{"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letter+books\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1868\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Virginia--Religious+history","last":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letter+books\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1868\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Virginia--Religious+history\u0026page=1"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":null,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":1,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":2,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":true}},"data":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9059","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Fairfax Harrison Papers, 1736/1945","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9059#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Harrison, Fairfax, 1869-1938","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9059#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1736-1945, of and collected by Fairfax Harrison. Papers collected include colonial era documents, deeds, surveys, the diary of Sally Fairfax (1771-1772), legal papers, a copy of the Dettingen Parish (Prince William County, Va.) vestry book which contains minutes, indentures, and other (1745-1802), and photostat copy of the letterbook (1801) of Col. John Tayloe of Mount Airy, Va. Fairfax Harrison's papers include his correspondence with individuals and institutions concerning his interest in Virginia History. Prominent correspondents include John Stewart Bryan, David I. Bushnell, Worthington C. Ford, Douglas Southall Freeman, William G. Stanard, Clayton Torrence, Earl Gregg Swem, Lyon G. Tyler and Langbourne M. Williams. Subjects include Sir Edmund Andros,Francis Nicholson, Francis Fauquier, debtors' prisons, parish boundaries, Culpeper family, thoroughbred horses, county records, and the publishing of Harrison's works as well as the publishing of Robert Armistead Stewart's Index to Printed Virginia Genealogies and E. 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.","Fairfax Harrison was born in New York 13 March 1869, the son of Burton and Constance (Cary) Harrison and the brother of Francis Burton Harrison. He graduated from Yale in 1890 and got a M. A. degree from Columbia University. He practiced law in New York and was solicitor for the Southern Railway, president of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway; and president of the Southern Railway from 1913-1937. Harrison was the author of many works including the Devon Carys, Landmarks of Old Price William, Proprietors of the Northern Neck, the Belair Stud, the Equine FFVs, the Roanoke Stud and the Virginia Carys. He died 2 February 1938. 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_H25_Harrison.pdf","Related collection is Francis Burton Harrison Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","2008.280 Virginia Historical Index - Fairfax Harrison Family Correspondence, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Papers, 1736-1945, of and collected by Fairfax Harrison. Papers collected include colonial era documents, deeds, surveys, the diary of Sally Fairfax (1771-1772), legal papers, a copy of the Dettingen Parish (Prince William County, Va.) vestry book which contains minutes, indentures, and other (1745-1802), and photostat copy of the letterbook (1801) of Col. John Tayloe of Mount Airy, Va. Fairfax Harrison's papers include his correspondence with individuals and institutions concerning his interest in Virginia History. Prominent correspondents include John Stewart Bryan, David I. Bushnell, Worthington C. Ford, Douglas Southall Freeman, William G. Stanard, Clayton Torrence, Earl Gregg Swem, Lyon G. Tyler and Langbourne M. Williams. Subjects include Sir Edmund Andros,Francis Nicholson, Francis Fauquier, debtors' prisons, parish boundaries, Culpeper family, thoroughbred horses, county records, and the publishing of Harrison's works as well as the publishing of Robert Armistead Stewart's Index to Printed Virginia Genealogies and E. G. Swem's Virginia Historical Index. The collection also includes notes by Wilson Miles Cary concerning the Cary family and the books at \"Carysbrook,\" Fluvanna County, Va.","[Folders 1 \u0026 6 oversize]","A survey of a 17, 296 acre plat of land owned by William Fairfax. Surveyed by John Aubry. Copy made 28 December 1808. This item is in the oversize map cabinets (M 40.1).","Of 29, 170 acres, \"Shannondale,\" to John Colvill by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.","Of 17, 296 acres, \"Piedmont.\" to John Calvill by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.","Of 164 acres in Prince William county to George William Fairfax (son of William Fairfax) by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.","By George Humes of Ralph Wormeley's land in Frederick County.","Survey of land in the Blue Ridge owned by Catesby Cocke, Mann Page, George Atwood, William Fairfax, Col. Tayloe, ect. Drawing by John Warner. Folder is located in oversize map cabinets (M 40.1).","(Printed in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. II). Letter by Sally Fairfax to her father, Bryan Fairfax, 1777 October 18.","By Sarah Cary] Fairfax (Mrs. George William), Landsdown Place, Bath to unknown.","Estate of George William Fairfax. Opinion given by John S. Powell.","Tappahannock Jockey Club Minute Book.","Letterbook, of John Tayloe of Mount Airy.","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 1 of 5).","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 2 of 5).","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 3 of 5).","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, 1745-1802, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 4 of 5).","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 5 of 5).","Documents (Location of originals unknown) bearing Harrison signatures and family information.","Wilson Miles Cary, notebook regarding the Randolph Family. Notebook regarding the Gittings, Howard, Gist, \u0026 Brice families. Notebook regarding the Cary, Wilson, Randolph families. Notebook of extracts from the Cornbury Ms., Albany, New York. Wilson Miles Cary, notebook containing list of books from the Carysbrooke Library.","Cary of the Carys of Virginia, 35 pp. Typescript of \"Col. Wilson Miles Cary.\" 23 pp","Cary family and to Burton N. Harrison.","Cary graves.","Wilson Miles Cary genealogical notes about the Cary family. Ms of \"The Carys of Virginia.\"","Wilson Miles Cary genealogical notes and charts. WMC notes about James River counties.","Debtors prisons in Colonial Virginia.","Virginia Parish boundaries, registers and vestry books.","Fairfax House, Alexandria.","Virginia Land Grants.","The Proprietors of the Northern Neck and to Fauquier on the Map.","The Proprietors of the Northern Neck, to Fauquier on the Map, and to Landmarks of Old Prince William.","Brent Town (Prince William County).","\"Northern Neck.\"","Occoquan.","Virginia parishes.","Turnpikes, roads, and canals.","With John Stewart Bryan, Thomas E. Didlake, H.C. Groome, and Robert F. Hayes, Jr.","With Charlotte Noland, Foxcroft.","With Smithsonian Institution.","With W.G. Stanard, Virginia Historical Society.","With Rev. Clayton Torrence and with Lyon G. Tyler,.","With Commonwealth of Virginia Land Office.","Correspondence and notes relating to Fairfax Harrison Landmarks of Old Prince William.","Landmarks of Old Prince William","Dettingen-Hamilton-Leeds parish boundaries.","Boundaries of Brent Town Tract.","Northern Neck grant.","Awbry and Noland families.","Wyatt's first administration, early papents, etc.","Patents in the \"Freshes\", Potomac river grants.","\"The Frying Pan Cooper Mine.\"","Cadwallader Jones.","Justices of the Peace and Commissions of the Peace.","The Proprietors of the Northern Neck.","Culpepers.","Stafford County.","Francis Nicholson and Sir Edmund Andros.","Francis Fauquier and his portrait.","R.A. Stewart's  Index to Virginia Genealogies.","John Warner's map of Virginia.","Portrait of \"Captain John Smith.\"","Virginia horses- owner and date. Article regarding horseracing from The Sportsman.","\"Pioneers on the Rappahannock River.\" Typed list of patents.","Caroline and Essex counties.","King and Queen county.","King William and Louisa counties.","New Kent, Northumberland, Spotsylvania counties.","Forts, Towns, and Maps.","Sportswood's tobacco act, 1713 with list of tobacco agents and storehouses; notes regarding Pamunkey neck; notes regarding Lancaster \u0026 Rappahannock; and list of chief executives of Virginia, 1584-1830.","Eighteenth century residents of various counties in Virginia.","Middle Neck: occupation of area, parishes, clerks, burgesses, acts creating counties.","Justices for Spotsylvania county.","Middle Neck warehouses, ferries in Virginia, York River parishes and counties, and county courts,.","Virginia tracts, listed chronologically from 1580.","Letters, etc., including letters by Conway Robinson and by Francis Scott Key.","Genealogical Bureau of Virginia.","Captain John Smith Tercentenary service in London","\"Sporting parsons\" in Virginia.","Worthington Ford, etc relating to photostating all known copies of the Virginia Gazette.","Monthly meeting of the Quakers in Loudoun County from originals owned by the library of the Park Avenue Meeting House, Baltimore, MD.","Location of Fairfax Courthouse.","Original John White water colors now in the British Museum. From plates belonging to the Smithsonian, given to Fairfax Harrison by D.I. Bushnell.","Dumfries, Va.","Culpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 1 of 4).","Culpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 2 of 4).","Culpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 3 of 4).","Culpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 4 of 4).","Remarks of Fairfax Harrison introducing Col. Henry W. Anderson as a candidate for Governor.","Journals of the council at Williamsburg","George Neville of Prince William and Fauquier and about Fry and Jefferson map.","Fairfax Harrison's library.","Virginia Historical Index.","Correspondence regarding account and publishing of the Virginia Historical Index.","American Historical Association, .","Robert Beverley, the historian.","With Douglas Southall Freeman.","Fairfax Harrison's father's portrait.","With Langbourne M. Williams.","With Jane B. Guignard, Columbia, South Carolina.","With Virginia State Library.","With Virginia State Library.","Of The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Ward H. Lamon. Typescript, undated.","With the American Classical League, chiefly relating to the Bi-Millennium Vergilanum Celebration, 1930.","With the American Academy in Rome.","Relating to William R. Johnson, (1782-1849).","Notes and drafts of thesis regarding cooperatives in Europe.","With Earl Gregg Swem.","Tradescant Memorial Window, Oxford England -- correspondence with R.T. Gunther.","With E.D. Tayloe, Shadwell, Virginia.","With Lord Fairfax.","With Mrs. Henry G. Ferguson regarding Indian burials.","Remodeling of Belvoir Farm, the Plains, Virginia.","\"A Frenchman in Virginia, 1686.\"","With W.D. Hooper, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.","With and relating to the Southern Railway Co.","With John Stewart Bryan.","With Col. Bryan Conrad regarding Braddock Road.","Marker for the grave of Anne Fairfax (1728-1765?), \"Mount Pleasant,\" Westmoreland Co., Virginia.","With Mrs. Julia S. Kyle regarding Pamunkey Indians.","With David I. Bushnell, Jr.","With Wyoming Historical and Genealogical Society, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.","With Virginia Historical Society.","And plans for annex to Virginia Historical Society building (R. E. Lee House).","Photostats of maps.","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","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County, Va.)","Carey family","Culpeper family","Harrison, Fairfax, 1869-1938","Bryan, John Stewart, 1871-1944","Bushnell, David Ives, Jr., 1875-1941","Cary, Wilson Miles, 1838-1914","Fairfax, Sally, fl. 1771-1772","Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941","Freeman, Douglas Southall, 1886-1953","Stanard, William G.","Tayloe, John, fl. 1801","Torrence, Clayton, 1884-1953","Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935","Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714","Fauquier, Francis, 1704?-1768","Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Fairfax Harrison Papers, 1736/1945"],"collection_ssim":["Fairfax Harrison Papers, 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He practiced law in New York and was solicitor for the Southern Railway, president of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway; and president of the Southern Railway from 1913-1937. Harrison was the author of many works including the Devon Carys, Landmarks of Old Price William, Proprietors of the Northern Neck, the Belair Stud, the Equine FFVs, the Roanoke Stud and the Virginia Carys. He died 2 February 1938. 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/Fairfax_Harrison\" title=\"Fairfax Harrison\"\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information:"],"bioghist_tesim":["Fairfax Harrison was born in New York 13 March 1869, the son of Burton and Constance (Cary) Harrison and the brother of Francis Burton Harrison. He graduated from Yale in 1890 and got a M. A. degree from Columbia University. 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Papers collected include colonial era documents, deeds, surveys, the diary of Sally Fairfax (1771-1772), legal papers, a copy of the Dettingen Parish (Prince William County, Va.) vestry book which contains minutes, indentures, and other (1745-1802), and photostat copy of the letterbook (1801) of Col. John Tayloe of Mount Airy, Va. Fairfax Harrison's papers include his correspondence with individuals and institutions concerning his interest in Virginia History. Prominent correspondents include John Stewart Bryan, David I. Bushnell, Worthington C. Ford, Douglas Southall Freeman, William G. Stanard, Clayton Torrence, Earl Gregg Swem, Lyon G. Tyler and Langbourne M. Williams. Subjects include Sir Edmund Andros,Francis Nicholson, Francis Fauquier, debtors' prisons, parish boundaries, Culpeper family, thoroughbred horses, county records, and the publishing of Harrison's works as well as the publishing of Robert Armistead Stewart's Index to Printed Virginia Genealogies and E. G. Swem's Virginia Historical Index. The collection also includes notes by Wilson Miles Cary concerning the Cary family and the books at \"Carysbrook,\" Fluvanna County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003e[Folders 1 \u0026amp; 6 oversize]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA survey of a 17, 296 acre plat of land owned by William Fairfax. Surveyed by John Aubry. Copy made 28 December 1808. This item is in the oversize map cabinets (M 40.1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf 29, 170 acres, \"Shannondale,\" to John Colvill by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf 17, 296 acres, \"Piedmont.\" to John Calvill by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf 164 acres in Prince William county to George William Fairfax (son of William Fairfax) by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy George Humes of Ralph Wormeley's land in Frederick County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of land in the Blue Ridge owned by Catesby Cocke, Mann Page, George Atwood, William Fairfax, Col. Tayloe, ect. Drawing by John Warner. Folder is located in oversize map cabinets (M 40.1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Printed in \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Magazine of History and Biography\u003c/emph\u003e, Vol. II). Letter by Sally Fairfax to her father, Bryan Fairfax, 1777 October 18.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy Sarah Cary] Fairfax (Mrs. George William), Landsdown Place, Bath to unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEstate of George William Fairfax. Opinion given by John S. Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTappahannock Jockey Club Minute Book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetterbook, of John Tayloe of Mount Airy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 1 of 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 2 of 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 3 of 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, 1745-1802, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 4 of 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 5 of 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments (Location of originals unknown) bearing Harrison signatures and family information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilson Miles Cary, notebook regarding the Randolph Family. Notebook regarding the Gittings, Howard, Gist, \u0026amp; Brice families. Notebook regarding the Cary, Wilson, Randolph families. Notebook of extracts from the Cornbury Ms., Albany, New York. Wilson Miles Cary, notebook containing list of books from the Carysbrooke Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eCary of the Carys of Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e, 35 pp. Typescript of \"Col. Wilson Miles Cary.\" 23 pp\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCary family and to Burton N. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCary graves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilson Miles Cary genealogical notes about the Cary family. Ms of \"The Carys of Virginia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilson Miles Cary genealogical notes and charts. WMC notes about James River counties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebtors prisons in Colonial Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Parish boundaries, registers and vestry books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFairfax House, Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Land Grants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Proprietors of the Northern Neck and to Fauquier on the Map.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Proprietors of the Northern Neck, to Fauquier on the Map, and to Landmarks of Old Prince William.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrent Town (Prince William County).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Northern Neck.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOccoquan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia parishes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTurnpikes, roads, and canals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith John Stewart Bryan, Thomas E. Didlake, H.C. Groome, and Robert F. Hayes, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Charlotte Noland, Foxcroft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Smithsonian Institution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith W.G. Stanard, Virginia Historical Society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Rev. Clayton Torrence and with Lyon G. Tyler,.