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Items are then arranged chronologically by date.","Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:  .","Other Information:"," Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00012.frame","Other related material concerning the Preston family can be found in the Robert Morton Hughes Papers at Old Dominion University."," Several of the items in this collection have been reprinted. These include the letters written between 1786-1813, by John Preston to Francis Preston printed in the William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 1, pp. 42-51 and Vol. 2, pp. 188-193. A list of these items is located below. A typed list is located in the first folder of the collection."," 18 May 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 42-45. 2 November 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 45-47. 26 December 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 47-49. 17 February 1787. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 1, Vol. 27, pp. 203-205. 31 May 1793. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 188-189 [dated as 3 May]. 25 Nov. 1794. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, p. 187. 14 May 1799. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 49-51. 19 December 1802. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 189-192. 3 March 1813. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 192-193."," Some letters are also available in typescript.","This inventory, chiefly 1786-1815, represents three generations of the Preston family, and likewise can be divided into the following:"," Items relating to William Preston (ca. 1729-1783), 1755-1782, primarily photostats of appointments to various county offices (coroner, sheriff and surveyor) and to positions in the Virginia militia; but also including original appointments, 1763 and 1776; a surveyor's entry; 1774; and letters, 1773-1782, to Preston concerning land, the Cherokee Indians and a court martial."," Items, 1785-1819, relating to William's sons, Francis Preston (1765- 1836), lawyer, member of the Virginia Legislature and the U.S. Congress; and his brother John Preston (1764-1827), member of the Virginia Assembly and long-time Treasurer of Virginia, including letters from John Preston to Francis Preston as well as correspondence of the two men with other people. Subjects covered in the letters include politics; the War of 1812; a carriage; the College of William and Mary; duels; the building of a house; and Indians. These papers also contain a certificate, 20 September 1793, of emancipation for a slave signed by Francis Preston; and his appointment of two military aides."," Items relating to the correspondence of William Campbell Preston (1764- 1860), son of Francis Preston, and a member of Congress from South Carolina, including a circular and letter, 1827, concerning protest by citizens of South Carolina of a protective tariff.","William Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers in Augusta County,\" Virginia. Signed by Robert Dinwiddie, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers.\" Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as : \"Lieutenant Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquler, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as Escheator for Augusta County, Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia of the County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"one of our Coroners of our County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Sheriff of the County of Fincastle County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Signed by John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Williamsburg, Virginia.","Letter from William Campbell, Aspen Bottom, to William Preston. Letter concerns Captain Shelby's purchase of the land where Captain Bledsoe lives.","Surveyor's entry of Fincastle County, later Kentucky and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Item mentions William Preston, surveyor of Fincastle. Signed by William Christian.","William Preston was appointed as \"Lieutenant and Commander in chief of the Militia of the County of Fincastle [County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties], Virginia\" Signed by the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia.","Letter from Anthony Bledsoe, Fort Patrick Henry, Virginia, to Colonel William Preston. Letter concerns the Cherokee Indians, their need of supplies, and their fear of coming to Williamsburg.","William Preston was appointed as \"County Lieutenant of Militia in the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Patrick Henry, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Surveyor for the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Dudley Digges, Lieutenant Governor, Williamsburg, Virginia.","Letter from Charles Morgan to William Preston. Letter concerns a court martial of two men, Marshall Duncan and Timothy Roark, and the circumstances involved in the case; and men trying, to be struck from the muster roll in order to be relieved of their military duties.","Post bond for Joseph Achillberger before William Preston, Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Virginia.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston. Was only able to send 10 pounds because of the \"great difficulty of procuring cash in this country\"; mentions getting cash from \"Uncle Tom\" or tobacco from \"Anderson\" and converting that to cash; tobacco prices; discusses the loss Kentucky will feel at the death of Colonel Christian.","Letter from John Preston to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Discusses business dealings with Anderson tobacco, and obtaining the necessary materials and the carpenter recommended by Captain T. Smith to finish their house; wants to compare prices between the Academy at Botetourt Town and William and Mary; gives details of building a new academy at Greenfield and the prices which would be charged.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. More discussion about the constructing of their house; expresses concern about a possible suit against them for a debt unpaid, unless they raise money from Anderson's tobacco; tells of neighbors anxiously awaiting his Francis's return so that they might \"profit from your knowledge,\" referring to Francis Preston's license to practice law, and so that he can be considered an eligible candidate; offers to campaign for him in his absence; relates feelings toward a duel fought between their cousin, James Breckenridge and [?] Younghusband.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. Sends news of large amounts of mail for him, mainly on the subject of friendship; election day has been moved to an earlier date in April, requiring him [FP] to come home earlier; hopes this doesn't interfere with his studies; gives itinerary and details about coming home; discusses the other candidates and the main issue of the campaign--the division of the country; tells rumor that Congress is about to \"raise a great army, for what purpose, we know not.\"","Bill is for fabrics, clothes, and notions for \"Sally B. Campbell,\" later Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston, wife of Francis Preston.","Letter from John Preston to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Short note discussing the election and political side effects relating to it.","Letter from John Preston, Mr. McDowell's, to \"Frank,\" Francis Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Discusses land transactions and the upcoming change in the Judicial districts west of the Blue Ridge; mentions the end of the Indian War and the government being settled.","Letter from John Preston, John Breckenridge's, Lexington, Virginia, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Comments on the reformed behavior of B. Smith, a commander at one of the frontier posts, who has \"abandoned both women and wine forever\"; discussion of affairs with the Indians--treaties, not trusting them, and hopes of continuing the war with them; General Wayne, however, has orders only to defend themselves, not attack; mention of land prices connected with investment possibilities.","Letter from John Preston, Lexington, Virginia to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business discussion about an unknown matter.","Emancipation certificate of John Broady, Negro servant of William Campbell, father-in-law of Francis Preston. Signed by Francis Preston.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"sister In-law,\" Sarah B. Preston, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mention of her domesticity; gossip of a rich widow, Mrs. Thomas Randolph, who has fallen in love with John Brown.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" probably Francis Preston. Gives election news of senators and governor; details about a duel between General Wood and W. Thomas Madison over the election of Governor Brook which led to defamations of character.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to Francis Preston, Congress, United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Concerning attention paid to brother William by General Wayne.","Letter from Bishop James Madison, Botetourt County, Virgina, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses power of attorney between H. Smith and himself; and business matters dealing with land.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses business transactions, including buying some horses; shares feelings of wanting to be married.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion of business transactions with Governor Shelby.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses concern over their brother \"Tommy\" not being able to attend school due to insufficient funds, and asks if Francis might be able to help in this area; mentions William and Mary as a good choice for Tommy to study law.","Letter from John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion about horses and John's son cutting teeth.","Letter from John Preston, Blacksburg, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Family news; grandmother has died; is still looking for the book, EVirginians Millwright, sent by Francis to use as reference for their spring water problem.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks him to help with E. Madison's business affairs; house is half finished; hopes to pay off all debts soon and be as \"independent as a freeman ought to be.\"","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Wagon arrived satisfactorily; sent 5 bushels of hemp seed and will send more if needed; borrowed from him a bundle of \"nail rods\" to lay the plank floor in his home; talk of the birth of \"another fine son \" who is quite handsome.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Business news; cotton and salt arrived; has sent nail rods in a different, lighter wagon.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Political discussion-including the possibility of Congressional redistricting of Botetourt and Montgomery counties, the disagreements between the Federalists and the Republicans, and how redistricting would affect John when elections come again; ironworks are shorthanded and he is willing to hire out seven \"of my best negroe men\"; wife has had the mumps and self has had a bout with rheumatism.","Letter from David Campbell, Campbella, Tennessee, to Sarah B. Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses joy at Mrs. Preston's recovering her health; philosophical statements concerning life; fondness toward Mrs. Preston and family; mention of who will be in school at Abingdon for the next two years, if the school stays open.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Salt was delivered and all was in good order; family news including the birth of a son, William Ballard Preston, to their brother James P. Preston.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Asks if he can send his son, Carlton Radford, to Mr. Whaley's school, since Mr. Birch's school at Fort Chizwell has broken up; has taken care of money matters; more problems with rheumatism.","Letter from John Preston, Montgomery Court House Virginia, to \"brother;\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks for his son, William, to be sent home since the family is free of the whooping cough; a Senate position is open, but heJohn declined since he thought that Francis wanted to run; discussion of war with Britain, and the election of a president; Virginia seems to be favoring Madison, but New York is doubtful; no plans yet for the Virginia militia to be called.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business letter; alludes to wife's death; mother-in-law taking care of domestic business.","Letter from John Tyler, Governor of Virginia, \"In Council Chamber,\" Richmond, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Abingdon Washington County, Virginia. Cover letter for a commission for Samuel Preston, and a duplicate for the magistrates.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Affectionate talk of family; money matters taken care of; carriage maker in Philadelphia has put the \"Family Arms and Crests\" on it, and has only the painting and the spring to take care of.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Happy that he won the election, even though it was with some difficulty; discussion of the ingratitude and jealousy of the community of those who \"serve the public\"; money and construction matters; legal concern over the exchange of properties, the Briar Patch and Horseshoe; wife is quite ill and still grieves over the death of Louisa.","Letter from Peter Randolph, Nottoway County, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Concerning the addition of Mecklenburg into the 5th Circuit, Randolph's firm opposition to the plan requested by Judge Johnston to relieve Johnston of some duties of the 13th Circuit, and Randolph's reasons against the change of duties.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Concern over the Blockading Squadron of Great Britain, and description of naVirginial battles in Lynnhaven Bay; wishes Congress would impose an embargo on Great Britain.","Letter from Francis Preston, Brigadier General, 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, to John Tate. Appointment of Tate as Brigade Inspector of the 17th Brigade in the third division of the militia of the said Commonwealth. Including autograph document signed on verso by Francis Preston appointing Captain Francis Smith as his aide, 16 May 1816.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Virginia. Is still trying to locate the papers of W. P. Preston; more election news; introduces S. P. Sharp.","Letter from Patrick Henry, Richmond, Virginia, to John Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Concerning a serjeanty right granted by Lord Dumore, 10 to 12 years prior, to Henry for 200 acres on the Ohio River.","Receipt of David Price for 3 pounds received from John Preston. Including note on verso by John Preston, 17 April 1785, stating payment of 29 British pounds to William M. Miller.","Letter from James Blair, Abingdon, Virginia, to John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia. Blair's wife, Betsy, a cousin of Preston, is unable to appear at court in Botetourt County in a case involving Mrs. Elizabeth (Preston) Madison, because her son is ill, but has sent a deposition. Hopes that Dr. Humphries has inoculated Preston's sisters for smallpox.","Letter from John Preston, Fort Lee, Bluestone, to Governor Henry Lee. Explanation of Preston's actions taken in defending his posts by dispersing his men; also explanation of monies spent. Including document by John Preston, 13 June 1792, Fort Lee, Bluestone, Virginia, accounting for monies spent by him for his militia men.","Letter from Edmund Randolph, Richmond, Virginia , to General John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom. Concerning legal proceedings at Staunton; and proceedings of the Richmond chancery court concerning the McKin case.","Letter from James Hoge, Buckingham County, Virginia, to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Requests to have orders countermanded and have his troops transferred somewhere where they can recover.","Letter from John Floyd, Washington, D.C , to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. The appropriations bill is before Congress and is expected to pass this week or early next week; the estimate for the ordinance department is $1,037,200.","Land grant certificate of John Preston for 300 acres in Botetourt County, Virginia. Signed by Governor James P. Preston.","Circular letter transmitting memorials of the citizens of Columbia and Richland, South Carolina, to the legislature of South Carolina, and to the Congress of the United States, protesting against the protective tariff. Also includes the text of the memorials. Including letter from William C. Preston, Chairman, to William B. Giles, Governor of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 2 Nov. 1827, explaining the attached circular. Also including a newspaper clipping of the proceedings of the committee.","Asks name of a lawyer practicing in section in which General Joseph S. Shelton of South Carolina lives. The estate of Gilmer's grandfather is being sued and General Shelton is the principal debtor.","Letter from Epes Sargent, New York, New York, to William C. Preston. Letter from Thomas W. Gilmer, Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, to William C. Preston, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. Sargent is associated with Park Benjamin in publishing the New World, a New York newspaper, and discusses his efforts to bring about an international copyright agreement.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Preston Family","Preston family","Preston, Francis","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Preston, William","Preston, Francis, 1765-1836","Preston, William, ca. 1729-1783","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 39.1 P91","/repositories/2/resources/2393"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Preston Family Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Preston Family Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Preston Family Papers"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Buckingham County (Va.)--History","Virginia--Militia","Virginia--Politics and Government--18th century","Virginia--Politics and Government--19th century"],"geogname_ssim":["Buckingham County (Va.)--History","Virginia--Militia","Virginia--Politics and Government--18th century","Virginia--Politics and Government--19th century"],"creator_ssm":["Preston Family","Preston, Francis","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Preston, William"],"creator_ssim":["Preston Family","Preston, Francis","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Preston, William"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Preston, Francis","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Preston, William"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Preston Family"],"creators_ssim":["Preston, Francis","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Preston, William","Preston Family"],"places_ssim":["Buckingham County (Va.)--History","Virginia--Militia","Virginia--Politics and Government--18th century","Virginia--Politics and Government--19th century"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Architecture, Domestic--Virginia","Carriage and wagon making","Cherokee Indians","College of William and Mary--History--18th century","Dueling--Virginia","Freedmen--Virginia--History","Indians of North America--History--19th century","Legal documents","Slavery--Virginia--History--18th century","Tariff--United States--History","United States--History--War of 1812","United States--Politics and government--1789-1815","Certificates","Correspondence","Financial records","Petitions","Photostats"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Architecture, Domestic--Virginia","Carriage and wagon making","Cherokee Indians","College of William and Mary--History--18th century","Dueling--Virginia","Freedmen--Virginia--History","Indians of North America--History--19th century","Legal documents","Slavery--Virginia--History--18th century","Tariff--United States--History","United States--History--War of 1812","United States--Politics and government--1789-1815","Certificates","Correspondence","Financial records","Petitions","Photostats"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["90.00 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["90.00 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Certificates","Correspondence","Financial records","Petitions","Photostats"],"date_range_isim":[1755,1756,1757,1758,1759,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. 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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Items are then arranged chronologically by date."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eInformation about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: \u003cextref href=\"http://scdbwiki.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Preston_Family\" title=\"Preston Family\"\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Family History:"],"bioghist_tesim":["Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:  ."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOther Information:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00012.frame\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["General"],"odd_tesim":["Other Information:"," Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00012.frame"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePreston Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Preston Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOther related material concerning the Preston family can be found in the Robert Morton Hughes Papers at Old Dominion University.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Several of the items in this collection have been reprinted. These include the letters written between 1786-1813, by John Preston to Francis Preston printed in the William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 1, pp. 42-51 and Vol. 2, pp. 188-193. A list of these items is located below. A typed list is located in the first folder of the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 18 May 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 42-45. 2 November 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 45-47. 26 December 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 47-49. 17 February 1787. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 1, Vol. 27, pp. 203-205. 31 May 1793. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 188-189 [dated as 3 May]. 25 Nov. 1794. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, p. 187. 14 May 1799. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 49-51. 19 December 1802. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 189-192. 3 March 1813. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 192-193.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Some letters are also available in typescript.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials:"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Other related material concerning the Preston family can be found in the Robert Morton Hughes Papers at Old Dominion University."," Several of the items in this collection have been reprinted. These include the letters written between 1786-1813, by John Preston to Francis Preston printed in the William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 1, pp. 42-51 and Vol. 2, pp. 188-193. A list of these items is located below. A typed list is located in the first folder of the collection."," 18 May 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 42-45. 2 November 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 45-47. 26 December 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 47-49. 17 February 1787. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 1, Vol. 27, pp. 203-205. 31 May 1793. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 188-189 [dated as 3 May]. 25 Nov. 1794. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, p. 187. 14 May 1799. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 49-51. 19 December 1802. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 189-192. 3 March 1813. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 192-193."," Some letters are also available in typescript."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis inventory, chiefly 1786-1815, represents three generations of the Preston family, and likewise can be divided into the following:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items relating to William Preston (ca. 1729-1783), 1755-1782, primarily photostats of appointments to various county offices (coroner, sheriff and surveyor) and to positions in the Virginia militia; but also including original appointments, 1763 and 1776; a surveyor's entry; 1774; and letters, 1773-1782, to Preston concerning land, the Cherokee Indians and a court martial.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items, 1785-1819, relating to William's sons, Francis Preston (1765- 1836), lawyer, member of the Virginia Legislature and the U.S. Congress; and his brother John Preston (1764-1827), member of the Virginia Assembly and long-time Treasurer of Virginia, including letters from John Preston to Francis Preston as well as correspondence of the two men with other people. Subjects covered in the letters include politics; the War of 1812; a carriage; the College of William and Mary; duels; the building of a house; and Indians. These papers also contain a certificate, 20 September 1793, of emancipation for a slave signed by Francis Preston; and his appointment of two military aides.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items relating to the correspondence of William Campbell Preston (1764- 1860), son of Francis Preston, and a member of Congress from South Carolina, including a circular and letter, 1827, concerning protest by citizens of South Carolina of a protective tariff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers in Augusta County,\" Virginia. 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Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"one of our Coroners of our County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Sheriff of the County of Fincastle County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Signed by John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from William Campbell, Aspen Bottom, to William Preston. Letter concerns Captain Shelby's purchase of the land where Captain Bledsoe lives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveyor's entry of Fincastle County, later Kentucky and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Item mentions William Preston, surveyor of Fincastle. Signed by William Christian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Lieutenant and Commander in chief of the Militia of the County of Fincastle [County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties], Virginia\" Signed by the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Anthony Bledsoe, Fort Patrick Henry, Virginia, to Colonel William Preston. Letter concerns the Cherokee Indians, their need of supplies, and their fear of coming to Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"County Lieutenant of Militia in the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Patrick Henry, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Surveyor for the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Dudley Digges, Lieutenant Governor, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Charles Morgan to William Preston. Letter concerns a court martial of two men, Marshall Duncan and Timothy Roark, and the circumstances involved in the case; and men trying, to be struck from the muster roll in order to be relieved of their military duties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePost bond for Joseph Achillberger before William Preston, Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston. Was only able to send 10 pounds because of the \"great difficulty of procuring cash in this country\"; mentions getting cash from \"Uncle Tom\" or tobacco from \"Anderson\" and converting that to cash; tobacco prices; discusses the loss Kentucky will feel at the death of Colonel Christian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Discusses business dealings with Anderson tobacco, and obtaining the necessary materials and the carpenter recommended by Captain T. Smith to finish their house; wants to compare prices between the Academy at Botetourt Town and William and Mary; gives details of building a new academy at Greenfield and the prices which would be charged.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. More discussion about the constructing of their house; expresses concern about a possible suit against them for a debt unpaid, unless they raise money from Anderson's tobacco; tells of neighbors anxiously awaiting his Francis's return so that they might \"profit from your knowledge,\" referring to Francis Preston's license to practice law, and so that he can be considered an eligible candidate; offers to campaign for him in his absence; relates feelings toward a duel fought between their cousin, James Breckenridge and [?] Younghusband.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. Sends news of large amounts of mail for him, mainly on the subject of friendship; election day has been moved to an earlier date in April, requiring him [FP] to come home earlier; hopes this doesn't interfere with his studies; gives itinerary and details about coming home; discusses the other candidates and the main issue of the campaign--the division of the country; tells rumor that Congress is about to \"raise a great army, for what purpose, we know not.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill is for fabrics, clothes, and notions for \"Sally B. Campbell,\" later Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston, wife of Francis Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Short note discussing the election and political side effects relating to it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Mr. McDowell's, to \"Frank,\" Francis Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Discusses land transactions and the upcoming change in the Judicial districts west of the Blue Ridge; mentions the end of the Indian War and the government being settled.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, John Breckenridge's, Lexington, Virginia, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Comments on the reformed behavior of B. Smith, a commander at one of the frontier posts, who has \"abandoned both women and wine forever\"; discussion of affairs with the Indians--treaties, not trusting them, and hopes of continuing the war with them; General Wayne, however, has orders only to defend themselves, not attack; mention of land prices connected with investment possibilities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Lexington, Virginia to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business discussion about an unknown matter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmancipation certificate of John Broady, Negro servant of William Campbell, father-in-law of Francis Preston. Signed by Francis Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"sister In-law,\" Sarah B. Preston, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mention of her domesticity; gossip of a rich widow, Mrs. Thomas Randolph, who has fallen in love with John Brown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" probably Francis Preston. Gives election news of senators and governor; details about a duel between General Wood and W. Thomas Madison over the election of Governor Brook which led to defamations of character.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, no place, to Francis Preston, Congress, United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Concerning attention paid to brother William by General Wayne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Bishop James Madison, Botetourt County, Virgina, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses power of attorney between H. Smith and himself; and business matters dealing with land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses business transactions, including buying some horses; shares feelings of wanting to be married.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion of business transactions with Governor Shelby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses concern over their brother \"Tommy\" not being able to attend school due to insufficient funds, and asks if Francis might be able to help in this area; mentions William and Mary as a good choice for Tommy to study law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion about horses and John's son cutting teeth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Blacksburg, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Family news; grandmother has died; is still looking for the book, EVirginians Millwright, sent by Francis to use as reference for their spring water problem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks him to help with E. Madison's business affairs; house is half finished; hopes to pay off all debts soon and be as \"independent as a freeman ought to be.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Wagon arrived satisfactorily; sent 5 bushels of hemp seed and will send more if needed; borrowed from him a bundle of \"nail rods\" to lay the plank floor in his home; talk of the birth of \"another fine son \" who is quite handsome.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Business news; cotton and salt arrived; has sent nail rods in a different, lighter wagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Political discussion-including the possibility of Congressional redistricting of Botetourt and Montgomery counties, the disagreements between the Federalists and the Republicans, and how redistricting would affect John when elections come again; ironworks are shorthanded and he is willing to hire out seven \"of my best negroe men\"; wife has had the mumps and self has had a bout with rheumatism.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from David Campbell, Campbella, Tennessee, to Sarah B. Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses joy at Mrs. Preston's recovering her health; philosophical statements concerning life; fondness toward Mrs. Preston and family; mention of who will be in school at Abingdon for the next two years, if the school stays open.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Salt was delivered and all was in good order; family news including the birth of a son, William Ballard Preston, to their brother James P. Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Asks if he can send his son, Carlton Radford, to Mr. Whaley's school, since Mr. Birch's school at Fort Chizwell has broken up; has taken care of money matters; more problems with rheumatism.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Montgomery Court House Virginia, to \"brother;\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks for his son, William, to be sent home since the family is free of the whooping cough; a Senate position is open, but heJohn declined since he thought that Francis wanted to run; discussion of war with Britain, and the election of a president; Virginia seems to be favoring Madison, but New York is doubtful; no plans yet for the Virginia militia to be called.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business letter; alludes to wife's death; mother-in-law taking care of domestic business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Tyler, Governor of Virginia, \"In Council Chamber,\" Richmond, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Abingdon Washington County, Virginia. Cover letter for a commission for Samuel Preston, and a duplicate for the magistrates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Affectionate talk of family; money matters taken care of; carriage maker in Philadelphia has put the \"Family Arms and Crests\" on it, and has only the painting and the spring to take care of.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Happy that he won the election, even though it was with some difficulty; discussion of the ingratitude and jealousy of the community of those who \"serve the public\"; money and construction matters; legal concern over the exchange of properties, the Briar Patch and Horseshoe; wife is quite ill and still grieves over the death of Louisa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Peter Randolph, Nottoway County, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Concerning the addition of Mecklenburg into the 5th Circuit, Randolph's firm opposition to the plan requested by Judge Johnston to relieve Johnston of some duties of the 13th Circuit, and Randolph's reasons against the change of duties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Concern over the Blockading Squadron of Great Britain, and description of naVirginial battles in Lynnhaven Bay; wishes Congress would impose an embargo on Great Britain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Francis Preston, Brigadier General, 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, to John Tate. Appointment of Tate as Brigade Inspector of the 17th Brigade in the third division of the militia of the said Commonwealth. Including autograph document signed on verso by Francis Preston appointing Captain Francis Smith as his aide, 16 May 1816.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Virginia. Is still trying to locate the papers of W. P. Preston; more election news; introduces S. P. Sharp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Patrick Henry, Richmond, Virginia, to John Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Concerning a serjeanty right granted by Lord Dumore, 10 to 12 years prior, to Henry for 200 acres on the Ohio River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of David Price for 3 pounds received from John Preston. Including note on verso by John Preston, 17 April 1785, stating payment of 29 British pounds to William M. Miller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from James Blair, Abingdon, Virginia, to John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia. Blair's wife, Betsy, a cousin of Preston, is unable to appear at court in Botetourt County in a case involving Mrs. Elizabeth (Preston) Madison, because her son is ill, but has sent a deposition. Hopes that Dr. Humphries has inoculated Preston's sisters for smallpox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Fort Lee, Bluestone, to Governor Henry Lee. Explanation of Preston's actions taken in defending his posts by dispersing his men; also explanation of monies spent. Including document by John Preston, 13 June 1792, Fort Lee, Bluestone, Virginia, accounting for monies spent by him for his militia men.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Edmund Randolph, Richmond, Virginia , to General John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom. Concerning legal proceedings at Staunton; and proceedings of the Richmond chancery court concerning the McKin case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from James Hoge, Buckingham County, Virginia, to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Requests to have orders countermanded and have his troops transferred somewhere where they can recover.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Floyd, Washington, D.C , to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. The appropriations bill is before Congress and is expected to pass this week or early next week; the estimate for the ordinance department is $1,037,200.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLand grant certificate of John Preston for 300 acres in Botetourt County, Virginia. Signed by Governor James P. Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCircular letter transmitting memorials of the citizens of Columbia and Richland, South Carolina, to the legislature of South Carolina, and to the Congress of the United States, protesting against the protective tariff. Also includes the text of the memorials. Including letter from William C. Preston, Chairman, to William B. Giles, Governor of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 2 Nov. 1827, explaining the attached circular. Also including a newspaper clipping of the proceedings of the committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks name of a lawyer practicing in section in which General Joseph S. Shelton of South Carolina lives. The estate of Gilmer's grandfather is being sued and General Shelton is the principal debtor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Epes Sargent, New York, New York, to William C. Preston. Letter from Thomas W. Gilmer, Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, to William C. Preston, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. Sargent is associated with Park Benjamin in publishing the New World, a New York newspaper, and discusses his efforts to bring about an international copyright agreement.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This inventory, chiefly 1786-1815, represents three generations of the Preston family, and likewise can be divided into the following:"," Items relating to William Preston (ca. 1729-1783), 1755-1782, primarily photostats of appointments to various county offices (coroner, sheriff and surveyor) and to positions in the Virginia militia; but also including original appointments, 1763 and 1776; a surveyor's entry; 1774; and letters, 1773-1782, to Preston concerning land, the Cherokee Indians and a court martial."," Items, 1785-1819, relating to William's sons, Francis Preston (1765- 1836), lawyer, member of the Virginia Legislature and the U.S. Congress; and his brother John Preston (1764-1827), member of the Virginia Assembly and long-time Treasurer of Virginia, including letters from John Preston to Francis Preston as well as correspondence of the two men with other people. Subjects covered in the letters include politics; the War of 1812; a carriage; the College of William and Mary; duels; the building of a house; and Indians. These papers also contain a certificate, 20 September 1793, of emancipation for a slave signed by Francis Preston; and his appointment of two military aides."," Items relating to the correspondence of William Campbell Preston (1764- 1860), son of Francis Preston, and a member of Congress from South Carolina, including a circular and letter, 1827, concerning protest by citizens of South Carolina of a protective tariff.","William Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers in Augusta County,\" Virginia. Signed by Robert Dinwiddie, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers.\" Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as : \"Lieutenant Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquler, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as Escheator for Augusta County, Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia of the County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"one of our Coroners of our County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Sheriff of the County of Fincastle County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Signed by John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Williamsburg, Virginia.","Letter from William Campbell, Aspen Bottom, to William Preston. Letter concerns Captain Shelby's purchase of the land where Captain Bledsoe lives.","Surveyor's entry of Fincastle County, later Kentucky and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Item mentions William Preston, surveyor of Fincastle. Signed by William Christian.","William Preston was appointed as \"Lieutenant and Commander in chief of the Militia of the County of Fincastle [County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties], Virginia\" Signed by the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia.","Letter from Anthony Bledsoe, Fort Patrick Henry, Virginia, to Colonel William Preston. Letter concerns the Cherokee Indians, their need of supplies, and their fear of coming to Williamsburg.","William Preston was appointed as \"County Lieutenant of Militia in the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Patrick Henry, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Surveyor for the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Dudley Digges, Lieutenant Governor, Williamsburg, Virginia.","Letter from Charles Morgan to William Preston. Letter concerns a court martial of two men, Marshall Duncan and Timothy Roark, and the circumstances involved in the case; and men trying, to be struck from the muster roll in order to be relieved of their military duties.","Post bond for Joseph Achillberger before William Preston, Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Virginia.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston. Was only able to send 10 pounds because of the \"great difficulty of procuring cash in this country\"; mentions getting cash from \"Uncle Tom\" or tobacco from \"Anderson\" and converting that to cash; tobacco prices; discusses the loss Kentucky will feel at the death of Colonel Christian.","Letter from John Preston to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Discusses business dealings with Anderson tobacco, and obtaining the necessary materials and the carpenter recommended by Captain T. Smith to finish their house; wants to compare prices between the Academy at Botetourt Town and William and Mary; gives details of building a new academy at Greenfield and the prices which would be charged.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. More discussion about the constructing of their house; expresses concern about a possible suit against them for a debt unpaid, unless they raise money from Anderson's tobacco; tells of neighbors anxiously awaiting his Francis's return so that they might \"profit from your knowledge,\" referring to Francis Preston's license to practice law, and so that he can be considered an eligible candidate; offers to campaign for him in his absence; relates feelings toward a duel fought between their cousin, James Breckenridge and [?] Younghusband.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. Sends news of large amounts of mail for him, mainly on the subject of friendship; election day has been moved to an earlier date in April, requiring him [FP] to come home earlier; hopes this doesn't interfere with his studies; gives itinerary and details about coming home; discusses the other candidates and the main issue of the campaign--the division of the country; tells rumor that Congress is about to \"raise a great army, for what purpose, we know not.\"","Bill is for fabrics, clothes, and notions for \"Sally B. Campbell,\" later Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston, wife of Francis Preston.","Letter from John Preston to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Short note discussing the election and political side effects relating to it.","Letter from John Preston, Mr. McDowell's, to \"Frank,\" Francis Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Discusses land transactions and the upcoming change in the Judicial districts west of the Blue Ridge; mentions the end of the Indian War and the government being settled.","Letter from John Preston, John Breckenridge's, Lexington, Virginia, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Comments on the reformed behavior of B. Smith, a commander at one of the frontier posts, who has \"abandoned both women and wine forever\"; discussion of affairs with the Indians--treaties, not trusting them, and hopes of continuing the war with them; General Wayne, however, has orders only to defend themselves, not attack; mention of land prices connected with investment possibilities.","Letter from John Preston, Lexington, Virginia to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business discussion about an unknown matter.","Emancipation certificate of John Broady, Negro servant of William Campbell, father-in-law of Francis Preston. Signed by Francis Preston.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"sister In-law,\" Sarah B. Preston, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mention of her domesticity; gossip of a rich widow, Mrs. Thomas Randolph, who has fallen in love with John Brown.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" probably Francis Preston. Gives election news of senators and governor; details about a duel between General Wood and W. Thomas Madison over the election of Governor Brook which led to defamations of character.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to Francis Preston, Congress, United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Concerning attention paid to brother William by General Wayne.","Letter from Bishop James Madison, Botetourt County, Virgina, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses power of attorney between H. Smith and himself; and business matters dealing with land.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses business transactions, including buying some horses; shares feelings of wanting to be married.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion of business transactions with Governor Shelby.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses concern over their brother \"Tommy\" not being able to attend school due to insufficient funds, and asks if Francis might be able to help in this area; mentions William and Mary as a good choice for Tommy to study law.","Letter from John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion about horses and John's son cutting teeth.","Letter from John Preston, Blacksburg, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Family news; grandmother has died; is still looking for the book, EVirginians Millwright, sent by Francis to use as reference for their spring water problem.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks him to help with E. Madison's business affairs; house is half finished; hopes to pay off all debts soon and be as \"independent as a freeman ought to be.\"","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Wagon arrived satisfactorily; sent 5 bushels of hemp seed and will send more if needed; borrowed from him a bundle of \"nail rods\" to lay the plank floor in his home; talk of the birth of \"another fine son \" who is quite handsome.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Business news; cotton and salt arrived; has sent nail rods in a different, lighter wagon.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Political discussion-including the possibility of Congressional redistricting of Botetourt and Montgomery counties, the disagreements between the Federalists and the Republicans, and how redistricting would affect John when elections come again; ironworks are shorthanded and he is willing to hire out seven \"of my best negroe men\"; wife has had the mumps and self has had a bout with rheumatism.","Letter from David Campbell, Campbella, Tennessee, to Sarah B. Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses joy at Mrs. Preston's recovering her health; philosophical statements concerning life; fondness toward Mrs. Preston and family; mention of who will be in school at Abingdon for the next two years, if the school stays open.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Salt was delivered and all was in good order; family news including the birth of a son, William Ballard Preston, to their brother James P. Preston.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Asks if he can send his son, Carlton Radford, to Mr. Whaley's school, since Mr. Birch's school at Fort Chizwell has broken up; has taken care of money matters; more problems with rheumatism.","Letter from John Preston, Montgomery Court House Virginia, to \"brother;\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks for his son, William, to be sent home since the family is free of the whooping cough; a Senate position is open, but heJohn declined since he thought that Francis wanted to run; discussion of war with Britain, and the election of a president; Virginia seems to be favoring Madison, but New York is doubtful; no plans yet for the Virginia militia to be called.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business letter; alludes to wife's death; mother-in-law taking care of domestic business.","Letter from John Tyler, Governor of Virginia, \"In Council Chamber,\" Richmond, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Abingdon Washington County, Virginia. Cover letter for a commission for Samuel Preston, and a duplicate for the magistrates.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Affectionate talk of family; money matters taken care of; carriage maker in Philadelphia has put the \"Family Arms and Crests\" on it, and has only the painting and the spring to take care of.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Happy that he won the election, even though it was with some difficulty; discussion of the ingratitude and jealousy of the community of those who \"serve the public\"; money and construction matters; legal concern over the exchange of properties, the Briar Patch and Horseshoe; wife is quite ill and still grieves over the death of Louisa.","Letter from Peter Randolph, Nottoway County, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Concerning the addition of Mecklenburg into the 5th Circuit, Randolph's firm opposition to the plan requested by Judge Johnston to relieve Johnston of some duties of the 13th Circuit, and Randolph's reasons against the change of duties.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Concern over the Blockading Squadron of Great Britain, and description of naVirginial battles in Lynnhaven Bay; wishes Congress would impose an embargo on Great Britain.","Letter from Francis Preston, Brigadier General, 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, to John Tate. Appointment of Tate as Brigade Inspector of the 17th Brigade in the third division of the militia of the said Commonwealth. Including autograph document signed on verso by Francis Preston appointing Captain Francis Smith as his aide, 16 May 1816.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Virginia. Is still trying to locate the papers of W. P. Preston; more election news; introduces S. P. Sharp.","Letter from Patrick Henry, Richmond, Virginia, to John Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Concerning a serjeanty right granted by Lord Dumore, 10 to 12 years prior, to Henry for 200 acres on the Ohio River.","Receipt of David Price for 3 pounds received from John Preston. Including note on verso by John Preston, 17 April 1785, stating payment of 29 British pounds to William M. Miller.","Letter from James Blair, Abingdon, Virginia, to John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia. Blair's wife, Betsy, a cousin of Preston, is unable to appear at court in Botetourt County in a case involving Mrs. Elizabeth (Preston) Madison, because her son is ill, but has sent a deposition. Hopes that Dr. Humphries has inoculated Preston's sisters for smallpox.","Letter from John Preston, Fort Lee, Bluestone, to Governor Henry Lee. Explanation of Preston's actions taken in defending his posts by dispersing his men; also explanation of monies spent. Including document by John Preston, 13 June 1792, Fort Lee, Bluestone, Virginia, accounting for monies spent by him for his militia men.","Letter from Edmund Randolph, Richmond, Virginia , to General John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom. Concerning legal proceedings at Staunton; and proceedings of the Richmond chancery court concerning the McKin case.","Letter from James Hoge, Buckingham County, Virginia, to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Requests to have orders countermanded and have his troops transferred somewhere where they can recover.","Letter from John Floyd, Washington, D.C , to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. The appropriations bill is before Congress and is expected to pass this week or early next week; the estimate for the ordinance department is $1,037,200.","Land grant certificate of John Preston for 300 acres in Botetourt County, Virginia. Signed by Governor James P. Preston.","Circular letter transmitting memorials of the citizens of Columbia and Richland, South Carolina, to the legislature of South Carolina, and to the Congress of the United States, protesting against the protective tariff. Also includes the text of the memorials. Including letter from William C. Preston, Chairman, to William B. Giles, Governor of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 2 Nov. 1827, explaining the attached circular. Also including a newspaper clipping of the proceedings of the committee.","Asks name of a lawyer practicing in section in which General Joseph S. Shelton of South Carolina lives. The estate of Gilmer's grandfather is being sued and General Shelton is the principal debtor.","Letter from Epes Sargent, New York, New York, to William C. Preston. Letter from Thomas W. Gilmer, Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, to William C. Preston, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Organization: This inventory has been organized into four Series: 1. William Preston Papers; 2. Francis Preston Papers; 3. John Preston Papers; 4. William C. Preston Papers. Arrangement: Each folder contains the papers of their creators/persons, identified by series title. Items are then arranged chronologically by date.","Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:  .","Other Information:"," Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00012.frame","Other related material concerning the Preston family can be found in the Robert Morton Hughes Papers at Old Dominion University."," Several of the items in this collection have been reprinted. These include the letters written between 1786-1813, by John Preston to Francis Preston printed in the William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 1, pp. 42-51 and Vol. 2, pp. 188-193. A list of these items is located below. A typed list is located in the first folder of the collection."," 18 May 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 42-45. 2 November 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 45-47. 26 December 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 47-49. 17 February 1787. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 1, Vol. 27, pp. 203-205. 31 May 1793. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 188-189 [dated as 3 May]. 25 Nov. 1794. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, p. 187. 14 May 1799. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 49-51. 19 December 1802. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 189-192. 3 March 1813. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 192-193."," Some letters are also available in typescript.","This inventory, chiefly 1786-1815, represents three generations of the Preston family, and likewise can be divided into the following:"," Items relating to William Preston (ca. 1729-1783), 1755-1782, primarily photostats of appointments to various county offices (coroner, sheriff and surveyor) and to positions in the Virginia militia; but also including original appointments, 1763 and 1776; a surveyor's entry; 1774; and letters, 1773-1782, to Preston concerning land, the Cherokee Indians and a court martial."," Items, 1785-1819, relating to William's sons, Francis Preston (1765- 1836), lawyer, member of the Virginia Legislature and the U.S. Congress; and his brother John Preston (1764-1827), member of the Virginia Assembly and long-time Treasurer of Virginia, including letters from John Preston to Francis Preston as well as correspondence of the two men with other people. Subjects covered in the letters include politics; the War of 1812; a carriage; the College of William and Mary; duels; the building of a house; and Indians. These papers also contain a certificate, 20 September 1793, of emancipation for a slave signed by Francis Preston; and his appointment of two military aides."," Items relating to the correspondence of William Campbell Preston (1764- 1860), son of Francis Preston, and a member of Congress from South Carolina, including a circular and letter, 1827, concerning protest by citizens of South Carolina of a protective tariff.","William Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers in Augusta County,\" Virginia. Signed by Robert Dinwiddie, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers.\" Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as : \"Lieutenant Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquler, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as Escheator for Augusta County, Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia of the County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"one of our Coroners of our County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Sheriff of the County of Fincastle County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Signed by John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Williamsburg, Virginia.","Letter from William Campbell, Aspen Bottom, to William Preston. Letter concerns Captain Shelby's purchase of the land where Captain Bledsoe lives.","Surveyor's entry of Fincastle County, later Kentucky and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Item mentions William Preston, surveyor of Fincastle. Signed by William Christian.","William Preston was appointed as \"Lieutenant and Commander in chief of the Militia of the County of Fincastle [County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties], Virginia\" Signed by the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia.","Letter from Anthony Bledsoe, Fort Patrick Henry, Virginia, to Colonel William Preston. Letter concerns the Cherokee Indians, their need of supplies, and their fear of coming to Williamsburg.","William Preston was appointed as \"County Lieutenant of Militia in the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Patrick Henry, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Surveyor for the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Dudley Digges, Lieutenant Governor, Williamsburg, Virginia.","Letter from Charles Morgan to William Preston. Letter concerns a court martial of two men, Marshall Duncan and Timothy Roark, and the circumstances involved in the case; and men trying, to be struck from the muster roll in order to be relieved of their military duties.","Post bond for Joseph Achillberger before William Preston, Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Virginia.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston. Was only able to send 10 pounds because of the \"great difficulty of procuring cash in this country\"; mentions getting cash from \"Uncle Tom\" or tobacco from \"Anderson\" and converting that to cash; tobacco prices; discusses the loss Kentucky will feel at the death of Colonel Christian.","Letter from John Preston to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Discusses business dealings with Anderson tobacco, and obtaining the necessary materials and the carpenter recommended by Captain T. Smith to finish their house; wants to compare prices between the Academy at Botetourt Town and William and Mary; gives details of building a new academy at Greenfield and the prices which would be charged.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. More discussion about the constructing of their house; expresses concern about a possible suit against them for a debt unpaid, unless they raise money from Anderson's tobacco; tells of neighbors anxiously awaiting his Francis's return so that they might \"profit from your knowledge,\" referring to Francis Preston's license to practice law, and so that he can be considered an eligible candidate; offers to campaign for him in his absence; relates feelings toward a duel fought between their cousin, James Breckenridge and [?] Younghusband.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. Sends news of large amounts of mail for him, mainly on the subject of friendship; election day has been moved to an earlier date in April, requiring him [FP] to come home earlier; hopes this doesn't interfere with his studies; gives itinerary and details about coming home; discusses the other candidates and the main issue of the campaign--the division of the country; tells rumor that Congress is about to \"raise a great army, for what purpose, we know not.\"","Bill is for fabrics, clothes, and notions for \"Sally B. Campbell,\" later Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston, wife of Francis Preston.","Letter from John Preston to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Short note discussing the election and political side effects relating to it.","Letter from John Preston, Mr. McDowell's, to \"Frank,\" Francis Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Discusses land transactions and the upcoming change in the Judicial districts west of the Blue Ridge; mentions the end of the Indian War and the government being settled.","Letter from John Preston, John Breckenridge's, Lexington, Virginia, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Comments on the reformed behavior of B. Smith, a commander at one of the frontier posts, who has \"abandoned both women and wine forever\"; discussion of affairs with the Indians--treaties, not trusting them, and hopes of continuing the war with them; General Wayne, however, has orders only to defend themselves, not attack; mention of land prices connected with investment possibilities.","Letter from John Preston, Lexington, Virginia to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business discussion about an unknown matter.","Emancipation certificate of John Broady, Negro servant of William Campbell, father-in-law of Francis Preston. Signed by Francis Preston.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"sister In-law,\" Sarah B. Preston, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mention of her domesticity; gossip of a rich widow, Mrs. Thomas Randolph, who has fallen in love with John Brown.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" probably Francis Preston. Gives election news of senators and governor; details about a duel between General Wood and W. Thomas Madison over the election of Governor Brook which led to defamations of character.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to Francis Preston, Congress, United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Concerning attention paid to brother William by General Wayne.","Letter from Bishop James Madison, Botetourt County, Virgina, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses power of attorney between H. Smith and himself; and business matters dealing with land.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses business transactions, including buying some horses; shares feelings of wanting to be married.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion of business transactions with Governor Shelby.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses concern over their brother \"Tommy\" not being able to attend school due to insufficient funds, and asks if Francis might be able to help in this area; mentions William and Mary as a good choice for Tommy to study law.","Letter from John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion about horses and John's son cutting teeth.","Letter from John Preston, Blacksburg, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Family news; grandmother has died; is still looking for the book, EVirginians Millwright, sent by Francis to use as reference for their spring water problem.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks him to help with E. Madison's business affairs; house is half finished; hopes to pay off all debts soon and be as \"independent as a freeman ought to be.\"","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Wagon arrived satisfactorily; sent 5 bushels of hemp seed and will send more if needed; borrowed from him a bundle of \"nail rods\" to lay the plank floor in his home; talk of the birth of \"another fine son \" who is quite handsome.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Business news; cotton and salt arrived; has sent nail rods in a different, lighter wagon.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Political discussion-including the possibility of Congressional redistricting of Botetourt and Montgomery counties, the disagreements between the Federalists and the Republicans, and how redistricting would affect John when elections come again; ironworks are shorthanded and he is willing to hire out seven \"of my best negroe men\"; wife has had the mumps and self has had a bout with rheumatism.","Letter from David Campbell, Campbella, Tennessee, to Sarah B. Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses joy at Mrs. Preston's recovering her health; philosophical statements concerning life; fondness toward Mrs. Preston and family; mention of who will be in school at Abingdon for the next two years, if the school stays open.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Salt was delivered and all was in good order; family news including the birth of a son, William Ballard Preston, to their brother James P. Preston.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Asks if he can send his son, Carlton Radford, to Mr. Whaley's school, since Mr. Birch's school at Fort Chizwell has broken up; has taken care of money matters; more problems with rheumatism.","Letter from John Preston, Montgomery Court House Virginia, to \"brother;\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks for his son, William, to be sent home since the family is free of the whooping cough; a Senate position is open, but heJohn declined since he thought that Francis wanted to run; discussion of war with Britain, and the election of a president; Virginia seems to be favoring Madison, but New York is doubtful; no plans yet for the Virginia militia to be called.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business letter; alludes to wife's death; mother-in-law taking care of domestic business.","Letter from John Tyler, Governor of Virginia, \"In Council Chamber,\" Richmond, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Abingdon Washington County, Virginia. Cover letter for a commission for Samuel Preston, and a duplicate for the magistrates.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Affectionate talk of family; money matters taken care of; carriage maker in Philadelphia has put the \"Family Arms and Crests\" on it, and has only the painting and the spring to take care of.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Happy that he won the election, even though it was with some difficulty; discussion of the ingratitude and jealousy of the community of those who \"serve the public\"; money and construction matters; legal concern over the exchange of properties, the Briar Patch and Horseshoe; wife is quite ill and still grieves over the death of Louisa.","Letter from Peter Randolph, Nottoway County, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Concerning the addition of Mecklenburg into the 5th Circuit, Randolph's firm opposition to the plan requested by Judge Johnston to relieve Johnston of some duties of the 13th Circuit, and Randolph's reasons against the change of duties.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Concern over the Blockading Squadron of Great Britain, and description of naVirginial battles in Lynnhaven Bay; wishes Congress would impose an embargo on Great Britain.","Letter from Francis Preston, Brigadier General, 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, to John Tate. Appointment of Tate as Brigade Inspector of the 17th Brigade in the third division of the militia of the said Commonwealth. Including autograph document signed on verso by Francis Preston appointing Captain Francis Smith as his aide, 16 May 1816.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Virginia. Is still trying to locate the papers of W. P. Preston; more election news; introduces S. P. Sharp.","Letter from Patrick Henry, Richmond, Virginia, to John Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Concerning a serjeanty right granted by Lord Dumore, 10 to 12 years prior, to Henry for 200 acres on the Ohio River.","Receipt of David Price for 3 pounds received from John Preston. Including note on verso by John Preston, 17 April 1785, stating payment of 29 British pounds to William M. Miller.","Letter from James Blair, Abingdon, Virginia, to John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia. Blair's wife, Betsy, a cousin of Preston, is unable to appear at court in Botetourt County in a case involving Mrs. Elizabeth (Preston) Madison, because her son is ill, but has sent a deposition. Hopes that Dr. Humphries has inoculated Preston's sisters for smallpox.","Letter from John Preston, Fort Lee, Bluestone, to Governor Henry Lee. Explanation of Preston's actions taken in defending his posts by dispersing his men; also explanation of monies spent. Including document by John Preston, 13 June 1792, Fort Lee, Bluestone, Virginia, accounting for monies spent by him for his militia men.","Letter from Edmund Randolph, Richmond, Virginia , to General John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom. Concerning legal proceedings at Staunton; and proceedings of the Richmond chancery court concerning the McKin case.","Letter from James Hoge, Buckingham County, Virginia, to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Requests to have orders countermanded and have his troops transferred somewhere where they can recover.","Letter from John Floyd, Washington, D.C , to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. The appropriations bill is before Congress and is expected to pass this week or early next week; the estimate for the ordinance department is $1,037,200.","Land grant certificate of John Preston for 300 acres in Botetourt County, Virginia. Signed by Governor James P. Preston.","Circular letter transmitting memorials of the citizens of Columbia and Richland, South Carolina, to the legislature of South Carolina, and to the Congress of the United States, protesting against the protective tariff. Also includes the text of the memorials. Including letter from William C. Preston, Chairman, to William B. Giles, Governor of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 2 Nov. 1827, explaining the attached circular. Also including a newspaper clipping of the proceedings of the committee.","Asks name of a lawyer practicing in section in which General Joseph S. Shelton of South Carolina lives. The estate of Gilmer's grandfather is being sued and General Shelton is the principal debtor.","Letter from Epes Sargent, New York, New York, to William C. Preston. Letter from Thomas W. Gilmer, Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, to William C. Preston, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 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John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 192-193.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Some letters are also available in typescript.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials:"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Other related material concerning the Preston family can be found in the Robert Morton Hughes Papers at Old Dominion University."," Several of the items in this collection have been reprinted. These include the letters written between 1786-1813, by John Preston to Francis Preston printed in the William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 1, pp. 42-51 and Vol. 2, pp. 188-193. A list of these items is located below. A typed list is located in the first folder of the collection."," 18 May 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 42-45. 2 November 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 45-47. 26 December 1786. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 47-49. 17 February 1787. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 1, Vol. 27, pp. 203-205. 31 May 1793. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 188-189 [dated as 3 May]. 25 Nov. 1794. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, p. 187. 14 May 1799. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 1, pp. 49-51. 19 December 1802. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 189-192. 3 March 1813. John Preston to Francis Preston. Series 2, Vol. 2, pp. 192-193."," Some letters are also available in typescript."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis inventory, chiefly 1786-1815, represents three generations of the Preston family, and likewise can be divided into the following:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items relating to William Preston (ca. 1729-1783), 1755-1782, primarily photostats of appointments to various county offices (coroner, sheriff and surveyor) and to positions in the Virginia militia; but also including original appointments, 1763 and 1776; a surveyor's entry; 1774; and letters, 1773-1782, to Preston concerning land, the Cherokee Indians and a court martial.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items, 1785-1819, relating to William's sons, Francis Preston (1765- 1836), lawyer, member of the Virginia Legislature and the U.S. Congress; and his brother John Preston (1764-1827), member of the Virginia Assembly and long-time Treasurer of Virginia, including letters from John Preston to Francis Preston as well as correspondence of the two men with other people. Subjects covered in the letters include politics; the War of 1812; a carriage; the College of William and Mary; duels; the building of a house; and Indians. These papers also contain a certificate, 20 September 1793, of emancipation for a slave signed by Francis Preston; and his appointment of two military aides.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items relating to the correspondence of William Campbell Preston (1764- 1860), son of Francis Preston, and a member of Congress from South Carolina, including a circular and letter, 1827, concerning protest by citizens of South Carolina of a protective tariff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers in Augusta County,\" Virginia. Signed by Robert Dinwiddie, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers.\" Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as : \"Lieutenant Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquler, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as Escheator for Augusta County, Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia of the County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"one of our Coroners of our County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Sheriff of the County of Fincastle County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Signed by John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from William Campbell, Aspen Bottom, to William Preston. Letter concerns Captain Shelby's purchase of the land where Captain Bledsoe lives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveyor's entry of Fincastle County, later Kentucky and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Item mentions William Preston, surveyor of Fincastle. Signed by William Christian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Lieutenant and Commander in chief of the Militia of the County of Fincastle [County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties], Virginia\" Signed by the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Anthony Bledsoe, Fort Patrick Henry, Virginia, to Colonel William Preston. Letter concerns the Cherokee Indians, their need of supplies, and their fear of coming to Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"County Lieutenant of Militia in the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Patrick Henry, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Preston was appointed as \"Surveyor for the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Dudley Digges, Lieutenant Governor, Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Charles Morgan to William Preston. Letter concerns a court martial of two men, Marshall Duncan and Timothy Roark, and the circumstances involved in the case; and men trying, to be struck from the muster roll in order to be relieved of their military duties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePost bond for Joseph Achillberger before William Preston, Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston. Was only able to send 10 pounds because of the \"great difficulty of procuring cash in this country\"; mentions getting cash from \"Uncle Tom\" or tobacco from \"Anderson\" and converting that to cash; tobacco prices; discusses the loss Kentucky will feel at the death of Colonel Christian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Discusses business dealings with Anderson tobacco, and obtaining the necessary materials and the carpenter recommended by Captain T. Smith to finish their house; wants to compare prices between the Academy at Botetourt Town and William and Mary; gives details of building a new academy at Greenfield and the prices which would be charged.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. More discussion about the constructing of their house; expresses concern about a possible suit against them for a debt unpaid, unless they raise money from Anderson's tobacco; tells of neighbors anxiously awaiting his Francis's return so that they might \"profit from your knowledge,\" referring to Francis Preston's license to practice law, and so that he can be considered an eligible candidate; offers to campaign for him in his absence; relates feelings toward a duel fought between their cousin, James Breckenridge and [?] Younghusband.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. Sends news of large amounts of mail for him, mainly on the subject of friendship; election day has been moved to an earlier date in April, requiring him [FP] to come home earlier; hopes this doesn't interfere with his studies; gives itinerary and details about coming home; discusses the other candidates and the main issue of the campaign--the division of the country; tells rumor that Congress is about to \"raise a great army, for what purpose, we know not.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill is for fabrics, clothes, and notions for \"Sally B. Campbell,\" later Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston, wife of Francis Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Short note discussing the election and political side effects relating to it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Mr. McDowell's, to \"Frank,\" Francis Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Discusses land transactions and the upcoming change in the Judicial districts west of the Blue Ridge; mentions the end of the Indian War and the government being settled.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, John Breckenridge's, Lexington, Virginia, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Comments on the reformed behavior of B. Smith, a commander at one of the frontier posts, who has \"abandoned both women and wine forever\"; discussion of affairs with the Indians--treaties, not trusting them, and hopes of continuing the war with them; General Wayne, however, has orders only to defend themselves, not attack; mention of land prices connected with investment possibilities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Lexington, Virginia to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business discussion about an unknown matter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmancipation certificate of John Broady, Negro servant of William Campbell, father-in-law of Francis Preston. Signed by Francis Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"sister In-law,\" Sarah B. Preston, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mention of her domesticity; gossip of a rich widow, Mrs. Thomas Randolph, who has fallen in love with John Brown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" probably Francis Preston. Gives election news of senators and governor; details about a duel between General Wood and W. Thomas Madison over the election of Governor Brook which led to defamations of character.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, no place, to Francis Preston, Congress, United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Concerning attention paid to brother William by General Wayne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Bishop James Madison, Botetourt County, Virgina, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses power of attorney between H. Smith and himself; and business matters dealing with land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses business transactions, including buying some horses; shares feelings of wanting to be married.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion of business transactions with Governor Shelby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses concern over their brother \"Tommy\" not being able to attend school due to insufficient funds, and asks if Francis might be able to help in this area; mentions William and Mary as a good choice for Tommy to study law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion about horses and John's son cutting teeth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Blacksburg, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Family news; grandmother has died; is still looking for the book, EVirginians Millwright, sent by Francis to use as reference for their spring water problem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks him to help with E. Madison's business affairs; house is half finished; hopes to pay off all debts soon and be as \"independent as a freeman ought to be.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Wagon arrived satisfactorily; sent 5 bushels of hemp seed and will send more if needed; borrowed from him a bundle of \"nail rods\" to lay the plank floor in his home; talk of the birth of \"another fine son \" who is quite handsome.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Business news; cotton and salt arrived; has sent nail rods in a different, lighter wagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Political discussion-including the possibility of Congressional redistricting of Botetourt and Montgomery counties, the disagreements between the Federalists and the Republicans, and how redistricting would affect John when elections come again; ironworks are shorthanded and he is willing to hire out seven \"of my best negroe men\"; wife has had the mumps and self has had a bout with rheumatism.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from David Campbell, Campbella, Tennessee, to Sarah B. Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses joy at Mrs. Preston's recovering her health; philosophical statements concerning life; fondness toward Mrs. Preston and family; mention of who will be in school at Abingdon for the next two years, if the school stays open.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Salt was delivered and all was in good order; family news including the birth of a son, William Ballard Preston, to their brother James P. Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Asks if he can send his son, Carlton Radford, to Mr. Whaley's school, since Mr. Birch's school at Fort Chizwell has broken up; has taken care of money matters; more problems with rheumatism.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Montgomery Court House Virginia, to \"brother;\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks for his son, William, to be sent home since the family is free of the whooping cough; a Senate position is open, but heJohn declined since he thought that Francis wanted to run; discussion of war with Britain, and the election of a president; Virginia seems to be favoring Madison, but New York is doubtful; no plans yet for the Virginia militia to be called.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business letter; alludes to wife's death; mother-in-law taking care of domestic business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Tyler, Governor of Virginia, \"In Council Chamber,\" Richmond, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Abingdon Washington County, Virginia. Cover letter for a commission for Samuel Preston, and a duplicate for the magistrates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Affectionate talk of family; money matters taken care of; carriage maker in Philadelphia has put the \"Family Arms and Crests\" on it, and has only the painting and the spring to take care of.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Happy that he won the election, even though it was with some difficulty; discussion of the ingratitude and jealousy of the community of those who \"serve the public\"; money and construction matters; legal concern over the exchange of properties, the Briar Patch and Horseshoe; wife is quite ill and still grieves over the death of Louisa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Peter Randolph, Nottoway County, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Concerning the addition of Mecklenburg into the 5th Circuit, Randolph's firm opposition to the plan requested by Judge Johnston to relieve Johnston of some duties of the 13th Circuit, and Randolph's reasons against the change of duties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Concern over the Blockading Squadron of Great Britain, and description of naVirginial battles in Lynnhaven Bay; wishes Congress would impose an embargo on Great Britain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Francis Preston, Brigadier General, 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, to John Tate. Appointment of Tate as Brigade Inspector of the 17th Brigade in the third division of the militia of the said Commonwealth. Including autograph document signed on verso by Francis Preston appointing Captain Francis Smith as his aide, 16 May 1816.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Virginia. Is still trying to locate the papers of W. P. Preston; more election news; introduces S. P. Sharp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Patrick Henry, Richmond, Virginia, to John Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Concerning a serjeanty right granted by Lord Dumore, 10 to 12 years prior, to Henry for 200 acres on the Ohio River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of David Price for 3 pounds received from John Preston. Including note on verso by John Preston, 17 April 1785, stating payment of 29 British pounds to William M. Miller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from James Blair, Abingdon, Virginia, to John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia. Blair's wife, Betsy, a cousin of Preston, is unable to appear at court in Botetourt County in a case involving Mrs. Elizabeth (Preston) Madison, because her son is ill, but has sent a deposition. Hopes that Dr. Humphries has inoculated Preston's sisters for smallpox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Preston, Fort Lee, Bluestone, to Governor Henry Lee. Explanation of Preston's actions taken in defending his posts by dispersing his men; also explanation of monies spent. Including document by John Preston, 13 June 1792, Fort Lee, Bluestone, Virginia, accounting for monies spent by him for his militia men.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Edmund Randolph, Richmond, Virginia , to General John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom. Concerning legal proceedings at Staunton; and proceedings of the Richmond chancery court concerning the McKin case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from James Hoge, Buckingham County, Virginia, to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Requests to have orders countermanded and have his troops transferred somewhere where they can recover.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from John Floyd, Washington, D.C , to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. The appropriations bill is before Congress and is expected to pass this week or early next week; the estimate for the ordinance department is $1,037,200.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLand grant certificate of John Preston for 300 acres in Botetourt County, Virginia. Signed by Governor James P. Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCircular letter transmitting memorials of the citizens of Columbia and Richland, South Carolina, to the legislature of South Carolina, and to the Congress of the United States, protesting against the protective tariff. Also includes the text of the memorials. Including letter from William C. Preston, Chairman, to William B. Giles, Governor of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 2 Nov. 1827, explaining the attached circular. Also including a newspaper clipping of the proceedings of the committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks name of a lawyer practicing in section in which General Joseph S. Shelton of South Carolina lives. The estate of Gilmer's grandfather is being sued and General Shelton is the principal debtor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Epes Sargent, New York, New York, to William C. Preston. Letter from Thomas W. Gilmer, Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, to William C. Preston, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. Sargent is associated with Park Benjamin in publishing the New World, a New York newspaper, and discusses his efforts to bring about an international copyright agreement.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This inventory, chiefly 1786-1815, represents three generations of the Preston family, and likewise can be divided into the following:"," Items relating to William Preston (ca. 1729-1783), 1755-1782, primarily photostats of appointments to various county offices (coroner, sheriff and surveyor) and to positions in the Virginia militia; but also including original appointments, 1763 and 1776; a surveyor's entry; 1774; and letters, 1773-1782, to Preston concerning land, the Cherokee Indians and a court martial."," Items, 1785-1819, relating to William's sons, Francis Preston (1765- 1836), lawyer, member of the Virginia Legislature and the U.S. Congress; and his brother John Preston (1764-1827), member of the Virginia Assembly and long-time Treasurer of Virginia, including letters from John Preston to Francis Preston as well as correspondence of the two men with other people. Subjects covered in the letters include politics; the War of 1812; a carriage; the College of William and Mary; duels; the building of a house; and Indians. These papers also contain a certificate, 20 September 1793, of emancipation for a slave signed by Francis Preston; and his appointment of two military aides."," Items relating to the correspondence of William Campbell Preston (1764- 1860), son of Francis Preston, and a member of Congress from South Carolina, including a circular and letter, 1827, concerning protest by citizens of South Carolina of a protective tariff.","William Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers in Augusta County,\" Virginia. Signed by Robert Dinwiddie, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Captain of a Company of Rangers.\" Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as : \"Lieutenant Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquler, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as Escheator for Augusta County, Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia for the County of Augusta,\" Virginia. Signed by Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Colonel of the Militia of the County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"one of our Coroners of our County of Botetourt,\" Virginia. Signed by Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Williamsburg Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Sheriff of the County of Fincastle County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Signed by John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Williamsburg, Virginia.","Letter from William Campbell, Aspen Bottom, to William Preston. Letter concerns Captain Shelby's purchase of the land where Captain Bledsoe lives.","Surveyor's entry of Fincastle County, later Kentucky and Montgomery and Washington Counties, Virginia. Item mentions William Preston, surveyor of Fincastle. Signed by William Christian.","William Preston was appointed as \"Lieutenant and Commander in chief of the Militia of the County of Fincastle [County, later Kentucky, and Montgomery and Washington Counties], Virginia\" Signed by the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia.","Letter from Anthony Bledsoe, Fort Patrick Henry, Virginia, to Colonel William Preston. Letter concerns the Cherokee Indians, their need of supplies, and their fear of coming to Williamsburg.","William Preston was appointed as \"County Lieutenant of Militia in the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Patrick Henry, Williamsburg, Virginia.","William Preston was appointed as \"Surveyor for the County of Montgomery,\" Virginia. Signed by Dudley Digges, Lieutenant Governor, Williamsburg, Virginia.","Letter from Charles Morgan to William Preston. Letter concerns a court martial of two men, Marshall Duncan and Timothy Roark, and the circumstances involved in the case; and men trying, to be struck from the muster roll in order to be relieved of their military duties.","Post bond for Joseph Achillberger before William Preston, Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Virginia.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston. Was only able to send 10 pounds because of the \"great difficulty of procuring cash in this country\"; mentions getting cash from \"Uncle Tom\" or tobacco from \"Anderson\" and converting that to cash; tobacco prices; discusses the loss Kentucky will feel at the death of Colonel Christian.","Letter from John Preston to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Discusses business dealings with Anderson tobacco, and obtaining the necessary materials and the carpenter recommended by Captain T. Smith to finish their house; wants to compare prices between the Academy at Botetourt Town and William and Mary; gives details of building a new academy at Greenfield and the prices which would be charged.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. More discussion about the constructing of their house; expresses concern about a possible suit against them for a debt unpaid, unless they raise money from Anderson's tobacco; tells of neighbors anxiously awaiting his Francis's return so that they might \"profit from your knowledge,\" referring to Francis Preston's license to practice law, and so that he can be considered an eligible candidate; offers to campaign for him in his absence; relates feelings toward a duel fought between their cousin, James Breckenridge and [?] Younghusband.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Williamsburg, Virginia. Sends news of large amounts of mail for him, mainly on the subject of friendship; election day has been moved to an earlier date in April, requiring him [FP] to come home earlier; hopes this doesn't interfere with his studies; gives itinerary and details about coming home; discusses the other candidates and the main issue of the campaign--the division of the country; tells rumor that Congress is about to \"raise a great army, for what purpose, we know not.\"","Bill is for fabrics, clothes, and notions for \"Sally B. Campbell,\" later Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston, wife of Francis Preston.","Letter from John Preston to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Short note discussing the election and political side effects relating to it.","Letter from John Preston, Mr. McDowell's, to \"Frank,\" Francis Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Discusses land transactions and the upcoming change in the Judicial districts west of the Blue Ridge; mentions the end of the Indian War and the government being settled.","Letter from John Preston, John Breckenridge's, Lexington, Virginia, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Comments on the reformed behavior of B. Smith, a commander at one of the frontier posts, who has \"abandoned both women and wine forever\"; discussion of affairs with the Indians--treaties, not trusting them, and hopes of continuing the war with them; General Wayne, however, has orders only to defend themselves, not attack; mention of land prices connected with investment possibilities.","Letter from John Preston, Lexington, Virginia to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business discussion about an unknown matter.","Emancipation certificate of John Broady, Negro servant of William Campbell, father-in-law of Francis Preston. Signed by Francis Preston.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"sister In-law,\" Sarah B. Preston, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mention of her domesticity; gossip of a rich widow, Mrs. Thomas Randolph, who has fallen in love with John Brown.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" probably Francis Preston. Gives election news of senators and governor; details about a duel between General Wood and W. Thomas Madison over the election of Governor Brook which led to defamations of character.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to Francis Preston, Congress, United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Concerning attention paid to brother William by General Wayne.","Letter from Bishop James Madison, Botetourt County, Virgina, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses power of attorney between H. Smith and himself; and business matters dealing with land.","Letter from John Preston, no place, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discusses business transactions, including buying some horses; shares feelings of wanting to be married.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion of business transactions with Governor Shelby.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses concern over their brother \"Tommy\" not being able to attend school due to insufficient funds, and asks if Francis might be able to help in this area; mentions William and Mary as a good choice for Tommy to study law.","Letter from John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Discussion about horses and John's son cutting teeth.","Letter from John Preston, Blacksburg, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Family news; grandmother has died; is still looking for the book, EVirginians Millwright, sent by Francis to use as reference for their spring water problem.