; and plat, 1839, of land owned by William Ford. Patent filed in Oversize. Court Docket to November 1795, list of all cases. Commonwealth vs. John N. Davis, 1831 Will of Nathaniel Davidson, 1815 Plat tract of land owned by William Ford, 1839 Oversize patent, for land, signed by Gov. Gooch, granted by King George II to Michael Holland, 1744 Court order to pay William Pope for services as prosecuting attorney, 1830 Letter, Pleasant Turner to Capt. Archibald Bryce, 1832 Court Docket to November 1795, list of all cases","They appear to be a general store, ordering food items, clothe, clothing, shoes, horseshoes, nails, tobacco and other items.  Their shipping address is Irwin's Station or Bula in Goochland County.  Over 120 items. 1882-1883. Court Summons.  Names mentioned:  William Southworth, J. Clemens, Jos. Bullock, William Johnson, Julian Martin, Lucy Randolph, Anderson Matthews and S.W. Mason.  5 items.  1853. Archibald D. Perkins Accounts.  One receipt from Lucy Randolph.  39 items. 1836-1893. Typed carbon copy of a biography of Benjamin Waller and letters of Benjamin Wood.  Undated. Related items:  MsV Ame18  B. R. Cowherd Ledger","Copy of survey, 29 September 1804, of land in Greenbrier County Va. [W.Va.] for heirs of William Humes and surveyed by Alexander Welch.","A typed list of voters for 1800. Court order to pay William Faulkner for his services as sheriff.  1829.  copy. Court order to pay Samuel Pointer for his services as sheriff.  1830.  copy.","Deed (mutilated), 1727, from John Guess to Thomas Denton for land in Hanover County, Va.; receipt, 187[?] for taxes to Joseph Henry; and appeal, 1894, for aid in building a church in a needy neighborhood, with a list of names of contributors attached. Title page, with a photograph of the Clay house, from \"Life and Speeches of Henry Clay.\" 1843. Signature on front page: Mattie R. Feild, Millbrook, Virginia, 1886. Photostat copy of town lot layout of Hanover along the Pamunkey River with a tax list of names. March 17, 1738 or 39.","Scope and Contents Ledger, 1917 of a store in Studley, Hanover County, Virginia, recording purchases made by various customers. Customers' names are listed, and occasionally their town or county. A more detailed description is provided by the seller:  \"Ledger is a Eagle Flat Opening Book No. 895 (sold by Reinbach \u0026 Schwartz Stationers, Richmond, Va.). Measures: 8 1/4\" x 12 3/4\" x 1 1/4\",  287 pages.  This Ledger begins in May, 1917 and ends December 7, 1917.  Entries such as: Miss Ellen Timberlake, 2 Loaves of Bread .10;    Babes Bowles, 2 Cultivator Teethe .50, 1 Plow Point .16;  Mrs. Austin, 1/2 Plug Tobacco  .05\" \"On Page 158 it has a stamp on it: Do your bit! BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND, Inquire at any Bank or Post Office. Several Pages are Stamped (with a Postage Stamper): Studley, Va. (date).\" \"There are entries for food products, farm supplies, coca cola, tobacco, coffee, oil, medicine, etc.....\" Purchased.","Hardy County is now part of West Virginia.","Deed, 1858, from Westfall Garret to Henry Richmond covering a tract of land in Hardy County, Va. [W.Va.]. Court documents signed by Ed Williams, Clerk, 1797. Donated in 1997 by John Lawrence.","Portion of printed list, 1831, of land returned as delinquent for taxes in Harrison County [W.Va.]","Scope and Contents Papers, 1726-1871 and undated, relating to Henrico County, Va. Includes land patent, deeds, documents concerning lawsuits, estate document, and receipt for fee for apprehending a slave. 14 items.","Order, 1784, to the sheriff of Henry County, Va. to call jurors in the lawsuit of Commonwealth v. Anderson McGwire in the Virginia General Court.","Photocopy of a booklet, \"Fork Boykin\" compiled by Miss Genie Cory. Undated. Photograph of St. Luke's Church. Undated.","Index or register of names in a ledger divided alphabetically with tabs. Names include first and surnames, men and women, and all have a number noted beside them. There is no location or date or purpose noted on the register, but by using census data, the register was created circa 1900 and probably in the Isle of Wight County area of Virginia. Medium Oversize.","An artificial collection of material, 1687-1924, relating to James City County, Virginia. Includes copies of court records, farm censuses, tax receipts, church brochures, and photographs. Box 12 and 13 are mostly a gift from Robert T. Slater.","Blueprints of tracts of land in James City County. Carlton Casey land in Jamestown District, surveyed November 6, 1950; William Washington Estate, surveyed October 26, 1951; Mrs. Bessie Carmine property on Old Jamestown Road, surveyed September 2, 1940; Plat of subdivision of portion of Sarah Jones Tract, surveyed April 9, 1948; Survey of Bush Neck Road, Rye Patches and Wallace's Tract, surveyed June 1939; Frederick J. Keck farm in Stonehouse District, surveyed October 1937; Indigo Dam, estate of William Allen Jones, decd, in Jamestown District, surveyed October 1931; Rollo Subdivision, surveyed on November 26, 1930; Stephen's Tract #2, J.W. Penick the owner, in Stonehouse District, surveyed May, 1926; Timberlake Property, surveyed April 23, 1930 and Walthal Tract, surveyed June 1928.","1687 August 8. Copy of will of John Holder, deceased. Proved at the County Court held at James City, 8 August 1687 by the oaths of John White and Dorothy Peach. Recorded by W. Edwards, Cl[erk of] Co[u]r[t]. 1 page. Photostat of Document Signed.","Scope and Contents Copy of a law enacted by General Assembly, 17 February 1644, prohibiting desertions of plantations that have been seated; persons deserting their plantations are not to burn their houses but will receive as many nails as were expended in building them. Signed by William Robertson (d. 1739) Cl[er]k Gen[era]l Ass[emb]ly [from 1702-1738]. 1 page. Document Signed.","1805 February. Copy of pages from a court record signed by Ro[bert] B. Armistead. \"Found among the ruins of the old Court House at Williamsburg, Va. 1864.\" 2 pages. Copy of Document Signed.","1813 February 12. Copy of advertisement in the Richmond Enquirer for the rent or lease of the Greenspring Estate. 1 page. Typewritten Copy of Newspaper Clipping.","1820 September 1. Census record of James City county for 1820. Signed by Rich[ar]dson Henley, assistant to the Marshal. (Note reads \"From Lib. of Cong.\") 1 page. Photostat of Document.","1827 June 30. Copy of Complaint brought by Archer Hankins, late sheriff of James City and Committee of the esate of James Banks, deceased, against William Gregory, sheriff of King William County, appointed to represent William Gregory, Christopher Johnson, Ann Dudley, G. R. Lambert Meredith, Martha Bingham, Julia Bingham, Jno. Bingham, Geo. Bingham, [?] Lambert (wife of Eugene Sullivan), and Stephen Bingham, the heirs of Stephen Bingham. Concerns a tract of land in James City county called \"Mount Folly.\" 3 pages. Document Signed.","1847 May 6. Memorandum of deed of trust executed on 21 Sep[tember] 1841 is filed as an exhibit in the Chancery Suit in the Supr[eme] Court of James City County and City of Williamsburg by Upshur's executors vs. Pryor and others. Signed by P. P. Mayo. Fragment. Document Signed.","1849 January 19. Copy of advertisement in the Richmond Enquirer of the Hickory Neck Academy, James City County, Virginia. 1 page. Typewritten Copy of Newspaper Clipping.","1882-1893 and undated. Tax receipts, James City County, Virginia of Alexander Preston and Alfred Epps and a few miscellaneous receipts. Printed Document Signed. (13 items).","Scope and Contents 1896 June 1. \"The James City Cavalry, Its Organization and Its Service.\" (Company H, Fifth Regiment, mustered into service 22 May 1861). From \"Our Confederate Column\" in the Richmond Dispatch. Newspaper clipping.","1928 February 12. Bulletin from the Mount Vernon M. E. Church, South, Toano, Virginia. H. Conrad Blackwell, Pastor. 4 pages. Printed Material.","1929 June 30. Church Bulletin of Five Forks Church, Old Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, Virginia. Rev. James M. McKnight, Pastor. 4 pages. Printed Material.","1946 October 6. Invitation to Homecoming Day at James River Baptist Church, J. E. Bowman, Pastor. 1 page. Typewritten Copy.","1948 July 27. Letter. Mrs. William Lawrence Gatewood at New York to Brantley Henderson, Jr. at Williamsburg, [?] house and lot, and a store in Toano, Virginia. 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.","No Year. June 27. Program from Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Norge, Virginia in honor of the visit of the Crown Prince Olaf and Crown Princess of Norway. 1 page. Typewritten Copy.","Undated. Program of The County Council of Women's Clubs presenting \"Days in James City County from 1609 to 1817.\" 1 page. Printed Material. (3 items).","Undated. Bulletin of Hickory Neck Church, Blissland Parish, Toano, James City County, Virginia. 2 pages. Printed Material.","Undated. Brochure of the James City County Chamber of Commerce, Toano, Virginia. 2 pages. Printed Material.","1920. Economic Survey for James City County 1920 Census. 1 page. Typewritten Document.","1923 October 9. S. H. Hobbs, Jr., Rural Social Science, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. to Miss Mabel Massey, County Home Demonstration Agent, Williamsburg, Virginia. Is sending bulletin compiled from information secured in a survey of the townships in Chatham Co. [N. C.] and a bulletin on Johnston Co. [N. C.]; discusses types of surveys used by his department. 2 pages. Typewritten Letter Signed.","1924 February 12-13. Program of the Peninsula Farmers Institute. 1 page. Printed Material.","Scope and Contents Undated. \"A Glimpse of the Progressive School System of James City County\" by H. L. Harris, Supt. of Schools. 7 pages. Typewritten Document.","Undated. \"Health Conditions in James City County.\" 4 pages. Typewritten Document.","Scope and Contents Samples of typed farm census forms from other locations in 1923: Chowan County, North Carolina; Henderson County, North Carolina; Hertford County, North Carolina; Madison County, North Carolina; Nash County, North Carolina and North Carolina 1923 farm census (blank form. 4 pages). Blank survey on \"Farm Home Conditions\" from Pittsylvania Co., Virginia (2 pages). Sample form for farm census (3 pages). Survey of Whitmell Community made by Rural Sociology Class (3 pages).","Undated. Farm survey, James City County. 8 pages. Printed Material. (17 items).","Undated. Farm survey, James City County. 8 pages. Printed Material. (17 items).","1922 June 13. Johnston County: Economic and Social (a Laboratory Study in the Rural Social Science Department of the University of North Carolina) by W. M. Sanders, Jr. and G. Y. Ragsdale.","1922 October. Economic and Social Survey of Albemarle County, University of Virginia Record Extension Series, vol. VII, No. 2.","1922 November 16. How Farm Tenants Live by J. A. Dickey and E. C. Branson. University of North Carolina Extension Bulletin. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 47 pages. Printed Material.","1923 Virginia Agricultural Census, U. S. Department of Agriculture co-operating with the State Department of Agriculture. 32 pages. Printed Material.","Scope and Contents Colonel William Allen House (P1), formerly owned by Miss Fanny Allen and later owned by Mr. Mercer Taylor. Four miles west of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Ashland Farm (P2), formerly owned by Captain William Morecock. Located at Diascond station. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Binn's Place (P3), located west of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (P4), home of Mrs. Archibald McCrea. South of Williamsburg. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (P5), home of Mrs. Archibald McCrea. South of Williamsburg. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (P6). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (P7). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (before restoration) (P8). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents \"Cowlesville\" (P9), original home of the Cowles family. Owned by C. C. Cowles. Located on Rt. 603 just north of Rt. 610, six miles west of Toano on the Old Forge Road (much remodeled). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Curtis Home (P10). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Curtis Home (P11). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Edwards Place (P12), owned by Mrs. Marcus Cottrell. Located four miles northwest of Toano at the intersection of Rt. 601 and Rt. 603. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Gatewood Place Kitchen (P13), owned by C. Ordway. Located one half mile west of Toano on Forge Road. Now destroyed. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Green Spring (P14), ruins of the second house at Green Spring, built about 1800. The foundations of the Sir William Berkeley house at Green Spring are south of this house about two hundred yards. Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white. Undated.","Scope and Contents Green Spring (P15), aerial view. Photographic print, 7\"x9\". Undated.","Scope and Contents Green Spring (P16), aerial view. Photographic print, 7\"x9\". Undated.","Green Spring (P17), aerial view. Photographic print, 9¼\"x11¼\". Undated.","Scope and Contents Grove Hill (P18), built by John Cowles in the 1830's. Later owned by Mr. C. C. Cowles. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Hankins Family House (P19), owned by the Hankins family. Later owned by Mr. E. K. Pettit. Old house at Six Mile Ordinary, Rt. 60. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Harris House (P20), owned by Harris estate. Located about six miles southwest of Lightfoot and ¾ miles west of Jolly's Mill Pond. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Harris House (P21), six miles southwest of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Harris House (P22), owned by Mr. James Harris. Located about seven miles southwest of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Hickory Neck Episcopal Church (P23), on Rt. 60 above Toano. This is only part remaining of the original church which was built about 1733. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Hockaday Place (P24), owned by B. S. Bowmer. Located about one mile and a half west of Diascund Bridge. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents James' Place (P25), former home of Colonel George James. Later owned by Mr. P. H. Richardson. Located approximately four miles north of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Captain George Lee House (P26), owned by Captain Lee of Newport News.  Located north of Croaker.  Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view.  Undated.","Scope and Contents Lombardy (P27), home of Littleton Waller. Later owned by Mr. Branch Martin. Located west of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents MacDowell's (P28), owned by the Barnes estate. Located about four miles north of Toano on the road leading from the Forge Road to the Williamsburg-Richmond stage road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Martin Home (P29), owned by Miss Williana Wilkinson. Located about half a mile west of Toano on the Forge Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Martin Home (P30), owned by Miss Williana Wilkinson. Located about half a mile west of Toano on the Forge Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Martin's Place (P31), two miles northwest of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Olive Branch Christian Church (P32), one and a quarter mile southeast of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Pierce's (P33), located at Toano. This was originally \"Taylor's\" but prior to the Civil War was bought by Mr. Felix Pierce. There were three cemeteries on the place, one belonging to the Taylor family and two so old that no one recollects who was buried in them. After the Pierces died, this place was bought by Mr. Wesley Marston. The chimney and foundations are the only parts of the original house left which bear evidence of early eighteenth century construction, the chimney being laid in Flemish bond on flat side, and English bond on front and back surfaces. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Pinewoods (P34), home of Warburton family. As it appears before it was partially destroyed by fire. Photographic print, 8\"x10\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Pinewoods (P35). Photographic print, 8\"x10\", black and white, showing a rear view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Poplar Grove (P36), Wynne Place. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Powhatan (P37), once owned by Doctor Martin. Later owned by E. M. Slauson. Located a few miles west of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Powhatan (P38), once owned by Doctor Martin. Later owned by E. M. Slauson. Located a few miles west of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Redwood Ordinary (P39), now known as Green Shingle Inn. The present structure was built about 1790 to replace the old burned ordinary. Owned originally by the Redwood family, but subsequently bought by the Slater family. Served almost continuously as a tavern. Located at the intersection of the Forge Road and the Williamsburg-Richmond Stage Road in Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Old Richardson House near Croaker (P40). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents River View (P41), former home of the Norvell family. Later owned by Mr. Herbert Bloomberg. Located on York River about eight miles east of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Slater Place (P42), owned by R. V. Timberlake. Located about five miles northwest of Toano on road from Forge Road to Doncastle's Ordinary on the Williamsburg-Richmond Stage Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Stuart Place (P43), owned by E. C. Stuart. Located about a mile and a half northwest of Diascund Bridge. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Summer House (P44), owned by Mr. Slater. Located about three miles south of Chickahominy Church on \"Old Brick Mill Road.\" Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Summer House (P45). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a rear view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Vaiden Family House (P46), located at Norge. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Warrenton (P47), known in the past as Rutleigh. Acquired early in the 19th century by the Warren family. Later restored by the Grantham family. Later owned by Mr. Dozier. Located about five miles west of Toano on Forge Road, facing Windsor Castle. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Warrens (P48), owned by the Warren family. Located about four miles west of Toano, just off the Forge Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Watkins House (P49), owned by J. B. Larson. Later owned by [?] Peterson. Located three and half miles east of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents White Hall Tavern (P50), home of the Geddy family. One and a quarter miles north of Toano. In the interior are a very fine staircase and much early woodwork. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Windsor Castle (P51), home of William Bush. Owned by Mrs. William Walker Ware. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Unidentified House (52). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Unidentified House (53). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents One booklet: \"Sheriffs of James Citty Countie\" by Barbra M. Cook, Subsheriff, 1994. Gift of Barbra M. Cook, deputy sheriff of James City County via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association. Postcard of Green Shingle Inn, Toano, with a copy of a newspaper article about the Inn which was destroyed in 1963. Copy of a photograph of the hotel near the Powder Magazine, ca. 1900 and a photocopy of photograph of students at Matthew Whaley School. Individuals are identified.","Photostat copies of James City County petitions, beginning in the 18th century.","Jefferson County is now a part of West, Virginia. See related collections: Mss. MsV I1 Jefferson County, W. Va. Merchant's Index, Mss. Acc. 2008.320 Jefferson County, Virginia (W.Va.)Tax Records","List (printed), 1831, of land returned as delinquent for taxes in Jefferson County, Va. [W.Va.]","Bill of sale, 1796, for a slave sold by Robert Hoskins to John Mundell in King and Queen County, Va.Gift of John Lawrence. Three court documents, 1796 and undated, two signed by Ro[bert] Pollard, clerk. (Mss. Acc. 1997.31b). July 1967 \"Bulletin of the King and Queen County Historical Society.\" Agreement between Nicholas Dillard and Polly Browning for 95 acres in King and Queen County. February 11, 1792. (transferred from Gloucester County).","Typed copy of a rent roll, 1769 and copy of a court order, 1830, to pay Lawrence W. Berry for his services as Commonwealth's Attorney","Fragment of the will, 1705, of [?] Clayborne; typed extracts from a tax book, 1815 (65 typed sheets); copy of petition, 1843, from citizens of county to General Assembly of Virginia concerning the disposal of land in the county and a memorandum, 1863, signed by John Letcher concerning the arrest of a slave charged with attempted murder. 4 items.","Scope and Contents Leaflet written by Ann Harrison Booker Darst, \"Parson Skyring\" The Rev. Henry Skyring, 1729-1795, A tribute on the 200th anniversary of his death in 1995. Gift of Ann H.B. Darst. (Acc. 1998.36). Photographs used for the July 1938 William and Mary Quarterly article, \"Homes in the County.\" Daily Press book review of \"A History of Virginia Pioneer Papermakers\" with emphasis on the paper mill in West Point. Programs for the 250th founding of King William County, April 1952. Brochure on King William County, with notes. ca 1960. (Acc. 2008.193)","Typed transcriptions of pew rental lists: 1721 and 1748, for Christ Church Parish; 1750, for [St. Mary's] White Chapel Parish and a newspaper clipping, 13 February 1936, from the Rappahannock Record on the history of St. Mary's White Chapel by Elizabeth Comps Pierce. 4 items. Photographs from 1937: \"Bewdley,\" Lancaster Courthouse (Lancaster Post Office and former jail), Overseer's house on the Black Stump Quarter of Robert Carter's Corotoman Plantation (Weems Post Office), Sipes House (Lively Post Office) and Armstrong House (Palmer Post Office).","Copy of court order, 1830, to pay Edward Campbell for his services as Commonwealth's Attorney for Lee County, Va.","Typed copy of an advertisement in the Daily National Intelligencer, Washington, September 30, 1814, by James Monroe concerning sale of land; letter, 1863, from George K. Fox of Campbell Court House, Virginia, to L.W.S. Hough at Leesburg about Loudoun County bonds; booklet, July 1, 1861, containing names of purchasers of Loudoun County bonds numbered 1-358 and executed copies of July1, 1861 bonds, numbered 361-370 and 387-400 of Loudoun County. 24 pieces. And photograph of site of home of John Champe.","Tax list (tithes, land and carriages), 1769, for St. Martin's Parish (mutilated); document, 1852, in lawsuit of Spicer and Harris v. J. M. Macon, Jr., agent; papers in suits against J. and W.W. Beadles in 1852 and court orders, 1853-1854, to pay Robert T. Gooch for services as witness. 7 items.","Related material: Mss. MsV Lev10 Lunenburg County, Va. Docket, 1843E, Mss. MsV T3 Lunenburg County, Va. Sheriff's Tax Book, 1843","Copy of the will, 1817, of John T. Ravenscroft and accompanying papers and typescript of a letter, 1781, of D. C. Stokes, College Camp, William and Mary, to [Thomas] Nelson regarding Stokes' discharge.","Cumberland Parish Records Alphabetical order by subject. Church Matters J. H. Morrison to Dr. Perry regarding the Vestry and a Chimney. 1862. Correspondence B.M. Atkinson to his father about his Christmas plans. 1860. Thomas E. Locke to William J. Neblett enclosing papers on Buford's will, M. Forland's deed and other papers. Mentions R.B. Atkinson.1855. Financial – Correspondence, 1852-1868 Financial receipts, invoices, letters about the rector's salary. 38 items. 1852-1874. Financial – Taxes Receipt for taxes paid to the Sheriff of Lunenburg. Most are property taxes on 197 acres of land. 17 items. 1856 to 1869. 17 items. 1856-1865. Financial – Treasurer's Reports. 1847-1874. 16 items. Financial Matters – Bonds, Bills, Invoices, Subscriptions, Receipts and Taxes. St. John's Church and others. 35 items. 