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Commonwealth of Virginia Land Office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and notes relating to Fairfax Harrison \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLandmarks of Old Prince William.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLandmarks of Old Prince William\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDettingen-Hamilton-Leeds parish boundaries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoundaries of Brent Town Tract.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNorthern Neck grant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAwbry and Noland families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWyatt's first administration, early papents, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatents in the \"Freshes\", Potomac river grants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"The Frying Pan Cooper Mine.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCadwallader Jones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJustices of the Peace and Commissions of the Peace.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Proprietors of the Northern Neck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCulpepers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStafford County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrancis Nicholson and Sir Edmund Andros.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrancis Fauquier and his portrait.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.A. Stewart's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e Index to Virginia Genealogies.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Warner's map of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePortrait of \"Captain John Smith.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia horses- owner and date. Article regarding horseracing from \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Sportsman\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Pioneers on the Rappahannock River.\" Typed list of patents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaroline and Essex counties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKing and Queen county.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKing William and Louisa counties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNew Kent, Northumberland, Spotsylvania counties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForts, Towns, and Maps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSportswood's tobacco act, 1713 with list of tobacco agents and storehouses; notes regarding Pamunkey neck; notes regarding Lancaster \u0026amp; Rappahannock; and list of chief executives of Virginia, 1584-1830.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEighteenth century residents of various counties in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiddle Neck: occupation of area, parishes, clerks, burgesses, acts creating counties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJustices for Spotsylvania county.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiddle Neck warehouses, ferries in Virginia, York River parishes and counties, and county courts,.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia tracts, listed chronologically from 1580.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, etc., including letters by Conway Robinson and by Francis Scott Key.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Bureau of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain John Smith Tercentenary service in London\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Sporting parsons\" in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWorthington Ford, etc relating to photostating all known copies of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Gazette\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonthly meeting of the Quakers in Loudoun County from originals owned by the library of the Park Avenue Meeting House, Baltimore, MD.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLocation of Fairfax Courthouse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal John White water colors now in the British Museum. From plates belonging to the Smithsonian, given to Fairfax Harrison by D.I. Bushnell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDumfries, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 1 of 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 2 of 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 3 of 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 4 of 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRemarks of Fairfax Harrison introducing Col. Henry W. Anderson as a candidate for Governor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJournals of the council at Williamsburg\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Neville of Prince William and Fauquier and about Fry and Jefferson map.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFairfax Harrison's library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Historical Index.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence regarding account and publishing of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Historical Index.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Historical Association, .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Beverley, the historian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Douglas Southall Freeman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFairfax Harrison's father's portrait.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Langbourne M. Williams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Jane B. Guignard, Columbia, South Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Virginia State Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Virginia State Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Life of Abraham Lincoln\u003c/emph\u003e by Ward H. Lamon. Typescript, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith the American Classical League, chiefly relating to the Bi-Millennium Vergilanum Celebration, 1930.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith the American Academy in Rome.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating to William R. Johnson, (1782-1849).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes and drafts of thesis regarding cooperatives in Europe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Earl Gregg Swem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTradescant Memorial Window, Oxford England -- correspondence with R.T. Gunther.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith E.D. Tayloe, Shadwell, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Lord Fairfax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Mrs. Henry G. Ferguson regarding Indian burials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRemodeling of Belvoir Farm, the Plains, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"A Frenchman in Virginia, 1686.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith W.D. Hooper, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith and relating to the Southern Railway Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith John Stewart Bryan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Col. Bryan Conrad regarding Braddock Road.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarker for the grave of Anne Fairfax (1728-1765?), \"Mount Pleasant,\" Westmoreland Co., Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Mrs. Julia S. Kyle regarding Pamunkey Indians.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith David I. Bushnell, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Wyoming Historical and Genealogical Society, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Virginia Historical Society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnd plans for annex to Virginia Historical Society building (R. E. Lee House).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostats of maps.\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, 1736-1945, of and collected by Fairfax Harrison. Papers collected include colonial era documents, deeds, surveys, the diary of Sally Fairfax (1771-1772), legal papers, a copy of the Dettingen Parish (Prince William County, Va.) vestry book which contains minutes, indentures, and other (1745-1802), and photostat copy of the letterbook (1801) of Col. John Tayloe of Mount Airy, Va. Fairfax Harrison's papers include his correspondence with individuals and institutions concerning his interest in Virginia History. Prominent correspondents include John Stewart Bryan, David I. Bushnell, Worthington C. Ford, Douglas Southall Freeman, William G. Stanard, Clayton Torrence, Earl Gregg Swem, Lyon G. Tyler and Langbourne M. Williams. Subjects include Sir Edmund Andros,Francis Nicholson, Francis Fauquier, debtors' prisons, parish boundaries, Culpeper family, thoroughbred horses, county records, and the publishing of Harrison's works as well as the publishing of Robert Armistead Stewart's Index to Printed Virginia Genealogies and E. G. Swem's Virginia Historical Index. The collection also includes notes by Wilson Miles Cary concerning the Cary family and the books at \"Carysbrook,\" Fluvanna County, Va.","[Folders 1 \u0026 6 oversize]","A survey of a 17, 296 acre plat of land owned by William Fairfax. Surveyed by John Aubry. Copy made 28 December 1808. This item is in the oversize map cabinets (M 40.1).","Of 29, 170 acres, \"Shannondale,\" to John Colvill by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.","Of 17, 296 acres, \"Piedmont.\" to John Calvill by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.","Of 164 acres in Prince William county to George William Fairfax (son of William Fairfax) by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.","By George Humes of Ralph Wormeley's land in Frederick County.","Survey of land in the Blue Ridge owned by Catesby Cocke, Mann Page, George Atwood, William Fairfax, Col. Tayloe, ect. Drawing by John Warner. Folder is located in oversize map cabinets (M 40.1).","(Printed in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. II). Letter by Sally Fairfax to her father, Bryan Fairfax, 1777 October 18.","By Sarah Cary] Fairfax (Mrs. George William), Landsdown Place, Bath to unknown.","Estate of George William Fairfax. Opinion given by John S. Powell.","Tappahannock Jockey Club Minute Book.","Letterbook, of John Tayloe of Mount Airy.","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 1 of 5).","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 2 of 5).","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 3 of 5).","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, 1745-1802, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 4 of 5).","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 5 of 5).","Documents (Location of originals unknown) bearing Harrison signatures and family information.","Wilson Miles Cary, notebook regarding the Randolph Family. Notebook regarding the Gittings, Howard, Gist, \u0026 Brice families. Notebook regarding the Cary, Wilson, Randolph families. Notebook of extracts from the Cornbury Ms., Albany, New York. Wilson Miles Cary, notebook containing list of books from the Carysbrooke Library.","Cary of the Carys of Virginia, 35 pp. Typescript of \"Col. Wilson Miles Cary.\" 23 pp","Cary family and to Burton N. Harrison.","Cary graves.","Wilson Miles Cary genealogical notes about the Cary family. Ms of \"The Carys of Virginia.\"","Wilson Miles Cary genealogical notes and charts. WMC notes about James River counties.","Debtors prisons in Colonial Virginia.","Virginia Parish boundaries, registers and vestry books.","Fairfax House, Alexandria.","Virginia Land Grants.","The Proprietors of the Northern Neck and to Fauquier on the Map.","The Proprietors of the Northern Neck, to Fauquier on the Map, and to Landmarks of Old Prince William.","Brent Town (Prince William County).","\"Northern Neck.\"","Occoquan.","Virginia parishes.","Turnpikes, roads, and canals.","With John Stewart Bryan, Thomas E. Didlake, H.C. Groome, and Robert F. Hayes, Jr.","With Charlotte Noland, Foxcroft.","With Smithsonian Institution.","With W.G. Stanard, Virginia Historical Society.","With Rev. Clayton Torrence and with Lyon G. Tyler,.","With Commonwealth of Virginia Land Office.","Correspondence and notes relating to Fairfax Harrison Landmarks of Old Prince William.","Landmarks of Old Prince William","Dettingen-Hamilton-Leeds parish boundaries.","Boundaries of Brent Town Tract.","Northern Neck grant.","Awbry and Noland families.","Wyatt's first administration, early papents, etc.","Patents in the \"Freshes\", Potomac river grants.","\"The Frying Pan Cooper Mine.\"","Cadwallader Jones.","Justices of the Peace and Commissions of the Peace.","The Proprietors of the Northern Neck.","Culpepers.","Stafford County.","Francis Nicholson and Sir Edmund Andros.","Francis Fauquier and his portrait.","R.A. Stewart's  Index to Virginia Genealogies.","John Warner's map of Virginia.","Portrait of \"Captain John Smith.\"","Virginia horses- owner and date. Article regarding horseracing from The Sportsman.","\"Pioneers on the Rappahannock River.\" Typed list of patents.","Caroline and Essex counties.","King and Queen county.","King William and Louisa counties.","New Kent, Northumberland, Spotsylvania counties.","Forts, Towns, and Maps.","Sportswood's tobacco act, 1713 with list of tobacco agents and storehouses; notes regarding Pamunkey neck; notes regarding Lancaster \u0026 Rappahannock; and list of chief executives of Virginia, 1584-1830.","Eighteenth century residents of various counties in Virginia.","Middle Neck: occupation of area, parishes, clerks, burgesses, acts creating counties.","Justices for Spotsylvania county.","Middle Neck warehouses, ferries in Virginia, York River parishes and counties, and county courts,.","Virginia tracts, listed chronologically from 1580.","Letters, etc., including letters by Conway Robinson and by Francis Scott Key.","Genealogical Bureau of Virginia.","Captain John Smith Tercentenary service in London","\"Sporting parsons\" in Virginia.","Worthington Ford, etc relating to photostating all known copies of the Virginia Gazette.","Monthly meeting of the Quakers in Loudoun County from originals owned by the library of the Park Avenue Meeting House, Baltimore, MD.","Location of Fairfax Courthouse.","Original John White water colors now in the British Museum. From plates belonging to the Smithsonian, given to Fairfax Harrison by D.I. Bushnell.","Dumfries, Va.","Culpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 1 of 4).","Culpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 2 of 4).","Culpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 3 of 4).","Culpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 4 of 4).","Remarks of Fairfax Harrison introducing Col. Henry W. Anderson as a candidate for Governor.","Journals of the council at Williamsburg","George Neville of Prince William and Fauquier and about Fry and Jefferson map.","Fairfax Harrison's library.","Virginia Historical Index.","Correspondence regarding account and publishing of the Virginia Historical Index.","American Historical Association, .","Robert Beverley, the historian.","With Douglas Southall Freeman.","Fairfax Harrison's father's portrait.","With Langbourne M. Williams.","With Jane B. Guignard, Columbia, South Carolina.","With Virginia State Library.","With Virginia State Library.","Of The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Ward H. Lamon. Typescript, undated.","With the American Classical League, chiefly relating to the Bi-Millennium Vergilanum Celebration, 1930.","With the American Academy in Rome.","Relating to William R. Johnson, (1782-1849).","Notes and drafts of thesis regarding cooperatives in Europe.","With Earl Gregg Swem.","Tradescant Memorial Window, Oxford England -- correspondence with R.T. Gunther.","With E.D. Tayloe, Shadwell, Virginia.","With Lord Fairfax.","With Mrs. Henry G. Ferguson regarding Indian burials.","Remodeling of Belvoir Farm, the Plains, Virginia.","\"A Frenchman in Virginia, 1686.\"","With W.D. Hooper, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.","With and relating to the Southern Railway Co.","With John Stewart Bryan.","With Col. Bryan Conrad regarding Braddock Road.","Marker for the grave of Anne Fairfax (1728-1765?), \"Mount Pleasant,\" Westmoreland Co., Virginia.","With Mrs. Julia S. Kyle regarding Pamunkey Indians.","With David I. Bushnell, Jr.","With Wyoming Historical and Genealogical Society, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.","With Virginia Historical Society.","And plans for annex to Virginia Historical Society building (R. E. Lee House).","Photostats of maps."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County, Va.)"],"names_coll_ssim":["Dettingen Parish (Prince William County, Va.)","Carey family","Culpeper family","Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714","Fauquier, Francis, 1704?-1768","Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728"],"famname_ssim":["Carey family","Culpeper family"],"persname_ssim":["Harrison, Fairfax, 1869-1938","Bryan, John Stewart, 1871-1944","Bushnell, David Ives, Jr., 1875-1941","Cary, Wilson Miles, 1838-1914","Fairfax, Sally, fl. 1771-1772","Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941","Freeman, Douglas Southall, 1886-1953","Stanard, William G.","Tayloe, John, fl. 1801","Torrence, Clayton, 1884-1953","Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935","Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714","Fauquier, Francis, 1704?-1768","Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County, Va.)","Carey family","Culpeper family","Harrison, Fairfax, 1869-1938","Bryan, John Stewart, 1871-1944","Bushnell, David Ives, Jr., 1875-1941","Cary, Wilson Miles, 1838-1914","Fairfax, Sally, fl. 1771-1772","Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941","Freeman, Douglas Southall, 1886-1953","Stanard, William G.","Tayloe, John, fl. 1801","Torrence, Clayton, 1884-1953","Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935","Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714","Fauquier, Francis, 1704?-1768","Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":177,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:48:16.704Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9059","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9059","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9059","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9059","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_9059.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Harrison, Fairfax Papers","title_ssm":["Fairfax Harrison Papers"],"title_tesim":["Fairfax Harrison Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1736-1945"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1736-1945"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1736/1945"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Fairfax Harrison Papers, 1736/1945"],"text":["Fairfax Harrison Papers, 1736/1945","01/Mss. 65 H25","/repositories/2/resources/9059","Virginia--History--18th century","Virginia--History--19th century","Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775","Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Historiography","Virginia--Religious history","American diaries--Women authors","Debt, Imprisonment for--Virginia","Horses--Virginia","Legal documents","Parishes--Virginia","Prince William County (Va.)