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks him to help with E. Madison's business affairs; house is half finished; hopes to pay off all debts soon and be as \"independent as a freeman ought to be.\"","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Wagon arrived satisfactorily; sent 5 bushels of hemp seed and will send more if needed; borrowed from him a bundle of \"nail rods\" to lay the plank floor in his home; talk of the birth of \"another fine son \" who is quite handsome.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Business news; cotton and salt arrived; has sent nail rods in a different, lighter wagon.","Letter from John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia, to \"brother\" Francis Preston. Political discussion-including the possibility of Congressional redistricting of Botetourt and Montgomery counties, the disagreements between the Federalists and the Republicans, and how redistricting would affect John when elections come again; ironworks are shorthanded and he is willing to hire out seven \"of my best negroe men\"; wife has had the mumps and self has had a bout with rheumatism.","Letter from David Campbell, Campbella, Tennessee, to Sarah B. Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Expresses joy at Mrs. Preston's recovering her health; philosophical statements concerning life; fondness toward Mrs. Preston and family; mention of who will be in school at Abingdon for the next two years, if the school stays open.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Salt was delivered and all was in good order; family news including the birth of a son, William Ballard Preston, to their brother James P. Preston.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Asks if he can send his son, Carlton Radford, to Mr. Whaley's school, since Mr. Birch's school at Fort Chizwell has broken up; has taken care of money matters; more problems with rheumatism.","Letter from John Preston, Montgomery Court House Virginia, to \"brother;\" Francis Preston, Saltworks, Washington County, Virginia. Asks for his son, William, to be sent home since the family is free of the whooping cough; a Senate position is open, but heJohn declined since he thought that Francis wanted to run; discussion of war with Britain, and the election of a president; Virginia seems to be favoring Madison, but New York is doubtful; no plans yet for the Virginia militia to be called.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Business letter; alludes to wife's death; mother-in-law taking care of domestic business.","Letter from John Tyler, Governor of Virginia, \"In Council Chamber,\" Richmond, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Abingdon Washington County, Virginia. Cover letter for a commission for Samuel Preston, and a duplicate for the magistrates.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Affectionate talk of family; money matters taken care of; carriage maker in Philadelphia has put the \"Family Arms and Crests\" on it, and has only the painting and the spring to take care of.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. Happy that he won the election, even though it was with some difficulty; discussion of the ingratitude and jealousy of the community of those who \"serve the public\"; money and construction matters; legal concern over the exchange of properties, the Briar Patch and Horseshoe; wife is quite ill and still grieves over the death of Louisa.","Letter from Peter Randolph, Nottoway County, Virginia, to Colonel Francis Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Concerning the addition of Mecklenburg into the 5th Circuit, Randolph's firm opposition to the plan requested by Judge Johnston to relieve Johnston of some duties of the 13th Circuit, and Randolph's reasons against the change of duties.","Letter from John Preston, Richmond, Virginia, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Washington County, Virginia. Concern over the Blockading Squadron of Great Britain, and description of naVirginial battles in Lynnhaven Bay; wishes Congress would impose an embargo on Great Britain.","Letter from Francis Preston, Brigadier General, 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, to John Tate. Appointment of Tate as Brigade Inspector of the 17th Brigade in the third division of the militia of the said Commonwealth. Including autograph document signed on verso by Francis Preston appointing Captain Francis Smith as his aide, 16 May 1816.","Letter from John Preston, Horseshoe Bottom, to \"brother,\" Francis Preston, Abingdon, Virginia. Is still trying to locate the papers of W. P. Preston; more election news; introduces S. P. Sharp.","Letter from Patrick Henry, Richmond, Virginia, to John Preston, Montgomery County, Virginia. Concerning a serjeanty right granted by Lord Dumore, 10 to 12 years prior, to Henry for 200 acres on the Ohio River.","Receipt of David Price for 3 pounds received from John Preston. Including note on verso by John Preston, 17 April 1785, stating payment of 29 British pounds to William M. Miller.","Letter from James Blair, Abingdon, Virginia, to John Preston, \"Smithfield,\" Montgomery County, Virginia. Blair's wife, Betsy, a cousin of Preston, is unable to appear at court in Botetourt County in a case involving Mrs. Elizabeth (Preston) Madison, because her son is ill, but has sent a deposition. Hopes that Dr. Humphries has inoculated Preston's sisters for smallpox.","Letter from John Preston, Fort Lee, Bluestone, to Governor Henry Lee. Explanation of Preston's actions taken in defending his posts by dispersing his men; also explanation of monies spent. Including document by John Preston, 13 June 1792, Fort Lee, Bluestone, Virginia, accounting for monies spent by him for his militia men.","Letter from Edmund Randolph, Richmond, Virginia , to General John Preston, Horse Shoe Bottom. Concerning legal proceedings at Staunton; and proceedings of the Richmond chancery court concerning the McKin case.","Letter from James Hoge, Buckingham County, Virginia, to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. Requests to have orders countermanded and have his troops transferred somewhere where they can recover.","Letter from John Floyd, Washington, D.C , to General John Preston, Richmond, Virginia. The appropriations bill is before Congress and is expected to pass this week or early next week; the estimate for the ordinance department is $1,037,200.","Land grant certificate of John Preston for 300 acres in Botetourt County, Virginia. Signed by Governor James P. Preston.","Circular letter transmitting memorials of the citizens of Columbia and Richland, South Carolina, to the legislature of South Carolina, and to the Congress of the United States, protesting against the protective tariff. Also includes the text of the memorials. Including letter from William C. Preston, Chairman, to William B. Giles, Governor of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 2 Nov. 1827, explaining the attached circular. Also including a newspaper clipping of the proceedings of the committee.","Asks name of a lawyer practicing in section in which General Joseph S. Shelton of South Carolina lives. The estate of Gilmer's grandfather is being sued and General Shelton is the principal debtor.","Letter from Epes Sargent, New York, New York, to William C. Preston. Letter from Thomas W. Gilmer, Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, to William C. Preston, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 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Documents concern such matters as the James River and Kanawha Company, the North River Navigation Company, Washington College's relationship with the Society of the Cincinnati, slavery, and the financial dealings of John Robinson and the Hare family. Series 2 is comprised of a second set of materials received at a later date. The correspondence supplements that found in Series 1. The other materials consist chiefly of court and other legal records during the 74-year period (1778-1852) in which Andrew and his son, Samuel McDowell Reid, were clerks of the court of Rockbridge County: tavern licenses, taxation lists, apprenticeship deeds, voter lists, militia rolls, invoices, etc.  There are also some Washington College papers.","Andrew Reid, Sr. was the father of Samuel McDowell Reid. Andrew's other son, Andrew Reid, Jr., is represented in the collection. All of Samuel McDowell Reid's children are represented in the collection as well: William Hare Reid, Henry Cabell Reid, Mary Louisa Reid, Samuel McDowell Reid, Jr., and Agnes Jane Reid.","Clerk of Court: According to Fairfax County (Va.)'s Historic Records Center, the Clerk of Court provided services such as recording documents, issuing court orders, taking despositions, making inventories, processing estates, and keeping records of births, deaths, and marriages. Clerks would also collect taxes. They collected fees for services rendered which was their initial source of income. ","Series 1 of this collection primarily covers the period from 1763 through Samuel McDowell Reid's death in 1869. There are also a few later items dealing chiefly with his estate. The bulk of the papers deals with business matters. 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John Letcher, Executive Department, Richmond, November 27, 1862.","Confederate four percent registered bond.  Loan Act of February 17, 1864.  For R.H. Maury \u0026 Co. for $100.  8.5 x 11, approximately.  March 1, 1865.","'To the Alumni of the College of William and Mary:' From the Faculty of the College of William and Mary. Four pages, only the first is printed on.  Black ink on white paper, etching of the college at the top. 9.75 x 7.75 inches, closed. Williamsburg, July, 1869.","Circular about 'Numerical or Universal Language.'  Ten pages bound with a single brass brad.  13.5 x 8.5 inches.  Your Most Humble and Obedient Servant, Boucher de Bourcherville.  Quebec, Canada. March 7, 1870.","Advertisement soliciting subscriptions to the Southern Law Review, and Southern Law and Collection Union, Nashville, Tenn. Four pages. 11 x 8.5, closed. For 1873.","Advertisement soliciting subscription to Hubbell's Legal Directory of The United States and Canada. Eight pages.  9 x 5.75, closed.  Bound with string. February 10, 1873.","Circular.  'In the Supreme Court of Virginia. Hudson vs. Dismukes, \u0026c. Note of Argument for Appellee, D. S. Marrow.' Seven pages. 9 x 6 inches, closed. 1879.","Circular.  'In the Supreme Court of Appeals of Va. at Richmond. Gill, \u0026c., Trustees, v. Barbour's Adm'r, \u0026c. Statement.' Seven pages. 9 x 6 inches, closed. 1875.","Advertisement for Standard Law Books, namely 'Judge Bouvier's Law Dictionary…' Four pages. 9.5 x 6 inches, closed. Circa 1872.","Advertisement.  'J.B. Lippincott \u0026 Co.'s New Standard Publications.' Four pages. 9 x 6 inches, closed. Circa 1875.","Advertisement. 'The Irish Law List, 94, 95 \u0026 96 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin.'  7.75 x 5.25, approximately, closed. Printed on two pages, but folded so that two more are blank. Circa 1875.","Circular. 'Virginia State Bar Association. Officers and Standing Committees.  1888-1889.' 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Documents concern such matters as the James River and Kanawha Company, the North River Navigation Company, Washington College's relationship with the Society of the Cincinnati, slavery, and the financial dealings of John Robinson and the Hare family. Series 2 is comprised of a second set of materials received at a later date. The correspondence supplements that found in Series 1. The other materials consist chiefly of court and other legal records during the 74-year period (1778-1852) in which Andrew and his son, Samuel McDowell Reid, were clerks of the court of Rockbridge County: tavern licenses, taxation lists, apprenticeship deeds, voter lists, militia rolls, invoices, etc.  There are also some Washington College papers.","Andrew Reid, Sr. was the father of Samuel McDowell Reid. Andrew's other son, Andrew Reid, Jr., is represented in the collection. All of Samuel McDowell Reid's children are represented in the collection as well: William Hare Reid, Henry Cabell Reid, Mary Louisa Reid, Samuel McDowell Reid, Jr., and Agnes Jane Reid.","Clerk of Court: According to Fairfax County (Va.)'s Historic Records Center, the Clerk of Court provided services such as recording documents, issuing court orders, taking despositions, making inventories, processing estates, and keeping records of births, deaths, and marriages. Clerks would also collect taxes. They collected fees for services rendered which was their initial source of income. ","Series 1 of this collection primarily covers the period from 1763 through Samuel McDowell Reid's death in 1869. There are also a few later items dealing chiefly with his estate. The bulk of the papers deals with business matters. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Organization: This collection is organized into 8 Series: 1. Accounts 2. Account Books 3. Legal Papers 4. Letters 5. Military Papers 6. Society Papers 7. Printed Material 8. Oversized Material Arrangement: This collection is arranged chronologically by date. The names mentioned with each folder are just a few of the many names which appear on the documents included within that folder.","Richard Billups was a merchant; shipbuilder; shipowner; justice of the peace; sheriff of Mathews County, Virginia, 1792-1795; major in the Virginia militia; leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church; and member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1807-1817, from Mathews County. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:  .","Other Information:"," Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00046.frame","Business, military and legal papers, chiefly 1774-1822, of Richard Billups of Mathews and Gloucester Counties, Virginia. Papers include accounts, land records, and correspondence and some concern shipbuilding. Includes minutes, 1842, of a temperance meeting and Methodist church records.","Box: 1-5. Including plats of land, receipts, etc.","Box 1-2","Robert Whiting, John Billups.","Thos. Flowerdewe, Benjamine Cook.","Taylor, Burton, Dellahaunty, Beatley.","George Hunley, Ziperus Degges.","Jas. Davis, etc.","Stubblefield, Burton, Jarvis, Lyell.","John Billups, John Steer, John Foster, Jr.","John Foster, John Billups, Geo. Foster, Wm. Armistead, etc.","John Billups, L. Smith, Wm. Reynolds, Nelson.","Billups, L. Smith, Nelson, Reynolds, Shackelford, David Jameson, Jr., Issac Foster, small account booklet.","Armistead, John Billups, Reynolds, Shackelford.","Thos. Gibbons, Thos. Flipper.","John Fowler, Mathias James.","John and Richard Billups, Thos. Billups.","Billups, John Weston, Delahaunty, Taylor.","Billups, John Fowler, John Avery, Joshua Gayle, Rispess.","Richard and John Billups, Thos. Lilly.","Billups, Richard Risby.","Respess, Mathews, Foster, Pennock, Risby, Billups.","John Lilly, Billups, John Foster, Henry Forrest, etc.","John and Isaac Foster, Richard Risby, Billups, etc.","R. Risby, Estate of John Foster, Billups.","James Callis, Repass, Billups, Risby.","Estate of Wm. Lilly, Respass, Risby, Billups, etc.","Respass, Lilly, Callis, Knight, etc.","Respass, Foster, Forrest, Knight, Charlton, Jones, Tinsley, etc.","Rispass, Roberts, Foster, Mathews, etc.","Many names on accounts with Clerk or Sheriff, Mathews County.","Rispess, Risby, Anderson, Lilly, Gayle, Davis land plats.","Many names on accounts with Clerk or sheriff, Mathews County.","Lilly, Foster, Respass, Jarvis, Anderson, Dudley, Knight, etc.","Many names on accounts with Clerk or Sheriff, Mathews County.","More accounts as Folder 3; general account names as above including Rispess, Gwathmey, Dabnet. Etc.","Respass, Cooke, Tabb, many sheriff's accounts, etc.","Respass, Dixon, Foster, Anderso, Hunley, Reynolds, Callis, etc.","Repspass, Forrest, Degges, Hurst, Knight, LeRoy Cole, etc.","Respass, Eddens, Knight, Van Bibber, Dudley, etc.","Respass, Smith, Foster, Knight Schacelford, Patterson, etc.","Box 3-5.","Parker, Lilly, Smith, Callis, Foster, Forrest, Respass, Knight, etc.","Smith, Knight, Respess, Gayle, David, Brounley, Saunders, etc.","Lilly Smith, Respess, Knight, Foster, Degges, Hudgin, etc.","Smith, Parrott, Mays, Knight, Respass, etc.","Jarvis, Lilly, Knight, Callis, Brown, Gayle, Eddins, etc.","Degges, Eddins, Knight, Lilly, Brown, Foster, etc.","Foster, Forrest, Eddens, Boswell, Knight, Brounley, etc.","Eddens, Lilly, Armistead, Foster, Tabb, Wjite, Burniston (?).","Accounts in connection with building of new schooner \"Courtney Norton.\"","Foster, Forrest, Dudley, Morgan, Burling, Brounley, etc.","Cole, Degges, Timberlake, Williams, Forest, White, Davis, Tyree, Hudgin, Tomkins, etc.","Dawson, Eddens, Bahannon, Forrest, Foster, Burneston, Burling, Mann Page, etc.","Cole, Jarvis, Forrest, Gayle, Widgeon, Lane, etc.","Respress, Foster, Hudgin, Eddens, Callis, Roberts, etc.","Plat of ground; Foster, Smith, Knight, Eddens, Winder, etc. Includes a list of attendees at the May 21, 1814 Quarterly Gloucester Circuit meeting (Mathews, King and Queen, Mathews and possibly others) and their collection amounts.","Foster, Degges, Smith, Morgan, etc.","Cramp, Lewis, Davis, Bohannon, Stevens, Foster, etc.","Foster, Tompkins, Brounley, Hugin, Tomblin, Minter, etc.","Bramhall, Robens, Tompkins, Foster, Hayes, Eddens, etc.","Bounley, Foster, James, Ransone, Bramhall, King, etc.","Minster, Tompkins, Armistead, Diggs, Foster, etc.","March, Tompkins, Armistead, Foster, etc.","Callis, Foster, Davis, Respass, etc.","Tompkins, Winder, Wjite, James, Diggs, etc.","Forrest, Deggs, Knight, Callis, Tompkins, Edwards, etc.","Morgan, Tompkins, Davis, Diggs, etc.","Hudgin, Tompkins, Jarvis, etc.","Diggs, Tabb, Minter, Smith, Tompkins, etc.","Dunston, Stoakes, Tompkins, March, etc.","Stokes, March, Tompkins, Davis, Gambill, etc.","Foushee, Freeman, Tompkins, Crawford, Neale, etc.","March, Stoaks, Tompkins, Davis, etc.","Stoaks, Smith, Moore, Owins, Tompkins, Hudgin, etc.","Stoaks, Edwards, Minter, Kane, Walker, etc.","Stoaks, Silverthorn, Goodrich, Hodges, etc.","Stoaks, White, Diggs, armstrong, Tabb, etc.","Brounly, Richardson, Stoakes, Hall, Lane, etc.","Roy, Jones, Stoakes, Minter, Roberts, James, etc.","Ransome, Stoakes, Lane, Belvin, James, etc.","Stoakes, Evans Roberts, Foster, Lumpkin, Ransone, etc.","Stoakes, Knight, Respess, Jarvis, Evans, etc.","Stoakes, Callis, Bonsal, March, etc.","Brounly, Stokes, Foster, etc.","Thomas, Stoakes, Sibley, Lane, Foster, Brounly, etc","Stoakes, Evans, etc.","Stoakes, Lilly, etc.","Hudgins, etc.","Hudgins, Marchant, Hundley, Taylor, Foster, etc.","Lilly, Respess, Foster, Deggs, etc.","Appleman, De la Roche, Deggs, etc.","Respess, Hunley, Forrest, Shackelford, etc.","Respess, Armistead, Knight, Foster, etc.","Foster, Rispess, Mathews, Ransome, Callis, Gregory.","Tabb, Lewis, Lilly, Foster, etc.","Plats of land. Eddins, Foster, Elliott, Booker, Ransome.","Account Books, Cash Memo, and Day Books. Box 6-7.","27 pages.","14 pages.","30 pages.","45 pages.","14 pages.","25 pages.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","150 pages.","10 pages.","Box: 8-9","Poor condition. Deed. 300 acres conveyed to Joseph Billups by (?) Smithers on Winter Harbor (located in current Kingston Parish, Mathews County.) 1726.","Rum import certificate, Baltimore, 1777.","Will of John Billups, July 20, 1785. Import certificate, Fredericksburg 1788.","Survey by Richard Billups for Hughes Family members for property on the east side of the East River, possibly behind the Glebe. 1791.","Respess, Flitchett, Foster, Wjite.","Ransome, Gayle, Callis, Gregory, Davis","Brown, Langley, Respess, White, Hunley, Foster.","Gayle, Brown.","Taylor, Richard Billups, etc.","Taylor, Richard Billups, Respess.","Billups-Patterson, Lewis, etc.","Billups, Shackelford","Hudgins, Blake, Respess, etc.","Respess, etc.","Billups.","Gibbons, etc.","Brounley, etc.","Gibbon, etc.","Petition regards Richard Billups, Eddins, Gayle, etc.","Smith, Foster, etc.","Minutes of the House of Delegates Feb. 5, 1810. Litchfield, Williams, Forrest, White, etc.","Winder, Lilly, etc.","Smith, etc.","Degges, Brounley, etc.","Davis, Lewis, Degges, Callis, etc.","Hudgins, Daniel, Foster, Swann, etc.","Lyne, etc.","Degge, Tompkins, Forest, etc.","Ransone, Diggs, Whting, etc.","Lilly, Hunley, Jarvis, Booker, Smith, Degge, Gayle, etc.","Diggs, Armistead, Winder, Foster, Knight, etc.","Bohannon, Burcher, Ransone, etc.","Bohannon, Foster, Gayle, Ransone, etc.","Foster, Hudgins, Ransone, etc.","Eddins, etc.","Knight, Foster, Winder, Anderson (Marriage licenses)","Tax levy note book; Geo Paul marriage license; Hurst-Stewart marriage license.","Diggs, Hunley, Edwards, Jarvis, Ransone, etc.","Miller, Bayly, White, Foster, etc.","Hudgins, White, Richardson, Thomas, Williams, etc.","Hudgins, White, Pratt, Owens, Bassett, etc.","Edwards, Foster, Davis, Richardson, Hudgins, etc.","Davis, Lane, James, Hurst, Calles, etc.","Court docket for May term; Griffin.","Box-folder: 9:18-25","Wilkins, Respess, Smith, etc.","Patterson, Tabb, Jones, etc.","Brown, Gibbons, Patterson, Tyree, etc.","Lilly, Ransone, Fowler, Muire, Jackson, etc.","McCandlish, Tabb, Stevens, James, Lilly, Gayle, etc.","Eddins, Stoaks, Dudley, etc.","Smith, Stoakes, March, Callis, Gayle, etc.","Minter, brig construction, etc.","Box-folder: 9:26-28","Gayle, Hughes, Hudgins, Van Bibber, Hurst, etc.","Lists of men, Weedon, Gayle, etc.","Nicholas, Gayle, Callis; lists of men, etc. Includes 2 items with no date.","Society Papers, Church Meetings and School Compositions Box-Folder 9:29-30","Quarterly meeting minutes, lists of names.","Total Abstinence Society Minutes, 1842; religious notes; composition on astronomy by Martha E. Stoakes, undated.","Sale of the Glebe lands with regard to logs sold, work done; and a map, etc.","Literary fund broadsides, Richmond 1811-1812. 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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\u003eOrganization: This collection is organized into 8 Series: 1. Accounts 2. Account Books 3. Legal Papers 4. Letters 5. Military Papers 6. Society Papers 7. Printed Material 8. Oversized Material Arrangement: This collection is arranged chronologically by date. The names mentioned with each folder are just a few of the many names which appear on the documents included within that folder.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organization: This collection is organized into 8 Series: 1. Accounts 2. Account Books 3. Legal Papers 4. Letters 5. Military Papers 6. Society Papers 7. Printed Material 8. Oversized Material Arrangement: This collection is arranged chronologically by date. The names mentioned with each folder are just a few of the many names which appear on the documents included within that folder."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRichard Billups was a merchant; shipbuilder; shipowner; justice of the peace; sheriff of Mathews County, Virginia, 1792-1795; major in the Virginia militia; leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church; and member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1807-1817, from Mathews County. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: \u003cextref href=\"http://scdbwiki.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Richard_Billups\" title=\"Richard Billups\"\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information:"],"bioghist_tesim":["Richard Billups was a merchant; shipbuilder; shipowner; justice of the peace; sheriff of Mathews County, Virginia, 1792-1795; major in the Virginia militia; leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church; and member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1807-1817, from Mathews County. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:  ."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOther Information:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00046.frame\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["General"],"odd_tesim":["Other Information:"," Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00046.frame"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRichard Billups Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Richard Billups Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBusiness, military and legal papers, chiefly 1774-1822, of Richard Billups of Mathews and Gloucester Counties, Virginia. Papers include accounts, land records, and correspondence and some concern shipbuilding. Includes minutes, 1842, of a temperance meeting and Methodist church records.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox: 1-5. Including plats of land, receipts, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 1-2\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Whiting, John Billups.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThos. Flowerdewe, Benjamine Cook.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTaylor, Burton, Dellahaunty, Beatley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Hunley, Ziperus Degges.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJas. Davis, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStubblefield, Burton, Jarvis, Lyell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Billups, John Steer, John Foster, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Foster, John Billups, Geo. Foster, Wm. Armistead, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Billups, L. Smith, Wm. Reynolds, Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBillups, L. Smith, Nelson, Reynolds, Shackelford, David Jameson, Jr., Issac Foster, small account booklet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmistead, John Billups, Reynolds, Shackelford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThos. Gibbons, Thos. Flipper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Fowler, Mathias James.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn and Richard Billups, Thos. Billups.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBillups, John Weston, Delahaunty, Taylor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBillups, John Fowler, John Avery, Joshua Gayle, Rispess.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard and John Billups, Thos. Lilly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBillups, Richard Risby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespess, Mathews, Foster, Pennock, Risby, Billups.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Lilly, Billups, John Foster, Henry Forrest, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn and Isaac Foster, Richard Risby, Billups, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. Risby, Estate of John Foster, Billups.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Callis, Repass, Billups, Risby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEstate of Wm. Lilly, Respass, Risby, Billups, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespass, Lilly, Callis, Knight, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespass, Foster, Forrest, Knight, Charlton, Jones, Tinsley, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRispass, Roberts, Foster, Mathews, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany names on accounts with Clerk or Sheriff, Mathews County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRispess, Risby, Anderson, Lilly, Gayle, Davis land plats.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany names on accounts with Clerk or sheriff, Mathews County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLilly, Foster, Respass, Jarvis, Anderson, Dudley, Knight, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany names on accounts with Clerk or Sheriff, Mathews County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore accounts as Folder 3; general account names as above including Rispess, Gwathmey, Dabnet. Etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespass, Cooke, Tabb, many sheriff's accounts, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespass, Dixon, Foster, Anderso, Hunley, Reynolds, Callis, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepspass, Forrest, Degges, Hurst, Knight, LeRoy Cole, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespass, Eddens, Knight, Van Bibber, Dudley, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespass, Smith, Foster, Knight Schacelford, Patterson, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 3-5.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParker, Lilly, Smith, Callis, Foster, Forrest, Respass, Knight, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmith, Knight, Respess, Gayle, David, Brounley, Saunders, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLilly Smith, Respess, Knight, Foster, Degges, Hudgin, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmith, Parrott, Mays, Knight, Respass, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJarvis, Lilly, Knight, Callis, Brown, Gayle, Eddins, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDegges, Eddins, Knight, Lilly, Brown, Foster, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFoster, Forrest, Eddens, Boswell, Knight, Brounley, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEddens, Lilly, Armistead, Foster, Tabb, Wjite, Burniston (?).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts in connection with building of new schooner \"Courtney Norton.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFoster, Forrest, Dudley, Morgan, Burling, Brounley, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCole, Degges, Timberlake, Williams, Forest, White, Davis, Tyree, Hudgin, Tomkins, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDawson, Eddens, Bahannon, Forrest, Foster, Burneston, Burling, Mann Page, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCole, Jarvis, Forrest, Gayle, Widgeon, Lane, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespress, Foster, Hudgin, Eddens, Callis, Roberts, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlat of ground; Foster, Smith, Knight, Eddens, Winder, etc. Includes a list of attendees at the May 21, 1814 Quarterly Gloucester Circuit meeting (Mathews, King and Queen, Mathews and possibly others) and their collection amounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFoster, Degges, Smith, Morgan, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCramp, Lewis, Davis, Bohannon, Stevens, Foster, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFoster, Tompkins, Brounley, Hugin, Tomblin, Minter, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBramhall, Robens, Tompkins, Foster, Hayes, Eddens, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBounley, Foster, James, Ransone, Bramhall, King, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinster, Tompkins, Armistead, Diggs, Foster, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarch, Tompkins, Armistead, Foster, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCallis, Foster, Davis, Respass, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTompkins, Winder, Wjite, James, Diggs, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForrest, Deggs, Knight, Callis, Tompkins, Edwards, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMorgan, Tompkins, Davis, Diggs, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHudgin, Tompkins, Jarvis, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiggs, Tabb, Minter, Smith, Tompkins, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDunston, Stoakes, Tompkins, March, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStokes, March, Tompkins, Davis, Gambill, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFoushee, Freeman, Tompkins, Crawford, Neale, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarch, Stoaks, Tompkins, Davis, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoaks, Smith, Moore, Owins, Tompkins, Hudgin, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoaks, Edwards, Minter, Kane, Walker, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoaks, Silverthorn, Goodrich, Hodges, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoaks, White, Diggs, armstrong, Tabb, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrounly, Richardson, Stoakes, Hall, Lane, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoy, Jones, Stoakes, Minter, Roberts, James, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRansome, Stoakes, Lane, Belvin, James, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoakes, Evans Roberts, Foster, Lumpkin, Ransone, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoakes, Knight, Respess, Jarvis, Evans, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoakes, Callis, Bonsal, March, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrounly, Stokes, Foster, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas, Stoakes, Sibley, Lane, Foster, Brounly, etc\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoakes, Evans, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoakes, Lilly, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHudgins, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHudgins, Marchant, Hundley, Taylor, Foster, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLilly, Respess, Foster, Deggs, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppleman, De la Roche, Deggs, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespess, Hunley, Forrest, Shackelford, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespess, Armistead, Knight, Foster, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFoster, Rispess, Mathews, Ransome, Callis, Gregory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTabb, Lewis, Lilly, Foster, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlats of land. Eddins, Foster, Elliott, Booker, Ransome.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount Books, Cash Memo, and Day Books. Box 6-7.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e27 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e30 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e45 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e25 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e150 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox: 8-9\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoor condition. Deed. 300 acres conveyed to Joseph Billups by (?) Smithers on Winter Harbor (located in current Kingston Parish, Mathews County.) 1726.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRum import certificate, Baltimore, 1777.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill of John Billups, July 20, 1785. 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Papers include accounts, land records, and correspondence and some concern shipbuilding. Includes minutes, 1842, of a temperance meeting and Methodist church records.","Box: 1-5. Including plats of land, receipts, etc.","Box 1-2","Robert Whiting, John Billups.","Thos. Flowerdewe, Benjamine Cook.","Taylor, Burton, Dellahaunty, Beatley.","George Hunley, Ziperus Degges.","Jas. Davis, etc.","Stubblefield, Burton, Jarvis, Lyell.","John Billups, John Steer, John Foster, Jr.","John Foster, John Billups, Geo. Foster, Wm. Armistead, etc.","John Billups, L. Smith, Wm. Reynolds, Nelson.","Billups, L. Smith, Nelson, Reynolds, Shackelford, David Jameson, Jr., Issac Foster, small account booklet.","Armistead, John Billups, Reynolds, Shackelford.","Thos. Gibbons, Thos. Flipper.","John Fowler, Mathias James.","John and Richard Billups, Thos. Billups.","Billups, John Weston, Delahaunty, Taylor.","Billups, John Fowler, John Avery, Joshua Gayle, Rispess.","Richard and John Billups, Thos. Lilly.","Billups, Richard Risby.","Respess, Mathews, Foster, Pennock, Risby, Billups.","John Lilly, Billups, John Foster, Henry Forrest, etc.","John and Isaac Foster, Richard Risby, Billups, etc.","R. Risby, Estate of John Foster, Billups.","James Callis, Repass, Billups, Risby.","Estate of Wm. Lilly, Respass, Risby, Billups, etc.","Respass, Lilly, Callis, Knight, etc.","Respass, Foster, Forrest, Knight, Charlton, Jones, Tinsley, etc.","Rispass, Roberts, Foster, Mathews, etc.","Many names on accounts with Clerk or Sheriff, Mathews County.","Rispess, Risby, Anderson, Lilly, Gayle, Davis land plats.","Many names on accounts with Clerk or sheriff, Mathews County.","Lilly, Foster, Respass, Jarvis, Anderson, Dudley, Knight, etc.","Many names on accounts with Clerk or Sheriff, Mathews County.","More accounts as Folder 3; general account names as above including Rispess, Gwathmey, Dabnet. Etc.","Respass, Cooke, Tabb, many sheriff's accounts, etc.","Respass, Dixon, Foster, Anderso, Hunley, Reynolds, Callis, etc.","Repspass, Forrest, Degges, Hurst, Knight, LeRoy Cole, etc.","Respass, Eddens, Knight, Van Bibber, Dudley, etc.","Respass, Smith, Foster, Knight Schacelford, Patterson, etc.","Box 3-5.","Parker, Lilly, Smith, Callis, Foster, Forrest, Respass, Knight, etc.","Smith, Knight, Respess, Gayle, David, Brounley, Saunders, etc.","Lilly Smith, Respess, Knight, Foster, Degges, Hudgin, etc.","Smith, Parrott, Mays, Knight, Respass, etc.","Jarvis, Lilly, Knight, Callis, Brown, Gayle, Eddins, etc.","Degges, Eddins, Knight, Lilly, Brown, Foster, etc.","Foster, Forrest, Eddens, Boswell, Knight, Brounley, etc.","Eddens, Lilly, Armistead, Foster, Tabb, Wjite, Burniston (?).","Accounts in connection with building of new schooner \"Courtney Norton.\"","Foster, Forrest, Dudley, Morgan, Burling, Brounley, etc.","Cole, Degges, Timberlake, Williams, Forest, White, Davis, Tyree, Hudgin, Tomkins, etc.","Dawson, Eddens, Bahannon, Forrest, Foster, Burneston, Burling, Mann Page, etc.","Cole, Jarvis, Forrest, Gayle, Widgeon, Lane, etc.","Respress, Foster, Hudgin, Eddens, Callis, Roberts, etc.","Plat of ground; Foster, Smith, Knight, Eddens, Winder, etc. Includes a list of attendees at the May 21, 1814 Quarterly Gloucester Circuit meeting (Mathews, King and Queen, Mathews and possibly others) and their collection amounts.","Foster, Degges, Smith, Morgan, etc.","Cramp, Lewis, Davis, Bohannon, Stevens, Foster, etc.","Foster, Tompkins, Brounley, Hugin, Tomblin, Minter, etc.","Bramhall, Robens, Tompkins, Foster, Hayes, Eddens, etc.","Bounley, Foster, James, Ransone, Bramhall, King, etc.","Minster, Tompkins, Armistead, Diggs, Foster, etc.","March, Tompkins, Armistead, Foster, etc.","Callis, Foster, Davis, Respass, etc.","Tompkins, Winder, Wjite, James, Diggs, etc.","Forrest, Deggs, Knight, Callis, Tompkins, Edwards, etc.","Morgan, Tompkins, Davis, Diggs, etc.","Hudgin, Tompkins, Jarvis, etc.","Diggs, Tabb, Minter, Smith, Tompkins, etc.","Dunston, Stoakes, Tompkins, March, etc.","Stokes, March, Tompkins, Davis, Gambill, etc.","Foushee, Freeman, Tompkins, Crawford, Neale, etc.","March, Stoaks, Tompkins, Davis, etc.","Stoaks, Smith, Moore, Owins, Tompkins, Hudgin, etc.","Stoaks, Edwards, Minter, Kane, Walker, etc.","Stoaks, Silverthorn, Goodrich, Hodges, etc.","Stoaks, White, Diggs, armstrong, Tabb, etc.","Brounly, Richardson, Stoakes, Hall, Lane, etc.","Roy, Jones, Stoakes, Minter, Roberts, James, etc.","Ransome, Stoakes, Lane, Belvin, James, etc.","Stoakes, Evans Roberts, Foster, Lumpkin, Ransone, etc.","Stoakes, Knight, Respess, Jarvis, Evans, etc.","Stoakes, Callis, Bonsal, March, etc.","Brounly, Stokes, Foster, etc.","Thomas, Stoakes, Sibley, Lane, Foster, Brounly, etc","Stoakes, Evans, etc.","Stoakes, Lilly, etc.","Hudgins, etc.","Hudgins, Marchant, Hundley, Taylor, Foster, etc.","Lilly, Respess, Foster, Deggs, etc.","Appleman, De la Roche, Deggs, etc.","Respess, Hunley, Forrest, Shackelford, etc.","Respess, Armistead, Knight, Foster, etc.","Foster, Rispess, Mathews, Ransome, Callis, Gregory.","Tabb, Lewis, Lilly, Foster, etc.","Plats of land. Eddins, Foster, Elliott, Booker, Ransome.","Account Books, Cash Memo, and Day Books. Box 6-7.","27 pages.","14 pages.","30 pages.","45 pages.","14 pages.","25 pages.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","150 pages.","10 pages.","Box: 8-9","Poor condition. Deed. 300 acres conveyed to Joseph Billups by (?) Smithers on Winter Harbor (located in current Kingston Parish, Mathews County.) 1726.","Rum import certificate, Baltimore, 1777.","Will of John Billups, July 20, 1785. Import certificate, Fredericksburg 1788.","Survey by Richard Billups for Hughes Family members for property on the east side of the East River, possibly behind the Glebe. 1791.","Respess, Flitchett, Foster, Wjite.","Ransome, Gayle, Callis, Gregory, Davis","Brown, Langley, Respess, White, Hunley, Foster.","Gayle, Brown.","Taylor, Richard Billups, etc.","Taylor, Richard Billups, Respess.","Billups-Patterson, Lewis, etc.","Billups, Shackelford","Hudgins, Blake, Respess, etc.","Respess, etc.","Billups.","Gibbons, etc.","Brounley, etc.","Gibbon, etc.","Petition regards Richard Billups, Eddins, Gayle, etc.","Smith, Foster, etc.","Minutes of the House of Delegates Feb. 5, 1810. Litchfield, Williams, Forrest, White, etc.","Winder, Lilly, etc.","Smith, etc.","Degges, Brounley, etc.","Davis, Lewis, Degges, Callis, etc.","Hudgins, Daniel, Foster, Swann, etc.","Lyne, etc.","Degge, Tompkins, Forest, etc.","Ransone, Diggs, Whting, etc.","Lilly, Hunley, Jarvis, Booker, Smith, Degge, Gayle, etc.","Diggs, Armistead, Winder, Foster, Knight, etc.","Bohannon, Burcher, Ransone, etc.","Bohannon, Foster, Gayle, Ransone, etc.","Foster, Hudgins, Ransone, etc.","Eddins, etc.","Knight, Foster, Winder, Anderson (Marriage licenses)","Tax levy note book; Geo Paul marriage license; Hurst-Stewart marriage license.","Diggs, Hunley, Edwards, Jarvis, Ransone, etc.","Miller, Bayly, White, Foster, etc.","Hudgins, White, Richardson, Thomas, Williams, etc.","Hudgins, White, Pratt, Owens, Bassett, etc.","Edwards, Foster, Davis, Richardson, Hudgins, etc.","Davis, Lane, James, Hurst, Calles, etc.","Court docket for May term; Griffin.","Box-folder: 9:18-25","Wilkins, Respess, Smith, etc.","Patterson, Tabb, Jones, etc.","Brown, Gibbons, Patterson, Tyree, etc.","Lilly, Ransone, Fowler, Muire, Jackson, etc.","McCandlish, Tabb, Stevens, James, Lilly, Gayle, etc.","Eddins, Stoaks, Dudley, etc.","Smith, Stoakes, March, Callis, Gayle, etc.","Minter, brig construction, etc.","Box-folder: 9:26-28","Gayle, Hughes, Hudgins, Van Bibber, Hurst, etc.","Lists of men, Weedon, Gayle, etc.","Nicholas, Gayle, Callis; lists of men, etc. Includes 2 items with no date.","Society Papers, Church Meetings and School Compositions Box-Folder 9:29-30","Quarterly meeting minutes, lists of names.","Total Abstinence Society Minutes, 1842; religious notes; composition on astronomy by Martha E. Stoakes, undated.","Sale of the Glebe lands with regard to logs sold, work done; and a map, etc.","Literary fund broadsides, Richmond 1811-1812. Clippings, undated.","Box-folder: 10:1-12","2 copies.","Account of William Jarrott, Wilkerson Hunley, George Hunley, Edward Hughes, and 2 maps of Property, one dated October 22, 1712."],"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 House of Delegates"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Virginia House of Delegates","Billups, Richard"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Virginia House of Delegates"],"persname_ssim":["Billups, Richard"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":202,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T22:58:53.900Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8868","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8868","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8868","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8868","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8868.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Richard Billups Papers","title_ssm":["Richard Billups Papers"],"title_tesim":["Richard Billups Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1705-1857","1774-1822"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1774-1822"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1705-1857"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 65 B49","/repositories/2/resources/8868"],"text":["Mss. 65 B49","/repositories/2/resources/8868","Richard Billups Papers","Virginia--Militia","Colonial period, ca. 1609-1774","Gloucester County (Va.)--History--18th century","Gloucester County (Va.)--History--19th century","Judges--Virginia","Legal documents","Mathews County (Va.)--History--19th century","Methodist Church--Virginia","Methodist Church--Virginia--Clergy--History--19th century.","Shipbuilding--Virginia","Temperance--History--19th century","United States--Economic history","United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783","Clergy","Correspondence","Financial records","Minutes","Receipts (financial records)","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.","Organization: This collection is organized into 8 Series: 1. Accounts 2. Account Books 3. Legal Papers 4. Letters 5. Military Papers 6. Society Papers 7. Printed Material 8. Oversized Material Arrangement: This collection is arranged chronologically by date. The names mentioned with each folder are just a few of the many names which appear on the documents included within that folder.","Richard Billups was a merchant; shipbuilder; shipowner; justice of the peace; sheriff of Mathews County, Virginia, 1792-1795; major in the Virginia militia; leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church; and member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1807-1817, from Mathews County. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:  .","Other Information:"," Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00046.frame","Business, military and legal papers, chiefly 1774-1822, of Richard Billups of Mathews and Gloucester Counties, Virginia. Papers include accounts, land records, and correspondence and some concern shipbuilding. Includes minutes, 1842, of a temperance meeting and Methodist church records.","Box: 1-5. Including plats of land, receipts, etc.","Box 1-2","Robert Whiting, John Billups.","Thos. Flowerdewe, Benjamine Cook.","Taylor, Burton, Dellahaunty, Beatley.","George Hunley, Ziperus Degges.","Jas. Davis, etc.","Stubblefield, Burton, Jarvis, Lyell.","John Billups, John Steer, John Foster, Jr.","John Foster, John Billups, Geo. Foster, Wm. Armistead, etc.","John Billups, L. Smith, Wm. Reynolds, Nelson.","Billups, L. Smith, Nelson, Reynolds, Shackelford, David Jameson, Jr., Issac Foster, small account booklet.","Armistead, John Billups, Reynolds, Shackelford.","Thos. Gibbons, Thos. Flipper.","John Fowler, Mathias James.","John and Richard Billups, Thos. Billups.","Billups, John Weston, Delahaunty, Taylor.","Billups, John Fowler, John Avery, Joshua Gayle, Rispess.","Richard and John Billups, Thos. Lilly.","Billups, Richard Risby.","Respess, Mathews, Foster, Pennock, Risby, Billups.","John Lilly, Billups, John Foster, Henry Forrest, etc.","John and Isaac Foster, Richard Risby, Billups, etc.","R. Risby, Estate of John Foster, Billups.","James Callis, Repass, Billups, Risby.","Estate of Wm. Lilly, Respass, Risby, Billups, etc.","Respass, Lilly, Callis, Knight, etc.","Respass, Foster, Forrest, Knight, Charlton, Jones, Tinsley, etc.","Rispass, Roberts, Foster, Mathews, etc.","Many names on accounts with Clerk or Sheriff, Mathews County.","Rispess, Risby, Anderson, Lilly, Gayle, Davis land plats.","Many names on accounts with Clerk or sheriff, Mathews County.","Lilly, Foster, Respass, Jarvis, Anderson, Dudley, Knight, etc.","Many names on accounts with Clerk or Sheriff, Mathews County.","More accounts as Folder 3; general account names as above including Rispess, Gwathmey, Dabnet. Etc.","Respass, Cooke, Tabb, many sheriff's accounts, etc.","Respass, Dixon, Foster, Anderso, Hunley, Reynolds, Callis, etc.","Repspass, Forrest, Degges, Hurst, Knight, LeRoy Cole, etc.","Respass, Eddens, Knight, Van Bibber, Dudley, etc.","Respass, Smith, Foster, Knight Schacelford, Patterson, etc.","Box 3-5.","Parker, Lilly, Smith, Callis, Foster, Forrest, Respass, Knight, etc.","Smith, Knight, Respess, Gayle, David, Brounley, Saunders, etc.","Lilly Smith, Respess, Knight, Foster, Degges, Hudgin, etc.","Smith, Parrott, Mays, Knight, Respass, etc.","Jarvis, Lilly, Knight, Callis, Brown, Gayle, Eddins, etc.","Degges, Eddins, Knight, Lilly, Brown, Foster, etc.","Foster, Forrest, Eddens, Boswell, Knight, Brounley, etc.","Eddens, Lilly, Armistead, Foster, Tabb, Wjite, Burniston (?).","Accounts in connection with building of new schooner \"Courtney Norton.\"","Foster, Forrest, Dudley, Morgan, Burling, Brounley, etc.","Cole, Degges, Timberlake, Williams, Forest, White, Davis, Tyree, Hudgin, Tomkins, etc.","Dawson, Eddens, Bahannon, Forrest, Foster, Burneston, Burling, Mann Page, etc.","Cole, Jarvis, Forrest, Gayle, Widgeon, Lane, etc.","Respress, Foster, Hudgin, Eddens, Callis, Roberts, etc.","Plat of ground; Foster, Smith, Knight, Eddens, Winder, etc. Includes a list of attendees at the May 21, 1814 Quarterly Gloucester Circuit meeting (Mathews, King and Queen, Mathews and possibly others) and their collection amounts.","Foster, Degges, Smith, Morgan, etc.","Cramp, Lewis, Davis, Bohannon, Stevens, Foster, etc.","Foster, Tompkins, Brounley, Hugin, Tomblin, Minter, etc.","Bramhall, Robens, Tompkins, Foster, Hayes, Eddens, etc.","Bounley, Foster, James, Ransone, Bramhall, King, etc.","Minster, Tompkins, Armistead, Diggs, Foster, etc.","March, Tompkins, Armistead, Foster, etc.","Callis, Foster, Davis, Respass, etc.","Tompkins, Winder, Wjite, James, Diggs, etc.","Forrest, Deggs, Knight, Callis, Tompkins, Edwards, etc.","Morgan, Tompkins, Davis, Diggs, etc.","Hudgin, Tompkins, Jarvis, etc.","Diggs, Tabb, Minter, Smith, Tompkins, etc.","Dunston, Stoakes, Tompkins, March, etc.","Stokes, March, Tompkins, Davis, Gambill, etc.","Foushee, Freeman, Tompkins, Crawford, Neale, etc.","March, Stoaks, Tompkins, Davis, etc.","Stoaks, Smith, Moore, Owins, Tompkins, Hudgin, etc.","Stoaks, Edwards, Minter, Kane, Walker, etc.","Stoaks, Silverthorn, Goodrich, Hodges, etc.","Stoaks, White, Diggs, armstrong, Tabb, etc.","Brounly, Richardson, Stoakes, Hall, Lane, etc.","Roy, Jones, Stoakes, Minter, Roberts, James, etc.","Ransome, Stoakes, Lane, Belvin, James, etc.","Stoakes, Evans Roberts, Foster, Lumpkin, Ransone, etc.","Stoakes, Knight, Respess, Jarvis, Evans, etc.","Stoakes, Callis, Bonsal, March, etc.","Brounly, Stokes, Foster, etc.","Thomas, Stoakes, Sibley, Lane, Foster, Brounly, etc","Stoakes, Evans, etc.","Stoakes, Lilly, etc.","Hudgins, etc.","Hudgins, Marchant, Hundley, Taylor, Foster, etc.","Lilly, Respess, Foster, Deggs, etc.","Appleman, De la Roche, Deggs, etc.","Respess, Hunley, Forrest, Shackelford, etc.","Respess, Armistead, Knight, Foster, etc.","Foster, Rispess, Mathews, Ransome, Callis, Gregory.","Tabb, Lewis, Lilly, Foster, etc.","Plats of land. Eddins, Foster, Elliott, Booker, Ransome.","Account Books, Cash Memo, and Day Books. Box 6-7.","27 pages.","14 pages.","30 pages.","45 pages.","14 pages.","25 pages.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","150 pages.","10 pages.","Box: 8-9","Poor condition. Deed. 300 acres conveyed to Joseph Billups by (?) Smithers on Winter Harbor (located in current Kingston Parish, Mathews County.) 1726.","Rum import certificate, Baltimore, 1777.","Will of John Billups, July 20, 1785. Import certificate, Fredericksburg 1788.","Survey by Richard Billups for Hughes Family members for property on the east side of the East River, possibly behind the Glebe. 1791.","Respess, Flitchett, Foster, Wjite.","Ransome, Gayle, Callis, Gregory, Davis","Brown, Langley, Respess, White, Hunley, Foster.","Gayle, Brown.","Taylor, Richard Billups, etc.","Taylor, Richard Billups, Respess.","Billups-Patterson, Lewis, etc.","Billups, Shackelford","Hudgins, Blake, Respess, etc.","Respess, etc.","Billups.","Gibbons, etc.","Brounley, etc.","Gibbon, etc.","Petition regards Richard Billups, Eddins, Gayle, etc.","Smith, Foster, etc.","Minutes of the House of Delegates Feb. 5, 1810. Litchfield, Williams, Forrest, White, etc.","Winder, Lilly, etc.","Smith, etc.","Degges, Brounley, etc.","Davis, Lewis, Degges, Callis, etc.","Hudgins, Daniel, Foster, Swann, etc.","Lyne, etc.","Degge, Tompkins, Forest, etc.","Ransone, Diggs, Whting, etc.","Lilly, Hunley, Jarvis, Booker, Smith, Degge, Gayle, etc.","Diggs, Armistead, Winder, Foster, Knight, etc.","Bohannon, Burcher, Ransone, etc.","Bohannon, Foster, Gayle, Ransone, etc.","Foster, Hudgins, Ransone, etc.","Eddins, etc.","Knight, Foster, Winder, Anderson (Marriage licenses)","Tax levy note book; Geo Paul marriage license; Hurst-Stewart marriage license.","Diggs, Hunley, Edwards, Jarvis, Ransone, etc.","Miller, Bayly, White, Foster, etc.","Hudgins, White, Richardson, Thomas, Williams, etc.","Hudgins, White, Pratt, Owens, Bassett, etc.","Edwards, Foster, Davis, Richardson, Hudgins, etc.","Davis, Lane, James, Hurst, Calles, etc.","Court docket for May term; Griffin.","Box-folder: 9:18-25","Wilkins, Respess, Smith, etc.","Patterson, Tabb, Jones, etc.","Brown, Gibbons, Patterson, Tyree, etc.","Lilly, Ransone, Fowler, Muire, Jackson, etc.","McCandlish, Tabb, Stevens, James, Lilly, Gayle, etc.","Eddins, Stoaks, Dudley, etc.","Smith, Stoakes, March, Callis, Gayle, etc.","Minter, brig construction, etc.","Box-folder: 9:26-28","Gayle, Hughes, Hudgins, Van Bibber, Hurst, etc.","Lists of men, Weedon, Gayle, etc.","Nicholas, Gayle, Callis; lists of men, etc. Includes 2 items with no date.","Society Papers, Church Meetings and School Compositions Box-Folder 9:29-30","Quarterly meeting minutes, lists of names.","Total Abstinence Society Minutes, 1842; religious notes; composition on astronomy by Martha E. Stoakes, undated.","Sale of the Glebe lands with regard to logs sold, work done; and a map, etc.","Literary fund broadsides, Richmond 1811-1812. Clippings, undated.","Box-folder: 10:1-12","2 copies.","Account of William Jarrott, Wilkerson Hunley, George Hunley, Edward Hughes, and 2 maps of Property, one dated October 22, 1712.","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 House of Delegates","Billups, Richard","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 65 B49","/repositories/2/resources/8868"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Richard Billups Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Richard Billups Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Richard Billups Papers"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Virginia--Militia"],"geogname_ssim":["Virginia--Militia"],"creator_ssm":["Billups, Richard"],"creator_ssim":["Billups, Richard"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Billups, Richard"],"creators_ssim":["Billups, Richard"],"places_ssim":["Virginia--Militia"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Deposit: 4,006 items, 7/18/1941. 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The names mentioned with each folder are just a few of the many names which appear on the documents included within that folder."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRichard Billups was a merchant; shipbuilder; shipowner; justice of the peace; sheriff of Mathews County, Virginia, 1792-1795; major in the Virginia militia; leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church; and member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1807-1817, from Mathews County. 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Papers include accounts, land records, and correspondence and some concern shipbuilding. Includes minutes, 1842, of a temperance meeting and Methodist church records.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox: 1-5. Including plats of land, receipts, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 1-2\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Whiting, John Billups.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThos. Flowerdewe, Benjamine Cook.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTaylor, Burton, Dellahaunty, Beatley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Hunley, Ziperus Degges.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJas. Davis, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStubblefield, Burton, Jarvis, Lyell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Billups, John Steer, John Foster, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Foster, John Billups, Geo. Foster, Wm. Armistead, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Billups, L. Smith, Wm. Reynolds, Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBillups, L. Smith, Nelson, Reynolds, Shackelford, David Jameson, Jr., Issac Foster, small account booklet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmistead, John Billups, Reynolds, Shackelford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThos. Gibbons, Thos. Flipper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Fowler, Mathias James.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn and Richard Billups, Thos. Billups.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBillups, John Weston, Delahaunty, Taylor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBillups, John Fowler, John Avery, Joshua Gayle, Rispess.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard and John Billups, Thos. Lilly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBillups, Richard Risby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespess, Mathews, Foster, Pennock, Risby, Billups.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Lilly, Billups, John Foster, Henry Forrest, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn and Isaac Foster, Richard Risby, Billups, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. Risby, Estate of John Foster, Billups.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Callis, Repass, Billups, Risby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEstate of Wm. Lilly, Respass, Risby, Billups, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespass, Lilly, Callis, Knight, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespass, Foster, Forrest, Knight, Charlton, Jones, Tinsley, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRispass, Roberts, Foster, Mathews, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany names on accounts with Clerk or Sheriff, Mathews County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRispess, Risby, Anderson, Lilly, Gayle, Davis land plats.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany names on accounts with Clerk or sheriff, Mathews County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLilly, Foster, Respass, Jarvis, Anderson, Dudley, Knight, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany names on accounts with Clerk or Sheriff, Mathews County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore accounts as Folder 3; general account names as above including Rispess, Gwathmey, Dabnet. Etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespass, Cooke, Tabb, many sheriff's accounts, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespass, Dixon, Foster, Anderso, Hunley, Reynolds, Callis, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepspass, Forrest, Degges, Hurst, Knight, LeRoy Cole, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespass, Eddens, Knight, Van Bibber, Dudley, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespass, Smith, Foster, Knight Schacelford, Patterson, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 3-5.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParker, Lilly, Smith, Callis, Foster, Forrest, Respass, Knight, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmith, Knight, Respess, Gayle, David, Brounley, Saunders, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLilly Smith, Respess, Knight, Foster, Degges, Hudgin, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmith, Parrott, Mays, Knight, Respass, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJarvis, Lilly, Knight, Callis, Brown, Gayle, Eddins, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDegges, Eddins, Knight, Lilly, Brown, Foster, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFoster, Forrest, Eddens, Boswell, Knight, Brounley, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEddens, Lilly, Armistead, Foster, Tabb, Wjite, Burniston (?).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts in connection with building of new schooner \"Courtney Norton.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFoster, Forrest, Dudley, Morgan, Burling, Brounley, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCole, Degges, Timberlake, Williams, Forest, White, Davis, Tyree, Hudgin, Tomkins, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDawson, Eddens, Bahannon, Forrest, Foster, Burneston, Burling, Mann Page, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCole, Jarvis, Forrest, Gayle, Widgeon, Lane, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespress, Foster, Hudgin, Eddens, Callis, Roberts, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlat of ground; Foster, Smith, Knight, Eddens, Winder, etc. Includes a list of attendees at the May 21, 1814 Quarterly Gloucester Circuit meeting (Mathews, King and Queen, Mathews and possibly others) and their collection amounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFoster, Degges, Smith, Morgan, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCramp, Lewis, Davis, Bohannon, Stevens, Foster, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFoster, Tompkins, Brounley, Hugin, Tomblin, Minter, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBramhall, Robens, Tompkins, Foster, Hayes, Eddens, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBounley, Foster, James, Ransone, Bramhall, King, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinster, Tompkins, Armistead, Diggs, Foster, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarch, Tompkins, Armistead, Foster, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCallis, Foster, Davis, Respass, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTompkins, Winder, Wjite, James, Diggs, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForrest, Deggs, Knight, Callis, Tompkins, Edwards, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMorgan, Tompkins, Davis, Diggs, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHudgin, Tompkins, Jarvis, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiggs, Tabb, Minter, Smith, Tompkins, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDunston, Stoakes, Tompkins, March, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStokes, March, Tompkins, Davis, Gambill, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFoushee, Freeman, Tompkins, Crawford, Neale, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarch, Stoaks, Tompkins, Davis, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoaks, Smith, Moore, Owins, Tompkins, Hudgin, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoaks, Edwards, Minter, Kane, Walker, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoaks, Silverthorn, Goodrich, Hodges, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoaks, White, Diggs, armstrong, Tabb, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrounly, Richardson, Stoakes, Hall, Lane, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoy, Jones, Stoakes, Minter, Roberts, James, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRansome, Stoakes, Lane, Belvin, James, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoakes, Evans Roberts, Foster, Lumpkin, Ransone, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoakes, Knight, Respess, Jarvis, Evans, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoakes, Callis, Bonsal, March, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrounly, Stokes, Foster, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas, Stoakes, Sibley, Lane, Foster, Brounly, etc\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoakes, Evans, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStoakes, Lilly, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHudgins, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHudgins, Marchant, Hundley, Taylor, Foster, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLilly, Respess, Foster, Deggs, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppleman, De la Roche, Deggs, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespess, Hunley, Forrest, Shackelford, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespess, Armistead, Knight, Foster, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFoster, Rispess, Mathews, Ransome, Callis, Gregory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTabb, Lewis, Lilly, Foster, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlats of land. Eddins, Foster, Elliott, Booker, Ransome.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount Books, Cash Memo, and Day Books. Box 6-7.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e27 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e30 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e45 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e25 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e150 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox: 8-9\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoor condition. Deed. 300 acres conveyed to Joseph Billups by (?) Smithers on Winter Harbor (located in current Kingston Parish, Mathews County.) 1726.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRum import certificate, Baltimore, 1777.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill of John Billups, July 20, 1785. Import certificate, Fredericksburg 1788.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey by Richard Billups for Hughes Family members for property on the east side of the East River, possibly behind the Glebe. 1791.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespess, Flitchett, Foster, Wjite.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRansome, Gayle, Callis, Gregory, Davis\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrown, Langley, Respess, White, Hunley, Foster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGayle, Brown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTaylor, Richard Billups, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTaylor, Richard Billups, Respess.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBillups-Patterson, Lewis, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBillups, Shackelford\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHudgins, Blake, Respess, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRespess, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBillups.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGibbons, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrounley, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGibbon, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePetition regards Richard Billups, Eddins, Gayle, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmith, Foster, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinutes of the House of Delegates Feb. 5, 1810. Litchfield, Williams, Forrest, White, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWinder, Lilly, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmith, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDegges, Brounley, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavis, Lewis, Degges, Callis, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHudgins, Daniel, Foster, Swann, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLyne, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDegge, Tompkins, Forest, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRansone, Diggs, Whting, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLilly, Hunley, Jarvis, Booker, Smith, Degge, Gayle, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiggs, Armistead, Winder, Foster, Knight, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBohannon, Burcher, Ransone, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBohannon, Foster, Gayle, Ransone, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFoster, Hudgins, Ransone, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEddins, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKnight, Foster, Winder, Anderson (Marriage licenses)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax levy note book; Geo Paul marriage license; Hurst-Stewart marriage license.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiggs, Hunley, Edwards, Jarvis, Ransone, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiller, Bayly, White, Foster, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHudgins, White, Richardson, Thomas, Williams, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHudgins, White, Pratt, Owens, Bassett, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdwards, Foster, Davis, Richardson, Hudgins, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavis, Lane, James, Hurst, Calles, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt docket for May term; Griffin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox-folder: 9:18-25\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilkins, Respess, Smith, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatterson, Tabb, Jones, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrown, Gibbons, Patterson, Tyree, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLilly, Ransone, Fowler, Muire, Jackson, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcCandlish, Tabb, Stevens, James, Lilly, Gayle, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEddins, Stoaks, Dudley, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmith, Stoakes, March, Callis, Gayle, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinter, brig construction, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox-folder: 9:26-28\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGayle, Hughes, Hudgins, Van Bibber, Hurst, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists of men, Weedon, Gayle, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNicholas, Gayle, Callis; lists of men, etc. Includes 2 items with no date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSociety Papers, Church Meetings and School Compositions Box-Folder 9:29-30\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuarterly meeting minutes, lists of names.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTotal Abstinence Society Minutes, 1842; religious notes; composition on astronomy by Martha E. Stoakes, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of the Glebe lands with regard to logs sold, work done; and a map, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLiterary fund broadsides, Richmond 1811-1812. 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Papers include accounts, land records, and correspondence and some concern shipbuilding. Includes minutes, 1842, of a temperance meeting and Methodist church records.","Box: 1-5. Including plats of land, receipts, etc.","Box 1-2","Robert Whiting, John Billups.","Thos. Flowerdewe, Benjamine Cook.","Taylor, Burton, Dellahaunty, Beatley.","George Hunley, Ziperus Degges.","Jas. Davis, etc.","Stubblefield, Burton, Jarvis, Lyell.","John Billups, John Steer, John Foster, Jr.","John Foster, John Billups, Geo. Foster, Wm. Armistead, etc.","John Billups, L. Smith, Wm. Reynolds, Nelson.","Billups, L. Smith, Nelson, Reynolds, Shackelford, David Jameson, Jr., Issac Foster, small account booklet.","Armistead, John Billups, Reynolds, Shackelford.","Thos. Gibbons, Thos. Flipper.","John Fowler, Mathias James.","John and Richard Billups, Thos. Billups.","Billups, John Weston, Delahaunty, Taylor.","Billups, John Fowler, John Avery, Joshua Gayle, Rispess.","Richard and John Billups, Thos. Lilly.","Billups, Richard Risby.","Respess, Mathews, Foster, Pennock, Risby, Billups.","John Lilly, Billups, John Foster, Henry Forrest, etc.","John and Isaac Foster, Richard Risby, Billups, etc.","R. Risby, Estate of John Foster, Billups.","James Callis, Repass, Billups, Risby.","Estate of Wm. Lilly, Respass, Risby, Billups, etc.","Respass, Lilly, Callis, Knight, etc.","Respass, Foster, Forrest, Knight, Charlton, Jones, Tinsley, etc.","Rispass, Roberts, Foster, Mathews, etc.","Many names on accounts with Clerk or Sheriff, Mathews County.","Rispess, Risby, Anderson, Lilly, Gayle, Davis land plats.","Many names on accounts with Clerk or sheriff, Mathews County.","Lilly, Foster, Respass, Jarvis, Anderson, Dudley, Knight, etc.","Many names on accounts with Clerk or Sheriff, Mathews County.","More accounts as Folder 3; general account names as above including Rispess, Gwathmey, Dabnet. Etc.","Respass, Cooke, Tabb, many sheriff's accounts, etc.","Respass, Dixon, Foster, Anderso, Hunley, Reynolds, Callis, etc.","Repspass, Forrest, Degges, Hurst, Knight, LeRoy Cole, etc.","Respass, Eddens, Knight, Van Bibber, Dudley, etc.","Respass, Smith, Foster, Knight Schacelford, Patterson, etc.","Box 3-5.","Parker, Lilly, Smith, Callis, Foster, Forrest, Respass, Knight, etc.","Smith, Knight, Respess, Gayle, David, Brounley, Saunders, etc.","Lilly Smith, Respess, Knight, Foster, Degges, Hudgin, etc.","Smith, Parrott, Mays, Knight, Respass, etc.","Jarvis, Lilly, Knight, Callis, Brown, Gayle, Eddins, etc.","Degges, Eddins, Knight, Lilly, Brown, Foster, etc.","Foster, Forrest, Eddens, Boswell, Knight, Brounley, etc.","Eddens, Lilly, Armistead, Foster, Tabb, Wjite, Burniston (?).","Accounts in connection with building of new schooner \"Courtney Norton.\"","Foster, Forrest, Dudley, Morgan, Burling, Brounley, etc.","Cole, Degges, Timberlake, Williams, Forest, White, Davis, Tyree, Hudgin, Tomkins, etc.","Dawson, Eddens, Bahannon, Forrest, Foster, Burneston, Burling, Mann Page, etc.","Cole, Jarvis, Forrest, Gayle, Widgeon, Lane, etc.","Respress, Foster, Hudgin, Eddens, Callis, Roberts, etc.","Plat of ground; Foster, Smith, Knight, Eddens, Winder, etc. Includes a list of attendees at the May 21, 1814 Quarterly Gloucester Circuit meeting (Mathews, King and Queen, Mathews and possibly others) and their collection amounts.","Foster, Degges, Smith, Morgan, etc.","Cramp, Lewis, Davis, Bohannon, Stevens, Foster, etc.","Foster, Tompkins, Brounley, Hugin, Tomblin, Minter, etc.","Bramhall, Robens, Tompkins, Foster, Hayes, Eddens, etc.","Bounley, Foster, James, Ransone, Bramhall, King, etc.","Minster, Tompkins, Armistead, Diggs, Foster, etc.","March, Tompkins, Armistead, Foster, etc.","Callis, Foster, Davis, Respass, etc.","Tompkins, Winder, Wjite, James, Diggs, etc.","Forrest, Deggs, Knight, Callis, Tompkins, Edwards, etc.","Morgan, Tompkins, Davis, Diggs, etc.","Hudgin, Tompkins, Jarvis, etc.","Diggs, Tabb, Minter, Smith, Tompkins, etc.","Dunston, Stoakes, Tompkins, March, etc.","Stokes, March, Tompkins, Davis, Gambill, etc.","Foushee, Freeman, Tompkins, Crawford, Neale, etc.","March, Stoaks, Tompkins, Davis, etc.","Stoaks, Smith, Moore, Owins, Tompkins, Hudgin, etc.","Stoaks, Edwards, Minter, Kane, Walker, etc.","Stoaks, Silverthorn, Goodrich, Hodges, etc.","Stoaks, White, Diggs, armstrong, Tabb, etc.","Brounly, Richardson, Stoakes, Hall, Lane, etc.","Roy, Jones, Stoakes, Minter, Roberts, James, etc.","Ransome, Stoakes, Lane, Belvin, James, etc.","Stoakes, Evans Roberts, Foster, Lumpkin, Ransone, etc.","Stoakes, Knight, Respess, Jarvis, Evans, etc.","Stoakes, Callis, Bonsal, March, etc.","Brounly, Stokes, Foster, etc.","Thomas, Stoakes, Sibley, Lane, Foster, Brounly, etc","Stoakes, Evans, etc.","Stoakes, Lilly, etc.","Hudgins, etc.","Hudgins, Marchant, Hundley, Taylor, Foster, etc.","Lilly, Respess, Foster, Deggs, etc.","Appleman, De la Roche, Deggs, etc.","Respess, Hunley, Forrest, Shackelford, etc.","Respess, Armistead, Knight, Foster, etc.","Foster, Rispess, Mathews, Ransome, Callis, Gregory.","Tabb, Lewis, Lilly, Foster, etc.","Plats of land. Eddins, Foster, Elliott, Booker, Ransome.","Account Books, Cash Memo, and Day Books. Box 6-7.","27 pages.","14 pages.","30 pages.","45 pages.","14 pages.","25 pages.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","Physical Location: Pocket size account books loose in bottom of box, each identified with a slip as to title and date.","150 pages.","10 pages.","Box: 8-9","Poor condition. Deed. 300 acres conveyed to Joseph Billups by (?) Smithers on Winter Harbor (located in current Kingston Parish, Mathews County.) 1726.","Rum import certificate, Baltimore, 1777.","Will of John Billups, July 20, 1785. Import certificate, Fredericksburg 1788.","Survey by Richard Billups for Hughes Family members for property on the east side of the East River, possibly behind the Glebe. 1791.","Respess, Flitchett, Foster, Wjite.","Ransome, Gayle, Callis, Gregory, Davis","Brown, Langley, Respess, White, Hunley, Foster.","Gayle, Brown.","Taylor, Richard Billups, etc.","Taylor, Richard Billups, Respess.","Billups-Patterson, Lewis, etc.","Billups, Shackelford","Hudgins, Blake, Respess, etc.","Respess, etc.","Billups.","Gibbons, etc.","Brounley, etc.","Gibbon, etc.","Petition regards Richard Billups, Eddins, Gayle, etc.","Smith, Foster, etc.","Minutes of the House of Delegates Feb. 5, 1810. Litchfield, Williams, Forrest, White, etc.","Winder, Lilly, etc.","Smith, etc.","Degges, Brounley, etc.","Davis, Lewis, Degges, Callis, etc.","Hudgins, Daniel, Foster, Swann, etc.","Lyne, etc.","Degge, Tompkins, Forest, etc.","Ransone, Diggs, Whting, etc.","Lilly, Hunley, Jarvis, Booker, Smith, Degge, Gayle, etc.","Diggs, Armistead, Winder, Foster, Knight, etc.","Bohannon, Burcher, Ransone, etc.","Bohannon, Foster, Gayle, Ransone, etc.","Foster, Hudgins, Ransone, etc.","Eddins, etc.","Knight, Foster, Winder, Anderson (Marriage licenses)","Tax levy note book; Geo Paul marriage license; Hurst-Stewart marriage license.","Diggs, Hunley, Edwards, Jarvis, Ransone, etc.","Miller, Bayly, White, Foster, etc.","Hudgins, White, Richardson, Thomas, Williams, etc.","Hudgins, White, Pratt, Owens, Bassett, etc.","Edwards, Foster, Davis, Richardson, Hudgins, etc.","Davis, Lane, James, Hurst, Calles, etc.","Court docket for May term; Griffin.","Box-folder: 9:18-25","Wilkins, Respess, Smith, etc.","Patterson, Tabb, Jones, etc.","Brown, Gibbons, Patterson, Tyree, etc.","Lilly, Ransone, Fowler, Muire, Jackson, etc.","McCandlish, Tabb, Stevens, James, Lilly, Gayle, etc.","Eddins, Stoaks, Dudley, etc.","Smith, Stoakes, March, Callis, Gayle, etc.","Minter, brig construction, etc.","Box-folder: 9:26-28","Gayle, Hughes, Hudgins, Van Bibber, Hurst, etc.","Lists of men, Weedon, Gayle, etc.","Nicholas, Gayle, Callis; lists of men, etc. Includes 2 items with no date.","Society Papers, Church Meetings and School Compositions Box-Folder 9:29-30","Quarterly meeting minutes, lists of names.","Total Abstinence Society Minutes, 1842; religious notes; composition on astronomy by Martha E. Stoakes, undated.","Sale of the Glebe lands with regard to logs sold, work done; and a map, etc.","Literary fund broadsides, Richmond 1811-1812. Clippings, undated.","Box-folder: 10:1-12","2 copies.","Account of William Jarrott, Wilkerson Hunley, George Hunley, Edward Hughes, and 2 maps of Property, one dated October 22, 1712."],"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 House of Delegates"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Virginia House of Delegates","Billups, Richard"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Virginia House of Delegates"],"persname_ssim":["Billups, Richard"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":202,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T22:58:53.900Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8868"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8560","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Richard G. 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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","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8560#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"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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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. 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","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_9240","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Richard Lee Morton papers","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9240#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Morton, Richard Lee, 1889-1974","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9240#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003ePapers, chiefly 1930-1969, of Richard Lee Morton, professor of history at the College of William and Mary from 1919 to 1959. Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds, genealogical materials on the Watkins and Morton families and photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9240#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9240","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9240","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9240","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9240","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_9240.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Morton, Richard Lee, Papers","title_ssm":["Richard Lee Morton papers"],"title_tesim":["Richard Lee Morton papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1756-2006","1930-1969"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1930-1969"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1756-2006"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 90 M84","/repositories/2/resources/9240"],"text":["Mss. 90 M84","/repositories/2/resources/9240","Richard Lee Morton papers","Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century","Agriculture--Virginia--History--18th century","Athletics--Football--Scandal of 1951","College of William and Mary--History--20th century","Curriculum--History","Football--Virginia--Williamsburg","Genealogy","Legal documents","Slavery--Virginia--History","United States--History--Prohibition","Class materials","Correspondence","Diaries","Minutes","Photographs","Publications","Reports","Speeches","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.","Other Information:"," A PDF document of this inventory is available online."," Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/90_M84_Morton__Richard_Lee.pdf","Manuscripts and Archives collection combined in June 2012 by Benjamin Bromley.","Papers, chiefly 1930-1969, of Richard Lee Morton, professor of history at the College of William and Mary from 1919 to 1959. Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds, genealogical materials on the Watkins and Morton families and photographs."," Series 2 includes Morton's notes and correspondence about the 1951 football scandal; clippings about the Omohundro Institute of Early American History \u0026 Culture; correspondence with Lyon G. Tyler and others; Board meeting minutes of the Colonial Williamsburg Advisory Committee of Historians and the OIEAHC; reports on the William and Mary Quarterly."," Series 3 includes additions to the collection, which are made on an ongoing basis.","Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds, genealogical materials on the Watkins and Morton families and photographs.","28 items","9 items","1 item","1882, 1918, 1956, 1967, and 1970; 9 items","44 items","1918. 1931-1932, 1935-1936, 1938-1939. 37 items","1925, 1970, and 1973. 5 items","1950, 1953, 1956, 1960-1961, 1964-1965, 1969, and 1971-1973.","18 items.","42 items.","12 items.","8 items.","1915, 1919, 1944-1963, 1946, 1951, 1958-1960, 1965, 1965, and 1971. 31 items.","1938, 1949, 1962, 1967, and 1969. 30 items.","G.C. Wetmore, the painter of Dr. and Mrs. S.M. Shepherd, grandparent of Mrs. Morton, notes of investigative sources. 8 items.","1909, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1951, 1961, and 1965-1966. 22 items.","14 items.","Includes letters, bank statements, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts ID, biographical information, other information. 1940. 1945-1948, 1952-1956, and 1968. 28 items.","School grade reports, letters to parents, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Lee Morton, college bills, passports, insurance policies, tax returns, postcards, record of her measurements. 1941-1942, 1945-1949, 1955, 1959-1960, and 1966. 89 items","Includes his Thank-you letters. 5 items.","honorary degree, congratulations, procession list, Magna Carta conference. 61 items.","3 items.","Includes portraits, commencement, charter day, presidential dinner, honorary degree, as child, Falkland. ca. 1890, ca. 1900, 1910, 1913, 1918, 1923, 1933-1936, 1946, 1951-1953, 1954, 1958, 1959-1960, 1965, and 1968. 82 items.","Jacob Morton receipt, bill of sale, and portrait; genealogical information on Thomas Watkins, diary of William Morton. 1846, 1849, 1850, and 1870. 10 items.","Including service on committees, conferences, fraternities, honorary degrees, army service, scholarship fund, vita, 1896, 1916, 1918-1919, 1921, 1926-1927, 1929-1932, 1934, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1955-1959, and 1960-1967. 156 items.","1914-1916, 1925-1926, 1928-1929, 1937, 1945, 1953, 1959, 1963, 1965-66, and 1970. 64 items.","George Washington, Institute of Early American History and Culture. Inauguration of President Chandler, Kiwanis Club, books, Phi Beta Kappa. 1925, 1929, 1933, 1952-1954, 1968, and 1972. 14 items.","1923, 1927-1928, and 1936-1938. 19 items.","3 items. (see also medium oversize file).","1941, 1943-1945, 1947-1951, 1958-1961, 1963, 1966, 1968, and 1972. 47 items.","1849, 1962, and 1963. 7 items.","1963, 1965-1966, and 1970. 38 items.","1959, 1963-1964. 30 items.","1930, 1934, 1940-1941, 1944, 1949-1954, and 1956-1957. 54 items.","Research Project suggestions, bibliography for publication era, historical records survey, manuscripts on microfilm at IEAHC. 1917, 1940, 1947, and 1957. 18 items.","1923, 1937, 1942, 1962-1964, and 1967. 26 items.","3 items.","1960-1964, 1966. 25 items.","20 items.","94 items.","1946-1947, 1950-1953, 1955, 1959, 1965-1966, 1968. 40 items.","46 items.","4 items.","3 items","6 items","Mortgage, settlement of estate, statement of accountability, letters from D.D. Colcock agent, disposal of stamps and books, letters from and to Estelle and husband, Lucy and husband concerning the estate, tax notice, commissioner of accounts. 1958-1961. 1963. 63 items.","Includes letters about changes in articles written by Morton, requests by Morton for materials to be used for articles, materials for research for articles including on education, politics, industry, race relations. 1959, 1960-1962, 1967-1972. 106 items.","Teacher's Handbook for film on Coonial Virginia, criticism of handbook, letters concerning Morton's materials for the film, release to school journals concerning Morton, honorarium for Morton's efforts, request for his biography. 1940-1941, 1943, 1959, 1970. 19 items.","Catalogues, plant orders, primer for herb growing, green life guides, articles on gardening, marigold book, rose book, lawn guide. 1954, 1969-1970. 15 items","Orders for garden flowers, brochures for flowers, invoices, request for bulletin about hematodes. 1954, 1963, 1966, 1968-1969. 20 items.","Request for informational about Nema-hill, and reply, nematode recommendations, booklet on Virginia garden roses, articles on gardening, information on malathion, orders for seeds. 1950, 1953, 1959, 1962-1963. 14 items.","Rose advertisement, articles on gardening, picture of trellis, booklet on mulch paper, brochure of chain-linked fence, guide to rose growing, booklets on flower growing, book on colonial fences, etc. with pictures, list of slides accompanying lecture 'Wild Flowers...\" 1953, 1967-1968. 16 items.","1 item","A New Kind of County Government, Reorganizing the Administration of a State, \"Liberty and Law\", \"Vice President Dawes and the Senate Rules\", \"The County Manager Plan\", \"Central Administrative Control over Municipalities in the Southwest.\" . 6 items.","Concerning Morton's election as honorary member, note on meeting at Morton's home, acceptances of honorary membership by Philip A. Bruce and William G. Stanard, newspaper articles on club founding and new member. 1923-1926, 1929, 1932. 11 items.","House and office equipment booklets, article \"New Tool Aids Safe Pruning\", invoices, request for equipment, instructions for ILG fan maintainence, information on audio-visual aids, checks, information on GE boiler. 57 items.","House of the Week articles, booklets on home care, expanding your house, articles on shutters, articles on model homes, plan for hillside house, architects suggestions for home, information on log cabins. 1932, 1946, 1952, 1956, 1963-1965, 1958, 1972. 36 items.","House Plans - bathroom, hill house, Dr. and Mrs. Morton's residence, pictures of residence. 1947.","8 photographs.","Booklet of dogma, application for membership. 3 items.","letter to Lord Acton, Lee biography, \"Lee the Educator,\" \"Robert E. Lee - The Man\", \"Lee's Military Valise\", \"Robert E. Lee Unionist\", \"Robert E. Lee\", \"Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation\", 1925, 1929-1930, 1942. 13 items.","statue unveiling exercises, Columbia River historical expedition booklet. 2 items.","Civil War letters and analyses, letter protesting Virginia House of Delegates Resolution honoring Lincoln, Major Cookes' account of Lee's surrender to Grant, article defending McClellan's battle tactics. 1922, 1928, 1933. 4 items.","annual buying of American Historical Periodicals, lists of duplicate magazines, letters concerning magazine order offer declines. 9 items.","Medicare bills, forms for premium payment, handbook, insurance benefits record, Blue Cross - Blue Shield brochure, statement of coverage, doctor's bills.","Medicine: cardiology, fungistatics, colds, poison ivy. 1962, 1964-1965. 2 items.","membership materials, brochures about books and map. 1960. 18 items.","Shenandoah, National Parks, area administered by NPS, Fredericksburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, Moore House, Manassas, Petersburg, Richmond, Cape Henry, George Washington Birthplace, Cumberland Gap, Custis-Lee, Virginia State Parks. 1927, 1934, 1957-1959. 17 items.","News analysis of black demonstrations, \"The Southern Workman\", Comparison of disease rates among white and black troops, state of black colleges, Texas white primary, Atticus G. Haygood, speech of Senator Claude A. Swanson, Peabody School of Education. 1914-1916, 1919, 1922-1924, 1927, 1933-1949, 1953, 1956. 18 items.","1 item","1 item","\"Race Relations\" - \"Progress in Race Relations,\" Douglas Gordon address, letters from Commission on Interracial Cooperation, CIC pamphlets. \"Five Letters of the University Commisssion on Southern Race Relations\", \"The Racial Situation in America\", \"An Appeal to the 'Christian' People of the South,\" Slater Fund. 1920, 1926-1927. 14 items.","Manuscript of Morton family recipe book, easy cooking, peanut butter, chicken, salsify, wine, colonial dishes, famous Virginia foods. 1939, 1941, 1951, 1960, 1964, 1971. 13 items.","Records and Phonographs - operating guide for Zenith \"Space Command\" brochures for Zenith stereos, order from Record Club of America, article on Louis Moreau Gottschalk, list of compositions, catalog of Folk Music, \"Jazz from Columbia,\" \"Twentieth Century Poetry in English\", D'Oyly Carte Records. 1959, 1962, 1964-1966. 29 items.","Biography, \"Health Heroes\", \"Health: The First Objective in Education\", article on Dr. Aristides Agramonte, article on Reed. 1926, 1930, 1940.","Morton's honorary membership, proposed members, attendance rules, club members, reports and awards of Committee on Scholarships, letters of recommendation, notices of meeting, Christmas card, Christmas poems, biography of member James McCord. Charley's letter. 1956, 1962-1963, 1966-1973. 69 items.","Lindley: Eleven Years of Roosevelt, \"Roosevelt for President\", text of President's message to the 77th Congress, \"Administration Has to Be Calm About Anti-Inflation Program\", \"Roosevelt on Role in War\", memorial issue of New Republic on Roosevelt, \"The Prohibition Question\" by H.E. Fosdick. 1928, 1940-1941, 1944, 1946. 7 items.","\"47 Questions and Answers\", Medicare handbook, information on Social Security and Virginia Supplemental Retirement System, notice of benefits increase, \"Your New Health Insurance\", \"Your Social Security\". 1951-1952, 1961, 1965, 1967-1968. 8 items","Social Security of Estelle Dinwiddie Morton , cancelled checks to Internal Revenue, Household Employer's Social Security Tax Guides. 1951-1963, 1965. 36 items","Sarah Stetson publications, 2 copies, \"American Garden Books Transplanted and Native Before 1807\", \"William Hamilton and his Woodlands\", 3 copies \"The Traffic in Seeds and Plants from England's Colonies in North America\", \"The Philadelphia Sojourn of Samuel Vaughn\", \"John Mercer's Notes on Plants\", \"Andre Parmentier\" in Landscape Architecture. 1946, 1949, 1953. 9 items.","Income tax forms, hospital insurance benefits, record, income tax schedules, records of medical expenses, reports of stock dividends, utility bills, statements of bank savings, travel records, heating fuel consumption, charitable contributions, sales and royalties, drug bills, 1971-1972. 87 items.","Vehicle license form, invoices for periodicals, tax returns and instructions, contributions and deductions, savings certificate earnings, utility bills, drug bills, records of stock dividends, property and capitation tax, return of tangible personal property, fuel bills. 1970. 22 items.","Capitation tax, utility bills, real estate tax, drug bills, records of charitable contributions, medical bills, fuel bills, payment for books and periodicals, invoices. 1969. 36 items.","Income tax forms, schedules of income and retirement income credit, invoices for periodicals, appraisal of books, payment for books and periodicals, real estate tax, record of vehicle license tag. 1968. 25 items.","Supplemental schedule of income and retirement income credit, drug bills, individual income tax returns and instructions, royalities and dividends, medical bills, stock dividends, personal property and capitation tax, statement of vendors account. 1967. 47 items.","Individual income tax forms, personal property tax, record of gift of William \u0026 Mary Quarterly, records of expenses, bill for furnace repair, report of work done on research grant, Virginia agency purchase order, statements of vendors' accounts for periodicals. 1946, 1950-1962. 38 items.",", \"The Cold War Melodies\", \"The Constitution and Prohibition Enforcement\". 1842, 1929, 1940. 2 items.","Brochures from extermination companies, article on how to kill termites, article on how to kill Japanese beetles. 1934. 1948. 1951. 6 items.","Cunard Line thank you cards, guide to Switzerland, visit to Vatican Library, hotel bills souvenir of Norwegian state visit, records of expenses, Edinburgh Christmas card, itinerary, addresses of European hotels, notes from Williamsburg Travel Office. 1960-1961. 45 items.","Booklet on shade and ornamental trees, \"All Sizes of Trees Will Be Healthier if Fed Regularly,\" \"Mistletoe Planted in Trees\". 1953, 1956, 1963. 3 items.","Bulletins, membership list, Virginia Collegiate Show, list of patrons. 5 items.","Advertisement for Nature's Medicines, notice for Prohibitory Order Against Sender of Pandering Advertisement in the Malls. 1969. 1 item.","Checking deposit receipts, checking deposit slips, notification of change of address, savings account records. 1971-1972. 50 items.","Article in American Legion Weekly, notes on Washington in Williamsburg, \"Mr. Bruce on Washington\", \"Map of Washington's Travels\", \"Washington Celebration in 1932\", Washington issue of School Library Bulletin, Washington poastage stamps. \"Washington Meets New Ordeal.\" 1926-1927, 1931-1932. 11 items.","Annual reports, newsletters, letters about Medicare problem, acknowledgement of monetary gifts, Medicare Fact Sheet, WCH brochure, hospital bill and record of refund. 1963-1972. 61 items.","Historic Garden Week in Virginia, \"Presentation of the Restored East Lawn Gardens\", \"Calendar of Events and Guide to Historic Garden Week\", \"The Voyages of the Roses,\" annual report, spring flower show, sheets of Garden Club information, yearbook, membership lists, National Wildlife Federation Information. 1962-1965, 1968. 16 items.","Visitor's Guide, Chamber of Commerce information on real estate. ca. 1970. 13 items.","Historical Notes, \"The Yorktown Sesquicentenial Celebration\" 1931-1932. 2 items.","Growth, population, physical development and trade, Parson's Cause, Stamp Act. 3 items.","4 items.","Concerning Indian raids, Temple Bodley's George Rogers Clark, Echenrode's The Revolution in Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, John T. Goodrich's The Life of General Hugh Mercer, article on the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom. 1776-1788, 1928. 1 item.","From Lingley's The Transition in Virginia and Tyler's Virginia - The Federal Period, list of Virginia colonial governors. 1765-1775. 5 items.","3 items.","1 item.","David Walker's Appeal, measures to control Black people in Virginia, Nat Turner's Rebellion. 1619, 1691, 1800, 1826, 1830-1831. 2 items.","1 item.","Hampden-Sydney College, Richmond Medical College, Washington and Lee University, University of Virginia, Randolph-Macon College, notes on periodical articles on Virginia higher education.","First Great Awakening, Journal of Herbert Asbury, Second Awakening and Frontier Schisms, church organization and the rise of modern missions, religion during the 30's, 40's, and 50's, strange religions, the slavery dispute and the churches. 1 item.","Prison reform, Boston Prison Discipline Society annual reports. 1 item.","2 items.","1 item.","Theater, circuses, celebration, diversions, cock fighting, horse racing, lotteries, cards, music and dancing, singers, 1665, 1702, ca. 1850.","Steamboats built in New York City, population of the West, life of Robert Fulton, Niles Register of Steamboats, early railroads, descriptions of steamboat trips on the Mississippi, steamboats on the Great Lakes, canals, 1766-1848. 1 item.","Notes from Alice Feld Tyler's Freedom's Ferment. 1693, 1776, 1793, 1810-1855. 1 item.","Notes from Kendog's \"The Beginning of Temperance,\" temperance songs, American Temperance Union documents, speech of John H.W. Hawkins, history of temperance movement, Oklahoma votes to end prohibition, 1690, 1775-1880, 1959. 2 items.","History of Prohibition from A.M. Schlesinger \"The Rise of the City\", Hecker and Kendrick \"The United States Since 1865\", Slossom \"The Great Crusade and After\", article' \"Cobb Defines Cawn,\" \"Orphan of Bootleggers,\" booklet, \"Temperance Trumpeter,\" 1865-1934, 1948. 3 items.","Virginia Convention of 1861, Narrative of Southampton County, 'To Observe Joseph Jenkins Roberts Day,\" school committee reports, reports on industry and railroads, 'History of Emory and Henry College,\" sources in Virginia history, bibliography, Governor's Message, notes from Richond Enquirer, 1830, 1838, 1840-1841, 1850, 1861, 1865-1866, 1944, 1949. 2 items.","Notes on of Virginia officials, Virginia religion, Indians, diary of Reverend Robert Rose, Gooch Papers Act Preventing Negro Insurrection, Cal. State Papers, force tracts, notes from Robert Beverley's \"The History and Present State of Virginia\". 1607-1756. 1 item.","Journal references to notable Virginians, review of Adrienne Koch's \"Jefferson and Madison, notes on social history, notes on Reverend Robert Rose's diary, lists of useful books on Virginia history, articles \"Senate Race Getting Milder\", \"An 1808 Tour of Virginia is Delightful,\" \"Governor's message, notes on manufactureres, internal improvements. 1748-1869, 1881, 1926, 1943, 1952. 2 items.","Notes on Virginia history, message of Governor Johnson, adoption of the 1851 Constituion, Virginia agriculture, Virginia on the eve of the Civil War. 1851-1857. 1 item.","Virginia on the Eve of the Southern War for Independence.\" 1830-1860. 1 item.","The Press in the Making of Virginia, \"Ephraim McDowell,\" \"The Newspaper Press and the Civil War in West Virginis,\" \"A Confederate Catechism,\" \"The Supreme Court of the Confederacy,\" \"The Rise of the High School in Virginia,\" notes on the Reconstruction, photos of Virginia, \"The Voting Status of Negroes in Virginia,\" 1929, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1958. 1 item.","1856, 1859-1861.","Improvements and implements, organization and education, Southern dependence, products. 1850-1854, 1857. 2 items.","Documents, messages, dispatches. 1851-1858, 1860-1861. 1 item.","1856, 1860-1861. 1 item.","Schisms, new buildings. 1851, 1855, 1857, 1861. 1 item.","1850. 1 item.","John Boran bibliography, the martial spirit, secession and war, military and governmental events of the Civil War. 1850-1865. 2 items.","Proposed steamship line to Europe, exports, development of the carrying trade, Norfolk harbor commerce, dispatches, Virginia Commerce Convention, direct foreign trade. 1806, 1850-1852, 1856-1860. 1 item.","Participants, resolutions, issues, notes. 1849, 1850-1852, 1854, 1858, 1861. 1 item.","'Pistols and Coffee at Dawn for Two.\" notes. 1856, 1858, 1934. 2 items.","- 'A study of Three Virginia Colleges, Part 1 Before the Civil War - bibliography, 'Higher Education for Women Before 1860.' 1953. 2 items.","Free schools - dispatches 'Primary Education in Virginia After the Civil War - outline and bibliography, miscellaneous notes, 'Poor Relief Education', 'State Obtains Mercer Sketch.', 'Governor's Message and Annual Reports,' abstract of School Commisssioner's report. 1818-1847, 1849, 1850-1855, 1858-1859, 1901, 1957. 2 items.","1860-1861. 1 item.","Ell Thayer's scheme for immigrant aid, Rd. D. dispatches, misc. notes, letter concerning Ell Thayer. 1852, 1857, 1860, 1938. 1 item.","Lists of railroad documents, proposed railroad lines, misc. notes, abstracts of railroad documents, construction of railroad lines, frequent wrecks on railroads, Roanoke Railroad, governor's messages, Southern Railroad, telegraph, 'The Louisa Railroad.' 1849, 1851-1861, 1866. 3 items.","'Virginia State Debt and Internal Improvements, 1820-1838, James River and Kanawha company, travel on the richmond - Lynchburg canal boat packet, map of Virginia's railroads, general internal improvements, highways. 1820-1838, 1840-1848, 1851, 1859-1879. 8 items.","Baptist's divided message of Governor Joseph Johnson, bibliography on 'The Trial and Execution of John Brown.' 1852, 1857. 3 items.","'A Letter Opposing Public Hangings,' 'Two Negroes Hung For Murder in Culpeper,' public hanging, prive executions, imprisonment, changes in criminal and civil codes. 1834, 1846, 1848, 1849-1850, 1851, 1853, 1858, 1860. 1 item.","Sinking funds, taxes collected, certificates and bonds issued, Governor Johnson's message, Rd. D. dispatches on state finances. 1851-1852, 1857, 1860, 1865. 1 item.","1858. 1 item.","1856. 1 item.","1850. 1 item.","1856-1858, 1948. 2 items.","1860. 2 items.","Letter from American Historical Association about extra copies, Eubank B. Caldwell sending historical materials, list of mistakes in work. 1925. 5 items.","1854. 1 item.","1853-1857, 1861. 2 items.","Richmond Atheneaeum, notes on various papers, Virginia Sesqui-Centennial Celebration, on slavery, Philip Pendleton Cooke, Judge Beverley Tucker, John Wesley Montette, titles. 1851-1860. 1 item.","William Ballad Preston, establishment of cotton mills, petition of Central Southerns Rights Association, governor's message, cotton trade, manufacturing in Lynchburg, cloth, leather, why Southern factories fail, Old Dominion iron and Rail Works, Major Andrews family. 