1848-1904. Some names mentioned: William H. Perry, Treasurer of the Parish; L.J. James E. Davis, Roger B. Atkinson, J.H. Morrison, Roger B. Atkinson, J.J. Deshazer, George Southall, Rev. Thomas E. Locke, Rev. Henry Wall, Rev. J. L. Sothoron, W.S. Watkins, Anderson Stewart, Harrison J. Elden, W.W. Webber, John. S. Hansbrough, Neblett Family, Colonel Sheets, Charles Smith, Mrs. John T. Merryman, Alice Ingram,W.G. Marshall, treasurer of Parish by 1904 and others. Letter from Dr. Bird, Dinwiddie County, about preaching at St. John's Church at the invitation of Mr. Neblett. 1863. Legal Matters Correspondence between Dr. W.H. Perry and A. M. and Richard Nelson, Carrolton, Mississippi about the case, Kreatts vs. Creath where Richard Nelson is representing Dr. Perry in the suit to get payment on a note. 1856-1860:1877 Deed between Malcom Macfarland and Vestry of Cumberland Parish for 190 acres. 1840. Rectors Resignation letter of Rector Dr. J. H. Morrison. May 1863. Vestry Meeting notes and letters about job openings, position acceptance and declining and resignations. 1857-1863. Rectors – Thomas E. Locke Payment accounts for 1838-1854, plus resignation and salary dispute, 1855. Vestry Minutes 1842, 1856, 1857, 1862 and undated. Originally accessioned as 1939.224 as a gift from WH Perry, Jr.","Patent, 1759, granting 400 acres of land to John LeGrand (signed by Francis Fauquier).","Copy of court order, 1830, to pay Horace Stringfellow for his services as Commonwealth's Attorney; and deed of trust, 1932, given by Herbert Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover to William E. Carson, covering tracts of land in Madison County, Va. including Hoover's camp on the Rapidan River. Typed draft of an article, \"The Hebron Church Birth Register\" by Arthur L. Keith. 1934.","Volume 3.","Volume 1.","Volume 2.","News clippings about the records of early Mathews County. Ca. 1940. Letter from Ellen R.T. Lane in Woodstock, Virginia to her cousin about her Mother's boarding school. August 15, 1883.","Papers, 1772-1858, relating to Mecklenburg County, Va. Includes copies of court orders, 1830, to pay William B. Banks as Commonwealth's Attorney; William Townes as jailor, and Richard H. Walker as sheriff; church records (including certificate of baptism and letter of removal); marriage licenses, and notes concerning Revolutionary War soldiers, Native Americans and race horses. 17 items. Flyer from Charles B. Stuart, Randolph Macon College, about arrangements to \"…execute analyses of Soils, Marls, Guano, Minerals, \u0026c., and to impart instruction in Analytical Chemistry.\" Undated. Photocopies of flyers for an auction at Prestwould. May 24-25, 1946.","Patent granting 70 acres of land in Mecklenburg County to William Marrable. 1772. On vellum. 15 1/4 x 13 inches. 1 piece. Medium oversize.","Includes rubbing from binding of a Middlesex County record book; copy of orders, 1676, concerning provisions for soldiers to be sent out against Native Americans; copy of petitions, 1700, presented by the freeholders of Middlesex County to the House of Burgesses (from court record book); and copy of receipt, 1781, for supplies furnished by Philip Ludwell Grymes for public use. 4 items. Copies of blueprints of suggested original arrangement of the interior of the second Christ Church as built in 1714. 2 copies. 1938. Three articles on Middlesex County history by Carroll C. Chowning. 1932, 1934 and 1935. Notecard with a pencil sketch of the Christ Church altar.","Lists, 1832-1833, of land returned as delinquent for taxes.","Broadside, 1856, announcing the opening of the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs. Receipt for G.W. Lyle from Henry M. Conrad, Dr. Transfer, Livery, Feed and Sale Stable in Radford, Virginia.,","A list of lands and lots returned as delinquent, 1831. 4 p. 29 cm. Printed. 1 piece.","History, 1869-1931, of Liberty Spring Christian Church, Nansemond County, Va.; and copy of patent, 1663, granting 1850 acres of land to Richard Bennett. 2 items. Photograph of a map, \"The Lower Parish of Nansemond County, Virginia.\" Time period covered is late 1600's. Map made by J.H. Granbery in 1946.","Related material: Mss. MsV Lev11-12 Nelson County Va. Sheriff's Receipt Book, 1811-1837 Mss. MsV T4 Nelson County, Va. Tax Book, 1835 There is no material for Nelson County in the Virginia Counties Collection.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1865-1866 and undated, relating to New Kent County, Va. Includes license, 13 November 1866, to Dr. L. C. Crump to practice medicine and two tax receipts for Crump; receipts, 1865, for U. S. taxes to W. A. Patterson and W. W. Taliaferro; and photograph of St. Peter's Episcopal Church and the \"Criss Cross House.\" 9 items. Handwritten copy of letter from William Gooch to the Vestry of New Kent County recommending Mr. Thacker. Circa 1729/30. Family tree of Robert Christian and Mary Brown of Cedar Grove, New Kent County. 2 items.","Bond, 1862, of Isaac Bales of loyalty to the United States.","Copies of court orders, 1830, to pay William Barnard for his services as jailer and Mordecai Cooke for his services as sheriff and a bond, 1765, of William Harwood and Samuel Langley to Elizabeth Ashley. 3 items.","Legal papers, receipts, correspondence and financial records generated by Northampton County.","Concerning a contract to carry mail between Eastville and Norfolk.","Concerning the use of a horse.","Road construction","Debt suit","Gift of Dr. \u0026 Mrs. H. Norton Mason, 1965.","Copy (printed) of the inventory, 1674, of the estate of Ambrose Feilding of Wickocomoco Hall, Northumberland County, Va. 1 item.","Extracts, 1783-1786, from Ohio County, W. Va. records. 1 piece.","Papers, 1841-1920, relating to Orange County, Va. Includes documents, 1841, concerning lawsuit of Jeremiah Morton v. William C. Willis; and petition, 1920, of citizens of Orange County, Va. concerning the unveiling of a tablet to World War I dead. 4 items. Calling card advertisement for \"Stratford Fund\" tea at St. Thomas House.","Letter, 4 October 1817, from William S. Marye to inhabitants of valley lying between the Blue Ridge and the Massanutten and Fort Mountains concerning the formation of a new county [Page County.] 1 item.","Ledger, Page County, Virginia, 1889-1892, 730 pp., recording the sale of general merchandise to more than 100 individual customers and businesses. One of the customers was the Luray Caverns and Hotel Company. Alphabetical index in front of volume. Sampling of names mentioned in the ledger was provided by the seller: Luray Caverns and Hotel Company, George Lee, William Jenkins, Tannery, Captain W. H. Smith, YMCA Masonic Lodge, Reverend N. W. Hackley, Arlington Hotel Company, Joseph Zirkle, John W. Strickler, Reverend H. M. Wharton, William Rosser, George Carter, Washington Carter, Lee Washington, Marshal Baylis, John A. Jackson, Albert Johnson, William Mundy. 1 volume. Purchase.","Advertisement for sale of \"Fairystones.\"","Two newspaper articles written by Mary Lee Keister Talbot about early residents of South Fork and South Branch Valleys of the Potomac and a new interpretation of Fort Seybert, 2 April and 7 May 1937. 2 items.","A 1771 deed of trust from Tully Choice to James Smith and Company for a piece of land. A marriage license, November 16, 1859, between Reuben H. Carter and Mary M. Robertson and a marriage license, December 20, 1858, between James A. Witcher and Phebe C. Haley. 2 items.","Scope and Contents Inventory and appraisal of the estate of Josiah Marshall including the following: one negroe man, James, oats and corn, farm implements and tools, and blacksmith equipment, signed by Wm Moseley (?), Arthur Moseley (?), and Francis Lewis as appraisers, and signed as ordered and recorded by by Ab[new] Crump. October 20, 1791. 2 pp. A manuscript, \"The Genesis of Powhatan County in Virginia\" by Floyd B. Taylor. 2 items.1936. The materials in this collection were donated by Floyd B. Taylor in 1936 and purchased by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center in 1981.","Copy of a typed transcription, with index, of vestry minutes of St. Patrick Parish, 1755-1774. Bond given by Joseph Bohan to Philemon Holcombe, March 28, 1788. Printed report \"Second Report of the Prince Edward Landmark Committee,\" 1928. Copy of a print of the Union Theological Seminary. Undated. Notes by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton from the Prince Edward County Courthouse on the prisons in the county. Appeared in the October 1937 William and Mary Quarterly. Notes copied by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton from the Prince Edward County Courthouse about Mr. Burks's buildings as part of a lawsuit between Woodson and Burks in 1767. Typed carbon copy of Declarations of James Pugh, James Moss, James Wooldridge, Peter Grigg and James Taylor about their participation in the Revolutionary War. Other notes concerning Revolutionary War claims. Correspondence between Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and W.S. Morton. 1936. Notes about Prince Edward County by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton. Mentions Richard Darfson, Peter Legrand, Dr. John Fisher, James Thackson, John Meadley, James Roberts, John Moore, Jr., Abraham Venable, Benjamin Augell, John Le Neve, John Bonds, Charles Anderson, Matthias Flournoy, John Pryor Smith, Charles Smith, Zachariah Leigh, Thomas Yuille and Michael McDearman. Dates covered are from mid to late 1700's. Notes taken in 1936.","Papers, 1866-1868, relating to lawsuits in Prince George County, Va. against Matthew W. Raney for debt. 3 items.","Papers, 1728-1752, relating to Prince William County, Va. Mostly documents concerning the settlement of estates but also includes copy of [quit] rent roll, 1738; document, 1752, concerning debt; and guardian's bond, 1743, for Thomas Young. Two items in this collection were donated by Mrs. Marion S. Mallory in 1963.","Papers, 1753-1865, concerning Princess Anne County, Va. Includes writ, 1753, to adjourn the county court of Princess Anne signed by Robert Dinwiddie (gift of Benjamin B. Burroughs) and license, 1865, of Richard H. Baylor, a Baptist minister, to perform marriage ceremonies. 2 items. Photographs of Communion silver of Old Donation Church, communion silver of the Eastern Shore Chapel, the Anthony Fentress house, the Eastern Shore Chapel and the Old Donation Church. 5 photographs.","Indenture between Augustine and Silvester Blidenbrough and Thomas Moss for land in Rappahannock County. January 23, 1661. Incomplete. Includes typescript. Medium Oversize.","Negative photostatic copy of a list, 1724, of African Americans instructed and baptized by John Garzia, minister of the parish of North Farnham. 1 item. Newspaper article on the frozen Rappahannock isolating the Northern Neck in Farnham, Virginia and about an old church in Farnham, Virginia. Newspaper article on the frozen Rappahannock isolating the Northern Neck in Farnham, Virginia and about an old church in Farnham, Virginia. Minutes of September 22, 1774 meeting of the Association of Richmond County \"for the choosing of a committee agreeable to the Seventh Resolve made and entered into by the delegates from the different countys in the Coloney of Dominion of Virginia on Williamsburg the first day of August last.\" (after 1st Virginia Conventon, Revolutionary War) Copy by LeRoy Peachy, Clk. Back of document, \"The meeting of the Association September 22, 1774 for choosing a committee for the County to watch...in defence of American freedom.\" Lists the people chosen for each area of the county.","Related Material: Mss. MsV V1 Poll book, 1782-1810, for election of delegates to the General Assembly from Rockbridge County, [Va.], Mss. MsV Lev14 Rockbridge County, Va. Justice of the Peace Judgement and Execution Book, 1838-1849, Mss. MsV Lev15 Rockbridge County, Va. Court Receipt Book, 1833-1855","Printed list of land and lots returned as delinquent for taxes, dated 1831. Includes lands and lots sold. 10 p. 30 cm. 4 copies. Printed copy of the will of Alexander Telford. 1790. 2 items. Eight licenses, 1800-1805, for 'ordinaries' in Rockbridge County, Va. for Alexander Shield, Christopher Clyee, Nicholas Spring, Win Bailey, Benjamin Darst, Daniel Windell, John Conkey and William Niblack. Deed between Sarah C. Bourland and James Walker, January 2, 1863. Legal documents signed by John Ruff and others in regard to a payment of debts. December 16, 1840 to September 3, 1849. 5 items. Sworn statements certifying commissioners to oversee voting sites in Rockbridge County for presidential election of 1860. 27 items.","Papers, 1770-1871, relating to Rockingham County, Va. Includes two deeds, 1828 and 1871; partial inventory and sale of personal property of James Dever; account book, 1860-1867, of John W. Minnich, a teacher; accounts of the board of school commissioners (including student names); and documents, 1770-1843, concerning lawsuits (including criminal cases and criminal cases involving slaves). 521 items. The lawsuit material begins with Box 19, folder 3 and is divided into two alphabetical groups which are organized by the main person in the lawsuit. The second group is in Box 20. These lawsuits contain various spellings of the participants' names, often two or three spellings in the same page.","Local Election Ballot. May 28, 1891. 2 items. Advertisement cards for Strayer and Lupton in Harrisonburg, Virginia, O'Ferrall and Patterson in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and W.J. Downs, \"Hides wanted.\" Undated. 3 items.","Copy of court order, 1830, to pay Edward Campbell for his services as Commonwealth's attorney for Russell County, Va. 1 item.","Copy of court order, 1830, to pay Jacob Lynch for his service as clerk of the court of Scott County, Va. Advertisement in Morgantown, Virginia for Dr. C.M. Lane's Improved Medical Remedies and Dr. Scott's White Circassian Liniment. 1855.","Broadside order sheet for vegetable seeds by Jonathan Wood of New Lebanon. 1833. Advertisement for a sewing machine by Hottel and Keller in Toms Brook, Virginia. Grocery list on the back. Undated. Advertisement by Strayer and Coffman for their \"Cheap Store\" in New Market, Virginia. March 31, 1810.","Documents, 1779-1819, concerning land transactions in Southampton County, Va. Purchased from Charles Hamilton.","Related material: Mss. Acc. 2008.319 Fredericksburg, Virginia District Court Ledgers, 1787-1840","Documents, 1798-1841, concerning Spotsylvania County, Va. Includes tax bill; legal receipt, 1799, for execution in the lawsuit of Charles Thompson v. Joseph Newton \u0026 John Day; and extracts, 1798, from the will of James Somerville. Campaign speech, handwritten and transcribed, by unknown. August 1788.","Copy of quit rent roll, 1724, for Stafford County, Va. Photocopy of May 8, 1974 Richmond Times-Dispatch article on old papers returned to Stafford County. Newspaper article on the price of negroes in Stafford County in 1722. 1881. Handwritten document (copy of an original) of \"An Act to Exempt Certain German Protestants in the County of Stafford from the Paiment of Parish Levies.\" 1730. Photographs of the Clerk's Office, Courthouse and the County Jail. Undated. Typed history of the Old Courthouse buildings. Undated. Copy of a map, \"Colonial Tidewater, Virginia. Undated.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1927-1939, relating to Surry County, Va. Includes list, 1927, of places in Surry County compiled by A. W. Bohannon; and printed tour guide, 1939, to places in Surry County conducted by Thomas Rolfe Branch, Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Card advertising Wigwam Brand Virginia Hams. Undated. Transcribed records which relate to the expulsion of mercenary attorneys. Undated. March 1929 edition of \"Representative\" a newspaper of the Surry County Schools. Patent for Humphrey Baylis for 440 acres in Surry County adjacent to \"College Lines.\" Signed by William Gooch. December 1, 1740. Patent is a gift of Ethel D. Roberts, 1936.","Papers, 1776 and 1932, relating to Sussex County, Va. Includes copy of will, 177[8?], [mutilated] of John Clanton; and newspaper clipping, 1932, concerning court held in Sussex County, 18 July 1776, and considered the first court held under authority of the Commonwealth of Virginia. 2 items.","Collection relating to Warwick County, much of it concerning the Colonial era. Contains legal disputes, estate papers, court findings, petitions, correspondence, etc. Also contains correspondence relative to the Civil War and papers concerning the American Revolution and slavery. This collection has been microfilmed and is restricted to MICROFILM USE ONLY. NOTE: transcriptions of the colonial portion of the records are available in Richard Dunn: Warwick County, Virginia, colonial court records in transcription (F232 .W27 W3 2000 (Swem stacks and Swem Rare Books) and F232 .W27 W3 2008 (Swem Rare Books).","Undated items and photographs.","Scope and Contents 7 May 1659.  Will of Henry Jacksonn [sic] of Mulberry Island; divides his estate amongst son Henry, daughters Sarah and Dorothy, his wife's sons John and Emanuell [sic] Wills, also Emanuell's [sic] wife Elizabeth, his grandchildren Mary and Ann, and his wife Elizabeth Jackson; appoints Robert Pyland and Miles Cary overseers of his estate; witnessed by Robert Pyland, William Gwinett, and William Thomas.  1 p. 11 [Decem]b[e]r 1679.  Orders passed by the court of Warwick County; require a penalty of 400 pounds of tobacco to be assessed on the Owners of \"stone\" horses under fourteen hands allowed to run free in order to prevent the spoiling of the \"Breed of the Countrey\"; whereas \"we find...[the] Continuall destroying [of] our Stocks by Wolves\" a reward of 200 pounds of tobacco is offered for presenting a wolf's head before the magistrate; whereas \"we find...that there are diverse and ill minded people that carry gunns [sic] shooting and ranging upon any man's Land\" it is ordered that anyone carrying a gun on another man's property without the owner's permission shall pay a penalty of 200 pounds of tobacco and forfeit their gun; recorded by William Bolton.  1 p. These documents have not been microfilmed.","Deposition, 1794, taken in Washington County, Va., in the suit of Alexander Quarrier v. Robert Watkins in the Superior Court of Richmond County, Ga. and court order, 1830, to pay Edward Campbell for his services as Commonwealth's attorney for Washington County. Barter Theatre pamplet. 1949. Barter Theatre program for \"Margin for Error.\" 1940-41. Advertisement mailing for flour by Anderson and Shaffer of Hamilton, Ohio to J.B. Mongle and Son of Holston, Virginia. 1891.","Photostat copy of the Memorial of the committee of the County of West Augusta to the convention of the Colony of Virginia. [1774] and transcript. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1830-1878 and undated, relating to Westmoreland County, Va. Includes court orders, 1830, to pay clerk, jailor and sheriff; document, 1845, in lawsuit of William Teffey et al. v. Elizabeth M. Sutton; newspaper clippings; and a printed circular. Newspaper article on Yeocomico Church. Undated.","Printed list, 1831, of lands returned as delinquent for taxes in Wythe County, Va. Accessor's listing of property of Samuel Williams. Includes list of slaves and their ages, acreage, and dwelling house and outbuildings. April 1, 1815. (Mss. Acc. 2001.44)","Related publications:Charles Parish Register available published as Landon C. Bell, Charles Parish, York County, Va. Richmond: Virginia State Library Board, 1932.  There are slight discrepancies in words between the printed versions of the Charles Parish register and the manuscript copy at Swem Library and Bell re-arranged the entries. The original Charles Parish register is at the Virginia State Library. See ledgers, journals and family papers from York County, Virginia.","Plat of A.W. Hitchen's Farm, portion south of U.S. Parkway in Bruton District. Surveyed April 1938.","Scope and Contents Extracts, 1782-1788, from county records; copy of account, 1668, for funeral expenses of Thomas Foote; photocopy of will, 1775, of William Nelson; copy of newspaper advertisement, 1812, for sale of Bell-Field; and print, 1862, from a printed book of Wynn's Mill. December 10, 1942 letter to the Citizens of the Magruder Area from Carl W. Porter, Commander, of the Public Works Department, Naval Operating Base about building a camp for the Seabees and citizens needing to vacate their homes. York County Court House Agreement and Origin. Undated, but after 1941. Indenture between Henry Graves and William Allen for York County land. Original. July 13, 1790. (Gift of John Jennings who noted a relationship between \"Six Mile Ordinary,\" \"Allen's Ordinary\" and Lightfoot, Virginia. Typed transcript of letter from Samuel Terrell from a camp near Yorktown to Major Garrett Minor in Louisa County. September 30, 1781.","Notebook containing a manuscript copy of the Charles and New Pocosin [sic] Parish Register. Volume 1, part 1. Births and Baptisms. 1648-1800. Index.","Notebook containing a manuscript copy of the Charles and New Pocosin [sic] Parish Register. Volume 1, part 2. Births and Baptisms. 1648-1800. Index.","Notebook containing a manuscript copy of the Charles and New Pocosin [sic] Parish Register. Volume 2. Deaths. 1665-1787. Index.","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","Virginia. 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Accomack to consider and express their sentiments on public affairs and certain late occurrences.","Bible records from Accomack and Northhampton Counties. Bible records of Accomack and Northampton Counties compiled by Jean M. Mihalyka in 1993. Volume 9. (Mss. Acc. 1991.46)","Bible records of Accomack and Northampton Counties compiled by Jean M. Mihalyka in 1993. Volumes 12 and 13.  Mss. Acc. 1994.74a","Photograph of an original pen and ink sketch of St. George's Church by Rev. James Willis Eastburn. Mss. Acc. 2008.193","Scope and Contents Receipts for quitrents (1750), payments and judgments (1752), tax receipts for 1822 and 1824 and typescript of petitions on juries (1798), concerning selection of juries, addresses, 1918 and 1936, concerning Grace Church, Cismont, Va. Typed manuscript concerning Albemarle Agricultural Society and typescript of minute book, 1817-1828, of Albemarle Agricultural Society as well as material concerning \"Fancy Hill,\" Albemarle County, Va. The materials that comprise this collection were donated by Lucy W. Sneed and John Lawrence and purchased from C. H. Stoneman by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center in batches between 1940 and 1997.","Receipt for payment of £310.12.5 on quitrents in Albemarle County, Virginia. 1p. DS.","Receipt for payment of £100.1.8 in current money, which was sent by John Smith, Sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia in part of a judgment due the King of Great Britain from Joseph Thompson [deceased?], Sheriff.","Petition on selection of juries. TCy.","Taxes paid on 130 acres of land, horses, and slaves by Thomas Rea, to the Sheriff of Albemarle Co. Va. 1 item. PDS","For the District of Virginia in a chancery suit of The Bank of Howardsville, et als vs. the president, directors and company of said bank. 28 pp. PD","27 pp. PM.","16 pp. PM","19 pp. PM.","89 pp. PM.","2 items.","Handwritten copy of a bond for Drury M. Burnley who is elected as sheriff of Albemarle County for the term of two years beginning January 1, 1857.  Bond includes names of family members.  Mss. Acc. 1997.31b. Certificate from Free Union Baptist Church for Sister Sally Wood to recommend her for membership. September 1883. Two letters to Bro' (Brother) Dudley from L.W. (Allen) which mentions Licking Hole Church. November 23, 1853 and undated.  Mss. Acc. 2008.193.","Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from W.S. Morton about material for the William and Mary Quarterly. Typed copy of Marriage Bonds of Amelia County, A-Z by husband, ca. 1735-1854. Prepared by J.D. Eggleston. Undated. Photographs of Amelia Sulpher Spring with notes on the reverse side. Undated. Letter to Susie from a correspondent in Mattoax, Virginia. Undated. Mss. Acc. 2008.193.","Papers, 1769-1803, relating to Amherst County, Va. Includes appointment, 1769, of 18 Justices of the Peace , signed by Lieut. Gov. Botetourt (Lord Botetourt). A bond, 29 January, 1803, due from J. Daniel Day and Solomon Day to Jane Rickets, widow of Thomas Rickets. Attested to by John Reynolds and Noah Guttry. 1 p. cy of ADS. Gift of Mrs. G.M. Kent in 1948.","Includes deeds, wills, legal documents, and church records (Christians Creek School House, Glebe Burying Ground, Old Stone Church, and Tinkling Spring Church.) 