--History--18th century","Private Libraries","Women--History--Virginia","Correspondence","Diaries","Financial records","Letter books","Minutes","Notebooks","Photographs","Photostats","Scrapbooks","6116 items","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.","Fairfax Harrison was born in New York 13 March 1869, the son of Burton and Constance (Cary) Harrison and the brother of Francis Burton Harrison. He graduated from Yale in 1890 and got a M. A. degree from Columbia University. He practiced law in New York and was solicitor for the Southern Railway, president of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway; and president of the Southern Railway from 1913-1937. Harrison was the author of many works including the Devon Carys, Landmarks of Old Price William, Proprietors of the Northern Neck, the Belair Stud, the Equine FFVs, the Roanoke Stud and the Virginia Carys. He died 2 February 1938. 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_H25_Harrison.pdf","Related collection is Francis Burton Harrison Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","2008.280 Virginia Historical Index - Fairfax Harrison Family Correspondence, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Papers, 1736-1945, of and collected by Fairfax Harrison. Papers collected include colonial era documents, deeds, surveys, the diary of Sally Fairfax (1771-1772), legal papers, a copy of the Dettingen Parish (Prince William County, Va.) vestry book which contains minutes, indentures, and other (1745-1802), and photostat copy of the letterbook (1801) of Col. John Tayloe of Mount Airy, Va. Fairfax Harrison's papers include his correspondence with individuals and institutions concerning his interest in Virginia History. Prominent correspondents include John Stewart Bryan, David I. Bushnell, Worthington C. Ford, Douglas Southall Freeman, William G. Stanard, Clayton Torrence, Earl Gregg Swem, Lyon G. Tyler and Langbourne M. Williams. Subjects include Sir Edmund Andros,Francis Nicholson, Francis Fauquier, debtors' prisons, parish boundaries, Culpeper family, thoroughbred horses, county records, and the publishing of Harrison's works as well as the publishing of Robert Armistead Stewart's Index to Printed Virginia Genealogies and E. G. Swem's Virginia Historical Index. The collection also includes notes by Wilson Miles Cary concerning the Cary family and the books at \"Carysbrook,\" Fluvanna County, Va.","[Folders 1 \u0026 6 oversize]","A survey of a 17, 296 acre plat of land owned by William Fairfax. Surveyed by John Aubry. Copy made 28 December 1808. This item is in the oversize map cabinets (M 40.1).","Of 29, 170 acres, \"Shannondale,\" to John Colvill by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.","Of 17, 296 acres, \"Piedmont.\" to John Calvill by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.","Of 164 acres in Prince William county to George William Fairfax (son of William Fairfax) by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.","By George Humes of Ralph Wormeley's land in Frederick County.","Survey of land in the Blue Ridge owned by Catesby Cocke, Mann Page, George Atwood, William Fairfax, Col. Tayloe, ect. Drawing by John Warner. Folder is located in oversize map cabinets (M 40.1).","(Printed in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. II). Letter by Sally Fairfax to her father, Bryan Fairfax, 1777 October 18.","By Sarah Cary] Fairfax (Mrs. George William), Landsdown Place, Bath to unknown.","Estate of George William Fairfax. Opinion given by John S. Powell.","Tappahannock Jockey Club Minute Book.","Letterbook, of John Tayloe of Mount Airy.","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 1 of 5).","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 2 of 5).","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 3 of 5).","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, 1745-1802, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 4 of 5).","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 5 of 5).","Documents (Location of originals unknown) bearing Harrison signatures and family information.","Wilson Miles Cary, notebook regarding the Randolph Family. Notebook regarding the Gittings, Howard, Gist, \u0026 Brice families. Notebook regarding the Cary, Wilson, Randolph families. Notebook of extracts from the Cornbury Ms., Albany, New York. Wilson Miles Cary, notebook containing list of books from the Carysbrooke Library.","Cary of the Carys of Virginia, 35 pp. Typescript of \"Col. Wilson Miles Cary.\" 23 pp","Cary family and to Burton N. Harrison.","Cary graves.","Wilson Miles Cary genealogical notes about the Cary family. Ms of \"The Carys of Virginia.\"","Wilson Miles Cary genealogical notes and charts. WMC notes about James River counties.","Debtors prisons in Colonial Virginia.","Virginia Parish boundaries, registers and vestry books.","Fairfax House, Alexandria.","Virginia Land Grants.","The Proprietors of the Northern Neck and to Fauquier on the Map.","The Proprietors of the Northern Neck, to Fauquier on the Map, and to Landmarks of Old Prince William.","Brent Town (Prince William County).","\"Northern Neck.\"","Occoquan.","Virginia parishes.","Turnpikes, roads, and canals.","With John Stewart Bryan, Thomas E. Didlake, H.C. Groome, and Robert F. Hayes, Jr.","With Charlotte Noland, Foxcroft.","With Smithsonian Institution.","With W.G. Stanard, Virginia Historical Society.","With Rev. Clayton Torrence and with Lyon G. Tyler,.","With Commonwealth of Virginia Land Office.","Correspondence and notes relating to Fairfax Harrison Landmarks of Old Prince William.","Landmarks of Old Prince William","Dettingen-Hamilton-Leeds parish boundaries.","Boundaries of Brent Town Tract.","Northern Neck grant.","Awbry and Noland families.","Wyatt's first administration, early papents, etc.","Patents in the \"Freshes\", Potomac river grants.","\"The Frying Pan Cooper Mine.\"","Cadwallader Jones.","Justices of the Peace and Commissions of the Peace.","The Proprietors of the Northern Neck.","Culpepers.","Stafford County.","Francis Nicholson and Sir Edmund Andros.","Francis Fauquier and his portrait.","R.A. Stewart's  Index to Virginia Genealogies.","John Warner's map of Virginia.","Portrait of \"Captain John Smith.\"","Virginia horses- owner and date. Article regarding horseracing from The Sportsman.","\"Pioneers on the Rappahannock River.\" Typed list of patents.","Caroline and Essex counties.","King and Queen county.","King William and Louisa counties.","New Kent, Northumberland, Spotsylvania counties.","Forts, Towns, and Maps.","Sportswood's tobacco act, 1713 with list of tobacco agents and storehouses; notes regarding Pamunkey neck; notes regarding Lancaster \u0026 Rappahannock; and list of chief executives of Virginia, 1584-1830.","Eighteenth century residents of various counties in Virginia.","Middle Neck: occupation of area, parishes, clerks, burgesses, acts creating counties.","Justices for Spotsylvania county.","Middle Neck warehouses, ferries in Virginia, York River parishes and counties, and county courts,.","Virginia tracts, listed chronologically from 1580.","Letters, etc., including letters by Conway Robinson and by Francis Scott Key.","Genealogical Bureau of Virginia.","Captain John Smith Tercentenary service in London","\"Sporting parsons\" in Virginia.","Worthington Ford, etc relating to photostating all known copies of the Virginia Gazette.","Monthly meeting of the Quakers in Loudoun County from originals owned by the library of the Park Avenue Meeting House, Baltimore, MD.","Location of Fairfax Courthouse.","Original John White water colors now in the British Museum. From plates belonging to the Smithsonian, given to Fairfax Harrison by D.I. Bushnell.","Dumfries, Va.","Culpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 1 of 4).","Culpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 2 of 4).","Culpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 3 of 4).","Culpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 4 of 4).","Remarks of Fairfax Harrison introducing Col. Henry W. Anderson as a candidate for Governor.","Journals of the council at Williamsburg","George Neville of Prince William and Fauquier and about Fry and Jefferson map.","Fairfax Harrison's library.","Virginia Historical Index.","Correspondence regarding account and publishing of the Virginia Historical Index.","American Historical Association, .","Robert Beverley, the historian.","With Douglas Southall Freeman.","Fairfax Harrison's father's portrait.","With Langbourne M. Williams.","With Jane B. Guignard, Columbia, South Carolina.","With Virginia State Library.","With Virginia State Library.","Of The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Ward H. Lamon. Typescript, undated.","With the American Classical League, chiefly relating to the Bi-Millennium Vergilanum Celebration, 1930.","With the American Academy in Rome.","Relating to William R. Johnson, (1782-1849).","Notes and drafts of thesis regarding cooperatives in Europe.","With Earl Gregg Swem.","Tradescant Memorial Window, Oxford England -- correspondence with R.T. Gunther.","With E.D. Tayloe, Shadwell, Virginia.","With Lord Fairfax.","With Mrs. Henry G. Ferguson regarding Indian burials.","Remodeling of Belvoir Farm, the Plains, Virginia.","\"A Frenchman in Virginia, 1686.\"","With W.D. Hooper, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.","With and relating to the Southern Railway Co.","With John Stewart Bryan.","With Col. Bryan Conrad regarding Braddock Road.","Marker for the grave of Anne Fairfax (1728-1765?), \"Mount Pleasant,\" Westmoreland Co., Virginia.","With Mrs. Julia S. Kyle regarding Pamunkey Indians.","With David I. Bushnell, Jr.","With Wyoming Historical and Genealogical Society, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.","With Virginia Historical Society.","And plans for annex to Virginia Historical Society building (R. E. Lee House).","Photostats of maps.","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","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County, Va.)","Carey family","Culpeper family","Harrison, Fairfax, 1869-1938","Bryan, John Stewart, 1871-1944","Bushnell, David Ives, Jr., 1875-1941","Cary, Wilson Miles, 1838-1914","Fairfax, Sally, fl. 1771-1772","Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941","Freeman, Douglas Southall, 1886-1953","Stanard, William G.","Tayloe, John, fl. 1801","Torrence, Clayton, 1884-1953","Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935","Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714","Fauquier, Francis, 1704?-1768","Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Fairfax Harrison Papers, 1736/1945"],"collection_ssim":["Fairfax Harrison Papers, 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Douglas Southall, 1886-1953","Stanard, William G.","Tayloe, John, fl. 1801","Torrence, Clayton, 1884-1953","Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935","Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714","Fauquier, Francis, 1704?-1768","Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County, Va.)"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Carey family","Culpeper family"],"creators_ssim":["Harrison, Fairfax, 1869-1938","Bryan, John Stewart, 1871-1944","Bushnell, David Ives, Jr., 1875-1941","Cary, Wilson Miles, 1838-1914","Fairfax, Sally, fl. 1771-1772","Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941","Freeman, Douglas Southall, 1886-1953","Stanard, William G.","Tayloe, John, fl. 1801","Torrence, Clayton, 1884-1953","Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935","Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714","Fauquier, Francis, 1704?-1768","Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728","Special Collections Research Center","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County, Va.)","Carey family","Culpeper 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He practiced law in New York and was solicitor for the Southern Railway, president of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway; and president of the Southern Railway from 1913-1937. Harrison was the author of many works including the Devon Carys, Landmarks of Old Price William, Proprietors of the Northern Neck, the Belair Stud, the Equine FFVs, the Roanoke Stud and the Virginia Carys. He died 2 February 1938. 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/Fairfax_Harrison\" title=\"Fairfax Harrison\"\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information:"],"bioghist_tesim":["Fairfax Harrison was born in New York 13 March 1869, the son of Burton and Constance (Cary) Harrison and the brother of Francis Burton Harrison. He graduated from Yale in 1890 and got a M. A. degree from Columbia University. 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Papers collected include colonial era documents, deeds, surveys, the diary of Sally Fairfax (1771-1772), legal papers, a copy of the Dettingen Parish (Prince William County, Va.) vestry book which contains minutes, indentures, and other (1745-1802), and photostat copy of the letterbook (1801) of Col. John Tayloe of Mount Airy, Va. Fairfax Harrison's papers include his correspondence with individuals and institutions concerning his interest in Virginia History. Prominent correspondents include John Stewart Bryan, David I. Bushnell, Worthington C. Ford, Douglas Southall Freeman, William G. Stanard, Clayton Torrence, Earl Gregg Swem, Lyon G. Tyler and Langbourne M. Williams. Subjects include Sir Edmund Andros,Francis Nicholson, Francis Fauquier, debtors' prisons, parish boundaries, Culpeper family, thoroughbred horses, county records, and the publishing of Harrison's works as well as the publishing of Robert Armistead Stewart's Index to Printed Virginia Genealogies and E. G. Swem's Virginia Historical Index. The collection also includes notes by Wilson Miles Cary concerning the Cary family and the books at \"Carysbrook,\" Fluvanna County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003e[Folders 1 \u0026amp; 6 oversize]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA survey of a 17, 296 acre plat of land owned by William Fairfax. Surveyed by John Aubry. Copy made 28 December 1808. This item is in the oversize map cabinets (M 40.1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf 29, 170 acres, \"Shannondale,\" to John Colvill by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf 17, 296 acres, \"Piedmont.\" to John Calvill by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf 164 acres in Prince William county to George William Fairfax (son of William Fairfax) by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy George Humes of Ralph Wormeley's land in Frederick County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of land in the Blue Ridge owned by Catesby Cocke, Mann Page, George Atwood, William Fairfax, Col. Tayloe, ect. Drawing by John Warner. Folder is located in oversize map cabinets (M 40.1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Printed in \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Magazine of History and Biography\u003c/emph\u003e, Vol. II). Letter by Sally Fairfax to her father, Bryan Fairfax, 1777 October 18.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy Sarah Cary] Fairfax (Mrs. George William), Landsdown Place, Bath to unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEstate of George William Fairfax. Opinion given by John S. Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTappahannock Jockey Club Minute Book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetterbook, of John Tayloe of Mount Airy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 1 of 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 2 of 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 3 of 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, 1745-1802, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 4 of 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 5 of 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments (Location of originals unknown) bearing Harrison signatures and family information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilson Miles Cary, notebook regarding the Randolph Family. Notebook regarding the Gittings, Howard, Gist, \u0026amp; Brice families. Notebook regarding the Cary, Wilson, Randolph families. Notebook of extracts from the Cornbury Ms., Albany, New York. Wilson Miles Cary, notebook containing list of books from the Carysbrooke Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eCary of the Carys of Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e, 35 pp. Typescript of \"Col. Wilson Miles Cary.\" 23 pp\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCary family and to Burton N. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCary graves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilson Miles Cary genealogical notes about the Cary family. Ms of \"The Carys of Virginia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilson Miles Cary genealogical notes and charts. WMC notes about James River counties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebtors prisons in Colonial Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Parish boundaries, registers and vestry books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFairfax House, Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Land Grants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Proprietors of the Northern Neck and to Fauquier on the Map.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Proprietors of the Northern Neck, to Fauquier on the Map, and to Landmarks of Old Prince William.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrent Town (Prince William County).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Northern Neck.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOccoquan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia parishes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTurnpikes, roads, and canals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith John Stewart Bryan, Thomas E. Didlake, H.C. Groome, and Robert F. Hayes, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Charlotte Noland, Foxcroft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Smithsonian Institution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith W.G. Stanard, Virginia Historical Society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Rev. Clayton Torrence and with Lyon G. Tyler,.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Commonwealth of Virginia Land Office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and notes relating to Fairfax Harrison \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLandmarks of Old Prince William.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLandmarks of Old Prince William\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDettingen-Hamilton-Leeds parish boundaries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoundaries of Brent Town Tract.