1850-1852, 1854, 1856, 1857, 1859-1860. 1 item.","1839-1840. 1 item.","Medical Journal, Medical Board of Examiners, Norfolk and Portsmouth fever. 1852-1853, 1855. 1 item.","Clover Hill coal pits, Commodore Stockton and quartz mining, salt mining. 1851, 1856, 1858. 1 item.","1850. 1 item.","List of Virginia newspapers, \"The South\", Edward William Johnston, John M. Daniel, \"Richmond Dispatch\". 1850-1851, 1855, 1857, 1860, 1865. 2 items.","Federal relations, slavery, resolution of New Jersey Legislature, syllabus for course 'Virginia - The Commonwealth.' 1850, 1852-1853, 1860-1861. 2 items.","Seventh Virginia Census, number of Virginians in the US, number of immigrants to Virginia, population figures from Canning,' History of the United States, 'Virginia Population and Wealth.' 1834, 1850, 1852, 1860. 5 items.","Lt. Governor Samuel Watts, Democratic politics, Johnson succeeded Floyd as governor, members of General Assembly, presidential elections, Kansas-Nebraska Bill, Governor Wise elected, nomination of John Letcher for governor, vote totals for governor and Lt. Gov., electoral vote. 1851-1860.","Eastern Lunatic Asylum, imprisonment, slave punishment by whipping. 1825, 1850-1856, 1858. 1 item.","Letters concerning the sending of railroad information, notes on Virginia internal improvement debate, notes from Sinclair's \"Development of the Locomotive Empire,\" 'Why Was Four Foot 8 1/2 Inches Adopted as the Standard Gauge,' gauge of railroads in the US. 1853-1854, 1940, 1945, 1949. 6 items.","Note on George Fitzhugh's article dealing with Virginia Act of Religious Toleration. 1859. 1 item.","1778. 1 item.","YMCA, travellers to city, description, trade, Reading and Newsroom, Richmond Directory, streets. 1850, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1860-1861. 1 item.","Nat Turner Rebellion, Slave codes, attempts to reopen the slave trade, the North and slavery, slave life and labor, free slaves and colonization, slave insurrections, slavery - general problem, fugitive slaves, slave trade, Norfolk health, 'A Long-Forgotten Student Oratim. 1847, 1850-1860, 1944. 9 items.","Train between Richmond and Amelia Court House, 'Petersburg's Racing History,' tournament lectures, libraries, fairs, Richmond Atheneum, Philanthropic Literary Society, Womens Dress, 'Knights of Old Virginia...' epidemics in Portsmouth schools. 1849, 1851-1855, 1857-1859, 1931, 1936. 1 item.","Travel to them, 'The Springs of Virginia,' notes on written sources, articles on White Sulphur Springs and sounding of Richmond Blues, descriptions, 'Heat of Virginia Spring Said Due to Pressure Deep Below Earth.' B\u0026O route from Berkley Springs, 'The Springs of Yesteryear,' 'Epistles from the Springs of Virginia.' 1850-1852, 1856-1860, 1932, 1942. 3 items.","1860. 1 item.","Letters of John H. Cocke to Joseph C. Cabell, Virginia Historical Register and Literary Yearbook, Sons of Temperance, Anti-Tobacco movement, outline of history of temperance, Richmond drunkeness, 1851-1869, 1870. 1 item.","Letter from New York Public Library concerning sources of information on John C. Underwood. 1930. 1 item.","Meetings, death of William Maxwell. 1850, 1852, 1857. 1 item.","Hugh Jones' \"Present State of Virginia\", \"Virginia Lives\", Jamestown Island, History of Henrico County, Morton's retirement, state and local history, \"The Virginia Plantations\", Charles McLean, Andrews,W.W. Abbott, Rotary International, American Association for State and Local History. 1936-1939, 1942-1944, 1953, 1955, 1958-1959, 1961-1962, 1972. 35 items.","Whitfield J. Bell, 'A Portrait of the Colonial Physician', John S. Rush, insurance, Edmund Berkeley, \"Brothers were Brothers Still Despite Civil War,\" Dr. Wright's address, Burwell family. About James Madison, Harry F. Byrd, Carl Bridenbaugh concerning Thomas Story, Parker A. Throop, Alexander A. Bruce, Kathleen Bruce. 1923, 1926, 1934-1935, 1939, 1942-1973. 82 items.","Gifts of Morton's \"Colonial Virginia\", bibliography of emigration in colonial times, J.L. Carpenter, restoration of Falkland, Lester Cappon, W.F. Craven, Kenneth Chorley, IEAHC affairs, opposition to House Bill 279, Society of American Historians, President J.A.C. Chandler, Dr. Hunter Farish, E.T. Crowson, Tappan Reeve. 1919, 1927, 1932, 1935-1936, 1941-1948, 1959-1963, 1967-1971. 56 items.","T.R. Dalton, Virginius Dabney, Edward Everett Dale, Russell B. Devine, Colgate W. Darden, Harold O. DeWitt, Richard Beale Davis, Jack Dalton, George E. Doods, F. Meredith Dietz, Jackson Davis, William E. Dodd, Charles W. Dabney - research, publications, visits, family correspondence. 1929-1931, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1942-1944, 1948, 1950-1972. 57 items.","Merrill Evans, Mrs. Frank A. Edgar, J.H. Easterby, Tommy Eiken - reminiscences, research. 4 items.","Christian F. Feest, O. Hugh Fulcher, Doris S. Finney, J.T. Flyan, Joseph B. Flowers, B. Floyd Flickinger, Hunter D. Farish, Lawrence K. Fox - writings, reminiscences, appreciation, research positions, 1944-1945, 1949-1950, 1957-1959, 1966, 1968. 11 items.","Mrs. Myrtle Hatala, Carlisle Humelsine, John S. Hopewell, Marvin Harvey, Fred A. Hetzel, Robert Tucker Hall, Philip M. Haner, Charles E. Hatch, Jr., Carlton E. Holladay, Malcolm H. Harris, Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., William Haden, Archibald Henderson, Fred Hoeing - publications, visits, research. 1941, 1947, 1949, 1951-1952, 1958, 1960-1963, 1966-1967, 1970. 24 items.","Davis D. Joyce, John M. Jennings, William Wellington Jones, Edward Claude Johnson, Journal of Southern History, W.Melville Jones, Ludwell H. Johnson III, Howard Mumford Jones, Jamestown Festival, Allen Johnson - research, publications, appreciations. 1935, 1953, 1955, 1961, 1963, 1965-1966, 1968. 13 items.","Stephen G. Kurtz, Richard W. Kilgore, Dorothy Kenyon, K. Kimura, Michael Kraus, W. Sterling King, Louis Knott Koontz, Theda Kenyon - lectures, reminiscences, family information, research, publications, gifts. 1943-1945, 1947, 1950-1951, 1964, 1967-1968, 1970-1971. 14 items.","Robert H. Land, Library Company of Philadelphia, R. K. Larson, H. Richards Livingston - appreciations invitations, requests for information, gifts, research. 1940, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1971, 1973. 11 items.","Russell R. Menard, Philip A. Magrudes, Jr., W. Warner Moss, Mrs. Jesse Miller, Walter D. Moses and Co., Robert P. Maccubbin, Allen W. Moger, Charles P. McCurdy, Jr., John F. Morton, Jr., John O. Marsh, Jr., Mrs. Joseph Mitchel, Mrs. William S. Morton, John A. Munroe, Mary Maples, Nyle H. Miller, W.S. Morton, Ludwell Montague. 30 items., 1943, 1945-1948, 1950-1955, 1959, 1961-1963, 1965, 1969-1972","Norfolk Public Library, Vernon L. Nunn, Walter R. Nelson, Nobel Prize, R.W. Nary, \"Notable American Women\", Ray F. Nichols - invitations, publications, research. 1956, 1860, 1967, 1969, 1970. 8 items.","Otis, Frank L. Owsley Ostes - historical writing, books. 1950, 1960-1961, 1963. 4 items.","Mrs. Hubert A. Quillinz; permission to use quotation. 36 items.","Mrs. Hubert A. Quillin - permission to use quotation. 1 item","The Reprint Co., Record Club, Beverley Ruffin, Reader's Digest, William M. E. Rachal, Parke Rouse, Jr., Taylor Reverley, Raven Soc, Harry W. Richards, Eric W. Rodgers, Rotary Club, Harold W. Ramsey, Carl A. Roseberg, Dr. Walter J. Rein, John Taylor Ransome, Clinton Rossiter, Hugh F. Rankin, Harry F. Richardson. 1944, 1945-1947, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1964, 1968, 1970-1971, 1973. 52 items.","A.G.S. Stephens, Clifford K. Shipton, Richard and Janet Simm, James H. Siske, Howard Scammon, Harold A. Sparks, Howard Stone, Wilbur M. Smith, Schlesinger, Richard Sias, E.G. Swem, Owen E. Suter, James A. Servies, Max Savelie, Henry Lee Swint, Charles P. Sherman, J. Carlyle Sitterson, Charles P. Shelman, Charles S. Sydnor, 1925, 1933, 1944-1945, 1947-1948, 1953, 1959-1971, 1973. 52 items.","Lawrence Towner, Edgar T. Thompson, W.A. Thompson, Richard W. Talley, Lt. - Col. C.W. Tazewell, Robert H. Tucker, William M. Tuck, \"Time\", Inc., Clayton Torrance - appreciations, social events, books, research, Virginia Biography Committee. 1931, 1945-1946, 1956-1957, 1962-1965, 1967, 1969, 1973. 12 items.","University of North Carolina Press, University Press of Virginia, University of Virginia History Club, Sharvy G. Umbeck. 1951, 1958, 1960-1964, 1970. 4 items.","Gordon C. Vliet, Virginia Historical Society, Virginia Gazette, Virginia Writers' Club, William G. Vansant, Vatican City, Dr. Walter E. Vest - acknowledgements, memberships, city council candidates, royalties, resignation, research, reminiscences, historic preservation, publishing, periodicals. 1942-1944, 1947-1948, 1956-1957, 1961-1963, 1966, 1968, 1971-1972. 28 items.","Robert C. Willis, Vianne Webb, \"Western Historical Quarterly\", William \u0026 Mary, Mrs. T.J. Wertenbaker, Louis B. Wright, Dr. William T. Watkins, Jr., Stanley B. Williams, Bill J. Wiley, Joseph C. Wolf, John Elliott Wood, James Southall Wilson, B.I. Wiley, John A. Wayland, Mrs. John Bell Williams, Suzanne Waters. 1931, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1944-1945, 1951-1954, 1958, 1960, 1963-1972. 28 items.","Lindsay Young, Conway Zinkle - acknowledgement. 1957-1958. 2 items.","Inquiry about \"Primitive Painters in America 1750-1950\", lecturer's schedule, AARFAC publications and reproductions, American Folk Art from the AARFAC. 1965-1966. 6 items.","Notes about 1802 and 1836 provisions for such.","Report of the Division of Markets of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Administration. The Commonwealth magazine. 1923, 1937. 2 items.","Outline of the early history of Agricultural societies in Virginia. 'The Origin and Place of Fairs,' 'Representative Men of Virginia Discuss the State and Its Needs.' 'The Southern Planter,' 'Self-Help Held Greatest Need in Dominant Drought Area,' 'Flue Curing Discovered,' '1948 Atlantic Exposition,' 1928, 1930, 1938, 1943, 1948. 10 items.","Peanuts, information on Virginia peanut production, origin of names for the peanuts, sources of information of the peanut, references to peanuts in Jefferson's 'Notes on the State of Virginia,' 'The Peanut.' 1925-1926. 2 items.","'Young People's Organizations in Relation to Rural Life in Virginia,' 'Preliminary Findings of the Virginia Rural Youth Survey,' 'Virginia's Rural Library Needs,' 'Rural and Urban Living Standards in Virginia,' 'Rural Depopulation in Certain Tidewater and Piedmont Areas of Virginia,' 'Governor Byrd letter. 1924, 1926-1930, 1937, 1941, 1946. 19 items.","'State Fair Adds to Virginia's Prosperity.' 2 items.","'Virginia's Economic Pattern', 'Virginia Census of Agriculture: 1925,' 'Agricultural Research Uncovers Facts for Virginia Farmers.' 1927, 1945-1946. 5 items.","'Our Art Heritage,' 'An Abstract Art in Woodcuts,' 'Old Dominion Biennial,' 'Richmond Awaits Annual Tournament of Arts,' 'Medical Silhouettes,' 'Edward V. Valentine,' 'Donald Wallier Returns Home to Capture Honors Long Due,' 'Earliest Virginia Portrait,' 'University Honors Seibel,' 'Art Studio Club Reminiscent of Carlo Rossi Studio'. 1931-1932, 1934, 1938, 1945-1946. 11 items.","'APVA Names Jamestown Committee,' 'Let Us Honor America.' 2 items.","'Atlantic University Curriculum Will Embrace Psychic Research.' 'Atlantic University,' 'Vocational Guidance at Atlantic University,' 'No Reply As Yet Received from Dr. Brown Concerning Offer of University Site.' 4 items.","The Horseless Carriage,' 'Do You Remember Virginia's First Motor-Lawn,; 'Richmond's Finances.' 2 items.","Richard E. Byrd Field,' 'Richmond's Municipal Airport is One of the Finest in the East,' 'Map Shows State Will Soon Have 56 Airports,' 'Five Airlines Expand Service in Virginia,' 1929, 1931, 1948. 3 items.","'Governor Berkeley and King Phillip's War,' Journal, letter, grievances, lists of sources, notes, 'The Declaration of the People, 'Bacon's Appeal,' 'Bacon's Account,' 'Bacon's Manifesto,' 'Laws of February 20, 1679', contemporary accounts, Blathway account, Coventry Papers. 1 item.","'State Indebted to Dr. Bagby, Who died in 1883, for Her Finest Humorous Writings.' 1 item.","State Bank Supervision and Control,' 'Must Our Banking System Be Reconstructed?\" - brochure. 2 items.","Outline, biography, addends, appendices, notes, bibliography, 1704-1743. 1 item.","'The So-called Byrd Era in a Series of Pictures of Inaugerations,' 'Governor Wins Esteem on National, State Fronts,' 1950, 1954. 2 items.","'Bring Virginia's Colonial Records Home,' Swem notes, 'Virginia Books,' references in Poole's Index, 'Virginia Library Brings Historic Letters,' 'Archives Survey,' \"The Commonwealth\", 'Virginia Bibliography', 'Swem's Index Takes Drudgery Out of History', Earl Gregg Swem... 1930, 1937-1939, 1941, 1944-1946, 1950, 1953, 1964. 18 items.","2 items.","\"Congressional Record\", \"James A. Bland, Composer of 'Carry Me Back to Old Virginia',\" letter to Mr. Wilder concerning this article. 2 items.","article in \"Alumni Gazette.\" 'Baron Botetourt,' notes, 'The Botetourt Statue,' letter concerning the making of medallion likeness of Lord Botetourt. 6 items.","2 items.","letters to and from Samuel M. Bemiss, Davis Y. Paschall, H.C. Shulz, Robert G. Dougan and others concerning the acquisition, photography and other matters dealing with the collection. 15 items.","Facsimiles of letters to Wilberforce Eames concerning research, his manuscript, the ordering of a periodical. 1896-1897, 1899. 1 item.","'For a Better Budget,' 'The Budget and Reorganization,' 'Consolidated Balance Sheet,' 'Virginia Budget System,' 'Budget Bill,' 1925, 1929, 1932, 1939. 5 items.","'Time is Ripe for Summary of Assembly Gains and Losses,' 'State Enters Year With New Hope For Future,' 'The Constitution of Virginia,' 'Governor Byrd Conducts a Revolution,' 'A Glance at the Governors of Virginia,' 'Two Houses of Virginia Assembly Virtually Wrote Inaugural Address Into Law.' 1922, 1926-1930, 1935. 28 items.","Senator and organization - 'What We Think of Senator Byrd's Machine,' 'The Passing of the Old Democratic Machine,' 'New Rumblings in the Old Dominion,' Francis P. Miller campaign materials, U.S. Senator Harry Flood Byrd Has Earned His Re-Election.' 'The Passing of the Old Democratic Machine,' 1930, 1949-1950, 1952. 8 items.","'Tyler Declares Col. Landon Carter Was Rated As Greatest Philosopher of Age.' 1 item.","Constitution and by-laws, 'Twenty Years of Progress in Old Dominion,' 'The State Chamber's First Forty Years', 1925, 1944, 1963. 3 items.","Issue of the \"Charlotte Gazette,\" \"Charlotte County Virginia: Historical Statistical and Present Attractions.\" 2 items.","'Hundreds Attend Briery Church Bicentennial, 'Cub Creek Memorial,' 'Protestant Conference Set here,' 'Archibald McRobert,' 'Forward Steps for Rural Churches,' 'Oil Philographs of Old Virginia Churches,' St. John's Church,' memorial against compulsory Bible reading. Walker's Church deed, 1926, 1928-1929, 1931, 1938, 1952, 1954-1965. 17 items.","'Virginia's Towns and Cities' - parts la-lc, 'Stauton Pioneered in Municipal Reform.' 4 items.","Review of \"Life of Robert M.T. Hunter,\" 'Where Cannon Reared in the 60's,' Frightfulness in 1861-1865,' 'Complete Diary of Civil War By Virginian Is Discovered,' 'Letter From Mr. Beverley Ross to His Wife,' 'With Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville,' 'Women of a City Turned Into a Hospital,' 1865, 1930, 1932, 1934-1935, 1942, 1954. 9 items.","The Romance and Renaissance of the William \u0026 Mary Alumni Bulletins,' 'The Future of William \u0026 Mary,' 'William \u0026 Mary Citizenship Creed,' memorial plan, 'Fifteen Years of Progress Show Phenomenal Development at William and Mary. 1920, 1922, 1924-1927, 1930, 1934. 30 items.","1920, 1925, 1928-1929, 1937, 1952-1953, 1963, 1965. 16 items.","Law School, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Science, Fine Arts, Ancient Languages, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English, History, Home Economics, Physical Education, Physics, and Sociology. 1921, 1925, 1936, 1938-1943, 1946. 19 items.","History, buildings and grounds, letters concerning the royal cannon in front of the Wren Building, article about the Rogers Family at the College, pamphlets on general College history, photos and diagrams of Wren, letter from Lawrence Towner to Dr. Morton concerning the selection of a UVA President. 1922, 1924, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1957, 1964-1965. 53 items.","The Alumni Association, The Memorial Plan, 'A Roll of Fame.' 3 items.","Letter from President Chandler asking Dr. Morton to compose a statement by the History Department for a Survey of Education in Virginia conducted by Dr. M.V. O'Shea for Virginia Governor Byrd. 2 items.","History of the department, letters from W.W. Abbot, Professor Adair's letter on oral history project, appointment of J.A. Carroll, appointment of Mr. Coger, letter to Hans Gatzke, acknowledgements of debt to CWF to Kenneth Chorley. 1933, 1939, 1943,","General plans for changes within the History Department, the curriculum requirements, the Law School, and the special collections department. 1934, 1936-1939. 8 items.","Letter about William and Mary executive organization, editorials, bylaws of Board of Visitors, 'Convocation Address,' 'President Bryan into the Office Here on October 20th,' 'John Stewart Bryan Dies of Pneumonia,' 1934, 1935, 1941, 1944, 1956. 6 items.","issue of the Alumni Gazette with an article on the faculty of the 1890s entited 'The Seven Wise Men.\" 1 item.","Pamphlets and other information regarding the College's seminar on colonial life. 16 items.","Programs from the conferring of honorary degrees to Sir Campbell Stuart and Georgia O'Keefe, report of the Honorary Degrees Committee, Report of the Curriculum Committee. 3 items.","Plans put forth for the report to the Works Committee, assigned to examine the possibility of closer co-operation between the College and the C.W.F. 1937, 1940-1941. 11 items.","Documents and letters pertaining to the resignation of President John Stewart Bryan and the activities of the Faculty Committee chosen to help the B.O.V. select a new President. 1942. 4 items.","Letter from the faculty committee on the selection of a new President to the B.O.V. approving Dr. Pomfret and opposing Dr. Morgan L. Combs, letter from Channing Hall to Dr. Morton pertaining to another letter from Arthur Schlesinger relating to Dr. Pomfret. 2 items.","Articles pertaining to President Pomfret's administration, program of President Pomfret's inauguration and a letter concerning the presentation to the College of a portrait of President Pomfret. 1942-1943, 1959. 6 items.","Reports, proposal for establishment of Ph.D. program in History Department, self-study report, report to the President, Report of the Department, plans regarding creation of a research center by the College and the C.W.F. 1943-1948, 1950, 1952-1959, 1963, 1966. 23 items.","Letters from Edward Alexander and Dr. Morton to President Pomfret concerning the possibility of creating a graduate-level curriculum in historical museum training, letter to Edward Alexander from Kenneth Cleeton concerning same, and letter to the faculty concerning the curriculum for the 1954 summer session. 1947-1948, 1953. 6 items.","Issues of the Alumni Gazettes containing information on the new Work Study Program and President Chandler. May 1950, December 1951, December 1962. 3 items.","Report of the Special Faculty Committee to investigate academic irregularities in the Physical Education Department. 1951. 1 item.","7 items.","Newspaper clippings concerning the naming of Alvin D. Chandler as President and the athletic scandal. 3 items.","Issue of the Alumni Gazette with a story on the football scandal. September.","Newspaper clippings of editorial comments, articles concerning the appointment of Dr. James Miller to replace Pomfret, Faculty Manifesto and B.O.V. activities. September 1951. 28 items.","Newspaper clippings pertaining to the selection of President Chandler, Nelson Marshall's resignation, athletic problems, et cetera, letter from President A.D. Chandler to Dr. Morton asking him to present greeting from the faculty at the former's indu","Faculty Manifesto of 1951 and complaints made against the B.O.V. 22 items.","Inauguration, letter concerning the state of the college. 13 items.","Letter from Dr. Morton (?) to \"Virginia and Robin\" pertaining to the growing opposition to President Chandler and certain acts committed by President Chandler and the administration against various faculty and students. 1 item.","Letter from Charles McCurdy to Mrs. Morton about the upcoming B.O.V. meeting and about Mr. McCurdy's attendance at that same meeting.","Letter from Charles McCurdy to James Robertson concerning Mr. McCurdy's strong disapproval of the College's future course (this copy was given to Dr. Morton by Mr. McCurdy), a newspaper clipping concerning the same.","Newspaper clippings from the A.D. Chandler era pertaining to the selection of H. Lester Hooker to the B.O.V., expansion of the curriculum, proposed investigation of the administration, and various editorials denouncing and supporting President Chandler. 1955-1957. 92 items.","Letter from Rector James Robertson to Dr. Morton and a letter from Dr. Morton to Rector Robertson pertaining to a B.O.V. luncheon, a letter from Dr. Morton to Rector Robertson inviting the B.O.V. to a faculty Advisory Council luncheon. 1957-1958. 3","Letters, articles, program of inauguration, and other materials from the Paschall area. 1959-1961, 1963, 1964, 1970-1971. 14 items.","Flat hat issue with plans for new campus, letter from President Paschall to the faculty and articles on President Paschall from \"The Commonwealth.\" 1959, 1963. 3 items.","Newspaper clippings concerning the proposed reorganization of the College and the five institutions under it. 1961. 1 item.","Faculty by-laws, pamphlet on Rules and Regulations, Board of Visitors resolution to return the School of Education to department status, B.O.V. resolution on approval of said by-laws.","College of William and Mary- letter from Ludwell Johnson to members of the History Department concerning Affirmative Action policies at the College. 1970. 2 items.","Document concerning the search for a new president and vice-president. 1970. 2 items.","13 items.","Letter from Captain R.S. Crenshaw of the U.S. Navy to Mrs. George Chenowich on the status of a number of cemeteries near the U.S. Naval Mine Depot at Yorktown, VA. \"Historical Notes\". 1932, 1934. 2 items.","Newspaper clippings, pamphlets, et cetera on the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. 1928-1940. 48 items.","Personal notes and lecutres on \"The Restored Williamsburg\" - lectures by other professors and colonial Williamsburg, Inc., letter from Wendell Stephenson to Dr. Morton asking him to contribute an article on the \"Restored Williamsburg\" to the Journal of Southern History. 114 items.","Newspaper clippings on the unveiling of a memorial portrait of John D. Rockefeller, fellowships given by the Restoration, list of fellowships from 1940-1941 and a report on the seven fellowships given 1941-1942. 1939-1942. 5 items.","Newspaper clippings on the history of Norfolk, economic growth of Hampton Roads and pamphlets printed by the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce. 1924, 1926, 1930. 6 items.","Newspaper clippings about the construction of the Matoaka Amphitheater and the production of the play, Common Glory, pamphlets on the play, an article about the new Virginia Festival of Music, and an opening night program from Common Glory. 5 items.","Morton's notes on the constitution, a copy of the Virginia constitution and a newspaper clipping on the reunion of the survivors of the state's 1901-1902 constituitonal convention. 3 items.","Newspaper clippings pertaining to the celebration of the convention and the bill of rights, copies of Congressman R. Walton Moore's speech before the House (pertaining to the celebration). 6 items.","Newspaper clippings. 3 items.","Written by E. S. H. Greene on the origns of the Congress for History Course 441. 1 item.","Article pertaining to his being honored by the University of Tennessee. January 1934.","Article pertaining to his life. 1 April 1928.","Articles pertaining to his administration and the Virginia General Assemblies of 1942, 1944. 13 March 1942. 22 March 1942, May 1942, 2 October 1942, 13 January 1946.","Article bibliography relating to the Presbyterian Church in Virginia.","References from Library of Congress, articles, paper by Elizabeth A. Bartlett. 1926, 1932, 1939, 1942, 1963.","1924, 1938-1940.","History from 1961 catalogue.","Articles, booklets pertaining to the history of the hospital.","Articles, program book.","1924, 1926, 1933, 1935, 1938-1939, 1941-1942, 1944, 1946-1947, 1949-1951.","1924, 1929, 1940, 1946, 1953.","1923, 1937, 1939","1901, 1926, 1931, 1938, 1948, 1952.","Letter, newspaper articles, guidebook.","Newspaper article, 1926-1927, State highway Commission Report, motor vehicle laws, articles. 1926-1927, 1930, 1932, 1943-1944, 1949, 1952.","Maps, pamphlets, guidebooks and newspaper articles.","Articles, newspaper articles, University of Virginia Honor Code and Explanations. 1923-1924, 1933, 1942, 1956, 1965.","Booklet, letter, 1843 Petition of Citizens of King William County. 1843, 1951, 1965.","Reports and newspaper article. 1925-1926, 1943.","Articles, pamphlets, and newspaper article.","Newspaper articles and notes regarding Jack Jouett's ride to save the Virginia Revolutionary legislature.","Newspaper articles, 1927-1928 statistics and other articles. 1928-1932, 1941.","The Southern historical opinion of the man - articles and letter.","Newspaper and magazine articles, notes, 1929, 1937-1938, 1950-1951.","1783","1783","3 maps.","Remarks and information circular.","Speech by R. Walton Moore.","Notes and letters referring to Mathews.","Article and newspaper article","Newspaper articles. 1928, 1931, 1938, 1961.","Pamphlets, articles, newspaper article. 1919, 1926-1927, 1937-1938, 1942, 1944.","Outline, timeline, bibliographies, notes.","Colonial music, Charlottesville Music Festival, music composed by Annabel Morris Buchanan. 1931-1932.","Newspaper articles.","Correspondence, invoices, order forms, lists and bibliographies regarding maps, photographs, and images for \"Colonial Virginia.\""," Correspondence and notes regarding revisions to Colonial Virginia","Awards, interviews, and correspondence regarding \"Colonial Virginia\"","Correspondence regardign the editing of \"Colonial Virginia\".","Correspondence after publication","Sale information and reviews of Colonial Virginia","Correspondence, articles, newspaper articles, reviews regarding \"Colonial Virginia\". 1960-1961, 1965.","Receipts and statements from royalties","Maps/photographs for illustrations","Correspondence and royalty receipts regarding","Reviews, correspondence, articles and publication information.","Contract, correspondence, and other information. 1961-1962, 1964.","Established 1780 on Broad Street i: newspaper article, paper, notes, photograph. 1924, 1926.","Newspaper articles, map, pamphlets, 1929, 1931, 1942-1943.","Articles, map, pamphlets, 1929, 1931, 1942-1943.","Newspaper article","Articles, newspaper articles, notes and bibliography. 1923-1924, 1926-1928, 1943-1944, 1947-1948","Article and newspaper articles. 1929-1930, 1941, 1948.","Newspaper article, articles, pamphlets. 1923, 1926","History, notes, article, newspaper article, letters. 1926, 1942, 1952-1953, 1956, 1960.","Statistics and notes","Articles, newspaper articles, reports. 1929, 1933, 1939,","History and tourism, articles, pamphlets, 1936, 1942, 1957.","Newspaper articles and pamplet.","newspaper articles, pamphlets, articles. 1926, 1935, 1938-1939, 1951","(for rewrite.)","Newspaper articles, article. 1937-1938.","History, notes, correspondence, articles, newsletters, newspaper articles, pamphlets. 1922, 1926, 1928, 1934, 1938, 1945-1946, 1948, 1954, 1965-1966.","Newspaper articles, campaign leaflets.","Newspaper articles, bulletins and souvenirs. 1928-1932, 1937.","Articles, reports, pamphlets. 1920, 1936-1937, 1939 - 1943, 1947.","Newspaper articles, articles.","Newspaper articles. 1932-1933, 1948.","Newspaper articles and booklets. 1933, 1940-1941, 1947, 1954.","Miscellaneous newspaper clippings. 1930, 1934, 1936, 1939, 1947, 1950.","Newspaper articles, magazine, notes. 1932-1933, 1948-1951, 1955-1957, 1959, 1962-1964.","1924, 1930-1931, 1942-1944, 1946, 1948, 1954.","Magazines, report, letter. 1954-1955, 1967.","Newspaper articles, articles, maps, tour books. 1926, 1930, 1934.","Article, history.","Articles.","Newspaper articles and photographs, letter, notes, program from reception for John E. Massey. 1927, 1930-1931, 1933.","1941, 1945-1946, 1948, 1951-1953, 1959, 1964","1955-1956, 1959-1960","1950, 1957, 1964","1946, 1948, 1951-1952, 1957, 1959-1960.","1947, 1949-1950, 1955-1960","1949-1950, 1956-1958","1944, 1946, 1948-1949, 1954-1956, 1958.","Newspaper articles, \"Virginia Gazette\", notes, 1776, 1926-1927, 1931-1932, 1960.","1924, 1928, 1933, 1962-1963.","1932, 1934, 1949.","1934, 1936, 1944, 1965.","1923, 1925-1926, 1928-1929, 1933, 1937, 1946.","(see also Lucian Minor) - notes, booklist (1849). n.d.","1931, 1940, 1948, 1950","1931, 1940, 1948, 1950","1924, 1927-1930, 1932-1933, 1949-1950, 1968","Fact pamphlet, pictures, bulletin on McCormick Day","Membership list, contest rules, letters, by-laws","Historical bulletin, conference pogram. 1931, 1961-1962.","Pamphlet, Drainage Basin Committee Report, water planning policy. 1925, 1937-1938. n.d.","Brief history, pamphlet","\"Commonwealth\" magazine, articles, newspaper articles, notes, guidebooks, zoning ordinances, postcards. 1921, 1924-1925,1927-1929, 1932, 1947, 1951, 1965.","Topical outline for city or county war history.","1938, 1941-1943, 1947.","Guidebooks, historical pamplet, photographs of town plan, program for sesquicentennial celebration.","1939-1940, 1943","1945, 1948-1950","1943-1946, 1950, 1954, 1959","Lecture notes, a paper about Thomas Jefferson, a test, and a reading list for courses taught by Morton.","Lecture notes, a paper about Thomas Jefferson, a test, and a reading list for courses taught by Morton.","Richard Lee Morton's copy.","Thanks Morton for his kind letter and encloses a copy of Scribner's Magazine autographed by Byrd.","Concern life in Williamsburg, Virginia, and the College of William and Mary.","Written when Morton was 10 years old.","Article about Richard Lee Morton and his time at the College of William and Mary, including two typed copies of the article. There is also an article by Ross Weeks, Jr., entitled \"Explains W\u0026M's Space Use Policies.\"","Letter, 26 March 2006, of W.W. Abbott to Margaret Cook, Manuscript Librarian,  concerning an item he sent as an addition to the Richard Morton Papers.  December 16, 1962 letter of Richard Morton to Eleana and Bell Abbott with postscript by Estelle Morton giving details about his illness and mentioning his Virginia article in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Filed at the end of collection.","Letter from Eudora Ramsay Richardson, state supervisor for Virginia for the Works Projects Administration, to Richard Lee Morton. Also includes a pamphlet entitled \"Interpreting the Virginia WPA Writers' Project: Some Likely Questions and Auggestions for Answering Them.\""," Letter of Richard Morton to Eleana and Bell Abbott with postscript by Estelle Morton giving details about his illness and mentioning his Virginia article in the Encyclopedia Britannica. [move to acquisition files: Letter, 26 March 2006, of W.W. Abbott to Margaret Cook, Manuscript Librarian,  concerning an item he sent as an addition to the Richard Morton Papers.]","Legal document granting 400 acres in the Manor of East Greenwich and the County of Kent to Benjamin Dickson. Signed by Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant governor of the Colony. August 16, 1756.","Legal document granting 397 acres in the County of Albemarle to Patrick Moreton. Signed by John, Earl of Dunmore, Lieutenant and G overnor General of the Colony of Virginia. July 5, 1774.","Rutherfoord Goodwin, Williamsburg, Virginia, to Richard L. Morton, Williamsburg, Virginia enclosing land grant to Patrick Moreton. October 29, 1940.","Probably from one of the documents.","Original family bible records from the Watkins Family, sent by Harry Watkins, Jr., of Mount Shasta California. Also includes birth records of Morton Family members. Undated letter. 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Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds, genealogical materials on the Watkins and Morton families and photographs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Series 2 includes Morton's notes and correspondence about the 1951 football scandal; clippings about the Omohundro Institute of Early American History \u0026amp; Culture; correspondence with Lyon G. Tyler and others; Board meeting minutes of the Colonial Williamsburg Advisory Committee of Historians and the OIEAHC; reports on the William and Mary Quarterly.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Series 3 includes additions to the collection, which are made on an ongoing basis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds, genealogical materials on the Watkins and Morton families and photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e28 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e9 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1882, 1918, 1956, 1967, and 1970; 9 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e44 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1918. 1931-1932, 1935-1936, 1938-1939. 37 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1925, 1970, and 1973. 5 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1950, 1953, 1956, 1960-1961, 1964-1965, 1969, and 1971-1973.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e42 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1915, 1919, 1944-1963, 1946, 1951, 1958-1960, 1965, 1965, and 1971. 31 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1938, 1949, 1962, 1967, and 1969. 30 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG.C. Wetmore, the painter of Dr. and Mrs. S.M. Shepherd, grandparent of Mrs. Morton, notes of investigative sources. 8 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1909, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1951, 1961, and 1965-1966. 22 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters, bank statements, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts ID, biographical information, other information. 1940. 1945-1948, 1952-1956, and 1968. 28 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSchool grade reports, letters to parents, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Lee Morton, college bills, passports, insurance policies, tax returns, postcards, record of her measurements. 1941-1942, 1945-1949, 1955, 1959-1960, and 1966. 89 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes his Thank-you letters. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ehonorary degree, congratulations, procession list, Magna Carta conference. 61 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes portraits, commencement, charter day, presidential dinner, honorary degree, as child, Falkland. ca. 1890, ca. 1900, 1910, 1913, 1918, 1923, 1933-1936, 1946, 1951-1953, 1954, 1958, 1959-1960, 1965, and 1968. 82 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJacob Morton receipt, bill of sale, and portrait; genealogical information on Thomas Watkins, diary of William Morton. 1846, 1849, 1850, and 1870. 10 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding service on committees, conferences, fraternities, honorary degrees, army service, scholarship fund, vita, 1896, 1916, 1918-1919, 1921, 1926-1927, 1929-1932, 1934, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1955-1959, and 1960-1967. 156 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1914-1916, 1925-1926, 1928-1929, 1937, 1945, 1953, 1959, 1963, 1965-66, and 1970. 64 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Washington, Institute of Early American History and Culture. Inauguration of President Chandler, Kiwanis Club, books, Phi Beta Kappa. 1925, 1929, 1933, 1952-1954, 1968, and 1972. 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1923, 1927-1928, and 1936-1938. 19 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items. (see also medium oversize file).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1941, 1943-1945, 1947-1951, 1958-1961, 1963, 1966, 1968, and 1972. 47 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1849, 1962, and 1963. 7 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1963, 1965-1966, and 1970. 38 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1959, 1963-1964. 30 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1930, 1934, 1940-1941, 1944, 1949-1954, and 1956-1957. 54 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearch Project suggestions, bibliography for publication era, historical records survey, manuscripts on microfilm at IEAHC. 1917, 1940, 1947, and 1957. 18 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1923, 1937, 1942, 1962-1964, and 1967. 26 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1960-1964, 1966. 25 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e94 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1946-1947, 1950-1953, 1955, 1959, 1965-1966, 1968. 40 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e46 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMortgage, settlement of estate, statement of accountability, letters from D.D. Colcock agent, disposal of stamps and books, letters from and to Estelle and husband, Lucy and husband concerning the estate, tax notice, commissioner of accounts. 1958-1961. 1963. 63 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters about changes in articles written by Morton, requests by Morton for materials to be used for articles, materials for research for articles including on education, politics, industry, race relations. 1959, 1960-1962, 1967-1972. 106 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTeacher's Handbook for film on Coonial Virginia, criticism of handbook, letters concerning Morton's materials for the film, release to school journals concerning Morton, honorarium for Morton's efforts, request for his biography. 1940-1941, 1943, 1959, 1970. 19 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCatalogues, plant orders, primer for herb growing, green life guides, articles on gardening, marigold book, rose book, lawn guide. 1954, 1969-1970. 15 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrders for garden flowers, brochures for flowers, invoices, request for bulletin about hematodes. 1954, 1963, 1966, 1968-1969. 20 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for informational about Nema-hill, and reply, nematode recommendations, booklet on Virginia garden roses, articles on gardening, information on malathion, orders for seeds. 1950, 1953, 1959, 1962-1963. 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRose advertisement, articles on gardening, picture of trellis, booklet on mulch paper, brochure of chain-linked fence, guide to rose growing, booklets on flower growing, book on colonial fences, etc. with pictures, list of slides accompanying lecture 'Wild Flowers...\" 1953, 1967-1968. 16 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA New Kind of County Government, Reorganizing the Administration of a State, \"Liberty and Law\", \"Vice President Dawes and the Senate Rules\", \"The County Manager Plan\", \"Central Administrative Control over Municipalities in the Southwest.\" . 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Morton's election as honorary member, note on meeting at Morton's home, acceptances of honorary membership by Philip A. Bruce and William G. Stanard, newspaper articles on club founding and new member. 1923-1926, 1929, 1932. 11 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHouse and office equipment booklets, article \"New Tool Aids Safe Pruning\", invoices, request for equipment, instructions for ILG fan maintainence, information on audio-visual aids, checks, information on GE boiler. 57 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHouse of the Week articles, booklets on home care, expanding your house, articles on shutters, articles on model homes, plan for hillside house, architects suggestions for home, information on log cabins. 1932, 1946, 1952, 1956, 1963-1965, 1958, 1972. 36 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHouse Plans - bathroom, hill house, Dr. and Mrs. Morton's residence, pictures of residence. 1947.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet of dogma, application for membership. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eletter to Lord Acton, Lee biography, \"Lee the Educator,\" \"Robert E. Lee - The Man\", \"Lee's Military Valise\", \"Robert E. Lee Unionist\", \"Robert E. Lee\", \"Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation\", 1925, 1929-1930, 1942. 13 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003estatue unveiling exercises, Columbia River historical expedition booklet. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCivil War letters and analyses, letter protesting Virginia House of Delegates Resolution honoring Lincoln, Major Cookes' account of Lee's surrender to Grant, article defending McClellan's battle tactics. 1922, 1928, 1933. 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eannual buying of American Historical Periodicals, lists of duplicate magazines, letters concerning magazine order offer declines. 9 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMedicare bills, forms for premium payment, handbook, insurance benefits record, Blue Cross - Blue Shield brochure, statement of coverage, doctor's bills.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMedicine: cardiology, fungistatics, colds, poison ivy. 1962, 1964-1965. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003emembership materials, brochures about books and map. 1960. 18 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShenandoah, National Parks, area administered by NPS, Fredericksburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, Moore House, Manassas, Petersburg, Richmond, Cape Henry, George Washington Birthplace, Cumberland Gap, Custis-Lee, Virginia State Parks. 1927, 1934, 1957-1959. 17 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews analysis of black demonstrations, \"The Southern Workman\", Comparison of disease rates among white and black troops, state of black colleges, Texas white primary, Atticus G. Haygood, speech of Senator Claude A. Swanson, Peabody School of Education. 1914-1916, 1919, 1922-1924, 1927, 1933-1949, 1953, 1956. 18 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Race Relations\" - \"Progress in Race Relations,\" Douglas Gordon address, letters from Commission on Interracial Cooperation, CIC pamphlets. \"Five Letters of the University Commisssion on Southern Race Relations\", \"The Racial Situation in America\", \"An Appeal to the 'Christian' People of the South,\" Slater Fund. 1920, 1926-1927. 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript of Morton family recipe book, easy cooking, peanut butter, chicken, salsify, wine, colonial dishes, famous Virginia foods. 1939, 1941, 1951, 1960, 1964, 1971. 13 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecords and Phonographs - operating guide for Zenith \"Space Command\" brochures for Zenith stereos, order from Record Club of America, article on Louis Moreau Gottschalk, list of compositions, catalog of Folk Music, \"Jazz from Columbia,\" \"Twentieth Century Poetry in English\", D'Oyly Carte Records. 1959, 1962, 1964-1966. 29 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiography, \"Health Heroes\", \"Health: The First Objective in Education\", article on Dr. Aristides Agramonte, article on Reed. 1926, 1930, 1940.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMorton's honorary membership, proposed members, attendance rules, club members, reports and awards of Committee on Scholarships, letters of recommendation, notices of meeting, Christmas card, Christmas poems, biography of member James McCord. Charley's letter. 1956, 1962-1963, 1966-1973. 69 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLindley: Eleven Years of Roosevelt, \"Roosevelt for President\", text of President's message to the 77th Congress, \"Administration Has to Be Calm About Anti-Inflation Program\", \"Roosevelt on Role in War\", memorial issue of New Republic on Roosevelt, \"The Prohibition Question\" by H.E. Fosdick. 1928, 1940-1941, 1944, 1946. 7 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"47 Questions and Answers\", Medicare handbook, information on Social Security and Virginia Supplemental Retirement System, notice of benefits increase, \"Your New Health Insurance\", \"Your Social Security\". 1951-1952, 1961, 1965, 1967-1968. 8 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSocial Security of Estelle Dinwiddie Morton , cancelled checks to Internal Revenue, Household Employer's Social Security Tax Guides. 1951-1963, 1965. 36 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSarah Stetson publications, 2 copies, \"American Garden Books Transplanted and Native Before 1807\", \"William Hamilton and his Woodlands\", 3 copies \"The Traffic in Seeds and Plants from England's Colonies in North America\", \"The Philadelphia Sojourn of Samuel Vaughn\", \"John Mercer's Notes on Plants\", \"Andre Parmentier\" in Landscape Architecture. 1946, 1949, 1953. 9 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncome tax forms, hospital insurance benefits, record, income tax schedules, records of medical expenses, reports of stock dividends, utility bills, statements of bank savings, travel records, heating fuel consumption, charitable contributions, sales and royalties, drug bills, 1971-1972. 87 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVehicle license form, invoices for periodicals, tax returns and instructions, contributions and deductions, savings certificate earnings, utility bills, drug bills, records of stock dividends, property and capitation tax, return of tangible personal property, fuel bills. 1970. 22 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapitation tax, utility bills, real estate tax, drug bills, records of charitable contributions, medical bills, fuel bills, payment for books and periodicals, invoices. 1969. 36 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncome tax forms, schedules of income and retirement income credit, invoices for periodicals, appraisal of books, payment for books and periodicals, real estate tax, record of vehicle license tag. 1968. 25 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSupplemental schedule of income and retirement income credit, drug bills, individual income tax returns and instructions, royalities and dividends, medical bills, stock dividends, personal property and capitation tax, statement of vendors account. 1967. 47 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividual income tax forms, personal property tax, record of gift of William \u0026amp; Mary Quarterly, records of expenses, bill for furnace repair, report of work done on research grant, Virginia agency purchase order, statements of vendors' accounts for periodicals. 1946, 1950-1962. 38 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e, \"The Cold War Melodies\", \"The Constitution and Prohibition Enforcement\". 1842, 1929, 1940. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrochures from extermination companies, article on how to kill termites, article on how to kill Japanese beetles. 1934. 1948. 1951. 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCunard Line thank you cards, guide to Switzerland, visit to Vatican Library, hotel bills souvenir of Norwegian state visit, records of expenses, Edinburgh Christmas card, itinerary, addresses of European hotels, notes from Williamsburg Travel Office. 1960-1961. 45 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet on shade and ornamental trees, \"All Sizes of Trees Will Be Healthier if Fed Regularly,\" \"Mistletoe Planted in Trees\". 1953, 1956, 1963. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins, membership list, Virginia Collegiate Show, list of patrons. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisement for Nature's Medicines, notice for Prohibitory Order Against Sender of Pandering Advertisement in the Malls. 1969. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChecking deposit receipts, checking deposit slips, notification of change of address, savings account records. 1971-1972. 50 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle in American Legion Weekly, notes on Washington in Williamsburg, \"Mr. Bruce on Washington\", \"Map of Washington's Travels\", \"Washington Celebration in 1932\", Washington issue of School Library Bulletin, Washington poastage stamps. \"Washington Meets New Ordeal.\" 1926-1927, 1931-1932. 11 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnual reports, newsletters, letters about Medicare problem, acknowledgement of monetary gifts, Medicare Fact Sheet, WCH brochure, hospital bill and record of refund. 1963-1972. 61 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistoric Garden Week in Virginia, \"Presentation of the Restored East Lawn Gardens\", \"Calendar of Events and Guide to Historic Garden Week\", \"The Voyages of the Roses,\" annual report, spring flower show, sheets of Garden Club information, yearbook, membership lists, National Wildlife Federation Information. 1962-1965, 1968. 16 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVisitor's Guide, Chamber of Commerce information on real estate. ca. 1970. 13 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistorical Notes, \"The Yorktown Sesquicentenial Celebration\" 1931-1932. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGrowth, population, physical development and trade, Parson's Cause, Stamp Act. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Indian raids, Temple Bodley's George Rogers Clark, Echenrode's The Revolution in Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, John T. Goodrich's The Life of General Hugh Mercer, article on the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom. 1776-1788, 1928. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom Lingley's The Transition in Virginia and Tyler's Virginia - The Federal Period, list of Virginia colonial governors. 1765-1775. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavid Walker's Appeal, measures to control Black people in Virginia, Nat Turner's Rebellion. 1619, 1691, 1800, 1826, 1830-1831. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHampden-Sydney College, Richmond Medical College, Washington and Lee University, University of Virginia, Randolph-Macon College, notes on periodical articles on Virginia higher education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst Great Awakening, Journal of Herbert Asbury, Second Awakening and Frontier Schisms, church organization and the rise of modern missions, religion during the 30's, 40's, and 50's, strange religions, the slavery dispute and the churches. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrison reform, Boston Prison Discipline Society annual reports. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheater, circuses, celebration, diversions, cock fighting, horse racing, lotteries, cards, music and dancing, singers, 1665, 1702, ca. 1850.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSteamboats built in New York City, population of the West, life of Robert Fulton, Niles Register of Steamboats, early railroads, descriptions of steamboat trips on the Mississippi, steamboats on the Great Lakes, canals, 1766-1848. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes from Alice Feld Tyler's Freedom's Ferment. 1693, 1776, 1793, 1810-1855. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes from Kendog's \"The Beginning of Temperance,\" temperance songs, American Temperance Union documents, speech of John H.W. Hawkins, history of temperance movement, Oklahoma votes to end prohibition, 1690, 1775-1880, 1959. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistory of Prohibition from A.M. Schlesinger \"The Rise of the City\", Hecker and Kendrick \"The United States Since 1865\", Slossom \"The Great Crusade and After\", article' \"Cobb Defines Cawn,\" \"Orphan of Bootleggers,\" booklet, \"Temperance Trumpeter,\" 1865-1934, 1948. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Convention of 1861, Narrative of Southampton County, 'To Observe Joseph Jenkins Roberts Day,\" school committee reports, reports on industry and railroads, 'History of Emory and Henry College,\" sources in Virginia history, bibliography, Governor's Message, notes from Richond Enquirer, 1830, 1838, 1840-1841, 1850, 1861, 1865-1866, 1944, 1949. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on of Virginia officials, Virginia religion, Indians, diary of Reverend Robert Rose, Gooch Papers Act Preventing Negro Insurrection, Cal. State Papers, force tracts, notes from Robert Beverley's \"The History and Present State of Virginia\". 1607-1756. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJournal references to notable Virginians, review of Adrienne Koch's \"Jefferson and Madison, notes on social history, notes on Reverend Robert Rose's diary, lists of useful books on Virginia history, articles \"Senate Race Getting Milder\", \"An 1808 Tour of Virginia is Delightful,\" \"Governor's message, notes on manufactureres, internal improvements. 1748-1869, 1881, 1926, 1943, 1952. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on Virginia history, message of Governor Johnson, adoption of the 1851 Constituion, Virginia agriculture, Virginia on the eve of the Civil War. 1851-1857. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia on the Eve of the Southern War for Independence.\" 1830-1860. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Press in the Making of Virginia, \"Ephraim McDowell,\" \"The Newspaper Press and the Civil War in West Virginis,\" \"A Confederate Catechism,\" \"The Supreme Court of the Confederacy,\" \"The Rise of the High School in Virginia,\" notes on the Reconstruction, photos of Virginia, \"The Voting Status of Negroes in Virginia,\" 1929, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1958. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1856, 1859-1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImprovements and implements, organization and education, Southern dependence, products. 1850-1854, 1857. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments, messages, dispatches. 1851-1858, 1860-1861. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1856, 1860-1861. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSchisms, new buildings. 1851, 1855, 1857, 1861. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1850. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Boran bibliography, the martial spirit, secession and war, military and governmental events of the Civil War. 1850-1865. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProposed steamship line to Europe, exports, development of the carrying trade, Norfolk harbor commerce, dispatches, Virginia Commerce Convention, direct foreign trade. 1806, 1850-1852, 1856-1860. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParticipants, resolutions, issues, notes. 1849, 1850-1852, 1854, 1858, 1861. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Pistols and Coffee at Dawn for Two.\" notes. 1856, 1858, 1934. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e- 'A study of Three Virginia Colleges, Part 1 Before the Civil War - bibliography, 'Higher Education for Women Before 1860.' 1953. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFree schools - dispatches 'Primary Education in Virginia After the Civil War - outline and bibliography, miscellaneous notes, 'Poor Relief Education', 'State Obtains Mercer Sketch.', 'Governor's Message and Annual Reports,' abstract of School Commisssioner's report. 1818-1847, 1849, 1850-1855, 1858-1859, 1901, 1957. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1860-1861. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEll Thayer's scheme for immigrant aid, Rd. D. dispatches, misc. notes, letter concerning Ell Thayer. 1852, 1857, 1860, 1938. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists of railroad documents, proposed railroad lines, misc. notes, abstracts of railroad documents, construction of railroad lines, frequent wrecks on railroads, Roanoke Railroad, governor's messages, Southern Railroad, telegraph, 'The Louisa Railroad.' 1849, 1851-1861, 1866. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Virginia State Debt and Internal Improvements, 1820-1838, James River and Kanawha company, travel on the richmond - Lynchburg canal boat packet, map of Virginia's railroads, general internal improvements, highways. 1820-1838, 1840-1848, 1851, 1859-1879. 8 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBaptist's divided message of Governor Joseph Johnson, bibliography on 'The Trial and Execution of John Brown.' 1852, 1857. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'A Letter Opposing Public Hangings,' 'Two Negroes Hung For Murder in Culpeper,' public hanging, prive executions, imprisonment, changes in criminal and civil codes. 1834, 1846, 1848, 1849-1850, 1851, 1853, 1858, 1860. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSinking funds, taxes collected, certificates and bonds issued, Governor Johnson's message, Rd. D. dispatches on state finances. 1851-1852, 1857, 1860, 1865. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1858. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1856. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1850. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1856-1858, 1948. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1860. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from American Historical Association about extra copies, Eubank B. Caldwell sending historical materials, list of mistakes in work. 1925. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1854. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1853-1857, 1861. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichmond Atheneaeum, notes on various papers, Virginia Sesqui-Centennial Celebration, on slavery, Philip Pendleton Cooke, Judge Beverley Tucker, John Wesley Montette, titles. 1851-1860. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Ballad Preston, establishment of cotton mills, petition of Central Southerns Rights Association, governor's message, cotton trade, manufacturing in Lynchburg, cloth, leather, why Southern factories fail, Old Dominion iron and Rail Works, Major Andrews family. 1850-1852, 1854, 1856, 1857, 1859-1860. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1839-1840. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMedical Journal, Medical Board of Examiners, Norfolk and Portsmouth fever. 1852-1853, 1855. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClover Hill coal pits, Commodore Stockton and quartz mining, salt mining. 1851, 1856, 1858. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1850. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of Virginia newspapers, \"The South\", Edward William Johnston, John M. Daniel, \"Richmond Dispatch\". 1850-1851, 1855, 1857, 1860, 1865. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFederal relations, slavery, resolution of New Jersey Legislature, syllabus for course 'Virginia - The Commonwealth.' 1850, 1852-1853, 1860-1861. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeventh Virginia Census, number of Virginians in the US, number of immigrants to Virginia, population figures from Canning,' History of the United States, 'Virginia Population and Wealth.' 1834, 1850, 1852, 1860. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLt. Governor Samuel Watts, Democratic politics, Johnson succeeded Floyd as governor, members of General Assembly, presidential elections, Kansas-Nebraska Bill, Governor Wise elected, nomination of John Letcher for governor, vote totals for governor and Lt. Gov., electoral vote. 1851-1860.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEastern Lunatic Asylum, imprisonment, slave punishment by whipping. 1825, 1850-1856, 1858. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concerning the sending of railroad information, notes on Virginia internal improvement debate, notes from Sinclair's \"Development of the Locomotive Empire,\" 'Why Was Four Foot 8 1/2 Inches Adopted as the Standard Gauge,' gauge of railroads in the US. 1853-1854, 1940, 1945, 1949. 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote on George Fitzhugh's article dealing with Virginia Act of Religious Toleration. 1859. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1778. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYMCA, travellers to city, description, trade, Reading and Newsroom, Richmond Directory, streets. 1850, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1860-1861. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNat Turner Rebellion, Slave codes, attempts to reopen the slave trade, the North and slavery, slave life and labor, free slaves and colonization, slave insurrections, slavery - general problem, fugitive slaves, slave trade, Norfolk health, 'A Long-Forgotten Student Oratim. 1847, 1850-1860, 1944. 9 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTrain between Richmond and Amelia Court House, 'Petersburg's Racing History,' tournament lectures, libraries, fairs, Richmond Atheneum, Philanthropic Literary Society, Womens Dress, 'Knights of Old Virginia...' epidemics in Portsmouth schools. 1849, 1851-1855, 1857-1859, 1931, 1936. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTravel to them, 'The Springs of Virginia,' notes on written sources, articles on White Sulphur Springs and sounding of Richmond Blues, descriptions, 'Heat of Virginia Spring Said Due to Pressure Deep Below Earth.' B\u0026amp;O route from Berkley Springs, 'The Springs of Yesteryear,' 'Epistles from the Springs of Virginia.' 1850-1852, 1856-1860, 1932, 1942. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1860. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters of John H. Cocke to Joseph C. Cabell, Virginia Historical Register and Literary Yearbook, Sons of Temperance, Anti-Tobacco movement, outline of history of temperance, Richmond drunkeness, 1851-1869, 1870. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from New York Public Library concerning sources of information on John C. Underwood. 1930. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMeetings, death of William Maxwell. 1850, 1852, 1857. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHugh Jones' \"Present State of Virginia\", \"Virginia Lives\", Jamestown Island, History of Henrico County, Morton's retirement, state and local history, \"The Virginia Plantations\", Charles McLean, Andrews,W.W. Abbott, Rotary International, American Association for State and Local History. 1936-1939, 1942-1944, 1953, 1955, 1958-1959, 1961-1962, 1972. 35 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhitfield J. Bell, 'A Portrait of the Colonial Physician', John S. Rush, insurance, Edmund Berkeley, \"Brothers were Brothers Still Despite Civil War,\" Dr. Wright's address, Burwell family. About James Madison, Harry F. Byrd, Carl Bridenbaugh concerning Thomas Story, Parker A. Throop, Alexander A. Bruce, Kathleen Bruce. 1923, 1926, 1934-1935, 1939, 1942-1973. 82 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGifts of Morton's \"Colonial Virginia\", bibliography of emigration in colonial times, J.L. Carpenter, restoration of Falkland, Lester Cappon, W.F. Craven, Kenneth Chorley, IEAHC affairs, opposition to House Bill 279, Society of American Historians, President J.A.C. Chandler, Dr. Hunter Farish, E.T. Crowson, Tappan Reeve. 1919, 1927, 1932, 1935-1936, 1941-1948, 1959-1963, 1967-1971. 56 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT.R. Dalton, Virginius Dabney, Edward Everett Dale, Russell B. Devine, Colgate W. Darden, Harold O. DeWitt, Richard Beale Davis, Jack Dalton, George E. Doods, F. Meredith Dietz, Jackson Davis, William E. Dodd, Charles W. Dabney - research, publications, visits, family correspondence. 1929-1931, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1942-1944, 1948, 1950-1972. 57 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerrill Evans, Mrs. Frank A. Edgar, J.H. Easterby, Tommy Eiken - reminiscences, research. 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChristian F. Feest, O. Hugh Fulcher, Doris S. Finney, J.T. Flyan, Joseph B. Flowers, B. Floyd Flickinger, Hunter D. Farish, Lawrence K. Fox - writings, reminiscences, appreciation, research positions, 1944-1945, 1949-1950, 1957-1959, 1966, 1968. 11 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Myrtle Hatala, Carlisle Humelsine, John S. Hopewell, Marvin Harvey, Fred A. Hetzel, Robert Tucker Hall, Philip M. Haner, Charles E. Hatch, Jr., Carlton E. Holladay, Malcolm H. Harris, Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., William Haden, Archibald Henderson, Fred Hoeing - publications, visits, research. 1941, 1947, 1949, 1951-1952, 1958, 1960-1963, 1966-1967, 1970. 24 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavis D. Joyce, John M. Jennings, William Wellington Jones, Edward Claude Johnson, Journal of Southern History, W.Melville Jones, Ludwell H. Johnson III, Howard Mumford Jones, Jamestown Festival, Allen Johnson - research, publications, appreciations. 1935, 1953, 1955, 1961, 1963, 1965-1966, 1968. 13 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStephen G. Kurtz, Richard W. Kilgore, Dorothy Kenyon, K. Kimura, Michael Kraus, W. Sterling King, Louis Knott Koontz, Theda Kenyon - lectures, reminiscences, family information, research, publications, gifts. 1943-1945, 1947, 1950-1951, 1964, 1967-1968, 1970-1971. 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Land, Library Company of Philadelphia, R. K. Larson, H. Richards Livingston - appreciations invitations, requests for information, gifts, research. 1940, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1971, 1973. 11 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRussell R. Menard, Philip A. Magrudes, Jr., W. Warner Moss, Mrs. Jesse Miller, Walter D. Moses and Co., Robert P. Maccubbin, Allen W. Moger, Charles P. McCurdy, Jr., John F. Morton, Jr., John O. Marsh, Jr., Mrs. Joseph Mitchel, Mrs. William S. Morton, John A. Munroe, Mary Maples, Nyle H. Miller, W.S. Morton, Ludwell Montague. 30 items., 1943, 1945-1948, 1950-1955, 1959, 1961-1963, 1965, 1969-1972\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNorfolk Public Library, Vernon L. Nunn, Walter R. Nelson, Nobel Prize, R.W. Nary, \"Notable American Women\", Ray F. Nichols - invitations, publications, research. 1956, 1860, 1967, 1969, 1970. 8 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOtis, Frank L. Owsley Ostes - historical writing, books. 1950, 1960-1961, 1963. 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Hubert A. Quillinz; permission to use quotation. 36 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Hubert A. Quillin - permission to use quotation. 1 item\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Reprint Co., Record Club, Beverley Ruffin, Reader's Digest, William M. E. Rachal, Parke Rouse, Jr., Taylor Reverley, Raven Soc, Harry W. Richards, Eric W. Rodgers, Rotary Club, Harold W. Ramsey, Carl A. Roseberg, Dr. Walter J. Rein, John Taylor Ransome, Clinton Rossiter, Hugh F. Rankin, Harry F. Richardson. 1944, 1945-1947, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1964, 1968, 1970-1971, 1973. 52 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.G.S. Stephens, Clifford K. Shipton, Richard and Janet Simm, James H. Siske, Howard Scammon, Harold A. Sparks, Howard Stone, Wilbur M. Smith, Schlesinger, Richard Sias, E.G. Swem, Owen E. Suter, James A. Servies, Max Savelie, Henry Lee Swint, Charles P. Sherman, J. Carlyle Sitterson, Charles P. Shelman, Charles S. Sydnor, 1925, 1933, 1944-1945, 1947-1948, 1953, 1959-1971, 1973. 52 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawrence Towner, Edgar T. Thompson, W.A. Thompson, Richard W. Talley, Lt. - Col. C.W. Tazewell, Robert H. Tucker, William M. Tuck, \"Time\", Inc., Clayton Torrance - appreciations, social events, books, research, Virginia Biography Committee. 1931, 1945-1946, 1956-1957, 1962-1965, 1967, 1969, 1973. 12 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUniversity of North Carolina Press, University Press of Virginia, University of Virginia History Club, Sharvy G. Umbeck. 1951, 1958, 1960-1964, 1970. 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGordon C. Vliet, Virginia Historical Society, Virginia Gazette, Virginia Writers' Club, William G. Vansant, Vatican City, Dr. Walter E. Vest - acknowledgements, memberships, city council candidates, royalties, resignation, research, reminiscences, historic preservation, publishing, periodicals. 1942-1944, 1947-1948, 1956-1957, 1961-1963, 1966, 1968, 1971-1972. 28 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert C. Willis, Vianne Webb, \"Western Historical Quarterly\", William \u0026amp; Mary, Mrs. T.J. Wertenbaker, Louis B. Wright, Dr. William T. Watkins, Jr., Stanley B. Williams, Bill J. Wiley, Joseph C. Wolf, John Elliott Wood, James Southall Wilson, B.I. Wiley, John A. Wayland, Mrs. John Bell Williams, Suzanne Waters. 1931, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1944-1945, 1951-1954, 1958, 1960, 1963-1972. 28 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLindsay Young, Conway Zinkle - acknowledgement. 1957-1958. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquiry about \"Primitive Painters in America 1750-1950\", lecturer's schedule, AARFAC publications and reproductions, American Folk Art from the AARFAC. 1965-1966. 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes about 1802 and 1836 provisions for such.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport of the Division of Markets of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Administration. The Commonwealth magazine. 1923, 1937. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOutline of the early history of Agricultural societies in Virginia. 'The Origin and Place of Fairs,' 'Representative Men of Virginia Discuss the State and Its Needs.' 'The Southern Planter,' 'Self-Help Held Greatest Need in Dominant Drought Area,' 'Flue Curing Discovered,' '1948 Atlantic Exposition,' 1928, 1930, 1938, 1943, 1948. 10 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeanuts, information on Virginia peanut production, origin of names for the peanuts, sources of information of the peanut, references to peanuts in Jefferson's 'Notes on the State of Virginia,' 'The Peanut.' 1925-1926. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Young People's Organizations in Relation to Rural Life in Virginia,' 'Preliminary Findings of the Virginia Rural Youth Survey,' 'Virginia's Rural Library Needs,' 'Rural and Urban Living Standards in Virginia,' 'Rural Depopulation in Certain Tidewater and Piedmont Areas of Virginia,' 'Governor Byrd letter. 1924, 1926-1930, 1937, 1941, 1946. 19 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'State Fair Adds to Virginia's Prosperity.' 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Virginia's Economic Pattern', 'Virginia Census of Agriculture: 1925,' 'Agricultural Research Uncovers Facts for Virginia Farmers.' 1927, 1945-1946. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Our Art Heritage,' 'An Abstract Art in Woodcuts,' 'Old Dominion Biennial,' 'Richmond Awaits Annual Tournament of Arts,' 'Medical Silhouettes,' 'Edward V. Valentine,' 'Donald Wallier Returns Home to Capture Honors Long Due,' 'Earliest Virginia Portrait,' 'University Honors Seibel,' 'Art Studio Club Reminiscent of Carlo Rossi Studio'. 1931-1932, 1934, 1938, 1945-1946. 11 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'APVA Names Jamestown Committee,' 'Let Us Honor America.' 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Atlantic University Curriculum Will Embrace Psychic Research.' 'Atlantic University,' 'Vocational Guidance at Atlantic University,' 'No Reply As Yet Received from Dr. Brown Concerning Offer of University Site.' 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Horseless Carriage,' 'Do You Remember Virginia's First Motor-Lawn,; 'Richmond's Finances.' 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard E. Byrd Field,' 'Richmond's Municipal Airport is One of the Finest in the East,' 'Map Shows State Will Soon Have 56 Airports,' 'Five Airlines Expand Service in Virginia,' 1929, 1931, 1948. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Governor Berkeley and King Phillip's War,' Journal, letter, grievances, lists of sources, notes, 'The Declaration of the People, 'Bacon's Appeal,' 'Bacon's Account,' 'Bacon's Manifesto,' 'Laws of February 20, 1679', contemporary accounts, Blathway account, Coventry Papers. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'State Indebted to Dr. Bagby, Who died in 1883, for Her Finest Humorous Writings.' 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState Bank Supervision and Control,' 'Must Our Banking System Be Reconstructed?\" - brochure. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOutline, biography, addends, appendices, notes, bibliography, 1704-1743. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'The So-called Byrd Era in a Series of Pictures of Inaugerations,' 'Governor Wins Esteem on National, State Fronts,' 1950, 1954. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Bring Virginia's Colonial Records Home,' Swem notes, 'Virginia Books,' references in Poole's Index, 'Virginia Library Brings Historic Letters,' 'Archives Survey,' \"The Commonwealth\", 'Virginia Bibliography', 'Swem's Index Takes Drudgery Out of History', Earl Gregg Swem... 1930, 1937-1939, 1941, 1944-1946, 1950, 1953, 1964. 18 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Congressional Record\", \"James A. Bland, Composer of 'Carry Me Back to Old Virginia',\" letter to Mr. Wilder concerning this article. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003earticle in \"Alumni Gazette.\" 'Baron Botetourt,' notes, 'The Botetourt Statue,' letter concerning the making of medallion likeness of Lord Botetourt. 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eletters to and from Samuel M. Bemiss, Davis Y. Paschall, H.C. Shulz, Robert G. Dougan and others concerning the acquisition, photography and other matters dealing with the collection. 15 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFacsimiles of letters to Wilberforce Eames concerning research, his manuscript, the ordering of a periodical. 1896-1897, 1899. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'For a Better Budget,' 'The Budget and Reorganization,' 'Consolidated Balance Sheet,' 'Virginia Budget System,' 'Budget Bill,' 1925, 1929, 1932, 1939. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Time is Ripe for Summary of Assembly Gains and Losses,' 'State Enters Year With New Hope For Future,' 'The Constitution of Virginia,' 'Governor Byrd Conducts a Revolution,' 'A Glance at the Governors of Virginia,' 'Two Houses of Virginia Assembly Virtually Wrote Inaugural Address Into Law.' 1922, 1926-1930, 1935. 28 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator and organization - 'What We Think of Senator Byrd's Machine,' 'The Passing of the Old Democratic Machine,' 'New Rumblings in the Old Dominion,' Francis P. Miller campaign materials, U.S. Senator Harry Flood Byrd Has Earned His Re-Election.' 'The Passing of the Old Democratic Machine,' 1930, 1949-1950, 1952. 8 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Tyler Declares Col. Landon Carter Was Rated As Greatest Philosopher of Age.' 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConstitution and by-laws, 'Twenty Years of Progress in Old Dominion,' 'The State Chamber's First Forty Years', 1925, 1944, 1963. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIssue of the \"Charlotte Gazette,\" \"Charlotte County Virginia: Historical Statistical and Present Attractions.\" 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Hundreds Attend Briery Church Bicentennial, 'Cub Creek Memorial,' 'Protestant Conference Set here,' 'Archibald McRobert,' 'Forward Steps for Rural Churches,' 'Oil Philographs of Old Virginia Churches,' St. John's Church,' memorial against compulsory Bible reading. Walker's Church deed, 1926, 1928-1929, 1931, 1938, 1952, 1954-1965. 17 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Virginia's Towns and Cities' - parts la-lc, 'Stauton Pioneered in Municipal Reform.' 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReview of \"Life of Robert M.T. Hunter,\" 'Where Cannon Reared in the 60's,' Frightfulness in 1861-1865,' 'Complete Diary of Civil War By Virginian Is Discovered,' 'Letter From Mr. Beverley Ross to His Wife,' 'With Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville,' 'Women of a City Turned Into a Hospital,' 1865, 1930, 1932, 1934-1935, 1942, 1954. 9 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Romance and Renaissance of the William \u0026amp; Mary Alumni Bulletins,' 'The Future of William \u0026amp; Mary,' 'William \u0026amp; Mary Citizenship Creed,' memorial plan, 'Fifteen Years of Progress Show Phenomenal Development at William and Mary. 1920, 1922, 1924-1927, 1930, 1934. 30 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1920, 1925, 1928-1929, 1937, 1952-1953, 1963, 1965. 16 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaw School, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Science, Fine Arts, Ancient Languages, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English, History, Home Economics, Physical Education, Physics, and Sociology. 1921, 1925, 1936, 1938-1943, 1946. 19 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistory, buildings and grounds, letters concerning the royal cannon in front of the Wren Building, article about the Rogers Family at the College, pamphlets on general College history, photos and diagrams of Wren, letter from Lawrence Towner to Dr. Morton concerning the selection of a UVA President. 1922, 1924, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1957, 1964-1965. 53 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Alumni Association, The Memorial Plan, 'A Roll of Fame.' 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from President Chandler asking Dr. Morton to compose a statement by the History Department for a Survey of Education in Virginia conducted by Dr. M.V. O'Shea for Virginia Governor Byrd. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistory of the department, letters from W.W. Abbot, Professor Adair's letter on oral history project, appointment of J.A. Carroll, appointment of Mr. Coger, letter to Hans Gatzke, acknowledgements of debt to CWF to Kenneth Chorley. 1933, 1939, 1943,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral plans for changes within the History Department, the curriculum requirements, the Law School, and the special collections department. 1934, 1936-1939. 8 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter about William and Mary executive organization, editorials, bylaws of Board of Visitors, 'Convocation Address,' 'President Bryan into the Office Here on October 20th,' 'John Stewart Bryan Dies of Pneumonia,' 1934, 1935, 1941, 1944, 1956. 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eissue of the Alumni Gazette with an article on the faculty of the 1890s entited 'The Seven Wise Men.\" 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePamphlets and other information regarding the College's seminar on colonial life. 16 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrograms from the conferring of honorary degrees to Sir Campbell Stuart and Georgia O'Keefe, report of the Honorary Degrees Committee, Report of the Curriculum Committee. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlans put forth for the report to the Works Committee, assigned to examine the possibility of closer co-operation between the College and the C.W.F. 1937, 1940-1941. 11 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments and letters pertaining to the resignation of President John Stewart Bryan and the activities of the Faculty Committee chosen to help the B.O.V. select a new President. 1942. 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from the faculty committee on the selection of a new President to the B.O.V. approving Dr. Pomfret and opposing Dr. Morgan L. Combs, letter from Channing Hall to Dr. Morton pertaining to another letter from Arthur Schlesinger relating to Dr. Pomfret. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles pertaining to President Pomfret's administration, program of President Pomfret's inauguration and a letter concerning the presentation to the College of a portrait of President Pomfret. 1942-1943, 1959. 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports, proposal for establishment of Ph.D. program in History Department, self-study report, report to the President, Report of the Department, plans regarding creation of a research center by the College and the C.W.F. 1943-1948, 1950, 1952-1959, 1963, 1966. 23 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Edward Alexander and Dr. Morton to President Pomfret concerning the possibility of creating a graduate-level curriculum in historical museum training, letter to Edward Alexander from Kenneth Cleeton concerning same, and letter to the faculty concerning the curriculum for the 1954 summer session. 1947-1948, 1953. 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIssues of the Alumni Gazettes containing information on the new Work Study Program and President Chandler. May 1950, December 1951, December 1962. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport of the Special Faculty Committee to investigate academic irregularities in the Physical Education Department. 1951. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings concerning the naming of Alvin D. Chandler as President and the athletic scandal. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIssue of the Alumni Gazette with a story on the football scandal. September.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings of editorial comments, articles concerning the appointment of Dr. James Miller to replace Pomfret, Faculty Manifesto and B.O.V. activities. September 1951. 28 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings pertaining to the selection of President Chandler, Nelson Marshall's resignation, athletic problems, et cetera, letter from President A.D. Chandler to Dr. Morton asking him to present greeting from the faculty at the former's indu\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFaculty Manifesto of 1951 and complaints made against the B.O.V. 22 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInauguration, letter concerning the state of the college. 13 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Dr. Morton (?) to \"Virginia and Robin\" pertaining to the growing opposition to President Chandler and certain acts committed by President Chandler and the administration against various faculty and students. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Charles McCurdy to Mrs. Morton about the upcoming B.O.V. meeting and about Mr. McCurdy's attendance at that same meeting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Charles McCurdy to James Robertson concerning Mr. McCurdy's strong disapproval of the College's future course (this copy was given to Dr. Morton by Mr. McCurdy), a newspaper clipping concerning the same.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings from the A.D. Chandler era pertaining to the selection of H. Lester Hooker to the B.O.V., expansion of the curriculum, proposed investigation of the administration, and various editorials denouncing and supporting President Chandler. 1955-1957. 92 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Rector James Robertson to Dr. Morton and a letter from Dr. Morton to Rector Robertson pertaining to a B.O.V. luncheon, a letter from Dr. Morton to Rector Robertson inviting the B.O.V. to a faculty Advisory Council luncheon. 1957-1958. 3\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, articles, program of inauguration, and other materials from the Paschall area. 1959-1961, 1963, 1964, 1970-1971. 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFlat hat issue with plans for new campus, letter from President Paschall to the faculty and articles on President Paschall from \"The Commonwealth.\" 1959, 1963. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings concerning the proposed reorganization of the College and the five institutions under it. 1961. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFaculty by-laws, pamphlet on Rules and Regulations, Board of Visitors resolution to return the School of Education to department status, B.O.V. resolution on approval of said by-laws.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCollege of William and Mary- letter from Ludwell Johnson to members of the History Department concerning Affirmative Action policies at the College. 1970. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocument concerning the search for a new president and vice-president. 1970. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Captain R.S. Crenshaw of the U.S. Navy to Mrs. George Chenowich on the status of a number of cemeteries near the U.S. Naval Mine Depot at Yorktown, VA. \"Historical Notes\". 1932, 1934. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings, pamphlets, et cetera on the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. 1928-1940. 48 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal notes and lecutres on \"The Restored Williamsburg\" - lectures by other professors and colonial Williamsburg, Inc., letter from Wendell Stephenson to Dr. Morton asking him to contribute an article on the \"Restored Williamsburg\" to the Journal of Southern History. 114 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings on the unveiling of a memorial portrait of John D. Rockefeller, fellowships given by the Restoration, list of fellowships from 1940-1941 and a report on the seven fellowships given 1941-1942. 1939-1942. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings on the history of Norfolk, economic growth of Hampton Roads and pamphlets printed by the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce. 1924, 1926, 1930. 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings about the construction of the Matoaka Amphitheater and the production of the play, Common Glory, pamphlets on the play, an article about the new Virginia Festival of Music, and an opening night program from Common Glory. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMorton's notes on the constitution, a copy of the Virginia constitution and a newspaper clipping on the reunion of the survivors of the state's 1901-1902 constituitonal convention. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings pertaining to the celebration of the convention and the bill of rights, copies of Congressman R. Walton Moore's speech before the House (pertaining to the celebration). 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten by E. S. H. Greene on the origns of the Congress for History Course 441. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle pertaining to his being honored by the University of Tennessee. January 1934.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle pertaining to his life. 1 April 1928.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles pertaining to his administration and the Virginia General Assemblies of 1942, 1944. 13 March 1942. 22 March 1942, May 1942, 2 October 1942, 13 January 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle bibliography relating to the Presbyterian Church in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReferences from Library of Congress, articles, paper by Elizabeth A. Bartlett. 1926, 1932, 1939, 1942, 1963.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1924, 1938-1940.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistory from 1961 catalogue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles, booklets pertaining to the history of the hospital.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles, program book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1924, 1926, 1933, 1935, 1938-1939, 1941-1942, 1944, 1946-1947, 1949-1951.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1924, 1929, 1940, 1946, 1953.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1923, 1937, 1939\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1901, 1926, 1931, 1938, 1948, 1952.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter, newspaper articles, guidebook.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper article, 1926-1927, State highway Commission Report, motor vehicle laws, articles. 1926-1927, 1930, 1932, 1943-1944, 1949, 1952.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaps, pamphlets, guidebooks and newspaper articles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles, newspaper articles, University of Virginia Honor Code and Explanations. 1923-1924, 1933, 1942, 1956, 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet, letter, 1843 Petition of Citizens of King William County. 1843, 1951, 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports and newspaper article. 1925-1926, 1943.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles, pamphlets, and newspaper article.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles and notes regarding Jack Jouett's ride to save the Virginia Revolutionary legislature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles, 1927-1928 statistics and other articles. 1928-1932, 1941.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Southern historical opinion of the man - articles and letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper and magazine articles, notes, 1929, 1937-1938, 1950-1951.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1783\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1783\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 maps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRemarks and information circular.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeech by R. Walton Moore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes and letters referring to Mathews.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle and newspaper article\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles. 1928, 1931, 1938, 1961.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePamphlets, articles, newspaper article. 1919, 1926-1927, 1937-1938, 1942, 1944.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOutline, timeline, bibliographies, notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonial music, Charlottesville Music Festival, music composed by Annabel Morris Buchanan. 1931-1932.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, invoices, order forms, lists and bibliographies regarding maps, photographs, and images for \"Colonial Virginia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence and notes regarding revisions to Colonial Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAwards, interviews, and correspondence regarding \"Colonial Virginia\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence regardign the editing of \"Colonial Virginia\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence after publication\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale information and reviews of Colonial Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, articles, newspaper articles, reviews regarding \"Colonial Virginia\". 1960-1961, 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts and statements from royalties\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaps/photographs for illustrations\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and royalty receipts regarding\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReviews, correspondence, articles and publication information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract, correspondence, and other information. 1961-1962, 1964.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEstablished 1780 on Broad Street i: newspaper article, paper, notes, photograph. 1924, 1926.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles, map, pamphlets, 1929, 1931, 1942-1943.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles, map, pamphlets, 1929, 1931, 1942-1943.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper article\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles, newspaper articles, notes and bibliography. 1923-1924, 1926-1928, 1943-1944, 1947-1948\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle and newspaper articles. 1929-1930, 1941, 1948.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper article, articles, pamphlets. 1923, 1926\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistory, notes, article, newspaper article, letters. 1926, 1942, 1952-1953, 1956, 1960.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatistics and notes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles, newspaper articles, reports. 1929, 1933, 1939,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistory and tourism, articles, pamphlets, 1936, 1942, 1957.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles and pamplet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003enewspaper articles, pamphlets, articles. 1926, 1935, 1938-1939, 1951\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(for rewrite.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles, article. 1937-1938.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistory, notes, correspondence, articles, newsletters, newspaper articles, pamphlets. 1922, 1926, 1928, 1934, 1938, 1945-1946, 1948, 1954, 1965-1966.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles, campaign leaflets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles, bulletins and souvenirs. 1928-1932, 1937.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles, reports, pamphlets. 1920, 1936-1937, 1939 - 1943, 1947.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles, articles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles. 1932-1933, 1948.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles and booklets. 1933, 1940-1941, 1947, 1954.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous newspaper clippings. 1930, 1934, 1936, 1939, 1947, 1950.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles, magazine, notes. 1932-1933, 1948-1951, 1955-1957, 1959, 1962-1964.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1924, 1930-1931, 1942-1944, 1946, 1948, 1954.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMagazines, report, letter. 1954-1955, 1967.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles, articles, maps, tour books. 1926, 1930, 1934.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle, history.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles and photographs, letter, notes, program from reception for John E. 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Also includes a pamphlet entitled \"Interpreting the Virginia WPA Writers' Project: Some Likely Questions and Auggestions for Answering Them.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Letter of Richard Morton to Eleana and Bell Abbott with postscript by Estelle Morton giving details about his illness and mentioning his Virginia article in the Encyclopedia Britannica. [move to acquisition files: Letter, 26 March 2006, of W.W. Abbott to Margaret Cook, Manuscript Librarian,  concerning an item he sent as an addition to the Richard Morton Papers.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal document granting 400 acres in the Manor of East Greenwich and the County of Kent to Benjamin Dickson. Signed by Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant governor of the Colony. August 16, 1756.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal document granting 397 acres in the County of Albemarle to Patrick Moreton. Signed by John, Earl of Dunmore, Lieutenant and G overnor General of the Colony of Virginia. 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Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds, genealogical materials on the Watkins and Morton families and photographs."," Series 2 includes Morton's notes and correspondence about the 1951 football scandal; clippings about the Omohundro Institute of Early American History \u0026 Culture; correspondence with Lyon G. Tyler and others; Board meeting minutes of the Colonial Williamsburg Advisory Committee of Historians and the OIEAHC; reports on the William and Mary Quarterly."," Series 3 includes additions to the collection, which are made on an ongoing basis.","Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds, genealogical materials on the Watkins and Morton families and photographs.","28 items","9 items","1 item","1882, 1918, 1956, 1967, and 1970; 9 items","44 items","1918. 1931-1932, 1935-1936, 1938-1939. 37 items","1925, 1970, and 1973. 5 items","1950, 1953, 1956, 1960-1961, 1964-1965, 1969, and 1971-1973.","18 items.","42 items.","12 items.","8 items.","1915, 1919, 1944-1963, 1946, 1951, 1958-1960, 1965, 1965, and 1971. 31 items.","1938, 1949, 1962, 1967, and 1969. 30 items.","G.C. Wetmore, the painter of Dr. and Mrs. S.M. Shepherd, grandparent of Mrs. Morton, notes of investigative sources. 8 items.","1909, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1951, 1961, and 1965-1966. 22 items.","14 items.","Includes letters, bank statements, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts ID, biographical information, other information. 1940. 1945-1948, 1952-1956, and 1968. 28 items.","School grade reports, letters to parents, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Lee Morton, college bills, passports, insurance policies, tax returns, postcards, record of her measurements. 1941-1942, 1945-1949, 1955, 1959-1960, and 1966. 89 items","Includes his Thank-you letters. 5 items.","honorary degree, congratulations, procession list, Magna Carta conference. 61 items.","3 items.","Includes portraits, commencement, charter day, presidential dinner, honorary degree, as child, Falkland. ca. 1890, ca. 1900, 1910, 1913, 1918, 1923, 1933-1936, 1946, 1951-1953, 1954, 1958, 1959-1960, 1965, and 1968. 82 items.","Jacob Morton receipt, bill of sale, and portrait; genealogical information on Thomas Watkins, diary of William Morton. 1846, 1849, 1850, and 1870. 10 items.","Including service on committees, conferences, fraternities, honorary degrees, army service, scholarship fund, vita, 1896, 1916, 1918-1919, 1921, 1926-1927, 1929-1932, 1934, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1955-1959, and 1960-1967. 156 items.","1914-1916, 1925-1926, 1928-1929, 1937, 1945, 1953, 1959, 1963, 1965-66, and 1970. 64 items.","George Washington, Institute of Early American History and Culture. Inauguration of President Chandler, Kiwanis Club, books, Phi Beta Kappa. 1925, 1929, 1933, 1952-1954, 1968, and 1972. 14 items.","1923, 1927-1928, and 1936-1938. 19 items.","3 items. (see also medium oversize file).","1941, 1943-1945, 1947-1951, 1958-1961, 1963, 1966, 1968, and 1972. 47 items.","1849, 1962, and 1963. 7 items.","1963, 1965-1966, and 1970. 38 items.","1959, 1963-1964. 30 items.","1930, 1934, 1940-1941, 1944, 1949-1954, and 1956-1957. 54 items.","Research Project suggestions, bibliography for publication era, historical records survey, manuscripts on microfilm at IEAHC. 1917, 1940, 1947, and 1957. 18 items.","1923, 1937, 1942, 1962-1964, and 1967. 26 items.","3 items.","1960-1964, 1966. 25 items.","20 items.","94 items.","1946-1947, 1950-1953, 1955, 1959, 1965-1966, 1968. 40 items.","46 items.","4 items.","3 items","6 items","Mortgage, settlement of estate, statement of accountability, letters from D.D. Colcock agent, disposal of stamps and books, letters from and to Estelle and husband, Lucy and husband concerning the estate, tax notice, commissioner of accounts. 1958-1961. 1963. 63 items.","Includes letters about changes in articles written by Morton, requests by Morton for materials to be used for articles, materials for research for articles including on education, politics, industry, race relations. 1959, 1960-1962, 1967-1972. 106 items.","Teacher's Handbook for film on Coonial Virginia, criticism of handbook, letters concerning Morton's materials for the film, release to school journals concerning Morton, honorarium for Morton's efforts, request for his biography. 1940-1941, 1943, 1959, 1970. 19 items.","Catalogues, plant orders, primer for herb growing, green life guides, articles on gardening, marigold book, rose book, lawn guide. 1954, 1969-1970. 15 items","Orders for garden flowers, brochures for flowers, invoices, request for bulletin about hematodes. 1954, 1963, 1966, 1968-1969. 20 items.","Request for informational about Nema-hill, and reply, nematode recommendations, booklet on Virginia garden roses, articles on gardening, information on malathion, orders for seeds. 1950, 1953, 1959, 1962-1963. 14 items.","Rose advertisement, articles on gardening, picture of trellis, booklet on mulch paper, brochure of chain-linked fence, guide to rose growing, booklets on flower growing, book on colonial fences, etc. with pictures, list of slides accompanying lecture 'Wild Flowers...\" 1953, 1967-1968. 16 items.","1 item","A New Kind of County Government, Reorganizing the Administration of a State, \"Liberty and Law\", \"Vice President Dawes and the Senate Rules\", \"The County Manager Plan\", \"Central Administrative Control over Municipalities in the Southwest.\" . 6 items.","Concerning Morton's election as honorary member, note on meeting at Morton's home, acceptances of honorary membership by Philip A. Bruce and William G. Stanard, newspaper articles on club founding and new member. 1923-1926, 1929, 1932. 11 items.","House and office equipment booklets, article \"New Tool Aids Safe Pruning\", invoices, request for equipment, instructions for ILG fan maintainence, information on audio-visual aids, checks, information on GE boiler. 57 items.","House of the Week articles, booklets on home care, expanding your house, articles on shutters, articles on model homes, plan for hillside house, architects suggestions for home, information on log cabins. 1932, 1946, 1952, 1956, 1963-1965, 1958, 1972. 36 items.","House Plans - bathroom, hill house, Dr. and Mrs. Morton's residence, pictures of residence. 1947.","8 photographs.","Booklet of dogma, application for membership. 3 items.","letter to Lord Acton, Lee biography, \"Lee the Educator,\" \"Robert E. Lee - The Man\", \"Lee's Military Valise\", \"Robert E. Lee Unionist\", \"Robert E. Lee\", \"Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation\", 1925, 1929-1930, 1942. 13 items.","statue unveiling exercises, Columbia River historical expedition booklet. 2 items.","Civil War letters and analyses, letter protesting Virginia House of Delegates Resolution honoring Lincoln, Major Cookes' account of Lee's surrender to Grant, article defending McClellan's battle tactics. 