58 items. Purchased 1939 from C. J. Carrier of Bridgewater, VA.","3 pieces","1 piece.","[11p.] 23 1/2 cm. Printed. 2 copies.","By Rev. John Craig, first pastor of Old Stone Church in Augusta County, Virginia. 24, 14 p. 11x 8 3/3 inches. Mimeographed. 1 piece.","14 p. 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Mimeographed. 1 piece.","10 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. 1 piece.","Content regarding payment for land purchased from George Ruebush. 1 piece.","1 piece.","Possibly drawn by Henry Hearman. Includes handrawn map of Virginia.","Price list card for A.M. Bruce, Wholesale Provision Merchant. Staunton, Virginia. Undated. Photostat of an order issued April 22, 1772 for land forfeiture.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1767-1870, relating to Bedford County, Va. Includes accounts; bonds; bill of sale, 1783. for slave; copy of appointment, 1772, of James Steptoe as clerk of Bedford Court; and copy of land grant, 1792. Also includes letter, 1876, of A. Granville Bradley describing the Shenandoah Valley and list, undated, of soldiers who served in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution with notes on the formation of Campbell County, Va. Land Grant of 300 acres in Bedford County, Virginia to Job Martin for payment of L1.10 sterling to the Treasury of the Commonwealth. Signed by Henry Lee, Governor. The materials that comprise this collection were donated by W. Mac Jones and Mrs. William C. Segar and obtained or purchased by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center in batches between the period of 1927 and 1981.","Receipts and invoices to and from various individuals.  Some names include:  Mr. Beaver, John Berk, Mr. Pendleton, Thomas Pugh, Jack Steward, John F. Woods, Charles Dudley, Jeremiah, Moses Eubank, Jacob Wolf, Leroy James and others.","Scope and Contents Sally Phelps, aunt, Lynchburg, Virginia to Henry Bigger about purchasing a cow. Includes a registry receipt. August 6, 1884. Photocopy of a letter to \"Willie Dear\" (Mrs. L.B. Bigger of Bellevue, Bedford County) from unknown. July 29, 1886. D.W. Bigger to \"My Dear Brother\" (James H. Bigger) about receiving a photograph of him and about Christmas. December 3, 1894.","Correspondence includes a mix of people with no obvious connection to one another, though some letters deal with legal matters. December 24, 1841, Tazewell Headen, Floyd C.H. to ( ) Goggin, Atty at Law, Liberty. Concerns summoning witnesses. December 12, 1843, William Daniel, Jr. of Lynchburg, Virginia to Joseph Wilson, Clerk, Bedford, Liberty (Virginia) about McKinney and Walker repaying debt from Harris and the dismissal of a suit on the validity of Even Snead's will. February 6, 1847, Robert Davis of Lynchburg, Virginia to Joseph Wilson, Clerk of Superior Court of Bedford County with a request to make copies of a statement of debt in the case of Samuel E. White and William T. Smith (late merchants trading as White and Smith) vs four other men. February 12, 1858, Julie Clayton in Ivy Hill to her cousin about a party and marriages of acquaintances. November, 1879, Letter to \"Mr. ---(?)\" from \"Your friend only\" where the writer clearly states that having a relationship with him would bring her no joy and his attention would be in vain and \"our correspondence has closed. May your future life be blessed by a companion worthy of your efforts…Amen.\" March 11, 1889 and March 12, 1889, To \"My dear Susie\" (Mrs. William Bese) possibly from her mother in Chester, Virginia about news of family and friends. The empty envelopes are mostly addressed to the Clerk of the County Superior Court. Some names on the envelopes are A. B. Nichols, J.L. Edwards, Joseph Wilson, William M. Burwell, William Cook and others.","Scope and Contents 1869 and early 1900 receipts, one a United States Internal Revenue \"receipt for special tax\" for R.M. Dennis for a business of \"retail dealer ...liquor\" in Roscoe, St. Clair, Missouri for 1870. 1904-1909 letters to Mrs. E.M. Dennis of Bedford County, Virginia from other members of her family and E. Hilton Jackson, a Washington D.C. lawyer about a Claims Court case of (heirs of) Samuel Cline vs the United States where Samuel Cline says he lived in Rockingham County, Virginia but reports show he owned a Cline's Mill in Staunton, Virginia which sold \"large quantities of supplies to the Confederacy....\" The Samuel Cline heirs are claiming their father did not vote for secession and can prove his loyalty to the Union. Other family members include Cyrus Cline and Samuel Cline. Includes a carbon of a February 4, 1908 contract between \"the next of kin and heirs at law of Samuel Cline, deceased, and E. Hilton Jackson\" for Jackson's representation of the family during the claims case.","Scope and Contents A varied group of legal documents. Account sheet for Robert Fauster to Joel Terrell for 1750 with an 1769 note at the bottom by Chas Servis which states Terrell has \"received no satisfaction for the above ballance.\" On reverse, a note by Jacob Early states \"we the jewry find for the plaintiff...\" Payment to \"Sovereign Lord King George the third\" for an ordinary license for William Mead in Bedford County, Virginia with William Mead and Isham Talbot as witnesses. February 27, 1771. Indenture between Richard Muse and his wife and James Jones. Wythe County. May 10, 1796. Note on reverse spells \"Muse\" as \"Mary???\" Bond report by Thos Lumpkin. Some names mentioned: Boyce Eidson, Martin King, ? Chastain, Richard Lockett, Thomas Wood, Samuel Baker, Edward and William Eads, James Foster, George Wilson, Farthing Hix and other illegible names. undated. Flyer by Richard M. Young, Late Commissioner of the General Land Office with letterhead, \"General Agency at Washington City\" about \"Acts of Congress granting Pensions to soldiers and their widows for services rendered during the Revolutionary War\" with amendments to 1853. Addressed to Joseph Wilson, Clerk of Circuit Court, Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia. undated.","Mostly receipts for Edward Merriman for purchases, but includes a letter, a military record and a recipe for \"John M. Merryman's Cement Wash.\" May 24, 1850 letter to Edward Merriman, Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia from Joseph Anderson in Cincinnati, Ohio about the whereabouts and news of other members of the Merriman Family. December 15, 1898 document states that George S. Merriman was a Private in Company G, 2nd Regiment of the Virginia Volunteers who enrolled on June 24, 1898 to serve for two years and was discharged on December 18, 1898.  Notes that George S. Merriman was born in Batford (Bedford?), Virginia, 43 years of age, 5 foot, 9 and a half  inches tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, gray hair and a farmer. Signed by Ballard P. Hatcher, Captain, in Roanoke, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Poetry, prose and recipes written by different unknown people.  One \"editorial\" is about a tribute to the late Governor Kavanaugh of Maine.  Recipes include \"Sponge Pudding\" and \"Chow Chow Pickle.\"  Includes a headache remedy.","Related Collection: Mss. Acc. 2008.321 Berkeley County, Virginia (W.Va.) Tax Records","Letter from Charles J. Faulkner, in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to the President of William and Mary, at Williamsburg, Virginia, concerning the name of Berkeley County. September 8, 1873. 1 item.","Bill of sale for $400, 1807, for the sale of a slave, Dick, by Henry Bowyer to John Robinson. Purchase. Charles Hamilton Auction in 1981.","Land Grant, 1803, for Nicholas Casper, in Botetourt County, Va. signed by Governor John Page (1743-1808).","Agreement, 1883 August 18, of George W. Parrish to sell to William Jackson a portion of the tract of land in Brunswick County, Va. called \"the Batt land.\"","Scope and Contents Papers, 1769-1951, relating to Buckingham County, Va. Includes a grant, 1769, of land to Samuel Megginson signed by Lord Botetourt ; indenture (deed) between Chambers and William Norvell, 1836; photograph, 1951, of the Bolling Family of \"Rosney,\"; and accounts and correspondence of the post office at Gravel Hill , Mattie J. West, postmaster (10 items). The materials that comprise this collection were donated to W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center by Willam R. Cocke, Mrs. G. M. Kent, Mr. \u0026 Mrs. John Stone, and John D. Weaver in batches between 1940 and 1983. Finding Aid prepared by Cynthia B. Brown, 1983.","Scope and Contents Typed list, undated, of justices of the peace, 1782-1824, of Campbell County, Va.; and license, 1860, to marry of Edward Scott Payne and Anna Agnes Oliver. Gift of John Lawrence in 1997. Two court records, 1796 and undated, signed by Cha[rles]s and Williston Talbot. (Acc. 1997.31c).","Transcript of minutes, 1811-1814, of courts of enquiry of 26th Virginia regiment of Charlotte County, Va.; extract, 5 June 1833, from court records concerning death of John Randolph of Roanoke; and marriage license, 1823, of Robert Carrington and Joanna T. Bouldin. Typed list of Charlotte County names from about the mid 1700's with notes on Mathis Flournoy and John Prior. Cub Creek Church Memorial program. 1938.","Scope and Contents Papers relating to Chesterfield County, Va. Includes such items as extracts from county records; lawsuits (Vestry of Parish of Manchester v. Overseers of the Poor); commission, 1756, signed by Robert Dinwiddie appointing justices to try slave for burglary; deed; agreement (concerning Gallego Mills); and a broadside, undated, concerning proposed removal of court from Manchester to Chesterfield Court House. Item level inventory available at Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Greenway Court.","Copy of the will of Robert Hudson, 1866, with codicil dated 1872 (1 piece). Copy of a court order to pay Richard I. Tull for his services as sheriff. 1830. (1 piece). Court order to pay Walter (?) for public services. 1830. Typed manuscript \"A Culpeper Census of 1781\" by A.L. Keith. 37 pages. 1941.","Ledger, 1841-1844, of a grist mill in Culpeper County, Virginia. Includes lists of customers and what the bought, typically wheat and flour. People could also bring their own material and have it ground; the material and the price for grinding is listed in the ledger. Also includes entries for a bill for a cabin for slaves and flour for slaves. 1 item. Purchase. Mss. Acc. 2011.563.","Papers, 1830-1910, relating to Cumberland County, Va. Includes such items as copies of court orders, 1830, to pay George H. Matthews for service as prosecutor for Commonwealth and S. H. Panack for services as jailor; receipt, 1910, for taxes; plat, 1842, for land owned by Edward Steger; and a newspaper clipping, 1893 October 1, from the Richmond Dispatch. Gift of John Lawrence. Two court documents, one dated 1797, signed by James Morton. (1997.31e)","Certificate of Appointment, 1828, of William H. Broadnax, William Wynne, and Edward S. Pegram as commissioners to superintend election of electors for U. S. president and vice president in Dinwiddie County, Va.; and copy of court order, 1830, to pay James Scott for his services as jailor. Cotton circular for Martin, Hill and Co. in Petersburg, Virginia. September 22, 1886.","Deed, June 21, 1773, from Israel Morris to Michael Goen for 100 acres of land in Dunmore County (Shenandoah County), Virginia.","Photostats of a petition presented by certain residents of Elizabeth City County to the General Assembly of Virginia, November 30, 1803, in opposition to the proposal to combine the Eaton and Syms charity schools into one school. Photostat of a petition presented by certain residents of Elizabeth City County to the General Assembly of Virginia, December 19, 1803, requesting that the Eaton and Syms charity schools be combined into one school.","Typescript of a history of Hampton and Elizabeth City County, Va., entitled \"The First Plantation,\" by Marion L. Starkey, ca 1930s. Includes an incomplete index in a separate green book.","Typed extracts, 1663-1791, from Old Rappahannock County [now Essex County.] Extract from a vestry book of Albemarle Parish, Sussex County. 1788. A handwritten list (probably a copy) of a list of names for \"Rose and Gabriel Penn, given under our hands...November 3rd, 1788,\" with a note on reverse \"Subscription for St. Marks Church.\" Another note says this page found in a vestry book in Albermarle Parish on November 26, 1926. Transcript of letter from Hugh Rose, at Geddes, to Col. James Higginbotham about sellling land of Brother Moses, deceased. 24 March 1791. Original order to the Sheriff of Essex County to take James Daniel and James McCall for a court appearance in William Roane vs Daniel and McCall. Signed John Lee. May 30, 1755. (Gift of Benjamin A. Grady). August 23, 2000 letter to Mrs. Harold Little, owner of Clydeside, from H. Franklin Minor, about the McCall Family and ownership of Clydeside.","Ground plan of Woodlawn, home of Nellie Custis Lewis, in Fairfax County. In ink on tracing cloth.  19 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches.  1 piece.","Scope and Contents Papers, ca. 1743-1793, relating to Fairfax County, Va. Includes notes, concerning register of Pohick Church; newspaper clipping, concerning court record book of Fairfax County; survey, 1841, of tract of land; and plan, undated, of \"Woodlawn,\" home of Nellie Custis Lewis; court records, 1743-1783; and an account book, 1793, of Joseph Birch, keeper of Turnpike Number 2, which has two entries, 9 October 1792 and 13 April 1793, concerning George Washington. 1963 gift from Mrs. Marion S. Mallory. 17 items. Postcards of Old Court House, published by Ernest L. Robey's Drugstore. 3 items. Undated.","Copy of tax list, 1782-1799, for Fauquier County, Va.. Court order, 1830, to pay James English for his services as jailor and for cleaning and furnishing firewood and candles for the courthouse. Catalogue of Fauquier Institute for Young Ladies. Session 1892-93. Owned by Miss E. Chappelear.","Land grant, 15 May 1780, given to Samuel McDowell for 1,000 acres of land in Fayette County, Va. [W.Va.] signed by Patrick Henry. For those interested in Patrick Henry see the Patrick Henry Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Broadside, 12 July 1941, advertising July 12 as the day for all citizens over thirteen years of age to register as volunteers for the civil defense program in Fluvanna County.","Note on document: \"…record book…is no longer public property, the original book being in private hands…\" Typed carbon copy of \"The History of Rivanna Parish in the County of Fluvanna, Virginia\" by Louis H. Stoneman. 1847- 1912. Pamphlet with the Charter and By-Laws of the State Bank of Columbia. 1900. An advertisement of the Commissioner's sale of Upper Bremo Tract where Mary B. and Lelia B. Cocke lived. 1926. The Midland Virginian, Palmyra, Fluvanna, Virginia article, \"Old receipts show that Fluvanna farms tithed to aid Confederacy.\" February 13, 1941. Notebook called \"Weather Report\" where the daily weather conditions were recorded. 1886-1887.","Invoices, receipts, accounts, laden lists, letters and other accounting documents from merchants in Columbia, Virginia. 1880-1910. 465 pieces. Merchants include: Jenkins and Foster, William B. Perkins, John F. Shepherd, Stoneman Brothers, Dr. Philip J.Winn, and George T. Zachary.","Scope and Contents Invoices, receipts, accounts, laden lists, letters and other accounting documents from merchants in Columbia, Virginia. 1880-1910. 465 pieces. Merchants include: Jenkins and Foster, William B. Perkins, John F. Shepherd, Stoneman Brothers, Dr. Philip J.Winn, and George T. Zachary. (Related material: 65 Sh5 Shepherd and Patton Papers). Broadside for \"The Celebrated Horse-Tamer Prof. W. Rouzer will give a lecture on ...June 7th...\" Certificates from residents of \"Kent's Store, Fluvanna County, Virginia, Oct. 2nd 1876\" who have taken the lectures are listed. Names listed are from Fluvanna, Pittsylvania and Charlotte Counties.","Article on John Hartwell Cocke. 2010. Acc. 2010.605.","Folders 1 - 5 are papers, 1772-1800, (group of 481 pieces) relating to 178 suits in Franklin County, VA and 16 other papers. Some papers are fragments. 481 pieces. The spelling of names varies greatly and as it was found to be impracticable to give all forms of each name, one spelling only is shown. The materials donated by John Lawrence in 1991, by Fred Alouf in 1959, and obtained from Joseph K. Ruebush in 1938. Folder 6 contains later, unrelated accessions.","Work Projects Administration Writers' Program. \"The White Man Comes to Stay,\" \"War Whoops in the Wilderness,\" and \"Explorers in the Wilderness.\" 1941. Two court documents signed by James Callaway. 1797. Mss. Acc. 1997.31f. 28 copies of certificates saying people attended the September New London District Court, signed by James Steptoe, Clerk of the Franklin County District Court. 1797. Includes 4 fragments. Names include: John Arthur, Moses Greer, Luke Standefer, Richard Goggin, Samuel Patterson, John Cheetwood, Charles Lumsden, Thomas Haile, Shelton Brown, Shelton Taylor, Joel Chitwood, William Cheetwood, Lewis Turnbull, William Boswell, James Prunty, Thomas Towler, Lewis Davis, John Hayle, George Ferguson, Dudley Lumsden, Benjamin Griffith, John Houle and Thomas Fowler. Mss. Acc. 1997.52","Scope and Contents Documents concerning land (deeds and list of lands returned as delinquent); proceedings, 1812, of meeting held at Winchester; and advertisement, undated, offering the Marlbro' Iron Works for sale or rent. 5 items.","Scope and Contents The original 1938 accession were papers relating to Gloucester Count, 1660-1878, and taken from the William Carter Stubbs Papers (I). They were purchased from Charles F. Heartman. They comprise Boxes 8, 9 and 10, folders 1-28. Includes letters, accounts (many concerning estates), legal documents, tax lists, marriage licenses and military records (including orders, 1815 and 1820 appointing patrollers to visit slave quarters). Many items concern the Baytop and Stubbs families. 2134 items. Letters, 1774-1878, filed chronologically. Invoices, receipts, etc. filed alphabetically under name of person or estate. The remaining boxes contain later accessions. Notes and photocopies relating to Gloucester County during the Revolution collected by Joanee Ryan in preparation for M.A. thesis (Mss. Acc. 1988.24). Photostat copy of transcript of \"Gloucester County, Virginia Places and Names\" by Charles E. Hatch, Jr. Yorktown, Virginia. September 15, 1979 (Mss. Acc. 1999.66). Photographs of and brochures of Gloucester County, plus correspondence of different families of Gloucester County about personal and legal matters, 1795-1953, donor unknown. John Buckner Reports, undated (Mss. Acc. 2008.193). Newspaper article on Wilbur Templeman a popular and longtime barber in Gloucester (Mss. Acc. 2010.575). Related material: See also \"A Guide to Gloucester County, Virginia Historical Manuscripts, 1651-1865\" (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1976). For those interested in the Baytop family see the Baytop-Fitzhugh Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Item inventory in folder.","Item inventory in each folder.","Item inventory in folder.","Acra-Baytop. Item inventory in folder.","Baytop-Bridges. Item inventory in folder.","Baytop Family. Item inventory in folder.","Baytop Family. Item inventory in folder.","Bridges-Corr. Item inventory in folder.","Dame-Gloucester County School Commissioners. Item inventory in folder.","Hall-Kemp. Item inventory in folder.","Lawson-Nuttall. Item inventory in folder.","Oakes-Purcell. Item inventory in folder.","Ransone-Stubbs. Item inventory in folder.","Tabb-Wood. Item inventory in folder.","Papers of persons not included in folders 4-14. Inventory not available.","Two or more persons/families mentioned.  Unidentified pieces and fragments.  Includes an index of a ledger and five memorandum books.","1825 Court docket, records of official examinations of boundary lines (1825-1848, undated), copy of certificate appointing Peter Kemp and James Baytop processioners...sixth precinct (undated) and unofficial memoranda on cases (undated).","Amory-Ash.  Item inventory in folder.","Ball-Byrd. Item inventory in folder.","Campbell - DuVall. Item inventory in folder.","Edwards - Hughes.  Item inventory in folder.","James - Oliver. Item inventory in folder.","Pitt - Sutton. Item inventory in folder.","Item survey in folder.","Item inventory in folder.","Item inventory in folder.","Scope and Contents \"Gloucester County, Virginia Places and Names\"  (Mss. Acc. 1999.66)  First half of book.","Scope and Contents \"Gloucester County, Virginia Places and Names\"  (Mss. Acc. 1999.66)  Second half of book.","\"Story of Elmington\" by Polly Cary Legg. Possibly a Work Projects Administration Writers' Program story.  December 1, 1941.  Photographs of Grace Church and The Glebe. Donation ticket for Ware Church, 1953, and a Christmas Card with picture of Ware Church. Photographs of \"New Bottle\" House, Undated.  Photograph of \"Painting of Gloucester from the Water\", courtesy of Mariner's Museum.  Conservation State Organization rules and regulations, undated.  \"Programme at the Laying of the Cornerstone and the Unveiling of the Monument,\" 1889.  Brochure on \"The Belle Roi Female School\" in Gloucester, Virginia, 1855.  Facts about Gloucester, copy, undated.","1795 and 1796 - Indenture between Thomas Whiting and Mary his wife of Gloucester and John Singar of Norfolk, Virginia on July 1, 1795,  Plat of land of William DuVal for John Singar.  June 15, 1796 1801, 1802 and 1804 -  Document binding John Thruston of Abington Parish, Gloucester County, to Sarah Tabb, who is relinquishing her right of dower, for land of John Stephens, September 2, 1801.  Indenture between Edward Busbie, Senior of Abington Parish, Gloucester County and Benjamin Marnix for land in Gloucester County, January 4, 1802.  Indenture between Henry Whiting and William Singleton for land in Gloucester County, February 1, 1802.  Indenture between Richard Singleton and Nelly Thornton, his wife, of the County of Gloucester, and John Singar for land, April 2, 1804. 1810 -1825 and undated - Account of Estate of John Singar for 1810-1818.  Letter to Dr. William Taliaferro, Gloucester Court House, from Richard H. Johnson of Hanover County, Virginia concerning his claim against the Mr. Carter who was his tenant, May 31, 1822.  Receipt Book, bound with string, with names, amount of money received and reason, 1825.  Letter to Richard M. Segan, late Sheriff of Middlesex County, Virginia regarding taking money from Bogg's benefit in case against James Critten.  Undated. 1829-1857 - Letter to Walker Jones of Gloucester Courthouse from H. Wilkinson of Petersburg, Virginia about Mr. Stubblefield offering $150 for settlement of Wilkinson's business.  Lists 1829 and 1830 Rockingham Season accounts, March 31, 1834.  Letter to Miss H.B. Booth, Gloucester County, about an account, June 5, 1834. Article of Agreement between Alfred Billups, Gloucester County, and Jacob Vreeland of Bergen County, New Jersey for tract of land on York River in Gloucester County, October 6, 1834.  Letter from T.B. Whiting of St. Marks, Florida to M.C. Booth in Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia regarding accusation of debt, R. M. Thornton and A.L. Dabney, February 26, 1837.  Receipt for John W. Puller for items purchased from T.B. Taliaferro, 1856 and 1857. Thomas J. Banks Correspondence and Accounts, 1826-1838 - Two partial account books in the same handwriting as the William and Thomas Banks book.  William Banks is mentioned in one of them, 1826-1830.  Accounts of William and Thomas Banks, Oyster deposit on the River. Partial account book, 1833-1836.  Thomas T. Bailey of Baileysville, Tennessee to Thomas J. Banks about collecting and sending money that he was collected, July 23, 1835.  Letter to Thomas J. Banks of Gloucester, Virginia  from James M. Rasin and Company regarding wheat and repairing a Straw Cutler.    Includes Receipt and statement., September 17, 1835.  Letter to Thomas J. Banks of Gloucester, Virginia from Samuel Crane of Richmond, Virginia about the two negroes that were part of Banks' brother's estate.  John Carlton, deceased, is mentioned,  March 26, 1836.  Letter to Thomas J. Banks of Gloucester Court House regarding rent, December 5, 1836.  