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNorthern Neck grant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAwbry and Noland families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWyatt's first administration, early papents, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatents in the \"Freshes\", Potomac river grants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"The Frying Pan Cooper Mine.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCadwallader Jones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJustices of the Peace and Commissions of the Peace.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Proprietors of the Northern Neck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCulpepers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStafford County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrancis Nicholson and Sir Edmund Andros.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrancis Fauquier and his portrait.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.A. Stewart's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e Index to Virginia Genealogies.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Warner's map of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePortrait of \"Captain John Smith.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia horses- owner and date. Article regarding horseracing from \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Sportsman\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Pioneers on the Rappahannock River.\" Typed list of patents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaroline and Essex counties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKing and Queen county.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKing William and Louisa counties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNew Kent, Northumberland, Spotsylvania counties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForts, Towns, and Maps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSportswood's tobacco act, 1713 with list of tobacco agents and storehouses; notes regarding Pamunkey neck; notes regarding Lancaster \u0026amp; Rappahannock; and list of chief executives of Virginia, 1584-1830.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEighteenth century residents of various counties in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiddle Neck: occupation of area, parishes, clerks, burgesses, acts creating counties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJustices for Spotsylvania county.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiddle Neck warehouses, ferries in Virginia, York River parishes and counties, and county courts,.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia tracts, listed chronologically from 1580.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, etc., including letters by Conway Robinson and by Francis Scott Key.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Bureau of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain John Smith Tercentenary service in London\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Sporting parsons\" in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWorthington Ford, etc relating to photostating all known copies of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Gazette\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonthly meeting of the Quakers in Loudoun County from originals owned by the library of the Park Avenue Meeting House, Baltimore, MD.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLocation of Fairfax Courthouse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal John White water colors now in the British Museum. From plates belonging to the Smithsonian, given to Fairfax Harrison by D.I. Bushnell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDumfries, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 1 of 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 2 of 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 3 of 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCulpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 4 of 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRemarks of Fairfax Harrison introducing Col. Henry W. Anderson as a candidate for Governor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJournals of the council at Williamsburg\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Neville of Prince William and Fauquier and about Fry and Jefferson map.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFairfax Harrison's library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Historical Index.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence regarding account and publishing of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Historical Index.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Historical Association, .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Beverley, the historian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Douglas Southall Freeman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFairfax Harrison's father's portrait.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Langbourne M. Williams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Jane B. Guignard, Columbia, South Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Virginia State Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Virginia State Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Life of Abraham Lincoln\u003c/emph\u003e by Ward H. Lamon. Typescript, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith the American Classical League, chiefly relating to the Bi-Millennium Vergilanum Celebration, 1930.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith the American Academy in Rome.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating to William R. Johnson, (1782-1849).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes and drafts of thesis regarding cooperatives in Europe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Earl Gregg Swem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTradescant Memorial Window, Oxford England -- correspondence with R.T. Gunther.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith E.D. Tayloe, Shadwell, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Lord Fairfax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Mrs. Henry G. Ferguson regarding Indian burials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRemodeling of Belvoir Farm, the Plains, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"A Frenchman in Virginia, 1686.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith W.D. Hooper, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith and relating to the Southern Railway Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith John Stewart Bryan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Col. Bryan Conrad regarding Braddock Road.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarker for the grave of Anne Fairfax (1728-1765?), \"Mount Pleasant,\" Westmoreland Co., Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Mrs. Julia S. Kyle regarding Pamunkey Indians.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith David I. Bushnell, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Wyoming Historical and Genealogical Society, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith Virginia Historical Society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnd plans for annex to Virginia Historical Society building (R. E. Lee House).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostats of maps.\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, 1736-1945, of and collected by Fairfax Harrison. Papers collected include colonial era documents, deeds, surveys, the diary of Sally Fairfax (1771-1772), legal papers, a copy of the Dettingen Parish (Prince William County, Va.) vestry book which contains minutes, indentures, and other (1745-1802), and photostat copy of the letterbook (1801) of Col. John Tayloe of Mount Airy, Va. Fairfax Harrison's papers include his correspondence with individuals and institutions concerning his interest in Virginia History. Prominent correspondents include John Stewart Bryan, David I. Bushnell, Worthington C. Ford, Douglas Southall Freeman, William G. Stanard, Clayton Torrence, Earl Gregg Swem, Lyon G. Tyler and Langbourne M. Williams. Subjects include Sir Edmund Andros,Francis Nicholson, Francis Fauquier, debtors' prisons, parish boundaries, Culpeper family, thoroughbred horses, county records, and the publishing of Harrison's works as well as the publishing of Robert Armistead Stewart's Index to Printed Virginia Genealogies and E. G. Swem's Virginia Historical Index. The collection also includes notes by Wilson Miles Cary concerning the Cary family and the books at \"Carysbrook,\" Fluvanna County, Va.","[Folders 1 \u0026 6 oversize]","A survey of a 17, 296 acre plat of land owned by William Fairfax. Surveyed by John Aubry. Copy made 28 December 1808. This item is in the oversize map cabinets (M 40.1).","Of 29, 170 acres, \"Shannondale,\" to John Colvill by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.","Of 17, 296 acres, \"Piedmont.\" to John Calvill by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.","Of 164 acres in Prince William county to George William Fairfax (son of William Fairfax) by Lord Fairfax. Signed by William Fairfax.","By George Humes of Ralph Wormeley's land in Frederick County.","Survey of land in the Blue Ridge owned by Catesby Cocke, Mann Page, George Atwood, William Fairfax, Col. Tayloe, ect. Drawing by John Warner. Folder is located in oversize map cabinets (M 40.1).","(Printed in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. II). Letter by Sally Fairfax to her father, Bryan Fairfax, 1777 October 18.","By Sarah Cary] Fairfax (Mrs. George William), Landsdown Place, Bath to unknown.","Estate of George William Fairfax. Opinion given by John S. Powell.","Tappahannock Jockey Club Minute Book.","Letterbook, of John Tayloe of Mount Airy.","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 1 of 5).","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 2 of 5).","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 3 of 5).","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, 1745-1802, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 4 of 5).","Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) vestry book, including minutes, indentures, and meeting of the Overseers of the Poor (spread over 5 folders, 5 of 5).","Documents (Location of originals unknown) bearing Harrison signatures and family information.","Wilson Miles Cary, notebook regarding the Randolph Family. Notebook regarding the Gittings, Howard, Gist, \u0026 Brice families. Notebook regarding the Cary, Wilson, Randolph families. Notebook of extracts from the Cornbury Ms., Albany, New York. Wilson Miles Cary, notebook containing list of books from the Carysbrooke Library.","Cary of the Carys of Virginia, 35 pp. Typescript of \"Col. Wilson Miles Cary.\" 23 pp","Cary family and to Burton N. Harrison.","Cary graves.","Wilson Miles Cary genealogical notes about the Cary family. Ms of \"The Carys of Virginia.\"","Wilson Miles Cary genealogical notes and charts. WMC notes about James River counties.","Debtors prisons in Colonial Virginia.","Virginia Parish boundaries, registers and vestry books.","Fairfax House, Alexandria.","Virginia Land Grants.","The Proprietors of the Northern Neck and to Fauquier on the Map.","The Proprietors of the Northern Neck, to Fauquier on the Map, and to Landmarks of Old Prince William.","Brent Town (Prince William County).","\"Northern Neck.\"","Occoquan.","Virginia parishes.","Turnpikes, roads, and canals.","With John Stewart Bryan, Thomas E. Didlake, H.C. Groome, and Robert F. Hayes, Jr.","With Charlotte Noland, Foxcroft.","With Smithsonian Institution.","With W.G. Stanard, Virginia Historical Society.","With Rev. Clayton Torrence and with Lyon G. Tyler,.","With Commonwealth of Virginia Land Office.","Correspondence and notes relating to Fairfax Harrison Landmarks of Old Prince William.","Landmarks of Old Prince William","Dettingen-Hamilton-Leeds parish boundaries.","Boundaries of Brent Town Tract.","Northern Neck grant.","Awbry and Noland families.","Wyatt's first administration, early papents, etc.","Patents in the \"Freshes\", Potomac river grants.","\"The Frying Pan Cooper Mine.\"","Cadwallader Jones.","Justices of the Peace and Commissions of the Peace.","The Proprietors of the Northern Neck.","Culpepers.","Stafford County.","Francis Nicholson and Sir Edmund Andros.","Francis Fauquier and his portrait.","R.A. Stewart's  Index to Virginia Genealogies.","John Warner's map of Virginia.","Portrait of \"Captain John Smith.\"","Virginia horses- owner and date. Article regarding horseracing from The Sportsman.","\"Pioneers on the Rappahannock River.\" Typed list of patents.","Caroline and Essex counties.","King and Queen county.","King William and Louisa counties.","New Kent, Northumberland, Spotsylvania counties.","Forts, Towns, and Maps.","Sportswood's tobacco act, 1713 with list of tobacco agents and storehouses; notes regarding Pamunkey neck; notes regarding Lancaster \u0026 Rappahannock; and list of chief executives of Virginia, 1584-1830.","Eighteenth century residents of various counties in Virginia.","Middle Neck: occupation of area, parishes, clerks, burgesses, acts creating counties.","Justices for Spotsylvania county.","Middle Neck warehouses, ferries in Virginia, York River parishes and counties, and county courts,.","Virginia tracts, listed chronologically from 1580.","Letters, etc., including letters by Conway Robinson and by Francis Scott Key.","Genealogical Bureau of Virginia.","Captain John Smith Tercentenary service in London","\"Sporting parsons\" in Virginia.","Worthington Ford, etc relating to photostating all known copies of the Virginia Gazette.","Monthly meeting of the Quakers in Loudoun County from originals owned by the library of the Park Avenue Meeting House, Baltimore, MD.","Location of Fairfax Courthouse.","Original John White water colors now in the British Museum. From plates belonging to the Smithsonian, given to Fairfax Harrison by D.I. Bushnell.","Dumfries, Va.","Culpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 1 of 4).","Culpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 2 of 4).","Culpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 3 of 4).","Culpeper and Fairfax families (spread between 4 folders, 4 of 4).","Remarks of Fairfax Harrison introducing Col. Henry W. Anderson as a candidate for Governor.","Journals of the council at Williamsburg","George Neville of Prince William and Fauquier and about Fry and Jefferson map.","Fairfax Harrison's library.","Virginia Historical Index.","Correspondence regarding account and publishing of the Virginia Historical Index.","American Historical Association, .","Robert Beverley, the historian.","With Douglas Southall Freeman.","Fairfax Harrison's father's portrait.","With Langbourne M. Williams.","With Jane B. Guignard, Columbia, South Carolina.","With Virginia State Library.","With Virginia State Library.","Of The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Ward H. Lamon. Typescript, undated.","With the American Classical League, chiefly relating to the Bi-Millennium Vergilanum Celebration, 1930.","With the American Academy in Rome.","Relating to William R. Johnson, (1782-1849).","Notes and drafts of thesis regarding cooperatives in Europe.","With Earl Gregg Swem.","Tradescant Memorial Window, Oxford England -- correspondence with R.T. Gunther.","With E.D. Tayloe, Shadwell, Virginia.","With Lord Fairfax.","With Mrs. Henry G. Ferguson regarding Indian burials.","Remodeling of Belvoir Farm, the Plains, Virginia.","\"A Frenchman in Virginia, 1686.\"","With W.D. Hooper, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.","With and relating to the Southern Railway Co.","With John Stewart Bryan.","With Col. Bryan Conrad regarding Braddock Road.","Marker for the grave of Anne Fairfax (1728-1765?), \"Mount Pleasant,\" Westmoreland Co., Virginia.","With Mrs. Julia S. Kyle regarding Pamunkey Indians.","With David I. Bushnell, Jr.","With Wyoming Historical and Genealogical Society, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.","With Virginia Historical Society.","And plans for annex to Virginia Historical Society building (R. E. 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The collection Includes two account books, a lettercopy book, and articles written by Nelson as well as two manuscript Chinese-English dictionaries compiled by Nelson. Some items, such as a \"Count of Missionaries and Staff in China, 1807-1874\" illuminate the history of missionaries in China. 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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.","Correspondence and Sermons are grouped together, but otherwise, no particular arrangement.","Robert Nelson was a Protestant Episcopal minister from Virginia, who spent many years as a Protestant Episcopal Church Foreign Missionary in Shanghai, China.","Mss. 39.2 N33 James Poyntz Nelson Papers, 1866-1926; Mss. MsV Ad121-125 James Poyntz Nelson Manuscript Volumes; and Mss. MsV Co4 Olive Nelson Commonplace Book, all at Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.","The Nelson Family papers (1560 items) are at the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.: Mss1 N3386 a.","Correspondence, sermons, essays and accounts of Robert Nelson, Protestant Episcopal missionary to Shanghai, China. The collection Includes two account books, a lettercopy book, and articles written by Nelson as well as two manuscript Chinese-English dictionaries compiled by Nelson. Some items, such as a \"Count of Missionaries and Staff in China, 1807-1874\" illuminate the history of missionaries in China. There is one letter written to Nelson in which the writer has used Wade-Giles transliteration.","William H. Kinckle[?], at Staunton, [Virginia] to [Robert] Nelson, September 3, 1846.","William Henry Brooks, at Plymouth, Mass. Printed form letter to the clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church.","James Johnston, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.","J. K. Wight, at New Hamburgh, N.Y., to Robert Nelson.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson.","George F. Seward, at Hong Kong, to O. B. Bradford, U.S. Vice Consul General, at Shanghai. [Copy].","E. H. Thomson, at West Gate, Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Shanghai, China.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, and E. H. Thomson, at [Shanghai, China].","J. K. Wight, at New Hamburgh, N.Y., to R[obert] Nelson.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to the Standing Committee of the Missionary Jurisdiction of Shanghai.","Municipal Council, by R. N. Morburn, Secretary, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson, at Hong Kew.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Shanghai, China.