1922, 1928, 1933. 4 items.","annual buying of American Historical Periodicals, lists of duplicate magazines, letters concerning magazine order offer declines. 9 items.","Medicare bills, forms for premium payment, handbook, insurance benefits record, Blue Cross - Blue Shield brochure, statement of coverage, doctor's bills.","Medicine: cardiology, fungistatics, colds, poison ivy. 1962, 1964-1965. 2 items.","membership materials, brochures about books and map. 1960. 18 items.","Shenandoah, National Parks, area administered by NPS, Fredericksburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, Moore House, Manassas, Petersburg, Richmond, Cape Henry, George Washington Birthplace, Cumberland Gap, Custis-Lee, Virginia State Parks. 1927, 1934, 1957-1959. 17 items.","News analysis of black demonstrations, \"The Southern Workman\", Comparison of disease rates among white and black troops, state of black colleges, Texas white primary, Atticus G. Haygood, speech of Senator Claude A. Swanson, Peabody School of Education. 1914-1916, 1919, 1922-1924, 1927, 1933-1949, 1953, 1956. 18 items.","1 item","1 item","\"Race Relations\" - \"Progress in Race Relations,\" Douglas Gordon address, letters from Commission on Interracial Cooperation, CIC pamphlets. \"Five Letters of the University Commisssion on Southern Race Relations\", \"The Racial Situation in America\", \"An Appeal to the 'Christian' People of the South,\" Slater Fund. 1920, 1926-1927. 14 items.","Manuscript of Morton family recipe book, easy cooking, peanut butter, chicken, salsify, wine, colonial dishes, famous Virginia foods. 1939, 1941, 1951, 1960, 1964, 1971. 13 items.","Records and Phonographs - operating guide for Zenith \"Space Command\" brochures for Zenith stereos, order from Record Club of America, article on Louis Moreau Gottschalk, list of compositions, catalog of Folk Music, \"Jazz from Columbia,\" \"Twentieth Century Poetry in English\", D'Oyly Carte Records. 1959, 1962, 1964-1966. 29 items.","Biography, \"Health Heroes\", \"Health: The First Objective in Education\", article on Dr. Aristides Agramonte, article on Reed. 1926, 1930, 1940.","Morton's honorary membership, proposed members, attendance rules, club members, reports and awards of Committee on Scholarships, letters of recommendation, notices of meeting, Christmas card, Christmas poems, biography of member James McCord. Charley's letter. 1956, 1962-1963, 1966-1973. 69 items.","Lindley: Eleven Years of Roosevelt, \"Roosevelt for President\", text of President's message to the 77th Congress, \"Administration Has to Be Calm About Anti-Inflation Program\", \"Roosevelt on Role in War\", memorial issue of New Republic on Roosevelt, \"The Prohibition Question\" by H.E. Fosdick. 1928, 1940-1941, 1944, 1946. 7 items.","\"47 Questions and Answers\", Medicare handbook, information on Social Security and Virginia Supplemental Retirement System, notice of benefits increase, \"Your New Health Insurance\", \"Your Social Security\". 1951-1952, 1961, 1965, 1967-1968. 8 items","Social Security of Estelle Dinwiddie Morton , cancelled checks to Internal Revenue, Household Employer's Social Security Tax Guides. 1951-1963, 1965. 36 items","Sarah Stetson publications, 2 copies, \"American Garden Books Transplanted and Native Before 1807\", \"William Hamilton and his Woodlands\", 3 copies \"The Traffic in Seeds and Plants from England's Colonies in North America\", \"The Philadelphia Sojourn of Samuel Vaughn\", \"John Mercer's Notes on Plants\", \"Andre Parmentier\" in Landscape Architecture. 1946, 1949, 1953. 9 items.","Income tax forms, hospital insurance benefits, record, income tax schedules, records of medical expenses, reports of stock dividends, utility bills, statements of bank savings, travel records, heating fuel consumption, charitable contributions, sales and royalties, drug bills, 1971-1972. 87 items.","Vehicle license form, invoices for periodicals, tax returns and instructions, contributions and deductions, savings certificate earnings, utility bills, drug bills, records of stock dividends, property and capitation tax, return of tangible personal property, fuel bills. 1970. 22 items.","Capitation tax, utility bills, real estate tax, drug bills, records of charitable contributions, medical bills, fuel bills, payment for books and periodicals, invoices. 1969. 36 items.","Income tax forms, schedules of income and retirement income credit, invoices for periodicals, appraisal of books, payment for books and periodicals, real estate tax, record of vehicle license tag. 1968. 25 items.","Supplemental schedule of income and retirement income credit, drug bills, individual income tax returns and instructions, royalities and dividends, medical bills, stock dividends, personal property and capitation tax, statement of vendors account. 1967. 47 items.","Individual income tax forms, personal property tax, record of gift of William \u0026 Mary Quarterly, records of expenses, bill for furnace repair, report of work done on research grant, Virginia agency purchase order, statements of vendors' accounts for periodicals. 1946, 1950-1962. 38 items.",", \"The Cold War Melodies\", \"The Constitution and Prohibition Enforcement\". 1842, 1929, 1940. 2 items.","Brochures from extermination companies, article on how to kill termites, article on how to kill Japanese beetles. 1934. 1948. 1951. 6 items.","Cunard Line thank you cards, guide to Switzerland, visit to Vatican Library, hotel bills souvenir of Norwegian state visit, records of expenses, Edinburgh Christmas card, itinerary, addresses of European hotels, notes from Williamsburg Travel Office. 1960-1961. 45 items.","Booklet on shade and ornamental trees, \"All Sizes of Trees Will Be Healthier if Fed Regularly,\" \"Mistletoe Planted in Trees\". 1953, 1956, 1963. 3 items.","Bulletins, membership list, Virginia Collegiate Show, list of patrons. 5 items.","Advertisement for Nature's Medicines, notice for Prohibitory Order Against Sender of Pandering Advertisement in the Malls. 1969. 1 item.","Checking deposit receipts, checking deposit slips, notification of change of address, savings account records. 1971-1972. 50 items.","Article in American Legion Weekly, notes on Washington in Williamsburg, \"Mr. Bruce on Washington\", \"Map of Washington's Travels\", \"Washington Celebration in 1932\", Washington issue of School Library Bulletin, Washington poastage stamps. \"Washington Meets New Ordeal.\" 1926-1927, 1931-1932. 11 items.","Annual reports, newsletters, letters about Medicare problem, acknowledgement of monetary gifts, Medicare Fact Sheet, WCH brochure, hospital bill and record of refund. 1963-1972. 61 items.","Historic Garden Week in Virginia, \"Presentation of the Restored East Lawn Gardens\", \"Calendar of Events and Guide to Historic Garden Week\", \"The Voyages of the Roses,\" annual report, spring flower show, sheets of Garden Club information, yearbook, membership lists, National Wildlife Federation Information. 1962-1965, 1968. 16 items.","Visitor's Guide, Chamber of Commerce information on real estate. ca. 1970. 13 items.","Historical Notes, \"The Yorktown Sesquicentenial Celebration\" 1931-1932. 2 items.","Growth, population, physical development and trade, Parson's Cause, Stamp Act. 3 items.","4 items.","Concerning Indian raids, Temple Bodley's George Rogers Clark, Echenrode's The Revolution in Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, John T. Goodrich's The Life of General Hugh Mercer, article on the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom. 1776-1788, 1928. 1 item.","From Lingley's The Transition in Virginia and Tyler's Virginia - The Federal Period, list of Virginia colonial governors. 1765-1775. 5 items.","3 items.","1 item.","David Walker's Appeal, measures to control Black people in Virginia, Nat Turner's Rebellion. 1619, 1691, 1800, 1826, 1830-1831. 2 items.","1 item.","Hampden-Sydney College, Richmond Medical College, Washington and Lee University, University of Virginia, Randolph-Macon College, notes on periodical articles on Virginia higher education.","First Great Awakening, Journal of Herbert Asbury, Second Awakening and Frontier Schisms, church organization and the rise of modern missions, religion during the 30's, 40's, and 50's, strange religions, the slavery dispute and the churches. 1 item.","Prison reform, Boston Prison Discipline Society annual reports. 1 item.","2 items.","1 item.","Theater, circuses, celebration, diversions, cock fighting, horse racing, lotteries, cards, music and dancing, singers, 1665, 1702, ca. 1850.","Steamboats built in New York City, population of the West, life of Robert Fulton, Niles Register of Steamboats, early railroads, descriptions of steamboat trips on the Mississippi, steamboats on the Great Lakes, canals, 1766-1848. 1 item.","Notes from Alice Feld Tyler's Freedom's Ferment. 1693, 1776, 1793, 1810-1855. 1 item.","Notes from Kendog's \"The Beginning of Temperance,\" temperance songs, American Temperance Union documents, speech of John H.W. Hawkins, history of temperance movement, Oklahoma votes to end prohibition, 1690, 1775-1880, 1959. 2 items.","History of Prohibition from A.M. Schlesinger \"The Rise of the City\", Hecker and Kendrick \"The United States Since 1865\", Slossom \"The Great Crusade and After\", article' \"Cobb Defines Cawn,\" \"Orphan of Bootleggers,\" booklet, \"Temperance Trumpeter,\" 1865-1934, 1948. 3 items.","Virginia Convention of 1861, Narrative of Southampton County, 'To Observe Joseph Jenkins Roberts Day,\" school committee reports, reports on industry and railroads, 'History of Emory and Henry College,\" sources in Virginia history, bibliography, Governor's Message, notes from Richond Enquirer, 1830, 1838, 1840-1841, 1850, 1861, 1865-1866, 1944, 1949. 2 items.","Notes on of Virginia officials, Virginia religion, Indians, diary of Reverend Robert Rose, Gooch Papers Act Preventing Negro Insurrection, Cal. State Papers, force tracts, notes from Robert Beverley's \"The History and Present State of Virginia\". 1607-1756. 1 item.","Journal references to notable Virginians, review of Adrienne Koch's \"Jefferson and Madison, notes on social history, notes on Reverend Robert Rose's diary, lists of useful books on Virginia history, articles \"Senate Race Getting Milder\", \"An 1808 Tour of Virginia is Delightful,\" \"Governor's message, notes on manufactureres, internal improvements. 1748-1869, 1881, 1926, 1943, 1952. 2 items.","Notes on Virginia history, message of Governor Johnson, adoption of the 1851 Constituion, Virginia agriculture, Virginia on the eve of the Civil War. 1851-1857. 1 item.","Virginia on the Eve of the Southern War for Independence.\" 1830-1860. 1 item.","The Press in the Making of Virginia, \"Ephraim McDowell,\" \"The Newspaper Press and the Civil War in West Virginis,\" \"A Confederate Catechism,\" \"The Supreme Court of the Confederacy,\" \"The Rise of the High School in Virginia,\" notes on the Reconstruction, photos of Virginia, \"The Voting Status of Negroes in Virginia,\" 1929, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1958. 1 item.","1856, 1859-1861.","Improvements and implements, organization and education, Southern dependence, products. 1850-1854, 1857. 2 items.","Documents, messages, dispatches. 1851-1858, 1860-1861. 1 item.","1856, 1860-1861. 1 item.","Schisms, new buildings. 1851, 1855, 1857, 1861. 1 item.","1850. 1 item.","John Boran bibliography, the martial spirit, secession and war, military and governmental events of the Civil War. 1850-1865. 2 items.","Proposed steamship line to Europe, exports, development of the carrying trade, Norfolk harbor commerce, dispatches, Virginia Commerce Convention, direct foreign trade. 1806, 1850-1852, 1856-1860. 1 item.","Participants, resolutions, issues, notes. 1849, 1850-1852, 1854, 1858, 1861. 1 item.","'Pistols and Coffee at Dawn for Two.\" notes. 1856, 1858, 1934. 2 items.","- 'A study of Three Virginia Colleges, Part 1 Before the Civil War - bibliography, 'Higher Education for Women Before 1860.' 1953. 2 items.","Free schools - dispatches 'Primary Education in Virginia After the Civil War - outline and bibliography, miscellaneous notes, 'Poor Relief Education', 'State Obtains Mercer Sketch.', 'Governor's Message and Annual Reports,' abstract of School Commisssioner's report. 1818-1847, 1849, 1850-1855, 1858-1859, 1901, 1957. 2 items.","1860-1861. 1 item.","Ell Thayer's scheme for immigrant aid, Rd. D. dispatches, misc. notes, letter concerning Ell Thayer. 1852, 1857, 1860, 1938. 1 item.","Lists of railroad documents, proposed railroad lines, misc. notes, abstracts of railroad documents, construction of railroad lines, frequent wrecks on railroads, Roanoke Railroad, governor's messages, Southern Railroad, telegraph, 'The Louisa Railroad.' 1849, 1851-1861, 1866. 3 items.","'Virginia State Debt and Internal Improvements, 1820-1838, James River and Kanawha company, travel on the richmond - Lynchburg canal boat packet, map of Virginia's railroads, general internal improvements, highways. 1820-1838, 1840-1848, 1851, 1859-1879. 8 items.","Baptist's divided message of Governor Joseph Johnson, bibliography on 'The Trial and Execution of John Brown.' 1852, 1857. 3 items.","'A Letter Opposing Public Hangings,' 'Two Negroes Hung For Murder in Culpeper,' public hanging, prive executions, imprisonment, changes in criminal and civil codes. 1834, 1846, 1848, 1849-1850, 1851, 1853, 1858, 1860. 1 item.","Sinking funds, taxes collected, certificates and bonds issued, Governor Johnson's message, Rd. D. dispatches on state finances. 1851-1852, 1857, 1860, 1865. 1 item.","1858. 1 item.","1856. 1 item.","1850. 1 item.","1856-1858, 1948. 2 items.","1860. 2 items.","Letter from American Historical Association about extra copies, Eubank B. Caldwell sending historical materials, list of mistakes in work. 1925. 5 items.","1854. 1 item.","1853-1857, 1861. 2 items.","Richmond Atheneaeum, notes on various papers, Virginia Sesqui-Centennial Celebration, on slavery, Philip Pendleton Cooke, Judge Beverley Tucker, John Wesley Montette, titles. 1851-1860. 1 item.","William Ballad Preston, establishment of cotton mills, petition of Central Southerns Rights Association, governor's message, cotton trade, manufacturing in Lynchburg, cloth, leather, why Southern factories fail, Old Dominion iron and Rail Works, Major Andrews family. 1850-1852, 1854, 1856, 1857, 1859-1860. 1 item.","1839-1840. 1 item.","Medical Journal, Medical Board of Examiners, Norfolk and Portsmouth fever. 1852-1853, 1855. 1 item.","Clover Hill coal pits, Commodore Stockton and quartz mining, salt mining. 1851, 1856, 1858. 1 item.","1850. 1 item.","List of Virginia newspapers, \"The South\", Edward William Johnston, John M. Daniel, \"Richmond Dispatch\". 1850-1851, 1855, 1857, 1860, 1865. 2 items.","Federal relations, slavery, resolution of New Jersey Legislature, syllabus for course 'Virginia - The Commonwealth.' 1850, 1852-1853, 1860-1861. 2 items.","Seventh Virginia Census, number of Virginians in the US, number of immigrants to Virginia, population figures from Canning,' History of the United States, 'Virginia Population and Wealth.' 1834, 1850, 1852, 1860. 5 items.","Lt. Governor Samuel Watts, Democratic politics, Johnson succeeded Floyd as governor, members of General Assembly, presidential elections, Kansas-Nebraska Bill, Governor Wise elected, nomination of John Letcher for governor, vote totals for governor and Lt. Gov., electoral vote. 1851-1860.","Eastern Lunatic Asylum, imprisonment, slave punishment by whipping. 1825, 1850-1856, 1858. 1 item.","Letters concerning the sending of railroad information, notes on Virginia internal improvement debate, notes from Sinclair's \"Development of the Locomotive Empire,\" 'Why Was Four Foot 8 1/2 Inches Adopted as the Standard Gauge,' gauge of railroads in the US. 1853-1854, 1940, 1945, 1949. 6 items.","Note on George Fitzhugh's article dealing with Virginia Act of Religious Toleration. 1859. 1 item.","1778. 1 item.","YMCA, travellers to city, description, trade, Reading and Newsroom, Richmond Directory, streets. 1850, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1860-1861. 1 item.","Nat Turner Rebellion, Slave codes, attempts to reopen the slave trade, the North and slavery, slave life and labor, free slaves and colonization, slave insurrections, slavery - general problem, fugitive slaves, slave trade, Norfolk health, 'A Long-Forgotten Student Oratim. 1847, 1850-1860, 1944. 9 items.","Train between Richmond and Amelia Court House, 'Petersburg's Racing History,' tournament lectures, libraries, fairs, Richmond Atheneum, Philanthropic Literary Society, Womens Dress, 'Knights of Old Virginia...' epidemics in Portsmouth schools. 1849, 1851-1855, 1857-1859, 1931, 1936. 1 item.","Travel to them, 'The Springs of Virginia,' notes on written sources, articles on White Sulphur Springs and sounding of Richmond Blues, descriptions, 'Heat of Virginia Spring Said Due to Pressure Deep Below Earth.' B\u0026O route from Berkley Springs, 'The Springs of Yesteryear,' 'Epistles from the Springs of Virginia.' 1850-1852, 1856-1860, 1932, 1942. 3 items.","1860. 1 item.","Letters of John H. Cocke to Joseph C. Cabell, Virginia Historical Register and Literary Yearbook, Sons of Temperance, Anti-Tobacco movement, outline of history of temperance, Richmond drunkeness, 1851-1869, 1870. 1 item.","Letter from New York Public Library concerning sources of information on John C. Underwood. 1930. 1 item.","Meetings, death of William Maxwell. 1850, 1852, 1857. 1 item.","Hugh Jones' \"Present State of Virginia\", \"Virginia Lives\", Jamestown Island, History of Henrico County, Morton's retirement, state and local history, \"The Virginia Plantations\", Charles McLean, Andrews,W.W. Abbott, Rotary International, American Association for State and Local History. 1936-1939, 1942-1944, 1953, 1955, 1958-1959, 1961-1962, 1972. 35 items.","Whitfield J. Bell, 'A Portrait of the Colonial Physician', John S. Rush, insurance, Edmund Berkeley, \"Brothers were Brothers Still Despite Civil War,\" Dr. Wright's address, Burwell family. About James Madison, Harry F. Byrd, Carl Bridenbaugh concerning Thomas Story, Parker A. Throop, Alexander A. Bruce, Kathleen Bruce. 1923, 1926, 1934-1935, 1939, 1942-1973. 82 items.","Gifts of Morton's \"Colonial Virginia\", bibliography of emigration in colonial times, J.L. Carpenter, restoration of Falkland, Lester Cappon, W.F. Craven, Kenneth Chorley, IEAHC affairs, opposition to House Bill 279, Society of American Historians, President J.A.C. Chandler, Dr. Hunter Farish, E.T. Crowson, Tappan Reeve. 1919, 1927, 1932, 1935-1936, 1941-1948, 1959-1963, 1967-1971. 56 items.","T.R. Dalton, Virginius Dabney, Edward Everett Dale, Russell B. Devine, Colgate W. Darden, Harold O. DeWitt, Richard Beale Davis, Jack Dalton, George E. Doods, F. Meredith Dietz, Jackson Davis, William E. Dodd, Charles W. Dabney - research, publications, visits, family correspondence. 1929-1931, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1942-1944, 1948, 1950-1972. 57 items.","Merrill Evans, Mrs. Frank A. Edgar, J.H. Easterby, Tommy Eiken - reminiscences, research. 4 items.","Christian F. Feest, O. Hugh Fulcher, Doris S. Finney, J.T. Flyan, Joseph B. Flowers, B. Floyd Flickinger, Hunter D. Farish, Lawrence K. Fox - writings, reminiscences, appreciation, research positions, 1944-1945, 1949-1950, 1957-1959, 1966, 1968. 11 items.","Mrs. Myrtle Hatala, Carlisle Humelsine, John S. Hopewell, Marvin Harvey, Fred A. Hetzel, Robert Tucker Hall, Philip M. Haner, Charles E. Hatch, Jr., Carlton E. Holladay, Malcolm H. Harris, Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., William Haden, Archibald Henderson, Fred Hoeing - publications, visits, research. 1941, 1947, 1949, 1951-1952, 1958, 1960-1963, 1966-1967, 1970. 24 items.","Davis D. Joyce, John M. Jennings, William Wellington Jones, Edward Claude Johnson, Journal of Southern History, W.Melville Jones, Ludwell H. Johnson III, Howard Mumford Jones, Jamestown Festival, Allen Johnson - research, publications, appreciations. 1935, 1953, 1955, 1961, 1963, 1965-1966, 1968. 13 items.","Stephen G. Kurtz, Richard W. Kilgore, Dorothy Kenyon, K. Kimura, Michael Kraus, W. Sterling King, Louis Knott Koontz, Theda Kenyon - lectures, reminiscences, family information, research, publications, gifts. 1943-1945, 1947, 1950-1951, 1964, 1967-1968, 1970-1971. 14 items.","Robert H. Land, Library Company of Philadelphia, R. K. Larson, H. Richards Livingston - appreciations invitations, requests for information, gifts, research. 1940, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1971, 1973. 11 items.","Russell R. Menard, Philip A. Magrudes, Jr., W. Warner Moss, Mrs. Jesse Miller, Walter D. Moses and Co., Robert P. Maccubbin, Allen W. Moger, Charles P. McCurdy, Jr., John F. Morton, Jr., John O. Marsh, Jr., Mrs. Joseph Mitchel, Mrs. William S. Morton, John A. Munroe, Mary Maples, Nyle H. Miller, W.S. Morton, Ludwell Montague. 30 items., 1943, 1945-1948, 1950-1955, 1959, 1961-1963, 1965, 1969-1972","Norfolk Public Library, Vernon L. Nunn, Walter R. Nelson, Nobel Prize, R.W. Nary, \"Notable American Women\", Ray F. Nichols - invitations, publications, research. 1956, 1860, 1967, 1969, 1970. 8 items.","Otis, Frank L. Owsley Ostes - historical writing, books. 1950, 1960-1961, 1963. 4 items.","Mrs. Hubert A. Quillinz; permission to use quotation. 36 items.","Mrs. Hubert A. Quillin - permission to use quotation. 1 item","The Reprint Co., Record Club, Beverley Ruffin, Reader's Digest, William M. E. Rachal, Parke Rouse, Jr., Taylor Reverley, Raven Soc, Harry W. Richards, Eric W. Rodgers, Rotary Club, Harold W. Ramsey, Carl A. Roseberg, Dr. Walter J. Rein, John Taylor Ransome, Clinton Rossiter, Hugh F. Rankin, Harry F. Richardson. 1944, 1945-1947, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1964, 1968, 1970-1971, 1973. 52 items.","A.G.S. Stephens, Clifford K. Shipton, Richard and Janet Simm, James H. Siske, Howard Scammon, Harold A. Sparks, Howard Stone, Wilbur M. Smith, Schlesinger, Richard Sias, E.G. Swem, Owen E. Suter, James A. Servies, Max Savelie, Henry Lee Swint, Charles P. Sherman, J. Carlyle Sitterson, Charles P. Shelman, Charles S. Sydnor, 1925, 1933, 1944-1945, 1947-1948, 1953, 1959-1971, 1973. 52 items.","Lawrence Towner, Edgar T. Thompson, W.A. Thompson, Richard W. Talley, Lt. - Col. C.W. Tazewell, Robert H. Tucker, William M. Tuck, \"Time\", Inc., Clayton Torrance - appreciations, social events, books, research, Virginia Biography Committee. 1931, 1945-1946, 1956-1957, 1962-1965, 1967, 1969, 1973. 12 items.","University of North Carolina Press, University Press of Virginia, University of Virginia History Club, Sharvy G. Umbeck. 1951, 1958, 1960-1964, 1970. 4 items.","Gordon C. Vliet, Virginia Historical Society, Virginia Gazette, Virginia Writers' Club, William G. Vansant, Vatican City, Dr. Walter E. Vest - acknowledgements, memberships, city council candidates, royalties, resignation, research, reminiscences, historic preservation, publishing, periodicals. 1942-1944, 1947-1948, 1956-1957, 1961-1963, 1966, 1968, 1971-1972. 28 items.","Robert C. Willis, Vianne Webb, \"Western Historical Quarterly\", William \u0026 Mary, Mrs. T.J. Wertenbaker, Louis B. Wright, Dr. William T. Watkins, Jr., Stanley B. Williams, Bill J. Wiley, Joseph C. Wolf, John Elliott Wood, James Southall Wilson, B.I. Wiley, John A. Wayland, Mrs. John Bell Williams, Suzanne Waters. 1931, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1944-1945, 1951-1954, 1958, 1960, 1963-1972. 28 items.","Lindsay Young, Conway Zinkle - acknowledgement. 1957-1958. 2 items.","Inquiry about \"Primitive Painters in America 1750-1950\", lecturer's schedule, AARFAC publications and reproductions, American Folk Art from the AARFAC. 1965-1966. 6 items.","Notes about 1802 and 1836 provisions for such.","Report of the Division of Markets of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Administration. The Commonwealth magazine. 1923, 1937. 2 items.","Outline of the early history of Agricultural societies in Virginia. 'The Origin and Place of Fairs,' 'Representative Men of Virginia Discuss the State and Its Needs.' 'The Southern Planter,' 'Self-Help Held Greatest Need in Dominant Drought Area,' 'Flue Curing Discovered,' '1948 Atlantic Exposition,' 1928, 1930, 1938, 1943, 1948. 10 items.","Peanuts, information on Virginia peanut production, origin of names for the peanuts, sources of information of the peanut, references to peanuts in Jefferson's 'Notes on the State of Virginia,' 'The Peanut.' 1925-1926. 2 items.","'Young People's Organizations in Relation to Rural Life in Virginia,' 'Preliminary Findings of the Virginia Rural Youth Survey,' 'Virginia's Rural Library Needs,' 'Rural and Urban Living Standards in Virginia,' 'Rural Depopulation in Certain Tidewater and Piedmont Areas of Virginia,' 'Governor Byrd letter. 1924, 1926-1930, 1937, 1941, 1946. 19 items.","'State Fair Adds to Virginia's Prosperity.' 2 items.","'Virginia's Economic Pattern', 'Virginia Census of Agriculture: 1925,' 'Agricultural Research Uncovers Facts for Virginia Farmers.' 1927, 1945-1946. 5 items.","'Our Art Heritage,' 'An Abstract Art in Woodcuts,' 'Old Dominion Biennial,' 'Richmond Awaits Annual Tournament of Arts,' 'Medical Silhouettes,' 'Edward V. Valentine,' 'Donald Wallier Returns Home to Capture Honors Long Due,' 'Earliest Virginia Portrait,' 'University Honors Seibel,' 'Art Studio Club Reminiscent of Carlo Rossi Studio'. 1931-1932, 1934, 1938, 1945-1946. 11 items.","'APVA Names Jamestown Committee,' 'Let Us Honor America.' 2 items.","'Atlantic University Curriculum Will Embrace Psychic Research.' 'Atlantic University,' 'Vocational Guidance at Atlantic University,' 'No Reply As Yet Received from Dr. Brown Concerning Offer of University Site.' 4 items.","The Horseless Carriage,' 'Do You Remember Virginia's First Motor-Lawn,; 'Richmond's Finances.' 2 items.","Richard E. Byrd Field,' 'Richmond's Municipal Airport is One of the Finest in the East,' 'Map Shows State Will Soon Have 56 Airports,' 'Five Airlines Expand Service in Virginia,' 1929, 1931, 1948. 3 items.","'Governor Berkeley and King Phillip's War,' Journal, letter, grievances, lists of sources, notes, 'The Declaration of the People, 'Bacon's Appeal,' 'Bacon's Account,' 'Bacon's Manifesto,' 'Laws of February 20, 1679', contemporary accounts, Blathway account, Coventry Papers. 1 item.","'State Indebted to Dr. Bagby, Who died in 1883, for Her Finest Humorous Writings.' 1 item.","State Bank Supervision and Control,' 'Must Our Banking System Be Reconstructed?\" - brochure. 2 items.","Outline, biography, addends, appendices, notes, bibliography, 1704-1743. 1 item.","'The So-called Byrd Era in a Series of Pictures of Inaugerations,' 'Governor Wins Esteem on National, State Fronts,' 1950, 1954. 2 items.","'Bring Virginia's Colonial Records Home,' Swem notes, 'Virginia Books,' references in Poole's Index, 'Virginia Library Brings Historic Letters,' 'Archives Survey,' \"The Commonwealth\", 'Virginia Bibliography', 'Swem's Index Takes Drudgery Out of History', Earl Gregg Swem... 1930, 1937-1939, 1941, 1944-1946, 1950, 1953, 1964. 18 items.","2 items.","\"Congressional Record\", \"James A. Bland, Composer of 'Carry Me Back to Old Virginia',\" letter to Mr. Wilder concerning this article. 2 items.","article in \"Alumni Gazette.\" 'Baron Botetourt,' notes, 'The Botetourt Statue,' letter concerning the making of medallion likeness of Lord Botetourt. 6 items.","2 items.","letters to and from Samuel M. Bemiss, Davis Y. Paschall, H.C. Shulz, Robert G. Dougan and others concerning the acquisition, photography and other matters dealing with the collection. 15 items.","Facsimiles of letters to Wilberforce Eames concerning research, his manuscript, the ordering of a periodical. 1896-1897, 1899. 1 item.","'For a Better Budget,' 'The Budget and Reorganization,' 'Consolidated Balance Sheet,' 'Virginia Budget System,' 'Budget Bill,' 1925, 1929, 1932, 1939. 5 items.","'Time is Ripe for Summary of Assembly Gains and Losses,' 'State Enters Year With New Hope For Future,' 'The Constitution of Virginia,' 'Governor Byrd Conducts a Revolution,' 'A Glance at the Governors of Virginia,' 'Two Houses of Virginia Assembly Virtually Wrote Inaugural Address Into Law.' 1922, 1926-1930, 1935. 28 items.","Senator and organization - 'What We Think of Senator Byrd's Machine,' 'The Passing of the Old Democratic Machine,' 'New Rumblings in the Old Dominion,' Francis P. Miller campaign materials, U.S. Senator Harry Flood Byrd Has Earned His Re-Election.' 'The Passing of the Old Democratic Machine,' 1930, 1949-1950, 1952. 8 items.","'Tyler Declares Col. Landon Carter Was Rated As Greatest Philosopher of Age.' 1 item.","Constitution and by-laws, 'Twenty Years of Progress in Old Dominion,' 'The State Chamber's First Forty Years', 1925, 1944, 1963. 3 items.","Issue of the \"Charlotte Gazette,\" \"Charlotte County Virginia: Historical Statistical and Present Attractions.\" 2 items.","'Hundreds Attend Briery Church Bicentennial, 'Cub Creek Memorial,' 'Protestant Conference Set here,' 'Archibald McRobert,' 'Forward Steps for Rural Churches,' 'Oil Philographs of Old Virginia Churches,' St. John's Church,' memorial against compulsory Bible reading. Walker's Church deed, 1926, 1928-1929, 1931, 1938, 1952, 1954-1965. 17 items.","'Virginia's Towns and Cities' - parts la-lc, 'Stauton Pioneered in Municipal Reform.' 4 items.","Review of \"Life of Robert M.T. Hunter,\" 'Where Cannon Reared in the 60's,' Frightfulness in 1861-1865,' 'Complete Diary of Civil War By Virginian Is Discovered,' 'Letter From Mr. Beverley Ross to His Wife,' 'With Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville,' 'Women of a City Turned Into a Hospital,' 1865, 1930, 1932, 1934-1935, 1942, 1954. 9 items.","The Romance and Renaissance of the William \u0026 Mary Alumni Bulletins,' 'The Future of William \u0026 Mary,' 'William \u0026 Mary Citizenship Creed,' memorial plan, 'Fifteen Years of Progress Show Phenomenal Development at William and Mary. 1920, 1922, 1924-1927, 1930, 1934. 30 items.","1920, 1925, 1928-1929, 1937, 1952-1953, 1963, 1965. 16 items.","Law School, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Science, Fine Arts, Ancient Languages, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English, History, Home Economics, Physical Education, Physics, and Sociology. 1921, 1925, 1936, 1938-1943, 1946. 19 items.","History, buildings and grounds, letters concerning the royal cannon in front of the Wren Building, article about the Rogers Family at the College, pamphlets on general College history, photos and diagrams of Wren, letter from Lawrence Towner to Dr. Morton concerning the selection of a UVA President. 1922, 1924, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1957, 1964-1965. 53 items.","The Alumni Association, The Memorial Plan, 'A Roll of Fame.' 3 items.","Letter from President Chandler asking Dr. Morton to compose a statement by the History Department for a Survey of Education in Virginia conducted by Dr. M.V. O'Shea for Virginia Governor Byrd. 2 items.","History of the department, letters from W.W. Abbot, Professor Adair's letter on oral history project, appointment of J.A. Carroll, appointment of Mr. Coger, letter to Hans Gatzke, acknowledgements of debt to CWF to Kenneth Chorley. 1933, 1939, 1943,","General plans for changes within the History Department, the curriculum requirements, the Law School, and the special collections department. 1934, 1936-1939. 8 items.","Letter about William and Mary executive organization, editorials, bylaws of Board of Visitors, 'Convocation Address,' 'President Bryan into the Office Here on October 20th,' 'John Stewart Bryan Dies of Pneumonia,' 1934, 1935, 1941, 1944, 1956. 6 items.","issue of the Alumni Gazette with an article on the faculty of the 1890s entited 'The Seven Wise Men.\" 1 item.","Pamphlets and other information regarding the College's seminar on colonial life. 16 items.","Programs from the conferring of honorary degrees to Sir Campbell Stuart and Georgia O'Keefe, report of the Honorary Degrees Committee, Report of the Curriculum Committee. 3 items.","Plans put forth for the report to the Works Committee, assigned to examine the possibility of closer co-operation between the College and the C.W.F. 1937, 1940-1941. 11 items.","Documents and letters pertaining to the resignation of President John Stewart Bryan and the activities of the Faculty Committee chosen to help the B.O.V. select a new President. 1942. 4 items.","Letter from the faculty committee on the selection of a new President to the B.O.V. approving Dr. Pomfret and opposing Dr. Morgan L. Combs, letter from Channing Hall to Dr. Morton pertaining to another letter from Arthur Schlesinger relating to Dr. Pomfret. 2 items.","Articles pertaining to President Pomfret's administration, program of President Pomfret's inauguration and a letter concerning the presentation to the College of a portrait of President Pomfret. 1942-1943, 1959. 6 items.","Reports, proposal for establishment of Ph.D. program in History Department, self-study report, report to the President, Report of the Department, plans regarding creation of a research center by the College and the C.W.F. 1943-1948, 1950, 1952-1959, 1963, 1966. 23 items.","Letters from Edward Alexander and Dr. Morton to President Pomfret concerning the possibility of creating a graduate-level curriculum in historical museum training, letter to Edward Alexander from Kenneth Cleeton concerning same, and letter to the faculty concerning the curriculum for the 1954 summer session. 1947-1948, 1953. 6 items.","Issues of the Alumni Gazettes containing information on the new Work Study Program and President Chandler. May 1950, December 1951, December 1962. 3 items.","Report of the Special Faculty Committee to investigate academic irregularities in the Physical Education Department. 1951. 1 item.","7 items.","Newspaper clippings concerning the naming of Alvin D. Chandler as President and the athletic scandal. 3 items.","Issue of the Alumni Gazette with a story on the football scandal. September.","Newspaper clippings of editorial comments, articles concerning the appointment of Dr. James Miller to replace Pomfret, Faculty Manifesto and B.O.V. activities. September 1951. 28 items.","Newspaper clippings pertaining to the selection of President Chandler, Nelson Marshall's resignation, athletic problems, et cetera, letter from President A.D. Chandler to Dr. Morton asking him to present greeting from the faculty at the former's indu","Faculty Manifesto of 1951 and complaints made against the B.O.V. 22 items.","Inauguration, letter concerning the state of the college. 13 items.","Letter from Dr. Morton (?) to \"Virginia and Robin\" pertaining to the growing opposition to President Chandler and certain acts committed by President Chandler and the administration against various faculty and students. 1 item.","Letter from Charles McCurdy to Mrs. Morton about the upcoming B.O.V. meeting and about Mr. McCurdy's attendance at that same meeting.","Letter from Charles McCurdy to James Robertson concerning Mr. McCurdy's strong disapproval of the College's future course (this copy was given to Dr. Morton by Mr. McCurdy), a newspaper clipping concerning the same.","Newspaper clippings from the A.D. Chandler era pertaining to the selection of H. Lester Hooker to the B.O.V., expansion of the curriculum, proposed investigation of the administration, and various editorials denouncing and supporting President Chandler. 1955-1957. 92 items.","Letter from Rector James Robertson to Dr. Morton and a letter from Dr. Morton to Rector Robertson pertaining to a B.O.V. luncheon, a letter from Dr. Morton to Rector Robertson inviting the B.O.V. to a faculty Advisory Council luncheon. 1957-1958. 3","Letters, articles, program of inauguration, and other materials from the Paschall area. 1959-1961, 1963, 1964, 1970-1971. 14 items.","Flat hat issue with plans for new campus, letter from President Paschall to the faculty and articles on President Paschall from \"The Commonwealth.\" 1959, 1963. 3 items.","Newspaper clippings concerning the proposed reorganization of the College and the five institutions under it. 1961. 1 item.","Faculty by-laws, pamphlet on Rules and Regulations, Board of Visitors resolution to return the School of Education to department status, B.O.V. resolution on approval of said by-laws.","College of William and Mary- letter from Ludwell Johnson to members of the History Department concerning Affirmative Action policies at the College. 1970. 2 items.","Document concerning the search for a new president and vice-president. 1970. 2 items.","13 items.","Letter from Captain R.S. Crenshaw of the U.S. Navy to Mrs. George Chenowich on the status of a number of cemeteries near the U.S. Naval Mine Depot at Yorktown, VA. \"Historical Notes\". 1932, 1934. 2 items.","Newspaper clippings, pamphlets, et cetera on the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. 1928-1940. 48 items.","Personal notes and lecutres on \"The Restored Williamsburg\" - lectures by other professors and colonial Williamsburg, Inc., letter from Wendell Stephenson to Dr. Morton asking him to contribute an article on the \"Restored Williamsburg\" to the Journal of Southern History. 114 items.","Newspaper clippings on the unveiling of a memorial portrait of John D. Rockefeller, fellowships given by the Restoration, list of fellowships from 1940-1941 and a report on the seven fellowships given 1941-1942. 1939-1942. 5 items.","Newspaper clippings on the history of Norfolk, economic growth of Hampton Roads and pamphlets printed by the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce. 1924, 1926, 1930. 6 items.","Newspaper clippings about the construction of the Matoaka Amphitheater and the production of the play, Common Glory, pamphlets on the play, an article about the new Virginia Festival of Music, and an opening night program from Common Glory. 5 items.","Morton's notes on the constitution, a copy of the Virginia constitution and a newspaper clipping on the reunion of the survivors of the state's 1901-1902 constituitonal convention. 3 items.","Newspaper clippings pertaining to the celebration of the convention and the bill of rights, copies of Congressman R. Walton Moore's speech before the House (pertaining to the celebration). 6 items.","Newspaper clippings. 3 items.","Written by E. S. H. Greene on the origns of the Congress for History Course 441. 1 item.","Article pertaining to his being honored by the University of Tennessee. January 1934.","Article pertaining to his life. 1 April 1928.","Articles pertaining to his administration and the Virginia General Assemblies of 1942, 1944. 13 March 1942. 22 March 1942, May 1942, 2 October 1942, 13 January 1946.","Article bibliography relating to the Presbyterian Church in Virginia.","References from Library of Congress, articles, paper by Elizabeth A. Bartlett. 1926, 1932, 1939, 1942, 1963.","1924, 1938-1940.","History from 1961 catalogue.","Articles, booklets pertaining to the history of the hospital.","Articles, program book.","1924, 1926, 1933, 1935, 1938-1939, 1941-1942, 1944, 1946-1947, 1949-1951.","1924, 1929, 1940, 1946, 1953.","1923, 1937, 1939","1901, 1926, 1931, 1938, 1948, 1952.","Letter, newspaper articles, guidebook.","Newspaper article, 1926-1927, State highway Commission Report, motor vehicle laws, articles. 1926-1927, 1930, 1932, 1943-1944, 1949, 1952.","Maps, pamphlets, guidebooks and newspaper articles.","Articles, newspaper articles, University of Virginia Honor Code and Explanations. 1923-1924, 1933, 1942, 1956, 1965.","Booklet, letter, 1843 Petition of Citizens of King William County. 1843, 1951, 1965.","Reports and newspaper article. 1925-1926, 1943.","Articles, pamphlets, and newspaper article.","Newspaper articles and notes regarding Jack Jouett's ride to save the Virginia Revolutionary legislature.","Newspaper articles, 1927-1928 statistics and other articles. 1928-1932, 1941.","The Southern historical opinion of the man - articles and letter.","Newspaper and magazine articles, notes, 1929, 1937-1938, 1950-1951.","1783","1783","3 maps.","Remarks and information circular.","Speech by R. Walton Moore.","Notes and letters referring to Mathews.","Article and newspaper article","Newspaper articles. 1928, 1931, 1938, 1961.","Pamphlets, articles, newspaper article. 1919, 1926-1927, 1937-1938, 1942, 1944.","Outline, timeline, bibliographies, notes.","Colonial music, Charlottesville Music Festival, music composed by Annabel Morris Buchanan. 1931-1932.","Newspaper articles.","Correspondence, invoices, order forms, lists and bibliographies regarding maps, photographs, and images for \"Colonial Virginia.\""," Correspondence and notes regarding revisions to Colonial Virginia","Awards, interviews, and correspondence regarding \"Colonial Virginia\"","Correspondence regardign the editing of \"Colonial Virginia\".","Correspondence after publication","Sale information and reviews of Colonial Virginia","Correspondence, articles, newspaper articles, reviews regarding \"Colonial Virginia\". 1960-1961, 1965.","Receipts and statements from royalties","Maps/photographs for illustrations","Correspondence and royalty receipts regarding","Reviews, correspondence, articles and publication information.","Contract, correspondence, and other information. 1961-1962, 1964.","Established 1780 on Broad Street i: newspaper article, paper, notes, photograph. 1924, 1926.","Newspaper articles, map, pamphlets, 1929, 1931, 1942-1943.","Articles, map, pamphlets, 1929, 1931, 1942-1943.","Newspaper article","Articles, newspaper articles, notes and bibliography. 1923-1924, 1926-1928, 1943-1944, 1947-1948","Article and newspaper articles. 1929-1930, 1941, 1948.","Newspaper article, articles, pamphlets. 1923, 1926","History, notes, article, newspaper article, letters. 1926, 1942, 1952-1953, 1956, 1960.","Statistics and notes","Articles, newspaper articles, reports. 1929, 1933, 1939,","History and tourism, articles, pamphlets, 1936, 1942, 1957.","Newspaper articles and pamplet.","newspaper articles, pamphlets, articles. 1926, 1935, 1938-1939, 1951","(for rewrite.)","Newspaper articles, article. 1937-1938.","History, notes, correspondence, articles, newsletters, newspaper articles, pamphlets. 1922, 1926, 1928, 1934, 1938, 1945-1946, 1948, 1954, 1965-1966.","Newspaper articles, campaign leaflets.","Newspaper articles, bulletins and souvenirs. 1928-1932, 1937.","Articles, reports, pamphlets. 1920, 1936-1937, 1939 - 1943, 1947.","Newspaper articles, articles.","Newspaper articles. 1932-1933, 1948.","Newspaper articles and booklets. 1933, 1940-1941, 1947, 1954.","Miscellaneous newspaper clippings. 1930, 1934, 1936, 1939, 1947, 1950.","Newspaper articles, magazine, notes. 1932-1933, 1948-1951, 1955-1957, 1959, 1962-1964.","1924, 1930-1931, 1942-1944, 1946, 1948, 1954.","Magazines, report, letter. 1954-1955, 1967.","Newspaper articles, articles, maps, tour books. 1926, 1930, 1934.","Article, history.","Articles.","Newspaper articles and photographs, letter, notes, program from reception for John E. Massey. 1927, 1930-1931, 1933.","1941, 1945-1946, 1948, 1951-1953, 1959, 1964","1955-1956, 1959-1960","1950, 1957, 1964","1946, 1948, 1951-1952, 1957, 1959-1960.","1947, 1949-1950, 1955-1960","1949-1950, 1956-1958","1944, 1946, 1948-1949, 1954-1956, 1958.","Newspaper articles, \"Virginia Gazette\", notes, 1776, 1926-1927, 1931-1932, 1960.","1924, 1928, 1933, 1962-1963.","1932, 1934, 1949.","1934, 1936, 1944, 1965.","1923, 1925-1926, 1928-1929, 1933, 1937, 1946.","(see also Lucian Minor) - notes, booklist (1849). n.d.","1931, 1940, 1948, 1950","1931, 1940, 1948, 1950","1924, 1927-1930, 1932-1933, 1949-1950, 1968","Fact pamphlet, pictures, bulletin on McCormick Day","Membership list, contest rules, letters, by-laws","Historical bulletin, conference pogram. 1931, 1961-1962.","Pamphlet, Drainage Basin Committee Report, water planning policy. 1925, 1937-1938. n.d.","Brief history, pamphlet","\"Commonwealth\" magazine, articles, newspaper articles, notes, guidebooks, zoning ordinances, postcards. 1921, 1924-1925,1927-1929, 1932, 1947, 1951, 1965.","Topical outline for city or county war history.","1938, 1941-1943, 1947.","Guidebooks, historical pamplet, photographs of town plan, program for sesquicentennial celebration.","1939-1940, 1943","1945, 1948-1950","1943-1946, 1950, 1954, 1959","Lecture notes, a paper about Thomas Jefferson, a test, and a reading list for courses taught by Morton.","Lecture notes, a paper about Thomas Jefferson, a test, and a reading list for courses taught by Morton.","Richard Lee Morton's copy.","Thanks Morton for his kind letter and encloses a copy of Scribner's Magazine autographed by Byrd.","Concern life in Williamsburg, Virginia, and the College of William and Mary.","Written when Morton was 10 years old.","Article about Richard Lee Morton and his time at the College of William and Mary, including two typed copies of the article. There is also an article by Ross Weeks, Jr., entitled \"Explains W\u0026M's Space Use Policies.\"","Letter, 26 March 2006, of W.W. Abbott to Margaret Cook, Manuscript Librarian,  concerning an item he sent as an addition to the Richard Morton Papers.  December 16, 1962 letter of Richard Morton to Eleana and Bell Abbott with postscript by Estelle Morton giving details about his illness and mentioning his Virginia article in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Filed at the end of collection.","Letter from Eudora Ramsay Richardson, state supervisor for Virginia for the Works Projects Administration, to Richard Lee Morton. Also includes a pamphlet entitled \"Interpreting the Virginia WPA Writers' Project: Some Likely Questions and Auggestions for Answering Them.\""," Letter of Richard Morton to Eleana and Bell Abbott with postscript by Estelle Morton giving details about his illness and mentioning his Virginia article in the Encyclopedia Britannica. [move to acquisition files: Letter, 26 March 2006, of W.W. Abbott to Margaret Cook, Manuscript Librarian,  concerning an item he sent as an addition to the Richard Morton Papers.]","Legal document granting 400 acres in the Manor of East Greenwich and the County of Kent to Benjamin Dickson. Signed by Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant governor of the Colony. August 16, 1756.","Legal document granting 397 acres in the County of Albemarle to Patrick Moreton. Signed by John, Earl of Dunmore, Lieutenant and G overnor General of the Colony of Virginia. July 5, 1774.","Rutherfoord Goodwin, Williamsburg, Virginia, to Richard L. Morton, Williamsburg, Virginia enclosing land grant to Patrick Moreton. October 29, 1940.","Probably from one of the documents.","Original family bible records from the Watkins Family, sent by Harry Watkins, Jr., of Mount Shasta California. Also includes birth records of Morton Family members. Undated letter. Bible record date from 1761 to 1962."],"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":["Democratic Party (U.S.)","Democratic Party (Va.)","Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture","Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770","Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809","Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","College of William and Mary. 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Dept. of History","Democratic Party (U.S.)","Democratic Party (Va.)","Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture"],"famname_ssim":["Morton family"],"persname_ssim":["Morton, Richard Lee, 1889-1974","Morton, Estelle","Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770","Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809","Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":593,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T00:02:04.567Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9240","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9240","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9240","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9240","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_9240.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Morton, Richard Lee, Papers","title_ssm":["Richard Lee Morton papers"],"title_tesim":["Richard Lee Morton papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1756-2006","1930-1969"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1930-1969"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1756-2006"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 90 M84","/repositories/2/resources/9240"],"text":["Mss. 90 M84","/repositories/2/resources/9240","Richard Lee Morton papers","Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century","Agriculture--Virginia--History--18th century","Athletics--Football--Scandal of 1951","College of William and Mary--History--20th century","Curriculum--History","Football--Virginia--Williamsburg","Genealogy","Legal documents","Slavery--Virginia--History","United States--History--Prohibition","Class materials","Correspondence","Diaries","Minutes","Photographs","Publications","Reports","Speeches","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.","Other Information:"," A PDF document of this inventory is available online."," Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/90_M84_Morton__Richard_Lee.pdf","Manuscripts and Archives collection combined in June 2012 by Benjamin Bromley.","Papers, chiefly 1930-1969, of Richard Lee Morton, professor of history at the College of William and Mary from 1919 to 1959. Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds, genealogical materials on the Watkins and Morton families and photographs."," Series 2 includes Morton's notes and correspondence about the 1951 football scandal; clippings about the Omohundro Institute of Early American History \u0026 Culture; correspondence with Lyon G. Tyler and others; Board meeting minutes of the Colonial Williamsburg Advisory Committee of Historians and the OIEAHC; reports on the William and Mary Quarterly."," Series 3 includes additions to the collection, which are made on an ongoing basis.","Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds, genealogical materials on the Watkins and Morton families and photographs.","28 items","9 items","1 item","1882, 1918, 1956, 1967, and 1970; 9 items","44 items","1918. 1931-1932, 1935-1936, 1938-1939. 37 items","1925, 1970, and 1973. 5 items","1950, 1953, 1956, 1960-1961, 1964-1965, 1969, and 1971-1973.","18 items.","42 items.","12 items.","8 items.","1915, 1919, 1944-1963, 1946, 1951, 1958-1960, 1965, 1965, and 1971. 31 items.","1938, 1949, 1962, 1967, and 1969. 30 items.","G.C. Wetmore, the painter of Dr. and Mrs. S.M. Shepherd, grandparent of Mrs. Morton, notes of investigative sources. 8 items.","1909, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1951, 1961, and 1965-1966. 22 items.","14 items.","Includes letters, bank statements, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts ID, biographical information, other information. 1940. 1945-1948, 1952-1956, and 1968. 28 items.","School grade reports, letters to parents, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Lee Morton, college bills, passports, insurance policies, tax returns, postcards, record of her measurements. 1941-1942, 1945-1949, 1955, 1959-1960, and 1966. 89 items","Includes his Thank-you letters. 5 items.","honorary degree, congratulations, procession list, Magna Carta conference. 61 items.","3 items.","Includes portraits, commencement, charter day, presidential dinner, honorary degree, as child, Falkland. ca. 1890, ca. 1900, 1910, 1913, 1918, 1923, 1933-1936, 1946, 1951-1953, 1954, 1958, 1959-1960, 1965, and 1968. 82 items.","Jacob Morton receipt, bill of sale, and portrait; genealogical information on Thomas Watkins, diary of William Morton. 1846, 1849, 1850, and 1870. 10 items.","Including service on committees, conferences, fraternities, honorary degrees, army service, scholarship fund, vita, 1896, 1916, 1918-1919, 1921, 1926-1927, 1929-1932, 1934, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1955-1959, and 1960-1967. 156 items.","1914-1916, 1925-1926, 1928-1929, 1937, 1945, 1953, 1959, 1963, 1965-66, and 1970. 64 items.","George Washington, Institute of Early American History and Culture. Inauguration of President Chandler, Kiwanis Club, books, Phi Beta Kappa. 1925, 1929, 1933, 1952-1954, 1968, and 1972. 14 items.","1923, 1927-1928, and 1936-1938. 19 items.","3 items. (see also medium oversize file).","1941, 1943-1945, 1947-1951, 1958-1961, 1963, 1966, 1968, and 1972. 47 items.","1849, 1962, and 1963. 7 items.","1963, 1965-1966, and 1970. 38 items.","1959, 1963-1964. 30 items.","1930, 1934, 1940-1941, 1944, 1949-1954, and 1956-1957. 54 items.","Research Project suggestions, bibliography for publication era, historical records survey, manuscripts on microfilm at IEAHC. 1917, 1940, 1947, and 1957. 18 items.","1923, 1937, 1942, 1962-1964, and 1967. 26 items.","3 items.","1960-1964, 1966. 25 items.","20 items.","94 items.","1946-1947, 1950-1953, 1955, 1959, 1965-1966, 1968. 40 items.","46 items.","4 items.","3 items","6 items","Mortgage, settlement of estate, statement of accountability, letters from D.D. Colcock agent, disposal of stamps and books, letters from and to Estelle and husband, Lucy and husband concerning the estate, tax notice, commissioner of accounts. 1958-1961. 1963. 63 items.","Includes letters about changes in articles written by Morton, requests by Morton for materials to be used for articles, materials for research for articles including on education, politics, industry, race relations. 1959, 1960-1962, 1967-1972. 106 items.","Teacher's Handbook for film on Coonial Virginia, criticism of handbook, letters concerning Morton's materials for the film, release to school journals concerning Morton, honorarium for Morton's efforts, request for his biography. 1940-1941, 1943, 1959, 1970. 19 items.","Catalogues, plant orders, primer for herb growing, green life guides, articles on gardening, marigold book, rose book, lawn guide. 1954, 1969-1970. 15 items","Orders for garden flowers, brochures for flowers, invoices, request for bulletin about hematodes. 1954, 1963, 1966, 1968-1969. 20 items.","Request for informational about Nema-hill, and reply, nematode recommendations, booklet on Virginia garden roses, articles on gardening, information on malathion, orders for seeds. 1950, 1953, 1959, 1962-1963. 14 items.","Rose advertisement, articles on gardening, picture of trellis, booklet on mulch paper, brochure of chain-linked fence, guide to rose growing, booklets on flower growing, book on colonial fences, etc. with pictures, list of slides accompanying lecture 'Wild Flowers...\" 1953, 1967-1968. 16 items.","1 item","A New Kind of County Government, Reorganizing the Administration of a State, \"Liberty and Law\", \"Vice President Dawes and the Senate Rules\", \"The County Manager Plan\", \"Central Administrative Control over Municipalities in the Southwest.\" . 6 items.","Concerning Morton's election as honorary member, note on meeting at Morton's home, acceptances of honorary membership by Philip A. Bruce and William G. Stanard, newspaper articles on club founding and new member. 1923-1926, 1929, 1932. 11 items.","House and office equipment booklets, article \"New Tool Aids Safe Pruning\", invoices, request for equipment, instructions for ILG fan maintainence, information on audio-visual aids, checks, information on GE boiler. 57 items.","House of the Week articles, booklets on home care, expanding your house, articles on shutters, articles on model homes, plan for hillside house, architects suggestions for home, information on log cabins. 1932, 1946, 1952, 1956, 1963-1965, 1958, 1972. 36 items.","House Plans - bathroom, hill house, Dr. and Mrs. Morton's residence, pictures of residence. 1947.","8 photographs.","Booklet of dogma, application for membership. 3 items.","letter to Lord Acton, Lee biography, \"Lee the Educator,\" \"Robert E. Lee - The Man\", \"Lee's Military Valise\", \"Robert E. Lee Unionist\", \"Robert E. Lee\", \"Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation\", 1925, 1929-1930, 1942. 13 items.","statue unveiling exercises, Columbia River historical expedition booklet. 2 items.","Civil War letters and analyses, letter protesting Virginia House of Delegates Resolution honoring Lincoln, Major Cookes' account of Lee's surrender to Grant, article defending McClellan's battle tactics. 1922, 1928, 1933. 4 items.","annual buying of American Historical Periodicals, lists of duplicate magazines, letters concerning magazine order offer declines. 9 items.","Medicare bills, forms for premium payment, handbook, insurance benefits record, Blue Cross - Blue Shield brochure, statement of coverage, doctor's bills.","Medicine: cardiology, fungistatics, colds, poison ivy. 1962, 1964-1965. 2 items.","membership materials, brochures about books and map. 1960. 18 items.","Shenandoah, National Parks, area administered by NPS, Fredericksburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, Moore House, Manassas, Petersburg, Richmond, Cape Henry, George Washington Birthplace, Cumberland Gap, Custis-Lee, Virginia State Parks. 1927, 1934, 1957-1959. 17 items.","News analysis of black demonstrations, \"The Southern Workman\", Comparison of disease rates among white and black troops, state of black colleges, Texas white primary, Atticus G. Haygood, speech of Senator Claude A. Swanson, Peabody School of Education. 1914-1916, 1919, 1922-1924, 1927, 1933-1949, 1953, 1956. 18 items.","1 item","1 item","\"Race Relations\" - \"Progress in Race Relations,\" Douglas Gordon address, letters from Commission on Interracial Cooperation, CIC pamphlets. \"Five Letters of the University Commisssion on Southern Race Relations\", \"The Racial Situation in America\", \"An Appeal to the 'Christian' People of the South,\" Slater Fund. 1920, 1926-1927. 14 items.","Manuscript of Morton family recipe book, easy cooking, peanut butter, chicken, salsify, wine, colonial dishes, famous Virginia foods. 1939, 1941, 1951, 1960, 1964, 1971. 13 items.","Records and Phonographs - operating guide for Zenith \"Space Command\" brochures for Zenith stereos, order from Record Club of America, article on Louis Moreau Gottschalk, list of compositions, catalog of Folk Music, \"Jazz from Columbia,\" \"Twentieth Century Poetry in English\", D'Oyly Carte Records. 1959, 1962, 1964-1966. 29 items.","Biography, \"Health Heroes\", \"Health: The First Objective in Education\", article on Dr. Aristides Agramonte, article on Reed. 1926, 1930, 1940.","Morton's honorary membership, proposed members, attendance rules, club members, reports and awards of Committee on Scholarships, letters of recommendation, notices of meeting, Christmas card, Christmas poems, biography of member James McCord. Charley's letter. 1956, 1962-1963, 1966-1973. 69 items.","Lindley: Eleven Years of Roosevelt, \"Roosevelt for President\", text of President's message to the 77th Congress, \"Administration Has to Be Calm About Anti-Inflation Program\", \"Roosevelt on Role in War\", memorial issue of New Republic on Roosevelt, \"The Prohibition Question\" by H.E. Fosdick. 1928, 1940-1941, 1944, 1946. 7 items.","\"47 Questions and Answers\", Medicare handbook, information on Social Security and Virginia Supplemental Retirement System, notice of benefits increase, \"Your New Health Insurance\", \"Your Social Security\". 1951-1952, 1961, 1965, 1967-1968. 8 items","Social Security of Estelle Dinwiddie Morton , cancelled checks to Internal Revenue, Household Employer's Social Security Tax Guides. 1951-1963, 1965. 36 items","Sarah Stetson publications, 2 copies, \"American Garden Books Transplanted and Native Before 1807\", \"William Hamilton and his Woodlands\", 3 copies \"The Traffic in Seeds and Plants from England's Colonies in North America\", \"The Philadelphia Sojourn of Samuel Vaughn\", \"John Mercer's Notes on Plants\", \"Andre Parmentier\" in Landscape Architecture. 1946, 1949, 1953. 9 items.","Income tax forms, hospital insurance benefits, record, income tax schedules, records of medical expenses, reports of stock dividends, utility bills, statements of bank savings, travel records, heating fuel consumption, charitable contributions, sales and royalties, drug bills, 1971-1972. 87 items.","Vehicle license form, invoices for periodicals, tax returns and instructions, contributions and deductions, savings certificate earnings, utility bills, drug bills, records of stock dividends, property and capitation tax, return of tangible personal property, fuel bills. 1970. 22 items.","Capitation tax, utility bills, real estate tax, drug bills, records of charitable contributions, medical bills, fuel bills, payment for books and periodicals, invoices. 1969. 36 items.","Income tax forms, schedules of income and retirement income credit, invoices for periodicals, appraisal of books, payment for books and periodicals, real estate tax, record of vehicle license tag. 1968. 25 items.","Supplemental schedule of income and retirement income credit, drug bills, individual income tax returns and instructions, royalities and dividends, medical bills, stock dividends, personal property and capitation tax, statement of vendors account. 1967. 47 items.","Individual income tax forms, personal property tax, record of gift of William \u0026 Mary Quarterly, records of expenses, bill for furnace repair, report of work done on research grant, Virginia agency purchase order, statements of vendors' accounts for periodicals. 1946, 1950-1962. 38 items.",", \"The Cold War Melodies\", \"The Constitution and Prohibition Enforcement\". 1842, 1929, 1940. 2 items.","Brochures from extermination companies, article on how to kill termites, article on how to kill Japanese beetles. 1934. 1948. 1951. 6 items.","Cunard Line thank you cards, guide to Switzerland, visit to Vatican Library, hotel bills souvenir of Norwegian state visit, records of expenses, Edinburgh Christmas card, itinerary, addresses of European hotels, notes from Williamsburg Travel Office. 1960-1961. 45 items.","Booklet on shade and ornamental trees, \"All Sizes of Trees Will Be Healthier if Fed Regularly,\" \"Mistletoe Planted in Trees\". 1953, 1956, 1963. 3 items.","Bulletins, membership list, Virginia Collegiate Show, list of patrons. 5 items.","Advertisement for Nature's Medicines, notice for Prohibitory Order Against Sender of Pandering Advertisement in the Malls. 1969. 1 item.","Checking deposit receipts, checking deposit slips, notification of change of address, savings account records. 1971-1972. 50 items.","Article in American Legion Weekly, notes on Washington in Williamsburg, \"Mr. Bruce on Washington\", \"Map of Washington's Travels\", \"Washington Celebration in 1932\", Washington issue of School Library Bulletin, Washington poastage stamps. \"Washington Meets New Ordeal.\" 1926-1927, 1931-1932. 11 items.","Annual reports, newsletters, letters about Medicare problem, acknowledgement of monetary gifts, Medicare Fact Sheet, WCH brochure, hospital bill and record of refund. 1963-1972. 61 items.","Historic Garden Week in Virginia, \"Presentation of the Restored East Lawn Gardens\", \"Calendar of Events and Guide to Historic Garden Week\", \"The Voyages of the Roses,\" annual report, spring flower show, sheets of Garden Club information, yearbook, membership lists, National Wildlife Federation Information. 1962-1965, 1968. 16 items.","Visitor's Guide, Chamber of Commerce information on real estate. ca. 1970. 13 items.","Historical Notes, \"The Yorktown Sesquicentenial Celebration\" 1931-1932. 2 items.","Growth, population, physical development and trade, Parson's Cause, Stamp Act. 3 items.","4 items.","Concerning Indian raids, Temple Bodley's George Rogers Clark, Echenrode's The Revolution in Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, John T. Goodrich's The Life of General Hugh Mercer, article on the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom. 1776-1788, 1928. 1 item.","From Lingley's The Transition in Virginia and Tyler's Virginia - The Federal Period, list of Virginia colonial governors. 1765-1775. 5 items.","3 items.","1 item.","David Walker's Appeal, measures to control Black people in Virginia, Nat Turner's Rebellion. 1619, 1691, 1800, 1826, 1830-1831. 2 items.","1 item.","Hampden-Sydney College, Richmond Medical College, Washington and Lee University, University of Virginia, Randolph-Macon College, notes on periodical articles on Virginia higher education.","First Great Awakening, Journal of Herbert Asbury, Second Awakening and Frontier Schisms, church organization and the rise of modern missions, religion during the 30's, 40's, and 50's, strange religions, the slavery dispute and the churches. 1 item.","Prison reform, Boston Prison Discipline Society annual reports. 1 item.","2 items.","1 item.","Theater, circuses, celebration, diversions, cock fighting, horse racing, lotteries, cards, music and dancing, singers, 1665, 1702, ca. 1850.","Steamboats built in New York City, population of the West, life of Robert Fulton, Niles Register of Steamboats, early railroads, descriptions of steamboat trips on the Mississippi, steamboats on the Great Lakes, canals, 1766-1848. 1 item.","Notes from Alice Feld Tyler's Freedom's Ferment. 1693, 1776, 1793, 1810-1855. 1 item.","Notes from Kendog's \"The Beginning of Temperance,\" temperance songs, American Temperance Union documents, speech of John H.W. Hawkins, history of temperance movement, Oklahoma votes to end prohibition, 1690, 1775-1880, 1959. 2 items.","History of Prohibition from A.M. Schlesinger \"The Rise of the City\", Hecker and Kendrick \"The United States Since 1865\", Slossom \"The Great Crusade and After\", article' \"Cobb Defines Cawn,\" \"Orphan of Bootleggers,\" booklet, \"Temperance Trumpeter,\" 1865-1934, 1948. 3 items.","Virginia Convention of 1861, Narrative of Southampton County, 'To Observe Joseph Jenkins Roberts Day,\" school committee reports, reports on industry and railroads, 'History of Emory and Henry College,\" sources in Virginia history, bibliography, Governor's Message, notes from Richond Enquirer, 1830, 1838, 1840-1841, 1850, 1861, 1865-1866, 1944, 1949. 2 items.","Notes on of Virginia officials, Virginia religion, Indians, diary of Reverend Robert Rose, Gooch Papers Act Preventing Negro Insurrection, Cal. State Papers, force tracts, notes from Robert Beverley's \"The History and Present State of Virginia\". 1607-1756. 1 item.","Journal references to notable Virginians, review of Adrienne Koch's \"Jefferson and Madison, notes on social history, notes on Reverend Robert Rose's diary, lists of useful books on Virginia history, articles \"Senate Race Getting Milder\", \"An 1808 Tour of Virginia is Delightful,\" \"Governor's message, notes on manufactureres, internal improvements. 1748-1869, 1881, 1926, 1943, 1952. 2 items.","Notes on Virginia history, message of Governor Johnson, adoption of the 1851 Constituion, Virginia agriculture, Virginia on the eve of the Civil War. 1851-1857. 1 item.","Virginia on the Eve of the Southern War for Independence.\" 1830-1860. 1 item.","The Press in the Making of Virginia, \"Ephraim McDowell,\" \"The Newspaper Press and the Civil War in West Virginis,\" \"A Confederate Catechism,\" \"The Supreme Court of the Confederacy,\" \"The Rise of the High School in Virginia,\" notes on the Reconstruction, photos of Virginia, \"The Voting Status of Negroes in Virginia,\" 1929, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1958. 1 item.","1856, 1859-1861.","Improvements and implements, organization and education, Southern dependence, products. 1850-1854, 1857. 2 items.","Documents, messages, dispatches. 1851-1858, 1860-1861. 1 item.","1856, 1860-1861. 1 item.","Schisms, new buildings. 1851, 1855, 1857, 1861. 1 item.","1850. 1 item.","John Boran bibliography, the martial spirit, secession and war, military and governmental events of the Civil War. 1850-1865. 2 items.","Proposed steamship line to Europe, exports, development of the carrying trade, Norfolk harbor commerce, dispatches, Virginia Commerce Convention, direct foreign trade. 1806, 1850-1852, 1856-1860. 1 item.","Participants, resolutions, issues, notes. 1849, 1850-1852, 1854, 1858, 1861. 1 item.","'Pistols and Coffee at Dawn for Two.\" notes. 1856, 1858, 1934. 2 items.","- 'A study of Three Virginia Colleges, Part 1 Before the Civil War - bibliography, 'Higher Education for Women Before 1860.' 1953. 2 items.","Free schools - dispatches 'Primary Education in Virginia After the Civil War - outline and bibliography, miscellaneous notes, 'Poor Relief Education', 'State Obtains Mercer Sketch.', 'Governor's Message and Annual Reports,' abstract of School Commisssioner's report. 1818-1847, 1849, 1850-1855, 1858-1859, 1901, 1957. 2 items.","1860-1861. 1 item.","Ell Thayer's scheme for immigrant aid, Rd. D. dispatches, misc. notes, letter concerning Ell Thayer. 1852, 1857, 1860, 1938. 1 item.","Lists of railroad documents, proposed railroad lines, misc. notes, abstracts of railroad documents, construction of railroad lines, frequent wrecks on railroads, Roanoke Railroad, governor's messages, Southern Railroad, telegraph, 'The Louisa Railroad.' 1849, 1851-1861, 1866. 3 items.","'Virginia State Debt and Internal Improvements, 1820-1838, James River and Kanawha company, travel on the richmond - Lynchburg canal boat packet, map of Virginia's railroads, general internal improvements, highways. 1820-1838, 1840-1848, 1851, 1859-1879. 8 items.","Baptist's divided message of Governor Joseph Johnson, bibliography on 'The Trial and Execution of John Brown.' 1852, 1857. 3 items.","'A Letter Opposing Public Hangings,' 'Two Negroes Hung For Murder in Culpeper,' public hanging, prive executions, imprisonment, changes in criminal and civil codes. 1834, 1846, 1848, 1849-1850, 1851, 1853, 1858, 1860. 1 item.","Sinking funds, taxes collected, certificates and bonds issued, Governor Johnson's message, Rd. D. dispatches on state finances. 1851-1852, 1857, 1860, 1865. 1 item.","1858. 1 item.","1856. 1 item.","1850. 1 item.","1856-1858, 1948. 2 items.","1860. 2 items.","Letter from American Historical Association about extra copies, Eubank B. Caldwell sending historical materials, list of mistakes in work. 1925. 5 items.","1854. 1 item.","1853-1857, 1861. 2 items.","Richmond Atheneaeum, notes on various papers, Virginia Sesqui-Centennial Celebration, on slavery, Philip Pendleton Cooke, Judge Beverley Tucker, John Wesley Montette, titles. 1851-1860. 1 item.","William Ballad Preston, establishment of cotton mills, petition of Central Southerns Rights Association, governor's message, cotton trade, manufacturing in Lynchburg, cloth, leather, why Southern factories fail, Old Dominion iron and Rail Works, Major Andrews family. 1850-1852, 1854, 1856, 1857, 1859-1860. 1 item.","1839-1840. 1 item.","Medical Journal, Medical Board of Examiners, Norfolk and Portsmouth fever. 1852-1853, 1855. 1 item.","Clover Hill coal pits, Commodore Stockton and quartz mining, salt mining. 1851, 1856, 1858. 1 item.","1850. 1 item.","List of Virginia newspapers, \"The South\", Edward William Johnston, John M. Daniel, \"Richmond Dispatch\". 1850-1851, 1855, 1857, 1860, 1865. 2 items.","Federal relations, slavery, resolution of New Jersey Legislature, syllabus for course 'Virginia - The Commonwealth.' 1850, 1852-1853, 1860-1861. 2 items.","Seventh Virginia Census, number of Virginians in the US, number of immigrants to Virginia, population figures from Canning,' History of the United States, 'Virginia Population and Wealth.' 1834, 1850, 1852, 1860. 5 items.","Lt. Governor Samuel Watts, Democratic politics, Johnson succeeded Floyd as governor, members of General Assembly, presidential elections, Kansas-Nebraska Bill, Governor Wise elected, nomination of John Letcher for governor, vote totals for governor and Lt. Gov., electoral vote. 1851-1860.","Eastern Lunatic Asylum, imprisonment, slave punishment by whipping. 1825, 1850-1856, 1858. 1 item.","Letters concerning the sending of railroad information, notes on Virginia internal improvement debate, notes from Sinclair's \"Development of the Locomotive Empire,\" 'Why Was Four Foot 8 1/2 Inches Adopted as the Standard Gauge,' gauge of railroads in the US. 1853-1854, 1940, 1945, 1949. 6 items.","Note on George Fitzhugh's article dealing with Virginia Act of Religious Toleration. 1859. 1 item.","1778. 1 item.","YMCA, travellers to city, description, trade, Reading and Newsroom, Richmond Directory, streets. 1850, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1860-1861. 1 item.","Nat Turner Rebellion, Slave codes, attempts to reopen the slave trade, the North and slavery, slave life and labor, free slaves and colonization, slave insurrections, slavery - general problem, fugitive slaves, slave trade, Norfolk health, 'A Long-Forgotten Student Oratim. 1847, 1850-1860, 1944. 9 items.","Train between Richmond and Amelia Court House, 'Petersburg's Racing History,' tournament lectures, libraries, fairs, Richmond Atheneum, Philanthropic Literary Society, Womens Dress, 'Knights of Old Virginia...' epidemics in Portsmouth schools. 1849, 1851-1855, 1857-1859, 1931, 1936. 1 item.","Travel to them, 'The Springs of Virginia,' notes on written sources, articles on White Sulphur Springs and sounding of Richmond Blues, descriptions, 'Heat of Virginia Spring Said Due to Pressure Deep Below Earth.' B\u0026O route from Berkley Springs, 'The Springs of Yesteryear,' 'Epistles from the Springs of Virginia.' 1850-1852, 1856-1860, 1932, 1942. 3 items.","1860. 1 item.","Letters of John H. Cocke to Joseph C. Cabell, Virginia Historical Register and Literary Yearbook, Sons of Temperance, Anti-Tobacco movement, outline of history of temperance, Richmond drunkeness, 1851-1869, 1870. 1 item.","Letter from New York Public Library concerning sources of information on John C. Underwood. 1930. 1 item.","Meetings, death of William Maxwell. 1850, 1852, 1857. 1 item.","Hugh Jones' \"Present State of Virginia\", \"Virginia Lives\", Jamestown Island, History of Henrico County, Morton's retirement, state and local history, \"The Virginia Plantations\", Charles McLean, Andrews,W.W. Abbott, Rotary International, American Association for State and Local History. 1936-1939, 1942-1944, 1953, 1955, 1958-1959, 1961-1962, 1972. 35 items.","Whitfield J. Bell, 'A Portrait of the Colonial Physician', John S. Rush, insurance, Edmund Berkeley, \"Brothers were Brothers Still Despite Civil War,\" Dr. Wright's address, Burwell family. About James Madison, Harry F. Byrd, Carl Bridenbaugh concerning Thomas Story, Parker A. Throop, Alexander A. Bruce, Kathleen Bruce. 1923, 1926, 1934-1935, 1939, 1942-1973. 82 items.","Gifts of Morton's \"Colonial Virginia\", bibliography of emigration in colonial times, J.L. Carpenter, restoration of Falkland, Lester Cappon, W.F. Craven, Kenneth Chorley, IEAHC affairs, opposition to House Bill 279, Society of American Historians, President J.A.C. Chandler, Dr. Hunter Farish, E.T. Crowson, Tappan Reeve. 1919, 1927, 1932, 1935-1936, 1941-1948, 1959-1963, 1967-1971. 56 items.","T.R. Dalton, Virginius Dabney, Edward Everett Dale, Russell B. Devine, Colgate W. Darden, Harold O. DeWitt, Richard Beale Davis, Jack Dalton, George E. Doods, F. Meredith Dietz, Jackson Davis, William E. Dodd, Charles W. Dabney - research, publications, visits, family correspondence. 1929-1931, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1942-1944, 1948, 1950-1972. 57 items.","Merrill Evans, Mrs. Frank A. Edgar, J.H. Easterby, Tommy Eiken - reminiscences, research. 4 items.","Christian F. Feest, O. Hugh Fulcher, Doris S. Finney, J.T. Flyan, Joseph B. Flowers, B. Floyd Flickinger, Hunter D. Farish, Lawrence K. Fox - writings, reminiscences, appreciation, research positions, 1944-1945, 1949-1950, 1957-1959, 1966, 1968. 11 items.","Mrs. Myrtle Hatala, Carlisle Humelsine, John S. Hopewell, Marvin Harvey, Fred A. Hetzel, Robert Tucker Hall, Philip M. Haner, Charles E. Hatch, Jr., Carlton E. Holladay, Malcolm H. Harris, Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., William Haden, Archibald Henderson, Fred Hoeing - publications, visits, research. 1941, 1947, 1949, 1951-1952, 1958, 1960-1963, 1966-1967, 1970. 24 items.","Davis D. Joyce, John M. Jennings, William Wellington Jones, Edward Claude Johnson, Journal of Southern History, W.Melville Jones, Ludwell H. Johnson III, Howard Mumford Jones, Jamestown Festival, Allen Johnson - research, publications, appreciations. 1935, 1953, 1955, 1961, 1963, 1965-1966, 1968. 13 items.","Stephen G. Kurtz, Richard W. Kilgore, Dorothy Kenyon, K. Kimura, Michael Kraus, W. Sterling King, Louis Knott Koontz, Theda Kenyon - lectures, reminiscences, family information, research, publications, gifts. 1943-1945, 1947, 1950-1951, 1964, 1967-1968, 1970-1971. 14 items.","Robert H. Land, Library Company of Philadelphia, R. K. Larson, H. Richards Livingston - appreciations invitations, requests for information, gifts, research. 1940, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1971, 1973. 11 items.","Russell R. Menard, Philip A. Magrudes, Jr., W. Warner Moss, Mrs. Jesse Miller, Walter D. Moses and Co., Robert P. Maccubbin, Allen W. Moger, Charles P. McCurdy, Jr., John F. Morton, Jr., John O. Marsh, Jr., Mrs. Joseph Mitchel, Mrs. William S. Morton, John A. Munroe, Mary Maples, Nyle H. Miller, W.S. Morton, Ludwell Montague. 30 items., 1943, 1945-1948, 1950-1955, 1959, 1961-1963, 1965, 1969-1972","Norfolk Public Library, Vernon L. Nunn, Walter R. Nelson, Nobel Prize, R.W. Nary, \"Notable American Women\", Ray F. Nichols - invitations, publications, research. 1956, 1860, 1967, 1969, 1970. 8 items.","Otis, Frank L. Owsley Ostes - historical writing, books. 1950, 1960-1961, 1963. 4 items.","Mrs. Hubert A. Quillinz; permission to use quotation. 36 items.","Mrs. Hubert A. Quillin - permission to use quotation. 1 item","The Reprint Co., Record Club, Beverley Ruffin, Reader's Digest, William M. E. Rachal, Parke Rouse, Jr., Taylor Reverley, Raven Soc, Harry W. Richards, Eric W. Rodgers, Rotary Club, Harold W. Ramsey, Carl A. Roseberg, Dr. Walter J. Rein, John Taylor Ransome, Clinton Rossiter, Hugh F. Rankin, Harry F. Richardson. 1944, 1945-1947, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1964, 1968, 1970-1971, 1973. 52 items.","A.G.S. Stephens, Clifford K. Shipton, Richard and Janet Simm, James H. Siske, Howard Scammon, Harold A. Sparks, Howard Stone, Wilbur M. Smith, Schlesinger, Richard Sias, E.G. Swem, Owen E. Suter, James A. Servies, Max Savelie, Henry Lee Swint, Charles P. Sherman, J. Carlyle Sitterson, Charles P. Shelman, Charles S. Sydnor, 1925, 1933, 1944-1945, 1947-1948, 1953, 1959-1971, 1973. 52 items.","Lawrence Towner, Edgar T. Thompson, W.A. Thompson, Richard W. Talley, Lt. - Col. C.W. Tazewell, Robert H. Tucker, William M. Tuck, \"Time\", Inc., Clayton Torrance - appreciations, social events, books, research, Virginia Biography Committee. 1931, 1945-1946, 1956-1957, 1962-1965, 1967, 1969, 1973. 12 items.","University of North Carolina Press, University Press of Virginia, University of Virginia History Club, Sharvy G. Umbeck. 1951, 1958, 1960-1964, 1970. 4 items.","Gordon C. Vliet, Virginia Historical Society, Virginia Gazette, Virginia Writers' Club, William G. Vansant, Vatican City, Dr. Walter E. Vest - acknowledgements, memberships, city council candidates, royalties, resignation, research, reminiscences, historic preservation, publishing, periodicals. 1942-1944, 1947-1948, 1956-1957, 1961-1963, 1966, 1968, 1971-1972. 28 items.","Robert C. Willis, Vianne Webb, \"Western Historical Quarterly\", William \u0026 Mary, Mrs. T.J. Wertenbaker, Louis B. Wright, Dr. William T. Watkins, Jr., Stanley B. Williams, Bill J. Wiley, Joseph C. Wolf, John Elliott Wood, James Southall Wilson, B.I. Wiley, John A. Wayland, Mrs. John Bell Williams, Suzanne Waters. 1931, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1944-1945, 1951-1954, 1958, 1960, 1963-1972. 28 items.","Lindsay Young, Conway Zinkle - acknowledgement. 1957-1958. 2 items.","Inquiry about \"Primitive Painters in America 1750-1950\", lecturer's schedule, AARFAC publications and reproductions, American Folk Art from the AARFAC. 1965-1966. 6 items.","Notes about 1802 and 1836 provisions for such.","Report of the Division of Markets of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Administration. The Commonwealth magazine. 1923, 1937. 2 items.","Outline of the early history of Agricultural societies in Virginia. 'The Origin and Place of Fairs,' 'Representative Men of Virginia Discuss the State and Its Needs.' 'The Southern Planter,' 'Self-Help Held Greatest Need in Dominant Drought Area,' 'Flue Curing Discovered,' '1948 Atlantic Exposition,' 1928, 1930, 1938, 1943, 1948. 10 items.","Peanuts, information on Virginia peanut production, origin of names for the peanuts, sources of information of the peanut, references to peanuts in Jefferson's 'Notes on the State of Virginia,' 'The Peanut.' 1925-1926. 2 items.","'Young People's Organizations in Relation to Rural Life in Virginia,' 'Preliminary Findings of the Virginia Rural Youth Survey,' 'Virginia's Rural Library Needs,' 'Rural and Urban Living Standards in Virginia,' 'Rural Depopulation in Certain Tidewater and Piedmont Areas of Virginia,' 'Governor Byrd letter. 1924, 1926-1930, 1937, 1941, 1946. 19 items.","'State Fair Adds to Virginia's Prosperity.' 2 items.","'Virginia's Economic Pattern', 'Virginia Census of Agriculture: 1925,' 'Agricultural Research Uncovers Facts for Virginia Farmers.' 1927, 1945-1946. 5 items.","'Our Art Heritage,' 'An Abstract Art in Woodcuts,' 'Old Dominion Biennial,' 'Richmond Awaits Annual Tournament of Arts,' 'Medical Silhouettes,' 'Edward V. Valentine,' 'Donald Wallier Returns Home to Capture Honors Long Due,' 'Earliest Virginia Portrait,' 'University Honors Seibel,' 'Art Studio Club Reminiscent of Carlo Rossi Studio'. 1931-1932, 1934, 1938, 1945-1946. 11 items.","'APVA Names Jamestown Committee,' 'Let Us Honor America.' 2 items.","'Atlantic University Curriculum Will Embrace Psychic Research.' 'Atlantic University,' 'Vocational Guidance at Atlantic University,' 'No Reply As Yet Received from Dr. Brown Concerning Offer of University Site.' 4 items.","The Horseless Carriage,' 'Do You Remember Virginia's First Motor-Lawn,; 'Richmond's Finances.' 2 items.","Richard E. Byrd Field,' 'Richmond's Municipal Airport is One of the Finest in the East,' 'Map Shows State Will Soon Have 56 Airports,' 'Five Airlines Expand Service in Virginia,' 1929, 1931, 1948. 3 items.","'Governor Berkeley and King Phillip's War,' Journal, letter, grievances, lists of sources, notes, 'The Declaration of the People, 'Bacon's Appeal,' 'Bacon's Account,' 'Bacon's Manifesto,' 'Laws of February 20, 1679', contemporary accounts, Blathway account, Coventry Papers. 1 item.","'State Indebted to Dr. Bagby, Who died in 1883, for Her Finest Humorous Writings.' 1 item.","State Bank Supervision and Control,' 'Must Our Banking System Be Reconstructed?\" - brochure. 2 items.","Outline, biography, addends, appendices, notes, bibliography, 1704-1743. 1 item.","'The So-called Byrd Era in a Series of Pictures of Inaugerations,' 'Governor Wins Esteem on National, State Fronts,' 1950, 1954. 2 items.","'Bring Virginia's Colonial Records Home,' Swem notes, 'Virginia Books,' references in Poole's Index, 'Virginia Library Brings Historic Letters,' 'Archives Survey,' \"The Commonwealth\", 'Virginia Bibliography', 'Swem's Index Takes Drudgery Out of History', Earl Gregg Swem... 1930, 1937-1939, 1941, 1944-1946, 1950, 1953, 1964. 18 items.","2 items.","\"Congressional Record\", \"James A. Bland, Composer of 'Carry Me Back to Old Virginia',\" letter to Mr. Wilder concerning this article. 2 items.","article in \"Alumni Gazette.\" 'Baron Botetourt,' notes, 'The Botetourt Statue,' letter concerning the making of medallion likeness of Lord Botetourt. 6 items.","2 items.","letters to and from Samuel M. Bemiss, Davis Y. Paschall, H.C. Shulz, Robert G. Dougan and others concerning the acquisition, photography and other matters dealing with the collection. 15 items.","Facsimiles of letters to Wilberforce Eames concerning research, his manuscript, the ordering of a periodical. 1896-1897, 1899. 1 item.","'For a Better Budget,' 'The Budget and Reorganization,' 'Consolidated Balance Sheet,' 'Virginia Budget System,' 'Budget Bill,' 1925, 1929, 1932, 1939. 5 items.","'Time is Ripe for Summary of Assembly Gains and Losses,' 'State Enters Year With New Hope For Future,' 'The Constitution of Virginia,' 'Governor Byrd Conducts a Revolution,' 'A Glance at the Governors of Virginia,' 'Two Houses of Virginia Assembly Virtually Wrote Inaugural Address Into Law.' 1922, 1926-1930, 1935. 28 items.","Senator and organization - 'What We Think of Senator Byrd's Machine,' 'The Passing of the Old Democratic Machine,' 'New Rumblings in the Old Dominion,' Francis P. Miller campaign materials, U.S. Senator Harry Flood Byrd Has Earned His Re-Election.' 'The Passing of the Old Democratic Machine,' 1930, 1949-1950, 1952. 8 items.","'Tyler Declares Col. Landon Carter Was Rated As Greatest Philosopher of Age.' 1 item.","Constitution and by-laws, 'Twenty Years of Progress in Old Dominion,' 'The State Chamber's First Forty Years', 1925, 1944, 1963. 3 items.","Issue of the \"Charlotte Gazette,\" \"Charlotte County Virginia: Historical Statistical and Present Attractions.\" 2 items.","'Hundreds Attend Briery Church Bicentennial, 'Cub Creek Memorial,' 'Protestant Conference Set here,' 'Archibald McRobert,' 'Forward Steps for Rural Churches,' 'Oil Philographs of Old Virginia Churches,' St. John's Church,' memorial against compulsory Bible reading. Walker's Church deed, 1926, 1928-1929, 1931, 1938, 1952, 1954-1965. 17 items.","'Virginia's Towns and Cities' - parts la-lc, 'Stauton Pioneered in Municipal Reform.' 4 items.","Review of \"Life of Robert M.T. Hunter,\" 'Where Cannon Reared in the 60's,' Frightfulness in 1861-1865,' 'Complete Diary of Civil War By Virginian Is Discovered,' 'Letter From Mr. Beverley Ross to His Wife,' 'With Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville,' 'Women of a City Turned Into a Hospital,' 1865, 1930, 1932, 1934-1935, 1942, 1954. 9 items.","The Romance and Renaissance of the William \u0026 Mary Alumni Bulletins,' 'The Future of William \u0026 Mary,' 'William \u0026 Mary Citizenship Creed,' memorial plan, 'Fifteen Years of Progress Show Phenomenal Development at William and Mary. 1920, 1922, 1924-1927, 1930, 1934. 30 items.","1920, 1925, 1928-1929, 1937, 1952-1953, 1963, 1965. 16 items.","Law School, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Science, Fine Arts, Ancient Languages, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English, History, Home Economics, Physical Education, Physics, and Sociology. 1921, 1925, 1936, 1938-1943, 1946. 19 items.","History, buildings and grounds, letters concerning the royal cannon in front of the Wren Building, article about the Rogers Family at the College, pamphlets on general College history, photos and diagrams of Wren, letter from Lawrence Towner to Dr. Morton concerning the selection of a UVA President. 1922, 1924, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1957, 1964-1965. 53 items.","The Alumni Association, The Memorial Plan, 'A Roll of Fame.' 3 items.","Letter from President Chandler asking Dr. Morton to compose a statement by the History Department for a Survey of Education in Virginia conducted by Dr. M.V. O'Shea for Virginia Governor Byrd. 2 items.","History of the department, letters from W.W. Abbot, Professor Adair's letter on oral history project, appointment of J.A. Carroll, appointment of Mr. Coger, letter to Hans Gatzke, acknowledgements of debt to CWF to Kenneth Chorley. 1933, 1939, 1943,","General plans for changes within the History Department, the curriculum requirements, the Law School, and the special collections department. 1934, 1936-1939. 8 items.","Letter about William and Mary executive organization, editorials, bylaws of Board of Visitors, 'Convocation Address,' 'President Bryan into the Office Here on October 20th,' 'John Stewart Bryan Dies of Pneumonia,' 1934, 1935, 1941, 1944, 1956. 6 items.","issue of the Alumni Gazette with an article on the faculty of the 1890s entited 'The Seven Wise Men.\" 1 item.","Pamphlets and other information regarding the College's seminar on colonial life. 16 items.","Programs from the conferring of honorary degrees to Sir Campbell Stuart and Georgia O'Keefe, report of the Honorary Degrees Committee, Report of the Curriculum Committee. 3 items.","Plans put forth for the report to the Works Committee, assigned to examine the possibility of closer co-operation between the College and the C.W.F. 1937, 1940-1941. 11 items.","Documents and letters pertaining to the resignation of President John Stewart Bryan and the activities of the Faculty Committee chosen to help the B.O.V. select a new President. 1942. 4 items.","Letter from the faculty committee on the selection of a new President to the B.O.V. approving Dr. Pomfret and opposing Dr. Morgan L. Combs, letter from Channing Hall to Dr. Morton pertaining to another letter from Arthur Schlesinger relating to Dr. Pomfret. 2 items.","Articles pertaining to President Pomfret's administration, program of President Pomfret's inauguration and a letter concerning the presentation to the College of a portrait of President Pomfret. 1942-1943, 1959. 6 items.","Reports, proposal for establishment of Ph.D. program in History Department, self-study report, report to the President, Report of the Department, plans regarding creation of a research center by the College and the C.W.F. 1943-1948, 1950, 1952-1959, 1963, 1966. 23 items.","Letters from Edward Alexander and Dr. Morton to President Pomfret concerning the possibility of creating a graduate-level curriculum in historical museum training, letter to Edward Alexander from Kenneth Cleeton concerning same, and letter to the faculty concerning the curriculum for the 1954 summer session. 1947-1948, 1953. 6 items.","Issues of the Alumni Gazettes containing information on the new Work Study Program and President Chandler. May 1950, December 1951, December 1962. 3 items.","Report of the Special Faculty Committee to investigate academic irregularities in the Physical Education Department. 1951. 1 item.","7 items.","Newspaper clippings concerning the naming of Alvin D. Chandler as President and the athletic scandal. 3 items.","Issue of the Alumni Gazette with a story on the football scandal. September.","Newspaper clippings of editorial comments, articles concerning the appointment of Dr. James Miller to replace Pomfret, Faculty Manifesto and B.O.V. activities. September 1951. 28 items.","Newspaper clippings pertaining to the selection of President Chandler, Nelson Marshall's resignation, athletic problems, et cetera, letter from President A.D. Chandler to Dr. Morton asking him to present greeting from the faculty at the former's indu","Faculty Manifesto of 1951 and complaints made against the B.O.V. 22 items.","Inauguration, letter concerning the state of the college. 13 items.","Letter from Dr. Morton (?) to \"Virginia and Robin\" pertaining to the growing opposition to President Chandler and certain acts committed by President Chandler and the administration against various faculty and students. 1 item.","Letter from Charles McCurdy to Mrs. Morton about the upcoming B.O.V. meeting and about Mr. McCurdy's attendance at that same meeting.","Letter from Charles McCurdy to James Robertson concerning Mr. McCurdy's strong disapproval of the College's future course (this copy was given to Dr. Morton by Mr. McCurdy), a newspaper clipping concerning the same.","Newspaper clippings from the A.D. Chandler era pertaining to the selection of H. Lester Hooker to the B.O.V., expansion of the curriculum, proposed investigation of the administration, and various editorials denouncing and supporting President Chandler. 1955-1957. 92 items.","Letter from Rector James Robertson to Dr. Morton and a letter from Dr. Morton to Rector Robertson pertaining to a B.O.V. luncheon, a letter from Dr. Morton to Rector Robertson inviting the B.O.V. to a faculty Advisory Council luncheon. 1957-1958. 3","Letters, articles, program of inauguration, and other materials from the Paschall area. 1959-1961, 1963, 1964, 1970-1971. 14 items.","Flat hat issue with plans for new campus, letter from President Paschall to the faculty and articles on President Paschall from \"The Commonwealth.\" 1959, 1963. 3 items.","Newspaper clippings concerning the proposed reorganization of the College and the five institutions under it. 1961. 1 item.","Faculty by-laws, pamphlet on Rules and Regulations, Board of Visitors resolution to return the School of Education to department status, B.O.V. resolution on approval of said by-laws.","College of William and Mary- letter from Ludwell Johnson to members of the History Department concerning Affirmative Action policies at the College. 1970. 2 items.","Document concerning the search for a new president and vice-president. 1970. 2 items.","13 items.","Letter from Captain R.S. Crenshaw of the U.S. Navy to Mrs. George Chenowich on the status of a number of cemeteries near the U.S. Naval Mine Depot at Yorktown, VA. \"Historical Notes\". 1932, 1934. 2 items.","Newspaper clippings, pamphlets, et cetera on the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. 1928-1940. 48 items.","Personal notes and lecutres on \"The Restored Williamsburg\" - lectures by other professors and colonial Williamsburg, Inc., letter from Wendell Stephenson to Dr. Morton asking him to contribute an article on the \"Restored Williamsburg\" to the Journal of Southern History. 114 items.","Newspaper clippings on the unveiling of a memorial portrait of John D. Rockefeller, fellowships given by the Restoration, list of fellowships from 1940-1941 and a report on the seven fellowships given 1941-1942. 1939-1942. 5 items.","Newspaper clippings on the history of Norfolk, economic growth of Hampton Roads and pamphlets printed by the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce. 1924, 1926, 1930. 6 items.","Newspaper clippings about the construction of the Matoaka Amphitheater and the production of the play, Common Glory, pamphlets on the play, an article about the new Virginia Festival of Music, and an opening night program from Common Glory. 5 items.","Morton's notes on the constitution, a copy of the Virginia constitution and a newspaper clipping on the reunion of the survivors of the state's 1901-1902 constituitonal convention. 3 items.","Newspaper clippings pertaining to the celebration of the convention and the bill of rights, copies of Congressman R. Walton Moore's speech before the House (pertaining to the celebration). 6 items.","Newspaper clippings. 3 items.","Written by E. S. H. Greene on the origns of the Congress for History Course 441. 1 item.","Article pertaining to his being honored by the University of Tennessee. January 1934.","Article pertaining to his life. 1 April 1928.","Articles pertaining to his administration and the Virginia General Assemblies of 1942, 1944. 13 March 1942. 22 March 1942, May 1942, 2 October 1942, 13 January 1946.","Article bibliography relating to the Presbyterian Church in Virginia.","References from Library of Congress, articles, paper by Elizabeth A. Bartlett. 1926, 1932, 1939, 1942, 1963.","1924, 1938-1940.","History from 1961 catalogue.","Articles, booklets pertaining to the history of the hospital.","Articles, program book.","1924, 1926, 1933, 1935, 1938-1939, 1941-1942, 1944, 1946-1947, 1949-1951.","1924, 1929, 1940, 1946, 1953.","1923, 1937, 1939","1901, 1926, 1931, 1938, 1948, 1952.","Letter, newspaper articles, guidebook.","Newspaper article, 1926-1927, State highway Commission Report, motor vehicle laws, articles. 1926-1927, 1930, 1932, 1943-1944, 1949, 1952.","Maps, pamphlets, guidebooks and newspaper articles.","Articles, newspaper articles, University of Virginia Honor Code and Explanations. 1923-1924, 1933, 1942, 1956, 1965.","Booklet, letter, 1843 Petition of Citizens of King William County. 1843, 1951, 1965.","Reports and newspaper article. 1925-1926, 1943.","Articles, pamphlets, and newspaper article.","Newspaper articles and notes regarding Jack Jouett's ride to save the Virginia Revolutionary legislature.","Newspaper articles, 1927-1928 statistics and other articles. 1928-1932, 1941.","The Southern historical opinion of the man - articles and letter.","Newspaper and magazine articles, notes, 1929, 1937-1938, 1950-1951.","1783","1783","3 maps.","Remarks and information circular.","Speech by R. Walton Moore.","Notes and letters referring to Mathews.","Article and newspaper article","Newspaper articles. 1928, 1931, 1938, 1961.","Pamphlets, articles, newspaper article. 1919, 1926-1927, 1937-1938, 1942, 1944.","Outline, timeline, bibliographies, notes.","Colonial music, Charlottesville Music Festival, music composed by Annabel Morris Buchanan. 1931-1932.","Newspaper articles.","Correspondence, invoices, order forms, lists and bibliographies regarding maps, photographs, and images for \"Colonial Virginia.\""," Correspondence and notes regarding revisions to Colonial Virginia","Awards, interviews, and correspondence regarding \"Colonial Virginia\"","Correspondence regardign the editing of \"Colonial Virginia\".","Correspondence after publication","Sale information and reviews of Colonial Virginia","Correspondence, articles, newspaper articles, reviews regarding \"Colonial Virginia\". 1960-1961, 1965.","Receipts and statements from royalties","Maps/photographs for illustrations","Correspondence and royalty receipts regarding","Reviews, correspondence, articles and publication information.","Contract, correspondence, and other information. 1961-1962, 1964.","Established 1780 on Broad Street i: newspaper article, paper, notes, photograph. 1924, 1926.","Newspaper articles, map, pamphlets, 1929, 1931, 1942-1943.","Articles, map, pamphlets, 1929, 1931, 1942-1943.","Newspaper article","Articles, newspaper articles, notes and bibliography. 1923-1924, 1926-1928, 1943-1944, 1947-1948","Article and newspaper articles. 1929-1930, 1941, 1948.","Newspaper article, articles, pamphlets. 1923, 1926","History, notes, article, newspaper article, letters. 1926, 1942, 1952-1953, 1956, 1960.","Statistics and notes","Articles, newspaper articles, reports. 1929, 1933, 1939,","History and tourism, articles, pamphlets, 1936, 1942, 1957.","Newspaper articles and pamplet.","newspaper articles, pamphlets, articles. 1926, 1935, 1938-1939, 1951","(for rewrite.)","Newspaper articles, article. 1937-1938.","History, notes, correspondence, articles, newsletters, newspaper articles, pamphlets. 1922, 1926, 1928, 1934, 1938, 1945-1946, 1948, 1954, 1965-1966.","Newspaper articles, campaign leaflets.","Newspaper articles, bulletins and souvenirs. 1928-1932, 1937.","Articles, reports, pamphlets. 1920, 1936-1937, 1939 - 1943, 1947.","Newspaper articles, articles.","Newspaper articles. 1932-1933, 1948.","Newspaper articles and booklets. 1933, 1940-1941, 1947, 1954.","Miscellaneous newspaper clippings. 1930, 1934, 1936, 1939, 1947, 1950.","Newspaper articles, magazine, notes. 1932-1933, 1948-1951, 1955-1957, 1959, 1962-1964.","1924, 1930-1931, 1942-1944, 1946, 1948, 1954.","Magazines, report, letter. 1954-1955, 1967.","Newspaper articles, articles, maps, tour books. 1926, 1930, 1934.","Article, history.","Articles.","Newspaper articles and photographs, letter, notes, program from reception for John E. Massey. 1927, 1930-1931, 1933.","1941, 1945-1946, 1948, 1951-1953, 1959, 1964","1955-1956, 1959-1960","1950, 1957, 1964","1946, 1948, 1951-1952, 1957, 1959-1960.","1947, 1949-1950, 1955-1960","1949-1950, 1956-1958","1944, 1946, 1948-1949, 1954-1956, 1958.","Newspaper articles, \"Virginia Gazette\", notes, 1776, 1926-1927, 1931-1932, 1960.","1924, 1928, 1933, 1962-1963.","1932, 1934, 1949.","1934, 1936, 1944, 1965.","1923, 1925-1926, 1928-1929, 1933, 1937, 1946.","(see also Lucian Minor) - notes, booklist (1849). n.d.","1931, 1940, 1948, 1950","1931, 1940, 1948, 1950","1924, 1927-1930, 1932-1933, 1949-1950, 1968","Fact pamphlet, pictures, bulletin on McCormick Day","Membership list, contest rules, letters, by-laws","Historical bulletin, conference pogram. 1931, 1961-1962.","Pamphlet, Drainage Basin Committee Report, water planning policy. 1925, 1937-1938. n.d.","Brief history, pamphlet","\"Commonwealth\" magazine, articles, newspaper articles, notes, guidebooks, zoning ordinances, postcards. 1921, 1924-1925,1927-1929, 1932, 1947, 1951, 1965.","Topical outline for city or county war history.","1938, 1941-1943, 1947.","Guidebooks, historical pamplet, photographs of town plan, program for sesquicentennial celebration.","1939-1940, 1943","1945, 1948-1950","1943-1946, 1950, 1954, 1959","Lecture notes, a paper about Thomas Jefferson, a test, and a reading list for courses taught by Morton.","Lecture notes, a paper about Thomas Jefferson, a test, and a reading list for courses taught by Morton.","Richard Lee Morton's copy.","Thanks Morton for his kind letter and encloses a copy of Scribner's Magazine autographed by Byrd.","Concern life in Williamsburg, Virginia, and the College of William and Mary.","Written when Morton was 10 years old.","Article about Richard Lee Morton and his time at the College of William and Mary, including two typed copies of the article. There is also an article by Ross Weeks, Jr., entitled \"Explains W\u0026M's Space Use Policies.\"","Letter, 26 March 2006, of W.W. Abbott to Margaret Cook, Manuscript Librarian,  concerning an item he sent as an addition to the Richard Morton Papers.  December 16, 1962 letter of Richard Morton to Eleana and Bell Abbott with postscript by Estelle Morton giving details about his illness and mentioning his Virginia article in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Filed at the end of collection.","Letter from Eudora Ramsay Richardson, state supervisor for Virginia for the Works Projects Administration, to Richard Lee Morton. Also includes a pamphlet entitled \"Interpreting the Virginia WPA Writers' Project: Some Likely Questions and Auggestions for Answering Them.\""," Letter of Richard Morton to Eleana and Bell Abbott with postscript by Estelle Morton giving details about his illness and mentioning his Virginia article in the Encyclopedia Britannica. [move to acquisition files: Letter, 26 March 2006, of W.W. Abbott to Margaret Cook, Manuscript Librarian,  concerning an item he sent as an addition to the Richard Morton Papers.]","Legal document granting 400 acres in the Manor of East Greenwich and the County of Kent to Benjamin Dickson. Signed by Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant governor of the Colony. August 16, 1756.","Legal document granting 397 acres in the County of Albemarle to Patrick Moreton. Signed by John, Earl of Dunmore, Lieutenant and G overnor General of the Colony of Virginia. July 5, 1774.","Rutherfoord Goodwin, Williamsburg, Virginia, to Richard L. Morton, Williamsburg, Virginia enclosing land grant to Patrick Moreton. October 29, 1940.","Probably from one of the documents.","Original family bible records from the Watkins Family, sent by Harry Watkins, Jr., of Mount Shasta California. Also includes birth records of Morton Family members. Undated letter. 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Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds, genealogical materials on the Watkins and Morton families and photographs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Series 2 includes Morton's notes and correspondence about the 1951 football scandal; clippings about the Omohundro Institute of Early American History \u0026amp; Culture; correspondence with Lyon G. 