Letter from Robert Nicholas of Richmond, Virginia to Jefferson Stubbs of Gloucester County, Virginia regarding the suit in Henrico County, Virginia with T.J. Banks, administrator of John Banks, deceased, regarding two negroes, April 3, 1838. Christopher Jones Correspondence and Documents, 1824-1826 -  Note sent by John Field to the Courthouse for Christopher Jones or Thomas Banks about a receipt, July 31, 1824.  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from H. Boggs of Baltimore, Maryland concerning settlement with a John Henry and Mr. Jones who is possibly the brother of Christopher Jones, September 13, 1825.  Indenture between Christopher T. Jones and Mann Page Trustees under a deed of trust between William Wilkins and Mann page and Christopher T. Jones to secure for to Thomas Smith and John Tabbs, September 5, 1825.  Letter to Christopher Jones about will that was proven October 3, 1808, with Henry Curry as the testator and Susanna Curry the Executrix and lists other cases.  The writer, from Richmond, Virginia,  also turns down offer to visit the area while extolling the pleasures of the rural setting, August 28, 1825.  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from H. Boggs of Baltimore, Maryland concerning a settlement, December 1825.  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from George Haskins concerning bringing to Chancery Court his suit against James Montague, Philip Montague, Thomas G. Cridington and Robert Dobbins, January 22, 1826. Kemp Family, 1825 and undated -  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from Robert Tubman concerning suit against Peter Kemp, November 30, 1825.  Letter to William Browne Judge of the Chancery District of Williamsburg about Peter, Francis, William and Sarah Kemp against John Johnston, admr of Robert Kemp, deceased, Undated.","Carbon of typed notes on John Buckner (ca. 1630-1695) of Gloucester County, Virginia.  He brought the first press and printer, William Nuthead, to Virginia about 1680.  Prepared by Mary Goodwin, Research Department, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.  Typescripts of brief biographical sketches of John Buckner and his family from Tyler's Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography and an account of William Nuthead, from first printer in Virginia and Maryland, from J.C.Oswald, Printing in the America's.  13 pages.","Daily Press newspaper article, \"County Barber Still Cutting,\" about Wilbur Templeman and his barbershop. His daughter, Linda Templeman, worked in Swem Library, Government Documents.  August 9, 2009.","Patent for 4753 acres of land in Goochland County, Virginia granted by King George II to Michael Holland. 1744. On vellum. 13 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches. Signed by Lieutenant Governor William Gooch.","Papers, 1744-1832, relating to Goochland County, Va. Includes patent, 1744, to Michael Holland (signed by Gooch and granted by King George II); will, 1815, of Nathaniel Davidson; court order, 1830, to pay William Pope for services as prosecuting attorney; and document, 1831, concerning the lawsuit of the Commonwealth v. John N. Davis; letter, 1832, from Pleasant Turner to Archibald Bryce; and plat, 1839, of land owned by William Ford. Patent filed in Oversize. Court Docket to November 1795, list of all cases. Commonwealth vs. John N. Davis, 1831 Will of Nathaniel Davidson, 1815 Plat tract of land owned by William Ford, 1839 Oversize patent, for land, signed by Gov. Gooch, granted by King George II to Michael Holland, 1744 Court order to pay William Pope for services as prosecuting attorney, 1830 Letter, Pleasant Turner to Capt. Archibald Bryce, 1832 Court Docket to November 1795, list of all cases","They appear to be a general store, ordering food items, clothe, clothing, shoes, horseshoes, nails, tobacco and other items.  Their shipping address is Irwin's Station or Bula in Goochland County.  Over 120 items. 1882-1883. Court Summons.  Names mentioned:  William Southworth, J. Clemens, Jos. Bullock, William Johnson, Julian Martin, Lucy Randolph, Anderson Matthews and S.W. Mason.  5 items.  1853. Archibald D. Perkins Accounts.  One receipt from Lucy Randolph.  39 items. 1836-1893. Typed carbon copy of a biography of Benjamin Waller and letters of Benjamin Wood.  Undated. Related items:  MsV Ame18  B. R. Cowherd Ledger","Copy of survey, 29 September 1804, of land in Greenbrier County Va. [W.Va.] for heirs of William Humes and surveyed by Alexander Welch.","A typed list of voters for 1800. Court order to pay William Faulkner for his services as sheriff.  1829.  copy. Court order to pay Samuel Pointer for his services as sheriff.  1830.  copy.","Deed (mutilated), 1727, from John Guess to Thomas Denton for land in Hanover County, Va.; receipt, 187[?] for taxes to Joseph Henry; and appeal, 1894, for aid in building a church in a needy neighborhood, with a list of names of contributors attached. Title page, with a photograph of the Clay house, from \"Life and Speeches of Henry Clay.\" 1843. Signature on front page: Mattie R. Feild, Millbrook, Virginia, 1886. Photostat copy of town lot layout of Hanover along the Pamunkey River with a tax list of names. March 17, 1738 or 39.","Scope and Contents Ledger, 1917 of a store in Studley, Hanover County, Virginia, recording purchases made by various customers. Customers' names are listed, and occasionally their town or county. A more detailed description is provided by the seller:  \"Ledger is a Eagle Flat Opening Book No. 895 (sold by Reinbach \u0026 Schwartz Stationers, Richmond, Va.). Measures: 8 1/4\" x 12 3/4\" x 1 1/4\",  287 pages.  This Ledger begins in May, 1917 and ends December 7, 1917.  Entries such as: Miss Ellen Timberlake, 2 Loaves of Bread .10;    Babes Bowles, 2 Cultivator Teethe .50, 1 Plow Point .16;  Mrs. Austin, 1/2 Plug Tobacco  .05\" \"On Page 158 it has a stamp on it: Do your bit! BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND, Inquire at any Bank or Post Office. Several Pages are Stamped (with a Postage Stamper): Studley, Va. (date).\" \"There are entries for food products, farm supplies, coca cola, tobacco, coffee, oil, medicine, etc.....\" Purchased.","Hardy County is now part of West Virginia.","Deed, 1858, from Westfall Garret to Henry Richmond covering a tract of land in Hardy County, Va. [W.Va.]. Court documents signed by Ed Williams, Clerk, 1797. Donated in 1997 by John Lawrence.","Portion of printed list, 1831, of land returned as delinquent for taxes in Harrison County [W.Va.]","Scope and Contents Papers, 1726-1871 and undated, relating to Henrico County, Va. Includes land patent, deeds, documents concerning lawsuits, estate document, and receipt for fee for apprehending a slave. 14 items.","Order, 1784, to the sheriff of Henry County, Va. to call jurors in the lawsuit of Commonwealth v. Anderson McGwire in the Virginia General Court.","Photocopy of a booklet, \"Fork Boykin\" compiled by Miss Genie Cory. Undated. Photograph of St. Luke's Church. Undated.","Index or register of names in a ledger divided alphabetically with tabs. Names include first and surnames, men and women, and all have a number noted beside them. There is no location or date or purpose noted on the register, but by using census data, the register was created circa 1900 and probably in the Isle of Wight County area of Virginia. Medium Oversize.","An artificial collection of material, 1687-1924, relating to James City County, Virginia. Includes copies of court records, farm censuses, tax receipts, church brochures, and photographs. Box 12 and 13 are mostly a gift from Robert T. Slater.","Blueprints of tracts of land in James City County. Carlton Casey land in Jamestown District, surveyed November 6, 1950; William Washington Estate, surveyed October 26, 1951; Mrs. Bessie Carmine property on Old Jamestown Road, surveyed September 2, 1940; Plat of subdivision of portion of Sarah Jones Tract, surveyed April 9, 1948; Survey of Bush Neck Road, Rye Patches and Wallace's Tract, surveyed June 1939; Frederick J. Keck farm in Stonehouse District, surveyed October 1937; Indigo Dam, estate of William Allen Jones, decd, in Jamestown District, surveyed October 1931; Rollo Subdivision, surveyed on November 26, 1930; Stephen's Tract #2, J.W. Penick the owner, in Stonehouse District, surveyed May, 1926; Timberlake Property, surveyed April 23, 1930 and Walthal Tract, surveyed June 1928.","1687 August 8. Copy of will of John Holder, deceased. Proved at the County Court held at James City, 8 August 1687 by the oaths of John White and Dorothy Peach. Recorded by W. Edwards, Cl[erk of] Co[u]r[t]. 1 page. Photostat of Document Signed.","Scope and Contents Copy of a law enacted by General Assembly, 17 February 1644, prohibiting desertions of plantations that have been seated; persons deserting their plantations are not to burn their houses but will receive as many nails as were expended in building them. Signed by William Robertson (d. 1739) Cl[er]k Gen[era]l Ass[emb]ly [from 1702-1738]. 1 page. Document Signed.","1805 February. Copy of pages from a court record signed by Ro[bert] B. Armistead. \"Found among the ruins of the old Court House at Williamsburg, Va. 1864.\" 2 pages. Copy of Document Signed.","1813 February 12. Copy of advertisement in the Richmond Enquirer for the rent or lease of the Greenspring Estate. 1 page. Typewritten Copy of Newspaper Clipping.","1820 September 1. Census record of James City county for 1820. Signed by Rich[ar]dson Henley, assistant to the Marshal. (Note reads \"From Lib. of Cong.\") 1 page. Photostat of Document.","1827 June 30. Copy of Complaint brought by Archer Hankins, late sheriff of James City and Committee of the esate of James Banks, deceased, against William Gregory, sheriff of King William County, appointed to represent William Gregory, Christopher Johnson, Ann Dudley, G. R. Lambert Meredith, Martha Bingham, Julia Bingham, Jno. Bingham, Geo. Bingham, [?] Lambert (wife of Eugene Sullivan), and Stephen Bingham, the heirs of Stephen Bingham. Concerns a tract of land in James City county called \"Mount Folly.\" 3 pages. Document Signed.","1847 May 6. Memorandum of deed of trust executed on 21 Sep[tember] 1841 is filed as an exhibit in the Chancery Suit in the Supr[eme] Court of James City County and City of Williamsburg by Upshur's executors vs. Pryor and others. Signed by P. P. Mayo. Fragment. Document Signed.","1849 January 19. Copy of advertisement in the Richmond Enquirer of the Hickory Neck Academy, James City County, Virginia. 1 page. Typewritten Copy of Newspaper Clipping.","1882-1893 and undated. Tax receipts, James City County, Virginia of Alexander Preston and Alfred Epps and a few miscellaneous receipts. Printed Document Signed. (13 items).","Scope and Contents 1896 June 1. \"The James City Cavalry, Its Organization and Its Service.\" (Company H, Fifth Regiment, mustered into service 22 May 1861). From \"Our Confederate Column\" in the Richmond Dispatch. Newspaper clipping.","1928 February 12. Bulletin from the Mount Vernon M. E. Church, South, Toano, Virginia. H. Conrad Blackwell, Pastor. 4 pages. Printed Material.","1929 June 30. Church Bulletin of Five Forks Church, Old Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, Virginia. Rev. James M. McKnight, Pastor. 4 pages. Printed Material.","1946 October 6. Invitation to Homecoming Day at James River Baptist Church, J. E. Bowman, Pastor. 1 page. Typewritten Copy.","1948 July 27. Letter. Mrs. William Lawrence Gatewood at New York to Brantley Henderson, Jr. at Williamsburg, [?] house and lot, and a store in Toano, Virginia. 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.","No Year. June 27. Program from Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Norge, Virginia in honor of the visit of the Crown Prince Olaf and Crown Princess of Norway. 1 page. Typewritten Copy.","Undated. Program of The County Council of Women's Clubs presenting \"Days in James City County from 1609 to 1817.\" 1 page. Printed Material. (3 items).","Undated. Bulletin of Hickory Neck Church, Blissland Parish, Toano, James City County, Virginia. 2 pages. Printed Material.","Undated. Brochure of the James City County Chamber of Commerce, Toano, Virginia. 2 pages. Printed Material.","1920. Economic Survey for James City County 1920 Census. 1 page. Typewritten Document.","1923 October 9. S. H. Hobbs, Jr., Rural Social Science, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. to Miss Mabel Massey, County Home Demonstration Agent, Williamsburg, Virginia. Is sending bulletin compiled from information secured in a survey of the townships in Chatham Co. [N. C.] and a bulletin on Johnston Co. [N. C.]; discusses types of surveys used by his department. 2 pages. Typewritten Letter Signed.","1924 February 12-13. Program of the Peninsula Farmers Institute. 1 page. Printed Material.","Scope and Contents Undated. \"A Glimpse of the Progressive School System of James City County\" by H. L. Harris, Supt. of Schools. 7 pages. Typewritten Document.","Undated. \"Health Conditions in James City County.\" 4 pages. Typewritten Document.","Scope and Contents Samples of typed farm census forms from other locations in 1923: Chowan County, North Carolina; Henderson County, North Carolina; Hertford County, North Carolina; Madison County, North Carolina; Nash County, North Carolina and North Carolina 1923 farm census (blank form. 4 pages). Blank survey on \"Farm Home Conditions\" from Pittsylvania Co., Virginia (2 pages). Sample form for farm census (3 pages). Survey of Whitmell Community made by Rural Sociology Class (3 pages).","Undated. Farm survey, James City County. 8 pages. Printed Material. (17 items).","Undated. Farm survey, James City County. 8 pages. Printed Material. (17 items).","1922 June 13. Johnston County: Economic and Social (a Laboratory Study in the Rural Social Science Department of the University of North Carolina) by W. M. Sanders, Jr. and G. Y. Ragsdale.","1922 October. Economic and Social Survey of Albemarle County, University of Virginia Record Extension Series, vol. VII, No. 2.","1922 November 16. How Farm Tenants Live by J. A. Dickey and E. C. Branson. University of North Carolina Extension Bulletin. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 47 pages. Printed Material.","1923 Virginia Agricultural Census, U. S. Department of Agriculture co-operating with the State Department of Agriculture. 32 pages. Printed Material.","Scope and Contents Colonel William Allen House (P1), formerly owned by Miss Fanny Allen and later owned by Mr. Mercer Taylor. Four miles west of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Ashland Farm (P2), formerly owned by Captain William Morecock. Located at Diascond station. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Binn's Place (P3), located west of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (P4), home of Mrs. Archibald McCrea. South of Williamsburg. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (P5), home of Mrs. Archibald McCrea. South of Williamsburg. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (P6). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (P7). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Carter's Grove (before restoration) (P8). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents \"Cowlesville\" (P9), original home of the Cowles family. Owned by C. C. Cowles. Located on Rt. 603 just north of Rt. 610, six miles west of Toano on the Old Forge Road (much remodeled). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Curtis Home (P10). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Curtis Home (P11). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Edwards Place (P12), owned by Mrs. Marcus Cottrell. Located four miles northwest of Toano at the intersection of Rt. 601 and Rt. 603. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Gatewood Place Kitchen (P13), owned by C. Ordway. Located one half mile west of Toano on Forge Road. Now destroyed. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Green Spring (P14), ruins of the second house at Green Spring, built about 1800. The foundations of the Sir William Berkeley house at Green Spring are south of this house about two hundred yards. Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white. Undated.","Scope and Contents Green Spring (P15), aerial view. Photographic print, 7\"x9\". Undated.","Scope and Contents Green Spring (P16), aerial view. Photographic print, 7\"x9\". Undated.","Green Spring (P17), aerial view. Photographic print, 9¼\"x11¼\". Undated.","Scope and Contents Grove Hill (P18), built by John Cowles in the 1830's. Later owned by Mr. C. C. Cowles. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Hankins Family House (P19), owned by the Hankins family. Later owned by Mr. E. K. Pettit. Old house at Six Mile Ordinary, Rt. 60. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Harris House (P20), owned by Harris estate. Located about six miles southwest of Lightfoot and ¾ miles west of Jolly's Mill Pond. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Harris House (P21), six miles southwest of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Harris House (P22), owned by Mr. James Harris. Located about seven miles southwest of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Hickory Neck Episcopal Church (P23), on Rt. 60 above Toano. This is only part remaining of the original church which was built about 1733. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Hockaday Place (P24), owned by B. S. Bowmer. Located about one mile and a half west of Diascund Bridge. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents James' Place (P25), former home of Colonel George James. Later owned by Mr. P. H. Richardson. Located approximately four miles north of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Captain George Lee House (P26), owned by Captain Lee of Newport News.  Located north of Croaker.  Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view.  Undated.","Scope and Contents Lombardy (P27), home of Littleton Waller. Later owned by Mr. Branch Martin. Located west of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents MacDowell's (P28), owned by the Barnes estate. Located about four miles north of Toano on the road leading from the Forge Road to the Williamsburg-Richmond stage road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Martin Home (P29), owned by Miss Williana Wilkinson. Located about half a mile west of Toano on the Forge Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Martin Home (P30), owned by Miss Williana Wilkinson. Located about half a mile west of Toano on the Forge Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Martin's Place (P31), two miles northwest of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Olive Branch Christian Church (P32), one and a quarter mile southeast of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Pierce's (P33), located at Toano. This was originally \"Taylor's\" but prior to the Civil War was bought by Mr. Felix Pierce. There were three cemeteries on the place, one belonging to the Taylor family and two so old that no one recollects who was buried in them. After the Pierces died, this place was bought by Mr. Wesley Marston. The chimney and foundations are the only parts of the original house left which bear evidence of early eighteenth century construction, the chimney being laid in Flemish bond on flat side, and English bond on front and back surfaces. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Pinewoods (P34), home of Warburton family. As it appears before it was partially destroyed by fire. Photographic print, 8\"x10\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Pinewoods (P35). Photographic print, 8\"x10\", black and white, showing a rear view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Poplar Grove (P36), Wynne Place. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Powhatan (P37), once owned by Doctor Martin. Later owned by E. M. Slauson. Located a few miles west of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Powhatan (P38), once owned by Doctor Martin. Later owned by E. M. Slauson. Located a few miles west of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Redwood Ordinary (P39), now known as Green Shingle Inn. The present structure was built about 1790 to replace the old burned ordinary. Owned originally by the Redwood family, but subsequently bought by the Slater family. Served almost continuously as a tavern. Located at the intersection of the Forge Road and the Williamsburg-Richmond Stage Road in Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Old Richardson House near Croaker (P40). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents River View (P41), former home of the Norvell family. Later owned by Mr. Herbert Bloomberg. Located on York River about eight miles east of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Slater Place (P42), owned by R. V. Timberlake. Located about five miles northwest of Toano on road from Forge Road to Doncastle's Ordinary on the Williamsburg-Richmond Stage Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Stuart Place (P43), owned by E. C. Stuart. Located about a mile and a half northwest of Diascund Bridge. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Summer House (P44), owned by Mr. Slater. Located about three miles south of Chickahominy Church on \"Old Brick Mill Road.\" Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Summer House (P45). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a rear view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Vaiden Family House (P46), located at Norge. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Warrenton (P47), known in the past as Rutleigh. Acquired early in the 19th century by the Warren family. Later restored by the Grantham family. Later owned by Mr. Dozier. Located about five miles west of Toano on Forge Road, facing Windsor Castle. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Warrens (P48), owned by the Warren family. Located about four miles west of Toano, just off the Forge Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Watkins House (P49), owned by J. B. Larson. Later owned by [?] Peterson. Located three and half miles east of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Scope and Contents White Hall Tavern (P50), home of the Geddy family. One and a quarter miles north of Toano. In the interior are a very fine staircase and much early woodwork. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents Windsor Castle (P51), home of William Bush. Owned by Mrs. William Walker Ware. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Unidentified House (52). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.","Unidentified House (53). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.","Scope and Contents One booklet: \"Sheriffs of James Citty Countie\" by Barbra M. Cook, Subsheriff, 1994. Gift of Barbra M. Cook, deputy sheriff of James City County via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association. Postcard of Green Shingle Inn, Toano, with a copy of a newspaper article about the Inn which was destroyed in 1963. Copy of a photograph of the hotel near the Powder Magazine, ca. 1900 and a photocopy of photograph of students at Matthew Whaley School. Individuals are identified.","Photostat copies of James City County petitions, beginning in the 18th century.","Jefferson County is now a part of West, Virginia. See related collections: Mss. MsV I1 Jefferson County, W. Va. Merchant's Index, Mss. Acc. 2008.320 Jefferson County, Virginia (W.Va.)Tax Records","List (printed), 1831, of land returned as delinquent for taxes in Jefferson County, Va. [W.Va.]","Bill of sale, 1796, for a slave sold by Robert Hoskins to John Mundell in King and Queen County, Va.Gift of John Lawrence. Three court documents, 1796 and undated, two signed by Ro[bert] Pollard, clerk. (Mss. Acc. 1997.31b). July 1967 \"Bulletin of the King and Queen County Historical Society.\" Agreement between Nicholas Dillard and Polly Browning for 95 acres in King and Queen County. February 11, 1792. (transferred from Gloucester County).","Typed copy of a rent roll, 1769 and copy of a court order, 1830, to pay Lawrence W. Berry for his services as Commonwealth's Attorney","Fragment of the will, 1705, of [?] Clayborne; typed extracts from a tax book, 1815 (65 typed sheets); copy of petition, 1843, from citizens of county to General Assembly of Virginia concerning the disposal of land in the county and a memorandum, 1863, signed by John Letcher concerning the arrest of a slave charged with attempted murder. 4 items.","Scope and Contents Leaflet written by Ann Harrison Booker Darst, \"Parson Skyring\" The Rev. Henry Skyring, 1729-1795, A tribute on the 200th anniversary of his death in 1995. Gift of Ann H.B. Darst. (Acc. 1998.36). Photographs used for the July 1938 William and Mary Quarterly article, \"Homes in the County.