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at San Francisco, Cal.","King [?], at St. John's [College, Shanghai, to Robert Nelson, at Staunton, Virgnia?].","Lih Cung Sia, at Long ho, [China] to [?] Sang. Note: The Chinese month, Tsoong kok, comes in April or May.","H. N. Woo, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.","R. [Robert?] Nelson, at Rahway, J. J., to his wife.","Hoong N. Woo, at Kong Wan, [China] to [Robert] Nelson, at [New York City].","H.N. Woo, at Kong-Wan, [China] to [Robert] Nelson.","E.W. Syle, at Philadelphia, to [Robert] Nelson.","H.N. Woo, at Hong Kew, [China] to Dr. and Mrs. [Robert] Nelson.","H.N. Woo, at Hong Kew, [China] to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Rahway, N.J.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, N.Y. [Original letter and a copy.]","A. A. Hayes to Mrs. R[obert] Nelson, at Brooklyn, NY.","Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, [N.Y.] to A. A. Hayes. Enclosures: \"The Ritualistic Character of the China Mission,\" an article by Robert Nelson, August, 1882. A Copy of a letter from Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, to Joshua Kimber, Secretary of the Foreign Committee of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, [at New York]. 13 Dec 1882.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York. A printed circular letter.","S. T. Abernathy, Corresponding Secretary of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.","James Stoddard, at Watertown, Connecticut, to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.","John Mac Leod, at Louisville, to Prof. James P. Nelson, at Frankfort, Ky.","The General Fireproofing Co., at Youngstown, Ohio, to James P. Nelson, at Lexington, Ky. Enclosures: 3 blueprints.","S. L. Clark, at Hartford, to Rev. [?].","Elliott H. Thomson to Manager of Oriental Bank Co. undated.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks. Some of these sermons may be drafts and incomplete manuscripts. 29 pieces.","Scope and Contents Handritten sermon by Robert Nelson entitled \"A Sermon Preached on the occasion of the death of Mrs. Juliet E. Fish, in the Chapel of the Am. Ep. Mission, Shanghai China\" dated November 1, 1857 with the additional note that it was printed by request. Printed sermon entitled \"Memorial Sermon of the Rev. John Tevis Points, Rector of St. John's, Richmond, Virginia who died June 10th, 1860\" by Rev. Robert Nelson and printed by the Vestry. Printed sermon by Robert Nelson \"preached in the Church of Our Saviour, Shanghai on the Occasion of the Death of Mrs. Miers Corryell\" dated June 16, 1872. Printed sermon \"The Communion of Saints; in Memory of Four Beloved Children, Gone, as We Believe, to Paradise\" by Rev. John Thos. Wheat, D.D., printed in Greensboro, North Carolina, 1875. Printed sermon \"preached in the Church of OUr Saviour, Shanghai, October 15, 1871 and February 18 and 25, 1877\" by Rev. R. Nelson, D.D., published by Presbyterian Mission Press.","Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson. 382 pieces total.","Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.","Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.","Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.","Scope and Contents Leather covered book boards, lined with velvet, with fabric straps in interior for keeping tickets and other ephemera. One side included a pressed flower inside a folded piece of paper with handwritten labeling, \"With Care / Flower from Stevenson's funeral and grave,\" possibly Robert Louis Stevenson.  Other side contains a piece of paper with typed text \"CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APIA SAMOA, _____________ 188.\" Leather covered board sleeve is embossed with text \"CHIT BOOK / REV. R. NELSON / RECTORY / HONG QUE\" with two Chinese characters. 6.625 in. (height) x 4.875 inches (width) x 0.5 (depth).","Handwritten transcriptions of the positive comments that Rev. Robert Nelson received about his review of D. [James] Legge's essay on \"Confucianism in relation to Christianity.\" Comments were received from Rev. T.P. Crawford, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. E.H. Thomson, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. Charles R. Mills, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. C.W. Mateer, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. C.W. Mateer, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. E.W. Style, at Yed-o, Japan, Rev. Dr. Edkins, at Peking [China], Rev. Dr. Blodget, at Peking, Rev. Dr. Happer, at Canton, Rev. James Legge, at Oxford, Rev. R.H. Graves, at Canton, Rev. S.L. Baldwin, Foo-Chow, and Rev. D.Z. Sheffield, at Tung Cho. Includes clipping from The Christian Observer about Mr. Nelson's comments on \"Confuscianism in Relation to Christianity,\" 1872.","Essay and notes on Disraeli, undated. Notes on Darwinism written on four small pieces of paper, undated.","Loose ledger accounts from various businesses and expense accounts for Robert Nelson while in Shanghai and St. Paul's Parish. 11 pieces.","Scope and Contents Account ledger of Rev. Robert Nelson while a missionary in China. Includes an index with the following entries: Rt. Rev. W.J. Boone, Rev. Wong Kwong Chai, Miss Lydia Mary Fay, Miss Catharine E. Jones, Miss Emma G. Jones, Rev. Cleveland Keith, Rev. E.W. Pyle, Miss Caroline P. Tenney, Nang Doo-Dong, John T. Points, Ton Chu Kiung, Moneys Received, Miscellaneous, Bill Account, Missionary Society, Girls' Schools, General Repairs, Credits, and Quarterly Balance. 108 pages. 71/4\" x 61/2\".","Scope and Contents Account book of Rev. Robert Nelson while a missionary in Shanghai, China. Personal and missionary related accounts. No index. 138 pages. 6 1/2\" x 4\".  Purchased in 1938.","A table showing the number of missionaries in China, grouped by English, American, and German with religious denominations under each group. Tallies are in columns for clerical, medical, female, whether married or single beside each denomination. Dates are from 1807 to 1874.","Itinerary and daily entries of Rev. Robert Nelson while visiting Japan, written on one sheet of paper. September 6 to November 18, 1872.","List of Chinese confirmed by Bishop Schereschewsky in the Church of Our Savior at Hong Kew [China], divided by male and female. The heading is written in English but the names are written in Chinese. January 12, 1879 and September 14, 1879.","Scope and Contents Building permit issued to Rev. Robert Nelson by David H. Bailey, U.S. Consul General at Shanghai, and Lui[?], His Majesty's Intendant of Circuit for the Department of Soo, Sung, and Tae. The document grants Rev. R. Nelson \"the owner of certain land registered in the United States Consulate Geneal as No. 52\" to build \"any houses or tenements of whatsoever...for the occupation of Chines and for letting or permitting the same to be leased or let to Chinese.\" Written in English and Chinese with signatures and an embossed seal. Dated December 22, 1879.","Typed extract of a resolution in the minutes of the Foreign Committee of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America approving the resignation of Rev. Robert Nelson as a Foreign Missionary. Miss Mary C. Nelson resigned at the same time. February 8, [1881].","3 copies of the Directory of the Members of the Conference held May 10 - 22, 1877.  Booklet of hymns sung at the Missionary Conference printed by the Presbyterian Mission Press in Shanghai. 3 copies of the Programme of the Missionary Conference.","Scope and Contents Booklet entitled \"A Plain Review of the Rev. Dr. Littledale's Tract on Real Presence\" [By Benjamin J. Douglass?] New York. 1881.","Scope and Contents Complete copy of the \"Southern Churchman\", Richmond, Virginia, March 5, 1885.","Booklet entitled \"Buy Your Own Cherries,\" a Ballard printed by the American Sunday-School Union in Philadelphia, undated.","2 postcards for the Bismarck Cafe in Cincinnati, Ohio, one with the picture of Bessie Barriscale and the other with the picture of Rita Jolivet. Undated.","Scope and Contents Brochure type card entitled \"Christmas Card, a gift to the Members of the Foreign Missionary Box Association of the Protestant Episcopal Church\" with messages from many missionaries about the death of Richard B. Duane, D.D., the late Secretary and General Agent, 1876.","Pamphlet of the Trinity Church, Woman's Association of Christ Church in Rye, New Jersey, Auxiliary to the Board of Missions. Includes their articles of organization, constitution and list of officers, circa 1873.","Program for the Second Concert given by the Shanghai Temperance Society, March 23, 1878, with handwritten notes on \"Principle?\" on reverse.","Scope and Contents One page from the \"Dictionnaire Geographique\" with words beginning with \"A,\" \"B,\" and \"Y.\" Undated.","Handwritten recipes and a description of meal courses entitled \"Lady Clark.\" 2 items.","Scope and Contents Letterpress copybook of Rev. Robert Nelson while he was a missionary to China.  Copybook includes letters, reports, accounts, writings relating to the China Mission, and religious subjects.  The last page includes a \"letterpress copy\" of a note from XYZ wanting an example of his copying experiment.  Page numbers begin on page 104 and ends with 502.  11\" x 9 1/4\".  Fragile binding with tissue paper inside.","Scope and Contents Handwritten dictionary with chinese characters, English translation, and phonetic pronunciation. It is in alphabetical order by the English spelling of the words. Some pages have handwritten vocabulary notes. Other topics such as \"List of Malay Books in the possession of A. North Esq and Rev. J.S. Havelli at Singapore\" appear on otherpages. The book is a blank page book entitled \"A Theological Common-place Book, with a Copious Index\" published by Hilliard and Brown, Cambridge, 1832. The index is a list of religious vocabulary. The book has the signature of William J. Boone, Theological Seminary, Virginia, September 11, 1834. Per a loose note in the book, it was probably written and used by Rev. Robert Nelson. 227 pages. Binding fragile and appears to be hand bound.","Handwritten dictionary of English words with corresponding Chinese characters and translation into Chinese, often including more than one way to express a word. In alphabetical order by the English words. Per a loose note in the book, it was probably written and used by Rev. Robert Nelson. 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Wight, at New Hamburgh, N.Y., to Robert Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge F. Seward, at Hong Kong, to O. B. Bradford, U.S. Vice Consul General, at Shanghai. [Copy].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE. H. Thomson, at West Gate, Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Shanghai, China.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, and E. H. Thomson, at [Shanghai, China].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. K. Wight, at New Hamburgh, N.Y., to R[obert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to the Standing Committee of the Missionary Jurisdiction of Shanghai.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMunicipal Council, by R. N. Morburn, Secretary, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson, at Hong Kew.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Shanghai, China.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at San Francisco, Cal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKing [?], at St. John's [College, Shanghai, to Robert Nelson, at Staunton, Virgnia?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLih Cung Sia, at Long ho, [China] to [?] Sang. Note: The Chinese month, Tsoong kok, comes in April or May.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH. N. Woo, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. [Robert?] Nelson, at Rahway, J. J., to his wife.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHoong N. Woo, at Kong Wan, [China] to [Robert] Nelson, at [New York City].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.N. Woo, at Kong-Wan, [China] to [Robert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.W. Syle, at Philadelphia, to [Robert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.N. Woo, at Hong Kew, [China] to Dr. and Mrs. [Robert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.N. Woo, at Hong Kew, [China] to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Rahway, N.J.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, N.Y. [Original letter and a copy.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. A. Hayes to Mrs. R[obert] Nelson, at Brooklyn, NY.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Nelson, at Brooklyn, [N.Y.] to A. A. Hayes. Enclosures: \"The Ritualistic Character of the China Mission,\" an article by Robert Nelson, August, 1882. A Copy of a letter from Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, to Joshua Kimber, Secretary of the Foreign Committee of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, [at New York]. 13 Dec 1882.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York. A printed circular letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS. T. Abernathy, Corresponding Secretary of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Stoddard, at Watertown, Connecticut, to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Mac Leod, at Louisville, to Prof. James P. Nelson, at Frankfort, Ky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe General Fireproofing Co., at Youngstown, Ohio, to James P. Nelson, at Lexington, Ky. Enclosures: 3 blueprints.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS. L. Clark, at Hartford, to Rev. [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElliott H. Thomson to Manager of Oriental Bank Co. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks. Some of these sermons may be drafts and incomplete manuscripts. 29 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Handritten sermon by Robert Nelson entitled \"A Sermon Preached on the occasion of the death of Mrs. Juliet E. Fish, in the Chapel of the Am. Ep. Mission, Shanghai China\" dated November 1, 1857 with the additional note that it was printed by request. Printed sermon entitled \"Memorial Sermon of the Rev. John Tevis Points, Rector of St. John's, Richmond, Virginia who died June 10th, 1860\" by Rev. Robert Nelson and printed by the Vestry. Printed sermon by Robert Nelson \"preached in the Church of Our Saviour, Shanghai on the Occasion of the Death of Mrs. Miers Corryell\" dated June 16, 1872. Printed sermon \"The Communion of Saints; in Memory of Four Beloved Children, Gone, as We Believe, to Paradise\" by Rev. John Thos. Wheat, D.D., printed in Greensboro, North Carolina, 1875. Printed sermon \"preached in the Church of OUr Saviour, Shanghai, October 15, 1871 and February 18 and 25, 1877\" by Rev. R. Nelson, D.D., published by Presbyterian Mission Press.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson. 382 pieces total.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Leather covered book boards, lined with velvet, with fabric straps in interior for keeping tickets and other ephemera. One side included a pressed flower inside a folded piece of paper with handwritten labeling, \"With Care / Flower from Stevenson's funeral and grave,\" possibly Robert Louis Stevenson.  Other side contains a piece of paper with typed text \"CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APIA SAMOA, _____________ 188.\" Leather covered board sleeve is embossed with text \"CHIT BOOK / REV. R. NELSON / RECTORY / HONG QUE\" with two Chinese characters. 6.625 in. (height) x 4.875 inches (width) x 0.5 (depth).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten transcriptions of the positive comments that Rev. Robert Nelson received about his review of D. [James] Legge's essay on \"Confucianism in relation to Christianity.\" Comments were received from Rev. T.P. Crawford, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. E.H. Thomson, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. Charles R. Mills, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. C.W. Mateer, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. C.W. Mateer, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. E.W. Style, at Yed-o, Japan, Rev. Dr. Edkins, at Peking [China], Rev. Dr. Blodget, at Peking, Rev. Dr. Happer, at Canton, Rev. James Legge, at Oxford, Rev. R.H. Graves, at Canton, Rev. S.L. Baldwin, Foo-Chow, and Rev. D.Z. Sheffield, at Tung Cho. Includes clipping from The Christian Observer about Mr. Nelson's comments on \"Confuscianism in Relation to Christianity,\" 1872.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEssay and notes on Disraeli, undated. Notes on Darwinism written on four small pieces of paper, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoose ledger accounts from various businesses and expense accounts for Robert Nelson while in Shanghai and St. Paul's Parish. 11 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Account ledger of Rev. Robert Nelson while a missionary in China. Includes an index with the following entries: Rt. Rev. W.J. Boone, Rev. Wong Kwong Chai, Miss Lydia Mary Fay, Miss Catharine E. Jones, Miss Emma G. Jones, Rev. Cleveland Keith, Rev. E.W. Pyle, Miss Caroline P. Tenney, Nang Doo-Dong, John T. Points, Ton Chu Kiung, Moneys Received, Miscellaneous, Bill Account, Missionary Society, Girls' Schools, General Repairs, Credits, and Quarterly Balance. 108 pages. 71/4\" x 61/2\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Account book of Rev. Robert Nelson while a missionary in Shanghai, China. Personal and missionary related accounts. No index. 138 pages. 6 1/2\" x 4\".  Purchased in 1938.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA table showing the number of missionaries in China, grouped by English, American, and German with religious denominations under each group. Tallies are in columns for clerical, medical, female, whether married or single beside each denomination. Dates are from 1807 to 1874.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItinerary and daily entries of Rev. Robert Nelson while visiting Japan, written on one sheet of paper. September 6 to November 18, 1872.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of Chinese confirmed by Bishop Schereschewsky in the Church of Our Savior at Hong Kew [China], divided by male and female. The heading is written in English but the names are written in Chinese. January 12, 1879 and September 14, 1879.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Building permit issued to Rev. Robert Nelson by David H. Bailey, U.S. Consul General at Shanghai, and Lui[?], His Majesty's Intendant of Circuit for the Department of Soo, Sung, and Tae. The document grants Rev. R. Nelson \"the owner of certain land registered in the United States Consulate Geneal as No. 52\" to build \"any houses or tenements of whatsoever...for the occupation of Chines and for letting or permitting the same to be leased or let to Chinese.\" Written in English and Chinese with signatures and an embossed seal. Dated December 22, 1879.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped extract of a resolution in the minutes of the Foreign Committee of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America approving the resignation of Rev. Robert Nelson as a Foreign Missionary. Miss Mary C. Nelson resigned at the same time. February 8, [1881].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 copies of the Directory of the Members of the Conference held May 10 - 22, 1877.  