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Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds, genealogical materials on the Watkins and Morton families and photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e28 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e9 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1882, 1918, 1956, 1967, and 1970; 9 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e44 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1918. 1931-1932, 1935-1936, 1938-1939. 37 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1925, 1970, and 1973. 5 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1950, 1953, 1956, 1960-1961, 1964-1965, 1969, and 1971-1973.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e42 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1915, 1919, 1944-1963, 1946, 1951, 1958-1960, 1965, 1965, and 1971. 31 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1938, 1949, 1962, 1967, and 1969. 30 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG.C. 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Inauguration of President Chandler, Kiwanis Club, books, Phi Beta Kappa. 1925, 1929, 1933, 1952-1954, 1968, and 1972. 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1923, 1927-1928, and 1936-1938. 19 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items. (see also medium oversize file).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1941, 1943-1945, 1947-1951, 1958-1961, 1963, 1966, 1968, and 1972. 47 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1849, 1962, and 1963. 7 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1963, 1965-1966, and 1970. 38 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1959, 1963-1964. 30 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1930, 1934, 1940-1941, 1944, 1949-1954, and 1956-1957. 54 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearch Project suggestions, bibliography for publication era, historical records survey, manuscripts on microfilm at IEAHC. 1917, 1940, 1947, and 1957. 18 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1923, 1937, 1942, 1962-1964, and 1967. 26 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1960-1964, 1966. 25 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e94 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1946-1947, 1950-1953, 1955, 1959, 1965-1966, 1968. 40 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e46 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMortgage, settlement of estate, statement of accountability, letters from D.D. Colcock agent, disposal of stamps and books, letters from and to Estelle and husband, Lucy and husband concerning the estate, tax notice, commissioner of accounts. 1958-1961. 1963. 63 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters about changes in articles written by Morton, requests by Morton for materials to be used for articles, materials for research for articles including on education, politics, industry, race relations. 1959, 1960-1962, 1967-1972. 106 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTeacher's Handbook for film on Coonial Virginia, criticism of handbook, letters concerning Morton's materials for the film, release to school journals concerning Morton, honorarium for Morton's efforts, request for his biography. 1940-1941, 1943, 1959, 1970. 19 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCatalogues, plant orders, primer for herb growing, green life guides, articles on gardening, marigold book, rose book, lawn guide. 1954, 1969-1970. 15 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrders for garden flowers, brochures for flowers, invoices, request for bulletin about hematodes. 1954, 1963, 1966, 1968-1969. 20 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for informational about Nema-hill, and reply, nematode recommendations, booklet on Virginia garden roses, articles on gardening, information on malathion, orders for seeds. 1950, 1953, 1959, 1962-1963. 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRose advertisement, articles on gardening, picture of trellis, booklet on mulch paper, brochure of chain-linked fence, guide to rose growing, booklets on flower growing, book on colonial fences, etc. with pictures, list of slides accompanying lecture 'Wild Flowers...\" 1953, 1967-1968. 16 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA New Kind of County Government, Reorganizing the Administration of a State, \"Liberty and Law\", \"Vice President Dawes and the Senate Rules\", \"The County Manager Plan\", \"Central Administrative Control over Municipalities in the Southwest.\" . 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Morton's election as honorary member, note on meeting at Morton's home, acceptances of honorary membership by Philip A. Bruce and William G. Stanard, newspaper articles on club founding and new member. 1923-1926, 1929, 1932. 11 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHouse and office equipment booklets, article \"New Tool Aids Safe Pruning\", invoices, request for equipment, instructions for ILG fan maintainence, information on audio-visual aids, checks, information on GE boiler. 57 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHouse of the Week articles, booklets on home care, expanding your house, articles on shutters, articles on model homes, plan for hillside house, architects suggestions for home, information on log cabins. 1932, 1946, 1952, 1956, 1963-1965, 1958, 1972. 36 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHouse Plans - bathroom, hill house, Dr. and Mrs. Morton's residence, pictures of residence. 1947.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet of dogma, application for membership. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eletter to Lord Acton, Lee biography, \"Lee the Educator,\" \"Robert E. Lee - The Man\", \"Lee's Military Valise\", \"Robert E. Lee Unionist\", \"Robert E. Lee\", \"Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation\", 1925, 1929-1930, 1942. 13 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003estatue unveiling exercises, Columbia River historical expedition booklet. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCivil War letters and analyses, letter protesting Virginia House of Delegates Resolution honoring Lincoln, Major Cookes' account of Lee's surrender to Grant, article defending McClellan's battle tactics. 1922, 1928, 1933. 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eannual buying of American Historical Periodicals, lists of duplicate magazines, letters concerning magazine order offer declines. 9 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMedicare bills, forms for premium payment, handbook, insurance benefits record, Blue Cross - Blue Shield brochure, statement of coverage, doctor's bills.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMedicine: cardiology, fungistatics, colds, poison ivy. 1962, 1964-1965. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003emembership materials, brochures about books and map. 1960. 18 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShenandoah, National Parks, area administered by NPS, Fredericksburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, Moore House, Manassas, Petersburg, Richmond, Cape Henry, George Washington Birthplace, Cumberland Gap, Custis-Lee, Virginia State Parks. 1927, 1934, 1957-1959. 17 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews analysis of black demonstrations, \"The Southern Workman\", Comparison of disease rates among white and black troops, state of black colleges, Texas white primary, Atticus G. Haygood, speech of Senator Claude A. Swanson, Peabody School of Education. 1914-1916, 1919, 1922-1924, 1927, 1933-1949, 1953, 1956. 18 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Race Relations\" - \"Progress in Race Relations,\" Douglas Gordon address, letters from Commission on Interracial Cooperation, CIC pamphlets. \"Five Letters of the University Commisssion on Southern Race Relations\", \"The Racial Situation in America\", \"An Appeal to the 'Christian' People of the South,\" Slater Fund. 1920, 1926-1927. 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript of Morton family recipe book, easy cooking, peanut butter, chicken, salsify, wine, colonial dishes, famous Virginia foods. 1939, 1941, 1951, 1960, 1964, 1971. 13 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecords and Phonographs - operating guide for Zenith \"Space Command\" brochures for Zenith stereos, order from Record Club of America, article on Louis Moreau Gottschalk, list of compositions, catalog of Folk Music, \"Jazz from Columbia,\" \"Twentieth Century Poetry in English\", D'Oyly Carte Records. 1959, 1962, 1964-1966. 29 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiography, \"Health Heroes\", \"Health: The First Objective in Education\", article on Dr. Aristides Agramonte, article on Reed. 1926, 1930, 1940.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMorton's honorary membership, proposed members, attendance rules, club members, reports and awards of Committee on Scholarships, letters of recommendation, notices of meeting, Christmas card, Christmas poems, biography of member James McCord. Charley's letter. 1956, 1962-1963, 1966-1973. 69 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLindley: Eleven Years of Roosevelt, \"Roosevelt for President\", text of President's message to the 77th Congress, \"Administration Has to Be Calm About Anti-Inflation Program\", \"Roosevelt on Role in War\", memorial issue of New Republic on Roosevelt, \"The Prohibition Question\" by H.E. Fosdick. 1928, 1940-1941, 1944, 1946. 7 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"47 Questions and Answers\", Medicare handbook, information on Social Security and Virginia Supplemental Retirement System, notice of benefits increase, \"Your New Health Insurance\", \"Your Social Security\". 1951-1952, 1961, 1965, 1967-1968. 8 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSocial Security of Estelle Dinwiddie Morton , cancelled checks to Internal Revenue, Household Employer's Social Security Tax Guides. 1951-1963, 1965. 36 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSarah Stetson publications, 2 copies, \"American Garden Books Transplanted and Native Before 1807\", \"William Hamilton and his Woodlands\", 3 copies \"The Traffic in Seeds and Plants from England's Colonies in North America\", \"The Philadelphia Sojourn of Samuel Vaughn\", \"John Mercer's Notes on Plants\", \"Andre Parmentier\" in Landscape Architecture. 1946, 1949, 1953. 9 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncome tax forms, hospital insurance benefits, record, income tax schedules, records of medical expenses, reports of stock dividends, utility bills, statements of bank savings, travel records, heating fuel consumption, charitable contributions, sales and royalties, drug bills, 1971-1972. 87 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVehicle license form, invoices for periodicals, tax returns and instructions, contributions and deductions, savings certificate earnings, utility bills, drug bills, records of stock dividends, property and capitation tax, return of tangible personal property, fuel bills. 1970. 22 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapitation tax, utility bills, real estate tax, drug bills, records of charitable contributions, medical bills, fuel bills, payment for books and periodicals, invoices. 1969. 36 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncome tax forms, schedules of income and retirement income credit, invoices for periodicals, appraisal of books, payment for books and periodicals, real estate tax, record of vehicle license tag. 1968. 25 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSupplemental schedule of income and retirement income credit, drug bills, individual income tax returns and instructions, royalities and dividends, medical bills, stock dividends, personal property and capitation tax, statement of vendors account. 1967. 47 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividual income tax forms, personal property tax, record of gift of William \u0026amp; Mary Quarterly, records of expenses, bill for furnace repair, report of work done on research grant, Virginia agency purchase order, statements of vendors' accounts for periodicals. 1946, 1950-1962. 38 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e, \"The Cold War Melodies\", \"The Constitution and Prohibition Enforcement\". 1842, 1929, 1940. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrochures from extermination companies, article on how to kill termites, article on how to kill Japanese beetles. 1934. 1948. 1951. 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCunard Line thank you cards, guide to Switzerland, visit to Vatican Library, hotel bills souvenir of Norwegian state visit, records of expenses, Edinburgh Christmas card, itinerary, addresses of European hotels, notes from Williamsburg Travel Office. 1960-1961. 45 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet on shade and ornamental trees, \"All Sizes of Trees Will Be Healthier if Fed Regularly,\" \"Mistletoe Planted in Trees\". 1953, 1956, 1963. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins, membership list, Virginia Collegiate Show, list of patrons. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisement for Nature's Medicines, notice for Prohibitory Order Against Sender of Pandering Advertisement in the Malls. 1969. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChecking deposit receipts, checking deposit slips, notification of change of address, savings account records. 1971-1972. 50 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle in American Legion Weekly, notes on Washington in Williamsburg, \"Mr. Bruce on Washington\", \"Map of Washington's Travels\", \"Washington Celebration in 1932\", Washington issue of School Library Bulletin, Washington poastage stamps. \"Washington Meets New Ordeal.\" 1926-1927, 1931-1932. 11 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnual reports, newsletters, letters about Medicare problem, acknowledgement of monetary gifts, Medicare Fact Sheet, WCH brochure, hospital bill and record of refund. 1963-1972. 61 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistoric Garden Week in Virginia, \"Presentation of the Restored East Lawn Gardens\", \"Calendar of Events and Guide to Historic Garden Week\", \"The Voyages of the Roses,\" annual report, spring flower show, sheets of Garden Club information, yearbook, membership lists, National Wildlife Federation Information. 1962-1965, 1968. 16 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVisitor's Guide, Chamber of Commerce information on real estate. ca. 1970. 13 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistorical Notes, \"The Yorktown Sesquicentenial Celebration\" 1931-1932. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGrowth, population, physical development and trade, Parson's Cause, Stamp Act. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Indian raids, Temple Bodley's George Rogers Clark, Echenrode's The Revolution in Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, John T. Goodrich's The Life of General Hugh Mercer, article on the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom. 1776-1788, 1928. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom Lingley's The Transition in Virginia and Tyler's Virginia - The Federal Period, list of Virginia colonial governors. 1765-1775. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavid Walker's Appeal, measures to control Black people in Virginia, Nat Turner's Rebellion. 1619, 1691, 1800, 1826, 1830-1831. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHampden-Sydney College, Richmond Medical College, Washington and Lee University, University of Virginia, Randolph-Macon College, notes on periodical articles on Virginia higher education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst Great Awakening, Journal of Herbert Asbury, Second Awakening and Frontier Schisms, church organization and the rise of modern missions, religion during the 30's, 40's, and 50's, strange religions, the slavery dispute and the churches. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrison reform, Boston Prison Discipline Society annual reports. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheater, circuses, celebration, diversions, cock fighting, horse racing, lotteries, cards, music and dancing, singers, 1665, 1702, ca. 1850.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSteamboats built in New York City, population of the West, life of Robert Fulton, Niles Register of Steamboats, early railroads, descriptions of steamboat trips on the Mississippi, steamboats on the Great Lakes, canals, 1766-1848. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes from Alice Feld Tyler's Freedom's Ferment. 1693, 1776, 1793, 1810-1855. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes from Kendog's \"The Beginning of Temperance,\" temperance songs, American Temperance Union documents, speech of John H.W. Hawkins, history of temperance movement, Oklahoma votes to end prohibition, 1690, 1775-1880, 1959. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistory of Prohibition from A.M. Schlesinger \"The Rise of the City\", Hecker and Kendrick \"The United States Since 1865\", Slossom \"The Great Crusade and After\", article' \"Cobb Defines Cawn,\" \"Orphan of Bootleggers,\" booklet, \"Temperance Trumpeter,\" 1865-1934, 1948. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Convention of 1861, Narrative of Southampton County, 'To Observe Joseph Jenkins Roberts Day,\" school committee reports, reports on industry and railroads, 'History of Emory and Henry College,\" sources in Virginia history, bibliography, Governor's Message, notes from Richond Enquirer, 1830, 1838, 1840-1841, 1850, 1861, 1865-1866, 1944, 1949. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on of Virginia officials, Virginia religion, Indians, diary of Reverend Robert Rose, Gooch Papers Act Preventing Negro Insurrection, Cal. State Papers, force tracts, notes from Robert Beverley's \"The History and Present State of Virginia\". 1607-1756. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJournal references to notable Virginians, review of Adrienne Koch's \"Jefferson and Madison, notes on social history, notes on Reverend Robert Rose's diary, lists of useful books on Virginia history, articles \"Senate Race Getting Milder\", \"An 1808 Tour of Virginia is Delightful,\" \"Governor's message, notes on manufactureres, internal improvements. 1748-1869, 1881, 1926, 1943, 1952. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on Virginia history, message of Governor Johnson, adoption of the 1851 Constituion, Virginia agriculture, Virginia on the eve of the Civil War. 1851-1857. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia on the Eve of the Southern War for Independence.\" 1830-1860. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Press in the Making of Virginia, \"Ephraim McDowell,\" \"The Newspaper Press and the Civil War in West Virginis,\" \"A Confederate Catechism,\" \"The Supreme Court of the Confederacy,\" \"The Rise of the High School in Virginia,\" notes on the Reconstruction, photos of Virginia, \"The Voting Status of Negroes in Virginia,\" 1929, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1958. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1856, 1859-1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImprovements and implements, organization and education, Southern dependence, products. 1850-1854, 1857. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments, messages, dispatches. 1851-1858, 1860-1861. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1856, 1860-1861. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSchisms, new buildings. 1851, 1855, 1857, 1861. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1850. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Boran bibliography, the martial spirit, secession and war, military and governmental events of the Civil War. 1850-1865. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProposed steamship line to Europe, exports, development of the carrying trade, Norfolk harbor commerce, dispatches, Virginia Commerce Convention, direct foreign trade. 1806, 1850-1852, 1856-1860. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParticipants, resolutions, issues, notes. 1849, 1850-1852, 1854, 1858, 1861. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Pistols and Coffee at Dawn for Two.\" notes. 1856, 1858, 1934. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e- 'A study of Three Virginia Colleges, Part 1 Before the Civil War - bibliography, 'Higher Education for Women Before 1860.' 1953. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFree schools - dispatches 'Primary Education in Virginia After the Civil War - outline and bibliography, miscellaneous notes, 'Poor Relief Education', 'State Obtains Mercer Sketch.', 'Governor's Message and Annual Reports,' abstract of School Commisssioner's report. 1818-1847, 1849, 1850-1855, 1858-1859, 1901, 1957. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1860-1861. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEll Thayer's scheme for immigrant aid, Rd. D. dispatches, misc. notes, letter concerning Ell Thayer. 1852, 1857, 1860, 1938. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists of railroad documents, proposed railroad lines, misc. notes, abstracts of railroad documents, construction of railroad lines, frequent wrecks on railroads, Roanoke Railroad, governor's messages, Southern Railroad, telegraph, 'The Louisa Railroad.' 1849, 1851-1861, 1866. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Virginia State Debt and Internal Improvements, 1820-1838, James River and Kanawha company, travel on the richmond - Lynchburg canal boat packet, map of Virginia's railroads, general internal improvements, highways. 1820-1838, 1840-1848, 1851, 1859-1879. 8 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBaptist's divided message of Governor Joseph Johnson, bibliography on 'The Trial and Execution of John Brown.' 1852, 1857. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'A Letter Opposing Public Hangings,' 'Two Negroes Hung For Murder in Culpeper,' public hanging, prive executions, imprisonment, changes in criminal and civil codes. 1834, 1846, 1848, 1849-1850, 1851, 1853, 1858, 1860. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSinking funds, taxes collected, certificates and bonds issued, Governor Johnson's message, Rd. D. dispatches on state finances. 1851-1852, 1857, 1860, 1865. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1858. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1856. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1850. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1856-1858, 1948. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1860. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from American Historical Association about extra copies, Eubank B. Caldwell sending historical materials, list of mistakes in work. 1925. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1854. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1853-1857, 1861. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichmond Atheneaeum, notes on various papers, Virginia Sesqui-Centennial Celebration, on slavery, Philip Pendleton Cooke, Judge Beverley Tucker, John Wesley Montette, titles. 1851-1860. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Ballad Preston, establishment of cotton mills, petition of Central Southerns Rights Association, governor's message, cotton trade, manufacturing in Lynchburg, cloth, leather, why Southern factories fail, Old Dominion iron and Rail Works, Major Andrews family. 1850-1852, 1854, 1856, 1857, 1859-1860. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1839-1840. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMedical Journal, Medical Board of Examiners, Norfolk and Portsmouth fever. 1852-1853, 1855. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClover Hill coal pits, Commodore Stockton and quartz mining, salt mining. 1851, 1856, 1858. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1850. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of Virginia newspapers, \"The South\", Edward William Johnston, John M. Daniel, \"Richmond Dispatch\". 1850-1851, 1855, 1857, 1860, 1865. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFederal relations, slavery, resolution of New Jersey Legislature, syllabus for course 'Virginia - The Commonwealth.' 1850, 1852-1853, 1860-1861. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeventh Virginia Census, number of Virginians in the US, number of immigrants to Virginia, population figures from Canning,' History of the United States, 'Virginia Population and Wealth.' 1834, 1850, 1852, 1860. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLt. Governor Samuel Watts, Democratic politics, Johnson succeeded Floyd as governor, members of General Assembly, presidential elections, Kansas-Nebraska Bill, Governor Wise elected, nomination of John Letcher for governor, vote totals for governor and Lt. Gov., electoral vote. 1851-1860.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEastern Lunatic Asylum, imprisonment, slave punishment by whipping. 1825, 1850-1856, 1858. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concerning the sending of railroad information, notes on Virginia internal improvement debate, notes from Sinclair's \"Development of the Locomotive Empire,\" 'Why Was Four Foot 8 1/2 Inches Adopted as the Standard Gauge,' gauge of railroads in the US. 1853-1854, 1940, 1945, 1949. 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote on George Fitzhugh's article dealing with Virginia Act of Religious Toleration. 1859. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1778. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYMCA, travellers to city, description, trade, Reading and Newsroom, Richmond Directory, streets. 1850, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1860-1861. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNat Turner Rebellion, Slave codes, attempts to reopen the slave trade, the North and slavery, slave life and labor, free slaves and colonization, slave insurrections, slavery - general problem, fugitive slaves, slave trade, Norfolk health, 'A Long-Forgotten Student Oratim. 1847, 1850-1860, 1944. 9 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTrain between Richmond and Amelia Court House, 'Petersburg's Racing History,' tournament lectures, libraries, fairs, Richmond Atheneum, Philanthropic Literary Society, Womens Dress, 'Knights of Old Virginia...' epidemics in Portsmouth schools. 1849, 1851-1855, 1857-1859, 1931, 1936. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTravel to them, 'The Springs of Virginia,' notes on written sources, articles on White Sulphur Springs and sounding of Richmond Blues, descriptions, 'Heat of Virginia Spring Said Due to Pressure Deep Below Earth.' B\u0026amp;O route from Berkley Springs, 'The Springs of Yesteryear,' 'Epistles from the Springs of Virginia.' 1850-1852, 1856-1860, 1932, 1942. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1860. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters of John H. Cocke to Joseph C. Cabell, Virginia Historical Register and Literary Yearbook, Sons of Temperance, Anti-Tobacco movement, outline of history of temperance, Richmond drunkeness, 1851-1869, 1870. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from New York Public Library concerning sources of information on John C. Underwood. 1930. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMeetings, death of William Maxwell. 1850, 1852, 1857. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHugh Jones' \"Present State of Virginia\", \"Virginia Lives\", Jamestown Island, History of Henrico County, Morton's retirement, state and local history, \"The Virginia Plantations\", Charles McLean, Andrews,W.W. Abbott, Rotary International, American Association for State and Local History. 1936-1939, 1942-1944, 1953, 1955, 1958-1959, 1961-1962, 1972. 35 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhitfield J. Bell, 'A Portrait of the Colonial Physician', John S. Rush, insurance, Edmund Berkeley, \"Brothers were Brothers Still Despite Civil War,\" Dr. Wright's address, Burwell family. About James Madison, Harry F. Byrd, Carl Bridenbaugh concerning Thomas Story, Parker A. Throop, Alexander A. Bruce, Kathleen Bruce. 1923, 1926, 1934-1935, 1939, 1942-1973. 82 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGifts of Morton's \"Colonial Virginia\", bibliography of emigration in colonial times, J.L. Carpenter, restoration of Falkland, Lester Cappon, W.F. Craven, Kenneth Chorley, IEAHC affairs, opposition to House Bill 279, Society of American Historians, President J.A.C. Chandler, Dr. Hunter Farish, E.T. Crowson, Tappan Reeve. 1919, 1927, 1932, 1935-1936, 1941-1948, 1959-1963, 1967-1971. 56 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT.R. Dalton, Virginius Dabney, Edward Everett Dale, Russell B. Devine, Colgate W. Darden, Harold O. DeWitt, Richard Beale Davis, Jack Dalton, George E. Doods, F. Meredith Dietz, Jackson Davis, William E. Dodd, Charles W. Dabney - research, publications, visits, family correspondence. 1929-1931, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1942-1944, 1948, 1950-1972. 57 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerrill Evans, Mrs. Frank A. Edgar, J.H. Easterby, Tommy Eiken - reminiscences, research. 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChristian F. Feest, O. Hugh Fulcher, Doris S. Finney, J.T. Flyan, Joseph B. Flowers, B. Floyd Flickinger, Hunter D. Farish, Lawrence K. Fox - writings, reminiscences, appreciation, research positions, 1944-1945, 1949-1950, 1957-1959, 1966, 1968. 11 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Myrtle Hatala, Carlisle Humelsine, John S. Hopewell, Marvin Harvey, Fred A. Hetzel, Robert Tucker Hall, Philip M. Haner, Charles E. Hatch, Jr., Carlton E. Holladay, Malcolm H. Harris, Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., William Haden, Archibald Henderson, Fred Hoeing - publications, visits, research. 1941, 1947, 1949, 1951-1952, 1958, 1960-1963, 1966-1967, 1970. 24 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavis D. Joyce, John M. Jennings, William Wellington Jones, Edward Claude Johnson, Journal of Southern History, W.Melville Jones, Ludwell H. Johnson III, Howard Mumford Jones, Jamestown Festival, Allen Johnson - research, publications, appreciations. 1935, 1953, 1955, 1961, 1963, 1965-1966, 1968. 13 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStephen G. Kurtz, Richard W. Kilgore, Dorothy Kenyon, K. Kimura, Michael Kraus, W. Sterling King, Louis Knott Koontz, Theda Kenyon - lectures, reminiscences, family information, research, publications, gifts. 1943-1945, 1947, 1950-1951, 1964, 1967-1968, 1970-1971. 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Land, Library Company of Philadelphia, R. K. Larson, H. Richards Livingston - appreciations invitations, requests for information, gifts, research. 1940, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1971, 1973. 11 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRussell R. Menard, Philip A. Magrudes, Jr., W. Warner Moss, Mrs. Jesse Miller, Walter D. Moses and Co., Robert P. Maccubbin, Allen W. Moger, Charles P. McCurdy, Jr., John F. Morton, Jr., John O. Marsh, Jr., Mrs. Joseph Mitchel, Mrs. William S. Morton, John A. Munroe, Mary Maples, Nyle H. Miller, W.S. Morton, Ludwell Montague. 30 items., 1943, 1945-1948, 1950-1955, 1959, 1961-1963, 1965, 1969-1972\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNorfolk Public Library, Vernon L. Nunn, Walter R. Nelson, Nobel Prize, R.W. Nary, \"Notable American Women\", Ray F. Nichols - invitations, publications, research. 1956, 1860, 1967, 1969, 1970. 8 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOtis, Frank L. Owsley Ostes - historical writing, books. 1950, 1960-1961, 1963. 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Hubert A. Quillinz; permission to use quotation. 36 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Hubert A. Quillin - permission to use quotation. 1 item\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Reprint Co., Record Club, Beverley Ruffin, Reader's Digest, William M. E. Rachal, Parke Rouse, Jr., Taylor Reverley, Raven Soc, Harry W. Richards, Eric W. Rodgers, Rotary Club, Harold W. Ramsey, Carl A. Roseberg, Dr. Walter J. Rein, John Taylor Ransome, Clinton Rossiter, Hugh F. Rankin, Harry F. Richardson. 1944, 1945-1947, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1964, 1968, 1970-1971, 1973. 52 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.G.S. Stephens, Clifford K. Shipton, Richard and Janet Simm, James H. Siske, Howard Scammon, Harold A. Sparks, Howard Stone, Wilbur M. Smith, Schlesinger, Richard Sias, E.G. Swem, Owen E. Suter, James A. Servies, Max Savelie, Henry Lee Swint, Charles P. Sherman, J. Carlyle Sitterson, Charles P. Shelman, Charles S. Sydnor, 1925, 1933, 1944-1945, 1947-1948, 1953, 1959-1971, 1973. 52 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawrence Towner, Edgar T. Thompson, W.A. Thompson, Richard W. Talley, Lt. - Col. C.W. Tazewell, Robert H. Tucker, William M. Tuck, \"Time\", Inc., Clayton Torrance - appreciations, social events, books, research, Virginia Biography Committee. 1931, 1945-1946, 1956-1957, 1962-1965, 1967, 1969, 1973. 12 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUniversity of North Carolina Press, University Press of Virginia, University of Virginia History Club, Sharvy G. Umbeck. 1951, 1958, 1960-1964, 1970. 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGordon C. Vliet, Virginia Historical Society, Virginia Gazette, Virginia Writers' Club, William G. Vansant, Vatican City, Dr. Walter E. Vest - acknowledgements, memberships, city council candidates, royalties, resignation, research, reminiscences, historic preservation, publishing, periodicals. 1942-1944, 1947-1948, 1956-1957, 1961-1963, 1966, 1968, 1971-1972. 28 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert C. Willis, Vianne Webb, \"Western Historical Quarterly\", William \u0026amp; Mary, Mrs. T.J. Wertenbaker, Louis B. Wright, Dr. William T. Watkins, Jr., Stanley B. Williams, Bill J. Wiley, Joseph C. Wolf, John Elliott Wood, James Southall Wilson, B.I. Wiley, John A. Wayland, Mrs. John Bell Williams, Suzanne Waters. 1931, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1944-1945, 1951-1954, 1958, 1960, 1963-1972. 28 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLindsay Young, Conway Zinkle - acknowledgement. 1957-1958. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquiry about \"Primitive Painters in America 1750-1950\", lecturer's schedule, AARFAC publications and reproductions, American Folk Art from the AARFAC. 1965-1966. 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes about 1802 and 1836 provisions for such.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport of the Division of Markets of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Administration. The Commonwealth magazine. 1923, 1937. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOutline of the early history of Agricultural societies in Virginia. 'The Origin and Place of Fairs,' 'Representative Men of Virginia Discuss the State and Its Needs.' 'The Southern Planter,' 'Self-Help Held Greatest Need in Dominant Drought Area,' 'Flue Curing Discovered,' '1948 Atlantic Exposition,' 1928, 1930, 1938, 1943, 1948. 10 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeanuts, information on Virginia peanut production, origin of names for the peanuts, sources of information of the peanut, references to peanuts in Jefferson's 'Notes on the State of Virginia,' 'The Peanut.' 1925-1926. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Young People's Organizations in Relation to Rural Life in Virginia,' 'Preliminary Findings of the Virginia Rural Youth Survey,' 'Virginia's Rural Library Needs,' 'Rural and Urban Living Standards in Virginia,' 'Rural Depopulation in Certain Tidewater and Piedmont Areas of Virginia,' 'Governor Byrd letter. 1924, 1926-1930, 1937, 1941, 1946. 19 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'State Fair Adds to Virginia's Prosperity.' 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Virginia's Economic Pattern', 'Virginia Census of Agriculture: 1925,' 'Agricultural Research Uncovers Facts for Virginia Farmers.' 1927, 1945-1946. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Our Art Heritage,' 'An Abstract Art in Woodcuts,' 'Old Dominion Biennial,' 'Richmond Awaits Annual Tournament of Arts,' 'Medical Silhouettes,' 'Edward V. Valentine,' 'Donald Wallier Returns Home to Capture Honors Long Due,' 'Earliest Virginia Portrait,' 'University Honors Seibel,' 'Art Studio Club Reminiscent of Carlo Rossi Studio'. 1931-1932, 1934, 1938, 1945-1946. 11 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'APVA Names Jamestown Committee,' 'Let Us Honor America.' 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Atlantic University Curriculum Will Embrace Psychic Research.' 'Atlantic University,' 'Vocational Guidance at Atlantic University,' 'No Reply As Yet Received from Dr. Brown Concerning Offer of University Site.' 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Horseless Carriage,' 'Do You Remember Virginia's First Motor-Lawn,; 'Richmond's Finances.' 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard E. Byrd Field,' 'Richmond's Municipal Airport is One of the Finest in the East,' 'Map Shows State Will Soon Have 56 Airports,' 'Five Airlines Expand Service in Virginia,' 1929, 1931, 1948. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Governor Berkeley and King Phillip's War,' Journal, letter, grievances, lists of sources, notes, 'The Declaration of the People, 'Bacon's Appeal,' 'Bacon's Account,' 'Bacon's Manifesto,' 'Laws of February 20, 1679', contemporary accounts, Blathway account, Coventry Papers. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'State Indebted to Dr. Bagby, Who died in 1883, for Her Finest Humorous Writings.' 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState Bank Supervision and Control,' 'Must Our Banking System Be Reconstructed?\" - brochure. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOutline, biography, addends, appendices, notes, bibliography, 1704-1743. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'The So-called Byrd Era in a Series of Pictures of Inaugerations,' 'Governor Wins Esteem on National, State Fronts,' 1950, 1954. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Bring Virginia's Colonial Records Home,' Swem notes, 'Virginia Books,' references in Poole's Index, 'Virginia Library Brings Historic Letters,' 'Archives Survey,' \"The Commonwealth\", 'Virginia Bibliography', 'Swem's Index Takes Drudgery Out of History', Earl Gregg Swem... 1930, 1937-1939, 1941, 1944-1946, 1950, 1953, 1964. 18 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Congressional Record\", \"James A. Bland, Composer of 'Carry Me Back to Old Virginia',\" letter to Mr. Wilder concerning this article. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003earticle in \"Alumni Gazette.\" 'Baron Botetourt,' notes, 'The Botetourt Statue,' letter concerning the making of medallion likeness of Lord Botetourt. 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eletters to and from Samuel M. Bemiss, Davis Y. Paschall, H.C. Shulz, Robert G. Dougan and others concerning the acquisition, photography and other matters dealing with the collection. 15 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFacsimiles of letters to Wilberforce Eames concerning research, his manuscript, the ordering of a periodical. 1896-1897, 1899. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'For a Better Budget,' 'The Budget and Reorganization,' 'Consolidated Balance Sheet,' 'Virginia Budget System,' 'Budget Bill,' 1925, 1929, 1932, 1939. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Time is Ripe for Summary of Assembly Gains and Losses,' 'State Enters Year With New Hope For Future,' 'The Constitution of Virginia,' 'Governor Byrd Conducts a Revolution,' 'A Glance at the Governors of Virginia,' 'Two Houses of Virginia Assembly Virtually Wrote Inaugural Address Into Law.' 1922, 1926-1930, 1935. 28 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator and organization - 'What We Think of Senator Byrd's Machine,' 'The Passing of the Old Democratic Machine,' 'New Rumblings in the Old Dominion,' Francis P. Miller campaign materials, U.S. Senator Harry Flood Byrd Has Earned His Re-Election.' 'The Passing of the Old Democratic Machine,' 1930, 1949-1950, 1952. 8 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Tyler Declares Col. Landon Carter Was Rated As Greatest Philosopher of Age.' 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConstitution and by-laws, 'Twenty Years of Progress in Old Dominion,' 'The State Chamber's First Forty Years', 1925, 1944, 1963. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIssue of the \"Charlotte Gazette,\" \"Charlotte County Virginia: Historical Statistical and Present Attractions.\" 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Hundreds Attend Briery Church Bicentennial, 'Cub Creek Memorial,' 'Protestant Conference Set here,' 'Archibald McRobert,' 'Forward Steps for Rural Churches,' 'Oil Philographs of Old Virginia Churches,' St. John's Church,' memorial against compulsory Bible reading. Walker's Church deed, 1926, 1928-1929, 1931, 1938, 1952, 1954-1965. 17 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e'Virginia's Towns and Cities' - parts la-lc, 'Stauton Pioneered in Municipal Reform.' 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReview of \"Life of Robert M.T. Hunter,\" 'Where Cannon Reared in the 60's,' Frightfulness in 1861-1865,' 'Complete Diary of Civil War By Virginian Is Discovered,' 'Letter From Mr. Beverley Ross to His Wife,' 'With Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville,' 'Women of a City Turned Into a Hospital,' 1865, 1930, 1932, 1934-1935, 1942, 1954. 9 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Romance and Renaissance of the William \u0026amp; Mary Alumni Bulletins,' 'The Future of William \u0026amp; Mary,' 'William \u0026amp; Mary Citizenship Creed,' memorial plan, 'Fifteen Years of Progress Show Phenomenal Development at William and Mary. 1920, 1922, 1924-1927, 1930, 1934. 30 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1920, 1925, 1928-1929, 1937, 1952-1953, 1963, 1965. 16 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaw School, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Science, Fine Arts, Ancient Languages, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English, History, Home Economics, Physical Education, Physics, and Sociology. 1921, 1925, 1936, 1938-1943, 1946. 19 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistory, buildings and grounds, letters concerning the royal cannon in front of the Wren Building, article about the Rogers Family at the College, pamphlets on general College history, photos and diagrams of Wren, letter from Lawrence Towner to Dr. Morton concerning the selection of a UVA President. 1922, 1924, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1957, 1964-1965. 53 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Alumni Association, The Memorial Plan, 'A Roll of Fame.' 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from President Chandler asking Dr. Morton to compose a statement by the History Department for a Survey of Education in Virginia conducted by Dr. M.V. O'Shea for Virginia Governor Byrd. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistory of the department, letters from W.W. Abbot, Professor Adair's letter on oral history project, appointment of J.A. Carroll, appointment of Mr. Coger, letter to Hans Gatzke, acknowledgements of debt to CWF to Kenneth Chorley. 1933, 1939, 1943,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral plans for changes within the History Department, the curriculum requirements, the Law School, and the special collections department. 1934, 1936-1939. 8 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter about William and Mary executive organization, editorials, bylaws of Board of Visitors, 'Convocation Address,' 'President Bryan into the Office Here on October 20th,' 'John Stewart Bryan Dies of Pneumonia,' 1934, 1935, 1941, 1944, 1956. 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eissue of the Alumni Gazette with an article on the faculty of the 1890s entited 'The Seven Wise Men.\" 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePamphlets and other information regarding the College's seminar on colonial life. 16 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrograms from the conferring of honorary degrees to Sir Campbell Stuart and Georgia O'Keefe, report of the Honorary Degrees Committee, Report of the Curriculum Committee. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlans put forth for the report to the Works Committee, assigned to examine the possibility of closer co-operation between the College and the C.W.F. 1937, 1940-1941. 11 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments and letters pertaining to the resignation of President John Stewart Bryan and the activities of the Faculty Committee chosen to help the B.O.V. select a new President. 1942. 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from the faculty committee on the selection of a new President to the B.O.V. approving Dr. Pomfret and opposing Dr. Morgan L. Combs, letter from Channing Hall to Dr. Morton pertaining to another letter from Arthur Schlesinger relating to Dr. Pomfret. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles pertaining to President Pomfret's administration, program of President Pomfret's inauguration and a letter concerning the presentation to the College of a portrait of President Pomfret. 1942-1943, 1959. 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports, proposal for establishment of Ph.D. program in History Department, self-study report, report to the President, Report of the Department, plans regarding creation of a research center by the College and the C.W.F. 1943-1948, 1950, 1952-1959, 1963, 1966. 23 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Edward Alexander and Dr. Morton to President Pomfret concerning the possibility of creating a graduate-level curriculum in historical museum training, letter to Edward Alexander from Kenneth Cleeton concerning same, and letter to the faculty concerning the curriculum for the 1954 summer session. 1947-1948, 1953. 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIssues of the Alumni Gazettes containing information on the new Work Study Program and President Chandler. May 1950, December 1951, December 1962. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport of the Special Faculty Committee to investigate academic irregularities in the Physical Education Department. 1951. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings concerning the naming of Alvin D. Chandler as President and the athletic scandal. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIssue of the Alumni Gazette with a story on the football scandal. September.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings of editorial comments, articles concerning the appointment of Dr. James Miller to replace Pomfret, Faculty Manifesto and B.O.V. activities. September 1951. 28 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings pertaining to the selection of President Chandler, Nelson Marshall's resignation, athletic problems, et cetera, letter from President A.D. Chandler to Dr. Morton asking him to present greeting from the faculty at the former's indu\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFaculty Manifesto of 1951 and complaints made against the B.O.V. 22 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInauguration, letter concerning the state of the college. 13 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Dr. Morton (?) to \"Virginia and Robin\" pertaining to the growing opposition to President Chandler and certain acts committed by President Chandler and the administration against various faculty and students. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Charles McCurdy to Mrs. Morton about the upcoming B.O.V. meeting and about Mr. McCurdy's attendance at that same meeting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Charles McCurdy to James Robertson concerning Mr. McCurdy's strong disapproval of the College's future course (this copy was given to Dr. Morton by Mr. McCurdy), a newspaper clipping concerning the same.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings from the A.D. Chandler era pertaining to the selection of H. Lester Hooker to the B.O.V., expansion of the curriculum, proposed investigation of the administration, and various editorials denouncing and supporting President Chandler. 1955-1957. 92 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Rector James Robertson to Dr. Morton and a letter from Dr. Morton to Rector Robertson pertaining to a B.O.V. luncheon, a letter from Dr. Morton to Rector Robertson inviting the B.O.V. to a faculty Advisory Council luncheon. 1957-1958. 3\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, articles, program of inauguration, and other materials from the Paschall area. 1959-1961, 1963, 1964, 1970-1971. 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFlat hat issue with plans for new campus, letter from President Paschall to the faculty and articles on President Paschall from \"The Commonwealth.\" 1959, 1963. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings concerning the proposed reorganization of the College and the five institutions under it. 1961. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFaculty by-laws, pamphlet on Rules and Regulations, Board of Visitors resolution to return the School of Education to department status, B.O.V. resolution on approval of said by-laws.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCollege of William and Mary- letter from Ludwell Johnson to members of the History Department concerning Affirmative Action policies at the College. 1970. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocument concerning the search for a new president and vice-president. 1970. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Captain R.S. Crenshaw of the U.S. Navy to Mrs. George Chenowich on the status of a number of cemeteries near the U.S. Naval Mine Depot at Yorktown, VA. \"Historical Notes\". 1932, 1934. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings, pamphlets, et cetera on the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. 1928-1940. 48 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal notes and lecutres on \"The Restored Williamsburg\" - lectures by other professors and colonial Williamsburg, Inc., letter from Wendell Stephenson to Dr. Morton asking him to contribute an article on the \"Restored Williamsburg\" to the Journal of Southern History. 114 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings on the unveiling of a memorial portrait of John D. Rockefeller, fellowships given by the Restoration, list of fellowships from 1940-1941 and a report on the seven fellowships given 1941-1942. 1939-1942. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings on the history of Norfolk, economic growth of Hampton Roads and pamphlets printed by the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce. 1924, 1926, 1930. 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings about the construction of the Matoaka Amphitheater and the production of the play, Common Glory, pamphlets on the play, an article about the new Virginia Festival of Music, and an opening night program from Common Glory. 5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMorton's notes on the constitution, a copy of the Virginia constitution and a newspaper clipping on the reunion of the survivors of the state's 1901-1902 constituitonal convention. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings pertaining to the celebration of the convention and the bill of rights, copies of Congressman R. Walton Moore's speech before the House (pertaining to the celebration). 6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings. 3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten by E. S. H. Greene on the origns of the Congress for History Course 441. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle pertaining to his being honored by the University of Tennessee. January 1934.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle pertaining to his life. 1 April 1928.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles pertaining to his administration and the Virginia General Assemblies of 1942, 1944. 13 March 1942. 22 March 1942, May 1942, 2 October 1942, 13 January 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle bibliography relating to the Presbyterian Church in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReferences from Library of Congress, articles, paper by Elizabeth A. 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Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds, genealogical materials on the Watkins and Morton families and photographs."," Series 2 includes Morton's notes and correspondence about the 1951 football scandal; clippings about the Omohundro Institute of Early American History \u0026 Culture; correspondence with Lyon G. Tyler and others; Board meeting minutes of the Colonial Williamsburg Advisory Committee of Historians and the OIEAHC; reports on the William and Mary Quarterly."," Series 3 includes additions to the collection, which are made on an ongoing basis.","Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds, genealogical materials on the Watkins and Morton families and photographs.","28 items","9 items","1 item","1882, 1918, 1956, 1967, and 1970; 9 items","44 items","1918. 1931-1932, 1935-1936, 1938-1939. 37 items","1925, 1970, and 1973. 5 items","1950, 1953, 1956, 1960-1961, 1964-1965, 1969, and 1971-1973.","18 items.","42 items.","12 items.","8 items.","1915, 1919, 1944-1963, 1946, 1951, 1958-1960, 1965, 1965, and 1971. 31 items.","1938, 1949, 1962, 1967, and 1969. 30 items.","G.C. Wetmore, the painter of Dr. and Mrs. S.M. Shepherd, grandparent of Mrs. Morton, notes of investigative sources. 8 items.","1909, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1951, 1961, and 1965-1966. 22 items.","14 items.","Includes letters, bank statements, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts ID, biographical information, other information. 1940. 1945-1948, 1952-1956, and 1968. 28 items.","School grade reports, letters to parents, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Lee Morton, college bills, passports, insurance policies, tax returns, postcards, record of her measurements. 1941-1942, 1945-1949, 1955, 1959-1960, and 1966. 89 items","Includes his Thank-you letters. 5 items.","honorary degree, congratulations, procession list, Magna Carta conference. 61 items.","3 items.","Includes portraits, commencement, charter day, presidential dinner, honorary degree, as child, Falkland. ca. 1890, ca. 1900, 1910, 1913, 1918, 1923, 1933-1936, 1946, 1951-1953, 1954, 1958, 1959-1960, 1965, and 1968. 82 items.","Jacob Morton receipt, bill of sale, and portrait; genealogical information on Thomas Watkins, diary of William Morton. 1846, 1849, 1850, and 1870. 10 items.","Including service on committees, conferences, fraternities, honorary degrees, army service, scholarship fund, vita, 1896, 1916, 1918-1919, 1921, 1926-1927, 1929-1932, 1934, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1955-1959, and 1960-1967. 156 items.","1914-1916, 1925-1926, 1928-1929, 1937, 1945, 1953, 1959, 1963, 1965-66, and 1970. 64 items.","George Washington, Institute of Early American History and Culture. Inauguration of President Chandler, Kiwanis Club, books, Phi Beta Kappa. 1925, 1929, 1933, 1952-1954, 1968, and 1972. 14 items.","1923, 1927-1928, and 1936-1938. 19 items.","3 items. (see also medium oversize file).","1941, 1943-1945, 1947-1951, 1958-1961, 1963, 1966, 1968, and 1972. 47 items.","1849, 1962, and 1963. 7 items.","1963, 1965-1966, and 1970. 38 items.","1959, 1963-1964. 30 items.","1930, 1934, 1940-1941, 1944, 1949-1954, and 1956-1957. 54 items.","Research Project suggestions, bibliography for publication era, historical records survey, manuscripts on microfilm at IEAHC. 1917, 1940, 1947, and 1957. 18 items.","1923, 1937, 1942, 1962-1964, and 1967. 26 items.","3 items.","1960-1964, 1966. 25 items.","20 items.","94 items.","1946-1947, 1950-1953, 1955, 1959, 1965-1966, 1968. 40 items.","46 items.","4 items.","3 items","6 items","Mortgage, settlement of estate, statement of accountability, letters from D.D. Colcock agent, disposal of stamps and books, letters from and to Estelle and husband, Lucy and husband concerning the estate, tax notice, commissioner of accounts. 1958-1961. 1963. 63 items.","Includes letters about changes in articles written by Morton, requests by Morton for materials to be used for articles, materials for research for articles including on education, politics, industry, race relations. 1959, 1960-1962, 1967-1972. 106 items.","Teacher's Handbook for film on Coonial Virginia, criticism of handbook, letters concerning Morton's materials for the film, release to school journals concerning Morton, honorarium for Morton's efforts, request for his biography. 1940-1941, 1943, 1959, 1970. 19 items.","Catalogues, plant orders, primer for herb growing, green life guides, articles on gardening, marigold book, rose book, lawn guide. 1954, 1969-1970. 15 items","Orders for garden flowers, brochures for flowers, invoices, request for bulletin about hematodes. 1954, 1963, 1966, 1968-1969. 20 items.","Request for informational about Nema-hill, and reply, nematode recommendations, booklet on Virginia garden roses, articles on gardening, information on malathion, orders for seeds. 1950, 1953, 1959, 1962-1963. 14 items.","Rose advertisement, articles on gardening, picture of trellis, booklet on mulch paper, brochure of chain-linked fence, guide to rose growing, booklets on flower growing, book on colonial fences, etc. with pictures, list of slides accompanying lecture 'Wild Flowers...\" 1953, 1967-1968. 16 items.","1 item","A New Kind of County Government, Reorganizing the Administration of a State, \"Liberty and Law\", \"Vice President Dawes and the Senate Rules\", \"The County Manager Plan\", \"Central Administrative Control over Municipalities in the Southwest.\" . 6 items.","Concerning Morton's election as honorary member, note on meeting at Morton's home, acceptances of honorary membership by Philip A. Bruce and William G. Stanard, newspaper articles on club founding and new member. 1923-1926, 1929, 1932. 11 items.","House and office equipment booklets, article \"New Tool Aids Safe Pruning\", invoices, request for equipment, instructions for ILG fan maintainence, information on audio-visual aids, checks, information on GE boiler. 57 items.","House of the Week articles, booklets on home care, expanding your house, articles on shutters, articles on model homes, plan for hillside house, architects suggestions for home, information on log cabins. 1932, 1946, 1952, 1956, 1963-1965, 1958, 1972. 36 items.","House Plans - bathroom, hill house, Dr. and Mrs. Morton's residence, pictures of residence. 1947.","8 photographs.","Booklet of dogma, application for membership. 3 items.","letter to Lord Acton, Lee biography, \"Lee the Educator,\" \"Robert E. Lee - The Man\", \"Lee's Military Valise\", \"Robert E. Lee Unionist\", \"Robert E. Lee\", \"Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation\", 1925, 1929-1930, 1942. 13 items.","statue unveiling exercises, Columbia River historical expedition booklet. 2 items.","Civil War letters and analyses, letter protesting Virginia House of Delegates Resolution honoring Lincoln, Major Cookes' account of Lee's surrender to Grant, article defending McClellan's battle tactics. 1922, 1928, 1933. 4 items.","annual buying of American Historical Periodicals, lists of duplicate magazines, letters concerning magazine order offer declines. 9 items.","Medicare bills, forms for premium payment, handbook, insurance benefits record, Blue Cross - Blue Shield brochure, statement of coverage, doctor's bills.","Medicine: cardiology, fungistatics, colds, poison ivy. 1962, 1964-1965. 2 items.","membership materials, brochures about books and map. 1960. 18 items.","Shenandoah, National Parks, area administered by NPS, Fredericksburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, Moore House, Manassas, Petersburg, Richmond, Cape Henry, George Washington Birthplace, Cumberland Gap, Custis-Lee, Virginia State Parks. 1927, 1934, 1957-1959. 17 items.","News analysis of black demonstrations, \"The Southern Workman\", Comparison of disease rates among white and black troops, state of black colleges, Texas white primary, Atticus G. Haygood, speech of Senator Claude A. Swanson, Peabody School of Education. 1914-1916, 1919, 1922-1924, 1927, 1933-1949, 1953, 1956. 18 items.","1 item","1 item","\"Race Relations\" - \"Progress in Race Relations,\" Douglas Gordon address, letters from Commission on Interracial Cooperation, CIC pamphlets. \"Five Letters of the University Commisssion on Southern Race Relations\", \"The Racial Situation in America\", \"An Appeal to the 'Christian' People of the South,\" Slater Fund. 1920, 1926-1927. 14 items.","Manuscript of Morton family recipe book, easy cooking, peanut butter, chicken, salsify, wine, colonial dishes, famous Virginia foods. 1939, 1941, 1951, 1960, 1964, 1971. 13 items.","Records and Phonographs - operating guide for Zenith \"Space Command\" brochures for Zenith stereos, order from Record Club of America, article on Louis Moreau Gottschalk, list of compositions, catalog of Folk Music, \"Jazz from Columbia,\" \"Twentieth Century Poetry in English\", D'Oyly Carte Records. 1959, 1962, 1964-1966. 29 items.","Biography, \"Health Heroes\", \"Health: The First Objective in Education\", article on Dr. Aristides Agramonte, article on Reed. 1926, 1930, 1940.","Morton's honorary membership, proposed members, attendance rules, club members, reports and awards of Committee on Scholarships, letters of recommendation, notices of meeting, Christmas card, Christmas poems, biography of member James McCord. Charley's letter. 1956, 1962-1963, 1966-1973. 69 items.","Lindley: Eleven Years of Roosevelt, \"Roosevelt for President\", text of President's message to the 77th Congress, \"Administration Has to Be Calm About Anti-Inflation Program\", \"Roosevelt on Role in War\", memorial issue of New Republic on Roosevelt, \"The Prohibition Question\" by H.E. Fosdick. 1928, 1940-1941, 1944, 1946. 7 items.","\"47 Questions and Answers\", Medicare handbook, information on Social Security and Virginia Supplemental Retirement System, notice of benefits increase, \"Your New Health Insurance\", \"Your Social Security\". 1951-1952, 1961, 1965, 1967-1968. 8 items","Social Security of Estelle Dinwiddie Morton , cancelled checks to Internal Revenue, Household Employer's Social Security Tax Guides. 1951-1963, 1965. 36 items","Sarah Stetson publications, 2 copies, \"American Garden Books Transplanted and Native Before 1807\", \"William Hamilton and his Woodlands\", 3 copies \"The Traffic in Seeds and Plants from England's Colonies in North America\", \"The Philadelphia Sojourn of Samuel Vaughn\", \"John Mercer's Notes on Plants\", \"Andre Parmentier\" in Landscape Architecture. 1946, 1949, 1953. 9 items.","Income tax forms, hospital insurance benefits, record, income tax schedules, records of medical expenses, reports of stock dividends, utility bills, statements of bank savings, travel records, heating fuel consumption, charitable contributions, sales and royalties, drug bills, 1971-1972. 87 items.","Vehicle license form, invoices for periodicals, tax returns and instructions, contributions and deductions, savings certificate earnings, utility bills, drug bills, records of stock dividends, property and capitation tax, return of tangible personal property, fuel bills. 1970. 22 items.","Capitation tax, utility bills, real estate tax, drug bills, records of charitable contributions, medical bills, fuel bills, payment for books and periodicals, invoices. 1969. 36 items.","Income tax forms, schedules of income and retirement income credit, invoices for periodicals, appraisal of books, payment for books and periodicals, real estate tax, record of vehicle license tag. 1968. 25 items.","Supplemental schedule of income and retirement income credit, drug bills, individual income tax returns and instructions, royalities and dividends, medical bills, stock dividends, personal property and capitation tax, statement of vendors account. 1967. 47 items.","Individual income tax forms, personal property tax, record of gift of William \u0026 Mary Quarterly, records of expenses, bill for furnace repair, report of work done on research grant, Virginia agency purchase order, statements of vendors' accounts for periodicals. 1946, 1950-1962. 38 items.",", \"The Cold War Melodies\", \"The Constitution and Prohibition Enforcement\". 1842, 1929, 1940. 2 items.","Brochures from extermination companies, article on how to kill termites, article on how to kill Japanese beetles. 1934. 1948. 1951. 6 items.","Cunard Line thank you cards, guide to Switzerland, visit to Vatican Library, hotel bills souvenir of Norwegian state visit, records of expenses, Edinburgh Christmas card, itinerary, addresses of European hotels, notes from Williamsburg Travel Office. 1960-1961. 45 items.","Booklet on shade and ornamental trees, \"All Sizes of Trees Will Be Healthier if Fed Regularly,\" \"Mistletoe Planted in Trees\". 1953, 1956, 1963. 3 items.","Bulletins, membership list, Virginia Collegiate Show, list of patrons. 5 items.","Advertisement for Nature's Medicines, notice for Prohibitory Order Against Sender of Pandering Advertisement in the Malls. 1969. 1 item.","Checking deposit receipts, checking deposit slips, notification of change of address, savings account records. 1971-1972. 50 items.","Article in American Legion Weekly, notes on Washington in Williamsburg, \"Mr. Bruce on Washington\", \"Map of Washington's Travels\", \"Washington Celebration in 1932\", Washington issue of School Library Bulletin, Washington poastage stamps. \"Washington Meets New Ordeal.\" 1926-1927, 1931-1932. 11 items.","Annual reports, newsletters, letters about Medicare problem, acknowledgement of monetary gifts, Medicare Fact Sheet, WCH brochure, hospital bill and record of refund. 1963-1972. 61 items.","Historic Garden Week in Virginia, \"Presentation of the Restored East Lawn Gardens\", \"Calendar of Events and Guide to Historic Garden Week\", \"The Voyages of the Roses,\" annual report, spring flower show, sheets of Garden Club information, yearbook, membership lists, National Wildlife Federation Information. 1962-1965, 1968. 16 items.","Visitor's Guide, Chamber of Commerce information on real estate. ca. 1970. 13 items.","Historical Notes, \"The Yorktown Sesquicentenial Celebration\" 1931-1932. 2 items.","Growth, population, physical development and trade, Parson's Cause, Stamp Act. 3 items.","4 items.","Concerning Indian raids, Temple Bodley's George Rogers Clark, Echenrode's The Revolution in Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, John T. Goodrich's The Life of General Hugh Mercer, article on the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom. 1776-1788, 1928. 1 item.","From Lingley's The Transition in Virginia and Tyler's Virginia - The Federal Period, list of Virginia colonial governors. 1765-1775. 5 items.","3 items.","1 item.","David Walker's Appeal, measures to control Black people in Virginia, Nat Turner's Rebellion. 1619, 1691, 1800, 1826, 1830-1831. 2 items.","1 item.","Hampden-Sydney College, Richmond Medical College, Washington and Lee University, University of Virginia, Randolph-Macon College, notes on periodical articles on Virginia higher education.","First Great Awakening, Journal of Herbert Asbury, Second Awakening and Frontier Schisms, church organization and the rise of modern missions, religion during the 30's, 40's, and 50's, strange religions, the slavery dispute and the churches. 1 item.","Prison reform, Boston Prison Discipline Society annual reports. 1 item.","2 items.","1 item.","Theater, circuses, celebration, diversions, cock fighting, horse racing, lotteries, cards, music and dancing, singers, 1665, 1702, ca. 1850.","Steamboats built in New York City, population of the West, life of Robert Fulton, Niles Register of Steamboats, early railroads, descriptions of steamboat trips on the Mississippi, steamboats on the Great Lakes, canals, 1766-1848. 1 item.","Notes from Alice Feld Tyler's Freedom's Ferment. 1693, 1776, 1793, 1810-1855. 1 item.","Notes from Kendog's \"The Beginning of Temperance,\" temperance songs, American Temperance Union documents, speech of John H.W. Hawkins, history of temperance movement, Oklahoma votes to end prohibition, 1690, 1775-1880, 1959. 2 items.","History of Prohibition from A.M. Schlesinger \"The Rise of the City\", Hecker and Kendrick \"The United States Since 1865\", Slossom \"The Great Crusade and After\", article' \"Cobb Defines Cawn,\" \"Orphan of Bootleggers,\" booklet, \"Temperance Trumpeter,\" 1865-1934, 1948. 3 items.","Virginia Convention of 1861, Narrative of Southampton County, 'To Observe Joseph Jenkins Roberts Day,\" school committee reports, reports on industry and railroads, 'History of Emory and Henry College,\" sources in Virginia history, bibliography, Governor's Message, notes from Richond Enquirer, 1830, 1838, 1840-1841, 1850, 1861, 1865-1866, 1944, 1949. 2 items.","Notes on of Virginia officials, Virginia religion, Indians, diary of Reverend Robert Rose, Gooch Papers Act Preventing Negro Insurrection, Cal. State Papers, force tracts, notes from Robert Beverley's \"The History and Present State of Virginia\". 1607-1756. 1 item.","Journal references to notable Virginians, review of Adrienne Koch's \"Jefferson and Madison, notes on social history, notes on Reverend Robert Rose's diary, lists of useful books on Virginia history, articles \"Senate Race Getting Milder\", \"An 1808 Tour of Virginia is Delightful,\" \"Governor's message, notes on manufactureres, internal improvements. 1748-1869, 1881, 1926, 1943, 1952. 2 items.","Notes on Virginia history, message of Governor Johnson, adoption of the 1851 Constituion, Virginia agriculture, Virginia on the eve of the Civil War. 1851-1857. 1 item.","Virginia on the Eve of the Southern War for Independence.\" 1830-1860. 1 item.","The Press in the Making of Virginia, \"Ephraim McDowell,\" \"The Newspaper Press and the Civil War in West Virginis,\" \"A Confederate Catechism,\" \"The Supreme Court of the Confederacy,\" \"The Rise of the High School in Virginia,\" notes on the Reconstruction, photos of Virginia, \"The Voting Status of Negroes in Virginia,\" 1929, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1958. 1 item.","1856, 1859-1861.","Improvements and implements, organization and education, Southern dependence, products. 1850-1854, 1857. 2 items.","Documents, messages, dispatches. 1851-1858, 1860-1861. 1 item.","1856, 1860-1861. 1 item.","Schisms, new buildings. 1851, 1855, 1857, 1861. 1 item.","1850. 1 item.","John Boran bibliography, the martial spirit, secession and war, military and governmental events of the Civil War. 1850-1865. 2 items.","Proposed steamship line to Europe, exports, development of the carrying trade, Norfolk harbor commerce, dispatches, Virginia Commerce Convention, direct foreign trade. 1806, 1850-1852, 1856-1860. 1 item.","Participants, resolutions, issues, notes. 1849, 1850-1852, 1854, 1858, 1861. 1 item.","'Pistols and Coffee at Dawn for Two.\" notes. 1856, 1858, 1934. 2 items.","- 'A study of Three Virginia Colleges, Part 1 Before the Civil War - bibliography, 'Higher Education for Women Before 1860.' 1953. 2 items.","Free schools - dispatches 'Primary Education in Virginia After the Civil War - outline and bibliography, miscellaneous notes, 'Poor Relief Education', 'State Obtains Mercer Sketch.', 'Governor's Message and Annual Reports,' abstract of School Commisssioner's report. 1818-1847, 1849, 1850-1855, 1858-1859, 1901, 1957. 2 items.","1860-1861. 1 item.","Ell Thayer's scheme for immigrant aid, Rd. D. dispatches, misc. notes, letter concerning Ell Thayer. 1852, 1857, 1860, 1938. 1 item.","Lists of railroad documents, proposed railroad lines, misc. notes, abstracts of railroad documents, construction of railroad lines, frequent wrecks on railroads, Roanoke Railroad, governor's messages, Southern Railroad, telegraph, 'The Louisa Railroad.' 1849, 1851-1861, 1866. 3 items.","'Virginia State Debt and Internal Improvements, 1820-1838, James River and Kanawha company, travel on the richmond - Lynchburg canal boat packet, map of Virginia's railroads, general internal improvements, highways. 1820-1838, 1840-1848, 1851, 1859-1879. 8 items.","Baptist's divided message of Governor Joseph Johnson, bibliography on 'The Trial and Execution of John Brown.' 1852, 1857. 3 items.","'A Letter Opposing Public Hangings,' 'Two Negroes Hung For Murder in Culpeper,' public hanging, prive executions, imprisonment, changes in criminal and civil codes. 1834, 1846, 1848, 1849-1850, 1851, 1853, 1858, 1860. 1 item.","Sinking funds, taxes collected, certificates and bonds issued, Governor Johnson's message, Rd. D. dispatches on state finances. 1851-1852, 1857, 1860, 1865. 1 item.","1858. 1 item.","1856. 1 item.","1850. 1 item.","1856-1858, 1948. 2 items.","1860. 2 items.","Letter from American Historical Association about extra copies, Eubank B. Caldwell sending historical materials, list of mistakes in work. 1925. 5 items.","1854. 1 item.","1853-1857, 1861. 2 items.","Richmond Atheneaeum, notes on various papers, Virginia Sesqui-Centennial Celebration, on slavery, Philip Pendleton Cooke, Judge Beverley Tucker, John Wesley Montette, titles. 1851-1860. 1 item.","William Ballad Preston, establishment of cotton mills, petition of Central Southerns Rights Association, governor's message, cotton trade, manufacturing in Lynchburg, cloth, leather, why Southern factories fail, Old Dominion iron and Rail Works, Major Andrews family. 1850-1852, 1854, 1856, 1857, 1859-1860. 1 item.","1839-1840. 1 item.","Medical Journal, Medical Board of Examiners, Norfolk and Portsmouth fever. 1852-1853, 1855. 1 item.","Clover Hill coal pits, Commodore Stockton and quartz mining, salt mining. 1851, 1856, 1858. 1 item.","1850. 1 item.","List of Virginia newspapers, \"The South\", Edward William Johnston, John M. Daniel, \"Richmond Dispatch\". 1850-1851, 1855, 1857, 1860, 1865. 2 items.","Federal relations, slavery, resolution of New Jersey Legislature, syllabus for course 'Virginia - The Commonwealth.' 1850, 1852-1853, 1860-1861. 2 items.","Seventh Virginia Census, number of Virginians in the US, number of immigrants to Virginia, population figures from Canning,' History of the United States, 'Virginia Population and Wealth.' 1834, 1850, 1852, 1860. 5 items.","Lt. Governor Samuel Watts, Democratic politics, Johnson succeeded Floyd as governor, members of General Assembly, presidential elections, Kansas-Nebraska Bill, Governor Wise elected, nomination of John Letcher for governor, vote totals for governor and Lt. Gov., electoral vote. 1851-1860.","Eastern Lunatic Asylum, imprisonment, slave punishment by whipping. 1825, 1850-1856, 1858. 1 item.","Letters concerning the sending of railroad information, notes on Virginia internal improvement debate, notes from Sinclair's \"Development of the Locomotive Empire,\" 'Why Was Four Foot 8 1/2 Inches Adopted as the Standard Gauge,' gauge of railroads in the US. 1853-1854, 1940, 1945, 1949. 6 items.","Note on George Fitzhugh's article dealing with Virginia Act of Religious Toleration. 1859. 1 item.","1778. 1 item.","YMCA, travellers to city, description, trade, Reading and Newsroom, Richmond Directory, streets. 1850, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1860-1861. 1 item.","Nat Turner Rebellion, Slave codes, attempts to reopen the slave trade, the North and slavery, slave life and labor, free slaves and colonization, slave insurrections, slavery - general problem, fugitive slaves, slave trade, Norfolk health, 'A Long-Forgotten Student Oratim. 1847, 1850-1860, 1944. 9 items.","Train between Richmond and Amelia Court House, 'Petersburg's Racing History,' tournament lectures, libraries, fairs, Richmond Atheneum, Philanthropic Literary Society, Womens Dress, 'Knights of Old Virginia...' epidemics in Portsmouth schools. 1849, 1851-1855, 1857-1859, 1931, 1936. 1 item.","Travel to them, 'The Springs of Virginia,' notes on written sources, articles on White Sulphur Springs and sounding of Richmond Blues, descriptions, 'Heat of Virginia Spring Said Due to Pressure Deep Below Earth.' B\u0026O route from Berkley Springs, 'The Springs of Yesteryear,' 'Epistles from the Springs of Virginia.' 1850-1852, 1856-1860, 1932, 1942. 3 items.","1860. 1 item.","Letters of John H. Cocke to Joseph C. Cabell, Virginia Historical Register and Literary Yearbook, Sons of Temperance, Anti-Tobacco movement, outline of history of temperance, Richmond drunkeness, 1851-1869, 1870. 1 item.","Letter from New York Public Library concerning sources of information on John C. Underwood. 1930. 1 item.","Meetings, death of William Maxwell. 1850, 1852, 1857. 1 item.","Hugh Jones' \"Present State of Virginia\", \"Virginia Lives\", Jamestown Island, History of Henrico County, Morton's retirement, state and local history, \"The Virginia Plantations\", Charles McLean, Andrews,W.W. Abbott, Rotary International, American Association for State and Local History. 1936-1939, 1942-1944, 1953, 1955, 1958-1959, 1961-1962, 1972. 35 items.","Whitfield J. Bell, 'A Portrait of the Colonial Physician', John S. Rush, insurance, Edmund Berkeley, \"Brothers were Brothers Still Despite Civil War,\" Dr. Wright's address, Burwell family. About James Madison, Harry F. Byrd, Carl Bridenbaugh concerning Thomas Story, Parker A. Throop, Alexander A. Bruce, Kathleen Bruce. 1923, 1926, 1934-1935, 1939, 1942-1973. 82 items.","Gifts of Morton's \"Colonial Virginia\", bibliography of emigration in colonial times, J.L. Carpenter, restoration of Falkland, Lester Cappon, W.F. Craven, Kenneth Chorley, IEAHC affairs, opposition to House Bill 279, Society of American Historians, President J.A.C. Chandler, Dr. Hunter Farish, E.T. Crowson, Tappan Reeve. 1919, 1927, 1932, 1935-1936, 1941-1948, 1959-1963, 1967-1971. 56 items.","T.R. Dalton, Virginius Dabney, Edward Everett Dale, Russell B. Devine, Colgate W. Darden, Harold O. DeWitt, Richard Beale Davis, Jack Dalton, George E. Doods, F. Meredith Dietz, Jackson Davis, William E. Dodd, Charles W. Dabney - research, publications, visits, family correspondence. 1929-1931, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1942-1944, 1948, 1950-1972. 57 items.","Merrill Evans, Mrs. Frank A. Edgar, J.H. Easterby, Tommy Eiken - reminiscences, research. 4 items.","Christian F. Feest, O. Hugh Fulcher, Doris S. Finney, J.T. Flyan, Joseph B. Flowers, B. Floyd Flickinger, Hunter D. Farish, Lawrence K. Fox - writings, reminiscences, appreciation, research positions, 1944-1945, 1949-1950, 1957-1959, 1966, 1968. 11 items.","Mrs. Myrtle Hatala, Carlisle Humelsine, John S. Hopewell, Marvin Harvey, Fred A. Hetzel, Robert Tucker Hall, Philip M. Haner, Charles E. Hatch, Jr., Carlton E. Holladay, Malcolm H. Harris, Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., William Haden, Archibald Henderson, Fred Hoeing - publications, visits, research. 1941, 1947, 1949, 1951-1952, 1958, 1960-1963, 1966-1967, 1970. 24 items.","Davis D. Joyce, John M. Jennings, William Wellington Jones, Edward Claude Johnson, Journal of Southern History, W.Melville Jones, Ludwell H. Johnson III, Howard Mumford Jones, Jamestown Festival, Allen Johnson - research, publications, appreciations. 1935, 1953, 1955, 1961, 1963, 1965-1966, 1968. 13 items.","Stephen G. Kurtz, Richard W. Kilgore, Dorothy Kenyon, K. Kimura, Michael Kraus, W. Sterling King, Louis Knott Koontz, Theda Kenyon - lectures, reminiscences, family information, research, publications, gifts. 1943-1945, 1947, 1950-1951, 1964, 1967-1968, 1970-1971. 14 items.","Robert H. Land, Library Company of Philadelphia, R. K. Larson, H. Richards Livingston - appreciations invitations, requests for information, gifts, research. 1940, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1971, 1973. 11 items.","Russell R. Menard, Philip A. Magrudes, Jr., W. Warner Moss, Mrs. Jesse Miller, Walter D. Moses and Co., Robert P. Maccubbin, Allen W. Moger, Charles P. McCurdy, Jr., John F. Morton, Jr., John O. Marsh, Jr., Mrs. Joseph Mitchel, Mrs. William S. Morton, John A. Munroe, Mary Maples, Nyle H. Miller, W.S. Morton, Ludwell Montague. 30 items., 1943, 1945-1948, 1950-1955, 1959, 1961-1963, 1965, 1969-1972","Norfolk Public Library, Vernon L. Nunn, Walter R. Nelson, Nobel Prize, R.W. Nary, \"Notable American Women\", Ray F. Nichols - invitations, publications, research. 1956, 1860, 1967, 1969, 1970. 8 items.","Otis, Frank L. Owsley Ostes - historical writing, books. 1950, 1960-1961, 1963. 4 items.","Mrs. Hubert A. Quillinz; permission to use quotation. 36 items.","Mrs. Hubert A. Quillin - permission to use quotation. 1 item","The Reprint Co., Record Club, Beverley Ruffin, Reader's Digest, William M. E. Rachal, Parke Rouse, Jr., Taylor Reverley, Raven Soc, Harry W. Richards, Eric W. Rodgers, Rotary Club, Harold W. Ramsey, Carl A. Roseberg, Dr. Walter J. Rein, John Taylor Ransome, Clinton Rossiter, Hugh F. Rankin, Harry F. Richardson. 1944, 1945-1947, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1964, 1968, 1970-1971, 1973. 52 items.","A.G.S. Stephens, Clifford K. Shipton, Richard and Janet Simm, James H. Siske, Howard Scammon, Harold A. Sparks, Howard Stone, Wilbur M. Smith, Schlesinger, Richard Sias, E.G. Swem, Owen E. Suter, James A. Servies, Max Savelie, Henry Lee Swint, Charles P. Sherman, J. Carlyle Sitterson, Charles P. Shelman, Charles S. Sydnor, 1925, 1933, 1944-1945, 1947-1948, 1953, 1959-1971, 1973. 52 items.","Lawrence Towner, Edgar T. Thompson, W.A. Thompson, Richard W. Talley, Lt. - Col. C.W. Tazewell, Robert H. Tucker, William M. Tuck, \"Time\", Inc., Clayton Torrance - appreciations, social events, books, research, Virginia Biography Committee. 1931, 1945-1946, 1956-1957, 1962-1965, 1967, 1969, 1973. 12 items.","University of North Carolina Press, University Press of Virginia, University of Virginia History Club, Sharvy G. Umbeck. 1951, 1958, 1960-1964, 1970. 4 items.","Gordon C. Vliet, Virginia Historical Society, Virginia Gazette, Virginia Writers' Club, William G. Vansant, Vatican City, Dr. Walter E. Vest - acknowledgements, memberships, city council candidates, royalties, resignation, research, reminiscences, historic preservation, publishing, periodicals. 1942-1944, 1947-1948, 1956-1957, 1961-1963, 1966, 1968, 1971-1972. 28 items.","Robert C. Willis, Vianne Webb, \"Western Historical Quarterly\", William \u0026 Mary, Mrs. T.J. Wertenbaker, Louis B. Wright, Dr. William T. Watkins, Jr., Stanley B. Williams, Bill J. Wiley, Joseph C. Wolf, John Elliott Wood, James Southall Wilson, B.I. Wiley, John A. Wayland, Mrs. John Bell Williams, Suzanne Waters. 1931, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1944-1945, 1951-1954, 1958, 1960, 1963-1972. 28 items.","Lindsay Young, Conway Zinkle - acknowledgement. 1957-1958. 2 items.","Inquiry about \"Primitive Painters in America 1750-1950\", lecturer's schedule, AARFAC publications and reproductions, American Folk Art from the AARFAC. 1965-1966. 6 items.","Notes about 1802 and 1836 provisions for such.","Report of the Division of Markets of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Administration. The Commonwealth magazine. 1923, 1937. 2 items.","Outline of the early history of Agricultural societies in Virginia. 'The Origin and Place of Fairs,' 'Representative Men of Virginia Discuss the State and Its Needs.' 'The Southern Planter,' 'Self-Help Held Greatest Need in Dominant Drought Area,' 'Flue Curing Discovered,' '1948 Atlantic Exposition,' 1928, 1930, 1938, 1943, 1948. 10 items.","Peanuts, information on Virginia peanut production, origin of names for the peanuts, sources of information of the peanut, references to peanuts in Jefferson's 'Notes on the State of Virginia,' 'The Peanut.' 1925-1926. 2 items.","'Young People's Organizations in Relation to Rural Life in Virginia,' 'Preliminary Findings of the Virginia Rural Youth Survey,' 'Virginia's Rural Library Needs,' 'Rural and Urban Living Standards in Virginia,' 'Rural Depopulation in Certain Tidewater and Piedmont Areas of Virginia,' 'Governor Byrd letter. 1924, 1926-1930, 1937, 1941, 1946. 19 items.","'State Fair Adds to Virginia's Prosperity.' 2 items.","'Virginia's Economic Pattern', 'Virginia Census of Agriculture: 1925,' 'Agricultural Research Uncovers Facts for Virginia Farmers.' 1927, 1945-1946. 5 items.","'Our Art Heritage,' 'An Abstract Art in Woodcuts,' 'Old Dominion Biennial,' 'Richmond Awaits Annual Tournament of Arts,' 'Medical Silhouettes,' 'Edward V. Valentine,' 'Donald Wallier Returns Home to Capture Honors Long Due,' 'Earliest Virginia Portrait,' 'University Honors Seibel,' 'Art Studio Club Reminiscent of Carlo Rossi Studio'. 1931-1932, 1934, 1938, 1945-1946. 11 items.","'APVA Names Jamestown Committee,' 'Let Us Honor America.' 2 items.","'Atlantic University Curriculum Will Embrace Psychic Research.' 'Atlantic University,' 'Vocational Guidance at Atlantic University,' 'No Reply As Yet Received from Dr. Brown Concerning Offer of University Site.' 4 items.","The Horseless Carriage,' 'Do You Remember Virginia's First Motor-Lawn,; 'Richmond's Finances.' 2 items.","Richard E. Byrd Field,' 'Richmond's Municipal Airport is One of the Finest in the East,' 'Map Shows State Will Soon Have 56 Airports,' 'Five Airlines Expand Service in Virginia,' 1929, 1931, 1948. 3 items.","'Governor Berkeley and King Phillip's War,' Journal, letter, grievances, lists of sources, notes, 'The Declaration of the People, 'Bacon's Appeal,' 'Bacon's Account,' 'Bacon's Manifesto,' 'Laws of February 20, 1679', contemporary accounts, Blathway account, Coventry Papers. 1 item.","'State Indebted to Dr. Bagby, Who died in 1883, for Her Finest Humorous Writings.' 1 item.","State Bank Supervision and Control,' 'Must Our Banking System Be Reconstructed?\" - brochure. 2 items.","Outline, biography, addends, appendices, notes, bibliography, 1704-1743. 1 item.","'The So-called Byrd Era in a Series of Pictures of Inaugerations,' 'Governor Wins Esteem on National, State Fronts,' 1950, 1954. 2 items.","'Bring Virginia's Colonial Records Home,' Swem notes, 'Virginia Books,' references in Poole's Index, 'Virginia Library Brings Historic Letters,' 'Archives Survey,' \"The Commonwealth\", 'Virginia Bibliography', 'Swem's Index Takes Drudgery Out of History', Earl Gregg Swem... 1930, 1937-1939, 1941, 1944-1946, 1950, 1953, 1964. 18 items.","2 items.","\"Congressional Record\", \"James A. Bland, Composer of 'Carry Me Back to Old Virginia',\" letter to Mr. Wilder concerning this article. 2 items.","article in \"Alumni Gazette.\" 'Baron Botetourt,' notes, 'The Botetourt Statue,' letter concerning the making of medallion likeness of Lord Botetourt. 6 items.","2 items.","letters to and from Samuel M. Bemiss, Davis Y. Paschall, H.C. Shulz, Robert G. Dougan and others concerning the acquisition, photography and other matters dealing with the collection. 15 items.","Facsimiles of letters to Wilberforce Eames concerning research, his manuscript, the ordering of a periodical. 1896-1897, 1899. 1 item.","'For a Better Budget,' 'The Budget and Reorganization,' 'Consolidated Balance Sheet,' 'Virginia Budget System,' 'Budget Bill,' 1925, 1929, 1932, 1939. 5 items.","'Time is Ripe for Summary of Assembly Gains and Losses,' 'State Enters Year With New Hope For Future,' 'The Constitution of Virginia,' 'Governor Byrd Conducts a Revolution,' 'A Glance at the Governors of Virginia,' 'Two Houses of Virginia Assembly Virtually Wrote Inaugural Address Into Law.' 1922, 1926-1930, 1935. 28 items.","Senator and organization - 'What We Think of Senator Byrd's Machine,' 'The Passing of the Old Democratic Machine,' 'New Rumblings in the Old Dominion,' Francis P. Miller campaign materials, U.S. Senator Harry Flood Byrd Has Earned His Re-Election.' 'The Passing of the Old Democratic Machine,' 1930, 1949-1950, 1952. 8 items.","'Tyler Declares Col. Landon Carter Was Rated As Greatest Philosopher of Age.' 1 item.","Constitution and by-laws, 'Twenty Years of Progress in Old Dominion,' 'The State Chamber's First Forty Years', 1925, 1944, 1963. 3 items.","Issue of the \"Charlotte Gazette,\" \"Charlotte County Virginia: Historical Statistical and Present Attractions.\" 2 items.","'Hundreds Attend Briery Church Bicentennial, 'Cub Creek Memorial,' 'Protestant Conference Set here,' 'Archibald McRobert,' 'Forward Steps for Rural Churches,' 'Oil Philographs of Old Virginia Churches,' St. John's Church,' memorial against compulsory Bible reading. Walker's Church deed, 1926, 1928-1929, 1931, 1938, 1952, 1954-1965. 17 items.","'Virginia's Towns and Cities' - parts la-lc, 'Stauton Pioneered in Municipal Reform.' 4 items.","Review of \"Life of Robert M.T. Hunter,\" 'Where Cannon Reared in the 60's,' Frightfulness in 1861-1865,' 'Complete Diary of Civil War By Virginian Is Discovered,' 'Letter From Mr. Beverley Ross to His Wife,' 'With Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville,' 'Women of a City Turned Into a Hospital,' 1865, 1930, 1932, 1934-1935, 1942, 1954. 9 items.","The Romance and Renaissance of the William \u0026 Mary Alumni Bulletins,' 'The Future of William \u0026 Mary,' 'William \u0026 Mary Citizenship Creed,' memorial plan, 'Fifteen Years of Progress Show Phenomenal Development at William and Mary. 1920, 1922, 1924-1927, 1930, 1934. 30 items.","1920, 1925, 1928-1929, 1937, 1952-1953, 1963, 1965. 16 items.","Law School, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Science, Fine Arts, Ancient Languages, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English, History, Home Economics, Physical Education, Physics, and Sociology. 1921, 1925, 1936, 1938-1943, 1946. 19 items.","History, buildings and grounds, letters concerning the royal cannon in front of the Wren Building, article about the Rogers Family at the College, pamphlets on general College history, photos and diagrams of Wren, letter from Lawrence Towner to Dr. Morton concerning the selection of a UVA President. 1922, 1924, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1957, 1964-1965. 53 items.","The Alumni Association, The Memorial Plan, 'A Roll of Fame.' 3 items.","Letter from President Chandler asking Dr. Morton to compose a statement by the History Department for a Survey of Education in Virginia conducted by Dr. M.V. O'Shea for Virginia Governor Byrd. 2 items.","History of the department, letters from W.W. Abbot, Professor Adair's letter on oral history project, appointment of J.A. Carroll, appointment of Mr. Coger, letter to Hans Gatzke, acknowledgements of debt to CWF to Kenneth Chorley. 1933, 1939, 1943,","General plans for changes within the History Department, the curriculum requirements, the Law School, and the special collections department. 1934, 1936-1939. 8 items.","Letter about William and Mary executive organization, editorials, bylaws of Board of Visitors, 'Convocation Address,' 'President Bryan into the Office Here on October 20th,' 'John Stewart Bryan Dies of Pneumonia,' 1934, 1935, 1941, 1944, 1956. 6 items.","issue of the Alumni Gazette with an article on the faculty of the 1890s entited 'The Seven Wise Men.\" 1 item.","Pamphlets and other information regarding the College's seminar on colonial life. 16 items.","Programs from the conferring of honorary degrees to Sir Campbell Stuart and Georgia O'Keefe, report of the Honorary Degrees Committee, Report of the Curriculum Committee. 3 items.","Plans put forth for the report to the Works Committee, assigned to examine the possibility of closer co-operation between the College and the C.W.F. 1937, 1940-1941. 11 items.","Documents and letters pertaining to the resignation of President John Stewart Bryan and the activities of the Faculty Committee chosen to help the B.O.V. select a new President. 1942. 4 items.","Letter from the faculty committee on the selection of a new President to the B.O.V. approving Dr. Pomfret and opposing Dr. Morgan L. Combs, letter from Channing Hall to Dr. Morton pertaining to another letter from Arthur Schlesinger relating to Dr. Pomfret. 2 items.","Articles pertaining to President Pomfret's administration, program of President Pomfret's inauguration and a letter concerning the presentation to the College of a portrait of President Pomfret. 1942-1943, 1959. 6 items.","Reports, proposal for establishment of Ph.D. program in History Department, self-study report, report to the President, Report of the Department, plans regarding creation of a research center by the College and the C.W.F. 1943-1948, 1950, 1952-1959, 1963, 1966. 23 items.","Letters from Edward Alexander and Dr. Morton to President Pomfret concerning the possibility of creating a graduate-level curriculum in historical museum training, letter to Edward Alexander from Kenneth Cleeton concerning same, and letter to the faculty concerning the curriculum for the 1954 summer session. 1947-1948, 1953. 6 items.","Issues of the Alumni Gazettes containing information on the new Work Study Program and President Chandler. May 1950, December 1951, December 1962. 3 items.","Report of the Special Faculty Committee to investigate academic irregularities in the Physical Education Department. 1951. 1 item.","7 items.","Newspaper clippings concerning the naming of Alvin D. Chandler as President and the athletic scandal. 3 items.","Issue of the Alumni Gazette with a story on the football scandal. September.","Newspaper clippings of editorial comments, articles concerning the appointment of Dr. James Miller to replace Pomfret, Faculty Manifesto and B.O.V. activities. September 1951. 28 items.","Newspaper clippings pertaining to the selection of President Chandler, Nelson Marshall's resignation, athletic problems, et cetera, letter from President A.D. Chandler to Dr. Morton asking him to present greeting from the faculty at the former's indu","Faculty Manifesto of 1951 and complaints made against the B.O.V. 22 items.","Inauguration, letter concerning the state of the college. 13 items.","Letter from Dr. Morton (?) to \"Virginia and Robin\" pertaining to the growing opposition to President Chandler and certain acts committed by President Chandler and the administration against various faculty and students. 1 item.","Letter from Charles McCurdy to Mrs. Morton about the upcoming B.O.V. meeting and about Mr. McCurdy's attendance at that same meeting.","Letter from Charles McCurdy to James Robertson concerning Mr. McCurdy's strong disapproval of the College's future course (this copy was given to Dr. Morton by Mr. McCurdy), a newspaper clipping concerning the same.","Newspaper clippings from the A.D. Chandler era pertaining to the selection of H. Lester Hooker to the B.O.V., expansion of the curriculum, proposed investigation of the administration, and various editorials denouncing and supporting President Chandler. 1955-1957. 92 items.","Letter from Rector James Robertson to Dr. Morton and a letter from Dr. Morton to Rector Robertson pertaining to a B.O.V. luncheon, a letter from Dr. Morton to Rector Robertson inviting the B.O.V. to a faculty Advisory Council luncheon. 1957-1958. 3","Letters, articles, program of inauguration, and other materials from the Paschall area. 1959-1961, 1963, 1964, 1970-1971. 14 items.","Flat hat issue with plans for new campus, letter from President Paschall to the faculty and articles on President Paschall from \"The Commonwealth.\" 1959, 1963. 3 items.","Newspaper clippings concerning the proposed reorganization of the College and the five institutions under it. 1961. 1 item.","Faculty by-laws, pamphlet on Rules and Regulations, Board of Visitors resolution to return the School of Education to department status, B.O.V. resolution on approval of said by-laws.","College of William and Mary- letter from Ludwell Johnson to members of the History Department concerning Affirmative Action policies at the College. 1970. 2 items.","Document concerning the search for a new president and vice-president. 1970. 2 items.","13 items.","Letter from Captain R.S. Crenshaw of the U.S. Navy to Mrs. George Chenowich on the status of a number of cemeteries near the U.S. Naval Mine Depot at Yorktown, VA. \"Historical Notes\". 1932, 1934. 2 items.","Newspaper clippings, pamphlets, et cetera on the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. 1928-1940. 48 items.","Personal notes and lecutres on \"The Restored Williamsburg\" - lectures by other professors and colonial Williamsburg, Inc., letter from Wendell Stephenson to Dr. Morton asking him to contribute an article on the \"Restored Williamsburg\" to the Journal of Southern History. 114 items.","Newspaper clippings on the unveiling of a memorial portrait of John D. Rockefeller, fellowships given by the Restoration, list of fellowships from 1940-1941 and a report on the seven fellowships given 1941-1942. 1939-1942. 5 items.","Newspaper clippings on the history of Norfolk, economic growth of Hampton Roads and pamphlets printed by the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce. 1924, 1926, 1930. 6 items.","Newspaper clippings about the construction of the Matoaka Amphitheater and the production of the play, Common Glory, pamphlets on the play, an article about the new Virginia Festival of Music, and an opening night program from Common Glory. 5 items.","Morton's notes on the constitution, a copy of the Virginia constitution and a newspaper clipping on the reunion of the survivors of the state's 1901-1902 constituitonal convention. 3 items.","Newspaper clippings pertaining to the celebration of the convention and the bill of rights, copies of Congressman R. Walton Moore's speech before the House (pertaining to the celebration). 6 items.","Newspaper clippings. 3 items.","Written by E. S. H. Greene on the origns of the Congress for History Course 441. 1 item.","Article pertaining to his being honored by the University of Tennessee. January 1934.","Article pertaining to his life. 1 April 1928.","Articles pertaining to his administration and the Virginia General Assemblies of 1942, 1944. 13 March 1942. 22 March 1942, May 1942, 2 October 1942, 13 January 1946.","Article bibliography relating to the Presbyterian Church in Virginia.","References from Library of Congress, articles, paper by Elizabeth A. Bartlett. 1926, 1932, 1939, 1942, 1963.","1924, 1938-1940.","History from 1961 catalogue.","Articles, booklets pertaining to the history of the hospital.","Articles, program book.","1924, 1926, 1933, 1935, 1938-1939, 1941-1942, 1944, 1946-1947, 1949-1951.","1924, 1929, 1940, 1946, 1953.","1923, 1937, 1939","1901, 1926, 1931, 1938, 1948, 1952.","Letter, newspaper articles, guidebook.","Newspaper article, 1926-1927, State highway Commission Report, motor vehicle laws, articles. 1926-1927, 1930, 1932, 1943-1944, 1949, 1952.","Maps, pamphlets, guidebooks and newspaper articles.","Articles, newspaper articles, University of Virginia Honor Code and Explanations. 1923-1924, 1933, 1942, 1956, 1965.","Booklet, letter, 1843 Petition of Citizens of King William County. 1843, 1951, 1965.","Reports and newspaper article. 1925-1926, 1943.","Articles, pamphlets, and newspaper article.","Newspaper articles and notes regarding Jack Jouett's ride to save the Virginia Revolutionary legislature.","Newspaper articles, 1927-1928 statistics and other articles. 1928-1932, 1941.","The Southern historical opinion of the man - articles and letter.","Newspaper and magazine articles, notes, 1929, 1937-1938, 1950-1951.","1783","1783","3 maps.","Remarks and information circular.","Speech by R. Walton Moore.","Notes and letters referring to Mathews.","Article and newspaper article","Newspaper articles. 1928, 1931, 1938, 1961.","Pamphlets, articles, newspaper article. 1919, 1926-1927, 1937-1938, 1942, 1944.","Outline, timeline, bibliographies, notes.","Colonial music, Charlottesville Music Festival, music composed by Annabel Morris Buchanan. 1931-1932.","Newspaper articles.","Correspondence, invoices, order forms, lists and bibliographies regarding maps, photographs, and images for \"Colonial Virginia.\""," Correspondence and notes regarding revisions to Colonial Virginia","Awards, interviews, and correspondence regarding \"Colonial Virginia\"","Correspondence regardign the editing of \"Colonial Virginia\".","Correspondence after publication","Sale information and reviews of Colonial Virginia","Correspondence, articles, newspaper articles, reviews regarding \"Colonial Virginia\". 1960-1961, 1965.","Receipts and statements from royalties","Maps/photographs for illustrations","Correspondence and royalty receipts regarding","Reviews, correspondence, articles and publication information.","Contract, correspondence, and other information. 1961-1962, 1964.","Established 1780 on Broad Street i: newspaper article, paper, notes, photograph. 1924, 1926.","Newspaper articles, map, pamphlets, 1929, 1931, 1942-1943.","Articles, map, pamphlets, 1929, 1931, 1942-1943.","Newspaper article","Articles, newspaper articles, notes and bibliography. 1923-1924, 1926-1928, 1943-1944, 1947-1948","Article and newspaper articles. 1929-1930, 1941, 1948.","Newspaper article, articles, pamphlets. 1923, 1926","History, notes, article, newspaper article, letters. 1926, 1942, 1952-1953, 1956, 1960.","Statistics and notes","Articles, newspaper articles, reports. 1929, 1933, 1939,","History and tourism, articles, pamphlets, 1936, 1942, 1957.","Newspaper articles and pamplet.","newspaper articles, pamphlets, articles. 1926, 1935, 1938-1939, 1951","(for rewrite.)","Newspaper articles, article. 1937-1938.","History, notes, correspondence, articles, newsletters, newspaper articles, pamphlets. 1922, 1926, 1928, 1934, 1938, 1945-1946, 1948, 1954, 1965-1966.","Newspaper articles, campaign leaflets.","Newspaper articles, bulletins and souvenirs. 1928-1932, 1937.","Articles, reports, pamphlets. 1920, 1936-1937, 1939 - 1943, 1947.","Newspaper articles, articles.","Newspaper articles. 1932-1933, 1948.","Newspaper articles and booklets. 1933, 1940-1941, 1947, 1954.","Miscellaneous newspaper clippings. 1930, 1934, 1936, 1939, 1947, 1950.","Newspaper articles, magazine, notes. 1932-1933, 1948-1951, 1955-1957, 1959, 1962-1964.","1924, 1930-1931, 1942-1944, 1946, 1948, 1954.","Magazines, report, letter. 1954-1955, 1967.","Newspaper articles, articles, maps, tour books. 1926, 1930, 1934.","Article, history.","Articles.","Newspaper articles and photographs, letter, notes, program from reception for John E. Massey. 1927, 1930-1931, 1933.","1941, 1945-1946, 1948, 1951-1953, 1959, 1964","1955-1956, 1959-1960","1950, 1957, 1964","1946, 1948, 1951-1952, 1957, 1959-1960.","1947, 1949-1950, 1955-1960","1949-1950, 1956-1958","1944, 1946, 1948-1949, 1954-1956, 1958.","Newspaper articles, \"Virginia Gazette\", notes, 1776, 1926-1927, 1931-1932, 1960.","1924, 1928, 1933, 1962-1963.","1932, 1934, 1949.","1934, 1936, 1944, 1965.","1923, 1925-1926, 1928-1929, 1933, 1937, 1946.","(see also Lucian Minor) - notes, booklist (1849). n.d.","1931, 1940, 1948, 1950","1931, 1940, 1948, 1950","1924, 1927-1930, 1932-1933, 1949-1950, 1968","Fact pamphlet, pictures, bulletin on McCormick Day","Membership list, contest rules, letters, by-laws","Historical bulletin, conference pogram. 