\" Daily Press book review of \"A History of Virginia Pioneer Papermakers\" with emphasis on the paper mill in West Point. Programs for the 250th founding of King William County, April 1952. Brochure on King William County, with notes. ca 1960. (Acc. 2008.193)","Typed transcriptions of pew rental lists: 1721 and 1748, for Christ Church Parish; 1750, for [St. Mary's] White Chapel Parish and a newspaper clipping, 13 February 1936, from the Rappahannock Record on the history of St. Mary's White Chapel by Elizabeth Comps Pierce. 4 items. Photographs from 1937: \"Bewdley,\" Lancaster Courthouse (Lancaster Post Office and former jail), Overseer's house on the Black Stump Quarter of Robert Carter's Corotoman Plantation (Weems Post Office), Sipes House (Lively Post Office) and Armstrong House (Palmer Post Office).","Copy of court order, 1830, to pay Edward Campbell for his services as Commonwealth's Attorney for Lee County, Va.","Typed copy of an advertisement in the Daily National Intelligencer, Washington, September 30, 1814, by James Monroe concerning sale of land; letter, 1863, from George K. Fox of Campbell Court House, Virginia, to L.W.S. Hough at Leesburg about Loudoun County bonds; booklet, July 1, 1861, containing names of purchasers of Loudoun County bonds numbered 1-358 and executed copies of July1, 1861 bonds, numbered 361-370 and 387-400 of Loudoun County. 24 pieces. And photograph of site of home of John Champe.","Tax list (tithes, land and carriages), 1769, for St. Martin's Parish (mutilated); document, 1852, in lawsuit of Spicer and Harris v. J. M. Macon, Jr., agent; papers in suits against J. and W.W. Beadles in 1852 and court orders, 1853-1854, to pay Robert T. Gooch for services as witness. 7 items.","Related material: Mss. MsV Lev10 Lunenburg County, Va. Docket, 1843E, Mss. MsV T3 Lunenburg County, Va. Sheriff's Tax Book, 1843","Copy of the will, 1817, of John T. Ravenscroft and accompanying papers and typescript of a letter, 1781, of D. C. Stokes, College Camp, William and Mary, to [Thomas] Nelson regarding Stokes' discharge.","Cumberland Parish Records Alphabetical order by subject. Church Matters J. H. Morrison to Dr. Perry regarding the Vestry and a Chimney. 1862. Correspondence B.M. Atkinson to his father about his Christmas plans. 1860. Thomas E. Locke to William J. Neblett enclosing papers on Buford's will, M. Forland's deed and other papers. Mentions R.B. Atkinson.1855. Financial – Correspondence, 1852-1868 Financial receipts, invoices, letters about the rector's salary. 38 items. 1852-1874. Financial – Taxes Receipt for taxes paid to the Sheriff of Lunenburg. Most are property taxes on 197 acres of land. 17 items. 1856 to 1869. 17 items. 1856-1865. Financial – Treasurer's Reports. 1847-1874. 16 items. Financial Matters – Bonds, Bills, Invoices, Subscriptions, Receipts and Taxes. St. John's Church and others. 35 items. 1848-1904. Some names mentioned: William H. Perry, Treasurer of the Parish; L.J. James E. Davis, Roger B. Atkinson, J.H. Morrison, Roger B. Atkinson, J.J. Deshazer, George Southall, Rev. Thomas E. Locke, Rev. Henry Wall, Rev. J. L. Sothoron, W.S. Watkins, Anderson Stewart, Harrison J. Elden, W.W. Webber, John. S. Hansbrough, Neblett Family, Colonel Sheets, Charles Smith, Mrs. John T. Merryman, Alice Ingram,W.G. Marshall, treasurer of Parish by 1904 and others. Letter from Dr. Bird, Dinwiddie County, about preaching at St. John's Church at the invitation of Mr. Neblett. 1863. Legal Matters Correspondence between Dr. W.H. Perry and A. M. and Richard Nelson, Carrolton, Mississippi about the case, Kreatts vs. Creath where Richard Nelson is representing Dr. Perry in the suit to get payment on a note. 1856-1860:1877 Deed between Malcom Macfarland and Vestry of Cumberland Parish for 190 acres. 1840. Rectors Resignation letter of Rector Dr. J. H. Morrison. May 1863. Vestry Meeting notes and letters about job openings, position acceptance and declining and resignations. 1857-1863. Rectors – Thomas E. Locke Payment accounts for 1838-1854, plus resignation and salary dispute, 1855. Vestry Minutes 1842, 1856, 1857, 1862 and undated. Originally accessioned as 1939.224 as a gift from WH Perry, Jr.","Patent, 1759, granting 400 acres of land to John LeGrand (signed by Francis Fauquier).","Copy of court order, 1830, to pay Horace Stringfellow for his services as Commonwealth's Attorney; and deed of trust, 1932, given by Herbert Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover to William E. Carson, covering tracts of land in Madison County, Va. including Hoover's camp on the Rapidan River. Typed draft of an article, \"The Hebron Church Birth Register\" by Arthur L. Keith. 1934.","Volume 3.","Volume 1.","Volume 2.","News clippings about the records of early Mathews County. Ca. 1940. Letter from Ellen R.T. Lane in Woodstock, Virginia to her cousin about her Mother's boarding school. August 15, 1883.","Papers, 1772-1858, relating to Mecklenburg County, Va. Includes copies of court orders, 1830, to pay William B. Banks as Commonwealth's Attorney; William Townes as jailor, and Richard H. Walker as sheriff; church records (including certificate of baptism and letter of removal); marriage licenses, and notes concerning Revolutionary War soldiers, Native Americans and race horses. 17 items. Flyer from Charles B. Stuart, Randolph Macon College, about arrangements to \"…execute analyses of Soils, Marls, Guano, Minerals, \u0026c., and to impart instruction in Analytical Chemistry.\" Undated. Photocopies of flyers for an auction at Prestwould. May 24-25, 1946.","Patent granting 70 acres of land in Mecklenburg County to William Marrable. 1772. On vellum. 15 1/4 x 13 inches. 1 piece. Medium oversize.","Includes rubbing from binding of a Middlesex County record book; copy of orders, 1676, concerning provisions for soldiers to be sent out against Native Americans; copy of petitions, 1700, presented by the freeholders of Middlesex County to the House of Burgesses (from court record book); and copy of receipt, 1781, for supplies furnished by Philip Ludwell Grymes for public use. 4 items. Copies of blueprints of suggested original arrangement of the interior of the second Christ Church as built in 1714. 2 copies. 1938. Three articles on Middlesex County history by Carroll C. Chowning. 1932, 1934 and 1935. Notecard with a pencil sketch of the Christ Church altar.","Lists, 1832-1833, of land returned as delinquent for taxes.","Broadside, 1856, announcing the opening of the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs. Receipt for G.W. Lyle from Henry M. Conrad, Dr. Transfer, Livery, Feed and Sale Stable in Radford, Virginia.,","A list of lands and lots returned as delinquent, 1831. 4 p. 29 cm. Printed. 1 piece.","History, 1869-1931, of Liberty Spring Christian Church, Nansemond County, Va.; and copy of patent, 1663, granting 1850 acres of land to Richard Bennett. 2 items. Photograph of a map, \"The Lower Parish of Nansemond County, Virginia.\" Time period covered is late 1600's. Map made by J.H. Granbery in 1946.","Related material: Mss. MsV Lev11-12 Nelson County Va. Sheriff's Receipt Book, 1811-1837 Mss. MsV T4 Nelson County, Va. Tax Book, 1835 There is no material for Nelson County in the Virginia Counties Collection.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1865-1866 and undated, relating to New Kent County, Va. Includes license, 13 November 1866, to Dr. L. C. Crump to practice medicine and two tax receipts for Crump; receipts, 1865, for U. S. taxes to W. A. Patterson and W. W. Taliaferro; and photograph of St. Peter's Episcopal Church and the \"Criss Cross House.\" 9 items. Handwritten copy of letter from William Gooch to the Vestry of New Kent County recommending Mr. Thacker. Circa 1729/30. Family tree of Robert Christian and Mary Brown of Cedar Grove, New Kent County. 2 items.","Bond, 1862, of Isaac Bales of loyalty to the United States.","Copies of court orders, 1830, to pay William Barnard for his services as jailer and Mordecai Cooke for his services as sheriff and a bond, 1765, of William Harwood and Samuel Langley to Elizabeth Ashley. 3 items.","Legal papers, receipts, correspondence and financial records generated by Northampton County.","Concerning a contract to carry mail between Eastville and Norfolk.","Concerning the use of a horse.","Road construction","Debt suit","Gift of Dr. \u0026 Mrs. H. Norton Mason, 1965.","Copy (printed) of the inventory, 1674, of the estate of Ambrose Feilding of Wickocomoco Hall, Northumberland County, Va. 1 item.","Extracts, 1783-1786, from Ohio County, W. Va. records. 1 piece.","Papers, 1841-1920, relating to Orange County, Va. Includes documents, 1841, concerning lawsuit of Jeremiah Morton v. William C. Willis; and petition, 1920, of citizens of Orange County, Va. concerning the unveiling of a tablet to World War I dead. 4 items. Calling card advertisement for \"Stratford Fund\" tea at St. Thomas House.","Letter, 4 October 1817, from William S. Marye to inhabitants of valley lying between the Blue Ridge and the Massanutten and Fort Mountains concerning the formation of a new county [Page County.] 1 item.","Ledger, Page County, Virginia, 1889-1892, 730 pp., recording the sale of general merchandise to more than 100 individual customers and businesses. One of the customers was the Luray Caverns and Hotel Company. Alphabetical index in front of volume. Sampling of names mentioned in the ledger was provided by the seller: Luray Caverns and Hotel Company, George Lee, William Jenkins, Tannery, Captain W. H. Smith, YMCA Masonic Lodge, Reverend N. W. Hackley, Arlington Hotel Company, Joseph Zirkle, John W. Strickler, Reverend H. M. Wharton, William Rosser, George Carter, Washington Carter, Lee Washington, Marshal Baylis, John A. Jackson, Albert Johnson, William Mundy. 1 volume. Purchase.","Advertisement for sale of \"Fairystones.\"","Two newspaper articles written by Mary Lee Keister Talbot about early residents of South Fork and South Branch Valleys of the Potomac and a new interpretation of Fort Seybert, 2 April and 7 May 1937. 2 items.","A 1771 deed of trust from Tully Choice to James Smith and Company for a piece of land. A marriage license, November 16, 1859, between Reuben H. Carter and Mary M. Robertson and a marriage license, December 20, 1858, between James A. Witcher and Phebe C. Haley. 2 items.","Scope and Contents Inventory and appraisal of the estate of Josiah Marshall including the following: one negroe man, James, oats and corn, farm implements and tools, and blacksmith equipment, signed by Wm Moseley (?), Arthur Moseley (?), and Francis Lewis as appraisers, and signed as ordered and recorded by by Ab[new] Crump. October 20, 1791. 2 pp. A manuscript, \"The Genesis of Powhatan County in Virginia\" by Floyd B. Taylor. 2 items.1936. The materials in this collection were donated by Floyd B. Taylor in 1936 and purchased by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center in 1981.","Copy of a typed transcription, with index, of vestry minutes of St. Patrick Parish, 1755-1774. Bond given by Joseph Bohan to Philemon Holcombe, March 28, 1788. Printed report \"Second Report of the Prince Edward Landmark Committee,\" 1928. Copy of a print of the Union Theological Seminary. Undated. Notes by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton from the Prince Edward County Courthouse on the prisons in the county. Appeared in the October 1937 William and Mary Quarterly. Notes copied by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton from the Prince Edward County Courthouse about Mr. Burks's buildings as part of a lawsuit between Woodson and Burks in 1767. Typed carbon copy of Declarations of James Pugh, James Moss, James Wooldridge, Peter Grigg and James Taylor about their participation in the Revolutionary War. Other notes concerning Revolutionary War claims. Correspondence between Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and W.S. Morton. 1936. Notes about Prince Edward County by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton. Mentions Richard Darfson, Peter Legrand, Dr. John Fisher, James Thackson, John Meadley, James Roberts, John Moore, Jr., Abraham Venable, Benjamin Augell, John Le Neve, John Bonds, Charles Anderson, Matthias Flournoy, John Pryor Smith, Charles Smith, Zachariah Leigh, Thomas Yuille and Michael McDearman. Dates covered are from mid to late 1700's. Notes taken in 1936.","Papers, 1866-1868, relating to lawsuits in Prince George County, Va. against Matthew W. Raney for debt. 3 items.","Papers, 1728-1752, relating to Prince William County, Va. Mostly documents concerning the settlement of estates but also includes copy of [quit] rent roll, 1738; document, 1752, concerning debt; and guardian's bond, 1743, for Thomas Young. Two items in this collection were donated by Mrs. Marion S. Mallory in 1963.","Papers, 1753-1865, concerning Princess Anne County, Va. Includes writ, 1753, to adjourn the county court of Princess Anne signed by Robert Dinwiddie (gift of Benjamin B. Burroughs) and license, 1865, of Richard H. Baylor, a Baptist minister, to perform marriage ceremonies. 2 items. Photographs of Communion silver of Old Donation Church, communion silver of the Eastern Shore Chapel, the Anthony Fentress house, the Eastern Shore Chapel and the Old Donation Church. 5 photographs.","Indenture between Augustine and Silvester Blidenbrough and Thomas Moss for land in Rappahannock County. January 23, 1661. Incomplete. Includes typescript. Medium Oversize.","Negative photostatic copy of a list, 1724, of African Americans instructed and baptized by John Garzia, minister of the parish of North Farnham. 1 item. Newspaper article on the frozen Rappahannock isolating the Northern Neck in Farnham, Virginia and about an old church in Farnham, Virginia. Newspaper article on the frozen Rappahannock isolating the Northern Neck in Farnham, Virginia and about an old church in Farnham, Virginia. Minutes of September 22, 1774 meeting of the Association of Richmond County \"for the choosing of a committee agreeable to the Seventh Resolve made and entered into by the delegates from the different countys in the Coloney of Dominion of Virginia on Williamsburg the first day of August last.\" (after 1st Virginia Conventon, Revolutionary War) Copy by LeRoy Peachy, Clk. Back of document, \"The meeting of the Association September 22, 1774 for choosing a committee for the County to watch...in defence of American freedom.\" Lists the people chosen for each area of the county.","Related Material: Mss. MsV V1 Poll book, 1782-1810, for election of delegates to the General Assembly from Rockbridge County, [Va.], Mss. MsV Lev14 Rockbridge County, Va. Justice of the Peace Judgement and Execution Book, 1838-1849, Mss. MsV Lev15 Rockbridge County, Va. Court Receipt Book, 1833-1855","Printed list of land and lots returned as delinquent for taxes, dated 1831. Includes lands and lots sold. 10 p. 30 cm. 4 copies. Printed copy of the will of Alexander Telford. 1790. 2 items. Eight licenses, 1800-1805, for 'ordinaries' in Rockbridge County, Va. for Alexander Shield, Christopher Clyee, Nicholas Spring, Win Bailey, Benjamin Darst, Daniel Windell, John Conkey and William Niblack. Deed between Sarah C. Bourland and James Walker, January 2, 1863. Legal documents signed by John Ruff and others in regard to a payment of debts. December 16, 1840 to September 3, 1849. 5 items. Sworn statements certifying commissioners to oversee voting sites in Rockbridge County for presidential election of 1860. 27 items.","Papers, 1770-1871, relating to Rockingham County, Va. Includes two deeds, 1828 and 1871; partial inventory and sale of personal property of James Dever; account book, 1860-1867, of John W. Minnich, a teacher; accounts of the board of school commissioners (including student names); and documents, 1770-1843, concerning lawsuits (including criminal cases and criminal cases involving slaves). 521 items. The lawsuit material begins with Box 19, folder 3 and is divided into two alphabetical groups which are organized by the main person in the lawsuit. The second group is in Box 20. These lawsuits contain various spellings of the participants' names, often two or three spellings in the same page.","Local Election Ballot. May 28, 1891. 2 items. Advertisement cards for Strayer and Lupton in Harrisonburg, Virginia, O'Ferrall and Patterson in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and W.J. Downs, \"Hides wanted.\" Undated. 3 items.","Copy of court order, 1830, to pay Edward Campbell for his services as Commonwealth's attorney for Russell County, Va. 1 item.","Copy of court order, 1830, to pay Jacob Lynch for his service as clerk of the court of Scott County, Va. Advertisement in Morgantown, Virginia for Dr. C.M. Lane's Improved Medical Remedies and Dr. Scott's White Circassian Liniment. 1855.","Broadside order sheet for vegetable seeds by Jonathan Wood of New Lebanon. 1833. Advertisement for a sewing machine by Hottel and Keller in Toms Brook, Virginia. Grocery list on the back. Undated. Advertisement by Strayer and Coffman for their \"Cheap Store\" in New Market, Virginia. March 31, 1810.","Documents, 1779-1819, concerning land transactions in Southampton County, Va. Purchased from Charles Hamilton.","Related material: Mss. Acc. 2008.319 Fredericksburg, Virginia District Court Ledgers, 1787-1840","Documents, 1798-1841, concerning Spotsylvania County, Va. Includes tax bill; legal receipt, 1799, for execution in the lawsuit of Charles Thompson v. Joseph Newton \u0026 John Day; and extracts, 1798, from the will of James Somerville. Campaign speech, handwritten and transcribed, by unknown. August 1788.","Copy of quit rent roll, 1724, for Stafford County, Va. Photocopy of May 8, 1974 Richmond Times-Dispatch article on old papers returned to Stafford County. Newspaper article on the price of negroes in Stafford County in 1722. 1881. Handwritten document (copy of an original) of \"An Act to Exempt Certain German Protestants in the County of Stafford from the Paiment of Parish Levies.\" 1730. Photographs of the Clerk's Office, Courthouse and the County Jail. Undated. Typed history of the Old Courthouse buildings. Undated. Copy of a map, \"Colonial Tidewater, Virginia. Undated.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1927-1939, relating to Surry County, Va. Includes list, 1927, of places in Surry County compiled by A. W. Bohannon; and printed tour guide, 1939, to places in Surry County conducted by Thomas Rolfe Branch, Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Card advertising Wigwam Brand Virginia Hams. Undated. Transcribed records which relate to the expulsion of mercenary attorneys. Undated. March 1929 edition of \"Representative\" a newspaper of the Surry County Schools. Patent for Humphrey Baylis for 440 acres in Surry County adjacent to \"College Lines.\" Signed by William Gooch. December 1, 1740. Patent is a gift of Ethel D. Roberts, 1936.","Papers, 1776 and 1932, relating to Sussex County, Va. Includes copy of will, 177[8?], [mutilated] of John Clanton; and newspaper clipping, 1932, concerning court held in Sussex County, 18 July 1776, and considered the first court held under authority of the Commonwealth of Virginia. 2 items.","Collection relating to Warwick County, much of it concerning the Colonial era. Contains legal disputes, estate papers, court findings, petitions, correspondence, etc. Also contains correspondence relative to the Civil War and papers concerning the American Revolution and slavery. This collection has been microfilmed and is restricted to MICROFILM USE ONLY. NOTE: transcriptions of the colonial portion of the records are available in Richard Dunn: Warwick County, Virginia, colonial court records in transcription (F232 .W27 W3 2000 (Swem stacks and Swem Rare Books) and F232 .W27 W3 2008 (Swem Rare Books).","Undated items and photographs.","Scope and Contents 7 May 1659.  Will of Henry Jacksonn [sic] of Mulberry Island; divides his estate amongst son Henry, daughters Sarah and Dorothy, his wife's sons John and Emanuell [sic] Wills, also Emanuell's [sic] wife Elizabeth, his grandchildren Mary and Ann, and his wife Elizabeth Jackson; appoints Robert Pyland and Miles Cary overseers of his estate; witnessed by Robert Pyland, William Gwinett, and William Thomas.  1 p. 11 [Decem]b[e]r 1679.  Orders passed by the court of Warwick County; require a penalty of 400 pounds of tobacco to be assessed on the Owners of \"stone\" horses under fourteen hands allowed to run free in order to prevent the spoiling of the \"Breed of the Countrey\"; whereas \"we find...[the] Continuall destroying [of] our Stocks by Wolves\" a reward of 200 pounds of tobacco is offered for presenting a wolf's head before the magistrate; whereas \"we find...that there are diverse and ill minded people that carry gunns [sic] shooting and ranging upon any man's Land\" it is ordered that anyone carrying a gun on another man's property without the owner's permission shall pay a penalty of 200 pounds of tobacco and forfeit their gun; recorded by William Bolton.  1 p. These documents have not been microfilmed.","Deposition, 1794, taken in Washington County, Va., in the suit of Alexander Quarrier v. Robert Watkins in the Superior Court of Richmond County, Ga. and court order, 1830, to pay Edward Campbell for his services as Commonwealth's attorney for Washington County. Barter Theatre pamplet. 1949. Barter Theatre program for \"Margin for Error.\" 1940-41. Advertisement mailing for flour by Anderson and Shaffer of Hamilton, Ohio to J.B. Mongle and Son of Holston, Virginia. 1891.","Photostat copy of the Memorial of the committee of the County of West Augusta to the convention of the Colony of Virginia. [1774] and transcript. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1830-1878 and undated, relating to Westmoreland County, Va. Includes court orders, 1830, to pay clerk, jailor and sheriff; document, 1845, in lawsuit of William Teffey et al. v. Elizabeth M. Sutton; newspaper clippings; and a printed circular. Newspaper article on Yeocomico Church. Undated.","Printed list, 1831, of lands returned as delinquent for taxes in Wythe County, Va. Accessor's listing of property of Samuel Williams. Includes list of slaves and their ages, acreage, and dwelling house and outbuildings. April 1, 1815. (Mss. Acc. 2001.44)","Related publications:Charles Parish Register available published as Landon C. Bell, Charles Parish, York County, Va. Richmond: Virginia State Library Board, 1932.  There are slight discrepancies in words between the printed versions of the Charles Parish register and the manuscript copy at Swem Library and Bell re-arranged the entries. The original Charles Parish register is at the Virginia State Library. See ledgers, journals and family papers from York County, Virginia.","Plat of A.W. Hitchen's Farm, portion south of U.S. Parkway in Bruton District. Surveyed April 1938.","Scope and Contents Extracts, 1782-1788, from county records; copy of account, 1668, for funeral expenses of Thomas Foote; photocopy of will, 1775, of William Nelson; copy of newspaper advertisement, 1812, for sale of Bell-Field; and print, 1862, from a printed book of Wynn's Mill. December 10, 1942 letter to the Citizens of the Magruder Area from Carl W. Porter, Commander, of the Public Works Department, Naval Operating Base about building a camp for the Seabees and citizens needing to vacate their homes. York County Court House Agreement and Origin. Undated, but after 1941. Indenture between Henry Graves and William Allen for York County land. Original. July 13, 1790. (Gift of John Jennings who noted a relationship between \"Six Mile Ordinary,\" \"Allen's Ordinary\" and Lightfoot, Virginia. Typed transcript of letter from Samuel Terrell from a camp near Yorktown to Major Garrett Minor in Louisa County. September 30, 1781.","Notebook containing a manuscript copy of the Charles and New Pocosin [sic] Parish Register. Volume 1, part 1. Births and Baptisms. 1648-1800. Index.","Notebook containing a manuscript copy of the Charles and New Pocosin [sic] Parish Register. Volume 1, part 2. Births and Baptisms. 1648-1800. Index.","Notebook containing a manuscript copy of the Charles and New Pocosin [sic] Parish Register. Volume 2. Deaths. 