Booklet of hymns sung at the Missionary Conference printed by the Presbyterian Mission Press in Shanghai. 3 copies of the Programme of the Missionary Conference.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Booklet entitled \"A Plain Review of the Rev. Dr. Littledale's Tract on Real Presence\" [By Benjamin J. Douglass?] New York. 1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Complete copy of the \"Southern Churchman\", Richmond, Virginia, March 5, 1885.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet entitled \"Buy Your Own Cherries,\" a Ballard printed by the American Sunday-School Union in Philadelphia, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 postcards for the Bismarck Cafe in Cincinnati, Ohio, one with the picture of Bessie Barriscale and the other with the picture of Rita Jolivet. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Brochure type card entitled \"Christmas Card, a gift to the Members of the Foreign Missionary Box Association of the Protestant Episcopal Church\" with messages from many missionaries about the death of Richard B. Duane, D.D., the late Secretary and General Agent, 1876.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePamphlet of the Trinity Church, Woman's Association of Christ Church in Rye, New Jersey, Auxiliary to the Board of Missions. Includes their articles of organization, constitution and list of officers, circa 1873.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram for the Second Concert given by the Shanghai Temperance Society, March 23, 1878, with handwritten notes on \"Principle?\" on reverse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents One page from the \"Dictionnaire Geographique\" with words beginning with \"A,\" \"B,\" and \"Y.\" Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten recipes and a description of meal courses entitled \"Lady Clark.\" 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Letterpress copybook of Rev. Robert Nelson while he was a missionary to China.  Copybook includes letters, reports, accounts, writings relating to the China Mission, and religious subjects.  The last page includes a \"letterpress copy\" of a note from XYZ wanting an example of his copying experiment.  Page numbers begin on page 104 and ends with 502.  11\" x 9 1/4\".  Fragile binding with tissue paper inside.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Handwritten dictionary with chinese characters, English translation, and phonetic pronunciation. It is in alphabetical order by the English spelling of the words. Some pages have handwritten vocabulary notes. Other topics such as \"List of Malay Books in the possession of A. North Esq and Rev. J.S. Havelli at Singapore\" appear on otherpages. The book is a blank page book entitled \"A Theological Common-place Book, with a Copious Index\" published by Hilliard and Brown, Cambridge, 1832. The index is a list of religious vocabulary. The book has the signature of William J. Boone, Theological Seminary, Virginia, September 11, 1834. Per a loose note in the book, it was probably written and used by Rev. Robert Nelson. 227 pages. Binding fragile and appears to be hand bound.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten dictionary of English words with corresponding Chinese characters and translation into Chinese, often including more than one way to express a word. In alphabetical order by the English words. Per a loose note in the book, it was probably written and used by Rev. Robert Nelson. Loose binding. 437 pages.\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Correspondence, sermons, essays and accounts of Robert Nelson, Protestant Episcopal missionary to Shanghai, China. The collection Includes two account books, a lettercopy book, and articles written by Nelson as well as two manuscript Chinese-English dictionaries compiled by Nelson. Some items, such as a \"Count of Missionaries and Staff in China, 1807-1874\" illuminate the history of missionaries in China. There is one letter written to Nelson in which the writer has used Wade-Giles transliteration.","William H. Kinckle[?], at Staunton, [Virginia] to [Robert] Nelson, September 3, 1846.","William Henry Brooks, at Plymouth, Mass. Printed form letter to the clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church.","James Johnston, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.","J. K. Wight, at New Hamburgh, N.Y., to Robert Nelson.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson.","George F. Seward, at Hong Kong, to O. B. Bradford, U.S. Vice Consul General, at Shanghai. [Copy].","E. H. Thomson, at West Gate, Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Shanghai, China.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, and E. H. Thomson, at [Shanghai, China].","J. K. Wight, at New Hamburgh, N.Y., to R[obert] Nelson.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to the Standing Committee of the Missionary Jurisdiction of Shanghai.","Municipal Council, by R. N. Morburn, Secretary, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson, at Hong Kew.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Shanghai, China.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at San Francisco, Cal.","King [?], at St. John's [College, Shanghai, to Robert Nelson, at Staunton, Virgnia?].","Lih Cung Sia, at Long ho, [China] to [?] Sang. Note: The Chinese month, Tsoong kok, comes in April or May.","H. N. Woo, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.","R. [Robert?] Nelson, at Rahway, J. J., to his wife.","Hoong N. Woo, at Kong Wan, [China] to [Robert] Nelson, at [New York City].","H.N. Woo, at Kong-Wan, [China] to [Robert] Nelson.","E.W. Syle, at Philadelphia, to [Robert] Nelson.","H.N. Woo, at Hong Kew, [China] to Dr. and Mrs. [Robert] Nelson.","H.N. Woo, at Hong Kew, [China] to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Rahway, N.J.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, N.Y. [Original letter and a copy.]","A. A. Hayes to Mrs. R[obert] Nelson, at Brooklyn, NY.","Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, [N.Y.] to A. A. Hayes. Enclosures: \"The Ritualistic Character of the China Mission,\" an article by Robert Nelson, August, 1882. A Copy of a letter from Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, to Joshua Kimber, Secretary of the Foreign Committee of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, [at New York]. 13 Dec 1882.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York. A printed circular letter.","S. T. Abernathy, Corresponding Secretary of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.","James Stoddard, at Watertown, Connecticut, to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.","John Mac Leod, at Louisville, to Prof. James P. Nelson, at Frankfort, Ky.","The General Fireproofing Co., at Youngstown, Ohio, to James P. Nelson, at Lexington, Ky. Enclosures: 3 blueprints.","S. L. Clark, at Hartford, to Rev. [?].","Elliott H. Thomson to Manager of Oriental Bank Co. undated.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks. Some of these sermons may be drafts and incomplete manuscripts. 29 pieces.","Scope and Contents Handritten sermon by Robert Nelson entitled \"A Sermon Preached on the occasion of the death of Mrs. Juliet E. Fish, in the Chapel of the Am. Ep. Mission, Shanghai China\" dated November 1, 1857 with the additional note that it was printed by request. Printed sermon entitled \"Memorial Sermon of the Rev. John Tevis Points, Rector of St. John's, Richmond, Virginia who died June 10th, 1860\" by Rev. Robert Nelson and printed by the Vestry. Printed sermon by Robert Nelson \"preached in the Church of Our Saviour, Shanghai on the Occasion of the Death of Mrs. Miers Corryell\" dated June 16, 1872. Printed sermon \"The Communion of Saints; in Memory of Four Beloved Children, Gone, as We Believe, to Paradise\" by Rev. John Thos. Wheat, D.D., printed in Greensboro, North Carolina, 1875. Printed sermon \"preached in the Church of OUr Saviour, Shanghai, October 15, 1871 and February 18 and 25, 1877\" by Rev. R. Nelson, D.D., published by Presbyterian Mission Press.","Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson. 382 pieces total.","Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.","Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.","Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.","Scope and Contents Leather covered book boards, lined with velvet, with fabric straps in interior for keeping tickets and other ephemera. One side included a pressed flower inside a folded piece of paper with handwritten labeling, \"With Care / Flower from Stevenson's funeral and grave,\" possibly Robert Louis Stevenson.  Other side contains a piece of paper with typed text \"CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APIA SAMOA, _____________ 188.\" Leather covered board sleeve is embossed with text \"CHIT BOOK / REV. R. NELSON / RECTORY / HONG QUE\" with two Chinese characters. 6.625 in. (height) x 4.875 inches (width) x 0.5 (depth).","Handwritten transcriptions of the positive comments that Rev. Robert Nelson received about his review of D. [James] Legge's essay on \"Confucianism in relation to Christianity.\" Comments were received from Rev. T.P. Crawford, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. E.H. Thomson, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. Charles R. Mills, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. C.W. Mateer, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. C.W. Mateer, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. E.W. Style, at Yed-o, Japan, Rev. Dr. Edkins, at Peking [China], Rev. Dr. Blodget, at Peking, Rev. Dr. Happer, at Canton, Rev. James Legge, at Oxford, Rev. R.H. Graves, at Canton, Rev. S.L. Baldwin, Foo-Chow, and Rev. D.Z. Sheffield, at Tung Cho. Includes clipping from The Christian Observer about Mr. Nelson's comments on \"Confuscianism in Relation to Christianity,\" 1872.","Essay and notes on Disraeli, undated. Notes on Darwinism written on four small pieces of paper, undated.","Loose ledger accounts from various businesses and expense accounts for Robert Nelson while in Shanghai and St. Paul's Parish. 11 pieces.","Scope and Contents Account ledger of Rev. Robert Nelson while a missionary in China. Includes an index with the following entries: Rt. Rev. W.J. Boone, Rev. Wong Kwong Chai, Miss Lydia Mary Fay, Miss Catharine E. Jones, Miss Emma G. Jones, Rev. Cleveland Keith, Rev. E.W. Pyle, Miss Caroline P. Tenney, Nang Doo-Dong, John T. Points, Ton Chu Kiung, Moneys Received, Miscellaneous, Bill Account, Missionary Society, Girls' Schools, General Repairs, Credits, and Quarterly Balance. 108 pages. 71/4\" x 61/2\".","Scope and Contents Account book of Rev. Robert Nelson while a missionary in Shanghai, China. Personal and missionary related accounts. No index. 138 pages. 6 1/2\" x 4\".  Purchased in 1938.","A table showing the number of missionaries in China, grouped by English, American, and German with religious denominations under each group. Tallies are in columns for clerical, medical, female, whether married or single beside each denomination. Dates are from 1807 to 1874.","Itinerary and daily entries of Rev. Robert Nelson while visiting Japan, written on one sheet of paper. September 6 to November 18, 1872.","List of Chinese confirmed by Bishop Schereschewsky in the Church of Our Savior at Hong Kew [China], divided by male and female. The heading is written in English but the names are written in Chinese. January 12, 1879 and September 14, 1879.","Scope and Contents Building permit issued to Rev. Robert Nelson by David H. Bailey, U.S. Consul General at Shanghai, and Lui[?], His Majesty's Intendant of Circuit for the Department of Soo, Sung, and Tae. The document grants Rev. R. Nelson \"the owner of certain land registered in the United States Consulate Geneal as No. 52\" to build \"any houses or tenements of whatsoever...for the occupation of Chines and for letting or permitting the same to be leased or let to Chinese.\" Written in English and Chinese with signatures and an embossed seal. Dated December 22, 1879.","Typed extract of a resolution in the minutes of the Foreign Committee of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America approving the resignation of Rev. Robert Nelson as a Foreign Missionary. Miss Mary C. Nelson resigned at the same time. February 8, [1881].","3 copies of the Directory of the Members of the Conference held May 10 - 22, 1877.  Booklet of hymns sung at the Missionary Conference printed by the Presbyterian Mission Press in Shanghai. 3 copies of the Programme of the Missionary Conference.","Scope and Contents Booklet entitled \"A Plain Review of the Rev. Dr. Littledale's Tract on Real Presence\" [By Benjamin J. Douglass?] New York. 1881.","Scope and Contents Complete copy of the \"Southern Churchman\", Richmond, Virginia, March 5, 1885.","Booklet entitled \"Buy Your Own Cherries,\" a Ballard printed by the American Sunday-School Union in Philadelphia, undated.","2 postcards for the Bismarck Cafe in Cincinnati, Ohio, one with the picture of Bessie Barriscale and the other with the picture of Rita Jolivet. Undated.","Scope and Contents Brochure type card entitled \"Christmas Card, a gift to the Members of the Foreign Missionary Box Association of the Protestant Episcopal Church\" with messages from many missionaries about the death of Richard B. Duane, D.D., the late Secretary and General Agent, 1876.","Pamphlet of the Trinity Church, Woman's Association of Christ Church in Rye, New Jersey, Auxiliary to the Board of Missions. Includes their articles of organization, constitution and list of officers, circa 1873.","Program for the Second Concert given by the Shanghai Temperance Society, March 23, 1878, with handwritten notes on \"Principle?\" on reverse.","Scope and Contents One page from the \"Dictionnaire Geographique\" with words beginning with \"A,\" \"B,\" and \"Y.\" Undated.","Handwritten recipes and a description of meal courses entitled \"Lady Clark.\" 2 items.","Scope and Contents Letterpress copybook of Rev. Robert Nelson while he was a missionary to China.  Copybook includes letters, reports, accounts, writings relating to the China Mission, and religious subjects.  The last page includes a \"letterpress copy\" of a note from XYZ wanting an example of his copying experiment.  Page numbers begin on page 104 and ends with 502.  11\" x 9 1/4\".  Fragile binding with tissue paper inside.","Scope and Contents Handwritten dictionary with chinese characters, English translation, and phonetic pronunciation. It is in alphabetical order by the English spelling of the words. Some pages have handwritten vocabulary notes. Other topics such as \"List of Malay Books in the possession of A. North Esq and Rev. J.S. Havelli at Singapore\" appear on otherpages. The book is a blank page book entitled \"A Theological Common-place Book, with a Copious Index\" published by Hilliard and Brown, Cambridge, 1832. The index is a list of religious vocabulary. The book has the signature of William J. Boone, Theological Seminary, Virginia, September 11, 1834. Per a loose note in the book, it was probably written and used by Rev. Robert Nelson. 227 pages. Binding fragile and appears to be hand bound.","Handwritten dictionary of English words with corresponding Chinese characters and translation into Chinese, often including more than one way to express a word. In alphabetical order by the English words. Per a loose note in the book, it was probably written and used by Rev. Robert Nelson. Loose binding. 437 pages."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"language_ssim":["English Chinese"],"total_component_count_is":85,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:47:28.567Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8737","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8737","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8737","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8737","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8737.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Nelson, Robert, Papers","title_ssm":["Robert Nelson Papers"],"title_tesim":["Robert Nelson Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1845-1897","1845-1885"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1845-1897"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1845-1885"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1845/1897, bulk 1845/1885"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Robert Nelson Papers, 1845/1897, bulk 1845/1885"],"text":["Robert Nelson Papers, 1845/1897, bulk 1845/1885","Mss. 39.1 N34","/repositories/2/resources/8737","Virginia--Religious history","Episcopal Church--Clergy","Episcopal Church--History--19th century","Missionaries--United States--19th century","Missions, American--China--19th century","Missions--China--19th century","Protestant churches--Missions--19th century","Correspondence","Essays","Financial records","Letter books","Photographs","Sermons","Speeches","565 pieces","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.","Correspondence and Sermons are grouped together, but otherwise, no particular arrangement.","Robert Nelson was a Protestant Episcopal minister from Virginia, who spent many years as a Protestant Episcopal Church Foreign Missionary in Shanghai, China.","Mss. 39.2 N33 James Poyntz Nelson Papers, 1866-1926; Mss. MsV Ad121-125 James Poyntz Nelson Manuscript Volumes; and Mss. MsV Co4 Olive Nelson Commonplace Book, all at Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.","The Nelson Family papers (1560 items) are at the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.: Mss1 N3386 a.","Correspondence, sermons, essays and accounts of Robert Nelson, Protestant Episcopal missionary to Shanghai, China. The collection Includes two account books, a lettercopy book, and articles written by Nelson as well as two manuscript Chinese-English dictionaries compiled by Nelson. Some items, such as a \"Count of Missionaries and Staff in China, 1807-1874\" illuminate the history of missionaries in China. There is one letter written to Nelson in which the writer has used Wade-Giles transliteration.","William H. Kinckle[?], at Staunton, [Virginia] to [Robert] Nelson, September 3, 1846.","William Henry Brooks, at Plymouth, Mass. Printed form letter to the clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church.","James Johnston, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.","J. K. Wight, at New Hamburgh, N.Y., to Robert Nelson.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson.","George F. Seward, at Hong Kong, to O. B. Bradford, U.S. Vice Consul General, at Shanghai. [Copy].","E. H. Thomson, at West Gate, Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Shanghai, China.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, and E. H. Thomson, at [Shanghai, China].","J. K. Wight, at New Hamburgh, N.Y., to R[obert] Nelson.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to the Standing Committee of the Missionary Jurisdiction of Shanghai.","Municipal Council, by R. N. Morburn, Secretary, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson, at Hong Kew.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Shanghai, China.