1931, 1961-1962.","Pamphlet, Drainage Basin Committee Report, water planning policy. 1925, 1937-1938. n.d.","Brief history, pamphlet","\"Commonwealth\" magazine, articles, newspaper articles, notes, guidebooks, zoning ordinances, postcards. 1921, 1924-1925,1927-1929, 1932, 1947, 1951, 1965.","Topical outline for city or county war history.","1938, 1941-1943, 1947.","Guidebooks, historical pamplet, photographs of town plan, program for sesquicentennial celebration.","1939-1940, 1943","1945, 1948-1950","1943-1946, 1950, 1954, 1959","Lecture notes, a paper about Thomas Jefferson, a test, and a reading list for courses taught by Morton.","Lecture notes, a paper about Thomas Jefferson, a test, and a reading list for courses taught by Morton.","Richard Lee Morton's copy.","Thanks Morton for his kind letter and encloses a copy of Scribner's Magazine autographed by Byrd.","Concern life in Williamsburg, Virginia, and the College of William and Mary.","Written when Morton was 10 years old.","Article about Richard Lee Morton and his time at the College of William and Mary, including two typed copies of the article. There is also an article by Ross Weeks, Jr., entitled \"Explains W\u0026M's Space Use Policies.\"","Letter, 26 March 2006, of W.W. Abbott to Margaret Cook, Manuscript Librarian,  concerning an item he sent as an addition to the Richard Morton Papers.  December 16, 1962 letter of Richard Morton to Eleana and Bell Abbott with postscript by Estelle Morton giving details about his illness and mentioning his Virginia article in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Filed at the end of collection.","Letter from Eudora Ramsay Richardson, state supervisor for Virginia for the Works Projects Administration, to Richard Lee Morton. Also includes a pamphlet entitled \"Interpreting the Virginia WPA Writers' Project: Some Likely Questions and Auggestions for Answering Them.\""," Letter of Richard Morton to Eleana and Bell Abbott with postscript by Estelle Morton giving details about his illness and mentioning his Virginia article in the Encyclopedia Britannica. [move to acquisition files: Letter, 26 March 2006, of W.W. Abbott to Margaret Cook, Manuscript Librarian,  concerning an item he sent as an addition to the Richard Morton Papers.]","Legal document granting 400 acres in the Manor of East Greenwich and the County of Kent to Benjamin Dickson. Signed by Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant governor of the Colony. August 16, 1756.","Legal document granting 397 acres in the County of Albemarle to Patrick Moreton. Signed by John, Earl of Dunmore, Lieutenant and G overnor General of the Colony of Virginia. July 5, 1774.","Rutherfoord Goodwin, Williamsburg, Virginia, to Richard L. Morton, Williamsburg, Virginia enclosing land grant to Patrick Moreton. October 29, 1940.","Probably from one of the documents.","Original family bible records from the Watkins Family, sent by Harry Watkins, Jr., of Mount Shasta California. Also includes birth records of Morton Family members. Undated letter. 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(later renamed \"Gay Mont\") and to Bernard's lands in Alabama, Texas and Arkansas. Includes diaries, correspondence, poems, accounts and account books of women (Elizabeth Hipkins, Jane Gay Robertson Bernard, and Helen Struan Bernard Robb); and legal documents and letters of John Taylor of Caroline. Of special interest are the diaries of Eugenia D. Robb while serving with the American Red Cross in Germany and Japan during and after World War II (1999.56A).\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_1928#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1928","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1928","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1928","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1928","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_1928.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Robb-Bernard Papers","title_ssm":["Robb-Bernard Papers"],"title_tesim":["Robb-Bernard Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1665-2001","1850-1950"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1850-1950"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1665-2001"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["01/Mss. 65 R54","/repositories/2/resources/1928"],"text":["01/Mss. 65 R54","/repositories/2/resources/1928","Robb-Bernard Papers","Alabama--History--19th century","Canada--Description and travel","Caroline County (Va.)--History--18th century","Caroline County (Va.)--History--19th century","Chandler Court (Williamsburg, Va.)","Germany--History--Allied occupation, 1945-","Maine--Description and travel","Virginia--Genealogy","Agriculture--Virginia--History--18th century","American Red Cross--History--World War II period","Battleships--United States--History","Chemical warfare--United States--History--20th century.","College of William and Mary--History--19th century","College of William and Mary--History--20th century","College of William and Mary--Students","Genealogy","Legal documents","Matthew Whaley School (Williamsburg, Va.)","Philippines--History","United States--Women--History","Women--History--Virginia","Women--Virginia--Social life and customs","World War, 1939-1945","World War, 1939-1945--European Front","World War, 1939-1945--Japan","World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area","Account books","Correspondence","Diaries","Financial records","Photographs","Poems","Scrapbooks","Yearbooks","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.","Original Accession and additions physically and intellectually combined in 2009.","See the Finding Aide/Inventory for a brief description."," Original Accession of 14 boxes grouped by type of material, then chronologically within these groups."," Most of the additions to this collections are not yet processed.","John Hipkins Bernard was the son of William Bernard and Fannie Hipkins Bernard. His grandfather was John Hipkins. Bernard inherited \"Rose Hill,\"Caroline County, Va. from his grandfather and renamed it \"Gay Mont\" in honor of his wife Jane Gay Robertson Bernard, the sister of Governor Wyndham Robertson. Bernard's daughter Helen Struan Bernard Robb bought her siblings' interest in \"Gay Mont.\" Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:  .","Other Information:"," A PDF document of this inventory is available online."," Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/65_R54_Robb-Bernard.pdf","Original Accession and additions physically and intellectually combined in 2009."," Most additions to this accession have not been processed nor an inventory created.  Please see the short descriptions under each Series in the Box and Folder listing."," Acc. 2012.112 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in April 2012. Acc. 2013.052 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in March 2013.","Papers, 1800-1901, of and relating to John Hipkins and John Hipkins Bernard (mostly accounts); of and relating to members of the Hipkins, Bernard and Robb families; and relating to the Hipkins-Bernard-Robb home \"Rose Hill,\" Caroline County, Va. (later renamed \"Gay Mont\") and to Bernard's lands in Alabama, Texas and Arkansas. Includes diaries, correspondence, poems, accounts and account books of women (Elizabeth Hipkins, Jane Gay Robertson Bernard, and Helen Struan Bernard Robb); and legal documents and letters of John Taylor of Caroline. Of special interest are the diaries of Eugenia D. Robb while serving with the American Red Cross in Germany and Japan during and after World War II (1999.56A)."," Additions include other material on the Robb, Bernard, Upton and Hipkins families from the 19th century through the 20th century."," Check the Finding Aid/Inventory and the PDF Inventory for descriptions and/or folder lists of original accession and all additions.","Original Accession.","D. Wilkie, Kensington [London], to James Wilson Croker. Accepts membership in club and returns list as reqested.","Includes information about the Robb-Bernard Family Papers and information about the Robb-Bernard family. Also includes various items within the Robb-Bernard Family Papers.","The Family of William \u0026 Elizabeth Bolling Robertson by James Samuel Patton - printed","\"The Family of William Robertson and his wife Elizabeth Bolling\" - mimeographed","Copies of Bible Records: 1. William and Elizabeth Bolling Robertson 2. Philip and Mary Warner Lewis Lightfoot 3. James and Lucy Waring Robb","John H. Bernard's Commission as Captain in the Virginia militia, May 20, 1815","Prayer by [John H. Bernard], [circa 1855], copied by [Helen S. Bernard]","\"John Hipkins, Merchant, Of Port Royal, Virginia\" - typed","Legal papers relating to the settlement of the estate of John Hipkins.  Inventories, law suits, and accounts between Elizabeth Hipkins, John H. Bernard, and others and William Bernard, Executor.  1 October 1801 - 20 November 1816.  (21 items)","Includes 13 items of Elizabeth Hipkins; 3 items of John Hipkins; and 11 items of John H. Bernard.","Detailed inventories, accounts, and legacies of Elizabeth Hipkins' estate. March 13, 1804 - November 23, 1829. (13 items).","John Hipkins' documents [?]. October 1802 - August 14, 1804. (3 items).","John H. Bernard indenture. July 10, 1804. (1 item).","John H. Bernard documents regarding the tract of land in Richmond County called \"Folly.\" April 3, 1818 - 1827[?]. (4 items).","John H. Bernard indentures regarding [Townfield] land in Caroline County, near Port Royal. July 3, 1818 and January 1, 1819. (2 items).","John H. Bernard and others indentures, lands in Caroline County, November 14, 1816; May2, 1817 \"Westerton\"; May 26, 1819 Port Royal; and June 15, 1831 Port Royal. (4 items).","Elizabeth Hipkins' mortgage book.  23 July 1808 - June 1830.  (1 item).","Ledger - accounts. First half of 1800s. (1 item).","Includes legal papers of William Bernard and John H. Bernard's notes, bills, receipts, etc.","Includes the notes, bills, receipts, accounts, and statements of John H. Bernard.  Also, the legal paper, receipts, and bills of William Bernard.","John H. Bernard notes, bills, receipts, accounts, statements. January 9, 1812 - May 2, 1818. (115 items).","William Bernard legal papers - receipts and bills. February 17, 181[3] - November 12, 1853. (18 items). (For more letters of William Bernard see business correspondence of John H. Bernard).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1818. (50 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1819. (86 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1820 (44 items); 1821 (17 items); 1822 (8 items); 1823 (15 items); 1824 (58 items); 1825 (52 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1826 (39 items); 1827 (24 items); 1828 (34 items); 1829 (48 items); 1830 (88 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc.  1831 (72 items); 1832 (83 items); 1833 (81 items).  Gay Bernard accounts, 1832-1836 (5 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1834 (62 items); 1835 (32 items); 1836 (39 items); 1837 (52 items); 1838 (74 items); 1839 (36 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1840 (9 items); 1841 (42 items); 1842 (53 items); 1843 (16 items); 1844 (14 items); 1845 (50 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1846 (45 items); 1847 (43 items); 1848 (29 items); 1849 (40 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1850 (27 items); 1851 (54 items); 1852 including Arkansas land taxes (55 items); 1853 (59 items); 1854 (48 items); 1855 (22 items).","John H. Bernard and William R. Bernard bills, receipts and notes, etc. 1855-1860.","John H. Bernard accounts with William S. Quisenberry. 1831-1835.","John H. Bernard accounts with James Jackson. 1854 and 1857.","John H. Bernard accounts with William Farinholt. 1836-1839.","John H. Bernard accounts with William R. Care. 1834-1840.","John H. Bernard accounts, bills and receipts with William Gray and Company, Port Royal, Virginia. 1811-1839.","John H. Bernard Alabama Plantation Accounts. 1837-1852. Green County, Alabama.","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc.. Dates unknown. (121 itmes).","John H. Bernard's receipt of the return of a runaway slave. March 15, 1834. (1 item).","Includes the will and bank books of John H. Bernard; legacies of Jane Gay Bernard; a copy of Robert G. Robb's will; and 1 document of Helen S. Robb.","John H. Bernard bank books. 1839-1845. (2 items).","John H. Bernard's will. 1841.","Jane Gay Bernard legacies. Unsigned, undated. [She died July 1852].","Copy of Robert G. Robb's will, December 13, 1852, and a statement to its validity.","Document of Helen S. Robb, October 5, 1881, directing that her husband, Philip L. Robb, shall manage her property.","Miscellaneous papers, 1800-1830.","John H. Bernard. 624 Checks. April 3, 1816 - November 20, 1854.","John H. Bernard and Family - scraps, visiting cards, envelopes.","13 items of Helen S. Robb and 1 pencil sketch.","Helen S. Robb (Mrs. P.L. Robb) Confederate bonds. (3 items).","Helen S. Robb (Mrs. P.L. Robb) settlements, accounts, bills and envelopes. 1859-1898. (10 items).","Pencil sketch. Dated 18 May [?]. (1 item).","Includes notebook of Helen S. Robb and diary of Helen Struan Bernard.","Helen S. Robb notebook containing accounts, receipts, poetry, etc. Late 19th century.","Unbound diary of Helen Struan Bernard [Mrs. P.L. Robb], 1848-1862.","Includes publications, extracts from publications, a report card, advertisments, and a photograph of the tombstone of John Bolling of Cobbs.","Extracts from papers and magazines.","Volume 1, number 1, Southern Temperance Star, with account of October 1834 meeting of the Virginia State Temperance Society, January 1835.","Waldie's Select Circulating Library, including Part I, number 1, 1 January 1835.  8 different issues, 1835 and 1836.","Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, Volume XCVIII, Number 586, Philadelphia, April 1879.  1 copy.","A Glance At Current American History by an Ex-Confederate, 1897.","Extracts from daily papers. Advertising matter. Undated and September 15, 1857.","Report card from B.B. Minor's school for young ladies for Helen S. Bernard dated for Quarter ending 31 October 1850. School regulations and costs are on the reverse side dated 23 September 1850.","Broadsides, \"Fenton's Patent Flint Enamel Ware,\" Patent secured November 27, 1849. 2 copies. Also, \"Prospect House and Terrace Garden, Table Rock, Canada West.\" undated.","Pamphlet, \"Parcel Post Information.\" undated.","Advertisements for carriages sent to Helen S. Robb, Port Royal, Virginia, May 25, 1899, from George Gravatt, Carriage Manufacturer, Federicksburg, Virginia.","Illustrative materials. (4 items).","Incomplete publication. Chapter II and III: \"Latitude, Longitude, and Time\" and \"The Moon\", also \"The Solar System.\"","Magazine photograph of Gay Mount, about 1920.","Photograph of tombstone of John Bolling of Cobbs, great grandson of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. Among other names on the tombstone is that of Wyndham Robertson, Governor of Virginia. (Photograph is mounted and is torn in half).","Manuscript poems. This group of papers consists of original poems [\"poetical, political prophetical effusions\"] by Jane Gay Bernard. Some responses from her friends are also included. Predominantly undated.","Unbound manuscript diary. This group of papers consists of sporadic entries in a diary of Jane Gay Robertson [wife of John Hipkins Bernard] through the years 1825-1849.","Indentures, deeds, etc. Caroline County, Virginia. 1665-1814.","Indentures, deeds, etc. Caroline County, Virginia. 1736-1805.","Includes bills of sale, documents, letters, a bond, and an unidentified manuscript.","Bills of sale of slaves. 1816-1849.","Documents and letters regarding land. 1715-1819.","Bond. 1826.","Unidentified manuscript.","Includes indentures and a note.","Indentures. 1787 and 1801.","Note. 1792.","Includes indentures, certificates, deeds, terms of agreement, and surveys.","Indentures. 1756-1810.","Certificates. 1804.","Deeds. 1743-1805.","Terms of agreement. 1810.","Surveys. 1741-1796.","John Taylor of Caroline County. Documents and correspondence. 1800-1824. (Materals regarding John H. Bernard and John Hipkins).","Philip Lightfoot notes, accounts, receipts, etc. 1810-1837. (19 items).","Includes notes and receipts of Robert G. Robb and repayment of Commander Robb's salary confiscated by the U.S. Navy in 1861.","Robert G. Robb notes and receipts. 1841-1842. (5 items).","Repayment in 1924 of Commander Robb's salary confiscated by the U.S. Navy in 1861.","Includes a boundary line agreement between John Taylor and James Miller; a proclamation by R[obert] E. Lee; and Confederate secret signals.","Boundary line agreement between John Taylor and James Miller, September 2, 1806. (1 item).","Proclamation to People of Maryland by R[obert] E. Lee. 1863. Copy. (1 item).","Confederate secret signals along the Rappahannock River. [1863?]. (2 items).","Miscellaneous accounts and receipts. 1835-1954. (9 items).","Record Book of the Trustees of Rappahannock Academy. 1810-1822.","Correspondence. March 5, 1791 - August 3, 1836. Including: Letter from Wyndam Robertson, February 25, 1817. Senator W.C. Rives' letter on his senate speech regarding nullification, March 7, 1833. Letter from James Barbour, May 12, 1834. Letter on land speculation, June 8, 1834, and opportunities in Alabama. Letter on land speculation in Arkansas and Louisiana, November 4, 1835. Letter on land speculation in Texas, and predicting defeat of the Mexican army by fall, August 3, 1836.","Correspondence, January 17, 1837 - November 10, 1841. Including: John Bradshaw, Middlebury College graduate, letter applying for teaching position in John H. Bernard's academy, May 13, 1841. Letters to and from John H. Bernard, his agents, lawyers, overseers, primarily relating to his Alabama, Arkansas, and Texan lands, 1837-1841.","Correspondence. March 1, 1842 - November 20, 1843. Including: Letters to and from John H. Bernard regarding his Arkansas, Alabama, and Texan lands, 1842-1843. Printed copy of John C. Calhoun's senate speech on the treaty of Washington, August 1842.","Correspondence March 9, 1844 - December 28, 1849. Including: Inventory of slaves, stock, tools, and acres planted on Bernard's Greene County, Alabama plantation, March 18, 1844. Letter commenting on migration from Arkansas to Texas, California, and Mexico, January 17, 1845. Letter from General Leslie Combs of Kentucky, November 12, 1845. J.H. Bernard's letter of advice to his son in college, February 15, 1846. Letter on religion and the way to salvation, September 27, 1846. Letter on social life, theatre, balls, weddings in Richmond, March 1847. Broadside of Fredericksburg Female Seminary, August 6, 1849.","Correspondence. 1850 - October 20, 1861. Including: Letter, January 20, 1851, regarding burning of St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans at time of Jenny Lind's visit. Trip to Vicksburg and up the Yazoo River to new plantation, reception, and life on the plantation from G.F.W., December 13, 1860. Letter from G.F.W. on national crisis, secession, and plantation plans, January 21, 1861.","Correspondence. June 18, 1862 - December 2, 1870. Including: Family letters to and from the Robbs at Gay Mont and their relatives and friends, January 1863.","Correspondence. February 9, 1871 - March 29, 1887.","Correspondence. April 4, 1887 - December 22, 1889. Including: Family letters to and from friends in Washington, Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, April 1887.","Correspondence. January 4, 1890 - June 30, 1893. Including: Letter from A.H.A. Bernard on family genealogy, dining with Thomas Jefferson, and tutoring James Monrow, January 1891. Letter on exams at [Virginia Polytechnic Institute], February 1, 1891. Letters from \"Robin\" Robert G. Robb at William and Mary, December 3, 1891; January 8, 1892; April 17, 1892; November 20, 1892; December 11, 1892; March 20, 1893; March 26, 1893; May 10, 1893; May 28, 1893; and June 4, 1893. Letter to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, January 9, 1892. Letter on commencement at Brown University and travel in New England, June 30, 1893.","Correspondence. July 10, 1893 - February 1897. Including: Robert G. Robb letters from the University of Virginia, September 19, 1893; February 14, 1894; April 15, 1894; April 22, 1894; May 6, 1894; October 3, 1894; October 7, 1894; October 28, 1894; November 4, 1894; November 18, 1894; November 25, 1894; January 13, 1895; February 10, 1895; October 1895; October 20, 1895; October 27, 1895; January 26, 1896; January 24, 1897.","Correspondence. July 1897 - September 11, 1901. Including: Letters regarding Robert G. Robb's appointment to the chair of Mathematics in the Marion Military Institute, Marion, Alabama, July and August 1891. Letter of Robert G. Robb at the University of Virginia, July 22, 1900.","Correspondence, publications, bills, receipts, etc. September 17, 1907 - May 18, 1936 and undated.","Loose envelopes and cards","2 empty portfolios","Diary of William Robb Bernard, 1870-1875. Jane Gay Robertson, 1812 memo book.","Xerox copy of typescript of letters in the form of a journal. John Hipkins Bernard's European Journey, 1818-1819 with Powhatan Robertson's.","Vols. 3 and 4 of Powhatan Robertson's European tour, 1818-1819. Manuscript diaries.","Copies of transcribed letters written by Bernard Robb to his family in \"Gay Mont\" Virginia while he was a student at the College of William and Mary. Two 1893 letters from his mother, Helen S. Bernard Robb, to her son, Robert G. Robb. WHRA. 1 folder.","The collection is mainly comprised of correspondence from the various Robbs and Bernards, as well as their relations the Uptons, who were originally from southern Maine. As well as the correspondence, there are also a few other items, such as Frances Upton's journal from a family trip to Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, between July 4 and August 9, 1928. Other items of interest are letters from a Netherlands woman named Mary to Frances Upton immediately following World War II (1945-1955,) along with letters home from Robert Upton during World War II","Twentieth-century Robb and Upton (maiden name of Mrs. Patton) family papers. List of dates of correspondence and names of correspondants filed at beginning of box.","Two letters of Sally Tompkins to Helen Robb, ca. 1878, and Dr. Martin Pickett Scott to his wife, 12 April 1879. 1878-1879.","Notebook of reminscences by Frances Robb's father, former professor of Chemistry, concerning Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary. 1 folder.","Three letters to Frances Robb (Mrs. Robert G. Robb) in 1943 and 1951; one letter to Gay Robertson from Powhatan Robertson dated April 27, 1876 and one letter from Frances Robb to Mrs. Geratt, about 1920. 1 folder.","Diary and letters of Eugenia Robb from occupied Japan while Eugenia Robb was serving with the American Red Cross. Typescripts. Also a few letters from Italy. Detailed informative letters and diary. Original to come by bequest. 1945-47.","Diary of Eugenia van Dyke Robb describing her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan while under the occupation of the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescript of Manuscript.","Diary of Eugenia van Dyke Robb describing her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan while under the occupation of the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescript of Manuscript.","Diary of Eugenia van Dyke Robb describing her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan while under the occupation of the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescript of Manuscript.","Letters written home by Eugenia van Dyke Robb defining her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan with the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescripts of autograph letters signed. (Originals of 36 letters from *2000.47 added to Folder 4.)","Three letters written by Eugenia van Dyke Robb when she was working for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, 1951-1953. Typescripts of autograph letters signed.","21 photographs taken by and of Eugenia van Dyke Robb in the Philippines, Japan, and Egypt.  Photographs.","Typescript of selected poems of Helen Struan Robb of \"Gay Mont\" aunt of the donor. Poem by donor's father Philip Lightfoot Robb, Jr.","Five poems by Helen Struan Robb, aunt of Eugenia Robb. The poems are entitled \"Beyond\", \"Absence\", \"To the Wood Robin\", \"Night Song\", and \"Love's Dawn\".","Two poems by Philip Lightfoot Robb, one entitled \"Sunbeam\" written to his daughter Eugenia Robb and the other entitled \"A Memory, the Homeward Path\" written about his beloved home \"Gaymont.\"","\"Moonlight,\" a poem by Eugenia Robb was written in Sendai, Japan in July 1946.","Typescript of diary and 5 letters of Eugenia Robb, 1947, during her assignment with the American Red Cross in Stuttgart, Germany. Also, 8 photographs of scenes in Germany. (Originals of six letters from *2000.47 added to Folder 2.) 3 folders.","Diaries, one scrapbook and letters of Eugenia Robb while serving with the American Red Cross in Japan, Philippines, and Germany. Letters from Rome, Italy, 1951-1953. Includes items labeled MsV 1, 2, 3 and 4. 4 folders. 36 original letters from this accession were added to folder 4 of Acc. 1999.34. 6 original letters from this accession were added to folder 2 of Acc. 1999.56A.","5 items relating to Eugenia Robb's stay in Japan including a map tracing her sea voyage from Washington, D.C. to the Philippine Islands in December, 1945; her article about a well known Japanese flower arranger, the first Japanese brochure published after the war, two poems written by her father, Philip Lightfoot Robb, Jr.; and one poem written by herself.","Letters of principally Philip Lightfoot Robb, 1892-1896, while attending Cleveland High School in Fauquier County, Virginia.","Memorandum, 26 October 1932, between R. G. Robb and others to receive heat from the College of William and Mary (includes letter, 1937, and resolutions, 1937, of the Board of Visitors); letter, 14 March 1944, of G. E. Meanley to members of the Fort Magruder Fishing Club; pages from the Bulletin of the Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society which contains an article (March 1932, Vol. IX, No. 6) of R. G. Robb \"Development of the Department of Chemistry at the College of William and Mary\" and appointment, 1930, of Robert Gilchrist Robb as Major in the Chemical Warfare Service (reserves). 1 folder. Fort Magruder Fishing Club letter transferred to Acc. 2002.46 Fort Magruder Fishing Club Papers.","Eugenia Robb's travel journal to Spain during the summer of 1952 and Philip L. Robb's song \"Tis Cupid wires my Heart to You.\"","Class of June 1948, Baltimore City College, Banquet Program honoring Phillip L. Robb, Teacher and Department Head of Chemistry, 1901-1948, with newspaper clipping concerning his retirement; certificate of distinction awarded to Philip L. Robb, June 7,1893, from Cleveland High School; May 1980 issue of Good Reading, including an article by Eugenia Van Dyke Robb entitled \"Picasso of the Flowers.\" 1 folder.","Large collection of papers, books and more given by James S. Patton.","Scrapbook about \"Welcum Hinges\" a book written by Bernard Robb. Contains printed articles and reviews. Photograph of portrait of John Hipkins Bernard. Photographs of Sutton Hall and St. Bartholomew's Church. Photograph of John Bernard Robb. Copy of 1857 pages from diary of Helen S. Bernard of \"Gay Mont,\" Caroline County, Virginia. Copies of correspondence of the Robb and Bernard Families from William and Mary Collection, 1857-1874. Copy of newspaper announcement of the marriage of Frederick Smith-Shenstone on February 6, 1873. Correspondence between John Sclater of London with James S. Patton and between East Sussex County Records Office and James S. Patton about Sutton Hall visit and genealogy. 1995. Portion of book written by John Sclater on the Sclater Family. Maps showing Sutton Hall area.","Gaymont Collection, a gift from APVA. Not yet processed. June 2013 Architectural Digest, p. 150, \"American Revival\" by Julia Reed about the history and restoration of Gay Mont added by staff in 2013. Includes several nineteenth-century cased photographs and early twentieth-century photographs.","William and Mary Senior Honor Thesis, April 2001, \"A Palace Called Beautiful, Virginia Women, The Confederacy and the Transmission of Southern Culture\" by Amanda Elizabeth Creekman.","Correspondence with A. Randolph Howard and the Navy Department about securing a memento of the Battleship Richmond for Mrs. William Augustine Smith who christened the Richmond when she was launched in 1860. Mrs. Smith was Harriett Field Robb, the daughter of Captain Robert Gilchrist Robb, U.S.N. and at that tiime, Commander of the Norfolk, Virginia Navy Yard.  Allen Randolph Howard was married to Frances Lightfoot Smith, the daughter of Mrs. William Augustine Smith.","Consist of war ration books for member of the Robb family, as well as Robert J. (Bobby) Robb's Matthew Whaley High School yearbooks, 1948-1950. Yearbooks contain many personalized dedications.","For members of the Robb family of Williamsburg, Va.","Belonging to Robert J. Robb.","Belonging to Robert J. Robb.","Belonging to Robert J. Robb.","Photograph, ca. 1904, of a painting of Frances Randolph (Howard) Robb (b. 1894) at the age of 10. 1 folder.","Included are war ration books for the Robb family, an information sheet concerning registration for war ration books, as well as a tag for a shipment from Scotland imprinted with a Williamsburg business name: \"Cogar, Lewis and Geiger, Inc., Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.\" 1 folder.","Primarily letters, 1944-1964, written by Earl Gregg Swem to Robert Robb and Frances Robb.  Also contains clippings related to Earl Gregg Swem, a card from John Stewart Bryan, and an invitation to dinner from John Stewart Bryan.","Contains letters, 1892, from Robert Gilchrist Robb to his mother and to Bernard Robb. There are also programs, 1944, from Bruton Parish Church.  1 folder.","Letters, 1939-1945, from Robert Hunt Land, College of William and Mary librarian, to Frances Randolph Howard Robb, wife of William and Mary Professor of Chemistry Robert Gilchrist Robb. Land primarily wrote these letters while on the USS Brooklyn during World War II.  3 folders.","Contains letters, 1949-1952, written by Frances Randolph Howard Robb to her son, Robert Gilchrist Robb, Jr., while he was serving in the Army.  3 folders.","Letters addressed to members of the Robb family. Includes one letter, 1944 from a religious organization in Alaska, addressed to Robert Gilchrist Robb, to which the Robb family seemed to donate. There is also a Christmas card, 1992, addressed to Frances Robb.","Includes the baptismal record and accompanying letter from W.A.R. Goodwin of Frances Robb, a map of Cheatham Annex, a note written by Frances Randolph Howard Robb, and a booklet published by John Garland Pollard entitled \"A Connotary: Definitions not Found in Dictionaries.\"","Contains photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, and other material relating to the Robb and Bernard Families. The bulk of the accession consists of photographs and scrapbooks of family members, reunions, and family visits. Also included in the collection are Bruton Parish Church newsletters, material related to the Nicolas Mortiau Descendants Association; and travel diaries of Frances Robb during the 1920s.","Includs letters written to Robert Gilchrist Robb by residents of Williamsburg, including Janet Kimbrough, and material relating to the portrait of Robert Gilchrist Robb which hangs in the Special Collections Research Center.","Letters from Robert Hunt Land to Frances Randolph Howard Robb, wife of William and Mary Professor of Chemistry Robert Gilchrist Robb, while Land was serving in the Pacific Theater of World War II.","Fragments of three letters written in the same hand, perhaps by someone with the first or last name \"Randolph.\"","Includes a diary of Frances Randolph Howard, letters of Robert Gilchrist Robb, and letters of J. Patton.","Contains letters to Frances Randolph Howard from various family members including William Key Howard, Carrie Stuart Davis, Frances Upton, and Nina Stuart Smith; photographs of William Taylor Smith and Clara Haxall Randolph; and the roll book of Robert Gilchrist Robb while a chemistry professor at William and Mary from 1944 to 1945.","Letters written by William Key Howard to his sister Frances R. Howard. In the earliest letters William mentions school and alludes to his outdoor hobbies: buying fishing tackle and shotgun shells. The later letters were written from old family estate known as Gay Mont, in Rappahannock Academy, Virginia, which belonged to the Robb-Bernard branch of the family. Letters concering hunting, swimming, and horseback riding summers of 1921 and 1922. Mentions numerous cousins who visted Gay Mont. The final letters were written from Fredericksburg, Virginia where William attended Fredericksburg High School. Contains two postcards to William from his sister Frances.","Letters from January 1923- May 1924 from William to his sister Frances while he attended Fredericksburg High School.  Also writes of getting a job with a liner, participation in military training exercises, as well as of target practice and drill. References to the building of the new armory.  Mentions a trip to Ft. Bragg, North Carolina- one letter written from Ft. Bragg tells sister he is now \"Pvt. W.K. Howard\"-it appears he was in the Army Reserve or the National Guard. Mentions his birthday and being promoted to sergeant.  Writes of football games, his Indian artifact collection, plans to visit Gay Mont and Canning, as well as his travelling by train to Kansas. Folder contains copy of letter from Fredericksburg High School to William's father concerning tuition and course schedule issues.  William also mentions his plans to attend V.P.I.  Photograph to sister of hazing tradition 'Rat Parade'.","Letters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances, from V.I.P. which express his dissatisfaction with the school. Feels he is wasting his time at the school, though he enjoys the athletics. His company won inter-company basketball and football championships, he took first place in shot put and second in javelin throwing. Mentions inspection of the school, which is labeled as 8th best in country, as well as a large fire near the school. Mentions letters of his guardian and financial advisor Mr. Young. Money from Mr. Young to buy Liberty Bond. He writes of going to see \"The Birth of a Nation.\"  He mentions Black people in the theater were clapping when the character Lynch  was carried through the street on the shoulders of celebrating Black people.  He writes that \"they had K.Ks. up in the gallery to keep the colored people quite [sic].\" William works on a ship as deck boy. Mentions going to see \"The Birth of a Nation\". Contains a letter from the Davey Tree Expert Company dated October 16, 1925 accepting William's acceptance into their tree surgeon program.","Letters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances Howard. Writes of his training with Davey Tree Expert Company in Kent, Ohio. Mentions learning knots and how to work with the ropes.  Sent to Pennsylvania for paid field work, as well as Maryland.  Worries about keeping this job for the long term. Considers selling his Virginia Excelsior Company stock- thinks he and sister will get $6,000 each. Mentions Mr. Young his guardian (perhaps the same person as Mr. Edgar M. Young president of the Virginia Excelsior Company) William's father is connected with this company. Sister is getting married to Robert Gilchrist Robb in June.","Letters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances Robb (nee Howard). William is working temporarily as crew member on a ship-sails to Antwerp and Rotterdam.  Returns and resumes job with Davey Tree Expert Company.  Works near Baltimore Maryland.  Mentions lay offs by \"Ford\". Leaves job at Davey Tree Expert Company in September and works for the Merchants and Miners Transportation Corporation. Longs for the sea.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. William writes of having \"sent that lock of Boothe's [sic] hair that Grandma had to the Confederate Museum in Richmond.\" Mentions marital problems between his father and his second wife (Amy Margaret), she might move back to Texas. Mentions Frances and husband Robert Gilchrist Robb moving into the Paradise (Ludwell-Paradise) House on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg. Longs for the sea, Frances worries about him when he sails. Desires to work on a ship through the Shipping Board. Some letters written while at sea on the SS Eastern Dawn which sailed to Europe including Antwerp. Contains photographs.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. William spends winter months working on steamships sailing for Europe, ports including Copenhagan and Finland.  Inquires if there is work for tree surgeons in the restoration of Williamsburg- later says doesn't think Williamsburg,and contracting company Underwood, can afford him. Mentions time spent at Fall Hill, and friend Fred Robinson. Many Letters written from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania where he is doing tree work. Mentions joining the Virginia National Guard-training at Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania. Writes of opprotunity to partly own a gold mine with his friend Lynn-mine is located in Honduras. William and friend Robbie contemplate going there. Novmeber 3, he mentions stock market and the crash.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb.  Mentions getting a job as a watchman at Kenmore (the one time home of George Washington's sister) which is being renovated.  Estate once belonged to William's grandfather William Key Howard Sr. as well as his Uncle Willam Key Howard Jr. He must keep watch at night- so he sleeps there.  Mentions cousin John Randolph died.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes of moving to Belle Hill, near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Works for the National Park Service, specifically as park superintendant of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. Includes Newspaper clippings and announcement of his marriage to Elizabeth Burke Crismond on March 18, 1937. Father dies, mentions funeral-he is executor of father's estate-details. Mentions housewarming for new home at the park for Branch Spalding (coordinating superintendent for Virginia Civil War parks).","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Mentions a war and a trip to the Baltic including stops at \"Danzig, Helsingford [sic] and Murmansk\". Mentions attending a fire training school and refers to a serious problem with Bob's (Robert Gilchrist Robb) eye.  Writes about his being discharged from the Virginia National Guard (?). Mentions plans for new job.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes he has volunteered for the Army, mentions that wife, Liz and their two daughters, will live in Spotsylvania Court House while he is away. Mentions renting his Belle Hill home to a soldier, and wants to rent the large house too. Mentions Army induction at Bowling Green and then moves to Camp Lee. He is stationed at Salem Airbase in Oregon for training. Mentions training experiences and his \"expert\" marksmanship. Believes he will be stationed behind the lines in war. Reassigned to \"Ono siding\" near San Bernardino, California. Describes location and his job there. Mentions plans to visit Los Angeles and Mexico, as well as visiting Hollywood where they made \"The Birth of a Nation\".","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes the he is applying for \"agriculturalist discharge\", his Belle Hill farm is no longer being cared for due to labor shortages, his request is denied.  Mentions concern for Robert Gilchrist Robb who recently fainted and requires bed rest.  Mentions the weather of San Bernardino.  Mentions his furlough being cancelled many times, wants to visit family in Virginia for Christmas.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes of 700 Italian prisoners coming to a camp near San Bernardino, California, and their housing. Writes of camp life, mentions government-produced films being shown to the men. Mentions the weather of San Bernardino. References family in Virginia and responds to news from Frances, mentions his neice and her accomplishments. Included is a letter to William from Frances which mentions that her daughter will be attending Sweet Briar College. William mentions doings of other men like working at \"Kaisers steel mills\". Mentions his working extra hours for extra money for his upcoming furlough, received the good conduct metal which he finds ironic because he often breaks the rules. Includes pictures.","Letters from William Key Howard to Frances Robb. Writes of his quartermaster in San Bernardino, California being disbanded and of his transfer to Ft. Lewis near Seatle, Washington, expects to be assigned to medical duty. At Ft. Lewis he must go through basic training again and eight weeks of technical training. Describes his training experiences including a film entitled \"The Colored Soldier\", discusses race and the military. Anticipates his furlough at the end of training. Mentions many AWOLs and unit break ups- so the Army increased furloughs to raise moral. Mentions camp life at Ft. Lewis and his plans to visit Tokoma and Seattle, he prefers Seattle. Responds to news about his family and friends back home, mentions Robert Robb's illness many times, Robb had a blood clot and was bedridden.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Mentions Robert Robb's upcoming retirement from William and Mary at the end of the 1945-1946 school year.  William began working at Quantico in 1945, received his terminal leave pay in December 1947. Alludes to nephew (Robert Robb Jr.) joining the Army. Mentions attending the dedication of a Stuart tablet at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in King George County, Virginia. Writes of visits to Gay Mont and of planting rye at Belle Hill.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb, mostly news about activities, health, and location of family members both immediate and distant. Mentions wife Liz being in Jamestown for Queen Elizabeth's visit. Gay Mont sold in 1958. Writes that he moved furniture and personal property: paintings (one by Sully sent to Frances). Appears upset about sale of Gay Mont. A 1958 map of Gay Mont included and hints that Pattons might buy Gay Mont soon. A few letters to Frances Robb from both William and his wife which mention France's daughter Fran having surgery twice. William works for the fire department at Quantico as well as at his farm Belle Hill.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb.  Mentions helping clean up debris left by the fire at Gay Mont, alludes to the Pattons' intention to restore the house.  Mentions his daughters, Ellen and Cary, attending Mary Washington College, Ellen also spent some time at William and Mary.  Mentions having portraits restored one of Ellen and one of Alice.  Comments on the inauguration of John F. Kennedy which he viewed on television.  References situation in Berlin and advises sister to buy extra food each week to build a supply.  William has been copying Uncle William's Civil War diary which mentions the battles of Seven Pines, Sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg which he was able to avoid. Includes a copy of an article \"The Valleys of Virginia- The Rappahannock\" published in 1859- mentions Port Royal, Gay Mont, and slave working conditions in the region. Folder also includes a captioned photograph from a newsletter (?) commemorating William K. Howard's thirty years of services as a firefighter.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Mentions daughters Ellen and Cary were home for Christmas, going to Washington D.C. to visit Amy. Mamie had Christmas dinner with the Howards, Mamie injured herself after Christmas. Letter from Liz Howard to Frances about Christams, mentions John Glenn's flight on television and Bill's truck problems. Mentions snow storm of 15 inches and loss of power for 32 hours. Bill and Liz celebrated 25th wedding aniversary April 1962. Discusses school plans as well as work and summer plans for Cary and Ellen. Eugenia may have had a stroke 1962. Mentions a midnight Christmas service at St. George. Amy fell down stairs and broke her pelvis. Saw the Mona Lisa in Washington D.C. Mentions the marriage of Mr. Brigham to a Spencer from Williamsburg. Mentions that Jim will be out of the service in 1963. Writes of farm and animal life. Liz receives Mama's diamond. Mentions Belle Hill's estate price. Discusses Amy's will.","Letters, cards, and newspaper clippings to Frances Robb (Mrs. R.G. Robb). Bill retired his daughter Cary moved to Fairfax. Mentions Ellen and Cary's affairs. Cary and Ellen drive to Lake Tahoe. Ford Motor Company is interested in Freedom Hill. Bill and Liz celebrate their 29th anniversary. Mentions some purchases from Miller and Rhoads. Cary goes to Athens, Georgia mentions KKK trials. Mentions Bill and Lem Houston's march on Pennsylvania Avenue. Bill in court as witness about over assesment. William dies February 10, 1898. Manzie dies October 20, 1913- letters from Hollywood grave stones. Thank-you note from Liz. Mentions a trip to Montross. Thank-you letter for tulips. Mentions a 50 cent pieces Bobby is saving and plans of Ellen and Patti's trip to Europe.","Letters and cards from Bill and Liz to sister Frances Robb. Mentions affairs of Mamie, her moving, the sale of her house to Bill, her health, and estate. Writes of Clara and her health, operation, and later her death. Affairs of Cary and Ellen, schooling, travels, and their weddings. Writes on politics and the meeting of the Eight District of Legion. Mentions some dental problems, and that Olive Swanson from LaVere died. Also mentions Olive's sisters Blanche and Lousie Cassell and also mentions a geneology booklet about the Tuckahoe Randolphs being recently acquired. Writes of visiting Tuckahoe and Richmond with Buff and Sally. Nora is in hospital. Mincie Polock died and Bill died. Liz and Dorothy Harris visit Prince William, Manassas. Mentions a painting by Sully in Governor's Mansion. Bill elected to be Key Man for coming year. Bill buys a new car, went to Gay Mont and mentions book named Golden Age of Piracy. Discusses Christmas plans and gifts. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Discusses Belle Hill afairs such as hunting, dogs, and fuel oil as well as of Liz's new teaching job. Includes a typed copy of the History and Life of Thomas Mann Randolph and documentation of Gilchrist from the Clan Macfarlane. Columbia in hospital. Mentions Tides Inn visit to Shirley and Berkely Plantations. Bill still member of American Legion. Visits with family at Gay Mont. Mentions chromolithographs. Mentions Chestertown and Cambridge on the Eastern Shore where he worked. Liz injured herself. Writes of politics. Flower delivery for Frances. Bill giving up farming plans to rent Camden farm to Piedmont Fertilizer. Piedmont affairs. Mentions the weather, flooding and Paul Karsten's health. Writes of people in Florida. Writes of Bill and Buff's relationship and outings. Mentions \"We Began At Jamestown\" and party at Prospect Hill. Talks of high school reunion and John Billingsley's face lift. Mentions visit of Newt Hill and Clara Louise and daughter. Writes of hunting dogs and hunting. Mentions mulitple visits and socials with different persons. Bill is a grandpa and in 69 years old. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Bear sighting at Gay Mont. Mentions Cary, Fritz, and Ashley's travels. Mentions weather. Writes of dinner parties and guests. Plans for 50th high school reunion. Mentions photographs of John Eager's medal. Bill member of 32nd degree in Scottish RIte of Masonry in Richmond, initiated into Shriners. Includes copy of parole document from National Archives from Headquarters Department of Virginia 1865 William Howard as prisoner of war 4th Virginia Calvary, permission to go home to Maryland. Bill to be grandpa in May. Mentions multiple wedding anniversaries, weddings, and events of friends. Discusses possible oil shortages soon.","Letters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Information on Cary, Fritz, and family. Writes about social visits from various family members. Bear sightings at Gay Mont. Writes of Washington D.C. and traffic issues as well as archival work. Includes copies: Philip L. Robb, William R. Bernard of Co.B 9th Virginia Calvary, (Johnson's Regiment). Mentions Ellen and Jim as well as Columbia's health improving. Writes of Tom's auto accident at Gay Mont and mentions Brown's Motel in Port Royal. Writes of Joe Holloway's funeral and events. Contains get well cards to Frances. Mentions hunting on his property and deer season. Contains 3 photographs of Ashley and Key. Mentions a brass Randolph paper clip and a New Year party at Propect Hill. Mentions the Hoyt's party and health. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard and Frances Patton to Frances Robb. Mentions Belle Hill and farm affairs. Writes of various persons being in the hospital. Mentions two historians from Park Services and a PhD visiting him to talk about Chatham, inquired of pictures, maps, and events. Writes of the geneology of the Virginian Howards and the Maryland Howards as well as an article Cary wrote. Writes of Liz's biopsy. Mentions Ellen's visit and travels. Discusses A.P.V.A. deal and people. Mentions Gay Mont, Mount Zion, a wedding at Vanters, Tappahannock, Mulberry Place, the Eupatorium Incarnatu, Kenmore, Woodlawn, and Bowling Green. Mentions Howard McHenry, Paul Karsten and his family, Frances Patton, the Boddies, Eleanor Iglehart, granddaughter Ashley, Mrs. Briggs, Charles and Madge Marshell, the Holmes, Katherine Yerby, and states that Mary Stevenson and John Billingsly died. Writes often of dogs and some of politics. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to Frances Robb. Writes of fuel oil and prices. Mentions the weather and writes often of the dogs. Visits of family, Ellen, Liz, Cary, and grandchildren. Writes about historians inquiring about Chatham. Discussess geneological matters. Bill plants 7,00 pines on property-cost sharing-writes of trees. Mentions John and Peg Russell, Mary Coleman, Jim, David Holmes, Thomas and Lawson Waring, Dr. McFarland, Dorothy and Joe Harris, Bob Krick, the Caroline Historical Society, Taylor Turner, Dorothy Peters, Sally Scott Norris, Wallace Yerby, Forrest Dickinson, and Marge Arnold. Plans of going to Europe. Also mentions Napels Florida, St. Asaphs, Bowling Green, Tuckahoe, Belle Hill, Stratford, Camden, Spotsylvania, St. Peters, New Salem Church, Gay Mont, Vanters, and Fredericksburg. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard and Frances Patton to Frances Robb. Frances Robb is in the hospital. Writes of weather-mentions hang up dead water snake so rain would come. Writes of dogs and new dog. Mentions gardening and the Rappahannock Valley Garden Club. Writes of many social visits and church services. Mentions Lucille Reilly, John Ballentine, Virginius Dabney's history book, the Yerby's and the Wallace's, Rosalie, Ellen and Columbia, the Quarles, Raplph Robertsons, Alice Turner. Writes of Bowling Green, Wynnewood Pennsylvania, Gay Mont, Port Royal, Goldenvale Creek, Gouldman Dam. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard and Frances Patton to Frances Robb. Includes photograph of Lucy Anne Patterson \"Mamseys\" Mother. Mentions the weather. Writes of Ellen and Cary and their plans and travels. Mentions the dogs. Purchase of brick lined stove. Mentions Thanksgiving plans with family. Writes of various social visits and parties. Mentions Bob Hicks, Dorothy Harris, Ralph Fall, the Howards, the Russells and the Carters, Sally Norris Scott, and Rosalie Taylor, as well as Spring Grove, Bowling Green, Gay Mont and Snow Creek, the Crowningshield Building at Kenmore, and the Happy Clam. Writes of Columbus day being celebrated on the 10th not the 12th. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes of Frances' dinner party and of the stone from James H. Byran Memorials of Harrisonburg. John A. Weaver is their Fredericksburg representative. Stone brought to Gay Mont-writes of mud and trouble with delivery. Bill's cousin Key died. Frances is in the hospital, plans to return home on her birthday. Liz thanks Fran for sending checks. Mentions settling France's estate. Description of Frances. Liz works at the hospital. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to Frances Robb, Letters of Jim, Meem and Patty. Bill thanks Fran and Bob for presents. Mentions New Year party at the Hoyt's and travels through Castles. Fran treated Jim to lunch, Fran to stay with either Cary or Jim. Letter to Meem and Patty talks about power lines and the APVA. Mentions Joanna Catron the curator at \"Belmont\", Anita Pratt, Madell family and Beverley, Taylor Turner's death, Louis Rollins, Jayne Harding, the Cheesmans, Beverley Pratt, Julian Hudson, the Bowens and Marjorie Strother, Jeff Gilbert, the Erhards. Also mentions the DMA picnic at Berry Plain. Mentions placing flags at grave sites. Writes of wedding plans. Mentions the Bowens making \"Oaken Brow\" into a spinach farm. Mentions Gay Mont, Bridgeville, Ghelarduccis and surrounding street names. Includes a page from a diary, and writes of viewing many photographs. Mentions various names of streets and locations. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Includes\"'calling card, brownley's, Washington, DC, message from Bill\". Index card with names of William Key Howard to sister Frances R.H. Robb, Frances Lightfoot Robb and wife, Elizabeth Crismond Howard. Index card from Elizabeth Crismond Howard to sister in law Frances Robb. Very small postcard from Smith Memorial, Philadelphia to Miss F.R. Howard in Washington DC. Postcard from Bill with photograph of Tsukuba. Postcards from Bill to F.R. Howard, postcard to Mrs. R.G. Robb, all with various images. As well as undated items in Howards-cards and letters folder. (A more detailed description located in folder.)","One 8\" x 10\" black and white photograph of Eugenia van Dyke Robb that was used for a story published by the Baltimore Sun in 1943.","This series contains letters, postcards, photographs, and other material related to the Robb-Bernard family. Most of the material relates to the family of Frances Robb. Some of the correspondents in the letters include Robert Gilchrist Robb, Jr., Frances Randolph Howard, and other members of the Howard family. 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Robb of Caroline County, Virginia, James S. Patton, Frances Robb, and Eugenia Robb in various batches between 1940 and 2007.   1940-28D, 1947.28, 1947.33  - Gift of Fannie B. Robb 1983.28 - Gift of William Y.C. White, Jr. 1983.35 - Gift of Madge G. Baya. 1975.18, 1976.02, 1979.18, 1985.41, 1986.32, 1987.42, 1996.58 - Gift of James Samuel Patton 1999.34, 1999.43, 1999.56, 2000.47, 2000.61, 2002.33 - Gift of Eugenia V. Robb 1993.65, 2005.34, 2005.49, 2007.93 - Gift of Frances Robb 2008.78 - Gift of Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities 1985.40 - Gift of James S. Patton via Williamsburg Historic Records Association. 2010.353 and 2010.385 are gift of Frances Robb. 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Bernard]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"John Hipkins, Merchant, Of Port Royal, Virginia\" - typed\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal papers relating to the settlement of the estate of John Hipkins.  Inventories, law suits, and accounts between Elizabeth Hipkins, John H. Bernard, and others and William Bernard, Executor.  1 October 1801 - 20 November 1816.  (21 items)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes 13 items of Elizabeth Hipkins; 3 items of John Hipkins; and 11 items of John H. Bernard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDetailed inventories, accounts, and legacies of Elizabeth Hipkins' estate. March 13, 1804 - November 23, 1829. (13 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Hipkins' documents [?]. October 1802 - August 14, 1804. (3 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard indenture. July 10, 1804. (1 item).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard documents regarding the tract of land in Richmond County called \"Folly.\" April 3, 1818 - 1827[?]. (4 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard indentures regarding [Townfield] land in Caroline County, near Port Royal. July 3, 1818 and January 1, 1819. (2 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard and others indentures, lands in Caroline County, November 14, 1816; May2, 1817 \"Westerton\"; May 26, 1819 Port Royal; and June 15, 1831 Port Royal. (4 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Hipkins' mortgage book.  23 July 1808 - June 1830.  (1 item).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger - accounts. First half of 1800s. (1 item).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes legal papers of William Bernard and John H. Bernard's notes, bills, receipts, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the notes, bills, receipts, accounts, and statements of John H. Bernard.  Also, the legal paper, receipts, and bills of William Bernard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills, receipts, accounts, statements. January 9, 1812 - May 2, 1818. (115 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Bernard legal papers - receipts and bills. February 17, 181[3] - November 12, 1853. (18 items). (For more letters of William Bernard see business correspondence of John H. Bernard).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1818. (50 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1819. (86 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1820 (44 items); 1821 (17 items); 1822 (8 items); 1823 (15 items); 1824 (58 items); 1825 (52 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1826 (39 items); 1827 (24 items); 1828 (34 items); 1829 (48 items); 1830 (88 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc.  1831 (72 items); 1832 (83 items); 1833 (81 items).  Gay Bernard accounts, 1832-1836 (5 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1834 (62 items); 1835 (32 items); 1836 (39 items); 1837 (52 items); 1838 (74 items); 1839 (36 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1840 (9 items); 1841 (42 items); 1842 (53 items); 1843 (16 items); 1844 (14 items); 1845 (50 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1846 (45 items); 1847 (43 items); 1848 (29 items); 1849 (40 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1850 (27 items); 1851 (54 items); 1852 including Arkansas land taxes (55 items); 1853 (59 items); 1854 (48 items); 1855 (22 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard and William R. Bernard bills, receipts and notes, etc. 1855-1860.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard accounts with William S. Quisenberry. 1831-1835.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard accounts with James Jackson. 1854 and 1857.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard accounts with William Farinholt. 1836-1839.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard accounts with William R. Care. 1834-1840.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard accounts, bills and receipts with William Gray and Company, Port Royal, Virginia. 1811-1839.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard Alabama Plantation Accounts. 1837-1852. Green County, Alabama.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc.. Dates unknown. (121 itmes).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard's receipt of the return of a runaway slave. March 15, 1834. (1 item).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the will and bank books of John H. Bernard; legacies of Jane Gay Bernard; a copy of Robert G. Robb's will; and 1 document of Helen S. Robb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard bank books. 1839-1845. (2 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard's will. 1841.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJane Gay Bernard legacies. Unsigned, undated. [She died July 1852].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of Robert G. Robb's will, December 13, 1852, and a statement to its validity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocument of Helen S. Robb, October 5, 1881, directing that her husband, Philip L. Robb, shall manage her property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous papers, 1800-1830.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard. 624 Checks. April 3, 1816 - November 20, 1854.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard and Family - scraps, visiting cards, envelopes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 items of Helen S. Robb and 1 pencil sketch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHelen S. Robb (Mrs. P.L. Robb) Confederate bonds. (3 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHelen S. Robb (Mrs. P.L. Robb) settlements, accounts, bills and envelopes. 1859-1898. (10 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePencil sketch. Dated 18 May [?]. (1 item).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes notebook of Helen S. Robb and diary of Helen Struan Bernard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHelen S. Robb notebook containing accounts, receipts, poetry, etc. Late 19th century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnbound diary of Helen Struan Bernard [Mrs. P.L. Robb], 1848-1862.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications, extracts from publications, a report card, advertisments, and a photograph of the tombstone of John Bolling of Cobbs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExtracts from papers and magazines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVolume 1, number 1, Southern Temperance Star, with account of October 1834 meeting of the Virginia State Temperance Society, January 1835.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWaldie's Select Circulating Library, including Part I, number 1, 1 January 1835.  8 different issues, 1835 and 1836.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodey's Lady's Book and Magazine, Volume XCVIII, Number 586, Philadelphia, April 1879.  1 copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Glance At Current American History by an Ex-Confederate, 1897.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExtracts from daily papers. Advertising matter. Undated and September 15, 1857.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport card from B.B. Minor's school for young ladies for Helen S. Bernard dated for Quarter ending 31 October 1850. School regulations and costs are on the reverse side dated 23 September 1850.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBroadsides, \"Fenton's Patent Flint Enamel Ware,\" Patent secured November 27, 1849. 2 copies. Also, \"Prospect House and Terrace Garden, Table Rock, Canada West.\" undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePamphlet, \"Parcel Post Information.\" undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements for carriages sent to Helen S. Robb, Port Royal, Virginia, May 25, 1899, from George Gravatt, Carriage Manufacturer, Federicksburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIllustrative materials. (4 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncomplete publication. Chapter II and III: \"Latitude, Longitude, and Time\" and \"The Moon\", also \"The Solar System.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMagazine photograph of Gay Mount, about 1920.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of tombstone of John Bolling of Cobbs, great grandson of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. Among other names on the tombstone is that of Wyndham Robertson, Governor of Virginia. (Photograph is mounted and is torn in half).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript poems. This group of papers consists of original poems [\"poetical, political prophetical effusions\"] by Jane Gay Bernard. Some responses from her friends are also included. Predominantly undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnbound manuscript diary. This group of papers consists of sporadic entries in a diary of Jane Gay Robertson [wife of John Hipkins Bernard] through the years 1825-1849.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndentures, deeds, etc. Caroline County, Virginia. 1665-1814.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndentures, deeds, etc. Caroline County, Virginia. 1736-1805.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes bills of sale, documents, letters, a bond, and an unidentified manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills of sale of slaves. 1816-1849.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments and letters regarding land. 1715-1819.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond. 1826.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes indentures and a note.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndentures. 1787 and 1801.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote. 1792.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes indentures, certificates, deeds, terms of agreement, and surveys.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndentures. 1756-1810.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificates. 1804.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeeds. 1743-1805.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTerms of agreement. 1810.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveys. 1741-1796.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Taylor of Caroline County. Documents and correspondence. 1800-1824. (Materals regarding John H. Bernard and John Hipkins).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhilip Lightfoot notes, accounts, receipts, etc. 1810-1837. (19 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes notes and receipts of Robert G. Robb and repayment of Commander Robb's salary confiscated by the U.S. Navy in 1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert G. Robb notes and receipts. 1841-1842. (5 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepayment in 1924 of Commander Robb's salary confiscated by the U.S. Navy in 1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a boundary line agreement between John Taylor and James Miller; a proclamation by R[obert] E. Lee; and Confederate secret signals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoundary line agreement between John Taylor and James Miller, September 2, 1806. (1 item).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProclamation to People of Maryland by R[obert] E. Lee. 1863. Copy. (1 item).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConfederate secret signals along the Rappahannock River. [1863?]. (2 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous accounts and receipts. 1835-1954. (9 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecord Book of the Trustees of Rappahannock Academy. 1810-1822.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence. March 5, 1791 - August 3, 1836. Including: Letter from Wyndam Robertson, February 25, 1817. Senator W.C. Rives' letter on his senate speech regarding nullification, March 7, 1833. Letter from James Barbour, May 12, 1834. Letter on land speculation, June 8, 1834, and opportunities in Alabama. Letter on land speculation in Arkansas and Louisiana, November 4, 1835. Letter on land speculation in Texas, and predicting defeat of the Mexican army by fall, August 3, 1836.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, January 17, 1837 - November 10, 1841. Including: John Bradshaw, Middlebury College graduate, letter applying for teaching position in John H. Bernard's academy, May 13, 1841. Letters to and from John H. Bernard, his agents, lawyers, overseers, primarily relating to his Alabama, Arkansas, and Texan lands, 1837-1841.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence. March 1, 1842 - November 20, 1843. Including: Letters to and from John H. Bernard regarding his Arkansas, Alabama, and Texan lands, 1842-1843. Printed copy of John C. Calhoun's senate speech on the treaty of Washington, August 1842.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence March 9, 1844 - December 28, 1849. Including: Inventory of slaves, stock, tools, and acres planted on Bernard's Greene County, Alabama plantation, March 18, 1844. Letter commenting on migration from Arkansas to Texas, California, and Mexico, January 17, 1845. Letter from General Leslie Combs of Kentucky, November 12, 1845. J.H. Bernard's letter of advice to his son in college, February 15, 1846. Letter on religion and the way to salvation, September 27, 1846. Letter on social life, theatre, balls, weddings in Richmond, March 1847. Broadside of Fredericksburg Female Seminary, August 6, 1849.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence. 1850 - October 20, 1861. Including: Letter, January 20, 1851, regarding burning of St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans at time of Jenny Lind's visit. Trip to Vicksburg and up the Yazoo River to new plantation, reception, and life on the plantation from G.F.W., December 13, 1860. Letter from G.F.W. on national crisis, secession, and plantation plans, January 21, 1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence. June 18, 1862 - December 2, 1870. Including: Family letters to and from the Robbs at Gay Mont and their relatives and friends, January 1863.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence. February 9, 1871 - March 29, 1887.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence. April 4, 1887 - December 22, 1889. Including: Family letters to and from friends in Washington, Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, April 1887.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence. January 4, 1890 - June 30, 1893. Including: Letter from A.H.A. Bernard on family genealogy, dining with Thomas Jefferson, and tutoring James Monrow, January 1891. Letter on exams at [Virginia Polytechnic Institute], February 1, 1891. Letters from \"Robin\" Robert G. Robb at William and Mary, December 3, 1891; January 8, 1892; April 17, 1892; November 20, 1892; December 11, 1892; March 20, 1893; March 26, 1893; May 10, 1893; May 28, 1893; and June 4, 1893. Letter to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, January 9, 1892. Letter on commencement at Brown University and travel in New England, June 30, 1893.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence. July 10, 1893 - February 1897. Including: Robert G. Robb letters from the University of Virginia, September 19, 1893; February 14, 1894; April 15, 1894; April 22, 1894; May 6, 1894; October 3, 1894; October 7, 1894; October 28, 1894; November 4, 1894; November 18, 1894; November 25, 1894; January 13, 1895; February 10, 1895; October 1895; October 20, 1895; October 27, 1895; January 26, 1896; January 24, 1897.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence. July 1897 - September 11, 1901. Including: Letters regarding Robert G. Robb's appointment to the chair of Mathematics in the Marion Military Institute, Marion, Alabama, July and August 1891. Letter of Robert G. Robb at the University of Virginia, July 22, 1900.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, publications, bills, receipts, etc. September 17, 1907 - May 18, 1936 and undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoose envelopes and cards\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 empty portfolios\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiary of William Robb Bernard, 1870-1875. Jane Gay Robertson, 1812 memo book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eXerox copy of typescript of letters in the form of a journal. John Hipkins Bernard's European Journey, 1818-1819 with Powhatan Robertson's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVols. 3 and 4 of Powhatan Robertson's European tour, 1818-1819. Manuscript diaries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies of transcribed letters written by Bernard Robb to his family in \"Gay Mont\" Virginia while he was a student at the College of William and Mary. Two 1893 letters from his mother, Helen S. Bernard Robb, to her son, Robert G. Robb. WHRA. 1 folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is mainly comprised of correspondence from the various Robbs and Bernards, as well as their relations the Uptons, who were originally from southern Maine. As well as the correspondence, there are also a few other items, such as Frances Upton's journal from a family trip to Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, between July 4 and August 9, 1928. Other items of interest are letters from a Netherlands woman named Mary to Frances Upton immediately following World War II (1945-1955,) along with letters home from Robert Upton during World War II\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwentieth-century Robb and Upton (maiden name of Mrs. Patton) family papers. List of dates of correspondence and names of correspondants filed at beginning of box.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters of Sally Tompkins to Helen Robb, ca. 1878, and Dr. Martin Pickett Scott to his wife, 12 April 1879. 1878-1879.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotebook of reminscences by Frances Robb's father, former professor of Chemistry, concerning Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary. 1 folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree letters to Frances Robb (Mrs. Robert G. Robb) in 1943 and 1951; one letter to Gay Robertson from Powhatan Robertson dated April 27, 1876 and one letter from Frances Robb to Mrs. Geratt, about 1920. 1 folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiary and letters of Eugenia Robb from occupied Japan while Eugenia Robb was serving with the American Red Cross. Typescripts. Also a few letters from Italy. Detailed informative letters and diary. Original to come by bequest. 1945-47.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiary of Eugenia van Dyke Robb describing her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan while under the occupation of the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescript of Manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiary of Eugenia van Dyke Robb describing her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan while under the occupation of the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescript of Manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiary of Eugenia van Dyke Robb describing her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan while under the occupation of the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescript of Manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written home by Eugenia van Dyke Robb defining her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan with the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescripts of autograph letters signed. (Originals of 36 letters from *2000.47 added to Folder 4.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree letters written by Eugenia van Dyke Robb when she was working for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, 1951-1953. Typescripts of autograph letters signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 photographs taken by and of Eugenia van Dyke Robb in the Philippines, Japan, and Egypt.  Photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript of selected poems of Helen Struan Robb of \"Gay Mont\" aunt of the donor. Poem by donor's father Philip Lightfoot Robb, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFive poems by Helen Struan Robb, aunt of Eugenia Robb. The poems are entitled \"Beyond\", \"Absence\", \"To the Wood Robin\", \"Night Song\", and \"Love's Dawn\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo poems by Philip Lightfoot Robb, one entitled \"Sunbeam\" written to his daughter Eugenia Robb and the other entitled \"A Memory, the Homeward Path\" written about his beloved home \"Gaymont.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Moonlight,\" a poem by Eugenia Robb was written in Sendai, Japan in July 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript of diary and 5 letters of Eugenia Robb, 1947, during her assignment with the American Red Cross in Stuttgart, Germany. Also, 8 photographs of scenes in Germany. (Originals of six letters from *2000.47 added to Folder 2.) 3 folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiaries, one scrapbook and letters of Eugenia Robb while serving with the American Red Cross in Japan, Philippines, and Germany. Letters from Rome, Italy, 1951-1953. Includes items labeled MsV 1, 2, 3 and 4. 4 folders. 36 original letters from this accession were added to folder 4 of Acc. 1999.34. 6 original letters from this accession were added to folder 2 of Acc. 1999.56A.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 items relating to Eugenia Robb's stay in Japan including a map tracing her sea voyage from Washington, D.C. to the Philippine Islands in December, 1945; her article about a well known Japanese flower arranger, the first Japanese brochure published after the war, two poems written by her father, Philip Lightfoot Robb, Jr.; and one poem written by herself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters of principally Philip Lightfoot Robb, 1892-1896, while attending Cleveland High School in Fauquier County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum, 26 October 1932, between R. G. Robb and others to receive heat from the College of William and Mary (includes letter, 1937, and resolutions, 1937, of the Board of Visitors); letter, 14 March 1944, of G. E. Meanley to members of the Fort Magruder Fishing Club; pages from the Bulletin of the Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society which contains an article (March 1932, Vol. IX, No. 6) of R. G. Robb \"Development of the Department of Chemistry at the College of William and Mary\" and appointment, 1930, of Robert Gilchrist Robb as Major in the Chemical Warfare Service (reserves). 1 folder. Fort Magruder Fishing Club letter transferred to Acc. 2002.46 Fort Magruder Fishing Club Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEugenia Robb's travel journal to Spain during the summer of 1952 and Philip L. Robb's song \"Tis Cupid wires my Heart to You.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClass of June 1948, Baltimore City College, Banquet Program honoring Phillip L. Robb, Teacher and Department Head of Chemistry, 1901-1948, with newspaper clipping concerning his retirement; certificate of distinction awarded to Philip L. Robb, June 7,1893, from Cleveland High School; May 1980 issue of Good Reading, including an article by Eugenia Van Dyke Robb entitled \"Picasso of the Flowers.\" 1 folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLarge collection of papers, books and more given by James S. Patton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScrapbook about \"Welcum Hinges\" a book written by Bernard Robb. Contains printed articles and reviews. Photograph of portrait of John Hipkins Bernard. Photographs of Sutton Hall and St. Bartholomew's Church. Photograph of John Bernard Robb. Copy of 1857 pages from diary of Helen S. Bernard of \"Gay Mont,\" Caroline County, Virginia. Copies of correspondence of the Robb and Bernard Families from William and Mary Collection, 1857-1874. Copy of newspaper announcement of the marriage of Frederick Smith-Shenstone on February 6, 1873. Correspondence between John Sclater of London with James S. Patton and between East Sussex County Records Office and James S. Patton about Sutton Hall visit and genealogy. 1995. Portion of book written by John Sclater on the Sclater Family. Maps showing Sutton Hall area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGaymont Collection, a gift from APVA. Not yet processed. June 2013 Architectural Digest, p. 150, \"American Revival\" by Julia Reed about the history and restoration of Gay Mont added by staff in 2013. Includes several nineteenth-century cased photographs and early twentieth-century photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam and Mary Senior Honor Thesis, April 2001, \"A Palace Called Beautiful, Virginia Women, The Confederacy and the Transmission of Southern Culture\" by Amanda Elizabeth Creekman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with A. Randolph Howard and the Navy Department about securing a memento of the Battleship Richmond for Mrs. William Augustine Smith who christened the Richmond when she was launched in 1860. Mrs. Smith was Harriett Field Robb, the daughter of Captain Robert Gilchrist Robb, U.S.N. and at that tiime, Commander of the Norfolk, Virginia Navy Yard.  Allen Randolph Howard was married to Frances Lightfoot Smith, the daughter of Mrs. William Augustine Smith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConsist of war ration books for member of the Robb family, as well as Robert J. (Bobby) Robb's Matthew Whaley High School yearbooks, 1948-1950. Yearbooks contain many personalized dedications.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor members of the Robb family of Williamsburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBelonging to Robert J. Robb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBelonging to Robert J. Robb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBelonging to Robert J. Robb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph, ca. 1904, of a painting of Frances Randolph (Howard) Robb (b. 1894) at the age of 10. 1 folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are war ration books for the Robb family, an information sheet concerning registration for war ration books, as well as a tag for a shipment from Scotland imprinted with a Williamsburg business name: \"Cogar, Lewis and Geiger, Inc., Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.\" 1 folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrimarily letters, 1944-1964, written by Earl Gregg Swem to Robert Robb and Frances Robb.  Also contains clippings related to Earl Gregg Swem, a card from John Stewart Bryan, and an invitation to dinner from John Stewart Bryan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains letters, 1892, from Robert Gilchrist Robb to his mother and to Bernard Robb. There are also programs, 1944, from Bruton Parish Church.  1 folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1939-1945, from Robert Hunt Land, College of William and Mary librarian, to Frances Randolph Howard Robb, wife of William and Mary Professor of Chemistry Robert Gilchrist Robb. Land primarily wrote these letters while on the USS Brooklyn during World War II.  3 folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains letters, 1949-1952, written by Frances Randolph Howard Robb to her son, Robert Gilchrist Robb, Jr., while he was serving in the Army.  3 folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters addressed to members of the Robb family. Includes one letter, 1944 from a religious organization in Alaska, addressed to Robert Gilchrist Robb, to which the Robb family seemed to donate. There is also a Christmas card, 1992, addressed to Frances Robb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the baptismal record and accompanying letter from W.A.R. Goodwin of Frances Robb, a map of Cheatham Annex, a note written by Frances Randolph Howard Robb, and a booklet published by John Garland Pollard entitled \"A Connotary: Definitions not Found in Dictionaries.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, and other material relating to the Robb and Bernard Families. The bulk of the accession consists of photographs and scrapbooks of family members, reunions, and family visits. Also included in the collection are Bruton Parish Church newsletters, material related to the Nicolas Mortiau Descendants Association; and travel diaries of Frances Robb during the 1920s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluds letters written to Robert Gilchrist Robb by residents of Williamsburg, including Janet Kimbrough, and material relating to the portrait of Robert Gilchrist Robb which hangs in the Special Collections Research Center.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Robert Hunt Land to Frances Randolph Howard Robb, wife of William and Mary Professor of Chemistry Robert Gilchrist Robb, while Land was serving in the Pacific Theater of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFragments of three letters written in the same hand, perhaps by someone with the first or last name \"Randolph.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a diary of Frances Randolph Howard, letters of Robert Gilchrist Robb, and letters of J. Patton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains letters to Frances Randolph Howard from various family members including William Key Howard, Carrie Stuart Davis, Frances Upton, and Nina Stuart Smith; photographs of William Taylor Smith and Clara Haxall Randolph; and the roll book of Robert Gilchrist Robb while a chemistry professor at William and Mary from 1944 to 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written by William Key Howard to his sister Frances R. Howard. In the earliest letters William mentions school and alludes to his outdoor hobbies: buying fishing tackle and shotgun shells. The later letters were written from old family estate known as Gay Mont, in Rappahannock Academy, Virginia, which belonged to the Robb-Bernard branch of the family. Letters concering hunting, swimming, and horseback riding summers of 1921 and 1922. Mentions numerous cousins who visted Gay Mont. The final letters were written from Fredericksburg, Virginia where William attended Fredericksburg High School. Contains two postcards to William from his sister Frances.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from January 1923- May 1924 from William to his sister Frances while he attended Fredericksburg High School.  Also writes of getting a job with a liner, participation in military training exercises, as well as of target practice and drill. References to the building of the new armory.  Mentions a trip to Ft. Bragg, North Carolina- one letter written from Ft. Bragg tells sister he is now \"Pvt. W.K. Howard\"-it appears he was in the Army Reserve or the National Guard. Mentions his birthday and being promoted to sergeant.  Writes of football games, his Indian artifact collection, plans to visit Gay Mont and Canning, as well as his travelling by train to Kansas. Folder contains copy of letter from Fredericksburg High School to William's father concerning tuition and course schedule issues.  William also mentions his plans to attend V.P.I.  Photograph to sister of hazing tradition 'Rat Parade'.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances, from V.I.P. which express his dissatisfaction with the school. Feels he is wasting his time at the school, though he enjoys the athletics. His company won inter-company basketball and football championships, he took first place in shot put and second in javelin throwing. Mentions inspection of the school, which is labeled as 8th best in country, as well as a large fire near the school. Mentions letters of his guardian and financial advisor Mr. Young. Money from Mr. Young to buy Liberty Bond. He writes of going to see \"The Birth of a Nation.\"  He mentions Black people in the theater were clapping when the character Lynch  was carried through the street on the shoulders of celebrating Black people.  He writes that \"they had K.Ks. up in the gallery to keep the colored people quite [sic].\" William works on a ship as deck boy. Mentions going to see \"The Birth of a Nation\". Contains a letter from the Davey Tree Expert Company dated October 16, 1925 accepting William's acceptance into their tree surgeon program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances Howard. Writes of his training with Davey Tree Expert Company in Kent, Ohio. Mentions learning knots and how to work with the ropes.  Sent to Pennsylvania for paid field work, as well as Maryland.  Worries about keeping this job for the long term. Considers selling his Virginia Excelsior Company stock- thinks he and sister will get $6,000 each. Mentions Mr. Young his guardian (perhaps the same person as Mr. Edgar M. Young president of the Virginia Excelsior Company) William's father is connected with this company. Sister is getting married to Robert Gilchrist Robb in June.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances Robb (nee Howard). William is working temporarily as crew member on a ship-sails to Antwerp and Rotterdam.  Returns and resumes job with Davey Tree Expert Company.  Works near Baltimore Maryland.  Mentions lay offs by \"Ford\". Leaves job at Davey Tree Expert Company in September and works for the Merchants and Miners Transportation Corporation. Longs for the sea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. William writes of having \"sent that lock of Boothe's [sic] hair that Grandma had to the Confederate Museum in Richmond.\" Mentions marital problems between his father and his second wife (Amy Margaret), she might move back to Texas. Mentions Frances and husband Robert Gilchrist Robb moving into the Paradise (Ludwell-Paradise) House on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg. Longs for the sea, Frances worries about him when he sails. Desires to work on a ship through the Shipping Board. Some letters written while at sea on the SS Eastern Dawn which sailed to Europe including Antwerp. Contains photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. William spends winter months working on steamships sailing for Europe, ports including Copenhagan and Finland.  Inquires if there is work for tree surgeons in the restoration of Williamsburg- later says doesn't think Williamsburg,and contracting company Underwood, can afford him. Mentions time spent at Fall Hill, and friend Fred Robinson. Many Letters written from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania where he is doing tree work. Mentions joining the Virginia National Guard-training at Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania. Writes of opprotunity to partly own a gold mine with his friend Lynn-mine is located in Honduras. William and friend Robbie contemplate going there. Novmeber 3, he mentions stock market and the crash.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb.  Mentions getting a job as a watchman at Kenmore (the one time home of George Washington's sister) which is being renovated.  Estate once belonged to William's grandfather William Key Howard Sr. as well as his Uncle Willam Key Howard Jr. He must keep watch at night- so he sleeps there.  Mentions cousin John Randolph died.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes of moving to Belle Hill, near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Works for the National Park Service, specifically as park superintendant of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. Includes Newspaper clippings and announcement of his marriage to Elizabeth Burke Crismond on March 18, 1937. Father dies, mentions funeral-he is executor of father's estate-details. Mentions housewarming for new home at the park for Branch Spalding (coordinating superintendent for Virginia Civil War parks).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Mentions a war and a trip to the Baltic including stops at \"Danzig, Helsingford [sic] and Murmansk\". Mentions attending a fire training school and refers to a serious problem with Bob's (Robert Gilchrist Robb) eye.  Writes about his being discharged from the Virginia National Guard (?). Mentions plans for new job.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes he has volunteered for the Army, mentions that wife, Liz and their two daughters, will live in Spotsylvania Court House while he is away. Mentions renting his Belle Hill home to a soldier, and wants to rent the large house too. Mentions Army induction at Bowling Green and then moves to Camp Lee. He is stationed at Salem Airbase in Oregon for training. Mentions training experiences and his \"expert\" marksmanship. Believes he will be stationed behind the lines in war. Reassigned to \"Ono siding\" near San Bernardino, California. Describes location and his job there. Mentions plans to visit Los Angeles and Mexico, as well as visiting Hollywood where they made \"The Birth of a Nation\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes the he is applying for \"agriculturalist discharge\", his Belle Hill farm is no longer being cared for due to labor shortages, his request is denied.  Mentions concern for Robert Gilchrist Robb who recently fainted and requires bed rest.  Mentions the weather of San Bernardino.  Mentions his furlough being cancelled many times, wants to visit family in Virginia for Christmas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes of 700 Italian prisoners coming to a camp near San Bernardino, California, and their housing. Writes of camp life, mentions government-produced films being shown to the men. Mentions the weather of San Bernardino. References family in Virginia and responds to news from Frances, mentions his neice and her accomplishments. Included is a letter to William from Frances which mentions that her daughter will be attending Sweet Briar College. William mentions doings of other men like working at \"Kaisers steel mills\". Mentions his working extra hours for extra money for his upcoming furlough, received the good conduct metal which he finds ironic because he often breaks the rules. Includes pictures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to Frances Robb. Writes of his quartermaster in San Bernardino, California being disbanded and of his transfer to Ft. Lewis near Seatle, Washington, expects to be assigned to medical duty. At Ft. Lewis he must go through basic training again and eight weeks of technical training. Describes his training experiences including a film entitled \"The Colored Soldier\", discusses race and the military. Anticipates his furlough at the end of training. Mentions many AWOLs and unit break ups- so the Army increased furloughs to raise moral. Mentions camp life at Ft. Lewis and his plans to visit Tokoma and Seattle, he prefers Seattle. Responds to news about his family and friends back home, mentions Robert Robb's illness many times, Robb had a blood clot and was bedridden.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Mentions Robert Robb's upcoming retirement from William and Mary at the end of the 1945-1946 school year.  William began working at Quantico in 1945, received his terminal leave pay in December 1947. Alludes to nephew (Robert Robb Jr.) joining the Army. Mentions attending the dedication of a Stuart tablet at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in King George County, Virginia. Writes of visits to Gay Mont and of planting rye at Belle Hill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb, mostly news about activities, health, and location of family members both immediate and distant. Mentions wife Liz being in Jamestown for Queen Elizabeth's visit. Gay Mont sold in 1958. Writes that he moved furniture and personal property: paintings (one by Sully sent to Frances). Appears upset about sale of Gay Mont. A 1958 map of Gay Mont included and hints that Pattons might buy Gay Mont soon. A few letters to Frances Robb from both William and his wife which mention France's daughter Fran having surgery twice. William works for the fire department at Quantico as well as at his farm Belle Hill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb.  Mentions helping clean up debris left by the fire at Gay Mont, alludes to the Pattons' intention to restore the house.  Mentions his daughters, Ellen and Cary, attending Mary Washington College, Ellen also spent some time at William and Mary.  Mentions having portraits restored one of Ellen and one of Alice.  Comments on the inauguration of John F. Kennedy which he viewed on television.  References situation in Berlin and advises sister to buy extra food each week to build a supply.  William has been copying Uncle William's Civil War diary which mentions the battles of Seven Pines, Sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg which he was able to avoid. Includes a copy of an article \"The Valleys of Virginia- The Rappahannock\" published in 1859- mentions Port Royal, Gay Mont, and slave working conditions in the region. Folder also includes a captioned photograph from a newsletter (?) commemorating William K. Howard's thirty years of services as a firefighter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Mentions daughters Ellen and Cary were home for Christmas, going to Washington D.C. to visit Amy. Mamie had Christmas dinner with the Howards, Mamie injured herself after Christmas. Letter from Liz Howard to Frances about Christams, mentions John Glenn's flight on television and Bill's truck problems. Mentions snow storm of 15 inches and loss of power for 32 hours. Bill and Liz celebrated 25th wedding aniversary April 1962. Discusses school plans as well as work and summer plans for Cary and Ellen. Eugenia may have had a stroke 1962. Mentions a midnight Christmas service at St. George. Amy fell down stairs and broke her pelvis. Saw the Mona Lisa in Washington D.C. Mentions the marriage of Mr. Brigham to a Spencer from Williamsburg. Mentions that Jim will be out of the service in 1963. Writes of farm and animal life. Liz receives Mama's diamond. Mentions Belle Hill's estate price. Discusses Amy's will.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, cards, and newspaper clippings to Frances Robb (Mrs. R.G. Robb). Bill retired his daughter Cary moved to Fairfax. Mentions Ellen and Cary's affairs. Cary and Ellen drive to Lake Tahoe. Ford Motor Company is interested in Freedom Hill. Bill and Liz celebrate their 29th anniversary. Mentions some purchases from Miller and Rhoads. Cary goes to Athens, Georgia mentions KKK trials. Mentions Bill and Lem Houston's march on Pennsylvania Avenue. Bill in court as witness about over assesment. William dies February 10, 1898. Manzie dies October 20, 1913- letters from Hollywood grave stones. Thank-you note from Liz. Mentions a trip to Montross. Thank-you letter for tulips. Mentions a 50 cent pieces Bobby is saving and plans of Ellen and Patti's trip to Europe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters and cards from Bill and Liz to sister Frances Robb. Mentions affairs of Mamie, her moving, the sale of her house to Bill, her health, and estate. Writes of Clara and her health, operation, and later her death. Affairs of Cary and Ellen, schooling, travels, and their weddings. Writes on politics and the meeting of the Eight District of Legion. Mentions some dental problems, and that Olive Swanson from LaVere died. Also mentions Olive's sisters Blanche and Lousie Cassell and also mentions a geneology booklet about the Tuckahoe Randolphs being recently acquired. Writes of visiting Tuckahoe and Richmond with Buff and Sally. Nora is in hospital. Mincie Polock died and Bill died. Liz and Dorothy Harris visit Prince William, Manassas. Mentions a painting by Sully in Governor's Mansion. Bill elected to be Key Man for coming year. Bill buys a new car, went to Gay Mont and mentions book named Golden Age of Piracy. Discusses Christmas plans and gifts. (A more detailed description included in folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Discusses Belle Hill afairs such as hunting, dogs, and fuel oil as well as of Liz's new teaching job. Includes a typed copy of the History and Life of Thomas Mann Randolph and documentation of Gilchrist from the Clan Macfarlane. Columbia in hospital. Mentions Tides Inn visit to Shirley and Berkely Plantations. Bill still member of American Legion. Visits with family at Gay Mont. Mentions chromolithographs. Mentions Chestertown and Cambridge on the Eastern Shore where he worked. Liz injured herself. Writes of politics. Flower delivery for Frances. Bill giving up farming plans to rent Camden farm to Piedmont Fertilizer. Piedmont affairs. Mentions the weather, flooding and Paul Karsten's health. Writes of people in Florida. Writes of Bill and Buff's relationship and outings. Mentions \"We Began At Jamestown\" and party at Prospect Hill. Talks of high school reunion and John Billingsley's face lift. Mentions visit of Newt Hill and Clara Louise and daughter. Writes of hunting dogs and hunting. Mentions mulitple visits and socials with different persons. Bill is a grandpa and in 69 years old. (A more detailed description included in folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Bear sighting at Gay Mont. Mentions Cary, Fritz, and Ashley's travels. Mentions weather. Writes of dinner parties and guests. Plans for 50th high school reunion. Mentions photographs of John Eager's medal. Bill member of 32nd degree in Scottish RIte of Masonry in Richmond, initiated into Shriners. Includes copy of parole document from National Archives from Headquarters Department of Virginia 1865 William Howard as prisoner of war 4th Virginia Calvary, permission to go home to Maryland. Bill to be grandpa in May. Mentions multiple wedding anniversaries, weddings, and events of friends. Discusses possible oil shortages soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Information on Cary, Fritz, and family. Writes about social visits from various family members. Bear sightings at Gay Mont. Writes of Washington D.C. and traffic issues as well as archival work. Includes copies: Philip L. Robb, William R. Bernard of Co.B 9th Virginia Calvary, (Johnson's Regiment). Mentions Ellen and Jim as well as Columbia's health improving. Writes of Tom's auto accident at Gay Mont and mentions Brown's Motel in Port Royal. Writes of Joe Holloway's funeral and events. Contains get well cards to Frances. Mentions hunting on his property and deer season. Contains 3 photographs of Ashley and Key. Mentions a brass Randolph paper clip and a New Year party at Propect Hill. Mentions the Hoyt's party and health. (A more detailed description included in folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Bill Howard and Frances Patton to Frances Robb. Mentions Belle Hill and farm affairs. Writes of various persons being in the hospital. Mentions two historians from Park Services and a PhD visiting him to talk about Chatham, inquired of pictures, maps, and events. Writes of the geneology of the Virginian Howards and the Maryland Howards as well as an article Cary wrote. Writes of Liz's biopsy. Mentions Ellen's visit and travels. Discusses A.P.V.A. deal and people. Mentions Gay Mont, Mount Zion, a wedding at Vanters, Tappahannock, Mulberry Place, the Eupatorium Incarnatu, Kenmore, Woodlawn, and Bowling Green. Mentions Howard McHenry, Paul Karsten and his family, Frances Patton, the Boddies, Eleanor Iglehart, granddaughter Ashley, Mrs. Briggs, Charles and Madge Marshell, the Holmes, Katherine Yerby, and states that Mary Stevenson and John Billingsly died. Writes often of dogs and some of politics. (A more detailed description included in folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Bill Howard to Frances Robb. Writes of fuel oil and prices. Mentions the weather and writes often of the dogs. Visits of family, Ellen, Liz, Cary, and grandchildren. Writes about historians inquiring about Chatham. Discussess geneological matters. Bill plants 7,00 pines on property-cost sharing-writes of trees. Mentions John and Peg Russell, Mary Coleman, Jim, David Holmes, Thomas and Lawson Waring, Dr. McFarland, Dorothy and Joe Harris, Bob Krick, the Caroline Historical Society, Taylor Turner, Dorothy Peters, Sally Scott Norris, Wallace Yerby, Forrest Dickinson, and Marge Arnold. Plans of going to Europe. Also mentions Napels Florida, St. Asaphs, Bowling Green, Tuckahoe, Belle Hill, Stratford, Camden, Spotsylvania, St. Peters, New Salem Church, Gay Mont, Vanters, and Fredericksburg. (A more detailed description included in folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Bill Howard and Frances Patton to Frances Robb. Frances Robb is in the hospital. Writes of weather-mentions hang up dead water snake so rain would come. Writes of dogs and new dog. Mentions gardening and the Rappahannock Valley Garden Club. Writes of many social visits and church services. Mentions Lucille Reilly, John Ballentine, Virginius Dabney's history book, the Yerby's and the Wallace's, Rosalie, Ellen and Columbia, the Quarles, Raplph Robertsons, Alice Turner. Writes of Bowling Green, Wynnewood Pennsylvania, Gay Mont, Port Royal, Goldenvale Creek, Gouldman Dam. (A more detailed description included in folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Bill Howard and Frances Patton to Frances Robb. Includes photograph of Lucy Anne Patterson \"Mamseys\" Mother. Mentions the weather. Writes of Ellen and Cary and their plans and travels. Mentions the dogs. Purchase of brick lined stove. Mentions Thanksgiving plans with family. Writes of various social visits and parties. Mentions Bob Hicks, Dorothy Harris, Ralph Fall, the Howards, the Russells and the Carters, Sally Norris Scott, and Rosalie Taylor, as well as Spring Grove, Bowling Green, Gay Mont and Snow Creek, the Crowningshield Building at Kenmore, and the Happy Clam. Writes of Columbus day being celebrated on the 10th not the 12th. (A more detailed description included in folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes of Frances' dinner party and of the stone from James H. Byran Memorials of Harrisonburg. John A. Weaver is their Fredericksburg representative. Stone brought to Gay Mont-writes of mud and trouble with delivery. Bill's cousin Key died. Frances is in the hospital, plans to return home on her birthday. Liz thanks Fran for sending checks. Mentions settling France's estate. Description of Frances. Liz works at the hospital. (A more detailed description included in folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Bill Howard to Frances Robb, Letters of Jim, Meem and Patty. Bill thanks Fran and Bob for presents. Mentions New Year party at the Hoyt's and travels through Castles. Fran treated Jim to lunch, Fran to stay with either Cary or Jim. Letter to Meem and Patty talks about power lines and the APVA. Mentions Joanna Catron the curator at \"Belmont\", Anita Pratt, Madell family and Beverley, Taylor Turner's death, Louis Rollins, Jayne Harding, the Cheesmans, Beverley Pratt, Julian Hudson, the Bowens and Marjorie Strother, Jeff Gilbert, the Erhards. Also mentions the DMA picnic at Berry Plain. Mentions placing flags at grave sites. Writes of wedding plans. Mentions the Bowens making \"Oaken Brow\" into a spinach farm. Mentions Gay Mont, Bridgeville, Ghelarduccis and surrounding street names. Includes a page from a diary, and writes of viewing many photographs. Mentions various names of streets and locations. (A more detailed description included in folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes\"'calling card, brownley's, Washington, DC, message from Bill\". Index card with names of William Key Howard to sister Frances R.H. Robb, Frances Lightfoot Robb and wife, Elizabeth Crismond Howard. Index card from Elizabeth Crismond Howard to sister in law Frances Robb. Very small postcard from Smith Memorial, Philadelphia to Miss F.R. Howard in Washington DC. Postcard from Bill with photograph of Tsukuba. Postcards from Bill to F.R. Howard, postcard to Mrs. R.G. Robb, all with various images. As well as undated items in Howards-cards and letters folder. (A more detailed description located in folder.