1665-1787. Index."],"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."],"names_coll_ssim":["Virginia. General Court"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Virginia. General Court"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Virginia. General Court"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":488,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T00:51:30.800Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArtificial collection of papers relating to various counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Includes current West Virginia Counties of Berkeley, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Nicholas and Pendleton because the material was generated when these counties were part of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript copy of resolutions, 1812, passed at a meeting of the freeholders and citizens of Accomack to consider and express their sentiments on public affairs and certain late occurrences.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBible records from Accomack and Northhampton Counties. Bible records of Accomack and Northampton Counties compiled by Jean M. Mihalyka in 1993. Volume 9. (Mss. Acc. 1991.46)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBible records of Accomack and Northampton Counties compiled by Jean M. Mihalyka in 1993. Volumes 12 and 13.  Mss. Acc. 1994.74a\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of an original pen and ink sketch of St. George's Church by Rev. James Willis Eastburn. Mss. Acc. 2008.193\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Receipts for quitrents (1750), payments and judgments (1752), tax receipts for 1822 and 1824 and typescript of petitions on juries (1798), concerning selection of juries, addresses, 1918 and 1936, concerning Grace Church, Cismont, Va. Typed manuscript concerning Albemarle Agricultural Society and typescript of minute book, 1817-1828, of Albemarle Agricultural Society as well as material concerning \"Fancy Hill,\" Albemarle County, Va. The materials that comprise this collection were donated by Lucy W. Sneed and John Lawrence and purchased from C. H. Stoneman by W\u0026amp;M Special Collections Research Center in batches between 1940 and 1997.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for payment of £310.12.5 on quitrents in Albemarle County, Virginia. 1p. DS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for payment of £100.1.8 in current money, which was sent by John Smith, Sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia in part of a judgment due the King of Great Britain from Joseph Thompson [deceased?], Sheriff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePetition on selection of juries. TCy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTaxes paid on 130 acres of land, horses, and slaves by Thomas Rea, to the Sheriff of Albemarle Co. Va. 1 item. PDS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor the District of Virginia in a chancery suit of The Bank of Howardsville, et als vs. the president, directors and company of said bank. 28 pp. PD\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e27 pp. PM.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 pp. PM\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e19 pp. PM.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e89 pp. PM.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten copy of a bond for Drury M. Burnley who is elected as sheriff of Albemarle County for the term of two years beginning January 1, 1857.  Bond includes names of family members.  Mss. Acc. 1997.31b. Certificate from Free Union Baptist Church for Sister Sally Wood to recommend her for membership. September 1883. Two letters to Bro' (Brother) Dudley from L.W. (Allen) which mentions Licking Hole Church. November 23, 1853 and undated.  Mss. Acc. 2008.193.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from W.S. Morton about material for the William and Mary Quarterly. Typed copy of Marriage Bonds of Amelia County, A-Z by husband, ca. 1735-1854. Prepared by J.D. Eggleston. Undated. Photographs of Amelia Sulpher Spring with notes on the reverse side. Undated. Letter to Susie from a correspondent in Mattoax, Virginia. Undated. Mss. Acc. 2008.193.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1769-1803, relating to Amherst County, Va. Includes appointment, 1769, of 18 Justices of the Peace , signed by Lieut. Gov. Botetourt (Lord Botetourt). A bond, 29 January, 1803, due from J. Daniel Day and Solomon Day to Jane Rickets, widow of Thomas Rickets. Attested to by John Reynolds and Noah Guttry. 1 p. cy of ADS. Gift of Mrs. G.M. Kent in 1948.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes deeds, wills, legal documents, and church records (Christians Creek School House, Glebe Burying Ground, Old Stone Church, and Tinkling Spring Church.) 58 items. Purchased 1939 from C. J. Carrier of Bridgewater, VA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pieces\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[11p.] 23 1/2 cm. Printed. 2 copies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy Rev. John Craig, first pastor of Old Stone Church in Augusta County, Virginia. 24, 14 p. 11x 8 3/3 inches. Mimeographed. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 p. 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Mimeographed. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContent regarding payment for land purchased from George Ruebush. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePossibly drawn by Henry Hearman. Includes handrawn map of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrice list card for A.M. Bruce, Wholesale Provision Merchant. Staunton, Virginia. Undated. Photostat of an order issued April 22, 1772 for land forfeiture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers, 1767-1870, relating to Bedford County, Va. Includes accounts; bonds; bill of sale, 1783. for slave; copy of appointment, 1772, of James Steptoe as clerk of Bedford Court; and copy of land grant, 1792. Also includes letter, 1876, of A. Granville Bradley describing the Shenandoah Valley and list, undated, of soldiers who served in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution with notes on the formation of Campbell County, Va. Land Grant of 300 acres in Bedford County, Virginia to Job Martin for payment of L1.10 sterling to the Treasury of the Commonwealth. Signed by Henry Lee, Governor. The materials that comprise this collection were donated by W. Mac Jones and Mrs. William C. Segar and obtained or purchased by W\u0026amp;M Special Collections Research Center in batches between the period of 1927 and 1981.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts and invoices to and from various individuals.  Some names include:  Mr. Beaver, John Berk, Mr. Pendleton, Thomas Pugh, Jack Steward, John F. Woods, Charles Dudley, Jeremiah, Moses Eubank, Jacob Wolf, Leroy James and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Sally Phelps, aunt, Lynchburg, Virginia to Henry Bigger about purchasing a cow. Includes a registry receipt. August 6, 1884. Photocopy of a letter to \"Willie Dear\" (Mrs. L.B. Bigger of Bellevue, Bedford County) from unknown. July 29, 1886. D.W. Bigger to \"My Dear Brother\" (James H. Bigger) about receiving a photograph of him and about Christmas. December 3, 1894.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence includes a mix of people with no obvious connection to one another, though some letters deal with legal matters. December 24, 1841, Tazewell Headen, Floyd C.H. to ( ) Goggin, Atty at Law, Liberty. Concerns summoning witnesses. December 12, 1843, William Daniel, Jr. of Lynchburg, Virginia to Joseph Wilson, Clerk, Bedford, Liberty (Virginia) about McKinney and Walker repaying debt from Harris and the dismissal of a suit on the validity of Even Snead's will. February 6, 1847, Robert Davis of Lynchburg, Virginia to Joseph Wilson, Clerk of Superior Court of Bedford County with a request to make copies of a statement of debt in the case of Samuel E. White and William T. Smith (late merchants trading as White and Smith) vs four other men. February 12, 1858, Julie Clayton in Ivy Hill to her cousin about a party and marriages of acquaintances. November, 1879, Letter to \"Mr. ---(?)\" from \"Your friend only\" where the writer clearly states that having a relationship with him would bring her no joy and his attention would be in vain and \"our correspondence has closed. May your future life be blessed by a companion worthy of your efforts…Amen.\" March 11, 1889 and March 12, 1889, To \"My dear Susie\" (Mrs. William Bese) possibly from her mother in Chester, Virginia about news of family and friends. The empty envelopes are mostly addressed to the Clerk of the County Superior Court. Some names on the envelopes are A. B. Nichols, J.L. Edwards, Joseph Wilson, William M. Burwell, William Cook and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 1869 and early 1900 receipts, one a United States Internal Revenue \"receipt for special tax\" for R.M. Dennis for a business of \"retail dealer ...liquor\" in Roscoe, St. Clair, Missouri for 1870. 1904-1909 letters to Mrs. E.M. Dennis of Bedford County, Virginia from other members of her family and E. Hilton Jackson, a Washington D.C. lawyer about a Claims Court case of (heirs of) Samuel Cline vs the United States where Samuel Cline says he lived in Rockingham County, Virginia but reports show he owned a Cline's Mill in Staunton, Virginia which sold \"large quantities of supplies to the Confederacy....\" The Samuel Cline heirs are claiming their father did not vote for secession and can prove his loyalty to the Union. Other family members include Cyrus Cline and Samuel Cline. Includes a carbon of a February 4, 1908 contract between \"the next of kin and heirs at law of Samuel Cline, deceased, and E. Hilton Jackson\" for Jackson's representation of the family during the claims case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents A varied group of legal documents. Account sheet for Robert Fauster to Joel Terrell for 1750 with an 1769 note at the bottom by Chas Servis which states Terrell has \"received no satisfaction for the above ballance.\" On reverse, a note by Jacob Early states \"we the jewry find for the plaintiff...\" Payment to \"Sovereign Lord King George the third\" for an ordinary license for William Mead in Bedford County, Virginia with William Mead and Isham Talbot as witnesses. February 27, 1771. Indenture between Richard Muse and his wife and James Jones. Wythe County. May 10, 1796. Note on reverse spells \"Muse\" as \"Mary???\" Bond report by Thos Lumpkin. Some names mentioned: Boyce Eidson, Martin King, ? Chastain, Richard Lockett, Thomas Wood, Samuel Baker, Edward and William Eads, James Foster, George Wilson, Farthing Hix and other illegible names. undated. Flyer by Richard M. Young, Late Commissioner of the General Land Office with letterhead, \"General Agency at Washington City\" about \"Acts of Congress granting Pensions to soldiers and their widows for services rendered during the Revolutionary War\" with amendments to 1853. Addressed to Joseph Wilson, Clerk of Circuit Court, Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly receipts for Edward Merriman for purchases, but includes a letter, a military record and a recipe for \"John M. Merryman's Cement Wash.\" May 24, 1850 letter to Edward Merriman, Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia from Joseph Anderson in Cincinnati, Ohio about the whereabouts and news of other members of the Merriman Family. December 15, 1898 document states that George S. Merriman was a Private in Company G, 2nd Regiment of the Virginia Volunteers who enrolled on June 24, 1898 to serve for two years and was discharged on December 18, 1898.  Notes that George S. Merriman was born in Batford (Bedford?), Virginia, 43 years of age, 5 foot, 9 and a half  inches tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, gray hair and a farmer. Signed by Ballard P. Hatcher, Captain, in Roanoke, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Poetry, prose and recipes written by different unknown people.  One \"editorial\" is about a tribute to the late Governor Kavanaugh of Maine.  Recipes include \"Sponge Pudding\" and \"Chow Chow Pickle.\"  Includes a headache remedy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelated Collection: Mss. Acc. 2008.321 Berkeley County, Virginia (W.Va.) Tax Records\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Charles J. Faulkner, in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to the President of William and Mary, at Williamsburg, Virginia, concerning the name of Berkeley County. September 8, 1873. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of sale for $400, 1807, for the sale of a slave, Dick, by Henry Bowyer to John Robinson. Purchase. Charles Hamilton Auction in 1981.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLand Grant, 1803, for Nicholas Casper, in Botetourt County, Va. signed by Governor John Page (1743-1808).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement, 1883 August 18, of George W. Parrish to sell to William Jackson a portion of the tract of land in Brunswick County, Va. called \"the Batt land.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers, 1769-1951, relating to Buckingham County, Va. Includes a grant, 1769, of land to Samuel Megginson signed by Lord Botetourt ; indenture (deed) between Chambers and William Norvell, 1836; photograph, 1951, of the Bolling Family of \"Rosney,\"; and accounts and correspondence of the post office at Gravel Hill , Mattie J. West, postmaster (10 items). The materials that comprise this collection were donated to W\u0026amp;M Special Collections Research Center by Willam R. Cocke, Mrs. G. M. Kent, Mr. \u0026amp; Mrs. John Stone, and John D. Weaver in batches between 1940 and 1983. Finding Aid prepared by Cynthia B. Brown, 1983.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Typed list, undated, of justices of the peace, 1782-1824, of Campbell County, Va.; and license, 1860, to marry of Edward Scott Payne and Anna Agnes Oliver. Gift of John Lawrence in 1997. Two court records, 1796 and undated, signed by Cha[rles]s and Williston Talbot. (Acc. 1997.31c).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript of minutes, 1811-1814, of courts of enquiry of 26th Virginia regiment of Charlotte County, Va.; extract, 5 June 1833, from court records concerning death of John Randolph of Roanoke; and marriage license, 1823, of Robert Carrington and Joanna T. Bouldin. Typed list of Charlotte County names from about the mid 1700's with notes on Mathis Flournoy and John Prior. Cub Creek Church Memorial program. 1938.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers relating to Chesterfield County, Va. Includes such items as extracts from county records; lawsuits (Vestry of Parish of Manchester v. Overseers of the Poor); commission, 1756, signed by Robert Dinwiddie appointing justices to try slave for burglary; deed; agreement (concerning Gallego Mills); and a broadside, undated, concerning proposed removal of court from Manchester to Chesterfield Court House. Item level inventory available at Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGreenway Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of the will of Robert Hudson, 1866, with codicil dated 1872 (1 piece). Copy of a court order to pay Richard I. Tull for his services as sheriff. 1830. (1 piece). Court order to pay Walter (?) for public services. 1830. Typed manuscript \"A Culpeper Census of 1781\" by A.L. Keith. 37 pages. 1941.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger, 1841-1844, of a grist mill in Culpeper County, Virginia. Includes lists of customers and what the bought, typically wheat and flour. People could also bring their own material and have it ground; the material and the price for grinding is listed in the ledger. Also includes entries for a bill for a cabin for slaves and flour for slaves. 1 item. Purchase. Mss. Acc. 2011.563.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1830-1910, relating to Cumberland County, Va. Includes such items as copies of court orders, 1830, to pay George H. Matthews for service as prosecutor for Commonwealth and S. H. Panack for services as jailor; receipt, 1910, for taxes; plat, 1842, for land owned by Edward Steger; and a newspaper clipping, 1893 October 1, from the Richmond Dispatch. Gift of John Lawrence. Two court documents, one dated 1797, signed by James Morton. (1997.31e)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate of Appointment, 1828, of William H. Broadnax, William Wynne, and Edward S. Pegram as commissioners to superintend election of electors for U. S. president and vice president in Dinwiddie County, Va.; and copy of court order, 1830, to pay James Scott for his services as jailor. Cotton circular for Martin, Hill and Co. in Petersburg, Virginia. September 22, 1886.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed, June 21, 1773, from Israel Morris to Michael Goen for 100 acres of land in Dunmore County (Shenandoah County), Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostats of a petition presented by certain residents of Elizabeth City County to the General Assembly of Virginia, November 30, 1803, in opposition to the proposal to combine the Eaton and Syms charity schools into one school. Photostat of a petition presented by certain residents of Elizabeth City County to the General Assembly of Virginia, December 19, 1803, requesting that the Eaton and Syms charity schools be combined into one school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript of a history of Hampton and Elizabeth City County, Va., entitled \"The First Plantation,\" by Marion L. Starkey, ca 1930s. Includes an incomplete index in a separate green book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped extracts, 1663-1791, from Old Rappahannock County [now Essex County.] Extract from a vestry book of Albemarle Parish, Sussex County. 1788. A handwritten list (probably a copy) of a list of names for \"Rose and Gabriel Penn, given under our hands...November 3rd, 1788,\" with a note on reverse \"Subscription for St. Marks Church.\" Another note says this page found in a vestry book in Albermarle Parish on November 26, 1926. Transcript of letter from Hugh Rose, at Geddes, to Col. James Higginbotham about sellling land of Brother Moses, deceased. 24 March 1791. Original order to the Sheriff of Essex County to take James Daniel and James McCall for a court appearance in William Roane vs Daniel and McCall. Signed John Lee. May 30, 1755. (Gift of Benjamin A. Grady). August 23, 2000 letter to Mrs. Harold Little, owner of Clydeside, from H. Franklin Minor, about the McCall Family and ownership of Clydeside.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGround plan of Woodlawn, home of Nellie Custis Lewis, in Fairfax County. In ink on tracing cloth.  19 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches.  1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers, ca. 1743-1793, relating to Fairfax County, Va. Includes notes, concerning register of Pohick Church; newspaper clipping, concerning court record book of Fairfax County; survey, 1841, of tract of land; and plan, undated, of \"Woodlawn,\" home of Nellie Custis Lewis; court records, 1743-1783; and an account book, 1793, of Joseph Birch, keeper of Turnpike Number 2, which has two entries, 9 October 1792 and 13 April 1793, concerning George Washington. 1963 gift from Mrs. Marion S. Mallory. 17 items. Postcards of Old Court House, published by Ernest L. Robey's Drugstore. 3 items. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of tax list, 1782-1799, for Fauquier County, Va.. Court order, 1830, to pay James English for his services as jailor and for cleaning and furnishing firewood and candles for the courthouse. Catalogue of Fauquier Institute for Young Ladies. Session 1892-93. Owned by Miss E. Chappelear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLand grant, 15 May 1780, given to Samuel McDowell for 1,000 acres of land in Fayette County, Va. [W.Va.] signed by Patrick Henry. For those interested in Patrick Henry see the Patrick Henry Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBroadside, 12 July 1941, advertising July 12 as the day for all citizens over thirteen years of age to register as volunteers for the civil defense program in Fluvanna County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote on document: \"…record book…is no longer public property, the original book being in private hands…\" Typed carbon copy of \"The History of Rivanna Parish in the County of Fluvanna, Virginia\" by Louis H. Stoneman. 1847- 1912. Pamphlet with the Charter and By-Laws of the State Bank of Columbia. 1900. An advertisement of the Commissioner's sale of Upper Bremo Tract where Mary B. and Lelia B. Cocke lived. 1926. The Midland Virginian, Palmyra, Fluvanna, Virginia article, \"Old receipts show that Fluvanna farms tithed to aid Confederacy.\" February 13, 1941. Notebook called \"Weather Report\" where the daily weather conditions were recorded. 1886-1887.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices, receipts, accounts, laden lists, letters and other accounting documents from merchants in Columbia, Virginia. 1880-1910. 465 pieces. Merchants include: Jenkins and Foster, William B. Perkins, John F. Shepherd, Stoneman Brothers, Dr. Philip J.Winn, and George T. Zachary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Invoices, receipts, accounts, laden lists, letters and other accounting documents from merchants in Columbia, Virginia. 1880-1910. 465 pieces. Merchants include: Jenkins and Foster, William B. Perkins, John F. Shepherd, Stoneman Brothers, Dr. Philip J.Winn, and George T. Zachary. (Related material: 65 Sh5 Shepherd and Patton Papers). Broadside for \"The Celebrated Horse-Tamer Prof. W. Rouzer will give a lecture on ...June 7th...\" Certificates from residents of \"Kent's Store, Fluvanna County, Virginia, Oct. 2nd 1876\" who have taken the lectures are listed. Names listed are from Fluvanna, Pittsylvania and Charlotte Counties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle on John Hartwell Cocke. 2010. Acc. 2010.605.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFolders 1 - 5 are papers, 1772-1800, (group of 481 pieces) relating to 178 suits in Franklin County, VA and 16 other papers. Some papers are fragments. 481 pieces. The spelling of names varies greatly and as it was found to be impracticable to give all forms of each name, one spelling only is shown. The materials donated by John Lawrence in 1991, by Fred Alouf in 1959, and obtained from Joseph K. Ruebush in 1938. Folder 6 contains later, unrelated accessions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWork Projects Administration Writers' Program. \"The White Man Comes to Stay,\" \"War Whoops in the Wilderness,\" and \"Explorers in the Wilderness.\" 1941. Two court documents signed by James Callaway. 1797. Mss. Acc. 1997.31f. 28 copies of certificates saying people attended the September New London District Court, signed by James Steptoe, Clerk of the Franklin County District Court. 1797. Includes 4 fragments. Names include: John Arthur, Moses Greer, Luke Standefer, Richard Goggin, Samuel Patterson, John Cheetwood, Charles Lumsden, Thomas Haile, Shelton Brown, Shelton Taylor, Joel Chitwood, William Cheetwood, Lewis Turnbull, William Boswell, James Prunty, Thomas Towler, Lewis Davis, John Hayle, George Ferguson, Dudley Lumsden, Benjamin Griffith, John Houle and Thomas Fowler. Mss. Acc. 1997.52\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Documents concerning land (deeds and list of lands returned as delinquent); proceedings, 1812, of meeting held at Winchester; and advertisement, undated, offering the Marlbro' Iron Works for sale or rent. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents The original 1938 accession were papers relating to Gloucester Count, 1660-1878, and taken from the William Carter Stubbs Papers (I). They were purchased from Charles F. Heartman. They comprise Boxes 8, 9 and 10, folders 1-28. Includes letters, accounts (many concerning estates), legal documents, tax lists, marriage licenses and military records (including orders, 1815 and 1820 appointing patrollers to visit slave quarters). Many items concern the Baytop and Stubbs families. 