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at San Francisco, Cal.","King [?], at St. John's [College, Shanghai, to Robert Nelson, at Staunton, Virgnia?].","Lih Cung Sia, at Long ho, [China] to [?] Sang. Note: The Chinese month, Tsoong kok, comes in April or May.","H. N. Woo, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.","R. [Robert?] Nelson, at Rahway, J. J., to his wife.","Hoong N. Woo, at Kong Wan, [China] to [Robert] Nelson, at [New York City].","H.N. Woo, at Kong-Wan, [China] to [Robert] Nelson.","E.W. Syle, at Philadelphia, to [Robert] Nelson.","H.N. Woo, at Hong Kew, [China] to Dr. and Mrs. [Robert] Nelson.","H.N. Woo, at Hong Kew, [China] to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Rahway, N.J.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, N.Y. [Original letter and a copy.]","A. A. Hayes to Mrs. R[obert] Nelson, at Brooklyn, NY.","Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, [N.Y.] to A. A. Hayes. Enclosures: \"The Ritualistic Character of the China Mission,\" an article by Robert Nelson, August, 1882. A Copy of a letter from Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, to Joshua Kimber, Secretary of the Foreign Committee of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, [at New York]. 13 Dec 1882.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York. A printed circular letter.","S. T. Abernathy, Corresponding Secretary of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.","James Stoddard, at Watertown, Connecticut, to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.","John Mac Leod, at Louisville, to Prof. James P. Nelson, at Frankfort, Ky.","The General Fireproofing Co., at Youngstown, Ohio, to James P. Nelson, at Lexington, Ky. Enclosures: 3 blueprints.","S. L. Clark, at Hartford, to Rev. [?].","Elliott H. Thomson to Manager of Oriental Bank Co. undated.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks. Some of these sermons may be drafts and incomplete manuscripts. 29 pieces.","Scope and Contents Handritten sermon by Robert Nelson entitled \"A Sermon Preached on the occasion of the death of Mrs. Juliet E. Fish, in the Chapel of the Am. Ep. Mission, Shanghai China\" dated November 1, 1857 with the additional note that it was printed by request. Printed sermon entitled \"Memorial Sermon of the Rev. John Tevis Points, Rector of St. John's, Richmond, Virginia who died June 10th, 1860\" by Rev. Robert Nelson and printed by the Vestry. Printed sermon by Robert Nelson \"preached in the Church of Our Saviour, Shanghai on the Occasion of the Death of Mrs. Miers Corryell\" dated June 16, 1872. Printed sermon \"The Communion of Saints; in Memory of Four Beloved Children, Gone, as We Believe, to Paradise\" by Rev. John Thos. Wheat, D.D., printed in Greensboro, North Carolina, 1875. Printed sermon \"preached in the Church of OUr Saviour, Shanghai, October 15, 1871 and February 18 and 25, 1877\" by Rev. R. Nelson, D.D., published by Presbyterian Mission Press.","Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson. 382 pieces total.","Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.","Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.","Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.","Scope and Contents Leather covered book boards, lined with velvet, with fabric straps in interior for keeping tickets and other ephemera. One side included a pressed flower inside a folded piece of paper with handwritten labeling, \"With Care / Flower from Stevenson's funeral and grave,\" possibly Robert Louis Stevenson.  Other side contains a piece of paper with typed text \"CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APIA SAMOA, _____________ 188.\" Leather covered board sleeve is embossed with text \"CHIT BOOK / REV. R. NELSON / RECTORY / HONG QUE\" with two Chinese characters. 6.625 in. (height) x 4.875 inches (width) x 0.5 (depth).","Handwritten transcriptions of the positive comments that Rev. Robert Nelson received about his review of D. [James] Legge's essay on \"Confucianism in relation to Christianity.\" Comments were received from Rev. T.P. Crawford, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. E.H. Thomson, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. Charles R. Mills, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. C.W. Mateer, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. C.W. Mateer, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. E.W. Style, at Yed-o, Japan, Rev. Dr. Edkins, at Peking [China], Rev. Dr. Blodget, at Peking, Rev. Dr. Happer, at Canton, Rev. James Legge, at Oxford, Rev. R.H. Graves, at Canton, Rev. S.L. Baldwin, Foo-Chow, and Rev. D.Z. Sheffield, at Tung Cho. Includes clipping from The Christian Observer about Mr. Nelson's comments on \"Confuscianism in Relation to Christianity,\" 1872.","Essay and notes on Disraeli, undated. Notes on Darwinism written on four small pieces of paper, undated.","Loose ledger accounts from various businesses and expense accounts for Robert Nelson while in Shanghai and St. Paul's Parish. 11 pieces.","Scope and Contents Account ledger of Rev. Robert Nelson while a missionary in China. Includes an index with the following entries: Rt. Rev. W.J. Boone, Rev. Wong Kwong Chai, Miss Lydia Mary Fay, Miss Catharine E. Jones, Miss Emma G. Jones, Rev. Cleveland Keith, Rev. E.W. Pyle, Miss Caroline P. Tenney, Nang Doo-Dong, John T. Points, Ton Chu Kiung, Moneys Received, Miscellaneous, Bill Account, Missionary Society, Girls' Schools, General Repairs, Credits, and Quarterly Balance. 108 pages. 71/4\" x 61/2\".","Scope and Contents Account book of Rev. Robert Nelson while a missionary in Shanghai, China. Personal and missionary related accounts. No index. 138 pages. 6 1/2\" x 4\".  Purchased in 1938.","A table showing the number of missionaries in China, grouped by English, American, and German with religious denominations under each group. Tallies are in columns for clerical, medical, female, whether married or single beside each denomination. Dates are from 1807 to 1874.","Itinerary and daily entries of Rev. Robert Nelson while visiting Japan, written on one sheet of paper. September 6 to November 18, 1872.","List of Chinese confirmed by Bishop Schereschewsky in the Church of Our Savior at Hong Kew [China], divided by male and female. The heading is written in English but the names are written in Chinese. January 12, 1879 and September 14, 1879.","Scope and Contents Building permit issued to Rev. Robert Nelson by David H. Bailey, U.S. Consul General at Shanghai, and Lui[?], His Majesty's Intendant of Circuit for the Department of Soo, Sung, and Tae. The document grants Rev. R. Nelson \"the owner of certain land registered in the United States Consulate Geneal as No. 52\" to build \"any houses or tenements of whatsoever...for the occupation of Chines and for letting or permitting the same to be leased or let to Chinese.\" Written in English and Chinese with signatures and an embossed seal. Dated December 22, 1879.","Typed extract of a resolution in the minutes of the Foreign Committee of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America approving the resignation of Rev. Robert Nelson as a Foreign Missionary. Miss Mary C. Nelson resigned at the same time. February 8, [1881].","3 copies of the Directory of the Members of the Conference held May 10 - 22, 1877.  Booklet of hymns sung at the Missionary Conference printed by the Presbyterian Mission Press in Shanghai. 3 copies of the Programme of the Missionary Conference.","Scope and Contents Booklet entitled \"A Plain Review of the Rev. Dr. Littledale's Tract on Real Presence\" [By Benjamin J. Douglass?] New York. 1881.","Scope and Contents Complete copy of the \"Southern Churchman\", Richmond, Virginia, March 5, 1885.","Booklet entitled \"Buy Your Own Cherries,\" a Ballard printed by the American Sunday-School Union in Philadelphia, undated.","2 postcards for the Bismarck Cafe in Cincinnati, Ohio, one with the picture of Bessie Barriscale and the other with the picture of Rita Jolivet. Undated.","Scope and Contents Brochure type card entitled \"Christmas Card, a gift to the Members of the Foreign Missionary Box Association of the Protestant Episcopal Church\" with messages from many missionaries about the death of Richard B. Duane, D.D., the late Secretary and General Agent, 1876.","Pamphlet of the Trinity Church, Woman's Association of Christ Church in Rye, New Jersey, Auxiliary to the Board of Missions. Includes their articles of organization, constitution and list of officers, circa 1873.","Program for the Second Concert given by the Shanghai Temperance Society, March 23, 1878, with handwritten notes on \"Principle?\" on reverse.","Scope and Contents One page from the \"Dictionnaire Geographique\" with words beginning with \"A,\" \"B,\" and \"Y.\" Undated.","Handwritten recipes and a description of meal courses entitled \"Lady Clark.\" 2 items.","Scope and Contents Letterpress copybook of Rev. Robert Nelson while he was a missionary to China.  Copybook includes letters, reports, accounts, writings relating to the China Mission, and religious subjects.  The last page includes a \"letterpress copy\" of a note from XYZ wanting an example of his copying experiment.  Page numbers begin on page 104 and ends with 502.  11\" x 9 1/4\".  Fragile binding with tissue paper inside.","Scope and Contents Handwritten dictionary with chinese characters, English translation, and phonetic pronunciation. It is in alphabetical order by the English spelling of the words. Some pages have handwritten vocabulary notes. Other topics such as \"List of Malay Books in the possession of A. North Esq and Rev. J.S. Havelli at Singapore\" appear on otherpages. The book is a blank page book entitled \"A Theological Common-place Book, with a Copious Index\" published by Hilliard and Brown, Cambridge, 1832. The index is a list of religious vocabulary. The book has the signature of William J. Boone, Theological Seminary, Virginia, September 11, 1834. Per a loose note in the book, it was probably written and used by Rev. Robert Nelson. 227 pages. Binding fragile and appears to be hand bound.","Handwritten dictionary of English words with corresponding Chinese characters and translation into Chinese, often including more than one way to express a word. In alphabetical order by the English words. Per a loose note in the book, it was probably written and used by Rev. Robert Nelson. Loose binding. 437 pages.","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","English Chinese"],"collection_title_tesim":["Robert Nelson Papers, 1845/1897, bulk 1845/1885"],"collection_ssim":["Robert Nelson Papers, 1845/1897, bulk 1845/1885"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 39.1 N34","/repositories/2/resources/8737"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 39.1 N34","/repositories/2/resources/8737"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Virginia--Religious history"],"geogname_ssim":["Virginia--Religious history"],"places_ssim":["Virginia--Religious history"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"creators_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"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 and purchase."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Episcopal Church--Clergy","Episcopal Church--History--19th century","Missionaries--United States--19th century","Missions, American--China--19th century","Missions--China--19th century","Protestant churches--Missions--19th century","Correspondence","Essays","Financial records","Letter books","Photographs","Sermons","Speeches"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Episcopal Church--Clergy","Episcopal Church--History--19th century","Missionaries--United States--19th century","Missions, American--China--19th century","Missions--China--19th century","Protestant churches--Missions--19th century","Correspondence","Essays","Financial records","Letter books","Photographs","Sermons","Speeches"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["565 pieces"],"extent_ssm":["2.25 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["2.25 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Correspondence","Essays","Financial records","Letter books","Photographs","Sermons","Speeches"],"date_range_isim":[1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. 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MsV Ad121-125 James Poyntz Nelson Manuscript Volumes; and Mss. MsV Co4 Olive Nelson Commonplace Book, all at Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The Nelson Family papers (1560 items) are at the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.: Mss1 N3386 a.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials:"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Mss. 39.2 N33 James Poyntz Nelson Papers, 1866-1926; Mss. MsV Ad121-125 James Poyntz Nelson Manuscript Volumes; and Mss. MsV Co4 Olive Nelson Commonplace Book, all at Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.","The Nelson Family papers (1560 items) are at the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.: Mss1 N3386 a."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, sermons, essays and accounts of Robert Nelson, Protestant Episcopal missionary to Shanghai, China. The collection Includes two account books, a lettercopy book, and articles written by Nelson as well as two manuscript Chinese-English dictionaries compiled by Nelson. Some items, such as a \"Count of Missionaries and Staff in China, 1807-1874\" illuminate the history of missionaries in China. There is one letter written to Nelson in which the writer has used Wade-Giles transliteration.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H. Kinckle[?], at Staunton, [Virginia] to [Robert] Nelson, September 3, 1846.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Henry Brooks, at Plymouth, Mass. Printed form letter to the clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Johnston, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. K. Wight, at New Hamburgh, N.Y., to Robert Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge F. Seward, at Hong Kong, to O. B. Bradford, U.S. Vice Consul General, at Shanghai. [Copy].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE. H. Thomson, at West Gate, Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Shanghai, China.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, and E. H. Thomson, at [Shanghai, China].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. K. Wight, at New Hamburgh, N.Y., to R[obert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to the Standing Committee of the Missionary Jurisdiction of Shanghai.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMunicipal Council, by R. N. Morburn, Secretary, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson, at Hong Kew.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Shanghai, China.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at San Francisco, Cal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKing [?], at St. John's [College, Shanghai, to Robert Nelson, at Staunton, Virgnia?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLih Cung Sia, at Long ho, [China] to [?] Sang. Note: The Chinese month, Tsoong kok, comes in April or May.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH. N. Woo, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. [Robert?] Nelson, at Rahway, J. J., to his wife.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHoong N. Woo, at Kong Wan, [China] to [Robert] Nelson, at [New York City].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.N. Woo, at Kong-Wan, [China] to [Robert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.W. Syle, at Philadelphia, to [Robert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.N. Woo, at Hong Kew, [China] to Dr. and Mrs. [Robert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.N. Woo, at Hong Kew, [China] to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Rahway, N.J.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, N.Y. [Original letter and a copy.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. A. Hayes to Mrs. R[obert] Nelson, at Brooklyn, NY.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Nelson, at Brooklyn, [N.Y.] to A. A. Hayes. Enclosures: \"The Ritualistic Character of the China Mission,\" an article by Robert Nelson, August, 1882. A Copy of a letter from Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, to Joshua Kimber, Secretary of the Foreign Committee of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, [at New York]. 13 Dec 1882.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York. A printed circular letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS. T. Abernathy, Corresponding Secretary of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Stoddard, at Watertown, Connecticut, to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Mac Leod, at Louisville, to Prof. James P. Nelson, at Frankfort, Ky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe General Fireproofing Co., at Youngstown, Ohio, to James P. Nelson, at Lexington, Ky. Enclosures: 3 blueprints.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS. L. Clark, at Hartford, to Rev. [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElliott H. Thomson to Manager of Oriental Bank Co. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks. Some of these sermons may be drafts and incomplete manuscripts. 29 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Handritten sermon by Robert Nelson entitled \"A Sermon Preached on the occasion of the death of Mrs. Juliet E. Fish, in the Chapel of the Am. Ep. Mission, Shanghai China\" dated November 1, 1857 with the additional note that it was printed by request. Printed sermon entitled \"Memorial Sermon of the Rev. John Tevis Points, Rector of St. John's, Richmond, Virginia who died June 10th, 1860\" by Rev. Robert Nelson and printed by the Vestry. Printed sermon by Robert Nelson \"preached in the Church of Our Saviour, Shanghai on the Occasion of the Death of Mrs. Miers Corryell\" dated June 16, 1872. Printed sermon \"The Communion of Saints; in Memory of Four Beloved Children, Gone, as We Believe, to Paradise\" by Rev. John Thos. Wheat, D.D., printed in Greensboro, North Carolina, 1875. Printed sermon \"preached in the Church of OUr Saviour, Shanghai, October 15, 1871 and February 18 and 25, 1877\" by Rev. R. Nelson, D.D., published by Presbyterian Mission Press.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson. 382 pieces total.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Leather covered book boards, lined with velvet, with fabric straps in interior for keeping tickets and other ephemera. One side included a pressed flower inside a folded piece of paper with handwritten labeling, \"With Care / Flower from Stevenson's funeral and grave,\" possibly Robert Louis Stevenson.  Other side contains a piece of paper with typed text \"CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APIA SAMOA, _____________ 188.\" Leather covered board sleeve is embossed with text \"CHIT BOOK / REV. R. NELSON / RECTORY / HONG QUE\" with two Chinese characters. 6.625 in. (height) x 4.875 inches (width) x 0.5 (depth).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten transcriptions of the positive comments that Rev. Robert Nelson received about his review of D. [James] Legge's essay on \"Confucianism in relation to Christianity.