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne 8\" x 10\" black and white photograph of Eugenia van Dyke Robb that was used for a story published by the Baltimore Sun in 1943.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains letters, postcards, photographs, and other material related to the Robb-Bernard family. Most of the material relates to the family of Frances Robb. Some of the correspondents in the letters include Robert Gilchrist Robb, Jr., Frances Randolph Howard, and other members of the Howard family. 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(later renamed \"Gay Mont\") and to Bernard's lands in Alabama, Texas and Arkansas. Includes diaries, correspondence, poems, accounts and account books of women (Elizabeth Hipkins, Jane Gay Robertson Bernard, and Helen Struan Bernard Robb); and legal documents and letters of John Taylor of Caroline. Of special interest are the diaries of Eugenia D. Robb while serving with the American Red Cross in Germany and Japan during and after World War II (1999.56A)."," Additions include other material on the Robb, Bernard, Upton and Hipkins families from the 19th century through the 20th century."," Check the Finding Aid/Inventory and the PDF Inventory for descriptions and/or folder lists of original accession and all additions.","Original Accession.","D. Wilkie, Kensington [London], to James Wilson Croker. Accepts membership in club and returns list as reqested.","Includes information about the Robb-Bernard Family Papers and information about the Robb-Bernard family. Also includes various items within the Robb-Bernard Family Papers.","The Family of William \u0026 Elizabeth Bolling Robertson by James Samuel Patton - printed","\"The Family of William Robertson and his wife Elizabeth Bolling\" - mimeographed","Copies of Bible Records: 1. William and Elizabeth Bolling Robertson 2. Philip and Mary Warner Lewis Lightfoot 3. James and Lucy Waring Robb","John H. Bernard's Commission as Captain in the Virginia militia, May 20, 1815","Prayer by [John H. Bernard], [circa 1855], copied by [Helen S. Bernard]","\"John Hipkins, Merchant, Of Port Royal, Virginia\" - typed","Legal papers relating to the settlement of the estate of John Hipkins.  Inventories, law suits, and accounts between Elizabeth Hipkins, John H. Bernard, and others and William Bernard, Executor.  1 October 1801 - 20 November 1816.  (21 items)","Includes 13 items of Elizabeth Hipkins; 3 items of John Hipkins; and 11 items of John H. Bernard.","Detailed inventories, accounts, and legacies of Elizabeth Hipkins' estate. March 13, 1804 - November 23, 1829. (13 items).","John Hipkins' documents [?]. October 1802 - August 14, 1804. (3 items).","John H. Bernard indenture. July 10, 1804. (1 item).","John H. Bernard documents regarding the tract of land in Richmond County called \"Folly.\" April 3, 1818 - 1827[?]. (4 items).","John H. Bernard indentures regarding [Townfield] land in Caroline County, near Port Royal. July 3, 1818 and January 1, 1819. (2 items).","John H. Bernard and others indentures, lands in Caroline County, November 14, 1816; May2, 1817 \"Westerton\"; May 26, 1819 Port Royal; and June 15, 1831 Port Royal. (4 items).","Elizabeth Hipkins' mortgage book.  23 July 1808 - June 1830.  (1 item).","Ledger - accounts. First half of 1800s. (1 item).","Includes legal papers of William Bernard and John H. Bernard's notes, bills, receipts, etc.","Includes the notes, bills, receipts, accounts, and statements of John H. Bernard.  Also, the legal paper, receipts, and bills of William Bernard.","John H. Bernard notes, bills, receipts, accounts, statements. January 9, 1812 - May 2, 1818. (115 items).","William Bernard legal papers - receipts and bills. February 17, 181[3] - November 12, 1853. (18 items). (For more letters of William Bernard see business correspondence of John H. Bernard).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1818. (50 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1819. (86 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1820 (44 items); 1821 (17 items); 1822 (8 items); 1823 (15 items); 1824 (58 items); 1825 (52 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1826 (39 items); 1827 (24 items); 1828 (34 items); 1829 (48 items); 1830 (88 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc.  1831 (72 items); 1832 (83 items); 1833 (81 items).  Gay Bernard accounts, 1832-1836 (5 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1834 (62 items); 1835 (32 items); 1836 (39 items); 1837 (52 items); 1838 (74 items); 1839 (36 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1840 (9 items); 1841 (42 items); 1842 (53 items); 1843 (16 items); 1844 (14 items); 1845 (50 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1846 (45 items); 1847 (43 items); 1848 (29 items); 1849 (40 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1850 (27 items); 1851 (54 items); 1852 including Arkansas land taxes (55 items); 1853 (59 items); 1854 (48 items); 1855 (22 items).","John H. Bernard and William R. Bernard bills, receipts and notes, etc. 1855-1860.","John H. Bernard accounts with William S. Quisenberry. 1831-1835.","John H. Bernard accounts with James Jackson. 1854 and 1857.","John H. Bernard accounts with William Farinholt. 1836-1839.","John H. Bernard accounts with William R. Care. 1834-1840.","John H. Bernard accounts, bills and receipts with William Gray and Company, Port Royal, Virginia. 1811-1839.","John H. Bernard Alabama Plantation Accounts. 1837-1852. Green County, Alabama.","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc.. Dates unknown. (121 itmes).","John H. Bernard's receipt of the return of a runaway slave. March 15, 1834. (1 item).","Includes the will and bank books of John H. Bernard; legacies of Jane Gay Bernard; a copy of Robert G. Robb's will; and 1 document of Helen S. Robb.","John H. Bernard bank books. 1839-1845. (2 items).","John H. Bernard's will. 1841.","Jane Gay Bernard legacies. Unsigned, undated. [She died July 1852].","Copy of Robert G. Robb's will, December 13, 1852, and a statement to its validity.","Document of Helen S. Robb, October 5, 1881, directing that her husband, Philip L. Robb, shall manage her property.","Miscellaneous papers, 1800-1830.","John H. Bernard. 624 Checks. April 3, 1816 - November 20, 1854.","John H. Bernard and Family - scraps, visiting cards, envelopes.","13 items of Helen S. Robb and 1 pencil sketch.","Helen S. Robb (Mrs. P.L. Robb) Confederate bonds. (3 items).","Helen S. Robb (Mrs. P.L. Robb) settlements, accounts, bills and envelopes. 1859-1898. (10 items).","Pencil sketch. Dated 18 May [?]. (1 item).","Includes notebook of Helen S. Robb and diary of Helen Struan Bernard.","Helen S. Robb notebook containing accounts, receipts, poetry, etc. Late 19th century.","Unbound diary of Helen Struan Bernard [Mrs. P.L. Robb], 1848-1862.","Includes publications, extracts from publications, a report card, advertisments, and a photograph of the tombstone of John Bolling of Cobbs.","Extracts from papers and magazines.","Volume 1, number 1, Southern Temperance Star, with account of October 1834 meeting of the Virginia State Temperance Society, January 1835.","Waldie's Select Circulating Library, including Part I, number 1, 1 January 1835.  8 different issues, 1835 and 1836.","Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, Volume XCVIII, Number 586, Philadelphia, April 1879.  1 copy.","A Glance At Current American History by an Ex-Confederate, 1897.","Extracts from daily papers. Advertising matter. Undated and September 15, 1857.","Report card from B.B. Minor's school for young ladies for Helen S. Bernard dated for Quarter ending 31 October 1850. School regulations and costs are on the reverse side dated 23 September 1850.","Broadsides, \"Fenton's Patent Flint Enamel Ware,\" Patent secured November 27, 1849. 2 copies. Also, \"Prospect House and Terrace Garden, Table Rock, Canada West.\" undated.","Pamphlet, \"Parcel Post Information.\" undated.","Advertisements for carriages sent to Helen S. Robb, Port Royal, Virginia, May 25, 1899, from George Gravatt, Carriage Manufacturer, Federicksburg, Virginia.","Illustrative materials. (4 items).","Incomplete publication. Chapter II and III: \"Latitude, Longitude, and Time\" and \"The Moon\", also \"The Solar System.\"","Magazine photograph of Gay Mount, about 1920.","Photograph of tombstone of John Bolling of Cobbs, great grandson of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. Among other names on the tombstone is that of Wyndham Robertson, Governor of Virginia. (Photograph is mounted and is torn in half).","Manuscript poems. This group of papers consists of original poems [\"poetical, political prophetical effusions\"] by Jane Gay Bernard. Some responses from her friends are also included. Predominantly undated.","Unbound manuscript diary. This group of papers consists of sporadic entries in a diary of Jane Gay Robertson [wife of John Hipkins Bernard] through the years 1825-1849.","Indentures, deeds, etc. Caroline County, Virginia. 1665-1814.","Indentures, deeds, etc. Caroline County, Virginia. 1736-1805.","Includes bills of sale, documents, letters, a bond, and an unidentified manuscript.","Bills of sale of slaves. 1816-1849.","Documents and letters regarding land. 1715-1819.","Bond. 1826.","Unidentified manuscript.","Includes indentures and a note.","Indentures. 1787 and 1801.","Note. 1792.","Includes indentures, certificates, deeds, terms of agreement, and surveys.","Indentures. 1756-1810.","Certificates. 1804.","Deeds. 1743-1805.","Terms of agreement. 1810.","Surveys. 1741-1796.","John Taylor of Caroline County. Documents and correspondence. 1800-1824. (Materals regarding John H. Bernard and John Hipkins).","Philip Lightfoot notes, accounts, receipts, etc. 1810-1837. (19 items).","Includes notes and receipts of Robert G. Robb and repayment of Commander Robb's salary confiscated by the U.S. Navy in 1861.","Robert G. Robb notes and receipts. 1841-1842. (5 items).","Repayment in 1924 of Commander Robb's salary confiscated by the U.S. Navy in 1861.","Includes a boundary line agreement between John Taylor and James Miller; a proclamation by R[obert] E. Lee; and Confederate secret signals.","Boundary line agreement between John Taylor and James Miller, September 2, 1806. (1 item).","Proclamation to People of Maryland by R[obert] E. Lee. 1863. Copy. (1 item).","Confederate secret signals along the Rappahannock River. [1863?]. (2 items).","Miscellaneous accounts and receipts. 1835-1954. (9 items).","Record Book of the Trustees of Rappahannock Academy. 1810-1822.","Correspondence. March 5, 1791 - August 3, 1836. Including: Letter from Wyndam Robertson, February 25, 1817. Senator W.C. Rives' letter on his senate speech regarding nullification, March 7, 1833. Letter from James Barbour, May 12, 1834. Letter on land speculation, June 8, 1834, and opportunities in Alabama. Letter on land speculation in Arkansas and Louisiana, November 4, 1835. Letter on land speculation in Texas, and predicting defeat of the Mexican army by fall, August 3, 1836.","Correspondence, January 17, 1837 - November 10, 1841. Including: John Bradshaw, Middlebury College graduate, letter applying for teaching position in John H. Bernard's academy, May 13, 1841. Letters to and from John H. Bernard, his agents, lawyers, overseers, primarily relating to his Alabama, Arkansas, and Texan lands, 1837-1841.","Correspondence. March 1, 1842 - November 20, 1843. Including: Letters to and from John H. Bernard regarding his Arkansas, Alabama, and Texan lands, 1842-1843. Printed copy of John C. Calhoun's senate speech on the treaty of Washington, August 1842.","Correspondence March 9, 1844 - December 28, 1849. Including: Inventory of slaves, stock, tools, and acres planted on Bernard's Greene County, Alabama plantation, March 18, 1844. Letter commenting on migration from Arkansas to Texas, California, and Mexico, January 17, 1845. Letter from General Leslie Combs of Kentucky, November 12, 1845. J.H. Bernard's letter of advice to his son in college, February 15, 1846. Letter on religion and the way to salvation, September 27, 1846. Letter on social life, theatre, balls, weddings in Richmond, March 1847. Broadside of Fredericksburg Female Seminary, August 6, 1849.","Correspondence. 1850 - October 20, 1861. Including: Letter, January 20, 1851, regarding burning of St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans at time of Jenny Lind's visit. Trip to Vicksburg and up the Yazoo River to new plantation, reception, and life on the plantation from G.F.W., December 13, 1860. Letter from G.F.W. on national crisis, secession, and plantation plans, January 21, 1861.","Correspondence. June 18, 1862 - December 2, 1870. Including: Family letters to and from the Robbs at Gay Mont and their relatives and friends, January 1863.","Correspondence. February 9, 1871 - March 29, 1887.","Correspondence. April 4, 1887 - December 22, 1889. Including: Family letters to and from friends in Washington, Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, April 1887.","Correspondence. January 4, 1890 - June 30, 1893. Including: Letter from A.H.A. Bernard on family genealogy, dining with Thomas Jefferson, and tutoring James Monrow, January 1891. Letter on exams at [Virginia Polytechnic Institute], February 1, 1891. Letters from \"Robin\" Robert G. Robb at William and Mary, December 3, 1891; January 8, 1892; April 17, 1892; November 20, 1892; December 11, 1892; March 20, 1893; March 26, 1893; May 10, 1893; May 28, 1893; and June 4, 1893. Letter to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, January 9, 1892. Letter on commencement at Brown University and travel in New England, June 30, 1893.","Correspondence. July 10, 1893 - February 1897. Including: Robert G. Robb letters from the University of Virginia, September 19, 1893; February 14, 1894; April 15, 1894; April 22, 1894; May 6, 1894; October 3, 1894; October 7, 1894; October 28, 1894; November 4, 1894; November 18, 1894; November 25, 1894; January 13, 1895; February 10, 1895; October 1895; October 20, 1895; October 27, 1895; January 26, 1896; January 24, 1897.","Correspondence. July 1897 - September 11, 1901. Including: Letters regarding Robert G. Robb's appointment to the chair of Mathematics in the Marion Military Institute, Marion, Alabama, July and August 1891. Letter of Robert G. Robb at the University of Virginia, July 22, 1900.","Correspondence, publications, bills, receipts, etc. September 17, 1907 - May 18, 1936 and undated.","Loose envelopes and cards","2 empty portfolios","Diary of William Robb Bernard, 1870-1875. Jane Gay Robertson, 1812 memo book.","Xerox copy of typescript of letters in the form of a journal. John Hipkins Bernard's European Journey, 1818-1819 with Powhatan Robertson's.","Vols. 3 and 4 of Powhatan Robertson's European tour, 1818-1819. Manuscript diaries.","Copies of transcribed letters written by Bernard Robb to his family in \"Gay Mont\" Virginia while he was a student at the College of William and Mary. Two 1893 letters from his mother, Helen S. Bernard Robb, to her son, Robert G. Robb. WHRA. 1 folder.","The collection is mainly comprised of correspondence from the various Robbs and Bernards, as well as their relations the Uptons, who were originally from southern Maine. As well as the correspondence, there are also a few other items, such as Frances Upton's journal from a family trip to Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, between July 4 and August 9, 1928. Other items of interest are letters from a Netherlands woman named Mary to Frances Upton immediately following World War II (1945-1955,) along with letters home from Robert Upton during World War II","Twentieth-century Robb and Upton (maiden name of Mrs. Patton) family papers. List of dates of correspondence and names of correspondants filed at beginning of box.","Two letters of Sally Tompkins to Helen Robb, ca. 1878, and Dr. Martin Pickett Scott to his wife, 12 April 1879. 1878-1879.","Notebook of reminscences by Frances Robb's father, former professor of Chemistry, concerning Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary. 1 folder.","Three letters to Frances Robb (Mrs. Robert G. Robb) in 1943 and 1951; one letter to Gay Robertson from Powhatan Robertson dated April 27, 1876 and one letter from Frances Robb to Mrs. Geratt, about 1920. 1 folder.","Diary and letters of Eugenia Robb from occupied Japan while Eugenia Robb was serving with the American Red Cross. Typescripts. Also a few letters from Italy. Detailed informative letters and diary. Original to come by bequest. 1945-47.","Diary of Eugenia van Dyke Robb describing her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan while under the occupation of the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescript of Manuscript.","Diary of Eugenia van Dyke Robb describing her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan while under the occupation of the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescript of Manuscript.","Diary of Eugenia van Dyke Robb describing her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan while under the occupation of the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescript of Manuscript.","Letters written home by Eugenia van Dyke Robb defining her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan with the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescripts of autograph letters signed. (Originals of 36 letters from *2000.47 added to Folder 4.)","Three letters written by Eugenia van Dyke Robb when she was working for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, 1951-1953. Typescripts of autograph letters signed.","21 photographs taken by and of Eugenia van Dyke Robb in the Philippines, Japan, and Egypt.  Photographs.","Typescript of selected poems of Helen Struan Robb of \"Gay Mont\" aunt of the donor. Poem by donor's father Philip Lightfoot Robb, Jr.","Five poems by Helen Struan Robb, aunt of Eugenia Robb. The poems are entitled \"Beyond\", \"Absence\", \"To the Wood Robin\", \"Night Song\", and \"Love's Dawn\".","Two poems by Philip Lightfoot Robb, one entitled \"Sunbeam\" written to his daughter Eugenia Robb and the other entitled \"A Memory, the Homeward Path\" written about his beloved home \"Gaymont.\"","\"Moonlight,\" a poem by Eugenia Robb was written in Sendai, Japan in July 1946.","Typescript of diary and 5 letters of Eugenia Robb, 1947, during her assignment with the American Red Cross in Stuttgart, Germany. Also, 8 photographs of scenes in Germany. (Originals of six letters from *2000.47 added to Folder 2.) 3 folders.","Diaries, one scrapbook and letters of Eugenia Robb while serving with the American Red Cross in Japan, Philippines, and Germany. Letters from Rome, Italy, 1951-1953. Includes items labeled MsV 1, 2, 3 and 4. 4 folders. 36 original letters from this accession were added to folder 4 of Acc. 1999.34. 6 original letters from this accession were added to folder 2 of Acc. 1999.56A.","5 items relating to Eugenia Robb's stay in Japan including a map tracing her sea voyage from Washington, D.C. to the Philippine Islands in December, 1945; her article about a well known Japanese flower arranger, the first Japanese brochure published after the war, two poems written by her father, Philip Lightfoot Robb, Jr.; and one poem written by herself.","Letters of principally Philip Lightfoot Robb, 1892-1896, while attending Cleveland High School in Fauquier County, Virginia.","Memorandum, 26 October 1932, between R. G. Robb and others to receive heat from the College of William and Mary (includes letter, 1937, and resolutions, 1937, of the Board of Visitors); letter, 14 March 1944, of G. E. Meanley to members of the Fort Magruder Fishing Club; pages from the Bulletin of the Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society which contains an article (March 1932, Vol. IX, No. 6) of R. G. Robb \"Development of the Department of Chemistry at the College of William and Mary\" and appointment, 1930, of Robert Gilchrist Robb as Major in the Chemical Warfare Service (reserves). 1 folder. Fort Magruder Fishing Club letter transferred to Acc. 2002.46 Fort Magruder Fishing Club Papers.","Eugenia Robb's travel journal to Spain during the summer of 1952 and Philip L. Robb's song \"Tis Cupid wires my Heart to You.\"","Class of June 1948, Baltimore City College, Banquet Program honoring Phillip L. Robb, Teacher and Department Head of Chemistry, 1901-1948, with newspaper clipping concerning his retirement; certificate of distinction awarded to Philip L. Robb, June 7,1893, from Cleveland High School; May 1980 issue of Good Reading, including an article by Eugenia Van Dyke Robb entitled \"Picasso of the Flowers.\" 1 folder.","Large collection of papers, books and more given by James S. Patton.","Scrapbook about \"Welcum Hinges\" a book written by Bernard Robb. Contains printed articles and reviews. Photograph of portrait of John Hipkins Bernard. Photographs of Sutton Hall and St. Bartholomew's Church. Photograph of John Bernard Robb. Copy of 1857 pages from diary of Helen S. Bernard of \"Gay Mont,\" Caroline County, Virginia. Copies of correspondence of the Robb and Bernard Families from William and Mary Collection, 1857-1874. Copy of newspaper announcement of the marriage of Frederick Smith-Shenstone on February 6, 1873. Correspondence between John Sclater of London with James S. Patton and between East Sussex County Records Office and James S. Patton about Sutton Hall visit and genealogy. 1995. Portion of book written by John Sclater on the Sclater Family. Maps showing Sutton Hall area.","Gaymont Collection, a gift from APVA. Not yet processed. June 2013 Architectural Digest, p. 150, \"American Revival\" by Julia Reed about the history and restoration of Gay Mont added by staff in 2013. Includes several nineteenth-century cased photographs and early twentieth-century photographs.","William and Mary Senior Honor Thesis, April 2001, \"A Palace Called Beautiful, Virginia Women, The Confederacy and the Transmission of Southern Culture\" by Amanda Elizabeth Creekman.","Correspondence with A. Randolph Howard and the Navy Department about securing a memento of the Battleship Richmond for Mrs. William Augustine Smith who christened the Richmond when she was launched in 1860. Mrs. Smith was Harriett Field Robb, the daughter of Captain Robert Gilchrist Robb, U.S.N. and at that tiime, Commander of the Norfolk, Virginia Navy Yard.  Allen Randolph Howard was married to Frances Lightfoot Smith, the daughter of Mrs. William Augustine Smith.","Consist of war ration books for member of the Robb family, as well as Robert J. (Bobby) Robb's Matthew Whaley High School yearbooks, 1948-1950. Yearbooks contain many personalized dedications.","For members of the Robb family of Williamsburg, Va.","Belonging to Robert J. Robb.","Belonging to Robert J. Robb.","Belonging to Robert J. Robb.","Photograph, ca. 1904, of a painting of Frances Randolph (Howard) Robb (b. 1894) at the age of 10. 1 folder.","Included are war ration books for the Robb family, an information sheet concerning registration for war ration books, as well as a tag for a shipment from Scotland imprinted with a Williamsburg business name: \"Cogar, Lewis and Geiger, Inc., Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.\" 1 folder.","Primarily letters, 1944-1964, written by Earl Gregg Swem to Robert Robb and Frances Robb.  Also contains clippings related to Earl Gregg Swem, a card from John Stewart Bryan, and an invitation to dinner from John Stewart Bryan.","Contains letters, 1892, from Robert Gilchrist Robb to his mother and to Bernard Robb. There are also programs, 1944, from Bruton Parish Church.  1 folder.","Letters, 1939-1945, from Robert Hunt Land, College of William and Mary librarian, to Frances Randolph Howard Robb, wife of William and Mary Professor of Chemistry Robert Gilchrist Robb. Land primarily wrote these letters while on the USS Brooklyn during World War II.  3 folders.","Contains letters, 1949-1952, written by Frances Randolph Howard Robb to her son, Robert Gilchrist Robb, Jr., while he was serving in the Army.  3 folders.","Letters addressed to members of the Robb family. Includes one letter, 1944 from a religious organization in Alaska, addressed to Robert Gilchrist Robb, to which the Robb family seemed to donate. There is also a Christmas card, 1992, addressed to Frances Robb.","Includes the baptismal record and accompanying letter from W.A.R. Goodwin of Frances Robb, a map of Cheatham Annex, a note written by Frances Randolph Howard Robb, and a booklet published by John Garland Pollard entitled \"A Connotary: Definitions not Found in Dictionaries.\"","Contains photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, and other material relating to the Robb and Bernard Families. The bulk of the accession consists of photographs and scrapbooks of family members, reunions, and family visits. Also included in the collection are Bruton Parish Church newsletters, material related to the Nicolas Mortiau Descendants Association; and travel diaries of Frances Robb during the 1920s.","Includs letters written to Robert Gilchrist Robb by residents of Williamsburg, including Janet Kimbrough, and material relating to the portrait of Robert Gilchrist Robb which hangs in the Special Collections Research Center.","Letters from Robert Hunt Land to Frances Randolph Howard Robb, wife of William and Mary Professor of Chemistry Robert Gilchrist Robb, while Land was serving in the Pacific Theater of World War II.","Fragments of three letters written in the same hand, perhaps by someone with the first or last name \"Randolph.\"","Includes a diary of Frances Randolph Howard, letters of Robert Gilchrist Robb, and letters of J. Patton.","Contains letters to Frances Randolph Howard from various family members including William Key Howard, Carrie Stuart Davis, Frances Upton, and Nina Stuart Smith; photographs of William Taylor Smith and Clara Haxall Randolph; and the roll book of Robert Gilchrist Robb while a chemistry professor at William and Mary from 1944 to 1945.","Letters written by William Key Howard to his sister Frances R. Howard. In the earliest letters William mentions school and alludes to his outdoor hobbies: buying fishing tackle and shotgun shells. The later letters were written from old family estate known as Gay Mont, in Rappahannock Academy, Virginia, which belonged to the Robb-Bernard branch of the family. Letters concering hunting, swimming, and horseback riding summers of 1921 and 1922. Mentions numerous cousins who visted Gay Mont. The final letters were written from Fredericksburg, Virginia where William attended Fredericksburg High School. Contains two postcards to William from his sister Frances.","Letters from January 1923- May 1924 from William to his sister Frances while he attended Fredericksburg High School.  Also writes of getting a job with a liner, participation in military training exercises, as well as of target practice and drill. References to the building of the new armory.  Mentions a trip to Ft. Bragg, North Carolina- one letter written from Ft. Bragg tells sister he is now \"Pvt. W.K. Howard\"-it appears he was in the Army Reserve or the National Guard. Mentions his birthday and being promoted to sergeant.  Writes of football games, his Indian artifact collection, plans to visit Gay Mont and Canning, as well as his travelling by train to Kansas. Folder contains copy of letter from Fredericksburg High School to William's father concerning tuition and course schedule issues.  William also mentions his plans to attend V.P.I.  Photograph to sister of hazing tradition 'Rat Parade'.","Letters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances, from V.I.P. which express his dissatisfaction with the school. Feels he is wasting his time at the school, though he enjoys the athletics. His company won inter-company basketball and football championships, he took first place in shot put and second in javelin throwing. Mentions inspection of the school, which is labeled as 8th best in country, as well as a large fire near the school. Mentions letters of his guardian and financial advisor Mr. Young. Money from Mr. Young to buy Liberty Bond. He writes of going to see \"The Birth of a Nation.\"  He mentions Black people in the theater were clapping when the character Lynch  was carried through the street on the shoulders of celebrating Black people.  He writes that \"they had K.Ks. up in the gallery to keep the colored people quite [sic].\" William works on a ship as deck boy. Mentions going to see \"The Birth of a Nation\". Contains a letter from the Davey Tree Expert Company dated October 16, 1925 accepting William's acceptance into their tree surgeon program.","Letters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances Howard. Writes of his training with Davey Tree Expert Company in Kent, Ohio. Mentions learning knots and how to work with the ropes.  Sent to Pennsylvania for paid field work, as well as Maryland.  Worries about keeping this job for the long term. Considers selling his Virginia Excelsior Company stock- thinks he and sister will get $6,000 each. Mentions Mr. Young his guardian (perhaps the same person as Mr. Edgar M. Young president of the Virginia Excelsior Company) William's father is connected with this company. Sister is getting married to Robert Gilchrist Robb in June.","Letters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances Robb (nee Howard). William is working temporarily as crew member on a ship-sails to Antwerp and Rotterdam.  Returns and resumes job with Davey Tree Expert Company.  Works near Baltimore Maryland.  Mentions lay offs by \"Ford\". Leaves job at Davey Tree Expert Company in September and works for the Merchants and Miners Transportation Corporation. Longs for the sea.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. William writes of having \"sent that lock of Boothe's [sic] hair that Grandma had to the Confederate Museum in Richmond.\" Mentions marital problems between his father and his second wife (Amy Margaret), she might move back to Texas. Mentions Frances and husband Robert Gilchrist Robb moving into the Paradise (Ludwell-Paradise) House on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg. Longs for the sea, Frances worries about him when he sails. Desires to work on a ship through the Shipping Board. Some letters written while at sea on the SS Eastern Dawn which sailed to Europe including Antwerp. Contains photographs.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. William spends winter months working on steamships sailing for Europe, ports including Copenhagan and Finland.  Inquires if there is work for tree surgeons in the restoration of Williamsburg- later says doesn't think Williamsburg,and contracting company Underwood, can afford him. Mentions time spent at Fall Hill, and friend Fred Robinson. Many Letters written from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania where he is doing tree work. Mentions joining the Virginia National Guard-training at Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania. Writes of opprotunity to partly own a gold mine with his friend Lynn-mine is located in Honduras. William and friend Robbie contemplate going there. Novmeber 3, he mentions stock market and the crash.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb.  Mentions getting a job as a watchman at Kenmore (the one time home of George Washington's sister) which is being renovated.  Estate once belonged to William's grandfather William Key Howard Sr. as well as his Uncle Willam Key Howard Jr. He must keep watch at night- so he sleeps there.  Mentions cousin John Randolph died.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes of moving to Belle Hill, near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Works for the National Park Service, specifically as park superintendant of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. Includes Newspaper clippings and announcement of his marriage to Elizabeth Burke Crismond on March 18, 1937. Father dies, mentions funeral-he is executor of father's estate-details. Mentions housewarming for new home at the park for Branch Spalding (coordinating superintendent for Virginia Civil War parks).","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Mentions a war and a trip to the Baltic including stops at \"Danzig, Helsingford [sic] and Murmansk\". Mentions attending a fire training school and refers to a serious problem with Bob's (Robert Gilchrist Robb) eye.  Writes about his being discharged from the Virginia National Guard (?). Mentions plans for new job.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes he has volunteered for the Army, mentions that wife, Liz and their two daughters, will live in Spotsylvania Court House while he is away. Mentions renting his Belle Hill home to a soldier, and wants to rent the large house too. Mentions Army induction at Bowling Green and then moves to Camp Lee. He is stationed at Salem Airbase in Oregon for training. Mentions training experiences and his \"expert\" marksmanship. Believes he will be stationed behind the lines in war. Reassigned to \"Ono siding\" near San Bernardino, California. Describes location and his job there. Mentions plans to visit Los Angeles and Mexico, as well as visiting Hollywood where they made \"The Birth of a Nation\".","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes the he is applying for \"agriculturalist discharge\", his Belle Hill farm is no longer being cared for due to labor shortages, his request is denied.  Mentions concern for Robert Gilchrist Robb who recently fainted and requires bed rest.  Mentions the weather of San Bernardino.  Mentions his furlough being cancelled many times, wants to visit family in Virginia for Christmas.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes of 700 Italian prisoners coming to a camp near San Bernardino, California, and their housing. Writes of camp life, mentions government-produced films being shown to the men. Mentions the weather of San Bernardino. References family in Virginia and responds to news from Frances, mentions his neice and her accomplishments. Included is a letter to William from Frances which mentions that her daughter will be attending Sweet Briar College. William mentions doings of other men like working at \"Kaisers steel mills\". Mentions his working extra hours for extra money for his upcoming furlough, received the good conduct metal which he finds ironic because he often breaks the rules. Includes pictures.","Letters from William Key Howard to Frances Robb. Writes of his quartermaster in San Bernardino, California being disbanded and of his transfer to Ft. Lewis near Seatle, Washington, expects to be assigned to medical duty. At Ft. Lewis he must go through basic training again and eight weeks of technical training. Describes his training experiences including a film entitled \"The Colored Soldier\", discusses race and the military. Anticipates his furlough at the end of training. Mentions many AWOLs and unit break ups- so the Army increased furloughs to raise moral. Mentions camp life at Ft. Lewis and his plans to visit Tokoma and Seattle, he prefers Seattle. Responds to news about his family and friends back home, mentions Robert Robb's illness many times, Robb had a blood clot and was bedridden.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Mentions Robert Robb's upcoming retirement from William and Mary at the end of the 1945-1946 school year.  William began working at Quantico in 1945, received his terminal leave pay in December 1947. Alludes to nephew (Robert Robb Jr.) joining the Army. Mentions attending the dedication of a Stuart tablet at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in King George County, Virginia. Writes of visits to Gay Mont and of planting rye at Belle Hill.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb, mostly news about activities, health, and location of family members both immediate and distant. Mentions wife Liz being in Jamestown for Queen Elizabeth's visit. Gay Mont sold in 1958. Writes that he moved furniture and personal property: paintings (one by Sully sent to Frances). Appears upset about sale of Gay Mont. A 1958 map of Gay Mont included and hints that Pattons might buy Gay Mont soon. A few letters to Frances Robb from both William and his wife which mention France's daughter Fran having surgery twice. William works for the fire department at Quantico as well as at his farm Belle Hill.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb.  Mentions helping clean up debris left by the fire at Gay Mont, alludes to the Pattons' intention to restore the house.  Mentions his daughters, Ellen and Cary, attending Mary Washington College, Ellen also spent some time at William and Mary.  Mentions having portraits restored one of Ellen and one of Alice.  Comments on the inauguration of John F. Kennedy which he viewed on television.  References situation in Berlin and advises sister to buy extra food each week to build a supply.  William has been copying Uncle William's Civil War diary which mentions the battles of Seven Pines, Sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg which he was able to avoid. Includes a copy of an article \"The Valleys of Virginia- The Rappahannock\" published in 1859- mentions Port Royal, Gay Mont, and slave working conditions in the region. Folder also includes a captioned photograph from a newsletter (?) commemorating William K. Howard's thirty years of services as a firefighter.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Mentions daughters Ellen and Cary were home for Christmas, going to Washington D.C. to visit Amy. Mamie had Christmas dinner with the Howards, Mamie injured herself after Christmas. Letter from Liz Howard to Frances about Christams, mentions John Glenn's flight on television and Bill's truck problems. Mentions snow storm of 15 inches and loss of power for 32 hours. Bill and Liz celebrated 25th wedding aniversary April 1962. Discusses school plans as well as work and summer plans for Cary and Ellen. Eugenia may have had a stroke 1962. Mentions a midnight Christmas service at St. George. Amy fell down stairs and broke her pelvis. Saw the Mona Lisa in Washington D.C. Mentions the marriage of Mr. Brigham to a Spencer from Williamsburg. Mentions that Jim will be out of the service in 1963. Writes of farm and animal life. Liz receives Mama's diamond. Mentions Belle Hill's estate price. Discusses Amy's will.","Letters, cards, and newspaper clippings to Frances Robb (Mrs. R.G. Robb). Bill retired his daughter Cary moved to Fairfax. Mentions Ellen and Cary's affairs. Cary and Ellen drive to Lake Tahoe. Ford Motor Company is interested in Freedom Hill. Bill and Liz celebrate their 29th anniversary. Mentions some purchases from Miller and Rhoads. Cary goes to Athens, Georgia mentions KKK trials. Mentions Bill and Lem Houston's march on Pennsylvania Avenue. Bill in court as witness about over assesment. William dies February 10, 1898. Manzie dies October 20, 1913- letters from Hollywood grave stones. Thank-you note from Liz. Mentions a trip to Montross. Thank-you letter for tulips. Mentions a 50 cent pieces Bobby is saving and plans of Ellen and Patti's trip to Europe.","Letters and cards from Bill and Liz to sister Frances Robb. Mentions affairs of Mamie, her moving, the sale of her house to Bill, her health, and estate. Writes of Clara and her health, operation, and later her death. Affairs of Cary and Ellen, schooling, travels, and their weddings. Writes on politics and the meeting of the Eight District of Legion. Mentions some dental problems, and that Olive Swanson from LaVere died. Also mentions Olive's sisters Blanche and Lousie Cassell and also mentions a geneology booklet about the Tuckahoe Randolphs being recently acquired. Writes of visiting Tuckahoe and Richmond with Buff and Sally. Nora is in hospital. Mincie Polock died and Bill died. Liz and Dorothy Harris visit Prince William, Manassas. Mentions a painting by Sully in Governor's Mansion. Bill elected to be Key Man for coming year. Bill buys a new car, went to Gay Mont and mentions book named Golden Age of Piracy. Discusses Christmas plans and gifts. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Discusses Belle Hill afairs such as hunting, dogs, and fuel oil as well as of Liz's new teaching job. Includes a typed copy of the History and Life of Thomas Mann Randolph and documentation of Gilchrist from the Clan Macfarlane. Columbia in hospital. Mentions Tides Inn visit to Shirley and Berkely Plantations. Bill still member of American Legion. Visits with family at Gay Mont. Mentions chromolithographs. Mentions Chestertown and Cambridge on the Eastern Shore where he worked. Liz injured herself. Writes of politics. Flower delivery for Frances. Bill giving up farming plans to rent Camden farm to Piedmont Fertilizer. Piedmont affairs. Mentions the weather, flooding and Paul Karsten's health. Writes of people in Florida. Writes of Bill and Buff's relationship and outings. Mentions \"We Began At Jamestown\" and party at Prospect Hill. Talks of high school reunion and John Billingsley's face lift. Mentions visit of Newt Hill and Clara Louise and daughter. Writes of hunting dogs and hunting. Mentions mulitple visits and socials with different persons. Bill is a grandpa and in 69 years old. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Bear sighting at Gay Mont. Mentions Cary, Fritz, and Ashley's travels. Mentions weather. Writes of dinner parties and guests. Plans for 50th high school reunion. Mentions photographs of John Eager's medal. Bill member of 32nd degree in Scottish RIte of Masonry in Richmond, initiated into Shriners. Includes copy of parole document from National Archives from Headquarters Department of Virginia 1865 William Howard as prisoner of war 4th Virginia Calvary, permission to go home to Maryland. Bill to be grandpa in May. Mentions multiple wedding anniversaries, weddings, and events of friends. Discusses possible oil shortages soon.","Letters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Information on Cary, Fritz, and family. Writes about social visits from various family members. Bear sightings at Gay Mont. Writes of Washington D.C. and traffic issues as well as archival work. Includes copies: Philip L. Robb, William R. Bernard of Co.B 9th Virginia Calvary, (Johnson's Regiment). Mentions Ellen and Jim as well as Columbia's health improving. Writes of Tom's auto accident at Gay Mont and mentions Brown's Motel in Port Royal. Writes of Joe Holloway's funeral and events. Contains get well cards to Frances. Mentions hunting on his property and deer season. Contains 3 photographs of Ashley and Key. Mentions a brass Randolph paper clip and a New Year party at Propect Hill. Mentions the Hoyt's party and health. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard and Frances Patton to Frances Robb. Mentions Belle Hill and farm affairs. Writes of various persons being in the hospital. Mentions two historians from Park Services and a PhD visiting him to talk about Chatham, inquired of pictures, maps, and events. Writes of the geneology of the Virginian Howards and the Maryland Howards as well as an article Cary wrote. Writes of Liz's biopsy. Mentions Ellen's visit and travels. Discusses A.P.V.A. deal and people. Mentions Gay Mont, Mount Zion, a wedding at Vanters, Tappahannock, Mulberry Place, the Eupatorium Incarnatu, Kenmore, Woodlawn, and Bowling Green. Mentions Howard McHenry, Paul Karsten and his family, Frances Patton, the Boddies, Eleanor Iglehart, granddaughter Ashley, Mrs. Briggs, Charles and Madge Marshell, the Holmes, Katherine Yerby, and states that Mary Stevenson and John Billingsly died. Writes often of dogs and some of politics. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to Frances Robb. Writes of fuel oil and prices. Mentions the weather and writes often of the dogs. Visits of family, Ellen, Liz, Cary, and grandchildren. Writes about historians inquiring about Chatham. Discussess geneological matters. Bill plants 7,00 pines on property-cost sharing-writes of trees. Mentions John and Peg Russell, Mary Coleman, Jim, David Holmes, Thomas and Lawson Waring, Dr. McFarland, Dorothy and Joe Harris, Bob Krick, the Caroline Historical Society, Taylor Turner, Dorothy Peters, Sally Scott Norris, Wallace Yerby, Forrest Dickinson, and Marge Arnold. Plans of going to Europe. Also mentions Napels Florida, St. Asaphs, Bowling Green, Tuckahoe, Belle Hill, Stratford, Camden, Spotsylvania, St. Peters, New Salem Church, Gay Mont, Vanters, and Fredericksburg. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard and Frances Patton to Frances Robb. Frances Robb is in the hospital. Writes of weather-mentions hang up dead water snake so rain would come. Writes of dogs and new dog. Mentions gardening and the Rappahannock Valley Garden Club. Writes of many social visits and church services. Mentions Lucille Reilly, John Ballentine, Virginius Dabney's history book, the Yerby's and the Wallace's, Rosalie, Ellen and Columbia, the Quarles, Raplph Robertsons, Alice Turner. Writes of Bowling Green, Wynnewood Pennsylvania, Gay Mont, Port Royal, Goldenvale Creek, Gouldman Dam. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard and Frances Patton to Frances Robb. Includes photograph of Lucy Anne Patterson \"Mamseys\" Mother. Mentions the weather. Writes of Ellen and Cary and their plans and travels. Mentions the dogs. Purchase of brick lined stove. Mentions Thanksgiving plans with family. Writes of various social visits and parties. Mentions Bob Hicks, Dorothy Harris, Ralph Fall, the Howards, the Russells and the Carters, Sally Norris Scott, and Rosalie Taylor, as well as Spring Grove, Bowling Green, Gay Mont and Snow Creek, the Crowningshield Building at Kenmore, and the Happy Clam. Writes of Columbus day being celebrated on the 10th not the 12th. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes of Frances' dinner party and of the stone from James H. Byran Memorials of Harrisonburg. John A. Weaver is their Fredericksburg representative. Stone brought to Gay Mont-writes of mud and trouble with delivery. Bill's cousin Key died. Frances is in the hospital, plans to return home on her birthday. Liz thanks Fran for sending checks. Mentions settling France's estate. Description of Frances. Liz works at the hospital. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to Frances Robb, Letters of Jim, Meem and Patty. Bill thanks Fran and Bob for presents. Mentions New Year party at the Hoyt's and travels through Castles. Fran treated Jim to lunch, Fran to stay with either Cary or Jim. Letter to Meem and Patty talks about power lines and the APVA. Mentions Joanna Catron the curator at \"Belmont\", Anita Pratt, Madell family and Beverley, Taylor Turner's death, Louis Rollins, Jayne Harding, the Cheesmans, Beverley Pratt, Julian Hudson, the Bowens and Marjorie Strother, Jeff Gilbert, the Erhards. Also mentions the DMA picnic at Berry Plain. Mentions placing flags at grave sites. Writes of wedding plans. Mentions the Bowens making \"Oaken Brow\" into a spinach farm. Mentions Gay Mont, Bridgeville, Ghelarduccis and surrounding street names. Includes a page from a diary, and writes of viewing many photographs. Mentions various names of streets and locations. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Includes\"'calling card, brownley's, Washington, DC, message from Bill\". Index card with names of William Key Howard to sister Frances R.H. Robb, Frances Lightfoot Robb and wife, Elizabeth Crismond Howard. Index card from Elizabeth Crismond Howard to sister in law Frances Robb. Very small postcard from Smith Memorial, Philadelphia to Miss F.R. Howard in Washington DC. Postcard from Bill with photograph of Tsukuba. Postcards from Bill to F.R. Howard, postcard to Mrs. R.G. Robb, all with various images. As well as undated items in Howards-cards and letters folder. (A more detailed description located in folder.)","One 8\" x 10\" black and white photograph of Eugenia van Dyke Robb that was used for a story published by the Baltimore Sun in 1943.","This series contains letters, postcards, photographs, and other material related to the Robb-Bernard family. Most of the material relates to the family of Frances Robb. Some of the correspondents in the letters include Robert Gilchrist Robb, Jr., Frances Randolph Howard, and other members of the Howard family. Material related to Frances Robb's time at William and Mary is also included."],"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":["American Chemical Society","American Red Cross","United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization","Bernard Family","Hipkins family","Robb family","Robb-Bernard family","Upton family","Taylor, John, 1753-1824","Tompkins, Sally Louisa, 1833-1916"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)","American Chemical Society","American Red Cross","United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization","Bernard Family","Hipkins family","Robb family","Robb-Bernard family","Upton family","Taylor, John, 1753-1824","Tompkins, Sally Louisa, 1833-1916"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)","American Chemical Society","American Red Cross","United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization"],"famname_ssim":["Bernard Family","Hipkins family","Robb family","Robb-Bernard family","Upton family"],"persname_ssim":["Taylor, John, 1753-1824","Tompkins, Sally Louisa, 1833-1916"],"language_ssim":["English French Dutch;Flemish"],"total_component_count_is":288,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T13:16:38.307Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1928","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1928","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1928","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1928","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_1928.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Robb-Bernard Papers","title_ssm":["Robb-Bernard Papers"],"title_tesim":["Robb-Bernard Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1665-2001","1850-1950"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1850-1950"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1665-2001"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["01/Mss. 65 R54","/repositories/2/resources/1928"],"text":["01/Mss. 65 R54","/repositories/2/resources/1928","Robb-Bernard Papers","Alabama--History--19th century","Canada--Description and travel","Caroline County (Va.)--History--18th century","Caroline County (Va.)--History--19th century","Chandler Court (Williamsburg, Va.)","Germany--History--Allied occupation, 1945-","Maine--Description and travel","Virginia--Genealogy","Agriculture--Virginia--History--18th century","American Red Cross--History--World War II period","Battleships--United States--History","Chemical warfare--United States--History--20th century.","College of William and Mary--History--19th century","College of William and Mary--History--20th century","College of William and Mary--Students","Genealogy","Legal documents","Matthew Whaley School (Williamsburg, Va.)","Philippines--History","United States--Women--History","Women--History--Virginia","Women--Virginia--Social life and customs","World War, 1939-1945","World War, 1939-1945--European Front","World War, 1939-1945--Japan","World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area","Account books","Correspondence","Diaries","Financial records","Photographs","Poems","Scrapbooks","Yearbooks","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.","Original Accession and additions physically and intellectually combined in 2009.","See the Finding Aide/Inventory for a brief description."," Original Accession of 14 boxes grouped by type of material, then chronologically within these groups."," Most of the additions to this collections are not yet processed.","John Hipkins Bernard was the son of William Bernard and Fannie Hipkins Bernard. His grandfather was John Hipkins. Bernard inherited \"Rose Hill,\"Caroline County, Va. from his grandfather and renamed it \"Gay Mont\" in honor of his wife Jane Gay Robertson Bernard, the sister of Governor Wyndham Robertson. Bernard's daughter Helen Struan Bernard Robb bought her siblings' interest in \"Gay Mont.\" Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:  .","Other Information:"," A PDF document of this inventory is available online."," Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/65_R54_Robb-Bernard.pdf","Original Accession and additions physically and intellectually combined in 2009."," Most additions to this accession have not been processed nor an inventory created.  Please see the short descriptions under each Series in the Box and Folder listing."," Acc. 2012.112 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in April 2012. Acc. 2013.052 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in March 2013.","Papers, 1800-1901, of and relating to John Hipkins and John Hipkins Bernard (mostly accounts); of and relating to members of the Hipkins, Bernard and Robb families; and relating to the Hipkins-Bernard-Robb home \"Rose Hill,\" Caroline County, Va. (later renamed \"Gay Mont\") and to Bernard's lands in Alabama, Texas and Arkansas. Includes diaries, correspondence, poems, accounts and account books of women (Elizabeth Hipkins, Jane Gay Robertson Bernard, and Helen Struan Bernard Robb); and legal documents and letters of John Taylor of Caroline. Of special interest are the diaries of Eugenia D. Robb while serving with the American Red Cross in Germany and Japan during and after World War II (1999.56A)."," Additions include other material on the Robb, Bernard, Upton and Hipkins families from the 19th century through the 20th century."," Check the Finding Aid/Inventory and the PDF Inventory for descriptions and/or folder lists of original accession and all additions.","Original Accession.","D. Wilkie, Kensington [London], to James Wilson Croker. Accepts membership in club and returns list as reqested.","Includes information about the Robb-Bernard Family Papers and information about the Robb-Bernard family. Also includes various items within the Robb-Bernard Family Papers.","The Family of William \u0026 Elizabeth Bolling Robertson by James Samuel Patton - printed","\"The Family of William Robertson and his wife Elizabeth Bolling\" - mimeographed","Copies of Bible Records: 1. William and Elizabeth Bolling Robertson 2. Philip and Mary Warner Lewis Lightfoot 3. James and Lucy Waring Robb","John H. Bernard's Commission as Captain in the Virginia militia, May 20, 1815","Prayer by [John H. Bernard], [circa 1855], copied by [Helen S. Bernard]","\"John Hipkins, Merchant, Of Port Royal, Virginia\" - typed","Legal papers relating to the settlement of the estate of John Hipkins.  Inventories, law suits, and accounts between Elizabeth Hipkins, John H. Bernard, and others and William Bernard, Executor.  1 October 1801 - 20 November 1816.  (21 items)","Includes 13 items of Elizabeth Hipkins; 3 items of John Hipkins; and 11 items of John H. Bernard.","Detailed inventories, accounts, and legacies of Elizabeth Hipkins' estate. March 13, 1804 - November 23, 1829. (13 items).","John Hipkins' documents [?]. October 1802 - August 14, 1804. (3 items).","John H. Bernard indenture. July 10, 1804. (1 item).","John H. Bernard documents regarding the tract of land in Richmond County called \"Folly.\" April 3, 1818 - 1827[?]. (4 items).","John H. Bernard indentures regarding [Townfield] land in Caroline County, near Port Royal. July 3, 1818 and January 1, 1819. (2 items).","John H. Bernard and others indentures, lands in Caroline County, November 14, 1816; May2, 1817 \"Westerton\"; May 26, 1819 Port Royal; and June 15, 1831 Port Royal. (4 items).","Elizabeth Hipkins' mortgage book.  23 July 1808 - June 1830.  (1 item).","Ledger - accounts. First half of 1800s. (1 item).","Includes legal papers of William Bernard and John H. Bernard's notes, bills, receipts, etc.","Includes the notes, bills, receipts, accounts, and statements of John H. Bernard.  Also, the legal paper, receipts, and bills of William Bernard.","John H. Bernard notes, bills, receipts, accounts, statements. January 9, 1812 - May 2, 1818. (115 items).","William Bernard legal papers - receipts and bills. February 17, 181[3] - November 12, 1853. (18 items). (For more letters of William Bernard see business correspondence of John H. Bernard).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1818. (50 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1819. (86 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1820 (44 items); 1821 (17 items); 1822 (8 items); 1823 (15 items); 1824 (58 items); 1825 (52 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1826 (39 items); 1827 (24 items); 1828 (34 items); 1829 (48 items); 1830 (88 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc.  1831 (72 items); 1832 (83 items); 1833 (81 items).  Gay Bernard accounts, 1832-1836 (5 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1834 (62 items); 1835 (32 items); 1836 (39 items); 1837 (52 items); 1838 (74 items); 1839 (36 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1840 (9 items); 1841 (42 items); 1842 (53 items); 1843 (16 items); 1844 (14 items); 1845 (50 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1846 (45 items); 1847 (43 items); 1848 (29 items); 1849 (40 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1850 (27 items); 1851 (54 items); 1852 including Arkansas land taxes (55 items); 1853 (59 items); 1854 (48 items); 1855 (22 items).","John H. Bernard and William R. Bernard bills, receipts and notes, etc. 1855-1860.","John H. Bernard accounts with William S. Quisenberry. 1831-1835.","John H. Bernard accounts with James Jackson. 1854 and 1857.","John H. Bernard accounts with William Farinholt. 1836-1839.","John H. Bernard accounts with William R. Care. 1834-1840.","John H. Bernard accounts, bills and receipts with William Gray and Company, Port Royal, Virginia. 1811-1839.","John H. Bernard Alabama Plantation Accounts. 1837-1852. Green County, Alabama.","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc.. Dates unknown. (121 itmes).","John H. Bernard's receipt of the return of a runaway slave. March 15, 1834. (1 item).","Includes the will and bank books of John H. Bernard; legacies of Jane Gay Bernard; a copy of Robert G. Robb's will; and 1 document of Helen S. Robb.","John H. Bernard bank books. 1839-1845. (2 items).","John H. Bernard's will. 1841.","Jane Gay Bernard legacies. Unsigned, undated. [She died July 1852].","Copy of Robert G. Robb's will, December 13, 1852, and a statement to its validity.","Document of Helen S. Robb, October 5, 1881, directing that her husband, Philip L. Robb, shall manage her property.","Miscellaneous papers, 1800-1830.","John H. Bernard. 624 Checks. April 3, 1816 - November 20, 1854.","John H. Bernard and Family - scraps, visiting cards, envelopes.","13 items of Helen S. Robb and 1 pencil sketch.","Helen S. Robb (Mrs. P.L. Robb) Confederate bonds. (3 items).","Helen S. Robb (Mrs. P.L. Robb) settlements, accounts, bills and envelopes. 1859-1898. (10 items).","Pencil sketch. Dated 18 May [?]. (1 item).","Includes notebook of Helen S. Robb and diary of Helen Struan Bernard.","Helen S. Robb notebook containing accounts, receipts, poetry, etc. Late 19th century.","Unbound diary of Helen Struan Bernard [Mrs. P.L. Robb], 1848-1862.","Includes publications, extracts from publications, a report card, advertisments, and a photograph of the tombstone of John Bolling of Cobbs.","Extracts from papers and magazines.","Volume 1, number 1, Southern Temperance Star, with account of October 1834 meeting of the Virginia State Temperance Society, January 1835.","Waldie's Select Circulating Library, including Part I, number 1, 1 January 1835.  8 different issues, 1835 and 1836.","Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, Volume XCVIII, Number 586, Philadelphia, April 1879.  1 copy.","A Glance At Current American History by an Ex-Confederate, 1897.","Extracts from daily papers. Advertising matter. Undated and September 15, 1857.","Report card from B.B. Minor's school for young ladies for Helen S. Bernard dated for Quarter ending 31 October 1850. School regulations and costs are on the reverse side dated 23 September 1850.","Broadsides, \"Fenton's Patent Flint Enamel Ware,\" Patent secured November 27, 1849. 2 copies. Also, \"Prospect House and Terrace Garden, Table Rock, Canada West.\" undated.","Pamphlet, \"Parcel Post Information.\" undated.","Advertisements for carriages sent to Helen S. Robb, Port Royal, Virginia, May 25, 1899, from George Gravatt, Carriage Manufacturer, Federicksburg, Virginia.","Illustrative materials. (4 items).","Incomplete publication. Chapter II and III: \"Latitude, Longitude, and Time\" and \"The Moon\", also \"The Solar System.\"","Magazine photograph of Gay Mount, about 1920.","Photograph of tombstone of John Bolling of Cobbs, great grandson of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. Among other names on the tombstone is that of Wyndham Robertson, Governor of Virginia. (Photograph is mounted and is torn in half).","Manuscript poems. This group of papers consists of original poems [\"poetical, political prophetical effusions\"] by Jane Gay Bernard. Some responses from her friends are also included. Predominantly undated.","Unbound manuscript diary. This group of papers consists of sporadic entries in a diary of Jane Gay Robertson [wife of John Hipkins Bernard] through the years 1825-1849.","Indentures, deeds, etc. Caroline County, Virginia. 1665-1814.","Indentures, deeds, etc. Caroline County, Virginia. 1736-1805.","Includes bills of sale, documents, letters, a bond, and an unidentified manuscript.","Bills of sale of slaves. 1816-1849.","Documents and letters regarding land. 1715-1819.","Bond. 1826.","Unidentified manuscript.","Includes indentures and a note.","Indentures. 1787 and 1801.","Note. 1792.","Includes indentures, certificates, deeds, terms of agreement, and surveys.","Indentures. 1756-1810.","Certificates. 1804.","Deeds. 1743-1805.","Terms of agreement. 1810.","Surveys. 1741-1796.","John Taylor of Caroline County. Documents and correspondence. 1800-1824. (Materals regarding John H. Bernard and John Hipkins).","Philip Lightfoot notes, accounts, receipts, etc. 1810-1837. (19 items).","Includes notes and receipts of Robert G. Robb and repayment of Commander Robb's salary confiscated by the U.S. Navy in 1861.","Robert G. Robb notes and receipts. 1841-1842. (5 items).","Repayment in 1924 of Commander Robb's salary confiscated by the U.S. Navy in 1861.","Includes a boundary line agreement between John Taylor and James Miller; a proclamation by R[obert] E. Lee; and Confederate secret signals.","Boundary line agreement between John Taylor and James Miller, September 2, 1806. (1 item).","Proclamation to People of Maryland by R[obert] E. Lee. 1863. Copy. (1 item).","Confederate secret signals along the Rappahannock River. [1863?]. (2 items).","Miscellaneous accounts and receipts. 1835-1954. (9 items).","Record Book of the Trustees of Rappahannock Academy. 1810-1822.","Correspondence. March 5, 1791 - August 3, 1836. Including: Letter from Wyndam Robertson, February 25, 1817. Senator W.C. Rives' letter on his senate speech regarding nullification, March 7, 1833. Letter from James Barbour, May 12, 1834. Letter on land speculation, June 8, 1834, and opportunities in Alabama. Letter on land speculation in Arkansas and Louisiana, November 4, 1835. Letter on land speculation in Texas, and predicting defeat of the Mexican army by fall, August 3, 1836.","Correspondence, January 17, 1837 - November 10, 1841. Including: John Bradshaw, Middlebury College graduate, letter applying for teaching position in John H. Bernard's academy, May 13, 1841. Letters to and from John H. Bernard, his agents, lawyers, overseers, primarily relating to his Alabama, Arkansas, and Texan lands, 1837-1841.","Correspondence. March 1, 1842 - November 20, 1843. Including: Letters to and from John H. Bernard regarding his Arkansas, Alabama, and Texan lands, 1842-1843. Printed copy of John C. Calhoun's senate speech on the treaty of Washington, August 1842.","Correspondence March 9, 1844 - December 28, 1849. Including: Inventory of slaves, stock, tools, and acres planted on Bernard's Greene County, Alabama plantation, March 18, 1844. Letter commenting on migration from Arkansas to Texas, California, and Mexico, January 17, 1845. Letter from General Leslie Combs of Kentucky, November 12, 1845. J.H. Bernard's letter of advice to his son in college, February 15, 1846. Letter on religion and the way to salvation, September 27, 1846. Letter on social life, theatre, balls, weddings in Richmond, March 1847. Broadside of Fredericksburg Female Seminary, August 6, 1849.","Correspondence. 1850 - October 20, 1861. Including: Letter, January 20, 1851, regarding burning of St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans at time of Jenny Lind's visit. Trip to Vicksburg and up the Yazoo River to new plantation, reception, and life on the plantation from G.F.W., December 13, 1860. Letter from G.F.W. on national crisis, secession, and plantation plans, January 21, 1861.","Correspondence. June 18, 1862 - December 2, 1870. Including: Family letters to and from the Robbs at Gay Mont and their relatives and friends, January 1863.","Correspondence. February 9, 1871 - March 29, 1887.","Correspondence. April 4, 1887 - December 22, 1889. Including: Family letters to and from friends in Washington, Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, April 1887.","Correspondence. January 4, 1890 - June 30, 1893. Including: Letter from A.H.A. Bernard on family genealogy, dining with Thomas Jefferson, and tutoring James Monrow, January 1891. Letter on exams at [Virginia Polytechnic Institute], February 1, 1891. Letters from \"Robin\" Robert G. Robb at William and Mary, December 3, 1891; January 8, 1892; April 17, 1892; November 20, 1892; December 11, 1892; March 20, 1893; March 26, 1893; May 10, 1893; May 28, 1893; and June 4, 1893. Letter to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, January 9, 1892. Letter on commencement at Brown University and travel in New England, June 30, 1893.","Correspondence. July 10, 1893 - February 1897. Including: Robert G. Robb letters from the University of Virginia, September 19, 1893; February 14, 1894; April 15, 1894; April 22, 1894; May 6, 1894; October 3, 1894; October 7, 1894; October 28, 1894; November 4, 1894; November 18, 1894; November 25, 1894; January 13, 1895; February 10, 1895; October 1895; October 20, 1895; October 27, 1895; January 26, 1896; January 24, 1897.","Correspondence. July 1897 - September 11, 1901. Including: Letters regarding Robert G. Robb's appointment to the chair of Mathematics in the Marion Military Institute, Marion, Alabama, July and August 1891. Letter of Robert G. Robb at the University of Virginia, July 22, 1900.","Correspondence, publications, bills, receipts, etc. September 17, 1907 - May 18, 1936 and undated.","Loose envelopes and cards","2 empty portfolios","Diary of William Robb Bernard, 1870-1875. Jane Gay Robertson, 1812 memo book.","Xerox copy of typescript of letters in the form of a journal. John Hipkins Bernard's European Journey, 1818-1819 with Powhatan Robertson's.","Vols. 3 and 4 of Powhatan Robertson's European tour, 1818-1819. Manuscript diaries.","Copies of transcribed letters written by Bernard Robb to his family in \"Gay Mont\" Virginia while he was a student at the College of William and Mary. Two 1893 letters from his mother, Helen S. Bernard Robb, to her son, Robert G. Robb. WHRA. 1 folder.","The collection is mainly comprised of correspondence from the various Robbs and Bernards, as well as their relations the Uptons, who were originally from southern Maine. As well as the correspondence, there are also a few other items, such as Frances Upton's journal from a family trip to Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, between July 4 and August 9, 1928. Other items of interest are letters from a Netherlands woman named Mary to Frances Upton immediately following World War II (1945-1955,) along with letters home from Robert Upton during World War II","Twentieth-century Robb and Upton (maiden name of Mrs. Patton) family papers. List of dates of correspondence and names of correspondants filed at beginning of box.","Two letters of Sally Tompkins to Helen Robb, ca. 1878, and Dr. Martin Pickett Scott to his wife, 12 April 1879. 1878-1879.","Notebook of reminscences by Frances Robb's father, former professor of Chemistry, concerning Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary. 1 folder.","Three letters to Frances Robb (Mrs. Robert G. Robb) in 1943 and 1951; one letter to Gay Robertson from Powhatan Robertson dated April 27, 1876 and one letter from Frances Robb to Mrs. Geratt, about 1920. 1 folder.","Diary and letters of Eugenia Robb from occupied Japan while Eugenia Robb was serving with the American Red Cross. Typescripts. Also a few letters from Italy. Detailed informative letters and diary. Original to come by bequest. 1945-47.","Diary of Eugenia van Dyke Robb describing her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan while under the occupation of the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescript of Manuscript.","Diary of Eugenia van Dyke Robb describing her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan while under the occupation of the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescript of Manuscript.","Diary of Eugenia van Dyke Robb describing her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan while under the occupation of the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescript of Manuscript.","Letters written home by Eugenia van Dyke Robb defining her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan with the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescripts of autograph letters signed. (Originals of 36 letters from *2000.47 added to Folder 4.)","Three letters written by Eugenia van Dyke Robb when she was working for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, 1951-1953. Typescripts of autograph letters signed.","21 photographs taken by and of Eugenia van Dyke Robb in the Philippines, Japan, and Egypt.  Photographs.","Typescript of selected poems of Helen Struan Robb of \"Gay Mont\" aunt of the donor. Poem by donor's father Philip Lightfoot Robb, Jr.","Five poems by Helen Struan Robb, aunt of Eugenia Robb. The poems are entitled \"Beyond\", \"Absence\", \"To the Wood Robin\", \"Night Song\", and \"Love's Dawn\".","Two poems by Philip Lightfoot Robb, one entitled \"Sunbeam\" written to his daughter Eugenia Robb and the other entitled \"A Memory, the Homeward Path\" written about his beloved home \"Gaymont.\"","\"Moonlight,\" a poem by Eugenia Robb was written in Sendai, Japan in July 1946.","Typescript of diary and 5 letters of Eugenia Robb, 1947, during her assignment with the American Red Cross in Stuttgart, Germany. Also, 8 photographs of scenes in Germany. (Originals of six letters from *2000.47 added to Folder 2.) 3 folders.","Diaries, one scrapbook and letters of Eugenia Robb while serving with the American Red Cross in Japan, Philippines, and Germany. Letters from Rome, Italy, 1951-1953. Includes items labeled MsV 1, 2, 3 and 4. 4 folders. 36 original letters from this accession were added to folder 4 of Acc. 1999.34. 6 original letters from this accession were added to folder 2 of Acc. 1999.56A.","5 items relating to Eugenia Robb's stay in Japan including a map tracing her sea voyage from Washington, D.C. to the Philippine Islands in December, 1945; her article about a well known Japanese flower arranger, the first Japanese brochure published after the war, two poems written by her father, Philip Lightfoot Robb, Jr.; and one poem written by herself.","Letters of principally Philip Lightfoot Robb, 1892-1896, while attending Cleveland High School in Fauquier County, Virginia.","Memorandum, 26 October 1932, between R. G. Robb and others to receive heat from the College of William and Mary (includes letter, 1937, and resolutions, 1937, of the Board of Visitors); letter, 14 March 1944, of G. E. Meanley to members of the Fort Magruder Fishing Club; pages from the Bulletin of the Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society which contains an article (March 1932, Vol. IX, No. 6) of R. G. Robb \"Development of the Department of Chemistry at the College of William and Mary\" and appointment, 1930, of Robert Gilchrist Robb as Major in the Chemical Warfare Service (reserves). 1 folder. Fort Magruder Fishing Club letter transferred to Acc. 2002.46 Fort Magruder Fishing Club Papers.","Eugenia Robb's travel journal to Spain during the summer of 1952 and Philip L. Robb's song \"Tis Cupid wires my Heart to You.\"","Class of June 1948, Baltimore City College, Banquet Program honoring Phillip L. Robb, Teacher and Department Head of Chemistry, 1901-1948, with newspaper clipping concerning his retirement; certificate of distinction awarded to Philip L. Robb, June 7,1893, from Cleveland High School; May 1980 issue of Good Reading, including an article by Eugenia Van Dyke Robb entitled \"Picasso of the Flowers.\" 1 folder.","Large collection of papers, books and more given by James S. Patton.","Scrapbook about \"Welcum Hinges\" a book written by Bernard Robb. Contains printed articles and reviews. Photograph of portrait of John Hipkins Bernard. Photographs of Sutton Hall and St. Bartholomew's Church. Photograph of John Bernard Robb. Copy of 1857 pages from diary of Helen S. Bernard of \"Gay Mont,\" Caroline County, Virginia. Copies of correspondence of the Robb and Bernard Families from William and Mary Collection, 1857-1874. Copy of newspaper announcement of the marriage of Frederick Smith-Shenstone on February 6, 1873. Correspondence between John Sclater of London with James S. Patton and between East Sussex County Records Office and James S. Patton about Sutton Hall visit and genealogy. 1995. Portion of book written by John Sclater on the Sclater Family. Maps showing Sutton Hall area.","Gaymont Collection, a gift from APVA. Not yet processed. June 2013 Architectural Digest, p. 150, \"American Revival\" by Julia Reed about the history and restoration of Gay Mont added by staff in 2013. Includes several nineteenth-century cased photographs and early twentieth-century photographs.","William and Mary Senior Honor Thesis, April 2001, \"A Palace Called Beautiful, Virginia Women, The Confederacy and the Transmission of Southern Culture\" by Amanda Elizabeth Creekman.","Correspondence with A. Randolph Howard and the Navy Department about securing a memento of the Battleship Richmond for Mrs. William Augustine Smith who christened the Richmond when she was launched in 1860. Mrs. Smith was Harriett Field Robb, the daughter of Captain Robert Gilchrist Robb, U.S.N. and at that tiime, Commander of the Norfolk, Virginia Navy Yard.  Allen Randolph Howard was married to Frances Lightfoot Smith, the daughter of Mrs. William Augustine Smith.","Consist of war ration books for member of the Robb family, as well as Robert J. (Bobby) Robb's Matthew Whaley High School yearbooks, 1948-1950. Yearbooks contain many personalized dedications.","For members of the Robb family of Williamsburg, Va.","Belonging to Robert J. Robb.","Belonging to Robert J. Robb.","Belonging to Robert J. Robb.","Photograph, ca. 1904, of a painting of Frances Randolph (Howard) Robb (b. 1894) at the age of 10. 1 folder.","Included are war ration books for the Robb family, an information sheet concerning registration for war ration books, as well as a tag for a shipment from Scotland imprinted with a Williamsburg business name: \"Cogar, Lewis and Geiger, Inc., Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.\" 1 folder.","Primarily letters, 1944-1964, written by Earl Gregg Swem to Robert Robb and Frances Robb.  Also contains clippings related to Earl Gregg Swem, a card from John Stewart Bryan, and an invitation to dinner from John Stewart Bryan.","Contains letters, 1892, from Robert Gilchrist Robb to his mother and to Bernard Robb. There are also programs, 1944, from Bruton Parish Church.  1 folder.","Letters, 1939-1945, from Robert Hunt Land, College of William and Mary librarian, to Frances Randolph Howard Robb, wife of William and Mary Professor of Chemistry Robert Gilchrist Robb. Land primarily wrote these letters while on the USS Brooklyn during World War II.  3 folders.","Contains letters, 1949-1952, written by Frances Randolph Howard Robb to her son, Robert Gilchrist Robb, Jr., while he was serving in the Army.  3 folders.","Letters addressed to members of the Robb family. Includes one letter, 1944 from a religious organization in Alaska, addressed to Robert Gilchrist Robb, to which the Robb family seemed to donate. There is also a Christmas card, 1992, addressed to Frances Robb.","Includes the baptismal record and accompanying letter from W.A.R. Goodwin of Frances Robb, a map of Cheatham Annex, a note written by Frances Randolph Howard Robb, and a booklet published by John Garland Pollard entitled \"A Connotary: Definitions not Found in Dictionaries.\"","Contains photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, and other material relating to the Robb and Bernard Families. The bulk of the accession consists of photographs and scrapbooks of family members, reunions, and family visits. Also included in the collection are Bruton Parish Church newsletters, material related to the Nicolas Mortiau Descendants Association; and travel diaries of Frances Robb during the 1920s.","Includs letters written to Robert Gilchrist Robb by residents of Williamsburg, including Janet Kimbrough, and material relating to the portrait of Robert Gilchrist Robb which hangs in the Special Collections Research Center.","Letters from Robert Hunt Land to Frances Randolph Howard Robb, wife of William and Mary Professor of Chemistry Robert Gilchrist Robb, while Land was serving in the Pacific Theater of World War II.","Fragments of three letters written in the same hand, perhaps by someone with the first or last name \"Randolph.\"","Includes a diary of Frances Randolph Howard, letters of Robert Gilchrist Robb, and letters of J. Patton.","Contains letters to Frances Randolph Howard from various family members including William Key Howard, Carrie Stuart Davis, Frances Upton, and Nina Stuart Smith; photographs of William Taylor Smith and Clara Haxall Randolph; and the roll book of Robert Gilchrist Robb while a chemistry professor at William and Mary from 1944 to 1945.","Letters written by William Key Howard to his sister Frances R. Howard. In the earliest letters William mentions school and alludes to his outdoor hobbies: buying fishing tackle and shotgun shells. The later letters were written from old family estate known as Gay Mont, in Rappahannock Academy, Virginia, which belonged to the Robb-Bernard branch of the family. Letters concering hunting, swimming, and horseback riding summers of 1921 and 1922. Mentions numerous cousins who visted Gay Mont. The final letters were written from Fredericksburg, Virginia where William attended Fredericksburg High School. Contains two postcards to William from his sister Frances.","Letters from January 1923- May 1924 from William to his sister Frances while he attended Fredericksburg High School.  Also writes of getting a job with a liner, participation in military training exercises, as well as of target practice and drill. References to the building of the new armory.  Mentions a trip to Ft. Bragg, North Carolina- one letter written from Ft. Bragg tells sister he is now \"Pvt. W.K. Howard\"-it appears he was in the Army Reserve or the National Guard. Mentions his birthday and being promoted to sergeant.  Writes of football games, his Indian artifact collection, plans to visit Gay Mont and Canning, as well as his travelling by train to Kansas. Folder contains copy of letter from Fredericksburg High School to William's father concerning tuition and course schedule issues.  William also mentions his plans to attend V.P.I.  Photograph to sister of hazing tradition 'Rat Parade'.","Letters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances, from V.I.P. which express his dissatisfaction with the school. Feels he is wasting his time at the school, though he enjoys the athletics. His company won inter-company basketball and football championships, he took first place in shot put and second in javelin throwing. Mentions inspection of the school, which is labeled as 8th best in country, as well as a large fire near the school. Mentions letters of his guardian and financial advisor Mr. Young. Money from Mr. Young to buy Liberty Bond. He writes of going to see \"The Birth of a Nation.\"  He mentions Black people in the theater were clapping when the character Lynch  was carried through the street on the shoulders of celebrating Black people.  He writes that \"they had K.Ks. up in the gallery to keep the colored people quite [sic].\" William works on a ship as deck boy. Mentions going to see \"The Birth of a Nation\". Contains a letter from the Davey Tree Expert Company dated October 16, 1925 accepting William's acceptance into their tree surgeon program.","Letters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances Howard. Writes of his training with Davey Tree Expert Company in Kent, Ohio. Mentions learning knots and how to work with the ropes.  Sent to Pennsylvania for paid field work, as well as Maryland.  Worries about keeping this job for the long term. Considers selling his Virginia Excelsior Company stock- thinks he and sister will get $6,000 each. Mentions Mr. Young his guardian (perhaps the same person as Mr. Edgar M. Young president of the Virginia Excelsior Company) William's father is connected with this company. Sister is getting married to Robert Gilchrist Robb in June.","Letters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances Robb (nee Howard). William is working temporarily as crew member on a ship-sails to Antwerp and Rotterdam.  Returns and resumes job with Davey Tree Expert Company.  Works near Baltimore Maryland.  Mentions lay offs by \"Ford\". Leaves job at Davey Tree Expert Company in September and works for the Merchants and Miners Transportation Corporation. Longs for the sea.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. William writes of having \"sent that lock of Boothe's [sic] hair that Grandma had to the Confederate Museum in Richmond.\" Mentions marital problems between his father and his second wife (Amy Margaret), she might move back to Texas. Mentions Frances and husband Robert Gilchrist Robb moving into the Paradise (Ludwell-Paradise) House on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg. Longs for the sea, Frances worries about him when he sails. Desires to work on a ship through the Shipping Board. Some letters written while at sea on the SS Eastern Dawn which sailed to Europe including Antwerp. Contains photographs.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. William spends winter months working on steamships sailing for Europe, ports including Copenhagan and Finland.  Inquires if there is work for tree surgeons in the restoration of Williamsburg- later says doesn't think Williamsburg,and contracting company Underwood, can afford him. Mentions time spent at Fall Hill, and friend Fred Robinson. Many Letters written from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania where he is doing tree work. Mentions joining the Virginia National Guard-training at Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania. Writes of opprotunity to partly own a gold mine with his friend Lynn-mine is located in Honduras. William and friend Robbie contemplate going there. Novmeber 3, he mentions stock market and the crash.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb.  Mentions getting a job as a watchman at Kenmore (the one time home of George Washington's sister) which is being renovated.  Estate once belonged to William's grandfather William Key Howard Sr. as well as his Uncle Willam Key Howard Jr. He must keep watch at night- so he sleeps there.  Mentions cousin John Randolph died.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes of moving to Belle Hill, near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Works for the National Park Service, specifically as park superintendant of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. Includes Newspaper clippings and announcement of his marriage to Elizabeth Burke Crismond on March 18, 1937. Father dies, mentions funeral-he is executor of father's estate-details. Mentions housewarming for new home at the park for Branch Spalding (coordinating superintendent for Virginia Civil War parks).","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Mentions a war and a trip to the Baltic including stops at \"Danzig, Helsingford [sic] and Murmansk\". Mentions attending a fire training school and refers to a serious problem with Bob's (Robert Gilchrist Robb) eye.  Writes about his being discharged from the Virginia National Guard (?). Mentions plans for new job.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes he has volunteered for the Army, mentions that wife, Liz and their two daughters, will live in Spotsylvania Court House while he is away. Mentions renting his Belle Hill home to a soldier, and wants to rent the large house too. Mentions Army induction at Bowling Green and then moves to Camp Lee. He is stationed at Salem Airbase in Oregon for training. Mentions training experiences and his \"expert\" marksmanship. Believes he will be stationed behind the lines in war. Reassigned to \"Ono siding\" near San Bernardino, California. Describes location and his job there. Mentions plans to visit Los Angeles and Mexico, as well as visiting Hollywood where they made \"The Birth of a Nation\".","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes the he is applying for \"agriculturalist discharge\", his Belle Hill farm is no longer being cared for due to labor shortages, his request is denied.  Mentions concern for Robert Gilchrist Robb who recently fainted and requires bed rest.  Mentions the weather of San Bernardino.  Mentions his furlough being cancelled many times, wants to visit family in Virginia for Christmas.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes of 700 Italian prisoners coming to a camp near San Bernardino, California, and their housing. Writes of camp life, mentions government-produced films being shown to the men. Mentions the weather of San Bernardino. References family in Virginia and responds to news from Frances, mentions his neice and her accomplishments. Included is a letter to William from Frances which mentions that her daughter will be attending Sweet Briar College. William mentions doings of other men like working at \"Kaisers steel mills\". Mentions his working extra hours for extra money for his upcoming furlough, received the good conduct metal which he finds ironic because he often breaks the rules. Includes pictures.","Letters from William Key Howard to Frances Robb. Writes of his quartermaster in San Bernardino, California being disbanded and of his transfer to Ft. Lewis near Seatle, Washington, expects to be assigned to medical duty. At Ft. Lewis he must go through basic training again and eight weeks of technical training. Describes his training experiences including a film entitled \"The Colored Soldier\", discusses race and the military. Anticipates his furlough at the end of training. Mentions many AWOLs and unit break ups- so the Army increased furloughs to raise moral. Mentions camp life at Ft. Lewis and his plans to visit Tokoma and Seattle, he prefers Seattle. Responds to news about his family and friends back home, mentions Robert Robb's illness many times, Robb had a blood clot and was bedridden.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Mentions Robert Robb's upcoming retirement from William and Mary at the end of the 1945-1946 school year.  William began working at Quantico in 1945, received his terminal leave pay in December 1947. Alludes to nephew (Robert Robb Jr.) joining the Army. Mentions attending the dedication of a Stuart tablet at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in King George County, Virginia. Writes of visits to Gay Mont and of planting rye at Belle Hill.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb, mostly news about activities, health, and location of family members both immediate and distant. Mentions wife Liz being in Jamestown for Queen Elizabeth's visit. Gay Mont sold in 1958. Writes that he moved furniture and personal property: paintings (one by Sully sent to Frances). Appears upset about sale of Gay Mont. A 1958 map of Gay Mont included and hints that Pattons might buy Gay Mont soon. A few letters to Frances Robb from both William and his wife which mention France's daughter Fran having surgery twice. William works for the fire department at Quantico as well as at his farm Belle Hill.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb.  Mentions helping clean up debris left by the fire at Gay Mont, alludes to the Pattons' intention to restore the house.  Mentions his daughters, Ellen and Cary, attending Mary Washington College, Ellen also spent some time at William and Mary.  Mentions having portraits restored one of Ellen and one of Alice.  Comments on the inauguration of John F. Kennedy which he viewed on television.  References situation in Berlin and advises sister to buy extra food each week to build a supply.  William has been copying Uncle William's Civil War diary which mentions the battles of Seven Pines, Sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg which he was able to avoid. Includes a copy of an article \"The Valleys of Virginia- The Rappahannock\" published in 1859- mentions Port Royal, Gay Mont, and slave working conditions in the region. Folder also includes a captioned photograph from a newsletter (?) commemorating William K. Howard's thirty years of services as a firefighter.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Mentions daughters Ellen and Cary were home for Christmas, going to Washington D.C. to visit Amy. Mamie had Christmas dinner with the Howards, Mamie injured herself after Christmas. Letter from Liz Howard to Frances about Christams, mentions John Glenn's flight on television and Bill's truck problems. Mentions snow storm of 15 inches and loss of power for 32 hours. Bill and Liz celebrated 25th wedding aniversary April 1962. Discusses school plans as well as work and summer plans for Cary and Ellen. Eugenia may have had a stroke 1962. Mentions a midnight Christmas service at St. George. Amy fell down stairs and broke her pelvis. Saw the Mona Lisa in Washington D.C. Mentions the marriage of Mr. Brigham to a Spencer from Williamsburg. Mentions that Jim will be out of the service in 1963. Writes of farm and animal life. Liz receives Mama's diamond. Mentions Belle Hill's estate price. Discusses Amy's will.","Letters, cards, and newspaper clippings to Frances Robb (Mrs. R.G. Robb). Bill retired his daughter Cary moved to Fairfax. Mentions Ellen and Cary's affairs. Cary and Ellen drive to Lake Tahoe. Ford Motor Company is interested in Freedom Hill. Bill and Liz celebrate their 29th anniversary. Mentions some purchases from Miller and Rhoads. Cary goes to Athens, Georgia mentions KKK trials. Mentions Bill and Lem Houston's march on Pennsylvania Avenue. Bill in court as witness about over assesment. William dies February 10, 1898. Manzie dies October 20, 1913- letters from Hollywood grave stones. Thank-you note from Liz. Mentions a trip to Montross. Thank-you letter for tulips. Mentions a 50 cent pieces Bobby is saving and plans of Ellen and Patti's trip to Europe.","Letters and cards from Bill and Liz to sister Frances Robb. Mentions affairs of Mamie, her moving, the sale of her house to Bill, her health, and estate. Writes of Clara and her health, operation, and later her death. Affairs of Cary and Ellen, schooling, travels, and their weddings. Writes on politics and the meeting of the Eight District of Legion. Mentions some dental problems, and that Olive Swanson from LaVere died. Also mentions Olive's sisters Blanche and Lousie Cassell and also mentions a geneology booklet about the Tuckahoe Randolphs being recently acquired. Writes of visiting Tuckahoe and Richmond with Buff and Sally. Nora is in hospital. Mincie Polock died and Bill died. Liz and Dorothy Harris visit Prince William, Manassas. Mentions a painting by Sully in Governor's Mansion. Bill elected to be Key Man for coming year. Bill buys a new car, went to Gay Mont and mentions book named Golden Age of Piracy. Discusses Christmas plans and gifts. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Discusses Belle Hill afairs such as hunting, dogs, and fuel oil as well as of Liz's new teaching job. Includes a typed copy of the History and Life of Thomas Mann Randolph and documentation of Gilchrist from the Clan Macfarlane. Columbia in hospital. Mentions Tides Inn visit to Shirley and Berkely Plantations. Bill still member of American Legion. Visits with family at Gay Mont. Mentions chromolithographs. Mentions Chestertown and Cambridge on the Eastern Shore where he worked. Liz injured herself. Writes of politics. Flower delivery for Frances. Bill giving up farming plans to rent Camden farm to Piedmont Fertilizer. Piedmont affairs. Mentions the weather, flooding and Paul Karsten's health. Writes of people in Florida. Writes of Bill and Buff's relationship and outings. Mentions \"We Began At Jamestown\" and party at Prospect Hill. Talks of high school reunion and John Billingsley's face lift. Mentions visit of Newt Hill and Clara Louise and daughter. Writes of hunting dogs and hunting. Mentions mulitple visits and socials with different persons. Bill is a grandpa and in 69 years old. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Bear sighting at Gay Mont. Mentions Cary, Fritz, and Ashley's travels. Mentions weather. Writes of dinner parties and guests. Plans for 50th high school reunion. Mentions photographs of John Eager's medal. Bill member of 32nd degree in Scottish RIte of Masonry in Richmond, initiated into Shriners. Includes copy of parole document from National Archives from Headquarters Department of Virginia 1865 William Howard as prisoner of war 4th Virginia Calvary, permission to go home to Maryland. Bill to be grandpa in May. Mentions multiple wedding anniversaries, weddings, and events of friends. Discusses possible oil shortages soon.","Letters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Information on Cary, Fritz, and family. Writes about social visits from various family members. Bear sightings at Gay Mont. Writes of Washington D.C. and traffic issues as well as archival work. Includes copies: Philip L. Robb, William R. Bernard of Co.B 9th Virginia Calvary, (Johnson's Regiment). Mentions Ellen and Jim as well as Columbia's health improving. Writes of Tom's auto accident at Gay Mont and mentions Brown's Motel in Port Royal. Writes of Joe Holloway's funeral and events. Contains get well cards to Frances. Mentions hunting on his property and deer season. Contains 3 photographs of Ashley and Key. Mentions a brass Randolph paper clip and a New Year party at Propect Hill. Mentions the Hoyt's party and health. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard and Frances Patton to Frances Robb. Mentions Belle Hill and farm affairs. Writes of various persons being in the hospital. Mentions two historians from Park Services and a PhD visiting him to talk about Chatham, inquired of pictures, maps, and events. Writes of the geneology of the Virginian Howards and the Maryland Howards as well as an article Cary wrote. Writes of Liz's biopsy. Mentions Ellen's visit and travels. Discusses A.P.V.A. deal and people. Mentions Gay Mont, Mount Zion, a wedding at Vanters, Tappahannock, Mulberry Place, the Eupatorium Incarnatu, Kenmore, Woodlawn, and Bowling Green. Mentions Howard McHenry, Paul Karsten and his family, Frances Patton, the Boddies, Eleanor Iglehart, granddaughter Ashley, Mrs. Briggs, Charles and Madge Marshell, the Holmes, Katherine Yerby, and states that Mary Stevenson and John Billingsly died. Writes often of dogs and some of politics. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to Frances Robb. Writes of fuel oil and prices. Mentions the weather and writes often of the dogs. Visits of family, Ellen, Liz, Cary, and grandchildren. Writes about historians inquiring about Chatham. Discussess geneological matters. Bill plants 7,00 pines on property-cost sharing-writes of trees. Mentions John and Peg Russell, Mary Coleman, Jim, David Holmes, Thomas and Lawson Waring, Dr. McFarland, Dorothy and Joe Harris, Bob Krick, the Caroline Historical Society, Taylor Turner, Dorothy Peters, Sally Scott Norris, Wallace Yerby, Forrest Dickinson, and Marge Arnold. Plans of going to Europe. Also mentions Napels Florida, St. Asaphs, Bowling Green, Tuckahoe, Belle Hill, Stratford, Camden, Spotsylvania, St. Peters, New Salem Church, Gay Mont, Vanters, and Fredericksburg. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard and Frances Patton to Frances Robb. Frances Robb is in the hospital. Writes of weather-mentions hang up dead water snake so rain would come. Writes of dogs and new dog. Mentions gardening and the Rappahannock Valley Garden Club. Writes of many social visits and church services. Mentions Lucille Reilly, John Ballentine, Virginius Dabney's history book, the Yerby's and the Wallace's, Rosalie, Ellen and Columbia, the Quarles, Raplph Robertsons, Alice Turner. Writes of Bowling Green, Wynnewood Pennsylvania, Gay Mont, Port Royal, Goldenvale Creek, Gouldman Dam. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard and Frances Patton to Frances Robb. Includes photograph of Lucy Anne Patterson \"Mamseys\" Mother. Mentions the weather. Writes of Ellen and Cary and their plans and travels. Mentions the dogs. Purchase of brick lined stove. Mentions Thanksgiving plans with family. Writes of various social visits and parties. Mentions Bob Hicks, Dorothy Harris, Ralph Fall, the Howards, the Russells and the Carters, Sally Norris Scott, and Rosalie Taylor, as well as Spring Grove, Bowling Green, Gay Mont and Snow Creek, the Crowningshield Building at Kenmore, and the Happy Clam. Writes of Columbus day being celebrated on the 10th not the 12th. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes of Frances' dinner party and of the stone from James H. Byran Memorials of Harrisonburg. John A. Weaver is their Fredericksburg representative. Stone brought to Gay Mont-writes of mud and trouble with delivery. Bill's cousin Key died. Frances is in the hospital, plans to return home on her birthday. Liz thanks Fran for sending checks. Mentions settling France's estate. Description of Frances. Liz works at the hospital. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to Frances Robb, Letters of Jim, Meem and Patty. Bill thanks Fran and Bob for presents. Mentions New Year party at the Hoyt's and travels through Castles. Fran treated Jim to lunch, Fran to stay with either Cary or Jim. Letter to Meem and Patty talks about power lines and the APVA. Mentions Joanna Catron the curator at \"Belmont\", Anita Pratt, Madell family and Beverley, Taylor Turner's death, Louis Rollins, Jayne Harding, the Cheesmans, Beverley Pratt, Julian Hudson, the Bowens and Marjorie Strother, Jeff Gilbert, the Erhards. Also mentions the DMA picnic at Berry Plain. Mentions placing flags at grave sites. Writes of wedding plans. Mentions the Bowens making \"Oaken Brow\" into a spinach farm. Mentions Gay Mont, Bridgeville, Ghelarduccis and surrounding street names. Includes a page from a diary, and writes of viewing many photographs. Mentions various names of streets and locations. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Includes\"'calling card, brownley's, Washington, DC, message from Bill\". Index card with names of William Key Howard to sister Frances R.H. Robb, Frances Lightfoot Robb and wife, Elizabeth Crismond Howard. Index card from Elizabeth Crismond Howard to sister in law Frances Robb. Very small postcard from Smith Memorial, Philadelphia to Miss F.R. Howard in Washington DC. Postcard from Bill with photograph of Tsukuba. Postcards from Bill to F.R. Howard, postcard to Mrs. R.G. Robb, all with various images. As well as undated items in Howards-cards and letters folder. (A more detailed description located in folder.)","One 8\" x 10\" black and white photograph of Eugenia van Dyke Robb that was used for a story published by the Baltimore Sun in 1943.","This series contains letters, postcards, photographs, and other material related to the Robb-Bernard family. Most of the material relates to the family of Frances Robb. Some of the correspondents in the letters include Robert Gilchrist Robb, Jr., Frances Randolph Howard, and other members of the Howard family. 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Robb of Caroline County, Virginia, James S. Patton, Frances Robb, and Eugenia Robb in various batches between 1940 and 2007.   1940-28D, 1947.28, 1947.33  - Gift of Fannie B. Robb 1983.28 - Gift of William Y.C. White, Jr. 1983.35 - Gift of Madge G. Baya. 1975.18, 1976.02, 1979.18, 1985.41, 1986.32, 1987.42, 1996.58 - Gift of James Samuel Patton 1999.34, 1999.43, 1999.56, 2000.47, 2000.61, 2002.33 - Gift of Eugenia V. Robb 1993.65, 2005.34, 2005.49, 2007.93 - Gift of Frances Robb 2008.78 - Gift of Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities 1985.40 - Gift of James S. Patton via Williamsburg Historic Records Association. 2010.353 and 2010.385 are gift of Frances Robb. 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(later renamed \"Gay Mont\") and to Bernard's lands in Alabama, Texas and Arkansas. Includes diaries, correspondence, poems, accounts and account books of women (Elizabeth Hipkins, Jane Gay Robertson Bernard, and Helen Struan Bernard Robb); and legal documents and letters of John Taylor of Caroline. Of special interest are the diaries of Eugenia D. Robb while serving with the American Red Cross in Germany and Japan during and after World War II (1999.56A).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additions include other material on the Robb, Bernard, Upton and Hipkins families from the 19th century through the 20th century.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Check the Finding Aid/Inventory and the PDF Inventory for descriptions and/or folder lists of original accession and all additions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal Accession.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD. Wilkie, Kensington [London], to James Wilson Croker. Accepts membership in club and returns list as reqested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes information about the Robb-Bernard Family Papers and information about the Robb-Bernard family. Also includes various items within the Robb-Bernard Family Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Family of William \u0026amp; Elizabeth Bolling Robertson by James Samuel Patton - printed\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"The Family of William Robertson and his wife Elizabeth Bolling\" - mimeographed\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies of Bible Records: 1. William and Elizabeth Bolling Robertson 2. Philip and Mary Warner Lewis Lightfoot 3. James and Lucy Waring Robb\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard's Commission as Captain in the Virginia militia, May 20, 1815\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrayer by [John H. Bernard], [circa 1855], copied by [Helen S. 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(115 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Bernard legal papers - receipts and bills. February 17, 181[3] - November 12, 1853. (18 items). (For more letters of William Bernard see business correspondence of John H. Bernard).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1818. (50 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1819. (86 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1820 (44 items); 1821 (17 items); 1822 (8 items); 1823 (15 items); 1824 (58 items); 1825 (52 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1826 (39 items); 1827 (24 items); 1828 (34 items); 1829 (48 items); 1830 (88 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc.  1831 (72 items); 1832 (83 items); 1833 (81 items).  Gay Bernard accounts, 1832-1836 (5 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1834 (62 items); 1835 (32 items); 1836 (39 items); 1837 (52 items); 1838 (74 items); 1839 (36 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1840 (9 items); 1841 (42 items); 1842 (53 items); 1843 (16 items); 1844 (14 items); 1845 (50 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1846 (45 items); 1847 (43 items); 1848 (29 items); 1849 (40 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1850 (27 items); 1851 (54 items); 1852 including Arkansas land taxes (55 items); 1853 (59 items); 1854 (48 items); 1855 (22 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard and William R. Bernard bills, receipts and notes, etc. 1855-1860.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard accounts with William S. Quisenberry. 1831-1835.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard accounts with James Jackson. 1854 and 1857.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard accounts with William Farinholt. 1836-1839.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard accounts with William R. Care. 1834-1840.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard accounts, bills and receipts with William Gray and Company, Port Royal, Virginia. 1811-1839.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard Alabama Plantation Accounts. 1837-1852. Green County, Alabama.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc.. Dates unknown. (121 itmes).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard's receipt of the return of a runaway slave. March 15, 1834. (1 item).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the will and bank books of John H. Bernard; legacies of Jane Gay Bernard; a copy of Robert G. Robb's will; and 1 document of Helen S. Robb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard bank books. 1839-1845. (2 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard's will. 1841.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJane Gay Bernard legacies. Unsigned, undated. [She died July 1852].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of Robert G. Robb's will, December 13, 1852, and a statement to its validity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocument of Helen S. Robb, October 5, 1881, directing that her husband, Philip L. Robb, shall manage her property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous papers, 1800-1830.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard. 624 Checks. April 3, 1816 - November 20, 1854.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Bernard and Family - scraps, visiting cards, envelopes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 items of Helen S. Robb and 1 pencil sketch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHelen S. Robb (Mrs. P.L. Robb) Confederate bonds. (3 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHelen S. Robb (Mrs. P.L. Robb) settlements, accounts, bills and envelopes. 1859-1898. (10 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePencil sketch. Dated 18 May [?]. (1 item).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes notebook of Helen S. Robb and diary of Helen Struan Bernard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHelen S. Robb notebook containing accounts, receipts, poetry, etc. Late 19th century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnbound diary of Helen Struan Bernard [Mrs. P.L. Robb], 1848-1862.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications, extracts from publications, a report card, advertisments, and a photograph of the tombstone of John Bolling of Cobbs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExtracts from papers and magazines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVolume 1, number 1, Southern Temperance Star, with account of October 1834 meeting of the Virginia State Temperance Society, January 1835.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWaldie's Select Circulating Library, including Part I, number 1, 1 January 1835.  8 different issues, 1835 and 1836.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodey's Lady's Book and Magazine, Volume XCVIII, Number 586, Philadelphia, April 1879.  1 copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Glance At Current American History by an Ex-Confederate, 1897.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExtracts from daily papers. Advertising matter. Undated and September 15, 1857.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport card from B.B. Minor's school for young ladies for Helen S. Bernard dated for Quarter ending 31 October 1850. School regulations and costs are on the reverse side dated 23 September 1850.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBroadsides, \"Fenton's Patent Flint Enamel Ware,\" Patent secured November 27, 1849. 2 copies. Also, \"Prospect House and Terrace Garden, Table Rock, Canada West.\" undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePamphlet, \"Parcel Post Information.\" undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements for carriages sent to Helen S. Robb, Port Royal, Virginia, May 25, 1899, from George Gravatt, Carriage Manufacturer, Federicksburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIllustrative materials. (4 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncomplete publication. Chapter II and III: \"Latitude, Longitude, and Time\" and \"The Moon\", also \"The Solar System.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMagazine photograph of Gay Mount, about 1920.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of tombstone of John Bolling of Cobbs, great grandson of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. Among other names on the tombstone is that of Wyndham Robertson, Governor of Virginia. (Photograph is mounted and is torn in half).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript poems. This group of papers consists of original poems [\"poetical, political prophetical effusions\"] by Jane Gay Bernard. Some responses from her friends are also included. Predominantly undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnbound manuscript diary. This group of papers consists of sporadic entries in a diary of Jane Gay Robertson [wife of John Hipkins Bernard] through the years 1825-1849.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndentures, deeds, etc. Caroline County, Virginia. 1665-1814.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndentures, deeds, etc. Caroline County, Virginia. 1736-1805.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes bills of sale, documents, letters, a bond, and an unidentified manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills of sale of slaves. 1816-1849.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments and letters regarding land. 1715-1819.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond. 1826.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes indentures and a note.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndentures. 1787 and 1801.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote. 1792.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes indentures, certificates, deeds, terms of agreement, and surveys.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndentures. 1756-1810.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificates. 1804.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeeds. 1743-1805.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTerms of agreement. 1810.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveys. 1741-1796.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Taylor of Caroline County. Documents and correspondence. 1800-1824. (Materals regarding John H. Bernard and John Hipkins).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhilip Lightfoot notes, accounts, receipts, etc. 1810-1837. (19 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes notes and receipts of Robert G. Robb and repayment of Commander Robb's salary confiscated by the U.S. Navy in 1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert G. Robb notes and receipts. 1841-1842. (5 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepayment in 1924 of Commander Robb's salary confiscated by the U.S. Navy in 1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a boundary line agreement between John Taylor and James Miller; a proclamation by R[obert] E. Lee; and Confederate secret signals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoundary line agreement between John Taylor and James Miller, September 2, 1806. (1 item).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProclamation to People of Maryland by R[obert] E. Lee. 1863. Copy. (1 item).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConfederate secret signals along the Rappahannock River. [1863?]. (2 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous accounts and receipts. 1835-1954. (9 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecord Book of the Trustees of Rappahannock Academy. 1810-1822.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence. March 5, 1791 - August 3, 1836. Including: Letter from Wyndam Robertson, February 25, 1817. Senator W.C. Rives' letter on his senate speech regarding nullification, March 7, 1833. Letter from James Barbour, May 12, 1834. Letter on land speculation, June 8, 1834, and opportunities in Alabama. Letter on land speculation in Arkansas and Louisiana, November 4, 1835. Letter on land speculation in Texas, and predicting defeat of the Mexican army by fall, August 3, 1836.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, January 17, 1837 - November 10, 1841. Including: John Bradshaw, Middlebury College graduate, letter applying for teaching position in John H. Bernard's academy, May 13, 1841. Letters to and from John H. Bernard, his agents, lawyers, overseers, primarily relating to his Alabama, Arkansas, and Texan lands, 1837-1841.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence. March 1, 1842 - November 20, 1843. Including: Letters to and from John H. Bernard regarding his Arkansas, Alabama, and Texan lands, 1842-1843. Printed copy of John C. Calhoun's senate speech on the treaty of Washington, August 1842.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence March 9, 1844 - December 28, 1849. Including: Inventory of slaves, stock, tools, and acres planted on Bernard's Greene County, Alabama plantation, March 18, 1844. Letter commenting on migration from Arkansas to Texas, California, and Mexico, January 17, 1845. Letter from General Leslie Combs of Kentucky, November 12, 1845. J.H. Bernard's letter of advice to his son in college, February 15, 1846. Letter on religion and the way to salvation, September 27, 1846. Letter on social life, theatre, balls, weddings in Richmond, March 1847. Broadside of Fredericksburg Female Seminary, August 6, 1849.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence. 1850 - October 20, 1861. Including: Letter, January 20, 1851, regarding burning of St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans at time of Jenny Lind's visit. Trip to Vicksburg and up the Yazoo River to new plantation, reception, and life on the plantation from G.F.W., December 13, 1860. Letter from G.F.W. on national crisis, secession, and plantation plans, January 21, 1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence. June 18, 1862 - December 2, 1870. Including: Family letters to and from the Robbs at Gay Mont and their relatives and friends, January 1863.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence. February 9, 1871 - March 29, 1887.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence. April 4, 1887 - December 22, 1889. Including: Family letters to and from friends in Washington, Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, April 1887.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence. January 4, 1890 - June 30, 1893. Including: Letter from A.H.A. Bernard on family genealogy, dining with Thomas Jefferson, and tutoring James Monrow, January 1891. Letter on exams at [Virginia Polytechnic Institute], February 1, 1891. Letters from \"Robin\" Robert G. Robb at William and Mary, December 3, 1891; January 8, 1892; April 17, 1892; November 20, 1892; December 11, 1892; March 20, 1893; March 26, 1893; May 10, 1893; May 28, 1893; and June 4, 1893. Letter to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, January 9, 1892. Letter on commencement at Brown University and travel in New England, June 30, 1893.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence. July 10, 1893 - February 1897. Including: Robert G. Robb letters from the University of Virginia, September 19, 1893; February 14, 1894; April 15, 1894; April 22, 1894; May 6, 1894; October 3, 1894; October 7, 1894; October 28, 1894; November 4, 1894; November 18, 1894; November 25, 1894; January 13, 1895; February 10, 1895; October 1895; October 20, 1895; October 27, 1895; January 26, 1896; January 24, 1897.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence. July 1897 - September 11, 1901. Including: Letters regarding Robert G. Robb's appointment to the chair of Mathematics in the Marion Military Institute, Marion, Alabama, July and August 1891. Letter of Robert G. Robb at the University of Virginia, July 22, 1900.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, publications, bills, receipts, etc. September 17, 1907 - May 18, 1936 and undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoose envelopes and cards\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 empty portfolios\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiary of William Robb Bernard, 1870-1875. Jane Gay Robertson, 1812 memo book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eXerox copy of typescript of letters in the form of a journal. John Hipkins Bernard's European Journey, 1818-1819 with Powhatan Robertson's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVols. 3 and 4 of Powhatan Robertson's European tour, 1818-1819. Manuscript diaries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies of transcribed letters written by Bernard Robb to his family in \"Gay Mont\" Virginia while he was a student at the College of William and Mary. Two 1893 letters from his mother, Helen S. Bernard Robb, to her son, Robert G. Robb. WHRA. 1 folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is mainly comprised of correspondence from the various Robbs and Bernards, as well as their relations the Uptons, who were originally from southern Maine. As well as the correspondence, there are also a few other items, such as Frances Upton's journal from a family trip to Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, between July 4 and August 9, 1928. Other items of interest are letters from a Netherlands woman named Mary to Frances Upton immediately following World War II (1945-1955,) along with letters home from Robert Upton during World War II\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwentieth-century Robb and Upton (maiden name of Mrs. Patton) family papers. List of dates of correspondence and names of correspondants filed at beginning of box.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters of Sally Tompkins to Helen Robb, ca. 1878, and Dr. Martin Pickett Scott to his wife, 12 April 1879. 1878-1879.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotebook of reminscences by Frances Robb's father, former professor of Chemistry, concerning Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary. 1 folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree letters to Frances Robb (Mrs. Robert G. Robb) in 1943 and 1951; one letter to Gay Robertson from Powhatan Robertson dated April 27, 1876 and one letter from Frances Robb to Mrs. Geratt, about 1920. 1 folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiary and letters of Eugenia Robb from occupied Japan while Eugenia Robb was serving with the American Red Cross. Typescripts. Also a few letters from Italy. Detailed informative letters and diary. Original to come by bequest. 1945-47.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiary of Eugenia van Dyke Robb describing her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan while under the occupation of the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescript of Manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiary of Eugenia van Dyke Robb describing her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan while under the occupation of the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescript of Manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiary of Eugenia van Dyke Robb describing her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan while under the occupation of the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescript of Manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written home by Eugenia van Dyke Robb defining her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan with the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescripts of autograph letters signed. (Originals of 36 letters from *2000.47 added to Folder 4.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree letters written by Eugenia van Dyke Robb when she was working for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, 1951-1953. Typescripts of autograph letters signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 photographs taken by and of Eugenia van Dyke Robb in the Philippines, Japan, and Egypt.  Photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript of selected poems of Helen Struan Robb of \"Gay Mont\" aunt of the donor. Poem by donor's father Philip Lightfoot Robb, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFive poems by Helen Struan Robb, aunt of Eugenia Robb. The poems are entitled \"Beyond\", \"Absence\", \"To the Wood Robin\", \"Night Song\", and \"Love's Dawn\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo poems by Philip Lightfoot Robb, one entitled \"Sunbeam\" written to his daughter Eugenia Robb and the other entitled \"A Memory, the Homeward Path\" written about his beloved home \"Gaymont.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Moonlight,\" a poem by Eugenia Robb was written in Sendai, Japan in July 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript of diary and 5 letters of Eugenia Robb, 1947, during her assignment with the American Red Cross in Stuttgart, Germany. Also, 8 photographs of scenes in Germany. (Originals of six letters from *2000.47 added to Folder 2.) 3 folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiaries, one scrapbook and letters of Eugenia Robb while serving with the American Red Cross in Japan, Philippines, and Germany. Letters from Rome, Italy, 1951-1953. Includes items labeled MsV 1, 2, 3 and 4. 4 folders. 36 original letters from this accession were added to folder 4 of Acc. 1999.34. 6 original letters from this accession were added to folder 2 of Acc. 1999.56A.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 items relating to Eugenia Robb's stay in Japan including a map tracing her sea voyage from Washington, D.C. to the Philippine Islands in December, 1945; her article about a well known Japanese flower arranger, the first Japanese brochure published after the war, two poems written by her father, Philip Lightfoot Robb, Jr.; and one poem written by herself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters of principally Philip Lightfoot Robb, 1892-1896, while attending Cleveland High School in Fauquier County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum, 26 October 1932, between R. G. Robb and others to receive heat from the College of William and Mary (includes letter, 1937, and resolutions, 1937, of the Board of Visitors); letter, 14 March 1944, of G. E. Meanley to members of the Fort Magruder Fishing Club; pages from the Bulletin of the Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society which contains an article (March 1932, Vol. IX, No. 6) of R. G. Robb \"Development of the Department of Chemistry at the College of William and Mary\" and appointment, 1930, of Robert Gilchrist Robb as Major in the Chemical Warfare Service (reserves). 1 folder. Fort Magruder Fishing Club letter transferred to Acc. 2002.46 Fort Magruder Fishing Club Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEugenia Robb's travel journal to Spain during the summer of 1952 and Philip L. Robb's song \"Tis Cupid wires my Heart to You.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClass of June 1948, Baltimore City College, Banquet Program honoring Phillip L. Robb, Teacher and Department Head of Chemistry, 1901-1948, with newspaper clipping concerning his retirement; certificate of distinction awarded to Philip L. Robb, June 7,1893, from Cleveland High School; May 1980 issue of Good Reading, including an article by Eugenia Van Dyke Robb entitled \"Picasso of the Flowers.\" 1 folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLarge collection of papers, books and more given by James S. Patton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScrapbook about \"Welcum Hinges\" a book written by Bernard Robb. Contains printed articles and reviews. Photograph of portrait of John Hipkins Bernard. Photographs of Sutton Hall and St. Bartholomew's Church. Photograph of John Bernard Robb. Copy of 1857 pages from diary of Helen S. Bernard of \"Gay Mont,\" Caroline County, Virginia. Copies of correspondence of the Robb and Bernard Families from William and Mary Collection, 1857-1874. Copy of newspaper announcement of the marriage of Frederick Smith-Shenstone on February 6, 1873. Correspondence between John Sclater of London with James S. Patton and between East Sussex County Records Office and James S. Patton about Sutton Hall visit and genealogy. 1995. Portion of book written by John Sclater on the Sclater Family. Maps showing Sutton Hall area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGaymont Collection, a gift from APVA. Not yet processed. June 2013 Architectural Digest, p. 150, \"American Revival\" by Julia Reed about the history and restoration of Gay Mont added by staff in 2013. Includes several nineteenth-century cased photographs and early twentieth-century photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam and Mary Senior Honor Thesis, April 2001, \"A Palace Called Beautiful, Virginia Women, The Confederacy and the Transmission of Southern Culture\" by Amanda Elizabeth Creekman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with A. Randolph Howard and the Navy Department about securing a memento of the Battleship Richmond for Mrs. William Augustine Smith who christened the Richmond when she was launched in 1860. Mrs. Smith was Harriett Field Robb, the daughter of Captain Robert Gilchrist Robb, U.S.N. and at that tiime, Commander of the Norfolk, Virginia Navy Yard.  Allen Randolph Howard was married to Frances Lightfoot Smith, the daughter of Mrs. William Augustine Smith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConsist of war ration books for member of the Robb family, as well as Robert J. (Bobby) Robb's Matthew Whaley High School yearbooks, 1948-1950. Yearbooks contain many personalized dedications.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor members of the Robb family of Williamsburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBelonging to Robert J. Robb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBelonging to Robert J. Robb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBelonging to Robert J. Robb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph, ca. 1904, of a painting of Frances Randolph (Howard) Robb (b. 1894) at the age of 10. 1 folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are war ration books for the Robb family, an information sheet concerning registration for war ration books, as well as a tag for a shipment from Scotland imprinted with a Williamsburg business name: \"Cogar, Lewis and Geiger, Inc., Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.\" 1 folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrimarily letters, 1944-1964, written by Earl Gregg Swem to Robert Robb and Frances Robb.  Also contains clippings related to Earl Gregg Swem, a card from John Stewart Bryan, and an invitation to dinner from John Stewart Bryan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains letters, 1892, from Robert Gilchrist Robb to his mother and to Bernard Robb. There are also programs, 1944, from Bruton Parish Church.  1 folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1939-1945, from Robert Hunt Land, College of William and Mary librarian, to Frances Randolph Howard Robb, wife of William and Mary Professor of Chemistry Robert Gilchrist Robb. Land primarily wrote these letters while on the USS Brooklyn during World War II.  3 folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains letters, 1949-1952, written by Frances Randolph Howard Robb to her son, Robert Gilchrist Robb, Jr., while he was serving in the Army.  3 folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters addressed to members of the Robb family. Includes one letter, 1944 from a religious organization in Alaska, addressed to Robert Gilchrist Robb, to which the Robb family seemed to donate. There is also a Christmas card, 1992, addressed to Frances Robb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the baptismal record and accompanying letter from W.A.R. Goodwin of Frances Robb, a map of Cheatham Annex, a note written by Frances Randolph Howard Robb, and a booklet published by John Garland Pollard entitled \"A Connotary: Definitions not Found in Dictionaries.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, and other material relating to the Robb and Bernard Families. The bulk of the accession consists of photographs and scrapbooks of family members, reunions, and family visits. Also included in the collection are Bruton Parish Church newsletters, material related to the Nicolas Mortiau Descendants Association; and travel diaries of Frances Robb during the 1920s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluds letters written to Robert Gilchrist Robb by residents of Williamsburg, including Janet Kimbrough, and material relating to the portrait of Robert Gilchrist Robb which hangs in the Special Collections Research Center.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Robert Hunt Land to Frances Randolph Howard Robb, wife of William and Mary Professor of Chemistry Robert Gilchrist Robb, while Land was serving in the Pacific Theater of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFragments of three letters written in the same hand, perhaps by someone with the first or last name \"Randolph.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a diary of Frances Randolph Howard, letters of Robert Gilchrist Robb, and letters of J. Patton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains letters to Frances Randolph Howard from various family members including William Key Howard, Carrie Stuart Davis, Frances Upton, and Nina Stuart Smith; photographs of William Taylor Smith and Clara Haxall Randolph; and the roll book of Robert Gilchrist Robb while a chemistry professor at William and Mary from 1944 to 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written by William Key Howard to his sister Frances R. Howard. In the earliest letters William mentions school and alludes to his outdoor hobbies: buying fishing tackle and shotgun shells. The later letters were written from old family estate known as Gay Mont, in Rappahannock Academy, Virginia, which belonged to the Robb-Bernard branch of the family. Letters concering hunting, swimming, and horseback riding summers of 1921 and 1922. Mentions numerous cousins who visted Gay Mont. The final letters were written from Fredericksburg, Virginia where William attended Fredericksburg High School. Contains two postcards to William from his sister Frances.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from January 1923- May 1924 from William to his sister Frances while he attended Fredericksburg High School.  Also writes of getting a job with a liner, participation in military training exercises, as well as of target practice and drill. References to the building of the new armory.  Mentions a trip to Ft. Bragg, North Carolina- one letter written from Ft. Bragg tells sister he is now \"Pvt. W.K. Howard\"-it appears he was in the Army Reserve or the National Guard. Mentions his birthday and being promoted to sergeant.  Writes of football games, his Indian artifact collection, plans to visit Gay Mont and Canning, as well as his travelling by train to Kansas. Folder contains copy of letter from Fredericksburg High School to William's father concerning tuition and course schedule issues.  William also mentions his plans to attend V.P.I.  Photograph to sister of hazing tradition 'Rat Parade'.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances, from V.I.P. which express his dissatisfaction with the school. Feels he is wasting his time at the school, though he enjoys the athletics. His company won inter-company basketball and football championships, he took first place in shot put and second in javelin throwing. Mentions inspection of the school, which is labeled as 8th best in country, as well as a large fire near the school. Mentions letters of his guardian and financial advisor Mr. Young. Money from Mr. Young to buy Liberty Bond. He writes of going to see \"The Birth of a Nation.\"  He mentions Black people in the theater were clapping when the character Lynch  was carried through the street on the shoulders of celebrating Black people.  He writes that \"they had K.Ks. up in the gallery to keep the colored people quite [sic].\" William works on a ship as deck boy. Mentions going to see \"The Birth of a Nation\". Contains a letter from the Davey Tree Expert Company dated October 16, 1925 accepting William's acceptance into their tree surgeon program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances Howard. Writes of his training with Davey Tree Expert Company in Kent, Ohio. Mentions learning knots and how to work with the ropes.  Sent to Pennsylvania for paid field work, as well as Maryland.  Worries about keeping this job for the long term. Considers selling his Virginia Excelsior Company stock- thinks he and sister will get $6,000 each. Mentions Mr. Young his guardian (perhaps the same person as Mr. Edgar M. Young president of the Virginia Excelsior Company) William's father is connected with this company. Sister is getting married to Robert Gilchrist Robb in June.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances Robb (nee Howard). William is working temporarily as crew member on a ship-sails to Antwerp and Rotterdam.  Returns and resumes job with Davey Tree Expert Company.  Works near Baltimore Maryland.  Mentions lay offs by \"Ford\". Leaves job at Davey Tree Expert Company in September and works for the Merchants and Miners Transportation Corporation. Longs for the sea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. William writes of having \"sent that lock of Boothe's [sic] hair that Grandma had to the Confederate Museum in Richmond.\" Mentions marital problems between his father and his second wife (Amy Margaret), she might move back to Texas. Mentions Frances and husband Robert Gilchrist Robb moving into the Paradise (Ludwell-Paradise) House on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg. Longs for the sea, Frances worries about him when he sails. Desires to work on a ship through the Shipping Board. Some letters written while at sea on the SS Eastern Dawn which sailed to Europe including Antwerp. Contains photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. William spends winter months working on steamships sailing for Europe, ports including Copenhagan and Finland.  Inquires if there is work for tree surgeons in the restoration of Williamsburg- later says doesn't think Williamsburg,and contracting company Underwood, can afford him. Mentions time spent at Fall Hill, and friend Fred Robinson. Many Letters written from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania where he is doing tree work. Mentions joining the Virginia National Guard-training at Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania. Writes of opprotunity to partly own a gold mine with his friend Lynn-mine is located in Honduras. William and friend Robbie contemplate going there. Novmeber 3, he mentions stock market and the crash.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb.  Mentions getting a job as a watchman at Kenmore (the one time home of George Washington's sister) which is being renovated.  Estate once belonged to William's grandfather William Key Howard Sr. as well as his Uncle Willam Key Howard Jr. He must keep watch at night- so he sleeps there.  Mentions cousin John Randolph died.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes of moving to Belle Hill, near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Works for the National Park Service, specifically as park superintendant of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. Includes Newspaper clippings and announcement of his marriage to Elizabeth Burke Crismond on March 18, 1937. Father dies, mentions funeral-he is executor of father's estate-details. Mentions housewarming for new home at the park for Branch Spalding (coordinating superintendent for Virginia Civil War parks).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Mentions a war and a trip to the Baltic including stops at \"Danzig, Helsingford [sic] and Murmansk\". Mentions attending a fire training school and refers to a serious problem with Bob's (Robert Gilchrist Robb) eye.  Writes about his being discharged from the Virginia National Guard (?). Mentions plans for new job.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes he has volunteered for the Army, mentions that wife, Liz and their two daughters, will live in Spotsylvania Court House while he is away. Mentions renting his Belle Hill home to a soldier, and wants to rent the large house too. Mentions Army induction at Bowling Green and then moves to Camp Lee. He is stationed at Salem Airbase in Oregon for training. Mentions training experiences and his \"expert\" marksmanship. Believes he will be stationed behind the lines in war. Reassigned to \"Ono siding\" near San Bernardino, California. Describes location and his job there. Mentions plans to visit Los Angeles and Mexico, as well as visiting Hollywood where they made \"The Birth of a Nation\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes the he is applying for \"agriculturalist discharge\", his Belle Hill farm is no longer being cared for due to labor shortages, his request is denied.  Mentions concern for Robert Gilchrist Robb who recently fainted and requires bed rest.  Mentions the weather of San Bernardino.  Mentions his furlough being cancelled many times, wants to visit family in Virginia for Christmas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes of 700 Italian prisoners coming to a camp near San Bernardino, California, and their housing. Writes of camp life, mentions government-produced films being shown to the men. Mentions the weather of San Bernardino. References family in Virginia and responds to news from Frances, mentions his neice and her accomplishments. Included is a letter to William from Frances which mentions that her daughter will be attending Sweet Briar College. William mentions doings of other men like working at \"Kaisers steel mills\". Mentions his working extra hours for extra money for his upcoming furlough, received the good conduct metal which he finds ironic because he often breaks the rules. Includes pictures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to Frances Robb. Writes of his quartermaster in San Bernardino, California being disbanded and of his transfer to Ft. Lewis near Seatle, Washington, expects to be assigned to medical duty. At Ft. Lewis he must go through basic training again and eight weeks of technical training. Describes his training experiences including a film entitled \"The Colored Soldier\", discusses race and the military. Anticipates his furlough at the end of training. Mentions many AWOLs and unit break ups- so the Army increased furloughs to raise moral. Mentions camp life at Ft. Lewis and his plans to visit Tokoma and Seattle, he prefers Seattle. Responds to news about his family and friends back home, mentions Robert Robb's illness many times, Robb had a blood clot and was bedridden.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Mentions Robert Robb's upcoming retirement from William and Mary at the end of the 1945-1946 school year.  William began working at Quantico in 1945, received his terminal leave pay in December 1947. Alludes to nephew (Robert Robb Jr.) joining the Army. Mentions attending the dedication of a Stuart tablet at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in King George County, Virginia. Writes of visits to Gay Mont and of planting rye at Belle Hill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb, mostly news about activities, health, and location of family members both immediate and distant. Mentions wife Liz being in Jamestown for Queen Elizabeth's visit. Gay Mont sold in 1958. Writes that he moved furniture and personal property: paintings (one by Sully sent to Frances). Appears upset about sale of Gay Mont. A 1958 map of Gay Mont included and hints that Pattons might buy Gay Mont soon. A few letters to Frances Robb from both William and his wife which mention France's daughter Fran having surgery twice. William works for the fire department at Quantico as well as at his farm Belle Hill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb.  Mentions helping clean up debris left by the fire at Gay Mont, alludes to the Pattons' intention to restore the house.  Mentions his daughters, Ellen and Cary, attending Mary Washington College, Ellen also spent some time at William and Mary.  Mentions having portraits restored one of Ellen and one of Alice.  Comments on the inauguration of John F. Kennedy which he viewed on television.  References situation in Berlin and advises sister to buy extra food each week to build a supply.  William has been copying Uncle William's Civil War diary which mentions the battles of Seven Pines, Sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg which he was able to avoid. Includes a copy of an article \"The Valleys of Virginia- The Rappahannock\" published in 1859- mentions Port Royal, Gay Mont, and slave working conditions in the region. Folder also includes a captioned photograph from a newsletter (?) commemorating William K. Howard's thirty years of services as a firefighter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Mentions daughters Ellen and Cary were home for Christmas, going to Washington D.C. to visit Amy. Mamie had Christmas dinner with the Howards, Mamie injured herself after Christmas. Letter from Liz Howard to Frances about Christams, mentions John Glenn's flight on television and Bill's truck problems. Mentions snow storm of 15 inches and loss of power for 32 hours. Bill and Liz celebrated 25th wedding aniversary April 1962. Discusses school plans as well as work and summer plans for Cary and Ellen. Eugenia may have had a stroke 1962. Mentions a midnight Christmas service at St. George. Amy fell down stairs and broke her pelvis. Saw the Mona Lisa in Washington D.C. Mentions the marriage of Mr. Brigham to a Spencer from Williamsburg. Mentions that Jim will be out of the service in 1963. Writes of farm and animal life. Liz receives Mama's diamond. Mentions Belle Hill's estate price. Discusses Amy's will.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, cards, and newspaper clippings to Frances Robb (Mrs. R.G. Robb). Bill retired his daughter Cary moved to Fairfax. Mentions Ellen and Cary's affairs. Cary and Ellen drive to Lake Tahoe. Ford Motor Company is interested in Freedom Hill. Bill and Liz celebrate their 29th anniversary. Mentions some purchases from Miller and Rhoads. Cary goes to Athens, Georgia mentions KKK trials. Mentions Bill and Lem Houston's march on Pennsylvania Avenue. Bill in court as witness about over assesment. William dies February 10, 1898. Manzie dies October 20, 1913- letters from Hollywood grave stones. Thank-you note from Liz. Mentions a trip to Montross. Thank-you letter for tulips. Mentions a 50 cent pieces Bobby is saving and plans of Ellen and Patti's trip to Europe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters and cards from Bill and Liz to sister Frances Robb. Mentions affairs of Mamie, her moving, the sale of her house to Bill, her health, and estate. Writes of Clara and her health, operation, and later her death. Affairs of Cary and Ellen, schooling, travels, and their weddings. Writes on politics and the meeting of the Eight District of Legion. Mentions some dental problems, and that Olive Swanson from LaVere died. Also mentions Olive's sisters Blanche and Lousie Cassell and also mentions a geneology booklet about the Tuckahoe Randolphs being recently acquired. Writes of visiting Tuckahoe and Richmond with Buff and Sally. Nora is in hospital. Mincie Polock died and Bill died. Liz and Dorothy Harris visit Prince William, Manassas. Mentions a painting by Sully in Governor's Mansion. Bill elected to be Key Man for coming year. Bill buys a new car, went to Gay Mont and mentions book named Golden Age of Piracy. Discusses Christmas plans and gifts. (A more detailed description included in folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Discusses Belle Hill afairs such as hunting, dogs, and fuel oil as well as of Liz's new teaching job. Includes a typed copy of the History and Life of Thomas Mann Randolph and documentation of Gilchrist from the Clan Macfarlane. Columbia in hospital. Mentions Tides Inn visit to Shirley and Berkely Plantations. Bill still member of American Legion. Visits with family at Gay Mont. Mentions chromolithographs. Mentions Chestertown and Cambridge on the Eastern Shore where he worked. Liz injured herself. Writes of politics. Flower delivery for Frances. Bill giving up farming plans to rent Camden farm to Piedmont Fertilizer. Piedmont affairs. Mentions the weather, flooding and Paul Karsten's health. Writes of people in Florida. Writes of Bill and Buff's relationship and outings. Mentions \"We Began At Jamestown\" and party at Prospect Hill. Talks of high school reunion and John Billingsley's face lift. Mentions visit of Newt Hill and Clara Louise and daughter. Writes of hunting dogs and hunting. Mentions mulitple visits and socials with different persons. Bill is a grandpa and in 69 years old. (A more detailed description included in folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Bear sighting at Gay Mont. Mentions Cary, Fritz, and Ashley's travels. Mentions weather. Writes of dinner parties and guests. Plans for 50th high school reunion. Mentions photographs of John Eager's medal. Bill member of 32nd degree in Scottish RIte of Masonry in Richmond, initiated into Shriners. Includes copy of parole document from National Archives from Headquarters Department of Virginia 1865 William Howard as prisoner of war 4th Virginia Calvary, permission to go home to Maryland. Bill to be grandpa in May. Mentions multiple wedding anniversaries, weddings, and events of friends. Discusses possible oil shortages soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Information on Cary, Fritz, and family. Writes about social visits from various family members. Bear sightings at Gay Mont. Writes of Washington D.C. and traffic issues as well as archival work. Includes copies: Philip L. Robb, William R. Bernard of Co.B 9th Virginia Calvary, (Johnson's Regiment). Mentions Ellen and Jim as well as Columbia's health improving. Writes of Tom's auto accident at Gay Mont and mentions Brown's Motel in Port Royal. Writes of Joe Holloway's funeral and events. Contains get well cards to Frances. Mentions hunting on his property and deer season. Contains 3 photographs of Ashley and Key. Mentions a brass Randolph paper clip and a New Year party at Propect Hill. Mentions the Hoyt's party and health. (A more detailed description included in folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Bill Howard and Frances Patton to Frances Robb. Mentions Belle Hill and farm affairs. Writes of various persons being in the hospital. Mentions two historians from Park Services and a PhD visiting him to talk about Chatham, inquired of pictures, maps, and events. Writes of the geneology of the Virginian Howards and the Maryland Howards as well as an article Cary wrote. Writes of Liz's biopsy. Mentions Ellen's visit and travels. Discusses A.P.V.A. deal and people. Mentions Gay Mont, Mount Zion, a wedding at Vanters, Tappahannock, Mulberry Place, the Eupatorium Incarnatu, Kenmore, Woodlawn, and Bowling Green. Mentions Howard McHenry, Paul Karsten and his family, Frances Patton, the Boddies, Eleanor Iglehart, granddaughter Ashley, Mrs. Briggs, Charles and Madge Marshell, the Holmes, Katherine Yerby, and states that Mary Stevenson and John Billingsly died. Writes often of dogs and some of politics. (A more detailed description included in folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Bill Howard to Frances Robb. Writes of fuel oil and prices. Mentions the weather and writes often of the dogs. Visits of family, Ellen, Liz, Cary, and grandchildren. Writes about historians inquiring about Chatham. Discussess geneological matters. Bill plants 7,00 pines on property-cost sharing-writes of trees. Mentions John and Peg Russell, Mary Coleman, Jim, David Holmes, Thomas and Lawson Waring, Dr. McFarland, Dorothy and Joe Harris, Bob Krick, the Caroline Historical Society, Taylor Turner, Dorothy Peters, Sally Scott Norris, Wallace Yerby, Forrest Dickinson, and Marge Arnold. Plans of going to Europe. Also mentions Napels Florida, St. Asaphs, Bowling Green, Tuckahoe, Belle Hill, Stratford, Camden, Spotsylvania, St. Peters, New Salem Church, Gay Mont, Vanters, and Fredericksburg. (A more detailed description included in folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Bill Howard and Frances Patton to Frances Robb. Frances Robb is in the hospital. Writes of weather-mentions hang up dead water snake so rain would come. Writes of dogs and new dog. Mentions gardening and the Rappahannock Valley Garden Club. Writes of many social visits and church services. Mentions Lucille Reilly, John Ballentine, Virginius Dabney's history book, the Yerby's and the Wallace's, Rosalie, Ellen and Columbia, the Quarles, Raplph Robertsons, Alice Turner. Writes of Bowling Green, Wynnewood Pennsylvania, Gay Mont, Port Royal, Goldenvale Creek, Gouldman Dam. (A more detailed description included in folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Bill Howard and Frances Patton to Frances Robb. Includes photograph of Lucy Anne Patterson \"Mamseys\" Mother. Mentions the weather. Writes of Ellen and Cary and their plans and travels. Mentions the dogs. Purchase of brick lined stove. Mentions Thanksgiving plans with family. Writes of various social visits and parties. Mentions Bob Hicks, Dorothy Harris, Ralph Fall, the Howards, the Russells and the Carters, Sally Norris Scott, and Rosalie Taylor, as well as Spring Grove, Bowling Green, Gay Mont and Snow Creek, the Crowningshield Building at Kenmore, and the Happy Clam. Writes of Columbus day being celebrated on the 10th not the 12th. (A more detailed description included in folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes of Frances' dinner party and of the stone from James H. Byran Memorials of Harrisonburg. John A. Weaver is their Fredericksburg representative. Stone brought to Gay Mont-writes of mud and trouble with delivery. Bill's cousin Key died. Frances is in the hospital, plans to return home on her birthday. Liz thanks Fran for sending checks. Mentions settling France's estate. Description of Frances. Liz works at the hospital. (A more detailed description included in folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Bill Howard to Frances Robb, Letters of Jim, Meem and Patty. Bill thanks Fran and Bob for presents. Mentions New Year party at the Hoyt's and travels through Castles. Fran treated Jim to lunch, Fran to stay with either Cary or Jim. Letter to Meem and Patty talks about power lines and the APVA. Mentions Joanna Catron the curator at \"Belmont\", Anita Pratt, Madell family and Beverley, Taylor Turner's death, Louis Rollins, Jayne Harding, the Cheesmans, Beverley Pratt, Julian Hudson, the Bowens and Marjorie Strother, Jeff Gilbert, the Erhards. Also mentions the DMA picnic at Berry Plain. Mentions placing flags at grave sites. Writes of wedding plans. Mentions the Bowens making \"Oaken Brow\" into a spinach farm. Mentions Gay Mont, Bridgeville, Ghelarduccis and surrounding street names. Includes a page from a diary, and writes of viewing many photographs. Mentions various names of streets and locations. (A more detailed description included in folder).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes\"'calling card, brownley's, Washington, DC, message from Bill\". Index card with names of William Key Howard to sister Frances R.H. Robb, Frances Lightfoot Robb and wife, Elizabeth Crismond Howard. Index card from Elizabeth Crismond Howard to sister in law Frances Robb. Very small postcard from Smith Memorial, Philadelphia to Miss F.R. Howard in Washington DC. Postcard from Bill with photograph of Tsukuba. Postcards from Bill to F.R. Howard, postcard to Mrs. R.G. Robb, all with various images. As well as undated items in Howards-cards and letters folder. (A more detailed description located in folder.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne 8\" x 10\" black and white photograph of Eugenia van Dyke Robb that was used for a story published by the Baltimore Sun in 1943.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains letters, postcards, photographs, and other material related to the Robb-Bernard family. Most of the material relates to the family of Frances Robb. Some of the correspondents in the letters include Robert Gilchrist Robb, Jr., Frances Randolph Howard, and other members of the Howard family. 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(later renamed \"Gay Mont\") and to Bernard's lands in Alabama, Texas and Arkansas. Includes diaries, correspondence, poems, accounts and account books of women (Elizabeth Hipkins, Jane Gay Robertson Bernard, and Helen Struan Bernard Robb); and legal documents and letters of John Taylor of Caroline. Of special interest are the diaries of Eugenia D. Robb while serving with the American Red Cross in Germany and Japan during and after World War II (1999.56A)."," Additions include other material on the Robb, Bernard, Upton and Hipkins families from the 19th century through the 20th century."," Check the Finding Aid/Inventory and the PDF Inventory for descriptions and/or folder lists of original accession and all additions.","Original Accession.","D. Wilkie, Kensington [London], to James Wilson Croker. Accepts membership in club and returns list as reqested.","Includes information about the Robb-Bernard Family Papers and information about the Robb-Bernard family. Also includes various items within the Robb-Bernard Family Papers.","The Family of William \u0026 Elizabeth Bolling Robertson by James Samuel Patton - printed","\"The Family of William Robertson and his wife Elizabeth Bolling\" - mimeographed","Copies of Bible Records: 1. William and Elizabeth Bolling Robertson 2. Philip and Mary Warner Lewis Lightfoot 3. James and Lucy Waring Robb","John H. Bernard's Commission as Captain in the Virginia militia, May 20, 1815","Prayer by [John H. Bernard], [circa 1855], copied by [Helen S. Bernard]","\"John Hipkins, Merchant, Of Port Royal, Virginia\" - typed","Legal papers relating to the settlement of the estate of John Hipkins.  Inventories, law suits, and accounts between Elizabeth Hipkins, John H. Bernard, and others and William Bernard, Executor.  1 October 1801 - 20 November 1816.  (21 items)","Includes 13 items of Elizabeth Hipkins; 3 items of John Hipkins; and 11 items of John H. Bernard.","Detailed inventories, accounts, and legacies of Elizabeth Hipkins' estate. March 13, 1804 - November 23, 1829. (13 items).","John Hipkins' documents [?]. October 1802 - August 14, 1804. (3 items).","John H. Bernard indenture. July 10, 1804. (1 item).","John H. Bernard documents regarding the tract of land in Richmond County called \"Folly.\" April 3, 1818 - 1827[?]. (4 items).","John H. Bernard indentures regarding [Townfield] land in Caroline County, near Port Royal. July 3, 1818 and January 1, 1819. (2 items).","John H. Bernard and others indentures, lands in Caroline County, November 14, 1816; May2, 1817 \"Westerton\"; May 26, 1819 Port Royal; and June 15, 1831 Port Royal. (4 items).","Elizabeth Hipkins' mortgage book.  23 July 1808 - June 1830.  (1 item).","Ledger - accounts. First half of 1800s. (1 item).","Includes legal papers of William Bernard and John H. Bernard's notes, bills, receipts, etc.","Includes the notes, bills, receipts, accounts, and statements of John H. Bernard.  Also, the legal paper, receipts, and bills of William Bernard.","John H. Bernard notes, bills, receipts, accounts, statements. January 9, 1812 - May 2, 1818. (115 items).","William Bernard legal papers - receipts and bills. February 17, 181[3] - November 12, 1853. (18 items). (For more letters of William Bernard see business correspondence of John H. Bernard).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1818. (50 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1819. (86 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1820 (44 items); 1821 (17 items); 1822 (8 items); 1823 (15 items); 1824 (58 items); 1825 (52 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1826 (39 items); 1827 (24 items); 1828 (34 items); 1829 (48 items); 1830 (88 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc.  1831 (72 items); 1832 (83 items); 1833 (81 items).  Gay Bernard accounts, 1832-1836 (5 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1834 (62 items); 1835 (32 items); 1836 (39 items); 1837 (52 items); 1838 (74 items); 1839 (36 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1840 (9 items); 1841 (42 items); 1842 (53 items); 1843 (16 items); 1844 (14 items); 1845 (50 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1846 (45 items); 1847 (43 items); 1848 (29 items); 1849 (40 items).","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc. 1850 (27 items); 1851 (54 items); 1852 including Arkansas land taxes (55 items); 1853 (59 items); 1854 (48 items); 1855 (22 items).","John H. Bernard and William R. Bernard bills, receipts and notes, etc. 1855-1860.","John H. Bernard accounts with William S. Quisenberry. 1831-1835.","John H. Bernard accounts with James Jackson. 1854 and 1857.","John H. Bernard accounts with William Farinholt. 1836-1839.","John H. Bernard accounts with William R. Care. 1834-1840.","John H. Bernard accounts, bills and receipts with William Gray and Company, Port Royal, Virginia. 1811-1839.","John H. Bernard Alabama Plantation Accounts. 1837-1852. Green County, Alabama.","John H. Bernard notes, bills and receipts, etc.. Dates unknown. (121 itmes).","John H. Bernard's receipt of the return of a runaway slave. March 15, 1834. (1 item).","Includes the will and bank books of John H. Bernard; legacies of Jane Gay Bernard; a copy of Robert G. Robb's will; and 1 document of Helen S. Robb.","John H. Bernard bank books. 1839-1845. (2 items).","John H. Bernard's will. 1841.","Jane Gay Bernard legacies. Unsigned, undated. [She died July 1852].","Copy of Robert G. Robb's will, December 13, 1852, and a statement to its validity.","Document of Helen S. Robb, October 5, 1881, directing that her husband, Philip L. Robb, shall manage her property.","Miscellaneous papers, 1800-1830.","John H. Bernard. 624 Checks. April 3, 1816 - November 20, 1854.","John H. Bernard and Family - scraps, visiting cards, envelopes.","13 items of Helen S. Robb and 1 pencil sketch.","Helen S. Robb (Mrs. P.L. Robb) Confederate bonds. (3 items).","Helen S. Robb (Mrs. P.L. Robb) settlements, accounts, bills and envelopes. 1859-1898. (10 items).","Pencil sketch. Dated 18 May [?]. (1 item).","Includes notebook of Helen S. Robb and diary of Helen Struan Bernard.","Helen S. Robb notebook containing accounts, receipts, poetry, etc. Late 19th century.","Unbound diary of Helen Struan Bernard [Mrs. P.L. Robb], 1848-1862.","Includes publications, extracts from publications, a report card, advertisments, and a photograph of the tombstone of John Bolling of Cobbs.","Extracts from papers and magazines.","Volume 1, number 1, Southern Temperance Star, with account of October 1834 meeting of the Virginia State Temperance Society, January 1835.","Waldie's Select Circulating Library, including Part I, number 1, 1 January 1835.  8 different issues, 1835 and 1836.","Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, Volume XCVIII, Number 586, Philadelphia, April 1879.  1 copy.","A Glance At Current American History by an Ex-Confederate, 1897.","Extracts from daily papers. Advertising matter. Undated and September 15, 1857.","Report card from B.B. Minor's school for young ladies for Helen S. Bernard dated for Quarter ending 31 October 1850. School regulations and costs are on the reverse side dated 23 September 1850.","Broadsides, \"Fenton's Patent Flint Enamel Ware,\" Patent secured November 27, 1849. 2 copies. Also, \"Prospect House and Terrace Garden, Table Rock, Canada West.\" undated.","Pamphlet, \"Parcel Post Information.\" undated.","Advertisements for carriages sent to Helen S. Robb, Port Royal, Virginia, May 25, 1899, from George Gravatt, Carriage Manufacturer, Federicksburg, Virginia.","Illustrative materials. (4 items).","Incomplete publication. Chapter II and III: \"Latitude, Longitude, and Time\" and \"The Moon\", also \"The Solar System.\"","Magazine photograph of Gay Mount, about 1920.","Photograph of tombstone of John Bolling of Cobbs, great grandson of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. Among other names on the tombstone is that of Wyndham Robertson, Governor of Virginia. (Photograph is mounted and is torn in half).","Manuscript poems. This group of papers consists of original poems [\"poetical, political prophetical effusions\"] by Jane Gay Bernard. Some responses from her friends are also included. Predominantly undated.","Unbound manuscript diary. This group of papers consists of sporadic entries in a diary of Jane Gay Robertson [wife of John Hipkins Bernard] through the years 1825-1849.","Indentures, deeds, etc. Caroline County, Virginia. 1665-1814.","Indentures, deeds, etc. Caroline County, Virginia. 1736-1805.","Includes bills of sale, documents, letters, a bond, and an unidentified manuscript.","Bills of sale of slaves. 1816-1849.","Documents and letters regarding land. 1715-1819.","Bond. 1826.","Unidentified manuscript.","Includes indentures and a note.","Indentures. 1787 and 1801.","Note. 1792.","Includes indentures, certificates, deeds, terms of agreement, and surveys.","Indentures. 1756-1810.","Certificates. 1804.","Deeds. 1743-1805.","Terms of agreement. 1810.","Surveys. 1741-1796.","John Taylor of Caroline County. Documents and correspondence. 1800-1824. (Materals regarding John H. Bernard and John Hipkins).","Philip Lightfoot notes, accounts, receipts, etc. 1810-1837. (19 items).","Includes notes and receipts of Robert G. Robb and repayment of Commander Robb's salary confiscated by the U.S. Navy in 1861.","Robert G. Robb notes and receipts. 1841-1842. (5 items).","Repayment in 1924 of Commander Robb's salary confiscated by the U.S. Navy in 1861.","Includes a boundary line agreement between John Taylor and James Miller; a proclamation by R[obert] E. Lee; and Confederate secret signals.","Boundary line agreement between John Taylor and James Miller, September 2, 1806. (1 item).","Proclamation to People of Maryland by R[obert] E. Lee. 1863. Copy. (1 item).","Confederate secret signals along the Rappahannock River. [1863?]. (2 items).","Miscellaneous accounts and receipts. 1835-1954. (9 items).","Record Book of the Trustees of Rappahannock Academy. 1810-1822.","Correspondence. March 5, 1791 - August 3, 1836. Including: Letter from Wyndam Robertson, February 25, 1817. Senator W.C. Rives' letter on his senate speech regarding nullification, March 7, 1833. Letter from James Barbour, May 12, 1834. Letter on land speculation, June 8, 1834, and opportunities in Alabama. Letter on land speculation in Arkansas and Louisiana, November 4, 1835. Letter on land speculation in Texas, and predicting defeat of the Mexican army by fall, August 3, 1836.","Correspondence, January 17, 1837 - November 10, 1841. Including: John Bradshaw, Middlebury College graduate, letter applying for teaching position in John H. Bernard's academy, May 13, 1841. Letters to and from John H. Bernard, his agents, lawyers, overseers, primarily relating to his Alabama, Arkansas, and Texan lands, 1837-1841.","Correspondence. March 1, 1842 - November 20, 1843. Including: Letters to and from John H. Bernard regarding his Arkansas, Alabama, and Texan lands, 1842-1843. Printed copy of John C. Calhoun's senate speech on the treaty of Washington, August 1842.","Correspondence March 9, 1844 - December 28, 1849. Including: Inventory of slaves, stock, tools, and acres planted on Bernard's Greene County, Alabama plantation, March 18, 1844. Letter commenting on migration from Arkansas to Texas, California, and Mexico, January 17, 1845. Letter from General Leslie Combs of Kentucky, November 12, 1845. J.H. Bernard's letter of advice to his son in college, February 15, 1846. Letter on religion and the way to salvation, September 27, 1846. Letter on social life, theatre, balls, weddings in Richmond, March 1847. Broadside of Fredericksburg Female Seminary, August 6, 1849.","Correspondence. 1850 - October 20, 1861. Including: Letter, January 20, 1851, regarding burning of St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans at time of Jenny Lind's visit. Trip to Vicksburg and up the Yazoo River to new plantation, reception, and life on the plantation from G.F.W., December 13, 1860. Letter from G.F.W. on national crisis, secession, and plantation plans, January 21, 1861.","Correspondence. June 18, 1862 - December 2, 1870. Including: Family letters to and from the Robbs at Gay Mont and their relatives and friends, January 1863.","Correspondence. February 9, 1871 - March 29, 1887.","Correspondence. April 4, 1887 - December 22, 1889. Including: Family letters to and from friends in Washington, Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, April 1887.","Correspondence. January 4, 1890 - June 30, 1893. Including: Letter from A.H.A. Bernard on family genealogy, dining with Thomas Jefferson, and tutoring James Monrow, January 1891. Letter on exams at [Virginia Polytechnic Institute], February 1, 1891. Letters from \"Robin\" Robert G. Robb at William and Mary, December 3, 1891; January 8, 1892; April 17, 1892; November 20, 1892; December 11, 1892; March 20, 1893; March 26, 1893; May 10, 1893; May 28, 1893; and June 4, 1893. Letter to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, January 9, 1892. Letter on commencement at Brown University and travel in New England, June 30, 1893.","Correspondence. July 10, 1893 - February 1897. Including: Robert G. Robb letters from the University of Virginia, September 19, 1893; February 14, 1894; April 15, 1894; April 22, 1894; May 6, 1894; October 3, 1894; October 7, 1894; October 28, 1894; November 4, 1894; November 18, 1894; November 25, 1894; January 13, 1895; February 10, 1895; October 1895; October 20, 1895; October 27, 1895; January 26, 1896; January 24, 1897.","Correspondence. July 1897 - September 11, 1901. Including: Letters regarding Robert G. Robb's appointment to the chair of Mathematics in the Marion Military Institute, Marion, Alabama, July and August 1891. Letter of Robert G. Robb at the University of Virginia, July 22, 1900.","Correspondence, publications, bills, receipts, etc. September 17, 1907 - May 18, 1936 and undated.","Loose envelopes and cards","2 empty portfolios","Diary of William Robb Bernard, 1870-1875. Jane Gay Robertson, 1812 memo book.","Xerox copy of typescript of letters in the form of a journal. John Hipkins Bernard's European Journey, 1818-1819 with Powhatan Robertson's.","Vols. 3 and 4 of Powhatan Robertson's European tour, 1818-1819. Manuscript diaries.","Copies of transcribed letters written by Bernard Robb to his family in \"Gay Mont\" Virginia while he was a student at the College of William and Mary. Two 1893 letters from his mother, Helen S. Bernard Robb, to her son, Robert G. Robb. WHRA. 1 folder.","The collection is mainly comprised of correspondence from the various Robbs and Bernards, as well as their relations the Uptons, who were originally from southern Maine. As well as the correspondence, there are also a few other items, such as Frances Upton's journal from a family trip to Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, between July 4 and August 9, 1928. Other items of interest are letters from a Netherlands woman named Mary to Frances Upton immediately following World War II (1945-1955,) along with letters home from Robert Upton during World War II","Twentieth-century Robb and Upton (maiden name of Mrs. Patton) family papers. List of dates of correspondence and names of correspondants filed at beginning of box.","Two letters of Sally Tompkins to Helen Robb, ca. 1878, and Dr. Martin Pickett Scott to his wife, 12 April 1879. 1878-1879.","Notebook of reminscences by Frances Robb's father, former professor of Chemistry, concerning Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary. 1 folder.","Three letters to Frances Robb (Mrs. Robert G. Robb) in 1943 and 1951; one letter to Gay Robertson from Powhatan Robertson dated April 27, 1876 and one letter from Frances Robb to Mrs. Geratt, about 1920. 1 folder.","Diary and letters of Eugenia Robb from occupied Japan while Eugenia Robb was serving with the American Red Cross. Typescripts. Also a few letters from Italy. Detailed informative letters and diary. Original to come by bequest. 1945-47.","Diary of Eugenia van Dyke Robb describing her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan while under the occupation of the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescript of Manuscript.","Diary of Eugenia van Dyke Robb describing her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan while under the occupation of the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescript of Manuscript.","Diary of Eugenia van Dyke Robb describing her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan while under the occupation of the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescript of Manuscript.","Letters written home by Eugenia van Dyke Robb defining her work with the American Red Cross during her stay in the Philippines and Japan with the Allied Occupation Forces, 1945-1947. Typescripts of autograph letters signed. (Originals of 36 letters from *2000.47 added to Folder 4.)","Three letters written by Eugenia van Dyke Robb when she was working for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, 1951-1953. Typescripts of autograph letters signed.","21 photographs taken by and of Eugenia van Dyke Robb in the Philippines, Japan, and Egypt.  Photographs.","Typescript of selected poems of Helen Struan Robb of \"Gay Mont\" aunt of the donor. Poem by donor's father Philip Lightfoot Robb, Jr.","Five poems by Helen Struan Robb, aunt of Eugenia Robb. The poems are entitled \"Beyond\", \"Absence\", \"To the Wood Robin\", \"Night Song\", and \"Love's Dawn\".","Two poems by Philip Lightfoot Robb, one entitled \"Sunbeam\" written to his daughter Eugenia Robb and the other entitled \"A Memory, the Homeward Path\" written about his beloved home \"Gaymont.\"","\"Moonlight,\" a poem by Eugenia Robb was written in Sendai, Japan in July 1946.","Typescript of diary and 5 letters of Eugenia Robb, 1947, during her assignment with the American Red Cross in Stuttgart, Germany. Also, 8 photographs of scenes in Germany. (Originals of six letters from *2000.47 added to Folder 2.) 3 folders.","Diaries, one scrapbook and letters of Eugenia Robb while serving with the American Red Cross in Japan, Philippines, and Germany. Letters from Rome, Italy, 1951-1953. Includes items labeled MsV 1, 2, 3 and 4. 4 folders. 36 original letters from this accession were added to folder 4 of Acc. 1999.34. 6 original letters from this accession were added to folder 2 of Acc. 1999.56A.","5 items relating to Eugenia Robb's stay in Japan including a map tracing her sea voyage from Washington, D.C. to the Philippine Islands in December, 1945; her article about a well known Japanese flower arranger, the first Japanese brochure published after the war, two poems written by her father, Philip Lightfoot Robb, Jr.; and one poem written by herself.","Letters of principally Philip Lightfoot Robb, 1892-1896, while attending Cleveland High School in Fauquier County, Virginia.","Memorandum, 26 October 1932, between R. G. Robb and others to receive heat from the College of William and Mary (includes letter, 1937, and resolutions, 1937, of the Board of Visitors); letter, 14 March 1944, of G. E. Meanley to members of the Fort Magruder Fishing Club; pages from the Bulletin of the Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society which contains an article (March 1932, Vol. IX, No. 6) of R. G. Robb \"Development of the Department of Chemistry at the College of William and Mary\" and appointment, 1930, of Robert Gilchrist Robb as Major in the Chemical Warfare Service (reserves). 1 folder. Fort Magruder Fishing Club letter transferred to Acc. 2002.46 Fort Magruder Fishing Club Papers.","Eugenia Robb's travel journal to Spain during the summer of 1952 and Philip L. Robb's song \"Tis Cupid wires my Heart to You.\"","Class of June 1948, Baltimore City College, Banquet Program honoring Phillip L. Robb, Teacher and Department Head of Chemistry, 1901-1948, with newspaper clipping concerning his retirement; certificate of distinction awarded to Philip L. Robb, June 7,1893, from Cleveland High School; May 1980 issue of Good Reading, including an article by Eugenia Van Dyke Robb entitled \"Picasso of the Flowers.\" 1 folder.","Large collection of papers, books and more given by James S. Patton.","Scrapbook about \"Welcum Hinges\" a book written by Bernard Robb. Contains printed articles and reviews. Photograph of portrait of John Hipkins Bernard. Photographs of Sutton Hall and St. Bartholomew's Church. Photograph of John Bernard Robb. Copy of 1857 pages from diary of Helen S. Bernard of \"Gay Mont,\" Caroline County, Virginia. Copies of correspondence of the Robb and Bernard Families from William and Mary Collection, 1857-1874. Copy of newspaper announcement of the marriage of Frederick Smith-Shenstone on February 6, 1873. Correspondence between John Sclater of London with James S. Patton and between East Sussex County Records Office and James S. Patton about Sutton Hall visit and genealogy. 1995. Portion of book written by John Sclater on the Sclater Family. Maps showing Sutton Hall area.","Gaymont Collection, a gift from APVA. Not yet processed. June 2013 Architectural Digest, p. 150, \"American Revival\" by Julia Reed about the history and restoration of Gay Mont added by staff in 2013. Includes several nineteenth-century cased photographs and early twentieth-century photographs.","William and Mary Senior Honor Thesis, April 2001, \"A Palace Called Beautiful, Virginia Women, The Confederacy and the Transmission of Southern Culture\" by Amanda Elizabeth Creekman.","Correspondence with A. Randolph Howard and the Navy Department about securing a memento of the Battleship Richmond for Mrs. William Augustine Smith who christened the Richmond when she was launched in 1860. Mrs. Smith was Harriett Field Robb, the daughter of Captain Robert Gilchrist Robb, U.S.N. and at that tiime, Commander of the Norfolk, Virginia Navy Yard.  Allen Randolph Howard was married to Frances Lightfoot Smith, the daughter of Mrs. William Augustine Smith.","Consist of war ration books for member of the Robb family, as well as Robert J. (Bobby) Robb's Matthew Whaley High School yearbooks, 1948-1950. Yearbooks contain many personalized dedications.","For members of the Robb family of Williamsburg, Va.","Belonging to Robert J. Robb.","Belonging to Robert J. Robb.","Belonging to Robert J. Robb.","Photograph, ca. 1904, of a painting of Frances Randolph (Howard) Robb (b. 1894) at the age of 10. 1 folder.","Included are war ration books for the Robb family, an information sheet concerning registration for war ration books, as well as a tag for a shipment from Scotland imprinted with a Williamsburg business name: \"Cogar, Lewis and Geiger, Inc., Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.\" 1 folder.","Primarily letters, 1944-1964, written by Earl Gregg Swem to Robert Robb and Frances Robb.  Also contains clippings related to Earl Gregg Swem, a card from John Stewart Bryan, and an invitation to dinner from John Stewart Bryan.","Contains letters, 1892, from Robert Gilchrist Robb to his mother and to Bernard Robb. There are also programs, 1944, from Bruton Parish Church.  1 folder.","Letters, 1939-1945, from Robert Hunt Land, College of William and Mary librarian, to Frances Randolph Howard Robb, wife of William and Mary Professor of Chemistry Robert Gilchrist Robb. Land primarily wrote these letters while on the USS Brooklyn during World War II.  3 folders.","Contains letters, 1949-1952, written by Frances Randolph Howard Robb to her son, Robert Gilchrist Robb, Jr., while he was serving in the Army.  3 folders.","Letters addressed to members of the Robb family. Includes one letter, 1944 from a religious organization in Alaska, addressed to Robert Gilchrist Robb, to which the Robb family seemed to donate. There is also a Christmas card, 1992, addressed to Frances Robb.","Includes the baptismal record and accompanying letter from W.A.R. Goodwin of Frances Robb, a map of Cheatham Annex, a note written by Frances Randolph Howard Robb, and a booklet published by John Garland Pollard entitled \"A Connotary: Definitions not Found in Dictionaries.\"","Contains photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, and other material relating to the Robb and Bernard Families. The bulk of the accession consists of photographs and scrapbooks of family members, reunions, and family visits. Also included in the collection are Bruton Parish Church newsletters, material related to the Nicolas Mortiau Descendants Association; and travel diaries of Frances Robb during the 1920s.","Includs letters written to Robert Gilchrist Robb by residents of Williamsburg, including Janet Kimbrough, and material relating to the portrait of Robert Gilchrist Robb which hangs in the Special Collections Research Center.","Letters from Robert Hunt Land to Frances Randolph Howard Robb, wife of William and Mary Professor of Chemistry Robert Gilchrist Robb, while Land was serving in the Pacific Theater of World War II.","Fragments of three letters written in the same hand, perhaps by someone with the first or last name \"Randolph.\"","Includes a diary of Frances Randolph Howard, letters of Robert Gilchrist Robb, and letters of J. Patton.","Contains letters to Frances Randolph Howard from various family members including William Key Howard, Carrie Stuart Davis, Frances Upton, and Nina Stuart Smith; photographs of William Taylor Smith and Clara Haxall Randolph; and the roll book of Robert Gilchrist Robb while a chemistry professor at William and Mary from 1944 to 1945.","Letters written by William Key Howard to his sister Frances R. Howard. In the earliest letters William mentions school and alludes to his outdoor hobbies: buying fishing tackle and shotgun shells. The later letters were written from old family estate known as Gay Mont, in Rappahannock Academy, Virginia, which belonged to the Robb-Bernard branch of the family. Letters concering hunting, swimming, and horseback riding summers of 1921 and 1922. Mentions numerous cousins who visted Gay Mont. The final letters were written from Fredericksburg, Virginia where William attended Fredericksburg High School. Contains two postcards to William from his sister Frances.","Letters from January 1923- May 1924 from William to his sister Frances while he attended Fredericksburg High School.  Also writes of getting a job with a liner, participation in military training exercises, as well as of target practice and drill. References to the building of the new armory.  Mentions a trip to Ft. Bragg, North Carolina- one letter written from Ft. Bragg tells sister he is now \"Pvt. W.K. Howard\"-it appears he was in the Army Reserve or the National Guard. Mentions his birthday and being promoted to sergeant.  Writes of football games, his Indian artifact collection, plans to visit Gay Mont and Canning, as well as his travelling by train to Kansas. Folder contains copy of letter from Fredericksburg High School to William's father concerning tuition and course schedule issues.  William also mentions his plans to attend V.P.I.  Photograph to sister of hazing tradition 'Rat Parade'.","Letters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances, from V.I.P. which express his dissatisfaction with the school. Feels he is wasting his time at the school, though he enjoys the athletics. His company won inter-company basketball and football championships, he took first place in shot put and second in javelin throwing. Mentions inspection of the school, which is labeled as 8th best in country, as well as a large fire near the school. Mentions letters of his guardian and financial advisor Mr. Young. Money from Mr. Young to buy Liberty Bond. He writes of going to see \"The Birth of a Nation.\"  He mentions Black people in the theater were clapping when the character Lynch  was carried through the street on the shoulders of celebrating Black people.  He writes that \"they had K.Ks. up in the gallery to keep the colored people quite [sic].\" William works on a ship as deck boy. Mentions going to see \"The Birth of a Nation\". Contains a letter from the Davey Tree Expert Company dated October 16, 1925 accepting William's acceptance into their tree surgeon program.","Letters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances Howard. Writes of his training with Davey Tree Expert Company in Kent, Ohio. Mentions learning knots and how to work with the ropes.  Sent to Pennsylvania for paid field work, as well as Maryland.  Worries about keeping this job for the long term. Considers selling his Virginia Excelsior Company stock- thinks he and sister will get $6,000 each. Mentions Mr. Young his guardian (perhaps the same person as Mr. Edgar M. Young president of the Virginia Excelsior Company) William's father is connected with this company. Sister is getting married to Robert Gilchrist Robb in June.","Letters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances Robb (nee Howard). William is working temporarily as crew member on a ship-sails to Antwerp and Rotterdam.  Returns and resumes job with Davey Tree Expert Company.  Works near Baltimore Maryland.  Mentions lay offs by \"Ford\". Leaves job at Davey Tree Expert Company in September and works for the Merchants and Miners Transportation Corporation. Longs for the sea.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. William writes of having \"sent that lock of Boothe's [sic] hair that Grandma had to the Confederate Museum in Richmond.\" Mentions marital problems between his father and his second wife (Amy Margaret), she might move back to Texas. Mentions Frances and husband Robert Gilchrist Robb moving into the Paradise (Ludwell-Paradise) House on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg. Longs for the sea, Frances worries about him when he sails. Desires to work on a ship through the Shipping Board. Some letters written while at sea on the SS Eastern Dawn which sailed to Europe including Antwerp. Contains photographs.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. William spends winter months working on steamships sailing for Europe, ports including Copenhagan and Finland.  Inquires if there is work for tree surgeons in the restoration of Williamsburg- later says doesn't think Williamsburg,and contracting company Underwood, can afford him. Mentions time spent at Fall Hill, and friend Fred Robinson. Many Letters written from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania where he is doing tree work. Mentions joining the Virginia National Guard-training at Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania. Writes of opprotunity to partly own a gold mine with his friend Lynn-mine is located in Honduras. William and friend Robbie contemplate going there. Novmeber 3, he mentions stock market and the crash.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb.  Mentions getting a job as a watchman at Kenmore (the one time home of George Washington's sister) which is being renovated.  Estate once belonged to William's grandfather William Key Howard Sr. as well as his Uncle Willam Key Howard Jr. He must keep watch at night- so he sleeps there.  Mentions cousin John Randolph died.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes of moving to Belle Hill, near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Works for the National Park Service, specifically as park superintendant of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. Includes Newspaper clippings and announcement of his marriage to Elizabeth Burke Crismond on March 18, 1937. Father dies, mentions funeral-he is executor of father's estate-details. Mentions housewarming for new home at the park for Branch Spalding (coordinating superintendent for Virginia Civil War parks).","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Mentions a war and a trip to the Baltic including stops at \"Danzig, Helsingford [sic] and Murmansk\". Mentions attending a fire training school and refers to a serious problem with Bob's (Robert Gilchrist Robb) eye.  Writes about his being discharged from the Virginia National Guard (?). Mentions plans for new job.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes he has volunteered for the Army, mentions that wife, Liz and their two daughters, will live in Spotsylvania Court House while he is away. Mentions renting his Belle Hill home to a soldier, and wants to rent the large house too. Mentions Army induction at Bowling Green and then moves to Camp Lee. He is stationed at Salem Airbase in Oregon for training. Mentions training experiences and his \"expert\" marksmanship. Believes he will be stationed behind the lines in war. Reassigned to \"Ono siding\" near San Bernardino, California. Describes location and his job there. Mentions plans to visit Los Angeles and Mexico, as well as visiting Hollywood where they made \"The Birth of a Nation\".","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes the he is applying for \"agriculturalist discharge\", his Belle Hill farm is no longer being cared for due to labor shortages, his request is denied.  Mentions concern for Robert Gilchrist Robb who recently fainted and requires bed rest.  Mentions the weather of San Bernardino.  Mentions his furlough being cancelled many times, wants to visit family in Virginia for Christmas.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes of 700 Italian prisoners coming to a camp near San Bernardino, California, and their housing. Writes of camp life, mentions government-produced films being shown to the men. Mentions the weather of San Bernardino. References family in Virginia and responds to news from Frances, mentions his neice and her accomplishments. Included is a letter to William from Frances which mentions that her daughter will be attending Sweet Briar College. William mentions doings of other men like working at \"Kaisers steel mills\". Mentions his working extra hours for extra money for his upcoming furlough, received the good conduct metal which he finds ironic because he often breaks the rules. Includes pictures.","Letters from William Key Howard to Frances Robb. Writes of his quartermaster in San Bernardino, California being disbanded and of his transfer to Ft. Lewis near Seatle, Washington, expects to be assigned to medical duty. At Ft. Lewis he must go through basic training again and eight weeks of technical training. Describes his training experiences including a film entitled \"The Colored Soldier\", discusses race and the military. Anticipates his furlough at the end of training. Mentions many AWOLs and unit break ups- so the Army increased furloughs to raise moral. Mentions camp life at Ft. Lewis and his plans to visit Tokoma and Seattle, he prefers Seattle. Responds to news about his family and friends back home, mentions Robert Robb's illness many times, Robb had a blood clot and was bedridden.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Mentions Robert Robb's upcoming retirement from William and Mary at the end of the 1945-1946 school year.  William began working at Quantico in 1945, received his terminal leave pay in December 1947. Alludes to nephew (Robert Robb Jr.) joining the Army. Mentions attending the dedication of a Stuart tablet at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in King George County, Virginia. Writes of visits to Gay Mont and of planting rye at Belle Hill.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb, mostly news about activities, health, and location of family members both immediate and distant. Mentions wife Liz being in Jamestown for Queen Elizabeth's visit. Gay Mont sold in 1958. Writes that he moved furniture and personal property: paintings (one by Sully sent to Frances). Appears upset about sale of Gay Mont. A 1958 map of Gay Mont included and hints that Pattons might buy Gay Mont soon. A few letters to Frances Robb from both William and his wife which mention France's daughter Fran having surgery twice. William works for the fire department at Quantico as well as at his farm Belle Hill.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb.  Mentions helping clean up debris left by the fire at Gay Mont, alludes to the Pattons' intention to restore the house.  Mentions his daughters, Ellen and Cary, attending Mary Washington College, Ellen also spent some time at William and Mary.  Mentions having portraits restored one of Ellen and one of Alice.  Comments on the inauguration of John F. Kennedy which he viewed on television.  References situation in Berlin and advises sister to buy extra food each week to build a supply.  William has been copying Uncle William's Civil War diary which mentions the battles of Seven Pines, Sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg which he was able to avoid. Includes a copy of an article \"The Valleys of Virginia- The Rappahannock\" published in 1859- mentions Port Royal, Gay Mont, and slave working conditions in the region. Folder also includes a captioned photograph from a newsletter (?) commemorating William K. Howard's thirty years of services as a firefighter.","Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. Mentions daughters Ellen and Cary were home for Christmas, going to Washington D.C. to visit Amy. Mamie had Christmas dinner with the Howards, Mamie injured herself after Christmas. Letter from Liz Howard to Frances about Christams, mentions John Glenn's flight on television and Bill's truck problems. Mentions snow storm of 15 inches and loss of power for 32 hours. Bill and Liz celebrated 25th wedding aniversary April 1962. Discusses school plans as well as work and summer plans for Cary and Ellen. Eugenia may have had a stroke 1962. Mentions a midnight Christmas service at St. George. Amy fell down stairs and broke her pelvis. Saw the Mona Lisa in Washington D.C. Mentions the marriage of Mr. Brigham to a Spencer from Williamsburg. Mentions that Jim will be out of the service in 1963. Writes of farm and animal life. Liz receives Mama's diamond. Mentions Belle Hill's estate price. Discusses Amy's will.","Letters, cards, and newspaper clippings to Frances Robb (Mrs. R.G. Robb). Bill retired his daughter Cary moved to Fairfax. Mentions Ellen and Cary's affairs. Cary and Ellen drive to Lake Tahoe. Ford Motor Company is interested in Freedom Hill. Bill and Liz celebrate their 29th anniversary. Mentions some purchases from Miller and Rhoads. Cary goes to Athens, Georgia mentions KKK trials. Mentions Bill and Lem Houston's march on Pennsylvania Avenue. Bill in court as witness about over assesment. William dies February 10, 1898. Manzie dies October 20, 1913- letters from Hollywood grave stones. Thank-you note from Liz. Mentions a trip to Montross. Thank-you letter for tulips. Mentions a 50 cent pieces Bobby is saving and plans of Ellen and Patti's trip to Europe.","Letters and cards from Bill and Liz to sister Frances Robb. Mentions affairs of Mamie, her moving, the sale of her house to Bill, her health, and estate. Writes of Clara and her health, operation, and later her death. Affairs of Cary and Ellen, schooling, travels, and their weddings. Writes on politics and the meeting of the Eight District of Legion. Mentions some dental problems, and that Olive Swanson from LaVere died. Also mentions Olive's sisters Blanche and Lousie Cassell and also mentions a geneology booklet about the Tuckahoe Randolphs being recently acquired. Writes of visiting Tuckahoe and Richmond with Buff and Sally. Nora is in hospital. Mincie Polock died and Bill died. Liz and Dorothy Harris visit Prince William, Manassas. Mentions a painting by Sully in Governor's Mansion. Bill elected to be Key Man for coming year. Bill buys a new car, went to Gay Mont and mentions book named Golden Age of Piracy. Discusses Christmas plans and gifts. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Discusses Belle Hill afairs such as hunting, dogs, and fuel oil as well as of Liz's new teaching job. Includes a typed copy of the History and Life of Thomas Mann Randolph and documentation of Gilchrist from the Clan Macfarlane. Columbia in hospital. Mentions Tides Inn visit to Shirley and Berkely Plantations. Bill still member of American Legion. Visits with family at Gay Mont. Mentions chromolithographs. Mentions Chestertown and Cambridge on the Eastern Shore where he worked. Liz injured herself. Writes of politics. Flower delivery for Frances. Bill giving up farming plans to rent Camden farm to Piedmont Fertilizer. Piedmont affairs. Mentions the weather, flooding and Paul Karsten's health. Writes of people in Florida. Writes of Bill and Buff's relationship and outings. Mentions \"We Began At Jamestown\" and party at Prospect Hill. Talks of high school reunion and John Billingsley's face lift. Mentions visit of Newt Hill and Clara Louise and daughter. Writes of hunting dogs and hunting. Mentions mulitple visits and socials with different persons. Bill is a grandpa and in 69 years old. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Bear sighting at Gay Mont. Mentions Cary, Fritz, and Ashley's travels. Mentions weather. Writes of dinner parties and guests. Plans for 50th high school reunion. Mentions photographs of John Eager's medal. Bill member of 32nd degree in Scottish RIte of Masonry in Richmond, initiated into Shriners. Includes copy of parole document from National Archives from Headquarters Department of Virginia 1865 William Howard as prisoner of war 4th Virginia Calvary, permission to go home to Maryland. Bill to be grandpa in May. Mentions multiple wedding anniversaries, weddings, and events of friends. Discusses possible oil shortages soon.","Letters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Information on Cary, Fritz, and family. Writes about social visits from various family members. Bear sightings at Gay Mont. Writes of Washington D.C. and traffic issues as well as archival work. Includes copies: Philip L. Robb, William R. Bernard of Co.B 9th Virginia Calvary, (Johnson's Regiment). Mentions Ellen and Jim as well as Columbia's health improving. Writes of Tom's auto accident at Gay Mont and mentions Brown's Motel in Port Royal. Writes of Joe Holloway's funeral and events. Contains get well cards to Frances. Mentions hunting on his property and deer season. Contains 3 photographs of Ashley and Key. Mentions a brass Randolph paper clip and a New Year party at Propect Hill. Mentions the Hoyt's party and health. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard and Frances Patton to Frances Robb. Mentions Belle Hill and farm affairs. Writes of various persons being in the hospital. Mentions two historians from Park Services and a PhD visiting him to talk about Chatham, inquired of pictures, maps, and events. Writes of the geneology of the Virginian Howards and the Maryland Howards as well as an article Cary wrote. Writes of Liz's biopsy. Mentions Ellen's visit and travels. Discusses A.P.V.A. deal and people. Mentions Gay Mont, Mount Zion, a wedding at Vanters, Tappahannock, Mulberry Place, the Eupatorium Incarnatu, Kenmore, Woodlawn, and Bowling Green. Mentions Howard McHenry, Paul Karsten and his family, Frances Patton, the Boddies, Eleanor Iglehart, granddaughter Ashley, Mrs. Briggs, Charles and Madge Marshell, the Holmes, Katherine Yerby, and states that Mary Stevenson and John Billingsly died. Writes often of dogs and some of politics. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to Frances Robb. Writes of fuel oil and prices. Mentions the weather and writes often of the dogs. Visits of family, Ellen, Liz, Cary, and grandchildren. Writes about historians inquiring about Chatham. Discussess geneological matters. Bill plants 7,00 pines on property-cost sharing-writes of trees. Mentions John and Peg Russell, Mary Coleman, Jim, David Holmes, Thomas and Lawson Waring, Dr. McFarland, Dorothy and Joe Harris, Bob Krick, the Caroline Historical Society, Taylor Turner, Dorothy Peters, Sally Scott Norris, Wallace Yerby, Forrest Dickinson, and Marge Arnold. Plans of going to Europe. Also mentions Napels Florida, St. Asaphs, Bowling Green, Tuckahoe, Belle Hill, Stratford, Camden, Spotsylvania, St. Peters, New Salem Church, Gay Mont, Vanters, and Fredericksburg. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard and Frances Patton to Frances Robb. Frances Robb is in the hospital. Writes of weather-mentions hang up dead water snake so rain would come. Writes of dogs and new dog. Mentions gardening and the Rappahannock Valley Garden Club. Writes of many social visits and church services. Mentions Lucille Reilly, John Ballentine, Virginius Dabney's history book, the Yerby's and the Wallace's, Rosalie, Ellen and Columbia, the Quarles, Raplph Robertsons, Alice Turner. Writes of Bowling Green, Wynnewood Pennsylvania, Gay Mont, Port Royal, Goldenvale Creek, Gouldman Dam. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard and Frances Patton to Frances Robb. Includes photograph of Lucy Anne Patterson \"Mamseys\" Mother. Mentions the weather. Writes of Ellen and Cary and their plans and travels. Mentions the dogs. Purchase of brick lined stove. Mentions Thanksgiving plans with family. Writes of various social visits and parties. Mentions Bob Hicks, Dorothy Harris, Ralph Fall, the Howards, the Russells and the Carters, Sally Norris Scott, and Rosalie Taylor, as well as Spring Grove, Bowling Green, Gay Mont and Snow Creek, the Crowningshield Building at Kenmore, and the Happy Clam. Writes of Columbus day being celebrated on the 10th not the 12th. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to sister Frances Robb. Writes of Frances' dinner party and of the stone from James H. Byran Memorials of Harrisonburg. John A. Weaver is their Fredericksburg representative. Stone brought to Gay Mont-writes of mud and trouble with delivery. Bill's cousin Key died. Frances is in the hospital, plans to return home on her birthday. Liz thanks Fran for sending checks. Mentions settling France's estate. Description of Frances. Liz works at the hospital. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Letters from Bill Howard to Frances Robb, Letters of Jim, Meem and Patty. Bill thanks Fran and Bob for presents. Mentions New Year party at the Hoyt's and travels through Castles. Fran treated Jim to lunch, Fran to stay with either Cary or Jim. Letter to Meem and Patty talks about power lines and the APVA. Mentions Joanna Catron the curator at \"Belmont\", Anita Pratt, Madell family and Beverley, Taylor Turner's death, Louis Rollins, Jayne Harding, the Cheesmans, Beverley Pratt, Julian Hudson, the Bowens and Marjorie Strother, Jeff Gilbert, the Erhards. Also mentions the DMA picnic at Berry Plain. Mentions placing flags at grave sites. Writes of wedding plans. Mentions the Bowens making \"Oaken Brow\" into a spinach farm. Mentions Gay Mont, Bridgeville, Ghelarduccis and surrounding street names. Includes a page from a diary, and writes of viewing many photographs. Mentions various names of streets and locations. (A more detailed description included in folder).","Includes\"'calling card, brownley's, Washington, DC, message from Bill\". Index card with names of William Key Howard to sister Frances R.H. Robb, Frances Lightfoot Robb and wife, Elizabeth Crismond Howard. Index card from Elizabeth Crismond Howard to sister in law Frances Robb. Very small postcard from Smith Memorial, Philadelphia to Miss F.R. Howard in Washington DC. Postcard from Bill with photograph of Tsukuba. Postcards from Bill to F.R. Howard, postcard to Mrs. R.G. Robb, all with various images. As well as undated items in Howards-cards and letters folder. (A more detailed description located in folder.)","One 8\" x 10\" black and white photograph of Eugenia van Dyke Robb that was used for a story published by the Baltimore Sun in 1943.","This series contains letters, postcards, photographs, and other material related to the Robb-Bernard family. Most of the material relates to the family of Frances Robb. Some of the correspondents in the letters include Robert Gilchrist Robb, Jr., Frances Randolph Howard, and other members of the Howard family. 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