2134 items. Letters, 1774-1878, filed chronologically. Invoices, receipts, etc. filed alphabetically under name of person or estate. The remaining boxes contain later accessions. Notes and photocopies relating to Gloucester County during the Revolution collected by Joanee Ryan in preparation for M.A. thesis (Mss. Acc. 1988.24). Photostat copy of transcript of \"Gloucester County, Virginia Places and Names\" by Charles E. Hatch, Jr. Yorktown, Virginia. September 15, 1979 (Mss. Acc. 1999.66). Photographs of and brochures of Gloucester County, plus correspondence of different families of Gloucester County about personal and legal matters, 1795-1953, donor unknown. John Buckner Reports, undated (Mss. Acc. 2008.193). Newspaper article on Wilbur Templeman a popular and longtime barber in Gloucester (Mss. Acc. 2010.575). Related material: See also \"A Guide to Gloucester County, Virginia Historical Manuscripts, 1651-1865\" (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1976). For those interested in the Baytop family see the Baytop-Fitzhugh Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem inventory in each folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcra-Baytop. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBaytop-Bridges. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBaytop Family. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBaytop Family. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBridges-Corr. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDame-Gloucester County School Commissioners. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHall-Kemp. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawson-Nuttall. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOakes-Purcell. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRansone-Stubbs. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTabb-Wood. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers of persons not included in folders 4-14. Inventory not available.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo or more persons/families mentioned.  Unidentified pieces and fragments.  Includes an index of a ledger and five memorandum books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1825 Court docket, records of official examinations of boundary lines (1825-1848, undated), copy of certificate appointing Peter Kemp and James Baytop processioners...sixth precinct (undated) and unofficial memoranda on cases (undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmory-Ash.  Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBall-Byrd. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCampbell - DuVall. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdwards - Hughes.  Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames - Oliver. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePitt - Sutton. Item inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem survey in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem inventory in folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents \"Gloucester County, Virginia Places and Names\"  (Mss. Acc. 1999.66)  First half of book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents \"Gloucester County, Virginia Places and Names\"  (Mss. Acc. 1999.66)  Second half of book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Story of Elmington\" by Polly Cary Legg. Possibly a Work Projects Administration Writers' Program story.  December 1, 1941.  Photographs of Grace Church and The Glebe. Donation ticket for Ware Church, 1953, and a Christmas Card with picture of Ware Church. Photographs of \"New Bottle\" House, Undated.  Photograph of \"Painting of Gloucester from the Water\", courtesy of Mariner's Museum.  Conservation State Organization rules and regulations, undated.  \"Programme at the Laying of the Cornerstone and the Unveiling of the Monument,\" 1889.  Brochure on \"The Belle Roi Female School\" in Gloucester, Virginia, 1855.  Facts about Gloucester, copy, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1795 and 1796 - Indenture between Thomas Whiting and Mary his wife of Gloucester and John Singar of Norfolk, Virginia on July 1, 1795,  Plat of land of William DuVal for John Singar.  June 15, 1796 1801, 1802 and 1804 -  Document binding John Thruston of Abington Parish, Gloucester County, to Sarah Tabb, who is relinquishing her right of dower, for land of John Stephens, September 2, 1801.  Indenture between Edward Busbie, Senior of Abington Parish, Gloucester County and Benjamin Marnix for land in Gloucester County, January 4, 1802.  Indenture between Henry Whiting and William Singleton for land in Gloucester County, February 1, 1802.  Indenture between Richard Singleton and Nelly Thornton, his wife, of the County of Gloucester, and John Singar for land, April 2, 1804. 1810 -1825 and undated - Account of Estate of John Singar for 1810-1818.  Letter to Dr. William Taliaferro, Gloucester Court House, from Richard H. Johnson of Hanover County, Virginia concerning his claim against the Mr. Carter who was his tenant, May 31, 1822.  Receipt Book, bound with string, with names, amount of money received and reason, 1825.  Letter to Richard M. Segan, late Sheriff of Middlesex County, Virginia regarding taking money from Bogg's benefit in case against James Critten.  Undated. 1829-1857 - Letter to Walker Jones of Gloucester Courthouse from H. Wilkinson of Petersburg, Virginia about Mr. Stubblefield offering $150 for settlement of Wilkinson's business.  Lists 1829 and 1830 Rockingham Season accounts, March 31, 1834.  Letter to Miss H.B. Booth, Gloucester County, about an account, June 5, 1834. Article of Agreement between Alfred Billups, Gloucester County, and Jacob Vreeland of Bergen County, New Jersey for tract of land on York River in Gloucester County, October 6, 1834.  Letter from T.B. Whiting of St. Marks, Florida to M.C. Booth in Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia regarding accusation of debt, R. M. Thornton and A.L. Dabney, February 26, 1837.  Receipt for John W. Puller for items purchased from T.B. Taliaferro, 1856 and 1857. Thomas J. Banks Correspondence and Accounts, 1826-1838 - Two partial account books in the same handwriting as the William and Thomas Banks book.  William Banks is mentioned in one of them, 1826-1830.  Accounts of William and Thomas Banks, Oyster deposit on the River. Partial account book, 1833-1836.  Thomas T. Bailey of Baileysville, Tennessee to Thomas J. Banks about collecting and sending money that he was collected, July 23, 1835.  Letter to Thomas J. Banks of Gloucester, Virginia  from James M. Rasin and Company regarding wheat and repairing a Straw Cutler.    Includes Receipt and statement., September 17, 1835.  Letter to Thomas J. Banks of Gloucester, Virginia from Samuel Crane of Richmond, Virginia about the two negroes that were part of Banks' brother's estate.  John Carlton, deceased, is mentioned,  March 26, 1836.  Letter to Thomas J. Banks of Gloucester Court House regarding rent, December 5, 1836.  Letter from Robert Nicholas of Richmond, Virginia to Jefferson Stubbs of Gloucester County, Virginia regarding the suit in Henrico County, Virginia with T.J. Banks, administrator of John Banks, deceased, regarding two negroes, April 3, 1838. Christopher Jones Correspondence and Documents, 1824-1826 -  Note sent by John Field to the Courthouse for Christopher Jones or Thomas Banks about a receipt, July 31, 1824.  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from H. Boggs of Baltimore, Maryland concerning settlement with a John Henry and Mr. Jones who is possibly the brother of Christopher Jones, September 13, 1825.  Indenture between Christopher T. Jones and Mann Page Trustees under a deed of trust between William Wilkins and Mann page and Christopher T. Jones to secure for to Thomas Smith and John Tabbs, September 5, 1825.  Letter to Christopher Jones about will that was proven October 3, 1808, with Henry Curry as the testator and Susanna Curry the Executrix and lists other cases.  The writer, from Richmond, Virginia,  also turns down offer to visit the area while extolling the pleasures of the rural setting, August 28, 1825.  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from H. Boggs of Baltimore, Maryland concerning a settlement, December 1825.  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from George Haskins concerning bringing to Chancery Court his suit against James Montague, Philip Montague, Thomas G. Cridington and Robert Dobbins, January 22, 1826. Kemp Family, 1825 and undated -  Letter to Christopher Jones of Gloucester County from Robert Tubman concerning suit against Peter Kemp, November 30, 1825.  Letter to William Browne Judge of the Chancery District of Williamsburg about Peter, Francis, William and Sarah Kemp against John Johnston, admr of Robert Kemp, deceased, Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarbon of typed notes on John Buckner (ca. 1630-1695) of Gloucester County, Virginia.  He brought the first press and printer, William Nuthead, to Virginia about 1680.  Prepared by Mary Goodwin, Research Department, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.  Typescripts of brief biographical sketches of John Buckner and his family from Tyler's Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography and an account of William Nuthead, from first printer in Virginia and Maryland, from J.C.Oswald, Printing in the America's.  13 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDaily Press newspaper article, \"County Barber Still Cutting,\" about Wilbur Templeman and his barbershop. His daughter, Linda Templeman, worked in Swem Library, Government Documents.  August 9, 2009.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatent for 4753 acres of land in Goochland County, Virginia granted by King George II to Michael Holland. 1744. On vellum. 13 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches. Signed by Lieutenant Governor William Gooch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1744-1832, relating to Goochland County, Va. Includes patent, 1744, to Michael Holland (signed by Gooch and granted by King George II); will, 1815, of Nathaniel Davidson; court order, 1830, to pay William Pope for services as prosecuting attorney; and document, 1831, concerning the lawsuit of the Commonwealth v. John N. Davis; letter, 1832, from Pleasant Turner to Archibald Bryce; and plat, 1839, of land owned by William Ford. Patent filed in Oversize. Court Docket to November 1795, list of all cases. Commonwealth vs. John N. Davis, 1831 Will of Nathaniel Davidson, 1815 Plat tract of land owned by William Ford, 1839 Oversize patent, for land, signed by Gov. Gooch, granted by King George II to Michael Holland, 1744 Court order to pay William Pope for services as prosecuting attorney, 1830 Letter, Pleasant Turner to Capt. Archibald Bryce, 1832 Court Docket to November 1795, list of all cases\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThey appear to be a general store, ordering food items, clothe, clothing, shoes, horseshoes, nails, tobacco and other items.  Their shipping address is Irwin's Station or Bula in Goochland County.  Over 120 items. 1882-1883. Court Summons.  Names mentioned:  William Southworth, J. Clemens, Jos. Bullock, William Johnson, Julian Martin, Lucy Randolph, Anderson Matthews and S.W. Mason.  5 items.  1853. Archibald D. Perkins Accounts.  One receipt from Lucy Randolph.  39 items. 1836-1893. Typed carbon copy of a biography of Benjamin Waller and letters of Benjamin Wood.  Undated. Related items:  MsV Ame18  B. R. Cowherd Ledger\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of survey, 29 September 1804, of land in Greenbrier County Va. [W.Va.] for heirs of William Humes and surveyed by Alexander Welch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA typed list of voters for 1800. Court order to pay William Faulkner for his services as sheriff.  1829.  copy. Court order to pay Samuel Pointer for his services as sheriff.  1830.  copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed (mutilated), 1727, from John Guess to Thomas Denton for land in Hanover County, Va.; receipt, 187[?] for taxes to Joseph Henry; and appeal, 1894, for aid in building a church in a needy neighborhood, with a list of names of contributors attached. Title page, with a photograph of the Clay house, from \"Life and Speeches of Henry Clay.\" 1843. Signature on front page: Mattie R. Feild, Millbrook, Virginia, 1886. Photostat copy of town lot layout of Hanover along the Pamunkey River with a tax list of names. March 17, 1738 or 39.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Ledger, 1917 of a store in Studley, Hanover County, Virginia, recording purchases made by various customers. Customers' names are listed, and occasionally their town or county. A more detailed description is provided by the seller:  \"Ledger is a Eagle Flat Opening Book No. 895 (sold by Reinbach \u0026amp; Schwartz Stationers, Richmond, Va.). Measures: 8 1/4\" x 12 3/4\" x 1 1/4\",  287 pages.  This Ledger begins in May, 1917 and ends December 7, 1917.  Entries such as: Miss Ellen Timberlake, 2 Loaves of Bread .10;    Babes Bowles, 2 Cultivator Teethe .50, 1 Plow Point .16;  Mrs. Austin, 1/2 Plug Tobacco  .05\" \"On Page 158 it has a stamp on it: Do your bit! BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND, Inquire at any Bank or Post Office. Several Pages are Stamped (with a Postage Stamper): Studley, Va. (date).\" \"There are entries for food products, farm supplies, coca cola, tobacco, coffee, oil, medicine, etc.....\" Purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHardy County is now part of West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed, 1858, from Westfall Garret to Henry Richmond covering a tract of land in Hardy County, Va. [W.Va.]. Court documents signed by Ed Williams, Clerk, 1797. Donated in 1997 by John Lawrence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePortion of printed list, 1831, of land returned as delinquent for taxes in Harrison County [W.Va.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers, 1726-1871 and undated, relating to Henrico County, Va. Includes land patent, deeds, documents concerning lawsuits, estate document, and receipt for fee for apprehending a slave. 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder, 1784, to the sheriff of Henry County, Va. to call jurors in the lawsuit of Commonwealth v. Anderson McGwire in the Virginia General Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopy of a booklet, \"Fork Boykin\" compiled by Miss Genie Cory. Undated. Photograph of St. Luke's Church. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndex or register of names in a ledger divided alphabetically with tabs. Names include first and surnames, men and women, and all have a number noted beside them. There is no location or date or purpose noted on the register, but by using census data, the register was created circa 1900 and probably in the Isle of Wight County area of Virginia. Medium Oversize.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn artificial collection of material, 1687-1924, relating to James City County, Virginia. Includes copies of court records, farm censuses, tax receipts, church brochures, and photographs. Box 12 and 13 are mostly a gift from Robert T. Slater.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlueprints of tracts of land in James City County. Carlton Casey land in Jamestown District, surveyed November 6, 1950; William Washington Estate, surveyed October 26, 1951; Mrs. Bessie Carmine property on Old Jamestown Road, surveyed September 2, 1940; Plat of subdivision of portion of Sarah Jones Tract, surveyed April 9, 1948; Survey of Bush Neck Road, Rye Patches and Wallace's Tract, surveyed June 1939; Frederick J. Keck farm in Stonehouse District, surveyed October 1937; Indigo Dam, estate of William Allen Jones, decd, in Jamestown District, surveyed October 1931; Rollo Subdivision, surveyed on November 26, 1930; Stephen's Tract #2, J.W. Penick the owner, in Stonehouse District, surveyed May, 1926; Timberlake Property, surveyed April 23, 1930 and Walthal Tract, surveyed June 1928.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1687 August 8. Copy of will of John Holder, deceased. Proved at the County Court held at James City, 8 August 1687 by the oaths of John White and Dorothy Peach. Recorded by W. Edwards, Cl[erk of] Co[u]r[t]. 1 page. Photostat of Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Copy of a law enacted by General Assembly, 17 February 1644, prohibiting desertions of plantations that have been seated; persons deserting their plantations are not to burn their houses but will receive as many nails as were expended in building them. Signed by William Robertson (d. 1739) Cl[er]k Gen[era]l Ass[emb]ly [from 1702-1738]. 1 page. Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1805 February. Copy of pages from a court record signed by Ro[bert] B. Armistead. \"Found among the ruins of the old Court House at Williamsburg, Va. 1864.\" 2 pages. Copy of Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1813 February 12. Copy of advertisement in the Richmond Enquirer for the rent or lease of the Greenspring Estate. 1 page. Typewritten Copy of Newspaper Clipping.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1820 September 1. Census record of James City county for 1820. Signed by Rich[ar]dson Henley, assistant to the Marshal. (Note reads \"From Lib. of Cong.\") 1 page. Photostat of Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1827 June 30. Copy of Complaint brought by Archer Hankins, late sheriff of James City and Committee of the esate of James Banks, deceased, against William Gregory, sheriff of King William County, appointed to represent William Gregory, Christopher Johnson, Ann Dudley, G. R. Lambert Meredith, Martha Bingham, Julia Bingham, Jno. Bingham, Geo. Bingham, [?] Lambert (wife of Eugene Sullivan), and Stephen Bingham, the heirs of Stephen Bingham. Concerns a tract of land in James City county called \"Mount Folly.\" 3 pages. Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1847 May 6. Memorandum of deed of trust executed on 21 Sep[tember] 1841 is filed as an exhibit in the Chancery Suit in the Supr[eme] Court of James City County and City of Williamsburg by Upshur's executors vs. Pryor and others. Signed by P. P. Mayo. Fragment. Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1849 January 19. Copy of advertisement in the Richmond Enquirer of the Hickory Neck Academy, James City County, Virginia. 1 page. Typewritten Copy of Newspaper Clipping.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1882-1893 and undated. Tax receipts, James City County, Virginia of Alexander Preston and Alfred Epps and a few miscellaneous receipts. Printed Document Signed. (13 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 1896 June 1. \"The James City Cavalry, Its Organization and Its Service.\" (Company H, Fifth Regiment, mustered into service 22 May 1861). From \"Our Confederate Column\" in the Richmond Dispatch. Newspaper clipping.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1928 February 12. Bulletin from the Mount Vernon M. E. Church, South, Toano, Virginia. H. Conrad Blackwell, Pastor. 4 pages. Printed Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1929 June 30. Church Bulletin of Five Forks Church, Old Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, Virginia. Rev. James M. McKnight, Pastor. 4 pages. Printed Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1946 October 6. Invitation to Homecoming Day at James River Baptist Church, J. E. Bowman, Pastor. 1 page. Typewritten Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1948 July 27. Letter. Mrs. William Lawrence Gatewood at New York to Brantley Henderson, Jr. at Williamsburg, [?] house and lot, and a store in Toano, Virginia. 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNo Year. June 27. Program from Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Norge, Virginia in honor of the visit of the Crown Prince Olaf and Crown Princess of Norway. 1 page. Typewritten Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated. Program of The County Council of Women's Clubs presenting \"Days in James City County from 1609 to 1817.\" 1 page. Printed Material. (3 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated. Bulletin of Hickory Neck Church, Blissland Parish, Toano, James City County, Virginia. 2 pages. Printed Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated. Brochure of the James City County Chamber of Commerce, Toano, Virginia. 2 pages. Printed Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1920. Economic Survey for James City County 1920 Census. 1 page. Typewritten Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1923 October 9. S. H. Hobbs, Jr., Rural Social Science, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. to Miss Mabel Massey, County Home Demonstration Agent, Williamsburg, Virginia. Is sending bulletin compiled from information secured in a survey of the townships in Chatham Co. [N. C.] and a bulletin on Johnston Co. [N. C.]; discusses types of surveys used by his department. 2 pages. Typewritten Letter Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1924 February 12-13. Program of the Peninsula Farmers Institute. 1 page. Printed Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Undated. \"A Glimpse of the Progressive School System of James City County\" by H. L. Harris, Supt. of Schools. 7 pages. Typewritten Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated. \"Health Conditions in James City County.\" 4 pages. Typewritten Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Samples of typed farm census forms from other locations in 1923: Chowan County, North Carolina; Henderson County, North Carolina; Hertford County, North Carolina; Madison County, North Carolina; Nash County, North Carolina and North Carolina 1923 farm census (blank form. 4 pages). Blank survey on \"Farm Home Conditions\" from Pittsylvania Co., Virginia (2 pages). Sample form for farm census (3 pages). Survey of Whitmell Community made by Rural Sociology Class (3 pages).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated. Farm survey, James City County. 8 pages. Printed Material. (17 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated. Farm survey, James City County. 8 pages. Printed Material. (17 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1922 June 13. Johnston County: Economic and Social (a Laboratory Study in the Rural Social Science Department of the University of North Carolina) by W. M. Sanders, Jr. and G. Y. Ragsdale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1922 October. Economic and Social Survey of Albemarle County, University of Virginia Record Extension Series, vol. VII, No. 2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1922 November 16. How Farm Tenants Live by J. A. Dickey and E. C. Branson. University of North Carolina Extension Bulletin. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 47 pages. Printed Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1923 Virginia Agricultural Census, U. S. Department of Agriculture co-operating with the State Department of Agriculture. 32 pages. Printed Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Colonel William Allen House (P1), formerly owned by Miss Fanny Allen and later owned by Mr. Mercer Taylor. Four miles west of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Ashland Farm (P2), formerly owned by Captain William Morecock. Located at Diascond station. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Binn's Place (P3), located west of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Carter's Grove (P4), home of Mrs. Archibald McCrea. South of Williamsburg. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Carter's Grove (P5), home of Mrs. Archibald McCrea. South of Williamsburg. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Carter's Grove (P6). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Carter's Grove (P7). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Carter's Grove (before restoration) (P8). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents \"Cowlesville\" (P9), original home of the Cowles family. Owned by C. C. Cowles. Located on Rt. 603 just north of Rt. 610, six miles west of Toano on the Old Forge Road (much remodeled). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCurtis Home (P10). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCurtis Home (P11). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Edwards Place (P12), owned by Mrs. Marcus Cottrell. Located four miles northwest of Toano at the intersection of Rt. 601 and Rt. 603. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Gatewood Place Kitchen (P13), owned by C. Ordway. Located one half mile west of Toano on Forge Road. Now destroyed. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGreen Spring (P14), ruins of the second house at Green Spring, built about 1800. The foundations of the Sir William Berkeley house at Green Spring are south of this house about two hundred yards. Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Green Spring (P15), aerial view. Photographic print, 7\"x9\". Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Green Spring (P16), aerial view. Photographic print, 7\"x9\". Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGreen Spring (P17), aerial view. Photographic print, 9¼\"x11¼\". Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Grove Hill (P18), built by John Cowles in the 1830's. Later owned by Mr. C. C. Cowles. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Hankins Family House (P19), owned by the Hankins family. Later owned by Mr. E. K. Pettit. Old house at Six Mile Ordinary, Rt. 60. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Harris House (P20), owned by Harris estate. Located about six miles southwest of Lightfoot and ¾ miles west of Jolly's Mill Pond. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Harris House (P21), six miles southwest of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Harris House (P22), owned by Mr. James Harris. Located about seven miles southwest of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Hickory Neck Episcopal Church (P23), on Rt. 60 above Toano. This is only part remaining of the original church which was built about 1733. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Hockaday Place (P24), owned by B. S. Bowmer. Located about one mile and a half west of Diascund Bridge. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents James' Place (P25), former home of Colonel George James. Later owned by Mr. P. H. Richardson. Located approximately four miles north of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Captain George Lee House (P26), owned by Captain Lee of Newport News.  Located north of Croaker.  Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view.  Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Lombardy (P27), home of Littleton Waller. Later owned by Mr. Branch Martin. Located west of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents MacDowell's (P28), owned by the Barnes estate. Located about four miles north of Toano on the road leading from the Forge Road to the Williamsburg-Richmond stage road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Martin Home (P29), owned by Miss Williana Wilkinson. Located about half a mile west of Toano on the Forge Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Martin Home (P30), owned by Miss Williana Wilkinson. Located about half a mile west of Toano on the Forge Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Martin's Place (P31), two miles northwest of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Olive Branch Christian Church (P32), one and a quarter mile southeast of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Pierce's (P33), located at Toano. This was originally \"Taylor's\" but prior to the Civil War was bought by Mr. Felix Pierce. There were three cemeteries on the place, one belonging to the Taylor family and two so old that no one recollects who was buried in them. After the Pierces died, this place was bought by Mr. Wesley Marston. The chimney and foundations are the only parts of the original house left which bear evidence of early eighteenth century construction, the chimney being laid in Flemish bond on flat side, and English bond on front and back surfaces. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Pinewoods (P34), home of Warburton family. As it appears before it was partially destroyed by fire. Photographic print, 8\"x10\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Pinewoods (P35). Photographic print, 8\"x10\", black and white, showing a rear view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Poplar Grove (P36), Wynne Place. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Powhatan (P37), once owned by Doctor Martin. Later owned by E. M. Slauson. Located a few miles west of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Powhatan (P38), once owned by Doctor Martin. Later owned by E. M. Slauson. Located a few miles west of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Redwood Ordinary (P39), now known as Green Shingle Inn. The present structure was built about 1790 to replace the old burned ordinary. Owned originally by the Redwood family, but subsequently bought by the Slater family. Served almost continuously as a tavern. Located at the intersection of the Forge Road and the Williamsburg-Richmond Stage Road in Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Old Richardson House near Croaker (P40). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents River View (P41), former home of the Norvell family. Later owned by Mr. Herbert Bloomberg. Located on York River about eight miles east of Toano. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Slater Place (P42), owned by R. V. Timberlake. Located about five miles northwest of Toano on road from Forge Road to Doncastle's Ordinary on the Williamsburg-Richmond Stage Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Stuart Place (P43), owned by E. C. Stuart. Located about a mile and a half northwest of Diascund Bridge. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Summer House (P44), owned by Mr. Slater. Located about three miles south of Chickahominy Church on \"Old Brick Mill Road.\" Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Summer House (P45). Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a rear view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Vaiden Family House (P46), located at Norge. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Warrenton (P47), known in the past as Rutleigh. Acquired early in the 19th century by the Warren family. Later restored by the Grantham family. Later owned by Mr. Dozier. Located about five miles west of Toano on Forge Road, facing Windsor Castle. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Warrens (P48), owned by the Warren family. Located about four miles west of Toano, just off the Forge Road. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Watkins House (P49), owned by J. B. Larson. Later owned by [?] Peterson. Located three and half miles east of Lightfoot. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents White Hall Tavern (P50), home of the Geddy family. One and a quarter miles north of Toano. In the interior are a very fine staircase and much early woodwork. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Windsor Castle (P51), home of William Bush. Owned by Mrs. William Walker Ware. Photographic print, 5\"x7\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified House (52). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a front view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified House (53). Photographic print, 3½\"x5¾\", black and white, showing a side view. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents One booklet: \"Sheriffs of James Citty Countie\" by Barbra M. Cook, Subsheriff, 1994. Gift of Barbra M. Cook, deputy sheriff of James City County via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association. Postcard of Green Shingle Inn, Toano, with a copy of a newspaper article about the Inn which was destroyed in 1963. Copy of a photograph of the hotel near the Powder Magazine, ca. 1900 and a photocopy of photograph of students at Matthew Whaley School. Individuals are identified.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat copies of James City County petitions, beginning in the 18th century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJefferson County is now a part of West, Virginia. See related collections: Mss. MsV I1 Jefferson County, W. Va. Merchant's Index, Mss. Acc. 2008.320 Jefferson County, Virginia (W.Va.)Tax Records\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList (printed), 1831, of land returned as delinquent for taxes in Jefferson County, Va. [W.Va.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of sale, 1796, for a slave sold by Robert Hoskins to John Mundell in King and Queen County, Va.Gift of John Lawrence. Three court documents, 1796 and undated, two signed by Ro[bert] Pollard, clerk. (Mss. Acc. 1997.31b). July 1967 \"Bulletin of the King and Queen County Historical Society.\" Agreement between Nicholas Dillard and Polly Browning for 95 acres in King and Queen County. February 11, 1792. (transferred from Gloucester County).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped copy of a rent roll, 1769 and copy of a court order, 1830, to pay Lawrence W. Berry for his services as Commonwealth's Attorney\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFragment of the will, 1705, of [?] Clayborne; typed extracts from a tax book, 1815 (65 typed sheets); copy of petition, 1843, from citizens of county to General Assembly of Virginia concerning the disposal of land in the county and a memorandum, 1863, signed by John Letcher concerning the arrest of a slave charged with attempted murder. 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Leaflet written by Ann Harrison Booker Darst, \"Parson Skyring\" The Rev. Henry Skyring, 1729-1795, A tribute on the 200th anniversary of his death in 1995. Gift of Ann H.B. Darst. (Acc. 1998.36). Photographs used for the July 1938 William and Mary Quarterly article, \"Homes in the County.\" Daily Press book review of \"A History of Virginia Pioneer Papermakers\" with emphasis on the paper mill in West Point. Programs for the 250th founding of King William County, April 1952. Brochure on King William County, with notes. ca 1960. (Acc. 2008.193)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped transcriptions of pew rental lists: 1721 and 1748, for Christ Church Parish; 1750, for [St. Mary's] White Chapel Parish and a newspaper clipping, 13 February 1936, from the Rappahannock Record on the history of St. Mary's White Chapel by Elizabeth Comps Pierce. 4 items. Photographs from 1937: \"Bewdley,\" Lancaster Courthouse (Lancaster Post Office and former jail), Overseer's house on the Black Stump Quarter of Robert Carter's Corotoman Plantation (Weems Post Office), Sipes House (Lively Post Office) and Armstrong House (Palmer Post Office).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of court order, 1830, to pay Edward Campbell for his services as Commonwealth's Attorney for Lee County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped copy of an advertisement in the Daily National Intelligencer, Washington, September 30, 1814, by James Monroe concerning sale of land; letter, 1863, from George K. Fox of Campbell Court House, Virginia, to L.W.S. Hough at Leesburg about Loudoun County bonds; booklet, July 1, 1861, containing names of purchasers of Loudoun County bonds numbered 1-358 and executed copies of July1, 1861 bonds, numbered 361-370 and 387-400 of Loudoun County. 24 pieces. And photograph of site of home of John Champe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax list (tithes, land and carriages), 1769, for St. Martin's Parish (mutilated); document, 1852, in lawsuit of Spicer and Harris v. J. M. Macon, Jr., agent; papers in suits against J. and W.W. Beadles in 1852 and court orders, 1853-1854, to pay Robert T. Gooch for services as witness. 7 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelated material: Mss. MsV Lev10 Lunenburg County, Va. Docket, 1843E, Mss. MsV T3 Lunenburg County, Va. Sheriff's Tax Book, 1843\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of the will, 1817, of John T. Ravenscroft and accompanying papers and typescript of a letter, 1781, of D. C. Stokes, College Camp, William and Mary, to [Thomas] Nelson regarding Stokes' discharge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCumberland Parish Records Alphabetical order by subject. Church Matters J. H. Morrison to Dr. Perry regarding the Vestry and a Chimney. 1862. Correspondence B.M. Atkinson to his father about his Christmas plans. 1860. Thomas E. Locke to William J. Neblett enclosing papers on Buford's will, M. Forland's deed and other papers. Mentions R.B. Atkinson.1855. Financial – Correspondence, 1852-1868 Financial receipts, invoices, letters about the rector's salary. 38 items. 1852-1874. Financial – Taxes Receipt for taxes paid to the Sheriff of Lunenburg. Most are property taxes on 197 acres of land. 17 items. 1856 to 1869. 17 items. 1856-1865. Financial – Treasurer's Reports. 1847-1874. 16 items. Financial Matters – Bonds, Bills, Invoices, Subscriptions, Receipts and Taxes. St. John's Church and others. 35 items. 1848-1904. Some names mentioned: William H. Perry, Treasurer of the Parish; L.J. James E. Davis, Roger B. Atkinson, J.H. Morrison, Roger B. Atkinson, J.J. Deshazer, George Southall, Rev. Thomas E. Locke, Rev. Henry Wall, Rev. J. L. Sothoron, W.S. Watkins, Anderson Stewart, Harrison J. Elden, W.W. Webber, John. S. Hansbrough, Neblett Family, Colonel Sheets, Charles Smith, Mrs. John T. Merryman, Alice Ingram,W.G. Marshall, treasurer of Parish by 1904 and others. Letter from Dr. Bird, Dinwiddie County, about preaching at St. John's Church at the invitation of Mr. Neblett. 1863. Legal Matters Correspondence between Dr. W.H. Perry and A. M. and Richard Nelson, Carrolton, Mississippi about the case, Kreatts vs. Creath where Richard Nelson is representing Dr. Perry in the suit to get payment on a note. 1856-1860:1877 Deed between Malcom Macfarland and Vestry of Cumberland Parish for 190 acres. 1840. Rectors Resignation letter of Rector Dr. J. H. Morrison. May 1863. Vestry Meeting notes and letters about job openings, position acceptance and declining and resignations. 1857-1863. Rectors – Thomas E. Locke Payment accounts for 1838-1854, plus resignation and salary dispute, 1855. Vestry Minutes 1842, 1856, 1857, 1862 and undated. Originally accessioned as 1939.224 as a gift from WH Perry, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatent, 1759, granting 400 acres of land to John LeGrand (signed by Francis Fauquier).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of court order, 1830, to pay Horace Stringfellow for his services as Commonwealth's Attorney; and deed of trust, 1932, given by Herbert Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover to William E. Carson, covering tracts of land in Madison County, Va. including Hoover's camp on the Rapidan River. Typed draft of an article, \"The Hebron Church Birth Register\" by Arthur L. Keith. 1934.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVolume 3.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVolume 1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVolume 2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews clippings about the records of early Mathews County. Ca. 1940. Letter from Ellen R.T. Lane in Woodstock, Virginia to her cousin about her Mother's boarding school. August 15, 1883.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1772-1858, relating to Mecklenburg County, Va. Includes copies of court orders, 1830, to pay William B. Banks as Commonwealth's Attorney; William Townes as jailor, and Richard H. Walker as sheriff; church records (including certificate of baptism and letter of removal); marriage licenses, and notes concerning Revolutionary War soldiers, Native Americans and race horses. 17 items. Flyer from Charles B. Stuart, Randolph Macon College, about arrangements to \"…execute analyses of Soils, Marls, Guano, Minerals, \u0026amp;c., and to impart instruction in Analytical Chemistry.\" Undated. Photocopies of flyers for an auction at Prestwould. May 24-25, 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatent granting 70 acres of land in Mecklenburg County to William Marrable. 1772. On vellum. 15 1/4 x 13 inches. 1 piece. Medium oversize.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes rubbing from binding of a Middlesex County record book; copy of orders, 1676, concerning provisions for soldiers to be sent out against Native Americans; copy of petitions, 1700, presented by the freeholders of Middlesex County to the House of Burgesses (from court record book); and copy of receipt, 1781, for supplies furnished by Philip Ludwell Grymes for public use. 4 items. Copies of blueprints of suggested original arrangement of the interior of the second Christ Church as built in 1714. 2 copies. 1938. Three articles on Middlesex County history by Carroll C. Chowning. 1932, 1934 and 1935. Notecard with a pencil sketch of the Christ Church altar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists, 1832-1833, of land returned as delinquent for taxes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBroadside, 1856, announcing the opening of the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs. Receipt for G.W. Lyle from Henry M. Conrad, Dr. Transfer, Livery, Feed and Sale Stable in Radford, Virginia.,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of lands and lots returned as delinquent, 1831. 4 p. 29 cm. Printed. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistory, 1869-1931, of Liberty Spring Christian Church, Nansemond County, Va.; and copy of patent, 1663, granting 1850 acres of land to Richard Bennett. 2 items. Photograph of a map, \"The Lower Parish of Nansemond County, Virginia.\" Time period covered is late 1600's. Map made by J.H. Granbery in 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelated material: Mss. MsV Lev11-12 Nelson County Va. Sheriff's Receipt Book, 1811-1837 Mss. MsV T4 Nelson County, Va. Tax Book, 1835 There is no material for Nelson County in the Virginia Counties Collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers, 1865-1866 and undated, relating to New Kent County, Va. Includes license, 13 November 1866, to Dr. L. C. Crump to practice medicine and two tax receipts for Crump; receipts, 1865, for U. S. taxes to W. A. Patterson and W. W. Taliaferro; and photograph of St. Peter's Episcopal Church and the \"Criss Cross House.\" 9 items. Handwritten copy of letter from William Gooch to the Vestry of New Kent County recommending Mr. Thacker. Circa 1729/30. Family tree of Robert Christian and Mary Brown of Cedar Grove, New Kent County. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond, 1862, of Isaac Bales of loyalty to the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies of court orders, 1830, to pay William Barnard for his services as jailer and Mordecai Cooke for his services as sheriff and a bond, 1765, of William Harwood and Samuel Langley to Elizabeth Ashley. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal papers, receipts, correspondence and financial records generated by Northampton County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a contract to carry mail between Eastville and Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the use of a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoad construction\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebt suit\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGift of Dr. \u0026amp; Mrs. H. Norton Mason, 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy (printed) of the inventory, 1674, of the estate of Ambrose Feilding of Wickocomoco Hall, Northumberland County, Va. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExtracts, 1783-1786, from Ohio County, W. Va. records. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1841-1920, relating to Orange County, Va. Includes documents, 1841, concerning lawsuit of Jeremiah Morton v. William C. Willis; and petition, 1920, of citizens of Orange County, Va. concerning the unveiling of a tablet to World War I dead. 4 items. Calling card advertisement for \"Stratford Fund\" tea at St. Thomas House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter, 4 October 1817, from William S. Marye to inhabitants of valley lying between the Blue Ridge and the Massanutten and Fort Mountains concerning the formation of a new county [Page County.] 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger, Page County, Virginia, 1889-1892, 730 pp., recording the sale of general merchandise to more than 100 individual customers and businesses. One of the customers was the Luray Caverns and Hotel Company. Alphabetical index in front of volume. Sampling of names mentioned in the ledger was provided by the seller: Luray Caverns and Hotel Company, George Lee, William Jenkins, Tannery, Captain W. H. Smith, YMCA Masonic Lodge, Reverend N. W. Hackley, Arlington Hotel Company, Joseph Zirkle, John W. Strickler, Reverend H. M. Wharton, William Rosser, George Carter, Washington Carter, Lee Washington, Marshal Baylis, John A. Jackson, Albert Johnson, William Mundy. 1 volume. Purchase.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisement for sale of \"Fairystones.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo newspaper articles written by Mary Lee Keister Talbot about early residents of South Fork and South Branch Valleys of the Potomac and a new interpretation of Fort Seybert, 2 April and 7 May 1937. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA 1771 deed of trust from Tully Choice to James Smith and Company for a piece of land. A marriage license, November 16, 1859, between Reuben H. Carter and Mary M. Robertson and a marriage license, December 20, 1858, between James A. Witcher and Phebe C. Haley. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Inventory and appraisal of the estate of Josiah Marshall including the following: one negroe man, James, oats and corn, farm implements and tools, and blacksmith equipment, signed by Wm Moseley (?), Arthur Moseley (?), and Francis Lewis as appraisers, and signed as ordered and recorded by by Ab[new] Crump. October 20, 1791. 2 pp. A manuscript, \"The Genesis of Powhatan County in Virginia\" by Floyd B. Taylor. 2 items.1936. The materials in this collection were donated by Floyd B. Taylor in 1936 and purchased by W\u0026amp;M Special Collections Research Center in 1981.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of a typed transcription, with index, of vestry minutes of St. Patrick Parish, 1755-1774. Bond given by Joseph Bohan to Philemon Holcombe, March 28, 1788. Printed report \"Second Report of the Prince Edward Landmark Committee,\" 1928. Copy of a print of the Union Theological Seminary. Undated. Notes by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton from the Prince Edward County Courthouse on the prisons in the county. Appeared in the October 1937 William and Mary Quarterly. Notes copied by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton from the Prince Edward County Courthouse about Mr. Burks's buildings as part of a lawsuit between Woodson and Burks in 1767. Typed carbon copy of Declarations of James Pugh, James Moss, James Wooldridge, Peter Grigg and James Taylor about their participation in the Revolutionary War. Other notes concerning Revolutionary War claims. Correspondence between Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and W.S. Morton. 1936. Notes about Prince Edward County by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton. Mentions Richard Darfson, Peter Legrand, Dr. John Fisher, James Thackson, John Meadley, James Roberts, John Moore, Jr., Abraham Venable, Benjamin Augell, John Le Neve, John Bonds, Charles Anderson, Matthias Flournoy, John Pryor Smith, Charles Smith, Zachariah Leigh, Thomas Yuille and Michael McDearman. Dates covered are from mid to late 1700's. Notes taken in 1936.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1866-1868, relating to lawsuits in Prince George County, Va. against Matthew W. Raney for debt. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1728-1752, relating to Prince William County, Va. Mostly documents concerning the settlement of estates but also includes copy of [quit] rent roll, 1738; document, 1752, concerning debt; and guardian's bond, 1743, for Thomas Young. Two items in this collection were donated by Mrs. Marion S. Mallory in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1753-1865, concerning Princess Anne County, Va. Includes writ, 1753, to adjourn the county court of Princess Anne signed by Robert Dinwiddie (gift of Benjamin B. Burroughs) and license, 1865, of Richard H. Baylor, a Baptist minister, to perform marriage ceremonies. 2 items. Photographs of Communion silver of Old Donation Church, communion silver of the Eastern Shore Chapel, the Anthony Fentress house, the Eastern Shore Chapel and the Old Donation Church. 5 photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture between Augustine and Silvester Blidenbrough and Thomas Moss for land in Rappahannock County. January 23, 1661. Incomplete. Includes typescript. 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