\" Comments were received from Rev. T.P. Crawford, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. E.H. Thomson, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. Charles R. Mills, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. C.W. Mateer, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. C.W. Mateer, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. E.W. Style, at Yed-o, Japan, Rev. Dr. Edkins, at Peking [China], Rev. Dr. Blodget, at Peking, Rev. Dr. Happer, at Canton, Rev. James Legge, at Oxford, Rev. R.H. Graves, at Canton, Rev. S.L. Baldwin, Foo-Chow, and Rev. D.Z. Sheffield, at Tung Cho. Includes clipping from The Christian Observer about Mr. Nelson's comments on \"Confuscianism in Relation to Christianity,\" 1872.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEssay and notes on Disraeli, undated. Notes on Darwinism written on four small pieces of paper, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoose ledger accounts from various businesses and expense accounts for Robert Nelson while in Shanghai and St. Paul's Parish. 11 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Account ledger of Rev. Robert Nelson while a missionary in China. Includes an index with the following entries: Rt. Rev. W.J. Boone, Rev. Wong Kwong Chai, Miss Lydia Mary Fay, Miss Catharine E. Jones, Miss Emma G. Jones, Rev. Cleveland Keith, Rev. E.W. Pyle, Miss Caroline P. Tenney, Nang Doo-Dong, John T. Points, Ton Chu Kiung, Moneys Received, Miscellaneous, Bill Account, Missionary Society, Girls' Schools, General Repairs, Credits, and Quarterly Balance. 108 pages. 71/4\" x 61/2\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Account book of Rev. Robert Nelson while a missionary in Shanghai, China. Personal and missionary related accounts. No index. 138 pages. 6 1/2\" x 4\".  Purchased in 1938.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA table showing the number of missionaries in China, grouped by English, American, and German with religious denominations under each group. Tallies are in columns for clerical, medical, female, whether married or single beside each denomination. Dates are from 1807 to 1874.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItinerary and daily entries of Rev. Robert Nelson while visiting Japan, written on one sheet of paper. September 6 to November 18, 1872.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of Chinese confirmed by Bishop Schereschewsky in the Church of Our Savior at Hong Kew [China], divided by male and female. The heading is written in English but the names are written in Chinese. January 12, 1879 and September 14, 1879.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Building permit issued to Rev. Robert Nelson by David H. Bailey, U.S. Consul General at Shanghai, and Lui[?], His Majesty's Intendant of Circuit for the Department of Soo, Sung, and Tae. The document grants Rev. R. Nelson \"the owner of certain land registered in the United States Consulate Geneal as No. 52\" to build \"any houses or tenements of whatsoever...for the occupation of Chines and for letting or permitting the same to be leased or let to Chinese.\" Written in English and Chinese with signatures and an embossed seal. Dated December 22, 1879.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped extract of a resolution in the minutes of the Foreign Committee of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America approving the resignation of Rev. Robert Nelson as a Foreign Missionary. Miss Mary C. Nelson resigned at the same time. February 8, [1881].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 copies of the Directory of the Members of the Conference held May 10 - 22, 1877.  Booklet of hymns sung at the Missionary Conference printed by the Presbyterian Mission Press in Shanghai. 3 copies of the Programme of the Missionary Conference.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Booklet entitled \"A Plain Review of the Rev. Dr. Littledale's Tract on Real Presence\" [By Benjamin J. Douglass?] New York. 1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Complete copy of the \"Southern Churchman\", Richmond, Virginia, March 5, 1885.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet entitled \"Buy Your Own Cherries,\" a Ballard printed by the American Sunday-School Union in Philadelphia, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 postcards for the Bismarck Cafe in Cincinnati, Ohio, one with the picture of Bessie Barriscale and the other with the picture of Rita Jolivet. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Brochure type card entitled \"Christmas Card, a gift to the Members of the Foreign Missionary Box Association of the Protestant Episcopal Church\" with messages from many missionaries about the death of Richard B. Duane, D.D., the late Secretary and General Agent, 1876.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePamphlet of the Trinity Church, Woman's Association of Christ Church in Rye, New Jersey, Auxiliary to the Board of Missions. Includes their articles of organization, constitution and list of officers, circa 1873.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram for the Second Concert given by the Shanghai Temperance Society, March 23, 1878, with handwritten notes on \"Principle?\" on reverse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents One page from the \"Dictionnaire Geographique\" with words beginning with \"A,\" \"B,\" and \"Y.\" Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten recipes and a description of meal courses entitled \"Lady Clark.\" 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Letterpress copybook of Rev. Robert Nelson while he was a missionary to China.  Copybook includes letters, reports, accounts, writings relating to the China Mission, and religious subjects.  The last page includes a \"letterpress copy\" of a note from XYZ wanting an example of his copying experiment.  Page numbers begin on page 104 and ends with 502.  11\" x 9 1/4\".  Fragile binding with tissue paper inside.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Handwritten dictionary with chinese characters, English translation, and phonetic pronunciation. It is in alphabetical order by the English spelling of the words. Some pages have handwritten vocabulary notes. Other topics such as \"List of Malay Books in the possession of A. North Esq and Rev. J.S. Havelli at Singapore\" appear on otherpages. The book is a blank page book entitled \"A Theological Common-place Book, with a Copious Index\" published by Hilliard and Brown, Cambridge, 1832. The index is a list of religious vocabulary. The book has the signature of William J. Boone, Theological Seminary, Virginia, September 11, 1834. Per a loose note in the book, it was probably written and used by Rev. Robert Nelson. 227 pages. Binding fragile and appears to be hand bound.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten dictionary of English words with corresponding Chinese characters and translation into Chinese, often including more than one way to express a word. In alphabetical order by the English words. Per a loose note in the book, it was probably written and used by Rev. Robert Nelson. 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The collection Includes two account books, a lettercopy book, and articles written by Nelson as well as two manuscript Chinese-English dictionaries compiled by Nelson. Some items, such as a \"Count of Missionaries and Staff in China, 1807-1874\" illuminate the history of missionaries in China. There is one letter written to Nelson in which the writer has used Wade-Giles transliteration.","William H. Kinckle[?], at Staunton, [Virginia] to [Robert] Nelson, September 3, 1846.","William Henry Brooks, at Plymouth, Mass. Printed form letter to the clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church.","James Johnston, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.","J. K. Wight, at New Hamburgh, N.Y., to Robert Nelson.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson.","George F. Seward, at Hong Kong, to O. B. Bradford, U.S. Vice Consul General, at Shanghai. [Copy].","E. H. Thomson, at West Gate, Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Shanghai, China.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, and E. H. Thomson, at [Shanghai, China].","J. K. Wight, at New Hamburgh, N.Y., to R[obert] Nelson.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to the Standing Committee of the Missionary Jurisdiction of Shanghai.","Municipal Council, by R. N. Morburn, Secretary, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson, at Hong Kew.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Shanghai, China.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at San Francisco, Cal.","King [?], at St. John's [College, Shanghai, to Robert Nelson, at Staunton, Virgnia?].","Lih Cung Sia, at Long ho, [China] to [?] Sang. Note: The Chinese month, Tsoong kok, comes in April or May.","H. N. Woo, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.","R. [Robert?] Nelson, at Rahway, J. J., to his wife.","Hoong N. Woo, at Kong Wan, [China] to [Robert] Nelson, at [New York City].","H.N. Woo, at Kong-Wan, [China] to [Robert] Nelson.","E.W. Syle, at Philadelphia, to [Robert] Nelson.","H.N. Woo, at Hong Kew, [China] to Dr. and Mrs. [Robert] Nelson.","H.N. Woo, at Hong Kew, [China] to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Rahway, N.J.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, N.Y. [Original letter and a copy.]","A. A. Hayes to Mrs. R[obert] Nelson, at Brooklyn, NY.","Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, [N.Y.] to A. A. Hayes. Enclosures: \"The Ritualistic Character of the China Mission,\" an article by Robert Nelson, August, 1882. A Copy of a letter from Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, to Joshua Kimber, Secretary of the Foreign Committee of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, [at New York]. 13 Dec 1882.","Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York. A printed circular letter.","S. T. Abernathy, Corresponding Secretary of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.","James Stoddard, at Watertown, Connecticut, to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.","John Mac Leod, at Louisville, to Prof. James P. Nelson, at Frankfort, Ky.","The General Fireproofing Co., at Youngstown, Ohio, to James P. Nelson, at Lexington, Ky. Enclosures: 3 blueprints.","S. L. Clark, at Hartford, to Rev. [?].","Elliott H. Thomson to Manager of Oriental Bank Co. undated.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.","Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks. Some of these sermons may be drafts and incomplete manuscripts. 29 pieces.","Scope and Contents Handritten sermon by Robert Nelson entitled \"A Sermon Preached on the occasion of the death of Mrs. Juliet E. Fish, in the Chapel of the Am. Ep. Mission, Shanghai China\" dated November 1, 1857 with the additional note that it was printed by request. Printed sermon entitled \"Memorial Sermon of the Rev. John Tevis Points, Rector of St. John's, Richmond, Virginia who died June 10th, 1860\" by Rev. Robert Nelson and printed by the Vestry. Printed sermon by Robert Nelson \"preached in the Church of Our Saviour, Shanghai on the Occasion of the Death of Mrs. Miers Corryell\" dated June 16, 1872. Printed sermon \"The Communion of Saints; in Memory of Four Beloved Children, Gone, as We Believe, to Paradise\" by Rev. John Thos. Wheat, D.D., printed in Greensboro, North Carolina, 1875. Printed sermon \"preached in the Church of OUr Saviour, Shanghai, October 15, 1871 and February 18 and 25, 1877\" by Rev. R. Nelson, D.D., published by Presbyterian Mission Press.","Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson. 382 pieces total.","Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.","Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.","Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.","Scope and Contents Leather covered book boards, lined with velvet, with fabric straps in interior for keeping tickets and other ephemera. One side included a pressed flower inside a folded piece of paper with handwritten labeling, \"With Care / Flower from Stevenson's funeral and grave,\" possibly Robert Louis Stevenson.  Other side contains a piece of paper with typed text \"CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APIA SAMOA, _____________ 188.\" Leather covered board sleeve is embossed with text \"CHIT BOOK / REV. R. NELSON / RECTORY / HONG QUE\" with two Chinese characters. 6.625 in. (height) x 4.875 inches (width) x 0.5 (depth).","Handwritten transcriptions of the positive comments that Rev. Robert Nelson received about his review of D. [James] Legge's essay on \"Confucianism in relation to Christianity.\" Comments were received from Rev. T.P. Crawford, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. E.H. Thomson, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. Charles R. Mills, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. C.W. Mateer, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. C.W. Mateer, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. E.W. Style, at Yed-o, Japan, Rev. Dr. Edkins, at Peking [China], Rev. Dr. Blodget, at Peking, Rev. Dr. Happer, at Canton, Rev. James Legge, at Oxford, Rev. R.H. Graves, at Canton, Rev. S.L. Baldwin, Foo-Chow, and Rev. D.Z. Sheffield, at Tung Cho. Includes clipping from The Christian Observer about Mr. Nelson's comments on \"Confuscianism in Relation to Christianity,\" 1872.","Essay and notes on Disraeli, undated. Notes on Darwinism written on four small pieces of paper, undated.","Loose ledger accounts from various businesses and expense accounts for Robert Nelson while in Shanghai and St. Paul's Parish. 11 pieces.","Scope and Contents Account ledger of Rev. Robert Nelson while a missionary in China. Includes an index with the following entries: Rt. Rev. W.J. Boone, Rev. Wong Kwong Chai, Miss Lydia Mary Fay, Miss Catharine E. Jones, Miss Emma G. Jones, Rev. Cleveland Keith, Rev. E.W. Pyle, Miss Caroline P. Tenney, Nang Doo-Dong, John T. Points, Ton Chu Kiung, Moneys Received, Miscellaneous, Bill Account, Missionary Society, Girls' Schools, General Repairs, Credits, and Quarterly Balance. 108 pages. 71/4\" x 61/2\".","Scope and Contents Account book of Rev. Robert Nelson while a missionary in Shanghai, China. Personal and missionary related accounts. No index. 138 pages. 6 1/2\" x 4\".  Purchased in 1938.","A table showing the number of missionaries in China, grouped by English, American, and German with religious denominations under each group. Tallies are in columns for clerical, medical, female, whether married or single beside each denomination. Dates are from 1807 to 1874.","Itinerary and daily entries of Rev. Robert Nelson while visiting Japan, written on one sheet of paper. September 6 to November 18, 1872.","List of Chinese confirmed by Bishop Schereschewsky in the Church of Our Savior at Hong Kew [China], divided by male and female. The heading is written in English but the names are written in Chinese. January 12, 1879 and September 14, 1879.","Scope and Contents Building permit issued to Rev. Robert Nelson by David H. Bailey, U.S. Consul General at Shanghai, and Lui[?], His Majesty's Intendant of Circuit for the Department of Soo, Sung, and Tae. The document grants Rev. R. Nelson \"the owner of certain land registered in the United States Consulate Geneal as No. 52\" to build \"any houses or tenements of whatsoever...for the occupation of Chines and for letting or permitting the same to be leased or let to Chinese.\" Written in English and Chinese with signatures and an embossed seal. Dated December 22, 1879.","Typed extract of a resolution in the minutes of the Foreign Committee of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America approving the resignation of Rev. Robert Nelson as a Foreign Missionary. Miss Mary C. Nelson resigned at the same time. February 8, [1881].","3 copies of the Directory of the Members of the Conference held May 10 - 22, 1877.  Booklet of hymns sung at the Missionary Conference printed by the Presbyterian Mission Press in Shanghai. 3 copies of the Programme of the Missionary Conference.","Scope and Contents Booklet entitled \"A Plain Review of the Rev. Dr. Littledale's Tract on Real Presence\" [By Benjamin J. Douglass?] New York. 1881.","Scope and Contents Complete copy of the \"Southern Churchman\", Richmond, Virginia, March 5, 1885.","Booklet entitled \"Buy Your Own Cherries,\" a Ballard printed by the American Sunday-School Union in Philadelphia, undated.","2 postcards for the Bismarck Cafe in Cincinnati, Ohio, one with the picture of Bessie Barriscale and the other with the picture of Rita Jolivet. Undated.","Scope and Contents Brochure type card entitled \"Christmas Card, a gift to the Members of the Foreign Missionary Box Association of the Protestant Episcopal Church\" with messages from many missionaries about the death of Richard B. Duane, D.D., the late Secretary and General Agent, 1876.","Pamphlet of the Trinity Church, Woman's Association of Christ Church in Rye, New Jersey, Auxiliary to the Board of Missions. Includes their articles of organization, constitution and list of officers, circa 1873.","Program for the Second Concert given by the Shanghai Temperance Society, March 23, 1878, with handwritten notes on \"Principle?\" on reverse.","Scope and Contents One page from the \"Dictionnaire Geographique\" with words beginning with \"A,\" \"B,\" and \"Y.\" Undated.","Handwritten recipes and a description of meal courses entitled \"Lady Clark.\" 2 items.","Scope and Contents Letterpress copybook of Rev. Robert Nelson while he was a missionary to China.  Copybook includes letters, reports, accounts, writings relating to the China Mission, and religious subjects.  The last page includes a \"letterpress copy\" of a note from XYZ wanting an example of his copying experiment.  Page numbers begin on page 104 and ends with 502.  11\" x 9 1/4\".  Fragile binding with tissue paper inside.","Scope and Contents Handwritten dictionary with chinese characters, English translation, and phonetic pronunciation. It is in alphabetical order by the English spelling of the words. Some pages have handwritten vocabulary notes. Other topics such as \"List of Malay Books in the possession of A. North Esq and Rev. J.S. Havelli at Singapore\" appear on otherpages. The book is a blank page book entitled \"A Theological Common-place Book, with a Copious Index\" published by Hilliard and Brown, Cambridge, 1832. The index is a list of religious vocabulary. The book has the signature of William J. Boone, Theological Seminary, Virginia, September 11, 1834. Per a loose note in the book, it was probably written and used by Rev. Robert Nelson. 227 pages. Binding fragile and appears to be hand bound.","Handwritten dictionary of English words with corresponding Chinese characters and translation into Chinese, often including more than one way to express a word. In alphabetical order by the English words. Per a loose note in the book, it was probably written and used by Rev. Robert Nelson. 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